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there was a heavy shower here about 30 minutes ago and a even heavier one just near Birmingham
that very heavy shower (looking at the Radar) and the rest are drifting SE which means I will probably miss that nasty looking one just leaving the Birmingham area which is a relief as I plan to cut my grass shortly
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Risk is confined to the south tomorrow on the 06z run. No surprise to have it downgrade here! Lets hope the risk returns.
Latest Met Office update offers little encouragement to you
Wednesday:
A band of occasionally heavy rain will move through southern England with thundery showers in its wake. Elsewhere there will be occasional showers, possibly thundery in Scotland.
looks like you may miss out unless you take a day trip down south or things change
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Brontophobia:
An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that thunder itself poses no threat to them. When outdoors during a thunderstorm, they may suffer excessive anxiety. When indoors, they may hide under beds or desks, behind sofas, or in closets.
A thunder storm is most often a mild event. Even in the loudest of conditions, the thunder storm is nothing that can cause physical harm to a person. But in the case of Brontophobia, the person feels as though they are in some sort of danger when they hear the thunder storm clapping or when a thunder storm is going to occur. The person with the fear of a thunder storm will react differently to the thunder storm based upon where they are, physically, when the thunder storm is taking place.Thunder storm phobia
When out of doors, the person with the fear of the thunder storm may find themselves dealing with very high levels of anxiety. These feelings of anxiety related to the thunder storm can cause physical effects on the body. During times of immense anxiety, the fight or flight response will be initiated. This response is a natural response to a situation that threatens harm on the person fearing the thunder storm. The pupils will dilate in order for vision to be improved. The lungs will open up and the heart rate will increase in order to prepare the body to run. The blood pressure will raise in order to adapt to the running that is about to occur and the blood from the extremities will drain in order to reduce bleeding during the fight.When inside during the thunder storm, the reactions of the body will be the same, but the thunder storm sounds will cause the person to physically hide as if they are in danger. They may climb under a table, hide under a blanket or run into a closet in order to escape the impending sense of doom associated with the fear of the thunder storm.
While many believe the fear of a thunder storm is left for the youngest of children, adults are the most common sufferers of this very real social anxiety based condition. The Brontophobia will often be observed avoiding all activities out of doors when the chance of a thunder storm is on the horizon. Medical attention can help the Brontophobic sufferer to regain the control that the fear of a thunder storm takes away.
"Brontophobia" is derived from the Greek "bronte" (thunder) and "phobos" (fear). This same Greek word has given us the English word "brontometer," an instrument for recording the activity of thunderstorms.
The Common Symptoms Of Brontophobia
Some of the common symptoms of Brontophobia incorporate panic attack, rapid heart beat, sweaty palms, nausea and much more.
What is more, the phobia is debilitating and so you may get very weak and find it hard to concentrate on the work that you do.
The treatments for this kind of phobia include traditional cognitive behavioral therapy like counter-conditioning, flooding, gradual exposure therapy and much more.
While this method claims success, it involves a great deal of mental pain. It also requires frequent therapy sessions over several weeks.
Traditional therapy, in which you sit or lie down and tell your problems to a therapist, takes months or years to bring relief, and the results are quite unpredictable.
This Describes Me Exactly But So Far This Year Most Storms Have Only Skirted My Location So I Have Had A Relatively Calm Summer Which I hope Continues
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Those Videos Are Insane
Glad I Don't Live In That Part Of The World
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Well I missed them last Wednesday when some of the country got them
So from my point of view maybe I'll get lucky again
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my area is expected to be under the band of rain all day tomorrow yet they still forecast Thunderstorms
wouldn't been overcast and wet and a little cooler than today inhibit them to a degree or am I thinking to simply
I would have expected any storms to be ahead of the front / band of rain eg : more E/SE parts of the country
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I see the Sun comic book is keeping up to it's usual standard
why don't they try something they'd be good like supplying manure to Farms
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Nice and Sunny here
20c here at the moment with just a slight breeze which is more than welcome
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the showers in north wales look like they may head to hereford and gloucester later
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Shouldn't get deleted as it's on topic. Rain gone back to being light. Sat under the main band no lightening or anything just steady rain. Still think it's a dead duck as far as weak storms go.
that's why I'm hoping this rainband stays essentially where it is
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I'll be happy to stay under this rainband
let the showers/storms go to wales gloucester and all places south
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The first band will give heavy and prolonged showers for the next couple of hours over the Coventry area, there is a bit of a gap following but then the more scattered showers over Wales (not had much here today) will probably arrive late evening.
Not surprised that band is moving nowhere fast
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I thought it was already in yorkshire
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I think while its moving E / NE the area of rain should slowly push South Whilst it still rotates E / N-E
so I could get effectively stuck under this band of rain if it's rotating E/NE
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The rain band is still to go through here yet
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Great!
Just Great!
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Anyone know when the worst will be over for coventry , estimation of course
yes I know hasn't started yet but Want to have something to look forward to and the end of this weather would be ideal
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what you recon through gloucester then on throught to the south coast?
I think so yes but I'm no expert
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Quickly looking at the radar, it should be starting to rain Bedworth in about the next 5 - 10 minutes, with a clump of precipitation just to the West.
how heavy does it look
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those showers in the irish sea do look like hitting gloucester later on but after this rain in birmingham I wonder how many more showers we'll see
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Rain seems to be bypassing me completely
not that I'm complaining
BBC weather saying the Thunderstorms WILL be nasty so Im chasing tonight.
The storms are suppose to last all night and be wide spread through the Midlands and the Home Counties
batteries all on charge
Heard all this before from the BBC and their definition of nasty is probably just the intense rainfall
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Dry As A Bone Here
The Heavy Rain Just North Of Here
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It seems to be the CF that has the worst weather at the moment that rain over NI sinking south into wales doesn't look to bad at the moment
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I find it odd that South Yorkshire has warnings out for heavy showers but the latest Met Office forecast only mentions Southern England , Wales and the Midlands even though I suspect it'll be more Southern England And Wales
I just find it odd
General Storm Thread
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Posted · Edited by Gordon
Thankfully that shower/storm seems to be to my south and I am on it's leading edge see am not seeing anything and that was a radar picture at 3.45pm
So I must assume it's a litter further away now as I still have my blue skies so hopefully my heart can start beating itself my chest rather than trying to break through it as it was a little while ago