South East England & East Anglia Regional Discussion - June 18th 2012>

[Steve C]

First blustery shower of the day, near Chelmsford.

[Steve C]

As it's quiet here and this is a bit off topic I know, but the posting from Archiesmummy about the rainfall from the recent tropical cyclone made me do a bit of research about the heaviest rain from such systems.

I found this note about Reunion Island. Although the stations are at high elevations, I find these records astounding nonetheless. To put it in context, the four day rainfall record mentioned is not far short of what my part of the country could expect in 10 years!

http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_21280.html

[Guest archiesmummy]

As it's quiet here and this is a bit off topic I know, but the posting from Archiesmummy about the rainfall from the recent tropical cyclone made me do a bit of research about the heaviest rain from such systems.

I found this note about Reunion Island. Although the stations are at high elevations, I find these records astounding nonetheless. To put it in context, the four day rainfall record mentioned is not far short of what my part of the country could expect in 10 years!

http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/8_21280.html

Stunned

Just can't imagine, I had to keep looking because I thought no it must be mm not inches!

Fab link speed67, I can't stop looking at it just because its so amazing...thanks

[Steve C]

Stunned

Just can't imagine, I had to keep looking because I thought no it must be mm not inches!

Fab link speed67, I can't stop looking at it just because its so amazing...thanks

Yes, if you went skiing, you'd think that was a large number of inches for a resort's total winter snowfall!

Edited June 22, 2012 by Speed67

[Coast]

As it's quiet here

Blowing a hooley here!!!!!!

[Steve C]

Blowing a hooley here!!!!!!

Totally crap day here, with patchy light rain, zero sun and chilly. I guess your chart says how breezy it is here too. I guess other people are having similar rubbish, given the few postings. Still, I think I'd rather have this than the persistent heavy rain further north tbh.

Edited June 22, 2012 by Speed67

[Coast]

Well with Wimbledon coming up, we've got to expect rubbish weather - it is the Summer now!!!

[Keraunic]

Well honestly. Yesterday it hammered it down here and no warning for EA, today it's just a little showery and there's an Amber Alert. Perhaps we'll get a monsoon later.

I see Edinborough is getting some action. Nice one.

[Keraunic]

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/home.rxml

might help you will need to copy and paste the link above

raining here now

@John Pike. Meant to say thank you for that link yesterday. It'll prove really useful. Thank you.

[Coast]

Maybe i'll get my kite out

You might end up in another county if you do!!!!

[Snowangel-MK]

You might end up in another county if you do!!!!

I wouldn't mind being blown away to another country if I could wake up to this....

[Steve C]

I wouldn't mind being blown away to another country if I could wake up to this....

Yes, but there's probably a whole lot of foliage behind that picture and you'd be bitten to death by mozzies in the night.

[abruzzi spur]

I wouldn't mind being blown away to another country if I could wake up to this....

Weston super Mare looks quite nice in that shot.

AS

Edited June 22, 2012 by abruzzi spur

[Steve C]

Weston super Mare looks quite nice in that shot.

AS

Have they not rebuilt the pier yet then? It doesn't look like it.

[Team Jo]

Raining like a beast here at the moment.... all the garden furniture over as well

[Coast]

[tinybill]

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?mode=2&ech=6

still blowing a gale radar picking heavy looking showers for the afternoon, just looked deep in fantasy world looks like they will be playing tennis in the rain a lot if the models are right

[andreas]

Just had a torrential downpour...

[chilly milly]

Hello from cold, wet and miserable Stevenage. Still quite breezy here. Totally fed up with this wet weather now. I can't remember a spring/summer so wet. Have we broken any records yet?

[Methuselah]

Hello from cold, wet and miserable Stevenage. Still quite breezy here. Totally fed up with this wet weather now. I can't remember a spring/summer so wet. Have we broken any records yet?

Well the 1960s produced some real stinkers - about 10 of 'em!

[chilly milly]

Well the 1960s produced some real stinkers - about 10 of 'em!

I wasn't around for the first five and can't remember the last five. haha My weather memories started in 1976 so no wonder I feel deprived.

[Steve C]

Well the 1960s produced some real stinkers - about 10 of 'em!

I used to work with someone, who said how great the summers in the 1960's were, weather wise. I had read that they were generally very poor, but didn't want to ruin his halcyon memories, so didn't dispute it with him.

[Jason T]

Well if it carries on like this, Every athlete will want to do the 100ms in a scuba suit,No bottled water at the end Just a mug of hot chocolate.

[Snowangel-MK]

I used to work with someone, who said how great the summers in the 1960's were, weather wise. I had read that they were generally very poor, but didn't want to ruin his halcyon memories, so didn't dispute it with him.

I think it depends where you were at the time...

....maybe he was at Woodstock

Blue sky and sunshine here now, shame it's still so windy but hopefully tomorrow will be better

[abruzzi spur]

drove home (3 hours, grrr) from Harefield to Reigate and the last 10 miles saw extremely heavy rain plus a rainbow very low in the sky, not seen that before - some sort of optical illusion?

Yet another cricket practice for the under 9s boys called off tonight. Fall back position of beer and football (not sure what I'm going to do though!)

AS