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

[lassie23]

well according to the forecast i just watched, two inches of rain, 39mph north easterly winds and a temp of 4c, if only it was last month, would have got some decent snow cover instead of the usual 2 cm.

[Badgers01]

the main thing of note at the moment seems to be the wind, really gusty - don't think much blossom will be left by morning...

[snowray]

20 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Light rain setting in here

Will it wont it -150M ASL - WK up the road 227M

Temp @4pm 7.1c

Temp @6pm 6.7c 

Steadily dropping.....

So are you expecting some of the white stuff Steve up where you are, I'm thinking sleet but you never know.

[snowray]

19 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

well according to the forecast i just watched, two inches of rain, 39mph north easterly winds and a temp of 4c, if only it was last month, would have got some decent snow cover instead of the usual 2 cm.

Unfortunately its always just too early or too late.

[lassie23]

1 minute ago, snowray said:

Unfortunately its always just too early or too late.

sleet will do this late in the season lol

[snowray]

1 minute ago, lassie23 said:

sleet will do this late in the season lol

You realise that 2 inch of rain equals about 2 foot of level snow? 

[lassie23]

6 minutes ago, snowray said:

You realise that 2 inch of rain equals about 2 foot of level snow? 

whenever it snows, i get my usual 2-4cm no matter what the models predict but this would have been specialroll on winter

[snowray]

1 hour ago, Ed Stone said:

No milk today, the goat has gone away...Herman's Hermits!

I really loves all them oldies, you know, jumping and a goating Lee Lewis, Great goats of fire, whole lot of goating going on, and all that.

All I ever hear these days is that awful init, init, blud for real gangster rap.

[lassie23]

24 minutes ago, snowray said:

I really loves all them oldies, you know, jumping and a goating Lee Lewis, Great goats of fire, whole lot of goating going on, and all that.

All I ever hear these days is that awful init, init, blud for real gangster rap.

goaster rappers are dog biscuits, wind plucking up here

[frozencanals]

Evening all,

I have been out of the UK since before Easter, so I was hoping for a change in the weather, but it looks like it is going to be serving up cold wet and windy when I get in to Gatwick tomorrow :-(

Cheers

 

FC

[Jordan S]

1 hour ago, snowray said:

You realise that 2 inch of rain equals about 2 foot of level snow? 

Yes but practically all the 1 or 2 inches of rain will be that and if any snow does occasionally fall to lower levels it certainly won't accumulate on low levels perhaps a very brief covering on high ground but even there it's mostly rain with some snow chucked in for good measure. 

[Dbarb]

I think wind could be an issue if it gets up, not only will the ground be soggy and the trees in leaf but the wind is coming from the north. Reckon alot of branches might come down and trees.

[alexisj9]

32 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

goaster rappers are dog biscuits, wind plucking up here

No wind what so ever here, just rain.

[SMU]

1 hour ago, snowray said:

So are you expecting some of the white stuff Steve up where you are, I'm thinking sleet but you never know.

Possibly!

8pm temp. now down to 6.1c ...

[Mokidugway]

Sat on balcony avin a beer 

[alexisj9]

My mistake, it is getting windy out now, just didn't notice till i took some rubbish out, can't hear it, I love this house. 

Edited April 29, 2018 by alexisj9

[Crepuscular Ray]

At lunchtime Southern Railways were already warning of the risk of cancelled trains overnight and tomorrow. Presumably we are expecting the wrong sort of wind and rain.

[lassie23]

4 minutes ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

At lunchtime Southern Railways were already warning of the risk of cancelled trains overnight and tomorrow. Presumably we are expecting the wrong sort of wind and rain.

not the wrong kind of trains

[Emz by the Thames]

21 hours ago, snowray said:

OMG, I would love the space for a big polytunnel to grow organic veg, like this one.

That is my dream. Already planning to retire to the West Country and market garden!!

Will I still have a poly tunnel on Tuesday with all this wind I wonder!! We have it written into our allotment agreement that if it's windy we have to check our polytunnel the next morning. Apparently someone made a homemade polytunnel at our allotment, didn't anchor it, there was a gale and it rolled over squashed 5 allotments!!

[alexisj9]

41 minutes ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

At lunchtime Southern Railways were already warning of the risk of cancelled trains overnight and tomorrow. Presumably we are expecting the wrong sort of wind and rain.

Well technically it is the wrong wind direction, trees root themselves against the normal SW winds early in life. Plus the leaves, even I expect some trees to fall.

[Badgers01]

its already stripping the young leaves of the trees 

[alexisj9]

42 mph highest wind gust so far, and rain slowly getting heavier now, 

[Badgers01]

rain is taking an age to reach here but a NNW strong wind is fairly unusual for here

[SMU]

Now down to 5.5c - rain edging closer 

[alexisj9]

Orographic lift s helping the rain to be heavier here, if you watch the radar loop, you can see it gets heavier when it hits the SE coast.