Petorious

Starting to think this is our weather FOREVER, unsettled! This is it now for life!

First post on this forum for some time, the weather for me has been getting me down and rather miserable, moving on from my own thoughts and behaviour though and it really is shocking at how wet it has been. From what I read though, it sounds like this could be the new norm as the climate change slowly creates a warmer and DAMP atmosphere. What I really worry about it the eco system and out food growth, I am a lorry driver and its shocking to see just how long so many fields have sat under water. rivers have burst there banks and simply stayed burst. Even part of the A14 near Newmarket has almost been fully closed off for a couple of weeks due to flooding and bad drainage, only there struggling to empty and fix due to yet more rain. Farmers are really struggling this year, they couldn't get all the fields drilled when the rain arrived late last year and now its time to be planting them with spring crops, still cant get in. I have drove past freshly ploughed fields that look so odd, rather than the usual neat ploughed lines, just looks like a field of sloppy manure/mud. The looking for anything cold is hilarious and non existent, the modelling thread is a joke and all the forecasting seems to be as bad as I can ever remember. The country really could do with a solid month of no rain minimum.

Part of my fence is down. Wind is really howling out there. We are exposed on a hill. I think this can make a huge difference, some people reporting a lower wind speed, I'd imagine you may be tucked away and sheltered but could be roaring away tens of feet above.

Agree with this on many occasions, not so much for todays events! Yes it may not be completely historic but it may be up there with the top ten. The sheer widespread of this storm and the longevity is what is a cause for concern.

Literally in shock today thinking at just how much rain we have had and its still chucking it down, I don't think I remember in life it being this wet for so long! We need a couple of months of pretty calm dry weather now but I don't hold much hope.

Yes I noticed it, very odd was like high haze, but under the elevated storms.

This storm is nuts, not constant lightning like some other storms we've had this year, but more the quality of lightning, fork and bright orange with gun shot thunder.

Ha I see them from mine, really vivid and bright orange from my view!

OK I'm awake lol Had sporadic thunder for a while within the rain band, now it has big time intensified. Lightning every 5 seconds and loud thunder. This is looking to be a goodun of a storm. Just pulled my PC electrics just incase.

Just over a week ago I was getting worried about the dreadful forecast for the Royal International air tattoo. Rightly so I was convinced it was too soon to get to worried, and now we are a few days off in the slightly more reliable time frame. Saturday the 15th is the date I and three friends will be attending, with the forecast showing a heavy mix of sunshine and showers. Anyone more knowledgeable able to interpretate the forecast and models for that Saturday so I can have better understanding of what to expect. The biggest worry is longevity of low thick cloud followed by persistent rain as appose to showers. Could really do with my mind putting at ease. Thanks guys/gals.

Still warm and humid here but I'm not so sure about any further development for central South and up towards Lincolnshire/East midlands tonight. I think the bulk is actually all west now, hope I'm wrong

Once again cloud structure looking ominous again here. And getting very dark to my south and west, still very warm and muggy out.

Getting some fantastic CG lightning from this storm, not seen thus amount of CG in ages, lightning rate isn't massive but the quality is good. Phone video doesn't do it justice lol. 20230708_100421.mp4

Well after a lovely sunny start, it's now towering in many direction faaaast. Though still pleasant, I feel things could get lively quick.

I asked above, its a dry storm, a couple of peeps have had lightning and no rain as I too noted nothing on radar.

Same quite a few strikes over the last hour to my south, question is will it make it up here. No visible rain on radar, is this a dry storm?

I can see the distant lightning from that stuff to my south! Its beautiful as its just under the moon.

Looks like development firing up fast, I have a lovely clear view to my south and can see along way, keeping my eye out for distant lightning, might be a little to far south for now though.

And I'm awake, right on queue. Looking good I'd say. Current conditions and to be expected for now, clear skies with wall to wall sunsh, I mean moonshine.

Same as well with fear as a child, remember shouting mummy over and over in the middle of night if I was the only one that got woke by a storm. And yeah the fear grew into passion and wanting to understand and see more of a good storm.

Nah I have gotten use to it, in fact louder the better as long as I don't break my ears lol. As a kid I had to cover my ears from thunder, airplanes, trains and fireworks as was so scared lmao. Edit: if its your first air show then maybe take some just in case.

Yeah I hope so, it is a little way off, its a shame that the pattern is changing, hopefully its only a brief blip.

Ahhhh getting a little worried looking at the semi reliable/ unreliable forecasts for mid July, Saturday 15th July is the Royal International Air Show "RIAT". Please please please be good

I noticed this aswell, would it be to much to ask for a night storm later

A cracking storm overhead, near on constant thunder rolling around, just as I thought it was gunna miss us aswell. To start with it built and passed us with rolling thunder then it back built soooooo quick.