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

[Updraft]

There was a massive thunderclap here in Dover earlier, it woke a lot of people up (evidently from bedroom lights going on). Some pretty heavy rain right now too.

[Chris74]

Torrential rain and lot's of lighting & thunder really wasn't expecting this don't know what to wacht the storm or the film we started watching lol 3rd. Storm in a couple of weeks.

[Norfolk Sheep]

Australian Shepherd alert system is snoring its head off, obviously nothing within 100 miles 

[Neilsouth]

Awesome and unexpected storm tonight, lots of flashing, rumbles and the odd strike to ground! Totally unforecasted

[seaside 60]

Where did that come from, like others watered the garden to make sure things  didn't totally dry out due to the wind.
Woke up to a major thunderstorm lots lightening, plenty of rain,  almost overhead 

That must be around the 5/6th thunderstorm  this year so far, pretty good seeing as early June.

[Dami]

bog all again, but yes it was on the storm forecasts.

My home town voted lib dem , my area voted con with good old bedford on labour.

And I didn't get a storm.

Disgusting result.

 

[stainesbloke]

After some early sunshine, the day is going rapidly downhill with overcast skies, blustery winds and feeling cool. Yawn.

[Delka]

i swear just about every place in this region has seen extremely heavy rain, lightning or just distant rumbles so far this year and I haven't gotten more then drizzle and a few moderate showers since February 

[Dami]

6 minutes ago, Delka said:

i swear just about every place in this region has seen extremely heavy rain, lightning or just distant rumbles so far this year and I haven't gotten more then drizzle and a few moderate showers since February 

join the club 

[Delka]

2 hours ago, Dami said:

join the club 

not quite understanding how its been a good year so far for thunderstorms Hopefully we get one soon, otherwise I'm moving to Kent

[Dami]

last year about this time we had a cracker of a storm here, direct hit lasted for hours.

[Neilsouth]

55 minutes ago, Delka said:

not quite understanding how its been a good year so far for thunderstorms Hopefully we get one soon, otherwise I'm moving to Kent

It's been pretty awful for a few years now bar the odd weak storm, this year so far has been an exception. Best places seem to be down the east/south east coast of kent as some storms go up the dover straights

[Delka]

2 hours ago, Neilsouth said:

It's been pretty awful for a few years now bar the odd weak storm, this year so far has been an exception. Best places seem to be down the east/south east coast of kent as some storms go up the dover straights

We had quite a violent storm on one occasion in what i think was early July 2015 but since then its only the odd small storm that rolls over within a few minutes with a few flashes and 30 seconds of heavy rain.. Miss the longer storms with constant rumbling and flashes with rain pounding the window, the thrill of it all is amazing, especially watching it get dark as you hear it approach.. 

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Morning gang, 

Today could go up to 26-27 degrees lovely! Cooler tomorrow but from the start of the week it was looking like a cloudy showery weekend.. 

On to the garden and it's loveing the weather I've had something strange happen, I planted giant bamboo about 4 years ago and this year it's decided too shoot... Big time in 3 days it's grown above the stick we put in to support it 

Trying to upload pics but it won't let me 

 

[stainesbloke]

Quite a pleasant morning here with plenty of sunshine. Still breezy but quite warm, 19C currently. Could be a very nice day IF the cloud stays away.

[stainesbloke]

22C here now and lovely clear skies, despite the wind it feels warm. 

[Daniel*]

Very high UV levels today for our region first of the year I believe what a beauty looking at the satellite imagery the rest of the country is blanketed by cloud, make sure you apply that sunscreen!  

[Captain Shortwave]

Cracking day, good sunny spells and a very warm SW wind with temperatures up to 24C, we could hit 25C if it doesn't cloud over too much.

[Dami]

perfect dying weather for school stuffs.

 

[stainesbloke]

The cloudier skies have just arrived here, such an annoyance as it was absolutely lovely. 23C currently with a strong breeze blowing. 

[lassie23]

On 09/06/2017 at 14:01, Dami said:

last year about this time we had a cracker of a storm here, direct hit lasted for hours.

were you dreaming

[Dami]

4 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

were you dreaming

no no I have pics and a vid. not amazing it was quite bad with lightning.

[lassie23]

2 minutes ago, Dami said:

no no I have pics and a vid. not amazing it was quite bad with lightning.

pm it to me, not as proof just want to see a bedford banger

[Dami]

Can't see to Pm them so Apologies to others this is from a storm a while back 

[alexisj9]

Hi everyone, back on line now 

Have had three storms in the last couple of weeks, the second of which was a real cracker, strobe lightning for at least an hour couldn't believe it.

Today started nice and sunny, getting some cloud now though.