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suffolkboy_

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  1. BBC news website reporting “possible hurricane”. I presume they mean possible tornado and the reporter is too inept to know the difference?
  2. Suspected tornado today Horham in Suffolk this afternoon. Friend of mine got this from his CCTV IMG_9195.MOV
  3. Friend of mine spotted this funnel cloud from the storm which was directly over me.
  4. A few flashes and rumbles here in mid-Suffolk, but the rain is something to behold. 2 inches in an hour 3 miles up the road from me. It’s carnage with sewage flooding the roads and fields like lakes
  5. Such a strange yellow sky! yep, so frustrating. I’m not even worried about the storm, I just want a deluge of rain and the whole lot is out west!
  6. In all honestly I'm more interested in recording some decent rainfall here. Any electrical activity will be a bonus. Only 1.6mm recorded here so far this month. We're desperate.
  7. Cells have quite quickly got going over Essex. Look likes the one near Colchester already has a hail core and is now producing sferics. Hopefully should start kicking off all over soon. So desperate for rain here - my pond could certainly do with a top up!
  8. I can actually smell the smoke at my house now, and I'm 8 miles away. 12 fire engines on scene of a huge field fire
  9. Fires galore breaking out in Suffolk. Suffolk Fire have a live incident map. 9 appliances sent to a village near me an hour ago - sounds like it's a big fire!
  10. Cambridge and London City Airport both at 33C at 9:00am. That's just crazy.
  11. You can tell it's hot out there. I just saw a pensioner with the top button of her coat undone.
  12. Had all my windows and doors open until about 7am. House is now sitting pleasantly at 21.3C (and I'm in an old Georgian House with single glazing!). Keep thinking it's not as hot as I was expecting today, then I go outside and realise just how cool my house is compared to out there!
  13. Santon Downham often sees some of the highest readings in Summer, and lowest in winter (within East Anglia). I'm guessing it must be because the ground is pretty sandy out that way.
  14. I'm sure most are already aware of this, but handy as a quick reference to latest top temperatures: Live Weather Top Twenty - Highs and Lows - Netweather.tv WWW.NETWEATHER.TV
  15. I recorded a gust of 78mph in mid-suffolk as the band of showers came through. This was by far the windiest part of the day. Those stations seemed to record maximum gusts as the showers passed too, so I'm guessing not sting jet, more wind increased via downdraughts from showers? It certainly felt nothing like the sting jet I experienced with St Jude storm. That was wild and I'll never forget it.
  16. The wind really ramped up as the showers came through. I watch as a large conifer fell onto a neighbours car. It's brought down the data lines and knocked the bargeboards off their house. Also had a dead elm go over opposite mine, so will have the chainsaw out tomorrow morning to gather myself some firewood. Calmed back down again now.
  17. I see that maximum gusts toned down from what they were a couple of days back (my part of Suffolk was regularly showing 80mph+ on a number of charts, now closer to 65-70mph. Although not a huge change, the affect that has is quite large. I've calculated below the pressure exerted by wind at different velocities: Notice how a wind gust of 80, down to 70, a reduction of just 10mph, is a reduction of nearly 25% pressure. The concern is the formation of a sting jet. I've experienced one during the St Jude storm and it's something I'll never forget. 15 minutes of carnage with winds of 90mph. Note that a gust of 90mph exerts double the pressure of a gust at 65mph. It will be interesting to see if one develops today.
  18. I witnessed a sting jet as part of the St Jude storm in 2018. The winds were very violent for about 15 minutes and caused extensive damage in a very short amount of time (although over a narrow path). One of the most extreme weather events we can witness in this country, but they're pretty rare, with only a handful of occurrences confirmed over the past 30 odd years.
  19. And we know what that means, a sting jet is still a real possibility. Such a difficult situation for the Met as if one does form, it will give very little time to update warnings but could cause extensive damage. I experienced the sting jet associated with St Jude in 2018, recording 92mph (which for inland Suffolk is extremely rare). That 15 minutes of wild weather took over 40 trees down in our small village alone, but was very localised.
  20. A double decker bus blew over in Hadleigh, Suffolk during the St Jude storm in 2013. Hopefully your boss will be sensible enough to cancel your journeys tomorrow!
  21. I work for a large construction company, and our Health and Safety advisor has advised all site to consider suspending all works tomorrow due to the winds, which is sensible. preparations are already being made on sites secure/remove scaffold boards and get all loose materials inside or tied down. Thankfully I'm office based and have freedom to organise my own diary, so I'll be working from home tomorrow.
  22. Main Headline on BBC News site just updated. Finally the media taking heed. Storm Eunice: Rare red weather warning issued for parts of the UK WWW.BBC.CO.UK Storm Eunice warning upgraded to red - meaning danger to life from flying debris - for parts of the UK on Friday
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