James1979

Or in the last 15 years on here, literally high 100s if not more.

Looks like they may be on their way or at least the tail end...

20220504_160615.mp4 Huge crack and boom just now, finally some weather again!! Hail stones now too, garden flooded in under 5 mins. Let the good times roll!!! 20220504_160615.mp4 20220504_160615.mp4 20220504_160615.mp4

Didnt think it would happen but first thunder of the season . Whoop,whoop!! Lucky I'm I'm wfh today to get it! Weird its not showing on lightning maps, defo had a big rumble! Beautiful downpour too after about 1 month of hideous dryness.

Bbq last week, sledge this week. I do love Spring!!

Opinions eh? Could not agree more, an utter blandfest heap of dog do of a winter. What happened to seasons...

Pretty much done and dusted here now. Liveliest storm since I've been here (4.5 years), possibly on par with St Jude's and longer lasting but not reaching the temporary extremes gusts of that one. Probably around the 6th strongest I've ever seen overall and miles off an '87 but sounds like a very intense day elsewhere. Thoughts are with anyone with damage or worse.

Gone wild again here now, house and roof creaking and squealing... I don't recall many storms having such a long lull and then another equally strong period again later. Odd.

Calmed down a lot here now, we definitely missed the worst of it here, I have a couple of friends further North and East (not by even that much) chastising me once again for warning them over "nothing"... was still a potent storm though here.

Wfh so hard to keep up to date but all of a sudden my house is rocking and creaking, it's really bad here now

Bit bizarre, then again it's lashing here now so perhaps it's a ramp up due to a line of showers passing through.

Might be calm in many places but it's really, really windy here already - windiest I've seen in many a moon so given that this is nowhere near peak then I'd say I'm worried. My instincts aren't good on this but I hope to have egg on my face in front of friends family and work colleagues later...

Explosive winds like little bombs going off, gusts much higher than the average in the area and general carnage. I've been stung and it looks like another sting to come potentially.

oh dear. I've even started moving stuff from the loft. Not a good time to be living in a poxy new build

Having experienced the full force of 87, 90 and 13 back in Essex and hoping for most or my life for a re-run, I've changed my mind especially as even though I'm now in Cambridgeshire I have a sting jet possibility above my head again! As a home owner and father, I suddenly see I've been a bit stupid wishing for this and I'm genuinely terrified now (still slightly excited due to the weather nut in me but I'm sure that will go tomorrow). My fault for giving up my weather hobby recently due to it being too boring now. ? Usual thing too in that all family and friends think I'm talking rubbish about this due to too many boy who called wolf scenarios in the past. Ouch.

Sad isnt it? I started in earnest in 1987 as an enthusiastic 8 year old-1987 was quite a year (back in Essex) even without THE windstorm so my interest was kick started in a big way that year and got bigger every year since to adulthood including going to Reading Uni to study meteorology but the last dozen years or so have been a continuous decline into less and less action in this part of the world, (smoothing out the fluctuations). The climate may be more allegedly more extreme elsewhere but proper variety and defined seasons have disappeared imo. What's there to be excited about here these days - no windstorms, barely any snow, dry as a bone mostly and no proper thunderstorms or very wimpy ones at best. 15/20 years ago and before, the weather was very changeable and active but now just a dull echo. A reflection of the modern world... but I digress. Over and out out.

After nearly 35 years I gave up having weather as a hobby last year, thered been simply too much of a change to nothingness imby and it's a pointless frustrating hobby for someone that loved the variety or used to get. This winter has verified that decision. Utter borefest with zero action and another season of the perma grey lid. Another summer ahead of next to no storms awaits no doubt. The climate in SE England is atrocious now.

Another borefest and this countries slow decline into perpetual autumn and grey lids continues. Oh for the weather of yesterdecade.

Talk about cloud roulette, left st neots this morning in drizzle and most of the journey was like that, arrived in London to bright sunshine, was almost hot and I got burnt at lunchtime on the office terrace and now as soon as leaving the smoke its blankets of clouds again and back to autumn!! The attachment says it all!

2 small storms today accompanied by brief flooding plus a midweek storm, I'll take that. That's the 2021 quota filled now I'm sure! Cant beat this weather imo.

I'm sure Putin won't be impressed!

Start, middle and end. What a lovely convective day!

Decent little storm finally. Seems I've captured an electrical stag!

100m! Think we might need an ark!

Been happening for at least a dozen years on here, same for snow in winter, you'll get used to it. The climate has shifted substantially sadly but the models dont seen yo have that built in. Same hype and let downs year in year out.