Mini tiger

Aww thanks for replying. I cant seem to see the cold front on the rainfall radar at the moment, or even the clouds. Is it a developing feature do you think ?

Thanks lets hope.. huh xx

Aww.. :( I hope you are kidding. The fax chart shows a cold front moving over London around dawn, do you not think this will be the main band of thundery rain ? I do hope so..

Hi can anyone kind enough offer me a few words of hope. I stayed at mums last night in Fleet, Hants. I stayed up pretty much all night. And watched the full moon for most of the night . Saw a couple of very distant flickers of lightning to the east, but no storms at all or rain. So far its been a non event for me. I know last nights home grown storms were great for many, and a bonus before the main event. Can any kind soul offer some advice for me as to when the main thunderstorms and thundery rain as per the MO forecast for the south, should get going ? Will it be this evening or overnight. ? Its 28oC here at moment and after a sunny morning its a uniform overcast sky very humid but no signs of any storms...yet. Any insight as to timings later would be gratefully appreciated. Just dont want to risk missing out on the big one by falling asleep... Thanks X

Can anyone tell me more specifically what time we are expecting this evening and overnights storms to arrive in central southern England. The MO forecast was for increasing thunderstorms and thundery rain over night. I stayed over at my mums near Fleet in Hants, and have yet see any of the home grown storms, so I'm hoping this evening and overnight will make up for that . Any help would be appreciated. xx

Today's thundery trough seems to be clearing the SE and E and is moving into Scotland the latest fax charts had the front moving through this evening - is the general consensus that the from is ahead of schedule ? Whilst still hot and humid on the south it has a fresher feel to yesterday and temps are 5 to 6 degrees down on yesterday although still hot. Will the low to the Sw throw up another plume this eve ?

Very disappointing night stayed up most of the night a few flashes around 3.30 almost no rain. Was no where near as good as forecast. Was at least hoping for some rain as ground hard baked. Is the main event supposed to be this eve when the front comes through ? Hopefully better luck this eve.

Tonights overnight MCS look like heading up to East Sussex, Kent and maybe Suffolk. London should just escape these as they move north eastwards.. Unless anything develops later over NW France

Hi, Looking to the south there are clusters of storms over France. None of charts are showing a low pressure per say over France, or are they part of a developing LOW, and will this Low track north or north east, as our the charts seem to show the weather moving up from between SSW and SW. Sorry for any confusion. Just trying to use the rainfall and pressure charts to anticipate tonights storms. Thanks

There seems to be a veil of cirrostratus over parts or southern England. How's does this affect the cape values for today. Where can I find the cape values modelled for today and tomorrow ?

Glad the storms cleared. With the 564 damn line here we should see 90oF under these clear skies

Already had thunderstorm pass over this morning with some very large spots of rain. Seems to be linked to a shallow trough moving NE and connected to a bigger storm moving along the northern coast of France.

Another plume on Friday ?? Those two lows could spiral around one another and fill in situ eventually keeping a warm or even hot SSW flow over us ?

ECM 12z at T+72 seems to have the low pressure further west and north a bit than the 00z, with a continental thundery low moving north close to Kent. Could see some continental imports in Kent and East Anglia on Weds afternoon

Hi are we looking at an active cold front sweepingEast pushing all the warm and hot air away or couldIt be a slow moving front that takes a whole to move north eastWith warmth hanging on in the east and south ?

Will there be any thunderstorms in the south east if this low cloud continues to drift in over us. As its keeping the temps down almost 10oC compared to recent days. WIll the storms still form above the low cloud, or will we miss out ?

I was beginning to wonder if the long hot sunny days have gone already as London is a very overcast and cooler day today at 21oC.. i.e Has the breakdown commenced already from the north east.. The other question I have for the experts is when the cold front crosses the UK from the west on Wednesday will this be where the thunderstorms are and will they increase as thundery showers just behind the cold front ?

Pouring down with heavy rain near Frimley. Temp now -0.2oC :o Cant even see any sleetiness in the rain. Must be due to the southerly feed ?

\ Is that -292 in the Alps !!!?????

There is some very cold air across the Thames estuary at present. It must be the occlusion on the 18z fax chart moving west. Snowing now in Kent, Suffolk and on the outskirts of North and NW London !! :o

Based on the latest Fax chart for tomorrow morning the Met Office has issue a new warning for an area of snow, moving WEST across Southern Englnad, southern Midlands and South east wales, with an easterly flow. Some of these areas could well awake to a covering tomorrow morning ! :o http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?regionName=uk&tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-4.50&lat=55.74&fcTime=1360497600

There is snow falling over mountains of scotland, and eskaldalmuir, and also at altitude in Bingley. Everywhere else has rain, but the snow is forecast to move in around midnight as the system starts to move away south east. Its still 5.5oC the temp has someway to drop before it will turn to snow.

Looks like the sweet spot will be central southern england a fair bit in land from the coast Why is there a blue rain area at midnight over parts of Cambs, and norfolk ? Is this signs of a warm sector or less cold air being drawn in down the wash ? It then turns light pink around dawn !?!

Actually look at the very latest rainfall radar, there appears to be a circulation developing over Sussex with a rotational flow evident on the radar ? http://www.raintoday.co.uk Although it is not shown on the 18z Fax ( 1st frame )? Could this steer the precipitation and track around the low, away from the east ? Or is this a small surface feature that could be gone tomorrow ? We had something similar on the snow day on that friday some weeks back and the snow ended up being further west and south ? Any thoughts welcome ?

Hello Steve. News 24 just quoted exactly what you are saying. He mentioned a stalling front moving away South east. What charts was the EITS showing ? Maybe the charts posted above have been updated since then ?