Southeast and East Anglia weather discussion

[Norfolk Sheep]

3 hours ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Surely drought and heat must make farming much harder than a more average summer?

This year has been almost spot on. Excellent hay crop with competitive prices, a good mix of moisture and sun preventing any swing towards intense irrigation/flooding, certainly around here. Harvest well underway. I'd call this an average summer tbh!

[DAVID SNOW]

12 minutes ago, Surrey said:

They are riding the plume north north east.. Sat24 illustrates this well.. 

Ok, split the difference and you have more or less a northerly.

[Jimmyh]

No way they are heading nnw towards portsmouth 

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2 minutes ago, Man With Beard said:

This is a HECK of a storm incoming! I'm sitting in my garden in Portsmouth looking out to the channel and there is a lightning bolt every second in the distance with some spectacular strikes! This ain't going to break up in the channel... prepare for a deluge someone! Maybe me!! 

Might not be that much rain though.. Those Storms are going to be pretty elevated... Interesting how this has, not quite gone to plan 

[Norfolk Sheep]

12 minutes ago, Snow Queen one said:

The activity seems to be increasing on the east side.  I wish I lived a little bit closer to surrey

These storms seem to be travelling NNE

Um, was this forecasted i.e. imports from France? EDIT - try reading the forecast properly....

Edited July 23, 2019 by Norfolk Sheep

[Biggin]

1 hour ago, DAVID SNOW said:

Storms leaving the French coast are heading NNW, no good for the se.

NE matey.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

2 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

This year has been almost spot on. Excellent hay crop with competitive prices, a good mix of moisture and sun preventing any swing towards intense irrigation/flooding, certainly around here. Harvest well underway. I'd call this an average summer tbh!

Glad to hear it!  Enough grass left for livestock?

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 minute ago, Surrey said:

Might not be that much rain though.. Those Storms are going to be pretty elevated... Interesting how this has, not quite gone to plan 

Plenty of ppn. showing on radar.

[stainesbloke]

Looks like those storms are heading directly for London 

[3cats]

Very warm here in RH1 right now. What’s are storm chances this way (Redhill), this evening? 

[Snow Queen one]

Just now, Norfolk Sheep said:

Um, was this forecasted i.e. imports from France? 

Nope.  Been predicted to go up the country but as with a lot of systems the eastern side tends to be more active.  Not saying they will make it to Kent but they have a good chance

[DAVID SNOW]

Must be the heat lol.

Anyway whats on the radar ATM looks good for Pompy to brighton.

[Norfolk Sheep]

4 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Glad to hear it!  Enough grass left for livestock?

Yep, managing it nicely. Actually having to top some fields to keep them tidy and up to scratch!

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3 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Plenty of ppn. showing on radar.

There is, but if there is a, dry layer present there will be loads of lightning but very little rain... Or could be a, monsoon and some quiet large hail 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 minute ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Yep, managing it nicely. Actually having to top some fields to keep them tidy and up to scratch!

Most verges and field margins around here appear pretty dry if the state of the vegetation is anything to go by.

[Hurricane Debby]

21 minutes ago, mb018538 said:

https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en

Go here and check the live map over the channel - hundreds of strikes landing. Big storms incoming.

That's a great link, thank you  

[DAVID SNOW]

This is not a Kent clipper that's for sure.

[sunnijim]

Can now hear thunder rumbling in the channel and regular flashing off the Sussex coast here.

Still 27c !!

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Can see flashes now from North Surrey on those Storms in the Channel.. They are highhhh

[Dbarb]

Looks like inevitably there will be cloud over east Anglia tonight hindering record temperatures maybe.

[mb018538]

The storms incoming look great....just look at the ones breaking out around Exeter too. Monumental.

[lottiekent]

MO just added the SE to the thunderstorm warning

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Just starting to make out cloud tops now to and shapes from the lightning.. Absoultey incredible from here you guys on the coast must be gob smacked 

[Britneyfan]

We are now included in the thunderstorm warning 

[FlightlessWings]

23 minutes ago, Jimmyh said:

No way they are heading nnw towards portsmouth 

In Seaview on the Isle of Wight (should I be in this thread? I am usually in Surrey!) and we have had a light show to the south for about an hour. Getting closer now and now starting to hear the rumbling thunder! Not going to sleep much tonight.... Dorking has missed out on all the storms so far so very excited about this!