SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on

[Methuselah]

 lawrenk

Indeed -- and the thing that worries me is the annual occurrence of excessive heat building over West Africa. . . 

[Floatylight]

I am actually hoping netball is cancelled.  I really don't want to go out in this  

[Bogman]

 Methuselah I bless the rains...............

[Summer tyre]

I HAVE SNOW!

 

Yeah, OK it's an avalanche I saw in the French Alps last week.

[JennyJane1]

Rain getting even more torrential.

[lassie23]

I had to put my snow shovel into use today

[Methuselah]

 JennyJane1 Same here, JennyJane.

 lassie23 Your rain shovel? 

[lassie23]

 Methuselah no it became a sheet shovel

 Methuselah I think we will hit 41c this summer and people all over the south east will grow huge melons

[Vortex3929]

 lassie23 cactus! As a warmth fan, I'm alright with that 40c day uk had. Cycling home from work at 2pm in the heat wasn't the nicest but the day itself was lovely!!! 

[Sprites]

The radar has the wheel and spokes effect centered to the NW of London. I've seen it a lot before, I can't remember what causes it. 

 

Edited February 8 by Sprites

[Bazza118]

Well a thoroughly wet and miserable day. 27.2mm rain so far, still pouring so think we will hit 30mm by midnight . Would have made one hell of a snowy day ! 

[ChillyJuju]

 Sprites  Guilty m'lord  

It is actually the broken signal given out by the local Radar and the effect you speak of is caused by 'radar clutter'. 

permanent echoes or reflections from hills and buildings (known as clutter**) <------ Sourced direct from 

Rainfall radar

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Weather radars send out electromagnetic pulses to measure the location and intensity of precipitation - including rain, hail and snow - in...

It was @Jo Farrow who kindly explained the details but I've been unable to find the information that she posted. Sorry

[moogyboobles]

 Sprites

1 hour ago, Sprites said:

The radar has the wheel and spokes effect centered to the NW of London. I've seen it a lot before, I can't remember what causes it

I notice this often too, I don't know for sure, but I've always assumed this is a radar thing, not the weather.
Interference where different Doppler radars overlap. 

[alexisj9]

Well not only is it wet, it now really blowing some hard gusts too.

Edited February 9 by alexisj9

[ChillyJuju]

Today started off with grey skies and by lunchtime it became bright with sunny skies. Sunshine remained throughout the afternoon until darkness took over  

The temperature has been a Borefest with hardly any changes in temperature since midnight:-

Today's Low Temp

9.3°C  at    3:55 

 

Today's High Temp

11.7°C   at  12:19

The current temperature is 9.5°C

 

[lottiekent]

A much nicer day than forecast, mostly sunny up to mid/late afternoon with a high of 12.9c. Raining hard again now, 10.21mm today following 27.10mm yesterday.

[alexisj9]

 lottiekent same, it was a beautiful day.

[laddie]

After a dismal couple of days today is a Cracker, steam rising off the fencing little wind and warmth in the sun working out in t-shirt and it's not even 10am, can't wait for proper spring now

[Biggin]

Not sure where to put this  but can anyone identify these clouds are they even real ?

 

 

 

[Summer tyre]

I can't find that particular post, but other postings from that person look, um, what's the tactful word here? Deranged.

[Biggin]

 Snow tyre Yep also a chemtrails "expert" / doom monger ....... apparently

[Neilsouth]

What a complete *** of a forecast for today!! Last night they said drier for the south east (kent) with sunshine clouding over later. It's been dark/dank and raining ever since I woke up 

 Biggin It's fake! You can clearly see the way the image moves with the clouds compared to the ground

[Freeze]

 Biggin they are mammatus clouds from thunderstorms, they look particularly ominous during sunsets with different colours coming through they are nothing new lol

Edited February 10 by Freeze

[Neilsouth]

 Freeze The clouds are real, but the video with the clouds are not. Super imposed over the top, two different videos

[Biggin]

 Neilsouth I thought as much