Heavy rain/storms 20/21st July --->

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Raining steadily here now (approx. 3-4 miles SW of Norwich).

[Michael Winston]

Looks like its the turn of the Low Countries to suffer: some pretty intense rainfall over Belgium and the Netherlands. (Has anybody heard anything?)

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

I wonder how their drainage systems cope with it? Hundreds of years of practice, I suppose. Something we'll have to address as a matter of urgency in the U.K. if this type of event becomes more frequent.

Still, not too bad today here and a reasonable day tomorrow before Wednesday's next load of excess Atlantic water!

Gawd 'elp us!

Regards,

Mike.

Edited July 23, 2007 by Winston

[The PIT]

Someone somewhere posted the forecast being wrong for Isle of White and the rain had passed. Looks like it's chucking it down there now.

So we just need the weather to fill in the places that haven't flooded, which by the look of it it's trying to do and we'll have the entire UK thats flooded at one time or other this summer.

[kentish_sally]

here a pic of the Convection

Whats that blue stuff in the picture?

[Snowyowl9]

Yesterdays damage after those heavy downpours.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6911303.stm

Drier now with the sun trying to come out but even now cumulus are building up in a few places east and west under high cloud.

[Rustynailer]

Moderate rain here it is getting heaver now though, I'll be calling it heavy soon if it keeps it up.

It looks like the South of the island has the heaviest rainfall, on the radars.

Russ

[Cheeseburger]

Just been to work to check the rain gauge, it had 15mm in, which all fell in the last hour apart from a brief moderate shower this morning .

[justinflavin]

latest meteox radar

http://www.meteox.com/gmap.aspx?soort=loop...on=-1.845703125

[justinflavin]

it still raining here in basingstoke. not too heavy, but its been raining for an awfully long time. since lunchtime at least.

[tinybill]

hi just to let you all know its pouring down radar looks horrible

[Lightning Hunter]

34mm so far since the rain started last night.

[Michael Winston]

There's a lot of comparison between this summer and 1947 - however, the 1947 floods were early in the year and came on the heels of an extremely hard winter with lots of melting snow. It appears that the east of the country was badly affected - there are many other variables too which, in my opinion, show the two events to have little in common. Alas, everyone suffers, no matter what the cause, and we can only be grateful that there has been no loss of life so far.

This link here is informative:

http://home.freeuk.com/fenhistory/1947flood.htm

Regards,

Mike.

Edited July 23, 2007 by Winston

[Thundersquall]

Did anyone record any more rainfall during Friday than the Brize Norton total of 118 mm (4.76 inches)?

If that's the highest recorded it's still amazing for a July day.

[Will storm]

A light shower came over with a very dark based cloud. There's lots of convection around this morning with very large towers.

[sunny scunny]

At the moment it is pitch black to my north so somewhere is getting an absolute hammering

but it looks to be just missing me

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Mostly ordinary fluffy cumulus here, though some looks a bit 'taller' and darker-based. Is that cumulus congestus, and therefore a sign of convection?

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Mostly ordinary fluffy cumulus here, though some looks a bit 'taller' and darker-based. Is that cumulus congestus, and therefore a sign of convection?

Update: Heavier cloud over lunchtime, light scattered showers forecast by Met Office on BBC news, some large, tall cumulus-type clouds visible to NW.

[kentish_sally]

That does sound like cumulus congestus!

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/WESSlides/Ch5/s054a.jpg

More commonly known as TCU (Towering Cumulus) / Popcorn Convection i do belive <_<

Edited July 24, 2007 by kentish_sally

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

That does sound like cumulus congestus!

http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/WESSlides/Ch5/s054a.jpg

More commonly known as TCU (Towering Cumulus) / Popcorn Convection i do belive :lol:

Thanks, Kentish Sally. It didn't look quite as threatening as that, but it was more than just ordinary cumulus. Rather a dull grey sheet of cloud now blocking-out the sun. <_<

[dogs32]

Does anyone know the latest whats going to happen..I did see someone mention on here somewhere that thunderstorms for the weekend.Is that a going to happen

Edited July 24, 2007 by dogs32

[The PIT]

Does anyone know the latest whats going to happen..I did see someone mention on here somewhere that thunderstorms for the weekend.Is that a going to happen

Try the Net Weather etc forecats for your area. Worth signing up. I looked for Sheffield earlier today and it said showery but nothing drastic. Although this morning there seems to a hint for Storms Thursday. See convection thread for details.

Edited July 24, 2007 by The PIT

[Stuart]

Thursday still looking good for storms in parts <_<

[Rustynailer]

Thursday still looking good for storms in parts :lol:

That would be Thursday the 26th, I bet we have a new thread by then Stuart

How is this rain for tomorrow coming along, I take it that its the stuff showing on radar over Western Ireland now?

It does not look too strong ATM, hopefully it will stay slight :o

Russ

[Supacell]

That would be Thursday the 26th, I bet we have a new thread by then Stuart

I bet any storms won't be as good as July 26th last year.

I'm not reckoning on much here, from current charts it looks like only Scotland, Ireland and the far N of England of the country will be affected on Thursday by storms.

Edited July 24, 2007 by Supacell

[sunny scunny]

Thursday still looking good for storms in parts :lol:

Ive had plenty of storms this summer but i won't say no to 1 more