[Storms and Convective discussion - May 2024]

Fully expecting the radar to spring to life in the next 90 mins over east Anglia 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Feeling quite muggy outside now, Lakenheath currently showing as 23c which must be warmest temperature of the year so far....

[Storms and Convective discussion - April 2024]

 Eagle Eye Portsdown Hill washed down with a monster micks burger looks like a plan for some with ukv like that

[Storms and Convective discussion - April 2024]

 Sprites I thought exactly the same and its just started those big convective dollops of rain, lurrrrvly.

[Storms and Convective discussion - April 2024]

 Methuselah was just pondering whether it may clip the Suffolk coast, will have my answer in an hour

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 Jo Farrow All dry in around 3 hours today, result!

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

@Jo Farrow now Saturday looks like PERFECT outside drying conditions in the south east, I'll definitely be doing at least two loads and drying outside then!

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 *Stormforce~beka* yip that's the problem, if you're time starved having to faff about putting stuff outside only to then have to hang it inside doesn't really work. Totally understand the sentiment behind this whole idea but probably a great example of the difference between theory and practice!

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 *Stormforce~beka* It didn't dry properly had to hang it inside to finish, did dry a bit but after five hours outside was still quite wet. Doh!

[Storms and Convective discussion - November 2023 onwards]

 *Stormforce~beka* what you mean you've gone to Basingstoke?

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

@Jo Farrow am trying it, will let you know how I get on

[Longest run of consecutive wet months?]

As interesting and noteworthy as this wet spell is, my interest is in what happens next. At some point this spell of wet weather will end, what I'm intrigued by is how long before a similar or even wetter spell appears. Irrespective of one's beliefs regarding climate change and it's causes, many predicted that a warmer atmosphere would result in higher rainfall. With our proximity to the Atlantic and island location I'm really fascinated by potential climatic changes. 

With no scientific basis whatsoever I've a hunch that we may have a dry hot summer, I hope I'm wrong about the hot bit as I'm useless once it gets above 18c at night for any length of time, but I've a feeling that we'll have a 'good' summer and then a return to monsoon season from October. Be interesting to see how things pan out.

 

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 Jo Farrow Fair play to you then. Hopefully it'll dry up soon and more can do the same

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 Jo Farrow have you had a drier than average winter and do you run your washing machine overnight to be able to put clothes out first thing?

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 Jo Farrow where do you live to be able to do that? Genuinely interested to know and not being deliberately argumentative. Believe me we've had to get a dehumidifier to take away moisture from the home in part due to clothes drying inside. 

I've found with myself and other half both working full time, a newborn and the atrocious weather this winter it's just not been practical at all for us to consider drying outside and that's living in the supposedly drier part of the country. 

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

 Andy Bown Lol the no rain was my point. Obviously dry winter air is good for laundry etc but in this relentless wet pattern it seems such an article is poorly timed at best...

[Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months]

Is this an early april fool? Wettest winter since.... And we're being encouraged to dry clothes outside???

[Your Deepest Snow Record]

The beast in 2018 delivered 28cm level snow in Ipswich at 120ft asl. Drifts in town were over 60cm with outlying rural areas significantly deeper. Don't recall it being deeper than that since I moved to Suffolk in 2006

[Model Output Discussion - Spring Has Sprung]

 Rain All Night possibly, our old friend Shannon at work

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

 Methuselah party time

[Model Output Discussion - Cold spell ending - what next?]

Models probably not showing anything conclusive at the moment either way for cold, need to see where we stand in three or four days time after these incoming deep lows pass through IMO.

I've been following the AI Graphcast model a lot recently too and that has been struggling to show anything remotely cold friendly.

Looking back through the archives of snow watch and it appears we're rapidly approaching the cut off date, time to call for the grebes. 

 

Graphcast for 29th Jan

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Runs to google maya jama

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Just now, Marie said:

Oh don’t you worry if we get snow I will bore you all with pics  

One of the conditions of being here!!

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Just now, Marie said:

Oh I’m excited now it’s changed and I have symbols of snow too here in portslade lol . God I need to get a life getting excited over a possible few flakes

You might be in a sweetspot tomorrow if anything at all happens along with our comrades in Kent. Fingers crossed you guys get some, pics required if you do!

[Model Output Discussion - Colder but how cold and for how long?]

10 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

Jeeez this would be very destructive 80-90+ mph gusts inland, surely historic if it does verify and keep track and intensity 

It'll probably end up over the Pyrenees by the weekend...