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

[Andy Bown]

1 hour ago, Lyn-M said:

Same here, blue skies to S and SE, milky to N and NW, showing on the radar as the lightest of precipitation, but it's not reaching the ground here.

The radar has consistently done this recently whether the high cloud be Cirrus or Altocumulus types.

[matt111]

The rare met office app thunderstorm icon has appeared for here now. 

 

[Mapantz]

Had a bit of a heat spike earlier, temp shot up to 27.6°C - Humidity got down to 35%

[jy]

Item on South Today this  evening,talking about precipitation charts being messed up by clouds of flying ants,strange,but it seems true.

[Rich_Clements]

A warm humid day with a light cloud cover at times

[Dorsetbred]

14 minutes ago, jy said:

Item on South Today this  evening,talking about precipitation charts being messed up by clouds of flying ants,strange,but it seems true.

Little B*ggers

Loads outside my door, I think I'll tell them it's going to rain tomorrow and they best get a move on...

Edited July 17, 2017 by Dorsetbred

[SteveB]

Just been out with the dog and blimey there's a lot of flying ants around. 

Must be there time to go, bit later than others have been reporting.

[matt111]

Haven't seen many here at all this summer. 

[matt111]

43 minutes ago, jy said:

Item on South Today this  evening,talking about precipitation charts being messed up by clouds of flying ants,strange,but it seems true.

I thought I misheard that at first when they said that. 

[AWD]

16:00 tomorrow afternoon;

19:00 tomorrow evening;

For once, the SW quadrant looks to be the focal point for tomorrow's forecast convective activity.

Can't wait!!!!!

[SteveB]

35 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Haven't seen many here at all this summer. 

I haven't seen any here until today, all of a sudden an explosion of them.

[Andy Bown]

Glad we're not the only ones with 1000s of flying ants! We are beginning to think that our lawn was one huge nest .

Hopefully in 24 hours we will be talking about 1000s of lightning strikes!

[knocker]

Tricky medium and upper cloud this morning with Ci and Ac  Quite a a strong easterly gusting 30mph with the temp 18C. The question is where will any storms alight later?

[jtay]

I wonder if this has our name on it....

It seems to be on the move North, so a bit early if it does.

Snapped at 8.50am from http://en.sat24.com/en/eu

 

[MP-R]

Again, not doing well on the sunshine front - just too much useless cloud around. At least it's a little warmer than usual though I guess.

Today already reminds me of June 19th 2007 (also a Tuesday) - warm, very hazy with first storms showing up after teatime and an increasingly gusty wind. Let's see if I can get 32mm in 20 minutes again...

[matt111]

Sunny and warm although the skies becoming hazy. Quite gusty as well now. 23.4°C. 

[Mapantz]

Good sunny spells, but milky. Also blowing a hoolie! The dew point isn't as high as i was expecting.

Temp: 25.2°C - Hum: 52% - Dew: 14.7°C - Bar: 1014.29hPa - Wind: E @ 12mph, gusting to 24mph.

[Dorsetbred]

Local rag has this in it's article:

THUNDERY showers could be heading to Dorset tomorrow, the Met Office is warning.

The forecast currently says there will be rain between 6pm on Tuesday and 1am on Wednesday with thunder at 8pm. 

OK so set your watches!

 

[karlos1983]

I want a good Thunderstorm, but what I would really like is for my fishing trip on Friday not to be cancelled again... currently not looking good....

The 2 days in 2 months where sea states have not been good for sea fishing on a vessel, I've had trips booked 

[karlos1983]

Euro4 says I'm in for a soaking IMBY.... along with @Dorsetbred and @Mapantz 

Edited July 18, 2017 by karlos1983

[knocker]

With the convective stuff currently to the east the interest here is mainly the interesting cloud, Ac Cas and thick Ci and the easterly wind gusting up to 45mph

[lettice]

Another great Sunny hot day here, just reached 27.5c
1c more than we had Yesterday.

Wind has picked up a little this afternoon 8-10mph with a few 15-18 mph gusts

[matt111]

Clouded over now after reaching 27.2°C when the sun was out. Looks a bit darker to the south. 

[MP-R]

2 hours ago, karlos1983 said:

I want a good Thunderstorm, but what I would really like is for my fishing trip on Friday not to be cancelled again... currently not looking good....

The 2 days in 2 months where sea states have not been good for sea fishing on a vessel, I've had trips booked 

I know the feeling. Got a BBQ planned and 20+ people coming over on Saturday. It has to be outside and it must be dry!

[Dorsetbred]

1 minute ago, MP-R said:

I know the feeling. Got a BBQ planned and 20+ people coming over on Saturday. It has to be outside and it must be dry!

Is my invite in the snailmail??