Wales, the Midlands & South West England Weather Discussion

[BlueHedgehog074]

I feel the same. Whether to stay up and radar watch or go to sleep and get woken up?

I know what you mean. It would be kind of typical really if the weather exploded over us while sleeping. I can't really see anything happening here tonight (you've probably got a better chance, though), so will probably just end up sleeping on it and hope nothing happens.

Edited September 18, 2014 by DiagonalRedLine

[Barbmac]

I feel the same. Whether to stay up and radar watch or go to sleep and get woken up?

 

Was thinking the same! MInd you might get up 2-3 am-ish when I tend to wake anyway, just to check the Scottish referendum results.

 

Lovely afternoon here, once the clouds parted. Very hazy but lovely and warm. Just clouded over again now.

[conor123]

Dull and murky till just before 1pm, brightened up this afternoon with some very hazy sunny spells and max of 22.8c making it the warmest day since July.

Edited September 18, 2014 by conor123

[Bobby]

Won't someone rid us of this infernal anticyclone?!? Getting on my Blue Tits now!

[nettie]

Can hear distant thunder looking at radar its going round us again! Although shouldnt complain really , we have been spoilt this year for good ole thunderstorms.

[Mapantz]

It looks pretty bleak for storms here to be honest. I'd be happy of it stays dry and sunny tomorrow though.

[Barbmac]

Well, it's started raining here. There are some small cells developing either side of the Malverns. Watch this space, as they say.

[Lyn-M]

High of 24°C here this afternoon, feeling very muggy too, but storms way out of reach.  Large area of storms between Salisbury and Reading at the moment according to the radar.  I'd be more than happy for it to be dry again tomorrow, it's Farmers' Market in town and it's not much fun in the rain, let alone a storm!

[Wilxy]

That cell is heading straight for my location but I have a feeling it will lose its intensity as it gets closer.

[nettie]

Right scrap my last post its now gone black and thunder right over top of us now no rain yet.

[Mapantz]

I know what you mean. It would be kind of typical really if the weather exploded over us while sleeping. I can't really see anything happening here tonight (you've probably got a better chance, though), so will probably just end up sleeping on it and hope nothing happens.

 

I think you stand the better chance up there.

[Aceman]

Lights dimming and lightning strike close by, still rumbling

[ANYWEATHER]

Despite torrential rain here the dewpoint is still 17c and the surface temp is 19.1c . Incredible given the time of year. Obviously tropical activity at play. No notice of severe weather as yet ,but the next 24 to 36 hrs could  well see some really nasty weather  but localized rather than  national.....

[Andy Bown]

Wow what an hour that was! Some very close CGs (at least 5) with shotgun thunder from 2 or 3 separate cells within what was a rapidly developing storm cluster with other frequent lightning/thunder of differing colours/types (view NW radar zoomed to BA12 to see the development from 18.40).

 

8mm in my gauge from around 10 mins of monsoon rain after only the same amount had fallen in the previous 23 days!

 

Amusingly it had gone very dark just after 18.30 and I thought something must go bang and it did soon after!

 

5 weeks without thundery activity and now something to rival the July awesomeness! It had been 25.0c with 80%+ humidity at 17.00!

[J10]

Sunnier today compared to recent days, as it stayed sunny for most of the afternoon, clouded over late afternoon and rather muggy.

 

Max 23c, that will probably not be broken now for the rest of the year.

[conor123]

Extremely muggy evening with no breeze, 20.2c currently but feels warmer.

Not expecting anything exciting tomorrow here so just hoping finally get a clear, sunny day on Sunday/Monday after all this smoggy haze.

[A.J]

kick ass storm here over the past couple of hours....drifting away WNWards now and weakening......expect more elevated storms to fire overnight and into tomorrow as an upper trough currently over northern france transfers northwards and acts as the trigger for upper forcing

[Andy Bown]

kick ass storm here over the past couple of hours....drifting away WNWards now and weakening......expect more elevated storms to fire overnight and into tomorrow as an upper trough currently over northern france transfers northwards and acts as the trigger for upper forcing

Yes AJ and the rapid developments mean nothing should be taken for granted if the radar is clear in ones' location at any given time.

 

Some cells have gone from nothing to bright red on the radar in 10 mins!

[fromey]

Wow really kicking out towards Trowbridge now, loving watch from a distance flashes every 5-10 seconds

[jtay]

Tonking it down here and I can see more flashes towards the NW.

[Barbmac]

Pouring with rain in Malvern.

[fromey]

kicking off here now!!!

[conor123]

All the excitement staying south of here thus far, need a more southerly wind!!!

[TonyH]

Need a rumble to make it 9/9 months thunder for 2014

[Evening thunder]

Storms east and north of here again, can clearly see flashes from that storm all the way down here, and I have a hill to my NE.

 

May go to a local viewpoint and look, saw actual CC/CG bolts from storms in about the same place in July!

 

Would be good to have a active storm close/overhead here, but the Met Office now suggest the focus further east more..