SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 01/01/2018 onwards

[James Oliver]

Londoners reporting any rumbles of thunder? 

Radar would suggest so are the moment. 

[terryall]

It’s not even windy here or raining at the moment!

[SMU]

Gust front going through London now...

[lassie23]

very rough here at the moment

[CK1981]

Torrential rain as the front passed through 30 minutes ago, but nothing special in terms of wind. In fact, it’s almost calm now! 

Edited January 2, 2018 by CK1981

[Crepuscular Ray]

Sustained wind speeds far higher than I was expecting from the forecast.

 

No thunder.

Edited January 2, 2018 by Crepuscular Ray

[Team Jo]

Interesting as I thought we had some distant flashes earlier. The wknd is continuous at the moment, sounds like a jet aircraft: 

[leedsnowfan]

Anyone got damage??

[James Oliver]

Just now, leedsnowfan said:

Anyone got damage??

Just some upturned bins in Dover at the moment.

[leedsnowfan]

1 minute ago, James Oliver said:

Just some upturned bins in Dover at the moment.

Hope you can rebuild! ?

[Frosty hollows]

I'm visiting the thread as I'm in S. London atm. Just had a few minutes of garden carnage as the squall line passed through. Several plant pots are casualties and the rain was intense for a short period

[terryall]

Only had two gusts of wind but nothing special here and it’s been reasonably calm all evening but with some rain/drizzle. All died down now and very calm. How weird!

[Frosty hollows]

14 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Gust front going through London now...

Tell me about it 

[yamkin]

81 mph wind gusts recorded at Isle of Portland

[snowrye]

Blowing a bloody hoolie outside,even with motd on,I can hear the roar of the wind

[moogyboobles]

I had my window open slightly on that half latch setting (I'm not sure what it's called) and the wind has blown it open!

[Kent Blizzard]

Doesn't look like I'll be getting much sleep, noise if the wind, rain and sounds like someone's recycle bin/boxes are blowing about.

Would imagine travel disruption in the morning, perfect timing for my first day back!

Edited January 3, 2018 by Kent Blizzard

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, moogyboobles said:

I had my window open slightly on that half latch setting (I'm not sure what it's called) and the wind has blown it open!

Oops, hope it's not broken.

[leedsnowfan]

Big downgrade in gust forecasts from BBC Weather for my area.....now in the 40s

[moogyboobles]

5 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Oops, hope it's not broken.

It's fine, I just had to close it and now I can't hear the wind as well. The house can feel it though.

[LightningLover]

Suddenly the BBC is showing a hail shower at 03:00, with 58 mph wind gusts. second surprise squall line? 

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, LightningLover said:

Suddenly the BBC is showing a hail shower at 03:00, with 58 mph wind gusts. second surprise squall line? 

There was always a second cold front.

[leedsnowfan]

2 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Suddenly the BBC is showing a hail shower at 03:00, with 58 mph wind gusts. second surprise squall line? 

Refresh the page as downgraded now....

[Dbarb]

Very calm here only after the squall 

[snowrye]

Winds have really picked up last 5 mins,squall line coming through I take it