SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards

[Leo97t]

Reached 36.9 at a met office wow station but may not be official in norwich

[danm]

A small line of thunderstorms have sparked off just to the east of me across the far east of Greater London

 

[Mark]

2 minutes ago, Jason H said:

Tropical blobs of rain in Bexleyheath now. The atmosphere is about to go pop I think

So close, yet so far!

[suffolkboy_]

That cell north of Thetford is exploding! I'm watching it grow from here. So well defined against a blue sky.

[Blazerblue]

Lightening radar showing strikes going off west of Norwich, too far north damnit, clouds slowly building now.

[Norfolk Sheep]

Frequently rumbling skies. Right on the convergence zone here. 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

2 minutes ago, Leo97t said:

Reached 36.9 at a met office wow station but may not be official in norwich

There's no Met Office station there, so it won't be official.  My suspicion for highest temperature would be Wattisham or Santon Downham.

[Bryn Webster]

Just now, suffolkboy_ said:

That cell north of Thetford is exploding! I'm watching it grow from here. So well defined against a blue sky.

I can see it from Cambridge .... massive booger!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 minute ago, Blazerblue said:

Lightening radar showing strikes going off west of Norwich, too far north damnit, clouds slowly building now.

Can see two cumulonimbus producing that storm from here, clearly against a slightly hazy sky - one fully-developed, the other one yet to level-out against the tropopause.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

hopefully this is a slow process of everything going east so we all get a very welcome drink and some good storms.. Those storms in the channel still moving North.. The cloud here is not going east at all yet..

[Uxbridge90]

Not sure if it's a plane but I can definitely hear some rumbling in the distance.

Loving the northerly track it's taking, not long before some of us finally see some much needed rain! 

[Leo97t]

Maybe stations now beaten record. Hope one of them is official

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Lightning maps showng plenty of strikes around Dereham and Swaffham, towards RAF Marham and down into the Brecks near Thetford.  I think there are actually two cells - visually and on radar.  My view from here reminds me of documentaries from Tornado Alley - heat, humidity and towering Cb anvils against a hazy blue sky.

[stainesbloke]

Ooh, rapid darkening of skies to the S here, heard some rumbles of thunder and just seen a flash of lightning.

Edited July 27, 2018 by stainesbloke

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

5 minutes ago, Leo97t said:

Maybe stations now beaten record. Hope one of them is official

You can see which are official by filtering the search on the WOW page.  Click "Filters" then de-select everything except "Official Observations"

Edited July 27, 2018 by chrisbell-nottheweatherman
Correcting typo.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Impressive storm to my south now thunder heard 

[John Stevens]

Finally.... Guildford and the Surrey Hills sees the storm!! Heavy heavy rain.... Beautiful summer rain and storm....

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Huge rai curtain on it also if you look to the right of the storm 

[Met4Cast]

Anyone else setup a camera to record a timelapse?

[Captain Shortwave]

The cloud seems to building east of here so skies are remaining fairly clear. The temperature sitting close to 34C yet again.

 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Oh my giddy aunt.. 3 huge CG strikes at the same time.. 

[interested & confused]

3 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

You can see which are official by filtering the search on the WOW page.  Click "Filters" then de-select everything except "Offocial Observations"

If I do that the only 'official' sites for the whole of Kent are on the coast, none at all inland. Stupid coverage.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Main storm heading NNE toward Melton Constable.

[Ellozee]

Best bet for storm time in Far SE is 6-9pm looking at French imports.

Edited July 27, 2018 by Ellozee

[DAVID SNOW]

Met amber bang on so far.