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That change in wind direction is absolutely fascinating. I was stood on the seafront watching the rain approach from the west whilst simultaneously getting blasted by the wind from the east. A fascinating hours worth of weather.

Me and my big mouth! Just had a massive battering off the storm as it came through and wind direction and cloud direction all changed within a matter of minutes. When it all calms down I'm going to have a walk on the seafront to see what it looks like.

Looking east over Thorpe Bay the clouds are heading off the North Sea and going north. Some brief rain just now, but still dry.

Strange weather here in Southend. The radar shows heavy rain over Southend yet in my part of the town - Southend - Shoebury, there isn't any rain falling at all. I wonder if the stiff easterly wind is keeping it away.

Something finally popping up for SE Essex. That storm is only just to the east of us and rumbles of thunder, fingers crossed for this!

It's sweltering in Essex at the moment, only the sea breeze here in Southend keeping us cool. I have been watching the sky all day but nothing popping up. Normally I can see stuff building over Kent and drifting towards us, let's see about tomorrow.

Hi all I'm furloughed until the end of June and need something to do to keep me occupied. I would like to do a course about the weather, may pay if necessary. What do people recommend? Best / worst courses also course content is important. Any help much appreciated!

I'll be starting on Saturday 14th March from St Ives towards Pendeen then Land's End and round to Penzance and onto the Lizard. Hope to see you!

I've put my walk back four weeks. The wind combined with the rainfall will make everything saturated and difficult to walk on so I'm delaying it. Disappointed but it's always best to err on the side of caution, especially on a coastal path.

It all depends on what the weekend brings. I just don't fancy walking found Lands End and the Lizard in strong gale force winds. I have the experience - I normally go winter walking in the Cairngorms about this time of year - but this year I thought I would do something different. As for the Spine race, fell runners are utterly insane!

Friday I'm supposed to be travelling down to Cornwall for a weeks walking the South West Coast Path from St Ives round to Falmouth. I'm seriously considering cancelling it though due to the high winds forecast with Storm Dennis. What do people think the weather is going to do over the next week or so? I need some help making my decision as I will lose almost £300 in fares, B&B's etc. But on the other hand I don't want to blown off a cliff, washed out to sea or end up spending the day drinking luke warm tea in a National Trust property. Any thoughts please?

Just been hit by the squall line in Southend and that was something special. I could see it coming down the road towards me until it hit me and I was drenched within 20 seconds.

8.30pm down here in Essex on Southend seafront and it's still average for this time of year. The wind hasn't picked up, no black clouds in the sky but....y'know as a weather fan, I can just tell that something is about to happen.

I'd been wondering about a sting jet as well, could really cause problems if that came about.

Getting up to gale force on Southend seafront now!

Well I'm sat on Southend seafront at the moment and what a change in the last hour or so. The wind has got up and is now blowing strongly from the SE, the waves are up and dark clouds loom ominously over North Kent. The Isle of Sheppey is slowly disappearing from view and lightning strikes abound. Just waiting for the storm to hit. Out to the west it's as bright as anything!

I went to the Shetland Islands last week for the Up Helly Aa festival and had a marvelous time. The ferry crossing was a bit grim though, a northerly gale force 8 gusting 10 made sure at least half the 400+ passengers were seasick.As luck would have it I don't get seasick but even for me the crossing was bad. We arrived into Lerwick and it was snowing...but nothing was showing on the radar. In fact, nothing shows on the weather radar for Shetland, no rain, no snow nothing, yet we had plenty of weather up there. I tried various radar websites and non of them had anything for Shetland. Does anyone know why?

Ok, how about a bit of perspective here. The front page of the Sun this morning reads "The World's on Fire" and "Planet gripped by killer heatwave". But there must be places which are colder than normal and having more rain than normal. I'm a great believer that things go in cycles and we have a hot summer but then we had a cold winter as well. So does anyone know anywhere which is currently experiencing worse weather than normal - I.e. cooler weather, more rain and more storms.

Down here in Southend Tuesday 29th May is the last time we had any rain. That's 6 weeks next Tuesday without any rain.

On Tuesday it will be 5 weeks since we had any rain in Essex. Ok, the odd minor shower here or there, but nothing substantial. On Tuesday 29th May it rained so hard it poured into my office. This is a new office in Stratford - just 18 months old - and yet it came through the windows in several places. For about a week after I was going for a lunchtime run round the Olympic park and everything was waterlogged and boggy. Now? Bone dry, dusty and in need of serious rain.

-1c here in Southend ith a bitter wind coming straight off the North Sea. No snow since last night but a band of snow is on its way from the east and is currently sat over the Isle of Thant. I can see the clouds approaching and expect snow anytime within the next 30 minutes.

Lightening strikes over the Thames estuary this evening. Mostly over the Kent coast to the east looking down towards Whitstable / Isle of Thant.

Thank you Bristol Boy, it is indeed a Pembrokeshire Dangler- there's even a wikipedia entry for it: The Pembrokshire Dangler

Okay, I was listening to radio 5 yesterday and the chap doing the weather said that when you weather conditions specifically like this you get loads of rain over Pembrokeshire as this is where all the air meets. He said that this would cause it to rain pretty muich non-stop in Pembrokeshire and watching the radar over the last 48 hours this is exactly what has happened. It has a specific name it's the Pemroke ????? I can't remember! Can any one help with this?

Putting out my washing at 7am and was puzzled to find rain falling, despite it being a clear blue sky. Big drops, but not enough to soak everything. Radar confirmed there was indeed a shower sat over Southend. Most odd.