South East England & East Anglia Regional Discussion - Part 3

[Ste L]

Hi everyone! Anyone else from South Ockendon? Quite a few rumbles here, and I have my usual storm 'goosebumps.'

No but in benfleet i am hearing rumbles

This is now overhead, Temp dropped 6 degrees to 23.9 , Humidity up 10% in half an hour, now dark overhead and all round.

[Neilsouth]

HUGE thunderhead to my west, south west :D

[James1979]

Finally a first rumble for Brentwood, thought I was going to miss the party altogether!

[Mesoscale]

I thinks its safe to say that its game over if you are west of that line of showers currently on radar. If you are east of that line I would be quite excited now!

Can't see anything else developing behind it but would absolutely love to be proved wrong!

I was never east of that line to start with oh well there is always next time though. justy fyi I hope you are proved wrong as well.

[Steve C]

Definitely a distinct line of storms.

[Neilsouth]

Second cell going up towards my west

[Summer of 76]

From out of nowhere I just heard a loud crack of thunder....it was either that or a very noisy lorry

Second that, loudest for a good while and went on for ages

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Definitely a distinct line of storms.

OK, I'm a rank amateur - what does that indicate?

[lottiekent]

Nothing here, all seems to be to the NW of me. Lots of decent convection that way too...guess I'm looking at the top of the cell towards Maidstone!

[Ste L]

Met Office has some servere weather warning for Essex/Kent/Home Counties http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/

[Steve C]

OK, I'm a rank amateur - what does that indicate?

Basically pink crosses indicate lightning discharges - they can overpower the other colours, which indicate rainfall intensity, if frequent enough though - a large pink splodge can appear!

Next time I post, I'll add a rainfall intensity scale.

[Neilsouth]

Nasty cell towards maidstone!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Basically pink crosses indicate lightning discharges - they can overpower the other colours, which indicate rainfall intensity, if frequent enough though - a large pink splodge can appear!

Next time I post, I'll add a rainfall intensity scale.

Sorry, didn't make myself clear - I meant the cause of the storms forming an almost straight line. Wind convergence zone, trough forming?

Edited May 28, 2012 by chrisbell-nottheforecaster

[Suburban Streamer]

Sorry, didn't make myself clear - I meant the cause of the storms forming an almost straight line. Wind convergence zone, trough forming?

Its a decaying cold front that moved in from the sw earlier today.

Check the convective thread for more info

Edited May 28, 2012 by Suburban Streamer

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

It was a decaying cold front that moved in from the sw earlier today.

Cheers - presumably it's sparked-off from the hot air over the SE?

[Suburban Streamer]

Cheers - presumably it's sparked-off from the hot air over the SE?

Yeah I think convergence area has helped too

[snow raven]

I'm trying to keep the faith here - if that line of storms can fire up so quickly, here's hoping more do, covering a larger area of this region...

Plenty of time left yet for more cells to pep up (fingers crossed!)

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Clouding over a touch here - N-W radar shows nearest cell just south of Saffron Walden, but maybe something later if the decaying front heads this way?

[Anthonyb]

Really happy it's all happening out east.

Currently under blue sky's again now.

Enjoy the downpours everyone that has them, west Essex westwards lets enjoy the evening sunshine :-)

[dallas]

They seem to have stalled at the mo, no wonder they talked about flash flooding!

[michelle]

Can hear a few distant rumbles from here in Shoeburyness but no rain yet.

[Keraunic]

Whoe! Clouds building up here in Norwich bubbling up from the West (I think. Lol) Fingers crossed and good luck everyone.

Edit. South West ish.

Edited May 28, 2012 by Keraunophile

[Mr_Pessimistic]

plenty of towering cumulus popping up here.. pessamistic though (as always)! (anvil in the far distance also!)

[dallas]

Looks like the storm is moving east towards the coast for sure, not sure if anything will build west of it

[Hughsey]

Just had what was possibly the heaviest rain I have ever seen, couple of roads were completely flooded, some flashes and some thunder .

Edited May 28, 2012 by Hughsey