Jimmyh

Well managed to play golf here in Welling both days. Weather yesterday hot and sultry. Today just down right sultry. Few rumbles as we tee'd off the weather gods were in our favour today. Big storm to the North London as I drove up the A2 but nothing here really again. Not a bust but not a total storm fest.

Morning HC he unfortunately was permanently banned back in the winter due to some unsavoury language

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This has just emptied the contents on Welling. Huge convective drops

This has gone up in about 10 minutes

Some seriously big Anvils going up Northwest of here heading towards Plumstead and Charlton... feels much more ripe for a thunderstorms today

Can I say that is the most narrowest line of a warning I have ever seen

Hold the press the murk lifted sun is trying to come out....

Have I entered a gardners world discussion.... the only thing was Monty Don. Lol. Sorry Surrey but growing weather apart this has been an utterly pants summer. Yes we had some nice days beginning of June and 30 degrees but hasn't been the greatest outdoor weather. Was hoping this was going to a bbq summer. We are at high summer and you look east and North East and its record breaking heat. The jet stream is in the wrong place traking low pressure after low pressure over us in the southeast and south-west and the North basks in sunshine. Just hoping my staycation in a months time is not washed out.

So the jet stream is once again in utterly the wrong place... we ask for sun and heat in summer and send it north. Nope it is kinked and the wrong side of warm pushing up the heat and humidity. But very little sunshine. We look east and south east with anguish. Very disappointing but I would happily take a late summer this year... just being greedy

Drizzle muzzle here

I have to agree with the post above. Forecasting thunderstorms and MCS is notoriously difficult. Having watched storm chasers chasing the holy grail of tornadoes on the great plains. This I think at times is harder than forecasting snow. Excitement yes flew flashes yes distant deep rumbles. Forecast almost countrywide probably right as its a hazardous warning

Well sleep was hard to come by. Rain was constant and heavy. 3 big rumbles following lightning about 30 miles away about 2am and that was it. Restless sleep beyond that as drenched in sweat not easy with a sleep mask in the heat Radar and other bits watching now. Room still boiling as it continues to rain

Status update incoming 2 huge intra cloud flashes and deep tumble

Has that turned electric?

Heavy heavy rain here sounds convective

161 online looking at this like winter will it won't it ha ha ha

Well the weather gods seem to have forgotten the script. This time last year. All shops shut everything bar food shops open... glorious sunny weather and dry. Did it not read the requirements... released from lockdown and able to see family and train for my walk in two weeks. Nope jet stream far to powerful right over us. Hoping that it does get better but who know its a bit mad

Well well that was a surprise bucketing down and playing havoc with the Internet. Few flashes and rumbles proper April weather oops in May lol

I managed to walk 18 miles in training for Trek26 in June from mine to Charing Cross And back to London Bridge. Was breezy later on but not too bad. Got to say London Bridge is a stupidly cold station. Wind is definitely intesifying here

I am amazed has little rain has actually fallen. Absolutely negligible lol. No more than 50 drops

Truly exceptional dry spell this been a good while since we had any noticeable rain. It is one gigantic high pressure over us

Morning all well well well. Our climate never ceases to have something up its sleave... gone from shorts and a t-shirt to coming back on here when friends tell me snow is predicted on Monday. Think it will be a couple of layers for golf Monday afternoon... unbelievable waited 4 months to play golf and 2nd game its cold enough for snow. My hibernation in here usually lasts till summer @TomSE12 so sorry to read about your son.

Evening all hope you are all safe and well. I am really interested to get peoples thoughts on this winter as it draws to a close. There has been a few wind storms but nothing really to write home about. We have had the inevitable chases and were more successful than anyone expected (certainly on my world) lying snow for 7 days. If only we didn't have the rain on Saturday evening before the easterly we would have been digging ourselves out ala 1987. It snowed continuously for about 12 hours on one of the days. Overall it wasn't a bad winter. The flooding was a problem but the chase ended with a nice snow scenario. Thoughts