Jamie M

Wednesday at 15:19

I've noticed some of these adjustments in some of the data for Manston from https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/stationdata/manstondata.txt although not entirely sure when it stopped.

July 2006 has a value of 350.1 hours for its K/Z sensor although the raw data from MIDAS seems to suggest it was 316.9 hours which is a pretty drastic difference.

It makes it hard to compare values when there seems to have been some adjustment that isn't clearly stated, can only presume it was to continue the consistency of one instrument being used but this correction isn't being done correctly so

Monday at 18:31

SunSean

Lol yeah, still awaiting the 2000-hour mark for a year that Zeebrugge in nearby Belgium seems to get fairly consistently in the last few years.

Monday at 17:05

SunSean

I hadn't realised the difference between Manston & Shoeburyness was that stark! I'd have thought Shoeburyness would have surpassed Manston as we begin to head into late spring and into the summer months

April 8

Today does seem to hold some merit at least for the far SE for the potential of some thundery activity into the evening.

Shear profiles from AROME do seem to suggest the possibility of organised convection developing in the far SE with a low chance of any storm developing supercellular characteristics with it. It seems more likely that this will happen in northern France due to the 1500 J/kg of MUCAPE being available vs the 600/700 available in the SE. The abundance of potential convection developing in the SE does make me feel it's pretty unlikely unless one of the storms scoops up everything left in its environment.

AROME did seem to play with the idea of a supercell developing in northern France on its 12z run yesterday with a storm that deviated to the right of its mean wind.

Theta-E values are also highest in the far SE which seems to indicate to me at least that there is where most of the thundery activity will be even if convection does develop further west. All that being said however I still wouldn't put the chances of any thunderstorms developing at anything other than a slight chance considering conditions look MUCH better across the pond in France.

April 1

Showers galore later based on AROME

March 28

Sprites

Sadly not this was just one of the Weather Watcher images I found searching through - bloody wish I was though

March 28

My report for Church Stowe

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

Church Stowe, Northamptonshire

Largest hail I've seen for March

March 28

Dxnielwashere

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO)

WWW.TORRO.ORG.UK

TORRO is a privately-supported research body specialising in severe convective weather in Britain and Ireland

You can fill in a report here

March 27

7th - 14th August had 120.7 hours at Shoeburyness, an average of 13.4 hours per day.

One of the best periods of weather that I can remember recently as well as being very warm, avg max here in Herne Bay was 24.6C.

A selection of some of the pictures I took during that period are here.

January 25

@Eagle Eye

That very strong Pacific jet is certainly a show for how strong the +MT event currently is

Let's just hope MJO passes through the maritime barrier and doesn't 'konk' out

January 17

I was wondering where the ice warning was!

January 10

96 & 120 FAX

January 10

Just now, Scott Ingham said:

Well the chances are it will not be that extreme!! Obviously I’m not forecasting that hahaha but it has the same ingredients! What it will be if it plays out is widespread 20cm+ in my opinion

We can only hope aye

January 10

6 minutes ago, Scott Ingham said:

That chart is biblical in regards to snowstorms I absolutely agree 1881! This event could be insane for someone (if it plays out this way of course as it will head south after without thaw!) Fair play to Tamara this run is very 1979/79 actually!

Wouldn't really say 1881 lol, very doubtful there'd be 24 inches of snow on the Sussex coast and 34 inches of snow on the Isle of Wight lol? It sure does look like a proper snow dump for someone but wouldn't say 1881

January 8

0.9C here in Herne Bay about 5 minutes walk from the coast now after this shower

January 8

Snow videos from Birchington

January 8

Was still snowing when I left Birchington and has started up again in Herne Bay, very nice

January 8

Sleety snow here

January 5

1 minute ago, Johnp said:

Out of interest, why would the Pacific high impact the Greenland High? I thought it would help if anything.

Too strong and it could become the more 'dominant' high as it sucks away heights from Greenland

This GIF from ECM shows it well

January 4

3 minutes ago, Southern Storm said:

It definitely is, someone In Ivybridge has posted a video that looks to be more snow than sleet, if you are on Facebook have a look at the southern UK Storm chaser page

May be the same person that's faked a tornado in their back garden a few times if it's a certain Crook