South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2019 onwards

[Zak M]

6 hours ago, Mark wheeler said:

Wow 

As I'm someone who has used BBC Weather for absolutely ages, I can tell you that in about a week they will be upgraded to 29c, possibly even 30c.

Edit: Look at Ashford 

Edited May 22, 2020 by Zak M

[Mark wheeler]

4 minutes ago, Zak M said:

As I'm someone who has used BBC Weather for absolutely ages, I can tell you that in about a week they will be upgraded to 29c, possibly even 30c.

Edit: Look at Ashford 

Yep completely agree they normally slowly up the temps nearer the time , I think it goes off the GFS raw data but I stand corrected if I’m wrong . This last spell was upgraded up to the day before when they finally settled on 28c I’ve heard the bbc weather this evening saying high 20s are likely next week. 

[Blessed Weather]

Reached 22.6C here today, but spending time out in the garden was spoiled by the very gusty wind.

Some lovely skies to end the day this evening with a mix of high level cirrus and cumulus finally blowing in on the south westerly.

[Emz by the Thames]

Heavy rain from out of nowhere! lovely petrichor.

[Mesoscale]

23 minutes ago, Team Squirrel said:

Heavy rain from out of nowhere! lovely petrichor.

Same here, it smells so good! 

[Darkcloud]

A bit different in temps compared to last night! Only 10.4C here! 

Jealous of you guys who have rain....I want some please!!

[mb018538]

We have rain! Blustery heavy shower blowing through here. Won’t put too much in the rain gauge, but it’s rain folks! ️ 

[Darkcloud]

Wow! Proper torrential rain and real horror movie type thunder! 

[andymcpool]

Cheeky hailstorm just passed through SW11!

[Stabilo19]

A whopping 0.3 mm of rain here & very blustery! 

Next week looks lovely, low to mid 20s, so not unbearable for most I hope. 

[Froze were the Days]

A few spots of rain (trace) from a pathetic attempt from a shower an hour ago...I suppose that will be the lot for the next couple of weeks.

[alexisj9]

Proper April showers here today, one with a rumble. 

[mb018538]

0.5mm the total from today’s showers. Bit of a drink for the gardens, but nowhere near enough.

[Freeze]

Completely dry here today, Shame watching all the showers only a few miles north, Crawley/Horsham area got lucky with a thunderstorm not  far north of here 

[Ben Lewis]

Wish these rain showers would do one. 
 

Back to dry and pleasant next week thankfully. 

[Katrine Basso]

The rain that fell in South Ockendon in the early afternoon left a lovely fresh smell which I have not smelled since the 90's.

[mark4]

Here in Chelmsford Essex we got nothing, so hit and miss.

[Ben Lewis]

On 22/05/2020 at 18:50, Mark wheeler said:

Yep completely agree they normally slowly up the temps nearer the time , I think it goes off the GFS raw data but I stand corrected if I’m wrong . This last spell was upgraded up to the day before when they finally settled on 28c I’ve heard the bbc weather this evening saying high 20s are likely next week. 

Hope so Mark. Bring it on after that soaking wet winter we’ve just endured, 

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, Katrine Basso said:

The rain that fell in South Ockendon in the early afternoon left a lovely fresh smell which I have not smelled since the 90's.

I could smell my white rose Bush as soon as I opened the back door, whole garden smelt of it. 

[claret047]

14 hours ago, mark4 said:

Here in Chelmsford Essex we got nothing, so hit and miss.

Indeed Mark.

We could really do with some steady rain for a few hours preferably at night. I have an allotment off Avon Road and the ground is rock hard and bone dry which means having to water it every day. It's also a frost hollow and we suffer damage to crops when other parts of Chelmo don't. 

Looking at next week's charts on the Model thread it looks as if we are going to have more of the same as far as no rain is concerned.

Kind Regards

Dave

[Katrine Basso]

Hopefully, there will be more unforecasted heavy showers of rain and that it will be more widespread.  Today is much cooler than yesterday as it has just nudged to 18.2C at 13:16.  The temperature inside is 22.6C.    It was overcast earlier on in the day and the sun only started to appear from midday onwards. My poppies are in bloom on one day and the other day their petals are closed.

[Djdazzle]

Where is the sun that was forecast today? Wasn’t today meant to be warmer than yesterday?

[Stabilo19]

A day ruined by persistent cloud here. Doesn't feel warm. 

[thunderpants]

A lot less wind than yesterday but still breezy but no rain whatsoever, a mixture of sun and cloud with a current temp here of 21.2c. 

[Djdazzle]

Well that was an epic forecast failure today, that’s for sure.. Disappointing that they can still be so wrong at a range of one day.