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That was the biggest storm I've experienced for many years, the lightning was constant for about 3 hours but noticed that some of the brightest strikes were not always accompanied by thunder. We lost power at about 1pm for a couple of hours. Sleep was impossible until about 3.30pm.
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Storm is almost stationary about 5 miles to my south east with constant rumbles, the lightning is more impressive than the thunder from here, but the soundwaves marked on Lightning Maps is spot on!
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5 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:
Constant rumbling started up here again ...
Yep looks like a new storm approaching Alresford from the east
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Thunder and Lightning getting closer, seems things are brewing after a complete lack of a close storm for many years here.
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The squall line decided to develop as soon as it passed over here so we heard thunder just to the east but remained dry and mostly sunny. Sunny breezy warm afternoon now - actually a nice summers day.
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Well this small part of Hampshire must be the only part of the country to have remained storm free - few distant rumbles on Thursday night and that's it - even 10 miles west they said it was the storm of the decade. I'm sure our time will come!!
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Something has popped from nothing over Andover in Hants, 10 mins ago it wasn't there now its developing fast
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Skies have almost completely cleared in Central Hampshire - extremely warm and humid now, with the activity to our west maybe we will see storms pop up out of nothing later on?
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Either we are very unlucky or I sleep heavier than I thought but nothing but early morning rain here now cleared and Thursday night saw the violent storms pass to the east and west of us - the ground was still dry as a bone on Friday morning.
Maybe today is our day
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I have been a reader of this site for several years but am not a weather obsessive and haven't necessarily a weather type bias but the winter model thread can get embarrassing for the sniping that goes on, it doesn't happen during the summer to anywhere near the same extent.
You have to be brave to post in there unless you want extreme cold and snow but I agree with Mushy most people DONT want cold weather, most people just want to see the sun and they will make do with the cold if they can't get the mild/warm to go with it.
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Slightly off topic so forgive me. It's nice to see the tv forecasters getting a little more technical with their broadcasts, good explanation this morning of how the cold in the US and Canada has affected the jet stream and caused our wet weather. Even 2/3 years ago they would not have gone into that detail.
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99% of the population get their weather forecast from tv and radio NOT the MetO website - they have been very clear about the threat tomorrows weather could bring so as somebody else said the website is NOT priority.
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I'm a big supporter of the METO and the BBC forecasts but for about the 5th time in a row a big rain event has been badly over exaggerated for this area. At 8am this morning we would be having rain from mid morning until the evening, light rain arrived mid morning, lasted 30 mins, dried up and then the sun came out.
They seem to be scared they will underestimate rainfall amounts but events will have been cancelled on the back of the forecasts in the last 48 hours. Not good!
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And one of the things we don't want on this forum is people trying to smart or sarcastic - this applies to everyone.
Sun out nicely here and 22 degs now, autumn this morning quickly flipped back to summer at lunchtime.
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Sun just coming out here so clearer skies seem to be moving east to west when I thought the sunnier weather would come from the west!
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Just getting our first drop of rain here in Mid Hampshire from this spell of rain - spent the day in London yesterday and got washed out which was a massive shame, couldn't believe it when we got home to find it still dry as a bone. Looking at the radars the eastern Hampshire border was a buffer zone all day.
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Some people should be thankful for what they had last Tuesday night, those storms completely passed Hampshire by and yesterday amounted to about 3 hours of drizzle, I'm not knocking the MO as I think they generally do a great job but when at 9am on Saturday they forecast rain on the south coast by 11am but it doesn't arrive until 4pm then that's not good, especially when you have events arranged.
We cancelled a walk in the New Forest because of the forecast but actually would have been slapping on the sun cream!
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Earlier clouds south and west from me have cleared but 15 miles to the east looks like a storm getting going around Odiham
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Slightly off topic I know so I apologise but it seems that the last week of July very often brings a temporary change in the weather pattern, be it to warm and sunny or cooler and wetter, no scientific facts to my fingertips but I remember this as its around my birthday on the 24th. 2012 gave us the only decent weather of the summer months.
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The Hampshire and Dorset coasts alway seems to get the best temps when theres a north easterly but its true the BBC don't tend to predict this in their forecasts.
Today its a bit cooler but the skies are gin clear and deep blue, just about perfect!!
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I'm not one who desparately craves cold and snowy weather and now its nearly mid Feb I say bring on Spring but I am a complete novice at model watching and I enjoy the interpretations made by posters but its amusing seeing the emotions coming out.
Most people seemed convinced cold and snow was here to stay when only ECM totally went for it. I think METO were always more cautious and people just dismissed the GFS out of hand. More enlightened members who tried to be rational were shot down in flames.
The thing I find frustrating these days, depite all the models etc is that the common phrase amongst BBC forecasters is 'a great deal of uncertainty...', this is used more and more which makes you think there are too many models, forecasts and tools now for the METO to use and it justs increases confusion.
I say NEVER believe in a forecast more than 5 days ahead full stop.
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Snow laying now north of Winchester, big heavy lolloping flakes
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Is it wrong to say I am looking forward to milder temps and hopefully a few drier-ish days in the south next week as seems likely now looking at the models.
I cant come close to understanding the models as well as others on here but I have learnt to always ignore the MetO LRF, there is never any reliability of any forecast past 10 days or so.
I do hope cold returns but I am happy to see a milder interlude.
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Heavy snnow north of Winchester - quickly settling
Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards
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After 5 barren years it seems the unexpected Thames/M3/A303 streamer is giving us a covering of snow in North Hampshire and looks like there's more to come.