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LetItSnow! Same here in Surbiton, where it's very hot when the sun is out - quite frequently - and the skies have had that stormy look to them since this morning. I mentioned to Eagle Eye, if we're too far east for the main storms, maybe the French ones can pick up some energy in our area.... if they make it this far west...

Eagle Eye Yes, we're too far east here in Surbiton, yet the air is hot and humid with popcorn skies and large cauliflower clouds forming since 11am. Hopefully we're not then too west for the French storms to find some energy in our area. But yes, highly likely to end up with nothing right in the middle!

weatherobsuk Fantastic, that's really helpful, thank you

weatherobsuk Sorry to ask a silly question. I took my pic last night on a Google Pixel 6 pro, using Night mode. I'm not sure what Astrophotography mode is, or if is on the 6 if I get another chance tonight? Beautiful phoenix

*Stormforce~beka* You probably saw it. In Surbiton it was greyish streaks that looked like contrails, so I assumed it was just the usual Heathrow flight path at first. But the lines in the sky were lit up so I checked on my phone and it took this picture

The aurora from my garden in Surbiton at midnight looked light bright vapour trails just about visible in the sky. The camera on my phone picked it up much better.

At 8.30 this morning, the long trail of rain set up shop over us and made sure to stay right on course to keep stuff falling from the sky for as long as possible. Winter coat back on, hood up and shoes wet; pinning my hopes on a few nice days next week with high pressure preferably positioned to deliver some pleasant warm, clear weather.

I woke up at 3am to quite distant thunder to the south/south east and south west of here, which was nice as the rumbles and flashes of lightning were quite gentle but I still got to enjoy it all. It sounds like this was quite a storm covering multiple locations, although that early direction of travel almost direct west from around Ostend last night was so strange to watch on the radar. Grey skies this morning and still humid.

So humid out there for our lunchtime walk. Uniform grey and white clouds above, very still and the radar showing rain but nothing falling. We are just outside the main warning zones for more severe weather overnight; hopefully we can get a bit of a lightshow and some rumbles nearby. Good luck to those who love a storm:)

Mark wheeler Wow, it's no surprise your ears were ringing being so close! At least no one was hurt I suppose. My husband (who is brontophobic) got really stressed because he is sure he saw sparks outside our back door as the thunder struck. It's definitely the first time thunder has shaken the entire house!

Mark wheeler Yep, husband is shaking as he swears it hit our outside light.

Oh my goodness, massive flash of lightning followed by thunder that literally shook the house under the REALLY heavy rain passing over Surbiton right now!

Some lovely cloudscapes from the North Downs towards Abinger Hammer today. Also bluebells and lambs. A short period of heavy rain arrived at 7pm in Surbiton, but it came and went fairly fast.

Beautiful convective cloudscapes either side of us in Surbiton while we stay under blue skies and sunshine after a cloudy morning. Husband went to Homebase in Epsom and got drenched, with the line between dry roads and soakng wet ones about a mile south of the A3 at Tolworth.

Andy Bown I saw the A303 at Mere on the news this morning flooded. My sister is driving to Midsomer Norton tomorrow from Guildford to visit my mother and we're wondering how passable some of the roads will be; definitely not going via Chitterne!

That was a wild 5 minutes as the squall came through. Heavy, driving rain and hail, the trees waving wildly and the temperature in our lounge dropped as the wind came through our dodgy window frames and down the chimney.

No sign of Storm Jocelyn at Heathrow, a very uneventful landing into grey skies, drizzle and 12 degrees. Ah well...

Thank you for replying We're landing at 4... hopefully... at Heathrow, not Paris

I'm keeping fingers crossed for arriving back at Heathrow tomorrow afternoon from Prague. @Kentspur we got plenty of snow and ice on the ground It's raining this evening, in case we're missing home maybe

Thanks Tom, I appreciate your very educated guess:) The car had those pretty star-shaped patterns on the windscreen, although the sun is clearing it all now. Frost or no frost, it's absolutely freezing out there!

Very cold here this morning. Local weather station says -1.7c, dew point -5.7c. Husband wants to know why the frost appears to be melting if it's below zero outside. Beautiful clear blue skies again and crisp air.

Thanks, and yes, I had a bit of hope for snow in Prague, but am happy with cold and seasonal. Agree with what you say, 'cold' varies so much, especially with a stiff wind against you. I'll put Riga on the list; I was there as a student, so it would have changed rather a lot by now. My coldest ever was -25 in Moscow, and my face went so numb I couldn't speak! Sounds like you have done well on the snow front - send your luck around the south east on Wednesday... please!

A beautiful winter's morning here in Surbiton, after a hard overnight frost (the closest to anything looking like snow we're likely to get!), the air is crisp and sunny under blue skies, although rather raw walking into that wind. I'm loving the seasonal weather personally, but am disappointed at the lack of the white stuff later in the week. We're off to Prague for a few days on Saturday, so the cold weather will be good practice for correct clothing choices; hoping that storm doesn't come in too early and disrupt the flights.

Bristawl Si had a go at answering this very question in the Model thread a day or two ago: And yes, it's very cold out there... and drizzling...

Can I very much agree with @Paul; it's the first place I go, along with my regional thread, to get a feel for what's going on. Then, if I have time, I brave the MAD thread!