South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards

[warrenb]

Meto now hinting at colder weather next week

 

[snowblind]

2 hours ago, Biggin said:

 

I cant believe its gonna rain for 10 days with the above.

Yeah, cold but not quite cold enough.

Maybe more of a chance of something a bit more wintery after about the 20th, as Paul suggests.

[lassie23]

36 minutes ago, lawrenk said:

I know what you mean. My maiden attempt at contributing to the thread, “this run is pants for where I live”, never made it past the cutting room floor, so I decided that if they don’t want the benefit of my considered analysis then I shan’t bother.

lol the few times i have posted in there, i'd say 70% haven't made it.

[Bogman]

Just now, lassie23 said:

lol the few times i have posted in there, i'd say 70% haven't made it.

I just try innuendo's. That normally works.

[lassie23]

Just now, Bogman said:

I just try innuendo's. That normally works.

lol if ever a thread needed more innuendo it is the MOD thread.

[Bogman]

1 minute ago, lassie23 said:

lol if ever a thread needed more innuendo it is the MOD thread.

[snowblind]

23 minutes ago, warrenb said:

Meto now hinting at colder weather next week

 

The updated outlook for 17th to 26th sounds more encouraging but I really don't like the last line.

"...but a chance of near or slightly above average in association with any rain across the south"

They are talking about temperatures btw.

[alexisj9]

15 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

lol the few times i have posted in there, i'd say 70% haven't made it.

I don't post in there often, but the last time they stayed and got likes lol. It was purely about the low leaving America going under the high, and what we needed it to do, to get the pattern to move east. It didn't do it, so we got the less cold option. This was for the last cold spell, I haven't been looking for this one.

[Paul Sherman]

Sonic Boom rattled windows just after 1pm here.

Apparantly it was an RAF Typhoon scrambled from RAF Conisby heading towards Northern France as a plane had briefly lost radio contact. All good now but it hit Mach 1 over the top of Essex.

[Eagle Eye]

1 minute ago, Paul Sherman said:

Sonic Boom rattled windows just after 1pm here.

Apparantly it was an RAF Typhoon scrambled from RAF Conisby heading towards Northern France as a plane had briefly lost radio contact. All good now but it hit Mach 1 over the top of Essex.

So no where near me phew that's incrdible though, lovely day today, would be great if it was the summer.

[Shutterbug Netty]

11 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Sonic Boom rattled windows just after 1pm here.

Apparantly it was an RAF Typhoon scrambled from RAF Conisby heading towards Northern France as a plane had briefly lost radio contact. All good now but it hit Mach 1 over the top of Essex.

I wondered what that was!  All of our windows rattled here too

[E17boy]

Latest MET update for our region now bringing sleet into the equation for later Thursday and also Saturday 

[SLEETY]

Met underplaying cold and snow for the South and SE, hopefully, with rain mentioned still for here, regarding next cold spell, let's hope the frigid air makes it eventually, so we can laugh at another failed long range forecast 

[E17boy]

London & South East England weather forecast

Tuesday 12 Jan -Saturday 16 Jan

Headline:

Frosty for many overnight. Becoming cloudier and damp into Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cold and crisp into the evening, with a frost developing widely, except for perhaps the cloudier far west. Cloud here later spreading eastwards into the second half of the night, with patchy rain and drizzle for many areas by dawn. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Wednesday:

Far eastern parts perhaps starting cold and fine, ahead of a band of rain and drizzle spreading from western parts. Gradually becoming milder in its wake later, but remaining cloudy. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Thursday cloudy and damp, becoming colder again to perhaps give some sleet later. Friday drier but cold, with a risk of freezing fog. Further rain and perhaps some sleet Saturday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 12 Jan 2021

[lassie23]

1 minute ago, E17boy said:

Latest MET update for our region now bringing sleet into the equation for later Thursday and also Saturday 

i  sleet

[Zak M]

Sun beginning to set in Bedford, Bedfordshire.

[Daniel*]

I think that’s first mention of something wintry from MetO and it’s sleet...lol

[snowblind]

23 minutes ago, E17boy said:

Latest MET update for our region now bringing sleet into the equation for later Thursday and also Saturday 

The East of England one for here is slightly better...

 "Thursday cloudy and damp, becoming colder again to perhaps give some snow later. Friday drier but cold, with a risk of freezing fog. Further rain and perhaps some sleet Saturday."

Difference in temperature on Wednesday is quite something though. A Max of only 3 for the East of England but 11 in the South East! Still only good for rain with maybe a bit of sleet thrown in for here though. Sounds awful...

[alexisj9]

Dover council just tweeted this.

Gonna be a cold night apparently.

[lawrenk]

I can give you a useful update from the MO long ranger for next week. Dry with some rain or snow, temperatures cold but also could be above average. Hope that’s helped clear things up.

[claret047]

3 hours ago, zubzero said:

Anyone hear the sonic boom over Cambridge. See the trail from the plane was very low, wonder why. The shockwave was epic shook the house.

I heard it in Hylands Park, Writtle, near Chelmsford and wondered what it was as it was very loud. Where did it occur?

[zubzero]

7 minutes ago, claret047 said:

I heard it in Hylands Park, Writtle, near Chelmsford and wondered what it was as it was very loud. Where did it occur?

Was a sonic boom from a euro fighter jet. Heading towards London.

 

Sonic boom after RAF Typhoon jets scrambled to intercept private plane

NEWS.SKY.COM

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People say the noise was like a bomb had gone off as the jets broke the sound barrier to intercept the plane.

 

[MAF]

1 hour ago, Paul Sherman said:

Sonic Boom rattled windows just after 1pm here.

Apparantly it was an RAF Typhoon scrambled from RAF Conisby heading towards Northern France as a plane had briefly lost radio contact. All good now but it hit Mach 1 over the top of Essex.

even heard it here in SE18 around 13:08 as i checked my watch so i could verify the noise i heard later 

 

[MAF]

ah, but now i see the news article, maybe it wasn't the sonic boom i heard. but definitely heard a large boom around 1300. Mind you, having stayed on many RAF bases i should know the difference between a boom and artillery by now :doh: 

perhaps the word BOOM is getting into my head lately 

[Ackkers]

The explosion actually originated from Exeter area as the Met Office computer exploded at the idea of Sleet instead of rain...

Edited January 12, 2021 by Ackkers