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

[Katrine Basso]

When I woke up at 6am it was raining heavily, this is third time it has rained in over a week.

 

[Lauren]

Lovely little morning storm to wake up to. Few loud rumbles and lovely rain sounds.

[seaside 60]

Another day I dont have to water the garden just the pots and baskets later if suns shines a lot.

5 days of rainfall now and building, well do I take i this is the last day for a while

[Blazerblue]

Rain incoming, just had a lightening strike close by. Time for my dog to shake uncontrollably.

[runboy]

Wow, what a storm over south Norwich, good strong lightning and thunder. 

[Methuselah]

We have it here, too...

[Meggy]

I don’t know if it’s just me but it feels very humid this morning after the rain and rumbles!

[Lauren]

Be careful out there on the roads, people. Seen 2 very nasty looking accidents this morning with flipped cars. Lots of standing water and spray. Slow down and be aware. It's just not worth it.

[Reefseeker]

3 hours ago, Nick F said:

Woken up by the heavy rain then not long after came a vivid flash and almighty building shaking bang of thunder, I forgive you Mother Nature for waking me up so early.

A bit of an earlier wake-up call for us on the western side of London with the real building shaker waking me up at 5am, preceded by heavy rain and followed by some more rumbles with lightning and more rain. In common with others, I had noticed a bit of a popcorn sky yesterday evening but had been foolish enough not to check in on the NW forums, so didn't think anything was on its way. The chaps doing our garden patio appear undeterred and are out there grouting yesterday's paving stones.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Reefseeker

[Darkcloud]

Heavy rain and thunder here on the Norfolk Broads (How Hill) 

[alexisj9]

Think I slept through this, unless it missed the SE corner, wouldn't be the first time for either outcome.

[Methuselah]

Now that the rain has gone, it's as if everything is in HD.

[Soaring Hawk]

20 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Now that the rain has gone, it's as if everything is in HD.

Exactly what I was saying earlier to my, somewhat nervous, passenger while driving and gazing around in wonder Ed!

Heavy rain around 6am, although it didn’t last long. Sunny with a few fair weather clouds against incredibly intense blue sky. The countryside looking amazing, trees greener etc. A stunningly beautiful crisp day, if somewhat windy atm. 

Currently 19C with expected max of 25

Wind: WSW 10, gusting 17

Pressure 1016. Humidity 65% Visibility excellent 

[Methuselah]

11 minutes ago, Soaring Hawk said:

Exactly what I was saying earlier to my, somewhat nervous, passenger while driving and gazing around in wonder Ed!

Heavy rain around 6am, although it didn’t last long. Sunny with a few fair weather clouds against incredibly intense blue sky. The countryside looking amazing, trees greener etc. A stunningly beautiful crisp day, if somewhat windy atm. 

Currently 19C with expected max of 25

Wind: WSW 10, gusting 17

Pressure 1016. Humidity 65% Visibility excellent 

Amazing innit? Even the shadows (no, not you, Hank!) are more intense, today.

[lassie23]

had thunder this morning, 33c for Friday

[Methuselah]

4 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

had thunder this morning, 33c for Friday

Same here, lass - and that's a measly four thunder-days this year...By this time last year, I'd lost count!

[lassie23]

just had a wasp fly into my eye sunny with sun here

[stainesbloke]

Reasonable day here, some sunshine with a fair amount of cloud. Average temperature of 23C with a moderate breeze from the SW.

[Daniel*]

1 hour ago, stainesbloke said:

Reasonable day here, some sunshine with a fair amount of cloud. Average temperature of 23C with a moderate breeze from the SW.

It doesn’t feel warm when sun is obscured, we look set to see return of very hot weather. Oh joy.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

7 hours ago, runboy said:

Wow, what a storm over south Norwich, good strong lightning and thunder. 

I slept throught it LOL.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

3 hours ago, lassie23 said:

just had a wasp fly into my eye sunny with sun here

Ouch!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

On 27/07/2018 at 16:56, nick sussex said:

Strange ! We’ll have to wait for further confirmation later.

@nick sussex - I've had confirmation from Norfolk Gliding Club that it is a private station - the Met Office won't allow them to use the data from their official station.

Edited July 31, 2018 by chrisbell-nottheweatherman

[Captain Shortwave]

Not a bad day after early showers cleared. Sunny spells and patchy cloud with a high of 25C.

[Badgers01]

perfect summers day here felt more like later in August strangely !! 25c and sunny after 2pm don't be fooled by the fresher feel though re sunburn I am pink like a lobster after a stroll from Fairmile in Cobham across Esher common to Garson's Farm !!

[Flaked Queen]

Sooooo as we are having a beautiful summer ... how’s winter going to work ? Full blown white out ?