[Southeast and East Anglia weather discussion]

Thunder in SM2 

[Southeast and East Anglia weather discussion]

Well thats the first time i've driven a car and had a bow wave. The A3 is an absolute nightmare at the moment. Flooding everywhere. 

[Storms and Convective Discussion - 20th April 2019 onwards]

1 hour ago, ChezWeather said:

Is anybody else just absolutely praying for a hot and humid summer? 

I enjoyed last summer, but id much prefer a "three fine days and a thunderstorm" sort of summer, with plumes' a plenty! 

 

 

Absolutely dying for some proper storms yes. 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Hi all, hope everyones having a good evening. Got a light covering here. The front was always forecast to break up as it came north. The thing is that the front is now sat over us. So don't worry so much about what is already on the radar. As is happening now, gaps can fill in with precip where there was non before. 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Heathrow taf going for prob 40 heavy snow tomorrow evening. A prob40 is always a good sign! 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Looks like a great sky out there at the moment from the small patch I can see. Shame I’m stuck in the office staring at coordinates.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

The other day showers weren’t forecast but formed around this time. We even had a crack of thunder. 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Snow settling on the pavements here now! I’m so surprised considering how wet it was 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Snow here in Sutton now! Fairly light but still! 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Seems that there’s more precip forming behind the initial band. I was expecting this to be a narrow band getting ever thinner as it moved east. Hopefully this will work in our favour 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

4 minutes ago, DonnaThw said:

So In other words stick your head out the window/door?

Yes! Bloody horrible heavy rain in Sutton now. Absolutely soaked. No sign of winteyness yet. 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Few things about the radar

Its delayed by around five mins, so if a heavy bit is over you on radar, it’s likely already passed. 

The radar sometimes suffers from all sorts of anomalies so don’t take it too literally. 

The precip type isn’t showing any live data, it’s based on models so don’t take that literally either.

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Miserable rain here! 

I would take anything you see on the radar with a pinch of salt. Seem to be all sorts of noise going on. 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Thunder here in Kennington! This wasn’t forecast 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Well I didn’t really expect this today! 

Shame it always seems to end just as it gets good. 

[Model banter returns]

Ah well, back to the real world. Who am i kidding, will be back for the 12z

[Model output discussion - cold proper on the way?]

Kind of weird how everything reverses but by the end we end up in a similar flat pattern to the usual, with a mundane contental easterly rather than a mundane Atlantic westerly.

[Model output discussion - 7th January onwards]

It got there in the end! 

[SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018]

Finally! We have snow pellets but it’ll do! 

[Model banter returns]

Whether I actually see any decent snow this winter, i'm just so glad that boring period of weather is out of the way! Been glued to the models since before Christmas though. Does anyone have any methods for not getting obsessed? Something like not bothering when interest is more than +180 away?

[Model banter returns]

46 minutes ago, cobbett said:

I think If I was to follow any weather person on Twitter Liam Dutton would be near the bottom - seems to tweet only about tabloid cold scare stories and not very insightful , towing the party line  5-7 day weather ahead musings which you could get from the beeb.

Come on Liam go out on a limb - what do YOU think will happen towards end Jan

The fact he so openly criticises the scare stories is excellent!  

I can also understand why many do not want to be so vocal about medium term models, not only because of how easily people can misinterpret stuff on twitter but also because they have more more of a following from the general public. 

[The hunt for cold - Model discussion (late November)]

1 minute ago, Sweatyman said:

someone should tell the telly !

Please tell me this is a joke 

Comment you replied to I mean 

[The hunt for cold - Model discussion (late November)]

WOW just look at that toasty run up to Christmas. Also just just at the difference between this and the 12z. 

 

[The hunt for cold - Model discussion (late November)]

Well that all went down hill rather quickly didn't it!

[The hunt for cold - Model discussion (late November)]

I’m going to be the person who’s trying to be level headed so here goes. 

We could be in a much worse position this time of year. It’ll be nice even if we get a chilly Christmas.