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

[SenlacJack]

Another day as dull as dishwater here with sullen skies and occasional spells of swirling drizzle.

Temperatures have ranged from a minimum of 16.5c to a maximum of 18.3c with zero in the way of sunshine. Sitting in the garden tonight it feels more like a tropical rain forest ( albeit not as warm as one ) with the constant drip drip from the vegetation and dewpoints matching the temperature.

[Blessed Weather]

That's better - a cheerful, sunny start and almost dead calm! Overnight min of 10.5C so a much better night's sleep.

All change from here on - the coming 7 days look interesting (if you like it feeling distinctly autumnal with wind, rain and cool temps!). Oops - hope Ben isn't reading this!

[Blazerblue]

A lovely bright sunny start, albeit with a bit of stiff breeze here on the coast, the clouds have been building now for an hour or so, gone quite gloomy with a few spits n spots of rain.

[Blessed Weather]

A sunny, cheerful start but cool after an overnight min of 9.5C. A max of only 17C yesterday.

Pressure has been dropping slowly since 21.00 last night (down 5 hPa to 1011 hPa overnight) and a look out west to what's heading our way is not encouraging, so this lovely early sunshine not set to last.

A rather unsettled weekend on the way and Sunday looking the day to keep an eye on. Current Arpege output suggesting gusts up to 90 km (55 mph) for exposed coastal fringes:

 

[SenlacJack]

Based on my unscientific observations, summer here has been about as average as it gets.

Since June 1st I've been scoring each day out of 10, with 5 being average. I've taken my readings from nearby Herstmonceux, and based my scores on what I consider to be the average maximum temperature/sunshine hours/rainfall for this general location.

I'll post my scores and thoughts later if anyones interested.

 

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[Blessed Weather]

32 minutes ago, SenlacJack said:

Based on my unscientific observations, summer here has been about as average as it gets.

Since June 1st I've been scoring each day out of 10, with 5 being average. I've taken my readings from nearby Herstmonceux, and based my scores on what I consider to be the average maximum temperature/sunshine hours/rainfall for this general location.

I'll post my scores and thoughts later if anyones interested.

Yes please SJ. I'd be very interested to see your observations and thoughts on this summer.

[SenlacJack]

41 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Yes please SJ. I'd be very interested to see your observations and thoughts on this summer.

Thanks for your reply BW.  I'm still sifting through everything at the moment so will try and give a more detailed breakdown in the next few days.

[SenlacJack]

2 minutes ago, SenlacJack said:

Thanks for your reply BW.  I'm still sifting through everything at the moment so will try and give a more detailed breakdown in the next few days.

As a rough guide for now though, June comes 1st, July 2nd, and August 3rd.

That said, I rated all 3 months slightly above average

[Blessed Weather]

Grey start with a few spots of rain trying to wet the ground. Currently 15.2C.

This afternoon could be interesting with some very heavy, blustery and potentially thundery showers around. Here's the thoughts from high res models Arome and NMM for 16.00:

Arome  NMM

[Blazerblue]

The triangle of doom is in full effect I see today  

[Blazerblue]

33 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

The triangle of doom is in full effect I see today  

I take it back, bucketing it down now, hail too 

[tomp456]

People are moaning its windy outside, at 12z the pressure was 1000mb at shoreham airport, Irma will have a pressure in the low to mid 900s. Perspective,lads. 

 

Don't see anything in the way of thunder happening around here later but you never know. 

[Methuselah]

7 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

I take it back, bucketing it down now, hail too 

Same here, BB...The ToD doesn't really show its hand until snow is in the forecast - then it really comes into its own!

[lassie23]

Summer is over

[Bogman]

14 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Summer is over

 

T'is autumn.

[lassie23]

57 minutes ago, Bogman said:

 

T'is autumn.

Aye t'is, but sometimes September is summery

[SenlacJack]

Had a number of fairly brief but intense dowpours rattling through here in the last 2-3 hours, localised flooding on some roads.

Sitting under my patio canopy expecting a huge clap of thunder any minute but sadly nothing in that way so far. I have to admit though it seems a bit churlish to bemoan that given what's happening further afield.

[Captain Shortwave]

Well there is a thunderstorm just north of Peterborough at the moment. I have a good view of it whilst i wait for the wife to finish work.

[Bogman]

46 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Aye t'is, but sometimes September is summery

 

 

Tru dat.

 

But t'is the season of mellow fruitfulness and all that jazz.

[lassie23]

53 minutes ago, Bogman said:

 

 

Tru dat.

 

But t'is the season of mellow fruitfulness and all that jazz.

Sleet watch soon

[Bogman]

6 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Sleet watch soon

 

 

More a cold rain around these parts.

[Methuselah]

Thunder!

[Blazerblue]

I hear thunder looking at radar it might just be coming this way.......might.

[Methuselah]

Lightning!

[Methuselah]

Get ready, all you peeps in Lowestoft - a beautiful double rainbow could be heading in your direction...

And the lightning, of course...