South East England & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 22/02/14

[john pike]

just popped out

 

temperature has really dropped quite quick

 

down to 4 degrees and feels frosty now

[john pike]

 

who can spot whats missing on that fax chart

 

answers on a postcard to

[john pike]

the fax chart above has no 528 dam air line showing

 

this is not helpful

 

so doing update later so i can get the 6pm one

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

This certainly is a far cry from endless snow showers rattling into the East and then surging on into the Midlands. I've missed that so much this winter! Remember being in Leicester area during December 2010, really was pretty mental the rate of snow coming down! 

Always next winter folks! Should be 10x better, it cant be hard can it? 

[Summer of 76]

I'm not going to bother lamppost watching... I'll just have to find something more productive to do....like sleep! I wonder how much time I've wasted over the years watching a bright orange light

 

Temp's dropped by over 8'C since mid afternoon to 5.3'C now. The forecast is 3'C and bone dry. Looks nasty heading in towards the channel at the moment on the old radar!

 

Depending on the amount of rain tomorrow I might venture onto the garden this weekend to lower my weather station a bit as since I moved it up higher on a pole it shakes in strong winds and produces rain readings even when dry (it's reported 44cm of rain just in Feb ), but the bog of a garden has been a no go zone this year!

I have had the same problem more so this winter with these storms

[john pike]

well being a wettie i am ok

 

i just puddle watch

[alexisj9]

 

who can spot whats missing on that fax chart

 

answers on a postcard to

No thickness, I;m not sure if the thickness is put on the t24 chart though. 

[john pike]

i alexis

 

later a new chart comes out for 6pm tomorrow

 

thats the one i am interested in

[Alixzandra]

the fax chart above has no 528 dam air line showing

 

this is not helpful

 

so doing update later so i can get the 6pm one

I stared at it for a while, to no avail :-) although one thing crossed my mind, if this was a 'spot the difference' quiz it could prove quite a challenge!! :-)  Now down to 2c here.

[Jax]

Evening cheeky chaps and chapesses

 

my attempt to remain awake till a bit later has been 50/50 so maybe missed some weather going on outside (well none that I know of inside), just looked out and stars are out and calm and cool out there right now.

[Snowangel-MK]

 my attempt to remain awake till a bit later has been 50/50 so maybe missed some weather going on .

Wakey wakey Jax lol I'm sure what weather you missed but "the weather that stole Christmas " was on channel 5 !!

[Jax]

Wakey wakey Jax lolI'm sure what weather you missed but "the weather that stole Christmas " was on channel 5 !!

:lol: why I left the office at half two, by then I was just ticking over and down to basic functions having been there since six

[AmericanSusie]

There's a burst sewage main in South London flooding homes - hash tagged #poonami 

[lassie23]

There's a burst sewage main in South London flooding homes - hash tagged #poonami 

that's one hell of a lot of onions

 

4c calm in london

apart from south london

[SteveCoops]

Lots of reports of the Northern Lights being visible as far South as Essex and South Wales all over Twitter! https://twitter.com/chasethestorm/status/439139401911009280/photo/1 I'm going out for a look, even though I don't have much chance at all here!

 

https://twitter.com/ObservingSpace/status/439154684448624640/photo/1

 

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

Edited February 27, 2014 by SteveCoops

[Jax]

Lots of reports of the Northern Lights being visible as far South as Essex and South Wales all over Twitter! https://twitter.com/chasethestorm/status/439139401911009280/photo/1 I'm going out for a look, even though I don't have much chance at all here!

 

https://twitter.com/ObservingSpace/status/439154684448624640/photo/1

Just been out to the bin and did not notice anything, but poor north viewing here anyway.

[Alixzandra]

@ Steve C - That twitter picture is awesome, some lucky people seeing something so beautiful this evening.

[alexisj9]

Lots of reports of the Northern Lights being visible as far South as Essex and South Wales all over Twitter! https://twitter.com/chasethestorm/status/439139401911009280/photo/1 I'm going out for a look, even though I don't have much chance at all here!

 

https://twitter.com/ObservingSpace/status/439154684448624640/photo/1

 

http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm

lol I doubt I'll see anything either but I'm out to look now.

[Eskimo]

Nothing here either, I'll wait till the street lights go out though. 

[john pike]

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

 

incoming now but a few hours to wait

 

pretty cold before hand so a chance something may

 

be wintry when the rain hits the cold air

 

tomorrow

 

 

my thoughts are mainly rain

 

however i still think there will be localised snowfall

 

so we will likely see something but more for viewing purposes

 

also more likely pm to evening as it gets colder

 

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will post the 6pm one later

 

tomorrow night

 

 

 

a colder flow east-north east

 

rain-snow

 

temps

 

 

500

 

will be cold

 

i reckon a fair chance again of seeing some snow

 

but more likely mixed with rain

 

the 8 inch predictions should have said 8 snowflakes

 

however surprises are always possible with this set up

 

more to follow

Edited February 27, 2014 by john pike

[Ruthie]

Incredible pix on twitter of the northern lights, did go and look outside here,,but got no chance since council Installed the new white football stadium type street lights here that are on all night!

It's cold now.

[Snowangel-MK]

lol I doubt I'll see anything either but I'm out to look now.

Anyone seeing anything? Would be great to see some photos !Image from Louth Weather showing where the Aurora (Northern Lights) are most visible tonight if there are some decent cloud breaks of course!Apparently there is a good aurora visible at the moment, at least as far south as Essex. Get out and have a look! Edited February 27, 2014 by MKsnowangel

[Jax]

There's a burst sewage main in South London flooding homes - hash tagged #poonami 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26375113

[Snowangel-MK]

There's a burst sewage main in South London flooding homes - hash tagged #poonami

‪#‎London‬ ‪#‎uk‬ Burst water main shuts ‪#‎Clapham‬ RoadClapham Road in south-west #London is floodedPolice have closed off a south-west London road following flooding from a suspected burst water pipe.The Metropolitan Police said Clapham Road, in the Lambeth borough, had been closed to pedestrians and motorists.It said it was due to "flooding from a suspected burst water pipe between Oval and Stockwell Underground station".A spokesperson for Transport for London tweeted they thought the disruption had been caused by a burst water pipe at the junction of Harleyford Road.

[Jax]

Anyone seeing anything? Would be great to see some photos !

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Image from Louth Weather showing where the Aurora (Northern Lights) are most visible tonight if there are some decent cloud breaks of course!

Apparently there is a good aurora visible at the moment, at least as far south as Essex. Get out and have a look!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26378027

 

just looked out and saw nowt though