Trickster

The storm that stands out for me in this area was the storm of May 28th 1999. I remember seeing the BBC forecast earlier in the evening when they showed the lightning map (remember that?). I remember thinking 'What the hell is brewing there?' Around 9pm I noticed frequent flashes to the south moving slowly towards my direction. While standing on the front doorstep, the storm approached with a huge CB looking like it was on fire with constant red glowing and streaks of fork lightning jumping between the cloud. I kept watching for about 10 minutes until a bolt landed about 200 yards away. This was a point at which I knew this storm was extreme and it would be too dangerous to be outside. As I wandered back inside the electricity went out, but it didn't go dark due to the constant flashing of the lightning. The strikes were now around 3 per second and the rain was coming down in sheets. The thunder was constant. This lasted for about 20 minutes. By the time it cleared the road was a river. Looking back I think this was a supercell as I had never witnessed anything like it before or anything since

Think the last 2 runs of the CFS shows how much it can flip between runs. Everything up in the air, but CFS has shown a bitter winter on several runs. Trending is the thing to look for. Would be interesting to see the average for the last 4 runs. Maybe that would give us more of an idea

Quite a few hail showers passing through here at the moment

Isn't that just saying 'One the one hand it could be cold but on the other hand it could be mild?

Cold and wet here. Currently 7.1C The tops of the Brecon Beacons are white!!!

Cool, grey and miserable today. Temp currently 13.3C