Gordon Webb

you've not really had much luck but looking at the radar there seems plenty of rain some heavy but not a lot of thunder

loking at the radar there doesn't seem much of note behind this main band which have i assume is the cold front

actually surprised that there's not more forum activity considering the forecast is it just the time of year now summer has passed and not much is expected now it's october , of course i generally disappear from this thread until april of the next year so perhaps it's not so surprising after all

even though the rain is quite heavy in places thunder at the moment does seem rather limited

Yep radar looks quite active looks like I'll have to leave cutting my trees to prepare for my christmas lights untill tomorrow surprised there is no thunder yet thank god it's not june or july or this would already be lighting up

Issued at: 0926 on Fri 18 Sep 2015 Valid from: 1200 on Fri 18 Sep 2015 Valid to: 1900 on Fri 18 Sep 2015 Heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely across East Anglia this afternoon, possibly becoming focused into a slow moving band for a time during the mid to late afternoon. Be aware of the risk of localised surface water flooding and difficult driving conditions in association with these heavy showers and thunderstorms. An area of low pressure will lie across southeastern parts of England this afternoon, with scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread over East Anglia, with the potential for 20 mm of rain to fall within an hour and very locally 30 mm within 2-3 hours. this issued by the met office

looking at latest charts and forecasts forecast for my area seems to have been downgraded from showers frequent potentially heavy and thundery to a mainly fine day with showers fairly few and far between

would you believe it , It seems I might be out of luck tonight and possibly tomorrow I'm distraught I really am NOT

how long before Met Office / BBC bashing begins I Wonder ?

storms were meant to come into SE England / East Anglia behind the rain band and so far that hasn't got very far north bright and sunny here at the moment

even the rain does not look that intense at the minute the bbc and met do have an excuse it was a complex and unpredictable forecast they'll say

don't seem to be in the real trouble spot today which is good as have shopping to do

be one of the few things in supermarkets sourced from the uk

behind that line of showers moving north through the midlands which stretches into lincolnshire the showers don't seem as intense , I'm sure there is a simple reason or not be could someone enlighten me

this thread is surprisingly quiet today would have expected more but then again the thunder activity does seem to be in short supply perhaps that's why

I'll go for December

Just had at look at the recent radar seems some are getting a right hammering

heaviest rain I got was between 7:45pm and 8.10pm this evening got very dark then chucked it down

Must say I'm surprised of the T&L activity further north , rain band wasn't anythying particulary heavy as it passed through earlier in the afternoon of course noticed the tempeature drop from mid morning to mid afternoon gone from having the windows open to closed

looks like i might have spoke too soon in regards to be in the clear

well the weather gods seemed to have smiled on me and otheres for various reasons hope those in northern england over the next couple of hours get what you desire

that was really only the forecast anyway storms in the midlands this afternoon moving N into northern england this evening rain/storms in the south coast moving NW merging into a band of heavy rain SW england and Wales

dont you go jinxing it now lol but saying that they've gone everywhere but here

At the moment I'm living a charmed life it seems , I'm glad others are getting storms though

would you believe it they seem to circumventing me at the minute