A Face like Thunder

Chris.R rain has been forecast for the South of the Region for tomorrow but not thunder and lightning as far as I know.

Philip Eden reported this as a 'poor summer with frequent flooding', particularly between 6th and 14th July. Brazell (London values) had 8 out of the last 9 months with below average temperatures, 8 out of 12 months with higher than average rainfall and 8 out of 12 months with below average sunshine levels. And of course the year ended with the Boxing Day blizzard, affecting a wide area of England and Wales, so yes, a truly memorable year, but for all the wrong reasons.

A dry bright start to the day but with quite dark clouds around. Wind has dropped right off and a warmer day in prospect as a result.

Eagle Eye that's near enough the area most likely to be affected by t & l, as shown by Tomasz S on tonight's BBC1 weather forecast.

A gorgeous day here and quite warm despite the gusty wind.

An unusual scenario for Wednesday into Thursday. Warm air on an Easterly from the Continent meeting cold air from the W/SW. Normally you would expect it to be the other way round, wouldn't you?

Dry and quite bright although signs of it clouding over. Mild despite a very blowy wind.

ChannelThunder Interesting. In 24 hours, we seem to have lost the possibility of any storm activity in the South and SE of England tomorrow and gained a more likely scenario of t & l in the South West and S Wales on Wednesday into Thursday.

CryoraptorA303 do we not need to take account of influences such as the cold North Sea in April and May? Last week, I spent a miserable few days on the N Yorkshire coast and this week it seems that the highest temperatures may be reserved for W and N W Scotland. Correct me if I'm wrong, but surely Coningsby in May would have a very different feel to it weather-wise in May compared with July.

Talk on the Countryfile forecast last night of a front moving up from France into SE and E England tomorrow (Tuesday), with the possibility of some thundery activity.

mike57 I was keeping an eye on the Grosmont station webcam yesterday and was so glad that I'm back in Cheshire. You all have my sympathies.

Turned into a nice day yesterday with plenty of sun and no rain after an uncertain start. Today has dawned bright and breezy but possibility of a few showers later if yesterday's forecast is anything to go by. It does seem to be warming up a bit at last which is good and hopefully this trend will continue.

Cooler on those NE coasts Welcome! I was on the North Yorkshire coast last week and it was dreadful, cold and wet, and muddy and marshy underfoot. I'm told that the weather there today is similar and I'm glad I'm back in Cheshire where it's dry and signs of it brightening up.

After a cloudy, damp start, it is showing signs of it brightening up a bit, with patches of blue sky around. Hopefully we will miss the worst of the weather to our east.

A pity that the abstract was not proof-read before it was published. '1944' rather than '1994'

April 1950 was similar. I was baptised on a baking hot day on 22nd April and this was the scene (S London / Surrey / North Downs) four days later.

My neighbour has just returned from a week in N W Scotland. I have just returned from a similar period on the coast of North Yorkshire. Guess who's sun burnt?!

SunnyG I take your point, but who knows where we would be at today if weather forecasting had not been a priority 80 years ago in early June 1944.

Rush2019 ditto in Crewe. Bright enough start to the day but already clouding over. Hopefully it will stay dry today, but tomorrow, who knows in this part of the Region?! A rarity this afternoon as Crewe Alexandra's match at Colchester is live on Sky. If only I had Sky rather than TNT. Hopefully Crewe will get the point they need to guarantee a playoff spot in L2 and I will be a happy bunny by 5pm!

Stayed mainly dry, bar a few blobs of rain this afternoon. The sun (when it appears) plus the lack of wind means that it feels a lot warmer than it was in North Yorkshire where I was located over the past few days.

I came back from a very cold and blowy North Yorkshire last night. A heavy shower as I came round the south side of Manchester but had cleared by the time I arrived home. A lovely start to today and, unlike North Yorkshire, no cold wind to peg the temperatures later. Fingers crossed for the washing outside.

I seldom say 'I'm glad to be going home' but this was one such occasion. In all my time coming to the NY coast and moors, I've seldom felt so cold and yes, I am well aware of how cold the area can be at this time of the year, given how cold the North Sea is. Yesterday morning, the forecast showers arrived at 8am and, although it brightened up later, the wind was bitingly cold. Back home this morning, it is a beautiful start to the day and no wind to peg the temperatures later on. I'll be back in NY in a couple of weeks.

mike57 Yes, that's what I heard. We had a hail storm on the moors at 9am and it then stayed dry but bitterly cold until 3pm when it unexpectedly rained really hard. The sun came out later and it has actually been a nice evening, with the cold wind dropping right off on the NY coast. Alas, it seems we may be getting showers from a feature from the North Sea early tomorrow which may stick around until late morning. I do not normally say it, but I am actually glad that I shall be heading back to Cheshire later tomorrow.

A bit to my surprise, the sun came out at times during the afternoon, although still interspersed with mainly light showers. The main issue was the beastly wind on the coast which pegged temperatures drastically, with the East Yorkshire coast not getting above 5C today (BBC radio weather forecast). More of the same tomorrow it seems.

The good news is that it's finally stopped raining (for the moment) and started brightening up a bit, the bad news is that there's now a howling and cold N / NE wind on the coast.