East Anglia & The Southeast - Regional Discussion

[Snowangel-MK]

Fully expecting a hosepipe ban this Summer!

Your probably right........

[suffolkboy_]

Thoroughly wet here like most of East Anglia. 20.6mm of rain today so far today, 29mm in all since this rain event began.

Alot of surface water about, some floods to about 2 foot deep (sitting in the truck sounded more like sitting in a boat this evening going through a couple of floods). The River Deben has burst its banks for the first time here for well over a year. It usually does it 8-10 times each winter. Shows how dry it has been.

[john pike]

saturday looks wet according to the fax chart

also look to the east

big high pressure build to our east north east

[john pike]

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf/runs/2012030512/ECM1-120.GIF

ecm at 120

different to fax as no high pressure to our north east

gfs 120

no high pressure as well to our north east

even the ukmo is different to the fax

has a different pattern been picked up by

the fax charts

what does this mean?

no idea :blush:

[chionomaniac]

saturday looks wet according to the fax chart

also look to the east

big high pressure build to our east north east

Hi John,

I don't think that I am reading the fax chart as you do.

Firstly there is no big high to our East - north East as you suggest. Instead there is a surface high positioned just north of the Black Sea which is very much in line with the UKMO 120 chart that you have posted.

Also the fronts over the UK are decaying in the high pressure and are unlikely to give significant amounts of precipitation. Anything left will be weak and fragmented and possibly be only cloud.

c

[john pike]

hi chino

i agree with most of what you say

however to 1040 high is there to our east

north east and seems a bit high to be just

a surface high

the decaying front hopefully will give some light

showers which the south east need

http://www.meteociel...arte=2000&ech=0

run this 96-120 to see the influence the high

to our east north east is showing.

as you say we all read the fax charts differently

please note this is just my opinion

not saying i am right

Edited March 6, 2012 by john pike

[Steve C]

I definitely don't think the chart shows a wet Saturday either.

If there are just light showers, they'd be annoying, as they'd make no discernable difference to the drought and might spoil Saturday's leisure.

[Snowangel-MK]

A rather chilly start here, temperature 0.6 °C with a frost - much better than damp greyness any day

[Lauren]

12mm of rain over the last 48 hours, not as much as was expected I don't think.

[Steve C]

Seeing that lots of correspondents note rainfall / temperature / dewpoints etc., can anyone recommend a good amateur weather station, so I can record rainfall etc.?

It should be borne in mind that I don't have the best conditions for accurate recordings, ( small garden, proximity to other buildings etc. ) so maybe my choice could only ever be a compromise. I think accurate windspeeds would be very difficult to obtain too, due to local geography.

Any suggestions appreciated though.

[Suburban Streamer]

Seeing that lots of correspondents note rainfall / temperature / dewpoints etc., can anyone recommend a good amateur weather station, so I can record rainfall etc.?

It should be borne in mind that I don't have the best conditions for accurate recordings, ( small garden, proximity to other buildings etc. ) so maybe my choice could only ever be a compromise. I think accurate windspeeds would be very difficult to obtain too, due to local geography.

Any suggestions appreciated though.

http://www.cm2weather.co.uk/

Not used it so not sure how accurate it is

EDIT: ooops I didn't read your post properly!

Edited March 6, 2012 by Suburban Streamer

[Pixel]

Seeing that lots of correspondents note rainfall / temperature / dewpoints etc., can anyone recommend a good amateur weather station, so I can record rainfall etc.?

It should be borne in mind that I don't have the best conditions for accurate recordings, ( small garden, proximity to other buildings etc. ) so maybe my choice could only ever be a compromise. I think accurate windspeeds would be very difficult to obtain too, due to local geography.

Any suggestions appreciated though.

After some research a few years ago my better half bought me this one WS2350 in a sale at: http://www.weathershop.co.uk/ it's a lot cheaper than some of the pro ones made by Oregon etc but it works fine for us. It's wireless and also has the option to hard wire it too, and can output it's data to a windows PC.. Software has been developed for a Mac recently - plenty of info about that in various forums though a google search.

As plenty have said before on NetWeather forums it depends on how much money you want to part with - have a look at the weathershop and then find some reviews on the web - thats what we did and we're happy with our choice...

[Guest archiesmummy]

Hi all

A lot of people and various sites going for warm weather weekend and into next week too, I say warm, low to mid teens, just feel like any cold we get now will be very short lived, if at all.

Still won't be long and will be Christmas! Lol

[Suburban Streamer]

Its a shame that on wed/thurs while we get some real cold uppers, the encroaching Azores kills the showers for us. But its march and while snow is not unheard of at this time of year, its unlikely, especially in our region. Will be keeping an eye on the strat thread to see what develops from current suggestions of height rises ne. But its prob too late really.

So jealous of the continuing cold snowy weather in parts of Europe, they've had an epic winter and we came tantalisingly close.

Ah well there's always next winter

Edited March 6, 2012 by Suburban Streamer

[Steve C]

http://www.cm2weather.co.uk/

Not used it so not sure how accurate it is

EDIT: ooops I didn't read your post properly!

Still a useful link for me though, as it's close to where I work.

Thanks

After some research a few years ago my better half bought me this one WS2350 in a sale at: http://www.weathershop.co.uk/ it's a lot cheaper than some of the pro ones made by Oregon etc but it works fine for us. It's wireless and also has the option to hard wire it too, and can output it's data to a windows PC.. Software has been developed for a Mac recently - plenty of info about that in various forums though a google search.

As plenty have said before on NetWeather forums it depends on how much money you want to part with - have a look at the weathershop and then find some reviews on the web - thats what we did and we're happy with our choice...

Thanks, will research.

[Steve C]

Hi all

A lot of people and various sites going for warm weather weekend and into next week too, I say warm, low to mid teens, just feel like any cold we get now will be very short lived, if at all.

Still won't be long and will be Christmas! Lol

While I definitely like cold, snowy winters, I feel that winter is the place for this type of weather. I don't really like cold and snow in Spring, especially as appreciable snow is likely to be slushy and disruptive, followed (usually) by a rapid thaw.

I'm moving into the mode of appreciating warm, sunny days more now.

[surrey snowboy]

At 8am this morning in Dorking I was surprised to get caught in a heavy sleet shower, which was mainly snow with large flakes. Only lasted a couple of minutes but a nice surprise!

[Guest archiesmummy]

While I definitely like cold, snowy winters, I feel that winter is the place for this type of weather. I don't really like cold and snow in Spring, especially as appreciable snow is likely to be slushy and disruptive, followed (usually) by a rapid thaw.

I'm moving into the mode of appreciating warm, sunny days more now.

I agree, would be nice to see some sunshine and it slowly get warmer through spring and into summer, I love the cold too but it just won't establish now I wouldn't have thought, I know it can do but its not the norm, hate this grey miserable weather!

[Snowangel-MK]

Lovely day here...blue sky and sunshine all the way - the early frost soon melted and the temperature has just about managed to get into double figures

More days the same would be nice over the next few weeks with a gradual warm up as we head into summer with rain at night times (preferably accompanied by thunder and lightening).....not too much to ask is it

[Pixel]

this'll probably (almost definitely) be gone by the time we get there

The last eye candy for any remnants of winter maybe, in FI (fantasy Island) 20th March on the 12z stranger things have happened..

edit.. any hint of it has disappeared on the 18z pub run model LOL

Edited March 6, 2012 by Pixel Precipitation

[Snowangel-MK]

Morning all,

Oh dear, back to nasty greyness this morning, and quite windy with it - certainly strong enough gusts to make the cows wobble

[Suburban Streamer]

Morning all,

Oh dear, back to nasty greyness this morning, and quite windy with it - certainly strong enough gusts to make the cows wobble

yeah really horrid out there today....i think i'd prefer a hosepipe ban hehe

[Snowangel-MK]

yeah really horrid out there today....i think i'd prefer a hosepipe ban hehe

Not too bad here in the end - bright and breezy now !

I still think we will have a hosepipe ban, it's been the wrong kind of rain it's going to take a lot more than drizzle to fill the reservoirs !

[Lauren]

Lots of much needed rain today.

The clouds in the late afternoon were pretty spectacular. Looked like after a massive thunderstorm has pased.

[Suburban Streamer]

Not too bad here in the end - bright and breezy now !

I still think we will have a hosepipe ban, it's been the wrong kind of rain it's going to take a lot more than drizzle to fill the reservoirs !

if we do its ok, my car will be dirty but at least my cucumbers and tomatoes will be kept watered (insert watering can smiley).

lets hope for some seasonal april showers to save the day at the last minute

Lots of much needed rain today.

The clouds in the late afternoon were pretty spectacular. Looked like after a massive thunderstorm has pased.

i got 5.5mm today. Had one really heavy hail shower around 5ish too and yes sky looked amazing after

Edited March 7, 2012 by Suburban Streamer