South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 23/04/17 onwards

[MP-R]

Not liking the look of Saturday for outdoor plans. Oh to live somewhere where summer produced reliably nice weather!

[matt111]

The breeze is making it feel quite cool at the moment even when the sun comes out. Completely different to most of the last week or so. 18.8°C. 

[jtay]

Cracking shots from StormyKing on the IOW, in the Convective thread... Hope he doesn't mind me putting a link in here.

 

[lettice]

3 hours ago, matt111 said:

The breeze is making it feel quite cool at the moment even when the sun comes out. Completely different to most of the last week or so. 18.8°C. 

The WSW wind here has really picked up today, been 15mph - 18mph since mid morning with many 20-26mph gusts.
Temp did get to 20c at 1:30pm and is now 17.8c

[knocker]

Currently a thickening layer of As as fronts approach from the west

[knocker]

A perfectly foul morning. Moderate rain and gusting 30mph from the SSW/ A yellow warning for rain has been issued.

[knocker]

Currently heavy rain here and very unpleasant. Coverack doesn't need too much of this.

[MP-R]

Typical that after today's autumnal wind and rain, the dry interlude is perfectly timed for the overnight period before showers move in to ruin tomorrow daytime, only to clear again the following night. Gah!

[jtay]

Gopping.

[Ciderwithrosie]

The glares have ruined my sweet peas , outdoor tomatoes and blowing everything else around . I think the main rain band is about to announce itself rather forcefully . 16 C , goodness knows what wind speed ! 

[Rich_Clements]

I was awoken by the wind during the early hours as I had the bedroom window open.

 

Come on summer please return 

[knocker]

Bit of a clearance here with some blue sky and large Cu to the WNW

[Dorsetbred]

Squall line seems to develop and fade, develop and fade. Wonder which phase it will be in once it arrives here? Presently dry, even with some sunny intervals

[Jasper Foxx]

IT'S RAINING SIDEWAYS!

Quite squally weather here on Bedminster Down, winds are pretty strong and the rain heavy. From what I've seen on the radar though, worse is yet to hit. Not sure whether I'll be driving home or if I will need that outboard motor!

[MP-R]

Driving back to Bristol from London later this afternoon along the M4. Could get nasty wherever that squall line has got to.

[Super_Uwe]

Weather absolutely abysmal here in Kingsbridge. Been like this for the past hour or so.

Looking at the radar, you can see how the squall line is really giving certain places a battering. It's not really passing through particularly quickly either, the intense rain is such a long trail and its direction of movement isn't helping either!

[<torbay>]

Raining heavy from about 2.20 for 10 mins. Eased a little, now getting heavier again !! 

[matt111]

Still dry at the moment but looks darker to the west and the winds picked up making it feel autumnal again. 

[SilverWolf]

Just started chucking it down in Stroud, lucky got to 3.30 before my outdoor work had to stop, thought it would arrive earlier. Looks like a good amount to come on the radar. 

Edited July 21, 2017 by SilverWolf

[Dorsetbred]

44 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Still dry at the moment but looks darker to the west and the winds picked up making it feel autumnal again. 

Tiz been here for a good 15-20mins

[SteveB]

Been chucking it down for the last hour here, around 10mm so far

[knocker]

The clearance well and truly established now with a little high Ac and mainly small Cu.

modis 1430

Edited July 21, 2017 by knocker

[Ciderwithrosie]

Still bucketing down here , no wind and temp dropped to 13C . .of course brilliant timing for the school holidays . 

[matt111]

11 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Tiz been here for a good 15-20mins

Just reached here. Quite heavy as well. 

[Mapantz]

Proper downpour here, roads like rivers briefly. 5.8mm with a rain rate of 81.8mm/hr. Winds gusted to 33mph, speed 17mph.