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A look Im telling you them MC's are slightly swinging north...sorry and West......or I need glasses
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 !
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yea you have the same thinking.maddness.lol
Yes Nick say's a possability it could ignite............so I will set my alarm clock just in case
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
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to me it seems they are slightly going West...And North
anyone agree
cheers Nick just saw your post THX
thanks dogs32 just wanted confirmation i'm not going mad !
current temp here is 23.4c 64% humidity not nice
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 !
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blimey lads have you seen that lot rolling in to the south of france !
if only
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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 !
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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 !
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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
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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:
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just heard a boom but nothing else. conditions look perfect but our storm shield is holding strong
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Thanks for the advice. This is the first time i've driven this route. I planned to stop off at Niagra Falls and then on to Toronto. From Toronto to Montreaux and then back to New York.Not really! We had a powerful thunderstorm last Wednesday which led to some flash flooding, which is what the picture shows. We also had over two inches on Monday. This is not unusual for New York at this time of year, and is the only rain we've really had this summer of any note other than passing storms which generally amount to about half an inch if they pass overhead. This year has been dry compared to last summer.
I've driven from New York to Toronto a few of times, and have hit some extremely heavy rain twice. One time we had to detour from Binghamton to Albany as the I81 was closed southbound (as well as the 17 East). Another time we came back via the Thousand Islands and Syracuse; again heavy rain the whole way until about 50 miles north of NYC. The weather upstate deteriorates much more rapidly up there than down here. They are much more prone to severe storms in summer and heavy snow in winter. The last time I was up there we drove through several bands of lake-effect snow.
If you haven't driven it before, take the I87 to the 17 West towards Binghamton, and then up towards Rochester. If you have a GPS it will take you off the I360 and up the 63 to meet the I90 just outside Batavia. It's a beautiful drive, but I've yet to make the whole journey in daylight. Allowing for stops it takes over 8 hours. Enjoy!
Sorry this is off topic but i want to hire a car that has a decent boot so i can get a couple of big suitcases in but on the hire company websites they are only really tell you the name or model.
Any suggestions ?
Thx
Bofh
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_galler...77065-1,00.html
New York suffering flooding from heavy rain.
Hopefully it will clear soon as i'm driving from New York to Toronto i a couple of weeks.
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Westbury is sat between the edge of the 'beasty' system and the possible new convergence zone. It's been bright with light showers for the last hour or so, fast moving low cloud from the NNW and a gradual brightening from the South - I'm enjoying watching the slight changes in cloud movement as the LOW drifts to the NE.
Since midnight here there's been 28mm of rain, just West has had half of that, and in Swindon way (as reported by Al etc) they've had nearing 80mm looking at the accumluation on NW Extra! What a difference over a relatively small area!
yes really good cloud activity coming from your way. not sure what its going to do.
can see really black clouds with low sagging pouches heading this way so might be a few sharp showers yet to come for my area
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now the wind has done a 180 the skies darkening again and it looks like the rain is coming back for a second helping.
maybe its the rotaion of the storm and i'm getting hit by the trailing edge.
wind speed is gusting 11.6 m/s at 1229
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rain is easing slightly but the winds have increased severley.
garden table just lifted off and went for wander down the garden.
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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.