SE & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 23/04/2017 onwards

[Methuselah]

Plenty of convection kicking-off around here, during the last 45 minutes or so...

[JennyJane1]

Wondering if we will get the predicted thunderstorm and heavy rail later today, doesn't seem hot enough here, also interested to see the reports of the record rainfall and floods in paris overnight

[suffolkboy_]

At last! Things now starting to fire up south west of Cambridge.

[Blazerblue]

Well I'm sure I just saw a flash of lightening, it's gone dark here and large blobs of rain just came and went within 30 seconds of starting. Plenty of cloud building, just not sure it's gonna come to much. Building quickly to the south of us.

Edited July 10, 2017 by Blazerblue

[Methuselah]

Very similar over here, BB; some very black blackness away to our south, but no lightning yet...And, it's bin day!

[Blazerblue]

Thundering here, lightening off the coast. Really kicking off over southwold way again!

[Norfolk Sheep]

7 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

Thundering here, lightening off the coast. Really kicking off over southwold way again!

Indeed yes - wonder if that's where it's all going to be this afternoon - coastal only?

[Blessed Weather]

Wow! The storm along the East Anglian coastal strip really took off in the space of 50 minutes!!

12.05  12.55

Blitzortung realtime lightning 13.10

[Blazerblue]

1 minute ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Indeed yes - wonder if that's where it's all going to be this afternoon - coastal only?

Looking like it, building just on land then heading out to sea.

[JennyJane1]

34 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Very similar over here, BB; some very black blackness away to our south, but no lightning yet...And, it's bin day!

And here, gradually becoming darker, haven't seen any lightning but it seems to be getting warmer, don't think it is raining yet but i am sure i have heard some distant thunder in the last few minutes

[Blazerblue]

Wow

[seaside 60]

Amazing formation or rain in 50 mins of the Suffolk Norfolk coast.

Up to 27c in Southend yet again temps well underplayed for the nth time this last few weeks.

[alexisj9]

Nothing here but a bit of light rain earlier. Suns out now

[Blazerblue]

RAIN.....ACTUAL RAIN  and boy is it heavy! 

[JennyJane1]

massive thunder nearly overhead, very dark, rain starting to fall

[Dami]

Do not fret. I have just put out a load of towels to dry, so it WILL rain. Not in Bedford HQ you understand, but somewhere close.

[Methuselah]

Would you believe it? it's all gone round me!

[Blessed Weather]

23 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Would you believe it? it's all gone round me!

That's incredible Pete! I've just zoomed in on the Netweather radar until Beccles town was labelled and then turned the animation on. That's possibly the best storm shield I've ever seen in action! You should record that for posterity and give your movie clip a title..... maybe "The Great Beccles Storm Robbery".

[Coopsy]

Blue skies and 27oC here in the south east 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Certainly looks like the "heavy thundery showers in the SE and E" should be translated as "a very small coastal strip of Norfolk/Suffolk" 

[Methuselah]

From my window, I can see what looks like a 'Southwold Stonker'...Still not heard any thunder. It's as muggy as fook!

[Blazerblue]

Yep, think I should move to southwold, last week and today they've had some belting storm action  radar showing some more rain heading for us, bring it on 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

3 hours ago, Blessed Weather said:

Wow! The storm along the East Anglian coastal strip really took off in the space of 50 minutes!!

12.05  12.55

Blitzortung realtime lightning 13.10

 

I too noticed the sudden increase in activity, Malcolm (nice holiday phtos BTW); I presume the cells taped-into an area of high potential energy.

3 hours ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Indeed yes - wonder if that's where it's all going to be this afternoon - coastal only?

Seems to be mostly to my east, except for one cell just west of Swaffham.

[Norfolk Sheep]

Sitting in the garden looking at the dark skies out to the east. And north (that'll be Swaffham), South and west - zero. Zilch. Nada. 

Edited July 10, 2017 by Norfolk Sheep

[Methuselah]

It's now gone very, very dark...