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

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The issue with these short sharp cooler interludes is that your body ever so slightly does it's best to keep cool in hot weather.. If that period of time is a couple of weeks or more then you begin to ever so slightly "get use to" to those conditions. Bit like jumping into a cold pool then 30 seconds later you are like "THE WATER IS GREAT!" after the first "OMG!! THATS COLD!"

OR

Steps of plane on holiday "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW its warm"

Steps of plane when home "OMG ITS FREEZING!"

Same principle.. 

The same thing happens but this time we have been experiencing it for going on 2 months. It can actually make a lot of people Ill this kind of very sudden switch if they are an indoors person and have a very weak immune system. People that sit in AC all the time are much more likely to be tired and ill as your body constantly fights to try get use to the cold conditions and then extreme heat again repeat.

Its not so much that it is "cold" just that it "feels cold" now I have woken up today and it feels "normal" again..

Todays weather could be summed up like this 

"Crappy summers weather what a waste of a Sunday... blah blah" But actually it's more like "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS RAIN"

Looks like some of our region might even get more than some places in the SW unless the rain fills in a bit all looks like the heavier stuff is further south and on course for us. 

Using the accumulated charts today..

 EURO4 - Agrees with me above.. 

AROME not sure I agree with this... doesn't look right

ARPEGE - Similar to Arome

HIRLAM

 

Wind will slowly increase today already a noticeable breeze picking up from calm this morning.. 

Used the AROME and the Net weather model.. Also interesting is some beefy showers later today and early tomorrow morning after the main rain has gone through.. 

Note the Arome doing its usual thing with these showers in that they could bring localised increase in wind speed..

 

 

 

Net weather model also has the showers rattling in later.. 

 

Could be summed up as "wild in summer" "bog standard in autumn" 

 

 

[Ben Lewis]

Had to cancel Outdoor CrossFit today with the under 15’s which is a shame. 

Cant wait for it to warm/dry up again.... Roll on Tuesday... 

 

[Jimmyh]

I am amazed. I played golf on that strong wind yesterday. Ansd it was fine. It was a very useable day dry all washing and cleared the warm air out. We have months of rain and wind to look forward to.  To say its cold is ridiculous. We have had one day of poor weather in 62 days. Are we never satisfied we wait once in a generation for a summer like this its a blip whilst the next set of heat builds. 

[Lauren]

Rains about to begin and is forecast to last all day! Quite the change!

[stainesbloke]

It’s raining quite heavily here, the plants and gardens will be enjoying this. Feels a bit strange after all the sunshine we’ve had, but it looks like it’ll be sustained/heavy enough to be useful. The wind is already gusting from the SSE. 17C currently.

[shotski]

45 minutes ago, Ben Lewis said:

Had to cancel Outdoor CrossFit today with the under 15’s which is a shame. 

Cant wait for it to warm/dry up again.... Roll on Tuesday... 

 

What sport Ben ?

[LightningLover]

Heavy rain and a strengthening breeze here currently.

[Emz by the Thames]

The wind was annoying yesterday, abandoned sowing autumn veg seed as the seeds kept blowing out of my hand! And this morning I had to turn the lights on to make breakfast...quite a shock to the system. However, this cool shot is lovely and much needed, it's nice to have other weather.

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Met saying 30-40mph gusts inland and 50mph by coasts.. 

Yesterday the max gust at Heathrow was also 40mph.. So getting as windy as yesterday for a time perhaps a touch more on coasts 

 

Just make sure the sun flowers are tied up again.. 

[tinybill]

i know its summer!!  but  on our localradio station there talk of our bridge might shut to high winds  ex soon i see we got a storm in coming  !!

 

[Sidsnake]

1 hour ago, stainesbloke said:

It’s raining quite heavily here, the plants and gardens will be enjoying this. Feels a bit strange after all the sunshine we’ve had, but it looks like it’ll be sustained/heavy enough to be useful. The wind is already gusting from the SSE. 17C currently.

Yes... Same as in Tunbridge Wells... And you are absolutely right that it should be heavy and sustained enough to be useful.  Fields round here are parched and the farmers will be delighted.  

[Katrine Basso]

There has been light to moderate rain fall in South Ockendon, it started about 8 am.  It is still raining now (10:32am), except it is very light rain.  The last time we had this amount of rain was either in April or in May.

[LightningLover]

Moderate-heavy steady rain!! I can almost hear the ground and plantlife sighing in relief!

[Katrine Basso]

My cat Simba has just come in, it must be a sure sign that the rain is going to getting more heavier.

[danm]

It is vile out there. 

Roll on the return of summer later this week! 

[Methuselah]

Cloudy with light to moderate rain and a moderate S breeze, 17C...I might even be able to get wet this arvo!

[Blazerblue]

Loving the rain, plants loving it too, still perfectly warm enough too for my liking, sitting here with patio doors open, watching and listening to the rain 

[shotski]

Lovely out there at the moment, plants and animals loving it. With a downgrade of anything really hot next week it’s happy days

[alexisj9]

Got all the windows open letting the wind blow through the house to cool it down, it's just starting to feel more comfortable. At last.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

UEA weather station showing 1.5 cm of rain so far.

[bobbydog]

34 minutes ago, shotski said:

Lovely out there at the moment, plants and animals loving it. With a downgrade of anything really hot next week it’s happy days

says who? latest GFS showing highs of 31C next weekend.... 

[Katrine Basso]

Today is a near  perfect day with the earlier winds and rain has dramatically cooled the temperatures down but the humidity is still has not gone. I have taken a video and a few photos which I am downloading.  The video will go on YouTube as it is too big put on here.  Once the my video has been downloaded, I will add the photos to the gallery.

[Katrine Basso]

Here is the YouTube link:

 

[Katrine Basso]

I am unable to edit that camera's date as it is showing the wrong year.

[stainesbloke]

Feels and smells autumnal today, looks warmer from tomorrow with summer returning next week. Shouldn’t be too hot and humid, 25-30C, perfect.