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i reckon about 5 hours.... hopefully there will be enough latent heat to give them a boost after their chilly channel crossing. its horribly muggy here still 22.4c 57% humidity so i'm crossing everything.

winds coming from the east here which is just what i need to push them towards me if they make landfall and if theres anything left

dont jinx it now dogs it really does look like its tracking directly towards me. ok thats probably wishful thinking but the images are looking good now.

agreed and if it does could be my first storm of the year think i will try and get some sleep so if it does hit i wont sleep through it !

ive been trying to time the movement and by my primitive think if it was to reach my area it wouldnt be for another 5 hours ! maybe i'll set my alarm also

thanks dogs32 just wanted confirmation i'm not going mad ! current temp here is 23.4c 64% humidity not nice

the last meteox radar image would seem to show a posssible slight change of course but will have to wait for the next few updates to be sure or it could just be the storm is spreading out over a larger area. not sure what the wind direction is as theres barely a breath outside at the moment.

ive been the following the storms off france and they seem to be now heading more nne but on the sat24 image the cloud tracks over southern uk seem to be more nnw. can anyone shed any light on the possible track of the french storms ? Cheers

sat24 images are really juicy watching that lot pop up and its heading in the right direction. so near and yet so far. its a case of will it wont it right now. home grown doesnt look promising and the cloud seems to be thinning again so its up to the frenchies.

30.6c at the moment ! will keep an eye out on those storms brewing over france but seen the channel kill off storms too many times to get interested just yet. conditions have turned milky and hazy now with a hot sse wind. the red kites are enjoying it though using the thermals to rise to heights where you cant even see them anymore !

blimey lads have you seen that lot rolling in to the south of france ! if only

umm that mass seems to be dying out as it hits the south coast and the rest is straying further west so i miss out again !

that mass heading for the IOW has more behind it now ! its clouded over a lot here now but was lots of sun this morning not sure how the rest of the south faired and if theres going to be enough surface heating. time will tell but it would be nice to see some lightning. can't remember the last time i saw any !

worth keeping an eye on that lot just making landfall. theres still a fair amount of heat thats been absorbed over the last few hours that could help it as it moves north. fingers crossed as its heading hopefully my way

crazy here ! i'm just north of Reading and the radar has been showing a downpour but ive had a few drops heard one rumble and nothing else. lovely cloud formations and very humid but not the electrical activity i hoped for :lol:

just heard a boom but nothing else. conditions look perfect but our storm shield is holding strong

Zip Nothing Not a fluffy white snowflake to be seen Northerly incursions just never pay off so until an easterly shows up i'm not expecting anything.

Latest from Reading data obtained at 10:54.56 5min average temperature = 8.2 degC 5min average wind speed = 5.9 metres per sec=12.5 miles per hour daily averages determined up to 10:54.56 temperature = 6.7 degC wind speed = 5.0 m/s extreme values so far today max temperature 8.3 degC at 1034; min temperature 4.4 degC at 0004; max wind gust 18.0 m/s - 40 Mph at 914;

The other problem is that a lot of reservoirs were removed back in the 80's - 90's and the land recovered. So we are now in the situation where we probably get enough rainfall to keep us going even through dry spells but don't have enough reservoirs to store it in.

Update from Reading Chuffing cold this morning. Bike wouldnt even tick over had to keep revving it ! Worked out the windchill was -18 at 70 Mph on the way to work extreme values so far today max temperature 3.5 degC at 1359; min temperature -4.9 degC at 619; max wind gust 4.5 m/s at 1834; data obtained at 20:49.56 5min average temperature = 2.9 degC 5min average wind speed = 1.5 metres per sec=3.1 miles per hour

Latest from Reading: Cloudy, frost dissapeared overnight as the temp increased. However after checking the security cameras this morning saw some sleet / wet snow at about 5 this morning ! data obtained at 14:59.56 5min average temperature = 2.6 degC 5min average wind speed = 0.1 metres per sec=0.2 miles per hour daily averages determined up to 14:59.56 temperature = 1.5 degC wind speed = 0.8 m/s extreme values so far today max temperature 2.6 degC at 1454 min temperature 0.7 degC at 654 max wind gust 3.7 m/s at 1009

Froze my nuts off this morning on the ride in to work. Bike kept cutting out it was so cold ! Some high level cloud seems to be dispersing now. Car temp read -4.3 at around midnight. data obtained at 09:04.56 5min average temperature = -2.8 degC 5min average wind speed = 0.6 metres per sec=1.4 miles per hour daily averages determined up to 09:04.56 temperature = -3.4 degC wind speed = 0.2 m/s extreme values so far today max temperature -2.1 degC at 0029 min temperature -4.3 degC at 709 max wind gust 1.2 m/s at 904