South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 08 Feb 2021 Onward

[JonGill]

Radar at 1455hrs shows a line of cells from from just east of Taunton northwards to just to the west of Clevedon.

[SteveB]

Some beefy showers here,  and I can hear thunder ⛈ from the storms further East

[JonGill]

Torrential rain here once again now.

[Andy Bown]

Lovely anvils visible miles to the NW/W now that the lower level cloud has cleared. Rather a sweaty 19.9c at the moment.

[JonGill]

Big thunder here again just now...

[SteveB]

Classic case of the dog leg coastline killing of the storms for my area. 

Plenty going on South and to the East of me though.

[AWD]

Cells have just reached Bristol and typically, as they pass over Bristol Airport, any electrical element to them completely disappears.  All I received in the end was a brief period of heavy rain!

[dr weather]

2 minutes ago, AWD said:

Cells have just reached Bristol and typically, as they pass over Bristol Airport, any electrical element to them completely disappears.  All I received in the end was a brief period of heavy rain!

Same here in Portishead.

[JonGill]

Sun out here now, still occasional rumbles to my east.

[kumquat]

Typical torrential downpours on the one evening I want to do a BBQ before the footie!

[knocker]

Funny old day, humid with multiple cloud layers but dry and warm when the sun peeked out. Currently mainly Ac with some large Cu around

[Dorsetbred]

Partly cloudy afternoon, no rain as expected, as the beachcam confirms right now

A peak of 19.1°C at: 14:03.. 

[SteveB]

Too close to the coast of the Bristol channel.  10miles further in land and you're right in the thick of it.

Turning  out to be an okay evening here now, sunny spells and feeling warm.

Had enough rain to water the garden. 

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by SteveB

[JonGill]

Finally stopped raining here, thunder still occasionally rumbling in the distance.

 

Looks like we have had in excess of 2 inches of rain.

[dr weather]

More heavy showers heading toward my neck of neck of the woods - have the video cam ready in case anything gets interesting.

[camturbo]

Bone dry here  it's all to the north of me. I did hear thunder when we were at noahs farm zoo this avo when it lashed down 

[SteveB]

Just plain old rain now, not even that heavy.

Very disappointing again for my locale, but not surprising really,  as it seems to be the way things go these days.

[dr weather]

2 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Just plain old rain now, not even that heavy.

Very disappointing again for my locale, but not surprising really,  as it seems to be the way things go these days.

Yep, same here - all the action seems to be around Exmoor and north of Taunton.

[SteveB]

47 minutes ago, dr weather said:

Yep, same here - all the action seems to be around Exmoor and north of Taunton.

Just too close to the coast is our problem. 

[Andy Bown]

1 hour ago, SteveB said:

Just plain old rain now, not even that heavy.

Very disappointing again for my locale, but not surprising really,  as it seems to be the way things go these days.

At least you heard thunder rather than seeing distant anvils for 5 hours! 
 

Not really complaining though because it was an unexpected beautiful afternoon.

[Lyn-M]

Dry as a bone here all day, long sunny spells this afternoon and a high of 23°C.

[dr weather]

2 hours ago, SteveB said:

Just too close to the coast is our problem. 

Sometimes weird stuff happens around here ... there was a waterspout last August, and a mini-twister this April (though could have been a dust devil). Could be some orographic effect related to the narrowing of the channel or the Black Mountains? Dunno.

Watch: 'Dust devil' tornado spotted in Newport at Tiny Rebel Brewing

WWW.SOUTHWALESARGUS.CO.UK

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Brewery workers double-checked their beer goggles when they spotted a tornado blowing up a storm outside their gates in Newport.

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by dr weather

[kumquat]

"Sometimes weird stuff happens around here ... there was a waterspout last August, and a mini-twister this April (though could have been a dust devil). Could be some orographic effect related to the narrowing of the channel or the Black Mountains? Dunno."

yep, orographics and temp differentials over the Bristol Channel. A proper micro-climate worthy of detailed study.

[knocker]

The earlier continuous slight rain has now turned moderate

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, after some heavy rain around 2am adding 4mm to the monthly total, currently light drizzle with the temperature hovering around the overnight low of 13.9°C and RH95%..