South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards

[Blazerblue]

Hecking windy this morning and cloudy.

[Blessed Weather]

Anyone else get woken up in the night by rain hammering against the window? The overnight radar shows some really heavy stuff went through in the wee small hours.

01.35:

Me and my dog are getting fed up being buffeted by strong wind now. Bring on a nice sunny anticyclone please. Next week shows potential, but for those of us who are now looking for warmth and sunshine rather than cold and snow, we could do with the high shifting a bit further east to avoid chilly winds and cloud off the North Sea.

GFS 0z for Wed 17th:

[BeazleyBlizzard]

3 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Anyone else get woken up in the night by rain hammering against the window? The overnight radar shows some really heavy stuff went through in the wee small hours.

01.35:

Me and my dog are getting fed up being buffeted by strong wind now. Bring on a nice sunny anticyclone please. Next week shows potential, but for those of us who are now looking for warmth and sunshine rather than cold and snow, we could do with the high shifting a bit further east to avoid chilly winds and cloud off the North Sea.

GFS 0z for Wed 17th:

Yes, I'm in Bordon, East Hants and at around 1:00am I believe, my house was absolutely shaking from the wind.  It woke half the street up as when I was looking out my window I could see everyone with their lights on.  On my way to work this morning to Horsham, there looked to be quite a few trees down and branches snapped in the surroundings.

[Freeze]

Seemed a lot more wild last night compared with the other night, heavier rain and much stronger gusts. Bright start this morning with blue skies but still blustery, always a deceiving combination of weather blue skies and gales when looking out the window, looks nice and warm but know it really isn't!

[Lauren]

Biggest gust so far. Just taken some heavily weighted pots and smashed them, taken a fence panel out and knocked over and smashed our table.

abc. It's done about £500 worth of damage these last few days!

[suffolk lady]

 wot no weather warnings

[Blazerblue]

30 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Biggest gust so far. Just taken some heavily weighted pots and smashed them, taken a fence panel out and knocked over and smashed our table.

abc. It's done about £500 worth of damage these last few days!

Thats not good ☹

Meanwhile Im wondering how much of my washing will still be on the line or if my neighbours might find my undies in their flower patch And of course now its going to rain, stuff it, it can stay out now, hopefully the wind will still dry it after the showers pass.

[Jamie M]

 

No wonder I got a nasty awakening in the early hours. 

[suffolk lady]

really wild here in leiston also spitting with rain

[alexisj9]

3 hours ago, Freeze said:

Seemed a lot more wild last night compared with the other night, heavier rain and much stronger gusts. Bright start this morning with blue skies but still blustery, always a deceiving combination of weather blue skies and gales when looking out the window, looks nice and warm but know it really isn't!

There where some quite potent squalls around in last night's rain, and wind wise they did pack a punch.

Edited March 13, 2021 by alexisj9

[Blessed Weather]

An interesting satellite image this morning, clearly showing the various low pressure systems and in particular picking up the showers streaming down the Atlantic. Although not an exact match in time and orientation, a comparison with the fax chart helps identify the various synoptics in the image. The cold front (shown over the Low Countries on the fax chart) was responsible for the heavier, blustery rain that came through the Region overnight.

[suffolk lady]

just been looking at met forecast for next friday very chilly, daytime only 6degrees and night -2 as they say neer cast a clout till may be out.

[Captain Shortwave]

A brisk day with plenty of showers running through.

Out in a nearby wood today, enough shelter from the wind luckily.

[Delka]

pea sized hail shower, bit windy but nothing like it has been at times this past week

[Methuselah]

5 minutes ago, Delka said:

pea sized hail shower, bit windy but nothing like it has been at times this past week

Cor, that's a small shower!

[lassie23]

5 minutes ago, General Cluster said:

Cor, that's a small shower!

I had pea sized peas for dinner

[Reefseeker]

6 hours ago, Blessed Weather said:

Anyone else get woken up in the night by rain hammering against the window? The overnight radar shows some really heavy stuff went through in the wee small hours.

I thought it was thunder as the wind was whipping through in regular pulses that were so loud I woke up thinking it was a thunder storm. Took me a while to work out it was just incredibly strong gusts and as you say, very heavy rain to boot. Clouds and sunshine today as the wind continues to buffet the trees; plenty of bins decorating the road when I got up.

Edited March 13, 2021 by Reefseeker

[Tn9]

17 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

A brisk day with plenty of showers running through.

Out in a nearby wood today, enough shelter from the wind luckily.

ive had one lightish shower,and a bit more beefier  [i guess]shower to my south,very strong gusts still  

[LightningLover]

Keeping my eye on this!

[Hurricane Debby]

I've just seen that on the radar !! Incoming !

[LightningLover]

22 minutes ago, Hurricane Debby said:

I've just seen that on the radar !! Incoming !

Predictably it's lost it's electrical activity en route... If it had initiated just a tad further SE we would've had our first rumbles of the year I reckon!

[SenlacJack]

20 minutes ago, LightningLover said:

Predictably it's lost it's electrical activity en route... If it had initiated just a tad further SE we would've had our first rumbles of the year I reckon!

It did at least deliver a potent hail shower here in St Leonards. The ground was covered within minutes by pea size hail.

[NYCSnow]

Just had a nice little hail shower pass through Surbiton, hail up to pea size! Didn’t last long and very localised looking at the radar. Showers seemed to have perked up over the last hour. 

[Tn9]

28 minutes ago, NYCSnow said:

Just had a nice little hail shower pass through Surbiton, hail up to pea size! Didn’t last long and very localised looking at the radar. Showers seemed to have perked up over the last hour. 

i think the one you had will end up south of me again,but have some showers running to the north too 

this is nw of here ...

[moogyboobles]

I'm getting no work done today!

Firstly I'm a bit excitable after getting vaccinated... freedom is coming! 

And secondly this sky, I am spending most of my time looking out the window at the fabulous display the clouds are putting on today.

Edited March 13, 2021 by moogyboobles