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

[Captain Shortwave]

Disappointingly cloudy today, there was a little sunshine at times where it felt quite warm.

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Heavy shower just passed through here 

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What a fantastic suprise, thunder and lightning 

[Mark wheeler]

5 minutes ago, Surrey said:

What a fantastic suprise, thunder and lightning 

Yep just heard it here as well all be it well in the distance , hopefully can intensify , indoors now 

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mark wheeler

[Lauren]

Just had one really loud flash and rumble but absolutely nothing else. Strange.

[lassie23]

Raining heavy here without much cloud cover

[Mark wheeler]

Big rumble here now, make that 2

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mark wheeler

[Mark wheeler]

New line of storms appeared in the west country heading this way in very quick development  . There are bound to be other cells , this is surprising considering this .

 

Ps , appreciate the met do a fantastic job just shows how difficult their job is.

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mark wheeler

[PurpleButterfly]

Keep hearing some distant rumbles but nothing near by on the radar! 

 

[Bogman]

Thunder here.

[PurpleButterfly]

Thunder and lightning here. Just started raining. 

Was off to bed lol 

 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Woken up by the Australian Shepherd storm alert. 100% correct as usual. Nice unexpected bonus 

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Very unexpected storms last night for our region okay not very active but still something.

 

Brighter start today here 

[Blessed Weather]

Woken up by frequent sheet lightning and distant rumbles sometime in the night (didn't think of checking the time). Where I live on the outskirts of Hadleigh the council turn off all street lighting at mid-night, so in the inky black the effect was fairly dramatic. I checked the start of the radar animation when I got up and I think this might have been the culprit:

04.45

Well the BBC/Met Office and Arpege still going for a possible 24C to 25C for eastern most counties of our Region today. But after yesterday's effort I'll believe it when I experience it as once again I feel cloud amounts might be the problem!

Arpege for 15.00

[Methuselah]

Woke me up at around 0530 hrs: loudish thunder and very bright, white lightning...

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And now fully clouded over, worst spell of weather for a long time in these parts, not known to have such dull dank days in row for a fair few years... Needs to clear off getting bored of this 5h1t weather 

Edited August 23, 2017 by Surrey

[Blazerblue]

43 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Woke me up at around 0530 hrs: loudish thunder and very bright, white lightning...

Really? Wow didn't hear a thing, definitely didn't get any rain, must have gone round me dull and grey this morning and horribly humid, bring on the fresh air please.

[Bogman]

Horrible humid and dank.

Was brighter earlier. Thought today was going to be the warmest day of the month?

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 hour ago, Blazerblue said:

Really? Wow didn't hear a thing, definitely didn't get any rain, must have gone round me dull and grey this morning and horribly humid, bring on the fresh air please.

I slept through it as well - it passed here around 5 a.m. and my dad heard/saw it as he was out of bed at the time letting the cat in.

[Methuselah]

2 hours ago, Blazerblue said:

Really? Wow didn't hear a thing, definitely didn't get any rain, must have gone round me dull and grey this morning and horribly humid, bring on the fresh air please.

Must be yesterday in reverse, BB...hazy sunshine, Ac cas, and a horribly humid 22C...

[Emz by the Thames]

Just had to put the lights on!!! It's so humid, dank and dark.

This is an awful spell of weather. Chillis aren't ripening either. Where's the sun?

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Finally, some brightness slowly starting to break through... SAT also suggests cloud thinning..Seriously though, who messed this one up? Was meant to be 3 days of "good" weather... 

Actually looks better once we get the fresher weather in.. 

 

[seaside 60]

1 hour ago, Surrey said:

Finally, some brightness slowly starting to break through... SAT also suggests cloud thinning..Seriously though, who messed this one up? Was meant to be 3 days of "good" weather... 

Actually looks better once we get the fresher weather in.. 

 

Isnt it always though, fresher weather means normally clearer weather and with the clearer weather the UV from the sun heats everything up even if temps are not the 30c that many want,

Just think of all those SW winds we get in the darker days of the year, days of cloud and moist winds as soon as the cold front along bingo clear skies.

[Mark wheeler]

Finally some tentative signs of it brightening up , we have very hazy sunshine . Hopefully the positive trend continues.

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18 minutes ago, seaside 60 said:

Isnt it always though, fresher weather means normally clearer weather and with the clearer weather the UV from the sun heats everything up even if temps are not the 30c that many want,

Just think of all those SW winds we get in the darker days of the year, days of cloud and moist winds as soon as the cold front along bingo clear skies.

Many a times I have watched a front Clear through in autumn and watch as the Crystal clear blue sky replaces the cloud fantastic to watch. 

You are right, it's already feeling a lot warmer now with the sun making an appearance. I find though frustrating as a gardener that if it's damp and cloudy it makes everything ten times harder as nothing drys out. Of course the exception being when you have to dig lol! Even then, a few weeks back when we had that biblical rain I was the mug digging fence post holes in clay. Could have taken up pot making that day and still have enough clay to see me out to the end of the year