South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 21/01/14

[Jason T]

 evening all, several trees down on my way to St Albans to get some papa johns...police have closed the road......

 

 

Yeh quite bad out there lloydyd, Wife called she is a carer on call,She said its really bad,Trees down,Fences and roads blocked etc. Not good at all.

The chance of snow is now only 7 days away for me on 10 day. The closest it has been all winter is 9 days away!

 

It will be 4 days tomorrow 

[Bluebreezer54]

Not evben a crack of thunder here how dissapointing

Im just down the road from you Meso and the thunder was very muffled but I saw 6 or 7 very bright flashes of pink lightning here just after the rain passed through.

 

The main rain feature only lasted about 5 minutes or so here but coupled with the wind it was the closest thing to a derecho I have ever seen in the UK.

 

I was all geared up to video it, camera charged etc but as soon as I opened my front door I felt the full blast and it was all I could do to close the door again. The rain was so intense that visibility was more akin to fog. Quite incredible.

[Reefseeker]

Came straight onto this thread after returning from my parents in the west country to find out if there have been any tornado reports; looks like there have been. Around 4pm, I couldn't work out if it was an incredibly strong squall or possibly tornado-type conditions whipping around my parents house in Radstock as my father tied down the gazebo roof (75 and recovering from his most recent hospitalised flare-up of lung problems, yet didn't want any help!) and things rattled all over the place. No snapped trees but it was a close run thing for some of them, and the lights flickered a couple of times. Generally it was calm and just somewhat windy as we crossed Salisbury Plain for the journey home, with one lightning flash in the distance; a few puddles remain in Surbiton. Anyway, I knew if there was anything to know, you chaps/esses would know it... and you did:)

 

Edit: just saw that Artdemole posted in the south west thread a tweet from Ian F describing this afternoon's events as a 'Frontogenetic Front'; Mullender, just down the road from my parents, lost power for several hours, so we were lucky to get just the lights flicker.

Edited January 25, 2014 by Reefseeker

[Steve C]

Wrt model runs, nothing has changed recently IMHO (last few days). FI is still loaded with potential for snow. I'd be very surprised if none of us saw snow before the end of winter - lots of high pressure predicted to our north and east, very favourable.

I also have a mate, who's booked a cheap caravan holiday weekend for himself and his girlfriend in Northamptonshire, on the weekend of 8th February. I hope the cheapskate's brass balls fall off! :lol:

[Jax]

The 'Squall' here was a sudden thing too, went from calm to storm to calm(ish) again, now it is just cold and windy.

Wrt model runs, nothing has changed recently IMHO (last few days). FI is still loaded with potential for snow. I'd be very surprised if none of us saw snow before the end of winter - lots of high pressure predicted to our north and east, very favourable.

I also have a mate, who's booked a cheap caravan holiday weekend for himself and his girlfriend in Northamptonshire, on the weekend of 8th February. I hope the cheapskate's brass balls fall off!

billing?

[john pike]

hi steve c

 

was thinking of putting a picture up re your last comment

 

better not

[Jason T]

Tomorrows Wind gust potential.

 

 

Our regionals up to 55mph

 

 

Temps 5 - 7c

 

 

Precip forecast for midday is depressing

Edited January 25, 2014 by Jason T

[saint]

I was actually outside when the squall line hit- At the St Albans City match, and boy was it crazy! Probably some of the heaviest rains and strongest winds I have seen for a very long time. Also got to witness lightning strikes in the distance, including some pink lightning, which was rather exciting. 

[MrsB28]

Was travelling down the A128 earlier to Brentwood earlier with my 10 yr old son when in the pitch black (parts of it are not well lit) I suddenly encountered a big bushy fallen tree right across my lane. I managed to dodge the worst but the tree scraped along the side of the car and I was really shook up. I phoned the police and on the way back home they were clearing it away.

I was so excited by the storm earlier, but it really shows you how close situations can get with the weather in control :(

[legrandefromage]

'Squooze mee...

 

Hic! 

 

is pink lightning the same as pink gin??

 

Hic!

[<<Ryan>>]

Been to Whitstable today and there is still a lot of water lying around everywhere.

On the way home around 4 I was admiring the orangey/pink sky around and thinking about the shepherds delight thingy and what weather we had coming for tomorrow. Just as we were entering Ashford there was the brightest of flashes across the sky, I wasn't sure whether it was lightning or something to do with the trains at the time, but a couple of minutes later huge drops of rain started coming down and I guessed there was a storm around. We stopped off at good old Tesco and there was another big flash and an almost instant shotgun-type thunderclap, this set off a really loud security alarm in Tesco which continued for around 5 minutes. Whilst paying I looked outside and saw another flash and also heard a long crack of thunder. We had a nice run to the car in the pouring rain and started off back home.

 

There was tree debris scattered all over the roads. In one area looking into a wooded area I noticed that several trees had snapped just under half way up, I was now thinking that the storm we just had must have been pretty severe. Coming back into Tenterden we were flashed by two cars. Up ahead a tree had fallen down blocking the other side of the road. Just as we were going past the tree a small van coming the other way came past at the exact same time and drove straight into it!! The damage was a few large dents and a smashed windscreen, luckily no one was hurt. Another big tree had fallen in Rolvenden and was in the process of being moved out of the way when we went past.

It was certainly an exciting journey! And I'm 90% sure that I saw a funnel cloud on the way home too!
 


 

Edited January 25, 2014 by <<Ryan>>

[JennyJane1]

and  the  BBC weather are saying  the  holy  grail  of  winds  of a easterly is possible midweek  we  will see we all know what happened last  time  it  went!!

was that the great storm of 1987?

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

was that the great storm of 1987?

Howling westerly due to explosive cyclogenesis of an Atlantic low, I think.  Not sure which event tinybill is thinking of.

[Jax]

Howling westerly due to explosive cyclogenesis of an Atlantic low, I think.  Not sure which event tinybill is thinking of.

last night with Mabel?

[Jason T]

Max wind gusts this afternoon as squall moved through london and the south east at 5pm today

 

[john pike]

hi all

 

here we go again

 

tonight

 

 

 

look like a gusty north west wind

 

veering south westerly overnight

 

looks dry

 

chance of frost but slightly reduced due to wind strength

 

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sunday and this is messy

 

 

winds gusty south westerly

 

veering back north westerly mid pm

 

could see gusts 50-60 mph early afternoon to mid afternoon

 

rainfall

 

 

 

heavy rain moving in around 12 + or -2 hours

 

temps

 

 

warms up to around 8 degrees when the rain arrives

 

however later

 

when it gets dark temps will drop quickly

 

expect a chance of seeing wintry bits late pm in the heavier bursts

 

i am also thinking some thunder mixed up in this as well

 

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sunday night

 

 

early evening

 

winds decrease to a gusty but not strong north west to west flow

 

rain

 

should clear before midnight all areas

 

temps

 

 

v cold and a frost and ice risk could be quite widespread

 

now there is a trough to our west

 

watch to see if that is there in future fax runs

 

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monday

 

 

a gusty north west to west flow

 

rain

 

 

arrives around rush hour

 

then around lunchtime

 

looks to clear all areas around lunchtime except the far north east

 

this area may stay misty and foggy most of the day

 

temps

around 5 degrees

 

will drop lower when any precipitation happens

 

there will be some showers on and off all afternoon but should be fast moving and not too heavy

 

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monday night

 

 

a strong south west wind

 

rain

 

looks fairly clear here

 

fog and mist to watch out for

 

temps

 

watch for ice and frost where clear

 

none where cloud and fog occur

 

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wednesday

 

 

a cold and windy north west to west wind

 

rainfall

 

 

 

showers on and off and gusty when they occur

 

temps

 

 

 

temps around 5-6 degrees

 

a real mixed bag today

 

rain hail sleet and poss wet snow in the heavier bursts

 

maybe a rumble or 2 as well

 

back later

 

john

[Jason T]

Info For Essex County.

 

http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/Wind%20Calls/

[<<Ryan>>]

Just been on facebook and found out my cousins old barn has toatally collapsed and that the roof off of their new barn has blown off!!His dad is a fireman and is currently at a house where the roof and part of the walls have came down. A dangerous storm!

[Steve C]

The 'Squall' here was a sudden thing too, went from calm to storm to calm(ish) again, now it is just cold and windy.billing?

Possibly... Would sound about right. :unsure:

[Jason T]

reports of sudden heavy snowfall in NE -NL 20cm plus,.Mini Tornado in SW also + Lightning in Belgium wounds 10 people.

 

http://www.accuweather.com/en/nl/national/satellite

 

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/netherlands.html

 

What we all endured earlier is now creating havoc over there, 20 CM Plus of sudden snow fall.....WOW

[HammerJack]

Came straight onto this thread after returning from my parents in the west country to find out if there have been any tornado reports; looks like there have been. Around 4pm, I couldn't work out if it was an incredibly strong squall or possibly tornado-type conditions whipping around my parents house in Radstock as my father tied down the gazebo roof (75 and recovering from his most recent hospitalised flare-up of lung problems, yet didn't want any help!) and things rattled all over the place. No snapped trees but it was a close run thing for some of them, and the lights flickered a couple of times. Generally it was calm and just somewhat windy as we crossed Salisbury Plain for the journey home, with one lightning flash in the distance; a few puddles remain in Surbiton. Anyway, I knew if there was anything to know, you chaps/esses would know it... and you did:)

 

Edit: just saw that Artdemole posted in the south west thread a tweet from Ian F describing this afternoon's events as a 'Frontogenetic Front'; Mullender, just down the road from my parents, lost power for several hours, so we were lucky to get just the lights flicker.

Hi Reef. I was watching news 24 earlier, and they seemed to be making a big deal of the flooding in the SW. When I saw the report, I could not believe that in Somerset some people still need to travel by boat, due to the horrendous flooding some weeks ago. Good to hear you managed to get there and back safely, and pray that that the flooding doesn't materialise as planned.

[john pike]

can see where the mess came from earlier

[john pike]

heres why the models are confusing

 

fax tonight for tuesday

 

 

now this fax for tuesday came out this morning

 

 

and this was last nights one

 

 

that low is a nightmare at present

 

take you pick on the above

 

 

these will change around 10.30 tonight

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

can see where the mess came from earlier

 

What's the first occlusion, John - I notice it's marked differently to the one to the immediate west of it?

Edited January 25, 2014 by chrisbell-nottheforecaster

[john pike]

hi chris

 

its a dieing front

 

decaying slowly as it heads east