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5 minute snow shower in Uxbridge just now but nothing has settled

[South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards]

Fine grauple pellets , the odd heaviest pulse covers the road, then slight thaw.

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards]

So, snow has arrived Uxbridge area, the grains bouncing off of the windows. Powder grains.

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Finally snow settling in Uxbridge

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards]

Blowing snow in Uxbridge starting to get heavier

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards]

Started snowing in Uxbridge reasonable sized flakes and settling on to frosty ground

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards]

Holy wotsits, the rain and wind have really picked up. Sounds like a freight train rushing past. Will have to check peak gust tomorrow. West London area.

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2020 onwards]

Whoah,the wind has picked up. Very breezy at the mo.

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2020 onwards]

Just had a squall through Uxbridge area, whoah. Day into night, wind was unreal and rain/hail was intense for about 3 or four mins overall. Now bright again.

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2019 onwards]

Very heavy rain now, pouring.

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At last, some rain and a bit of a storm nearby, enough to get a good lightshow.

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Rain and lightning finally in Uxbridge

 

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Missed out again. Nearest lightning and thunder was a strike or two towards Harrow.  Perhaps 5 mins of rain, not heavy, no more than a 1ml. A grand total of 2ml today. Temperature dropped to a comfortable 25°c, but humidity at 66%.

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Must be in one of the few spots Between the multiple cells, can hear the odd rumble, but not a drop.of.rain  or thunderstorm . Currently 28.2°c @67% humidity inside the house, and 34^c at Northolt/35°c at Heathrow. Phew it's hot

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Just seen some lightning possibly the storm brewing over Slough

 

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Getting lots of thunder and some sheet lightning. About 2 minutes of rain

 

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2019 onwards]

25 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

Hi Angela,

myself and my Wife, have said in the last few Days, we must think about investing in a more efficient Air Conditioning Unit, for future Summers.

I've been struck in the past few Days, that a few BBC Forecasters have said we need to get used to these Summer Temperatures, as due to Climate change, this is what we have in store for us!! 

Speaking of violent August T/Storms, they don't come more violent, than what occurred on Thurs. 6th August 1981.

I was working in an Office in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, at the time.

Myself and my first Wife, were "house sitting" for some friends of ours, and looking after their German Shepherd.

Three very active T/Storm Cells, struck the area between 9 AM and around Noon, that Day.

Our friends lived in North Dulwich, and the Husband was Groundsman at Alleyn's School. It was around about a brisk 15 minute walk to my Office. I vividly remember it being very humid, and being "chased" to Work by peals of thunder, and a very angry, coppery looking sky. Just managed to get into my Office, before all "hell broke loose".

Frequent lightning, gunshot Thunder and Monsoonal type Rain.

This first Cell moved away and there was a brief lull, before another intense Cell passed over the area, and a repeat performance ensued. But these two Storms were just the Hors D'oeuvres, before the main event.

There was another lull in proceedings, when a little before Noon, the light faded abruptly.

The Sky became as black as Midnight. There then followed an eerie silence, except for the twittering of Birds.

Thunder then started to be heard, and grew louder and louder, before the "Mother" of all T/Storms, erupted over our Heads. This final and most active Cell, of the three, eventually moved away.

My Wife phoned me and told me that the entire Cricket Square, on the Sports Ground, was under water.

A while later, I got back to the Sports Ground and found evidence for myself of the effects, of that violent event. 

Below, are some images of the event, reproduced with the kind permission of Ian Currie, and taken from his Surrey County Weather Book:

 

Above is the scene at Midday, on the A217 at Lower Kingswood.

Above, near the Swan and Sugar Loaf Pub, in South Croydon, in the aftermath of the events of 6th August 1981. 

Below, the archived 500mb Chart, at the time of the event.

Dare I say it, not a lot different to how the Synoptic situation is Forecast to look like, over the next couple of Days:

That's the end of, a very Thundery look down Memory Lane.

Regards,

Tom.  

Tom wow, I can remember that storm, I was a child, but that particular storm made tsuch an impression on me. I can remember the pressure building and changing - my ears were ringing as the storm was building.

My mum was looking out of the kitchen window, getting more and more.nervous - she was never normally bothered about storms, but as you say, it literally want from day to night. She grabs us kids and ran to a neighbours house and we literally just made.it. The sound of the thunder was like a bomb going off house was shaking, the lightning constant. The rain was like a monsoon - when it fell. Never seen anything like that in the UK until July 2015/2016. Even then, that was at night. Yes, those charts so look similar.

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4 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

Let us know if it’s any good, be particularly interested to know if it’s noisy. Because I think I’m going to invest in an air con unit for next year, not sure how well they work.

We invested in a portable AC unit last year. Put it off for a couple of years, but wouldn't be without it now. Before switching on, the room was at 28.6°c, at 2100, but it cooled the room quickly

 

[South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2019 onwards]

Heathrow was at 33.8°c about 30 mins ago. Popped outside for a couple of minutes, felt like a furnace.

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Reached 35C on the garden thermometer in Uxbridge at about 2 now completely overcast and down to 31C. 

4 miles to Northolt and 5 miles to Heathrow so thermometer seems about right

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35.7°c at Heathrow @ 13:00

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Heathrow just shy of 33°c not even 11:10 am....  According to weatherhq

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31.9°c recorded at Heathrow.

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26°c at London Heathrow about 15 mins ago.

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Intense rain for the last 20 minutes, street lights came back on