South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 1st September 2016 onwards

[loopydreamer]

3 minutes ago, Team Squirrel said:

Epic storm with tonnes of rain for over an hour now, couple of overhead strikes =wow!! Proper flat-shakers!

Can't sleep now, though!!

Friends in nearby Flackwell Heath say their parents have lost power.

 

Yes it's been pretty loud. Quieter now but I too can't sleep lol. ... lost power? So Blackwell heath is close by? I wonder how much rain will fall in these next couple of hours?

[Emz by the Thames]

8 minutes ago, loopydreamer said:

Yes it's been pretty loud. Quieter now but I too can't sleep lol. ... lost power? So Blackwell heath is close by? I wonder how much rain will fall in these next couple of hours?

Yes, it's a couple of miles south-west of Wycombe and a miles or so west of me. Judging by Facebook - all of Flackwell is awake!! I just popped outside - rain still falling and the A40 has a LOT of surface water, cars look like they have just come down a log flume.

[suffolkboy_]

1 hour ago, lassie23 said:

Now it's raining heavy

Feel free to send it this way. I need all the rain I can get.....it's been too dry too long now.

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11:30pm last night till now and I am still hearing thunder and seeing lightning some the lightning last night was of the scale.. Now comes the more tricky part with the front moving in from the west, take care peeps we are about to get a lot of rain in our corner of the world 

Edited September 16, 2016 by Surrey

[Captain Shortwave]

Nothing here at the moment, but at least the murk has cleared, typically around 6 hours later than forecast. I will have to see how the cold front interacts with all this instability over the region. There could be some storm or it could be a bust for northern areas.

[lassie23]

got woken up three times by loud thunder, loudest was half an hour ago

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The cold front is about to engange with the instability over the region out west.. I think it could get a bit bandy in the next 6-8 hours 

[Ben Lewis]

Pi**ing down with the odd rumble of thunder and cloud base lighting! Poor attempt at a thunderstorm - usual affair for the UK.

looking forward to having the sun and dry weather back tomorrow, this laughable attempt at a thunderstorm can do one. 

[Norfolk Sheep]

I must say that the drizzle is a bit later than I expected. Still, nice and grey outside - gorgeous! *sarcastic mode off" 

[DannyH]

Grand total of 0.0mm in Rayleigh, Essex and no thunder but sky has a very weird yellow hue this morning..  

[tinybill]

i can see it on the radar   nothing  here

 

[SMU]

So the big totals of rain are just a smidge further WNW than progged into the NW of our region - but the fat lady isnt singing yet..

[Mark wheeler]

6 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

So the big totals of rain are just a smidge further WNW than progged into the NW of our region - but the fat lady isnt singing yet..

Blimey Steve have you been up all night?. Big flash and bang to start the morning here just now. Glad the storms kept just a few miles away so no massive bolts but had lots of flashing.

[Mark wheeler]

36 minutes ago, Ben Lewis said:

Pi**ing down with the odd rumble of thunder and cloud base lighting! Poor attempt at a thunderstorm - usual affair for the UK.

looking forward to having the sun and dry weather back tomorrow, this laughable attempt at a thunderstorm can do one. 

Forecast has changed with that Ben it looks like the front will track back west tomorrow leaving a dull damp day with sporadic rain. It must be the weekend

[Norfolk Sheep]

Heavens. there's a finger of light drizzle starting to extend NE towards Norfolk/Suffolk. I can barely contain my excitement. And light rain to the east of Norwich too!

[Ellozee]

Storms seem to have gotten stuck there.. wasn't a lot of western movement on them to begin with and now the Atlantic cold front is struggling to shift them back east? I know that's a bit of a basic view of how things looked to pan out and they were always going to be prolonged in the central southern area, but other than a splash or two of rain overnight theres not been much to speak of here.. on the radar that's certainly not true 100 miles west!

[Ben Lewis]

22 minutes ago, Mark wheeler said:

Forecast has changed with that Ben it looks like the front will track back west tomorrow leaving a dull damp day with sporadic rain. It must be the weekend

Oh lovely! 

So we have today - pouring rain with the odd clap of thunder

then tomorrow a damp grey day!

Still... at least people get their 'much needed rain'..... pfft 

 

[Bogman]

7 minutes ago, Ben Lewis said:

Oh lovely! 

So we have today - pouring rain with the odd clap of thunder

then tomorrow a damp grey day!

Still... at least people get their 'much needed rain'..... pfft 

 

 

I suggest you move abroad as you'll never be satisfied living in this country with its varied weather...........

[mb018538]

Nice of the rain to hook right around Cambridge....d'oh!  Not a drop here as of yet....hopefully it'll get a shift on and hit us later.

[frozencanals]

Morning all,

Nice and quiet here in Southend, I see we had some rain overnight, the temparature did not drop below 18 last night and its now back up to 20 again..

cheers

FC

[Ben Lewis]

8 minutes ago, Bogman said:

 

I suggest you move abroad as you'll never be satisfied living in this country with its varied weather...........

Believe me if I could I would. 

Somewhere like Toronto - hot summers and freezing winters = proper seasons!

Never enjoyed our 'varied' climate as it's a boring Atlantic varied. 

Enjoy the rain today! 

 

[Froze were the Days]

Poor forecast in my opinion, at this time (8am) according to last nights forecast it should be hammering it down here!...absolutely diddly squat.

[Ellozee]

Wow, actual skywater!

[loopydreamer]

A lot of rain here this morning... no thunder now. Flood warning up for hughenden stream.... it's very wet here ... lovely and fresh today, a welcome relief

 

Edited September 16, 2016 by loopydreamer

[Norfolk Sheep]

3 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:

Poor forecast in my opinion, at this time (8am) according to last nights forecast it should be hammering it down here!...absolutely diddly squat.

Stand by, there's an area of very light drizzle on it's way