LightningLover

Paul Hopefully not a sign of things to come!!

Small elevated storms followed by very strong winds?

WYorksWeather I recall @Weather-history mentioning it a while back, and I had to see it for myself! 17c 850's in February is TRULY exceptional, I really can't think of anything that comes close so it's very much an extreme edge-case. And no worries, I just thought you'd be stunned like I was haha!

WYorksWeather Don't forget this once happened!

Some lightning occurring on the northern flank of the frontal band- Looks somewhat elevated in nature, heading N/NNW. May head down to seafront if it looks like it has any chance of sustaining itself

I note the 18z GFS has a brief flirtation with 14-15c 850's in the SE during the early hours of the 6th... Warm, humid air (13-15c at the surface around 01:00) being advected by a deep trough out west- could be one to watch!

Gorgeous spring like day today in Bexhill- 14c with increasingly sunny skies! That's our allowance for the next 3 weeks then haha

15-16c 850hPa temps encroaching on the 06z GFS. Broadly the same synoptics as the last run!

TwisterGirl81 20-22nd March seems to be a semi-consistent time frame on the GFS for a very mild southerly- One to watch! I'm looking for warmth and thunderstorms now haha.

Paul I love seeing the NW radar gain new and improved features over time! Thanks for the work, still the best UK radar on the interwebs!

Yes, the Bexhill Road and Bulverhythe area were particularly bad, I was on the bus and it had to divert.

14.88mm of rain in 6 hours... Obligatory 'if only it was snow!' A streamer of sorts containing moderate-heavy rain has parked itself over a swathe of east Sussex, being driven in from the E/ENE. Will probably pick up another 10-20mm by 06:00 tomorrow.

NE gales likely tomorrow morning too- Unusual direction!

Look at how the storms have exploded in the Southern North Sea!

A very potent looking squall line on the outer reaches of the 15z UKV run today.