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

[shotski]

Not a bad day here with temperatures about 21-22 degrees, mostly cloud but occasionally the sun would come out to warm the cockles. 

Mornings starting to get dark and more Daddy long legs making an appearance

[lassie23]

38 minutes ago, shotski said:

Not a bad day here with temperatures about 21-22 degrees, mostly cloud but occasionally the sun would come out to warm the cockles. 

Mornings starting to get dark and more Daddy long legs making an appearance

snow coming shots, get your garden ready

[claret047]

Good Evening Everyone,

Re last Friday's thunderstorms, I thought you may wish to read the article I have attached from my local newspaper's website.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/ball-fire-spotted-floating-outside-1902507

Kind Regards

Dave

 

 

[stainesbloke]

Looks like a lovely day for those worrying about lack of rain

[Uxbridge90]

How miserable, can we rewind a few weeks and bring back the 30c+ heat? Not particularly nice alongside the humidity either

[Wimbledon88]

1 hour ago, stainesbloke said:

Looks like a lovely day for those worrying about lack of rain

Yes indeed. Very autumnal this morning. Even quite bracing in the wind. Just shows we can have all sorts of weather in space of a few weeks. Hopefully some big heavy downpours after the rain band but I doubt it unfortunately.

Edited August 16, 2018 by Wimbledon88

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Well some of that rain is really intense now.. Could be a fair bit of surface water flooding.. 

 

[stainesbloke]

6 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Well some of that rain is really intense now.. Could be a fair bit of surface water flooding.. 

 

Yes, looks quite impressive on radar, well defined cold front. Should get some sunny skies afterwards, with any luck.

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2 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

Yes, looks quite impressive on radar, well defined cold front. Should get some sunny skies afterwards, with any luck.

Yes very nice clearance I reckon on this to sunny warm skies and some short sharp showers 

[stainesbloke]

5 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Yes very nice clearance I reckon on this to sunny warm skies and some short sharp showers 

That’ll do ok. Just no more infill please, drives me nuts. Happy for rain sometimes but it’s the cloud that does nothing that is annoying 

[Badgers01]

8mm if rain already heavy band is moving slowly... maybe 25mm + today !! Liking the sound of the rain I have to say !!

[Coopsy]

What a miserable day....I think August will be a wash out but Septembers gonna be nice. Just my gut feeling

[Katrine Basso]

Overcast sky with breezy winds.  Light rain from 11:00 and it has just got heavier.  It is expected to get heavier by 12 noon and will start dissipating by 2pm.  The temperature is 19 °C and it will not get any warmer.  In the early hours of tomorrow morning it will fall to 12 °C.  The wind strength is 15 mph with gusts of 25 mph coming from a South Westerly direction.  

[Daniel*]

13 minutes ago, c00ps said:

What a miserable day....I think August will be a wash out but Septembers gonna be nice. Just my gut feeling

It’s a shame we can some weather of opposite nature in the now and almost forget all that very long stretch of great summer weather we had clouds your judgement. 

[Katrine Basso]

It really feels like Autumn has started much earlier this year. I have had my first (organic) blackberries (UK grown) which normally which is the earliest for home grown berries.  I wonder if it will be the same for the (home grown) apples.

[Badgers01]

Well my lawn has recovered completely- green all over and growing will need a cut tomorrow!!

[lassie23]

Well August is just being August............

[Dami]

Did 'alf rain, it did, poor neighbour got wet getting to her car splashing in the puddles.  Sent Hubs on a mission to get snacks and it was still raining. 

It's stopped now. 

[Jimmyh]

i must say its raining cats and dogs here in central London and has since 9.30 this morning. can we get rid of this gunk

[Wimbledon88]

14mm of rain so far today in SW London.

Nice little top up for the allotment.

[Wimbledon88]

1 hour ago, lassie23 said:

Well August is just being August............

I ve heard August is the new September.

[Badgers01]

16mm of welcome rain temp has fallen from 18.7c at 9.30am to 13.8c presently brrr closing all the windows it’s the coolest it’s felt since May !! 

[Wimbledon88]

12 minutes ago, Badgers01 said:

16mm of welcome rain temp has fallen from 18.7c at 9.30am to 13.8c presently brrr closing all the windows it’s the coolest it’s felt since May !! 

Yes indeedy,very welcome. Certainly cleared the air.14.4c here,bit higher than you out in the sticks. 

[Djdazzle]

It’s like November. Hope all those who wished for this are pleased with themselves!

[Hotspur62]

lovely steady rain for last 2 hours in Locksbottom.Maybe another 45mins and then the front will have passed through.After today we can expect a niceish 4 or 5 days with temps in low 20s.Surely that is good for most people?Amazing how my lawn has changed in last 7 days and without the intense heat it will continue to "green " up and the plants will start to rejuvenate as having natural rain is a better substitute than tap water.