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Hi Paul,im realy only repeating what i heard from a reliable source,the borough meteorologist for Hastings, David Powell,told me that the damage as he investigated yesterday,and then reported to TORRO,Sounded like F3 according to whoever he spoke to at TORRO

Hi everyone,my mothers house is in Fairlight,and after returning from work abroad,i was amazed at the devastation there,a clear swathe through the heart of the village,power cables down,and much structural damage to buildings,trees twisted by the vortex. Cars have been severly damaged or written off by the golfball sized hail. i have posted a detailed report on the metmonkey forum,and will try and report more on events when im a little calmer and less upset at events on Sunday night. a friend who is a Torro member has done a site investigation,and after speaking with them on his findings,they think it was an F3

overhead storm in Hastings 0730 -0800,plenty of fork lightning,rain moderate to heavy

best set of storms for several years here last night,the most severe ( which promted the lights to keep dimming and me to pull the plugs out occured at 2000 ) completly overhead for 10 minutes,lots of fork lightning,and sheet lightning dancing all around. Some fantastic forks striking the sea. the rainfall torrential causing flooding to roads locally

:o overhead storm at 2000,much fork lightning and torrential rain

Hi Tamara,the worst of it moved in a little to the East of Hastings,A place called Fairlight had overhead thunder for 10 minutes,thundery rain now and some thunder rumbling mid channel

1700,thunderstorm,some nice fork lightning,and a few overhead cracks of thunder,moderate thundery rain,occly heavy :unsure:

B) Our warmest day since the 30th July here,25c at the moment. light southeast breeze cloud cover 1/8 A very busy beach!!

Yes,the first one is the scale we use for our Observations,that get sent to the M.O

Very windy,gusting to 46mph in the early hours. At 1100 cloud cover 8/8 temperature 19c wind,southwest 30mph occasional drizzle

Here are some stats for my area. May,above average rainfall,average sunshine hours and one day with 25c recorded,overall warmer than the long term average here June.below average rainfall,above average sunshine hours,and six days with temperatures at 25c and above.The mean 1.4c above average. July.the highest temperature ever recorded in Hastings of 33.4c on the 19th,and an incredible 19 days of temperatures at or above 25c,only 16mm of rain, and 266hrs of sunshine,the meen maximum for the month at 25c,again a record for the area.4 degrees above the long term normal. August so far...only one day with a temperature of 25c on the 3rd,rainfall way above the long term average at 108mm.sunshine average.Temperature average.

Thunderstorm and torrential rain, midnight to 0100,some great fork lightning

Torrential rain here in Hastings from 1330 today after a dry bright morning,temperatures climbed to 19c,and have plumeted to 13c just now. Typically its the towns Carnival this afternoon

B) Brightning up nicely now on the southeast coast at 1500. Cloud cover 4/8 Temperature 21c wind Northwest 1

The coldest August day here for many years Obs at 1300 Temperature 14c cloud cover 8/8 Wind north,25mph Pressure 1013mb rising

:blush: Terific storm from 0300 this morning,spectaculer fork lightning and three overhead claps of thunder setting off alarms all over town There is now thunder rumbling and fork lightning over Eastbourne 1230pm

Afternoon obs clear sunny skys Temperature 28c northeast breeze,force 2 pressure 1026mb falling sea temperature 20.3c

Obs at 1400 Cloud cover 0/8 Temperature 24c wind Northeast 4 Pressure 1026mb rising

At 1400 Cloud Cover 3/8 Temperature 23c West breeze force 4 Pressure 1018mb rising

Much cooler and not as humid imo in a southerly breeze Cloud cover 5/8 Temperature 20c Overnight low 18.3c Sea at 0900 19.9c Pressure 1013mb falling

:huh: HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR IN HASTINGS at 30.3c some high cloud,strong sunshine,less humid than recant days.northeast breeze at force 2

A SOUTH COAST 90F POSSIBLE TODAY :huh: Obs at 1000 Cloud cover 2/8 Temperature 27.0c Wind direction northeast force 2 Other info overnight minimum 20.1c Sea temperature 19.3c Concrete minimum 18.2c Grass minimum 11.5c Pressure 1012mb falling ground at 30cm 20.7c at 100cm 17.8c

Sunny and Hot,equalling our warmest day of 06 which was yesterday at 29c light sea breeze

:lol: Obs for Hastings at 1400 cloud cover 2/8 wind East force 4 Temperature 20c

:lol: A bit dissapointing today. Obs at 1300 Cloud cover 7/8 wind,East force 3 Temperature 21.1c Sea temp at 0900 17.8c Ground at 30cm 20.5c 100cm 17.0c Dry bulb 20.0c Wet bulb 17.3c