Andy Bown
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We haven't had an Atlantic driven wet and windy morning like this since 2nd May!!
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Mapantz, Dorset Bred ; does Poole have any rain shadow effect in situations like tomorrow? Just trying to see if it could be merely drizzly rather than heavy rain!?
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Woken by a downpour just after 04.00 but actually a lovely clear, sunny and blowy morning.
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I know it is frustrating timing with tonight's cloud marring the eclipse and for me personally that my boy's birthday weekend is looking cooler/wet, however we really shouldn't complain! ....
.... 31 of the last 35 days have been above 26c with the majority of those above 28c.
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It looks like our intended beach afternoon in Poole on Sunday isn't going to happen! Boys 2nd birthday treat will have to be delayed!
Glorious day today with plenty of hot sun and a brisk wind, we managed 28c again! Generally cloudy now and temperature taking a dive at 24.2c .
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3 hours ago, Andy Pepler said:
still not funny my back yard is up to 31.5 in the shade feels like standing behind a jet engine ..@andy brown rain dance meeting market place tonight lol
I'll forgive you getting my name wrong! Think we're going to be too far West tonight but we can't complain as we've nailed 2 plumes already this year.
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It's like a hairdryer here with a gusty hot Southerly wind.
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Mike surely it's a lovely day even with the high cloud!? Unbroken sunshine with Cirrus patches, a gentle breeze and 24.2c right now.
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Stunning crepuscular rays as seen from laying in the shade on the lawn.
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At the Eastern extremity of the frontal set up here with Cumulus running SW to NE making for a more pleasant breezy with sunny spells, rather than intensely hot afternoon, still above 27c though!
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Ian Fergusson mentioned a cold front and showers on Friday. If that happens it will be the 3rd consecutive Friday with rain!
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Just to even things up it's almost totally clear blue sky and 27.9c here, although it did start with low cloud/mist which burnt off by 10.00 .
Outdoor workdays start on Thursday, giggling annoyingly at rain risk on Friday and Monday!!
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I looked at the fax charts showing a number of fronts and wondered why.
Today's sky has been fascinating to view while driving to and from Bath in mid morning then mid afternoon as I am sure the weak fronts were visible as banks of mid or high level Stratocumulus as well as other intriguing cloud types with loads of clear sky in between.
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lt's due to how high the pressure is and more than likely how dry the air/atmosphere actually is in this remarkable summer. To get proper rain it seems we require real instability like happened locally last Friday and has occurred to some extent further NE this evening. The same thing happened on a Wednesday afternoon several weeks ago when a front pushed up from the South.
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Mapantz surely your record will go today after the annoyance last time. I think I replied then saying you had a great chance into this month.
Very hazy day today but warm sun too.
By the way, guess when my first work day of the summer holidays is!!!!!! ....
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4 hours ago, warmintim said:
I got back to Warminster around 4 ish and it was mostly dry until the outskirts. Driving into the middle I couldn't believe how wet it was. I go soaked going 2 m from car to door, and the dog did not want to go out.
Oddly quite a lot of the lawns in town are still very dry - I suspect an awful lot of the rain ran straight off. My allotment did get a good drink though, so I've finally been able to ease off on the watering!
My lawn is half as brown as last week. It came down so fast that gutters couldn't cope and therefore water butts hardly benefitted!
This has been added by the Met Office today. Two Fridays in a row perhaps? ...
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1 hour ago, offerman said:
Hi Andy
are you in Warminster?
What a weird weather event. I was sat in the garden here in Frome watching Cley hill completely dissapear and you know when that happens they are having an absoloute pasting.
there was no rain at all over bath side of Frome.
Yet it must have lashed for 2hrs minimum in the same spot over there . You must have had major flooding from that lot. Corsley over to Warminster and looked over to westbury too.
Unbelievably and I was sat in shorts watching the whole even over there .
Hi Offerman, yes I am in Warminster.
It was remarkable how rapidly the storm formed literally overhead from what had been a mostly clear sky.
My boy and I had just got back from a walk up the woods! It was like a monsoon for an hour then sporadically heavy for the second hour.
The 5 minute net weather radar updates from that few hours are incredible in showing how quickly the rain intensified!
Yes there was some flash flooding locally.
Westbury and Trowbridge had it bad too but nothing in BoA!
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1 hour ago, ThundersnowDays said:
I've still only had 0.3mm in July so far. Today was cooler than some of the other days and it was cloudy.
I might end up with 42mm all from the mad 2 hours last Friday.
Drizzling now though.
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Mark my words, the weather knows when it is the school holidays and in my mind after such a wonderful period change is due.
I work outside during them (except Christmas) and, working backwards, we have this ...
1. May half term week 2018 was extremely unsettled and sandwiched by glorious conditions. Pure luck of rain timing prevented several drenchings.
2. Easter fortnight 2018 I got rained on on 7 out of 9 work days!!
3. October half term 2017 the first day was very wet after a dry previous few weeks then stayed unsettled!
4. Summer holidays 2017 was equally unsettled then magically turned beautiful for the last week once my work was complete!
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Well here's a thing! A fresh Westerly with sunshine and broken cloud carrying a few light/blustery showers.
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Absolutely glorious morning and warming quickly after a misty, cool start, although it is wet underfoot after yesterday's deluge!
Remarkable to think we had not far off a months worth in a few hours!
People locally (who live at the bottom of a few hilly roads! Imagine the run off there) blaming flash floods on the council not clearing drains etc! The clearest drains on the planet wouldn't have coped!
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42mm!!!!! In just over 2 hours! And it's raining again!
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!!!!!! 42mm !!!!!! In just over 2 hours and it's raining again!
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50 minutes ago, Mapantz said:
Warminster right in the thick of it!
We certainly are! Still pouring now but thundery activity ceased after 15 minutes.
Will be eager to check my gauge once it stops!
Temperature dropped over 8c in the first half hour of rain !!
South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards
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Talk about one extreme to another!!