South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards

[Andy Bown]

Blimey there is rain around the Bristol Channel! It's heading slowly SE while the wind here is from the East so that's interesting already and suggestive of convergence.

A very hazy/smoky morning here thanks to fresh fires on Salisbury Plain, some sun and Altocumulus.

[MP-R]

Cloudy with threatening skies, no rain though. Feeling cool.

[Jasper Foxx]

Interesting! Had some welcome rain on my commute to work from Stoke Gifford to Bedminster down. Not particularly heavy but has given everything a good soaking, wet roads etc. Just what the plants needed!

Hoping for some storms at some point. The Bristol storm shield has worked too well this year.

[Nights King]

It is raining lightly here 

Much cooler outside today too at 16c currently.

[Mapantz]

24.2°C and sunny.

[Dean E]

Beautiful sunny start this morning, however some towering cumulus have now appeared blocking out the sunshine, appears they are forming above me but quickly falling apart. Clearly lacking lift right now, but give it a few hours for the sea breeze to develop to aid convection and we shall see!

23.9c with sunny spells 

[Super_Uwe]

Blimey, gone very dark to the north west of here! Wasn't like that 15min ago...

[lettice]

Quite a cloudy day today with sun popping in and out.
Temp only 21.8c, 1021.3 hPa.

[matt111]

Mostly sunny here and a bit warmer than yesterday. 20.7°C. 

A few showers appearing on the radar. 

[ThundersnowDays]

26.C and sunny with the occasional cloud passing over. 

[Frosty hollows]

21c here but feeling sticky.Some cloud now bubbling up showing signs of instability

[mike5900]

Light rain here. heavy rain to my south near Dorchester. 

[jtay]

We have rain!

Nice big convective drops. Not heavy yet though.

[jtay]

Getting heavier now. This is too funny, as I have to go and put the village marquee up for the Church in the next village in an hour.
Coincides with the first rain in Christ knows how long.

They must have angered their God.

[Mapantz]

Well they got that forecast wrong! It was supposed to blue skies all the way, instead it is completely cloudy.

[lettice]

This afternoon has turned out to be a lovely sunny afternoon.
Some light cloud passing over now and again, looks like a lot more cloud to the North of us.
Temp was was only a high of 23.1c at 4pm, now 21c.

 

[Lyn-M]

No rain and looking unlikely that there will be any this evening.

[Andy Bown]

Two pointless showers this afternoon, the first where the boy and I counted 9 raindrops in 5 minutes then a sharper one around 18.00 . It's currently extremely black to the S/SW, the radar indicates downpours a few miles way and probably a shock to the system for The Deverills/Mere etc.

[Frosty hollows]

Currently coolish at 17c and a lor of grey crud has spoiled what was a lovely start to the day. Let's hope it burns off, we get a decent storm with some decent rainfall before a return to more warmth.

[Tom dewey likes thunder]

There a lot different size clouds float a round warminster in Wiltshire 

[Jasper Foxx]

Currently quite persistent rain at Bedminster down. Skies look pretty convective though and the rain has been sharp at times. No thunder just yet though.

[Frosty hollows]

Showers appeared on radar in last 30 minutes or so in East of region. Looks like convection a plenty

[Mapantz]

Sunny spells and 24.1°C

[webtone]

Well that's the drought over here.....been under that cell that popped out of nowhere west of Swindon. Just dropped 15mm in half an hour as practically building on the spot. No thunder or lightening though, hoping that may happen later:)

[ARTDEMOLE]

Poured down here in Peasedown. 1.2mm in no time.. respite from watering today.