South East England & East Anglia Regional Discussion - July 7th 2012>

[Polar Bear]

Can you believe that the system that entered our shores on thursday night is still hugging the North-East coast? To put it into perspective, it came up from the south east, arced westwards across the Midlands towards devon and cornwall, spun through the channel affecting the southern counties, then pushed off into the north sea and now has spun back in AGAIN towards the North-East, persistence!

Id call it Pesky.

[Keraunic]

I'd call it bl**dy annoying.

[Keraunic]

This was my last sound of thunder about two weeks ago. One thundery shower and I was soooooo excited. It started raining in so I muttered and shut the door.

[john pike]

fax chart update

tomorrow may see the odd shower later in the afternoon but mainly dry is the main theme

tuesday

guess what...heavy rain again

wednesday looks like a sunshine and heavy thundery showers day

unstable air from a north-north westerly airflow

cooler air meeting warmer air and no channel to kill them

wow

a ridge of high pressure over the south east

might be dry and sunny for once

this may change though

friday just in time for the weekend

youve guessed it

another low giving prolonged heavy rain

i can see flood warnings out again

Edited July 8, 2012 by john pike

[john pike]

cape of interest during the week

looks like a changeable week

monday and thursday the best two days

the others heavy rain again

[john pike]

i want to say something good about these

i can only think of pants and that is the good version

very wet and below average temperatures

yuk

[Snowangel-MK]

i want to say something good about these

i can only think of pants and that is the good version

very wet and below average temperatures

yuk

Yep, just seems to be varying degrees of 'pants' on different days....

....and I'm not talking about my washing line again

[Steve C]

Morning all, on this bright summery day!

I see there's now talk of heavy, thundery rain later tonight / tomorrow morning in the Midlands and EA.

Edited July 9, 2012 by The Föhns

[Steve C]

i want to say something good about these

i can only think of pants and that is the good version

very wet and below average temperatures

yuk

I suppose one slight glimmer is that temperatures tend towards average after about a week and then perhaps become warm later. Fantasy Island of course...

Edited July 9, 2012 by The Föhns

[Guest archiesmummy]

Morning all

Raining again here but that grey boring bland school dinner type of rain....

I see the last remaining water companies have lifted their hope pipe bans, due to the weather we have had.

This is great news, means the weather will improve and everything will dry up again! Lol

[Coast]

I think I'm going to get trench foot at this rate........

[Coast]

OK, I'm going with a big dose of reverse physcology here.........

[Steve C]

Maybe all this reverse psychology is working... Tentative signs of an improvement in this part of the World from next week.

I've always had a hunch that this would happen - nothing to do with forecasts, more to do with the longevity of unsettled spells in the SE.

Could all be a false dawn though. Also any improvement might only be relatively short term.

[Suburban Streamer]

Hosepipe ban lifted WOOP WOOP

[Keraunic]

Mornin each.

Morning all, on this bright summery day!

I see there's now talk of heavy, thundery rain later tonight / tomorrow morning in the Midlands and EA.

Edited July 9, 2012 by Keraunophile

[Keraunic]

Mornin each. Lovely day here in Norwich.........not. Dull and uninteresting. thunder tonight and tomorrow? ugh! I hope not, I HATE THUNDER WITH A PASSION.

[Methuselah]

Hosepipe ban lifted WOOP WOOP

True. But I don't think I'll be needing any hosepipes for the foreseeable?

[abruzzi spur]

Someone nearby is having a bonfire, which is doing nothing to dispel the feeling that we are in Autumn. Mind you, it is incredible to think that they have got anything dry to burn! The good news is that if the flames get out of control I can now use the hosepipe to extinguish them, whereas yesterday everything would have burnt down....

AS

[Snowangel-MK]

OK, I'm going with a big dose of reverse physcology here.........

It's not really working.....I've come home to a mail box full of Meto warnings.....

Yellow Warning of Rain for London & South East England :

Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes

valid from 0600 Tue 10 Jul to 2000 Tue 10 Jul

Yellow Warning of Rain for East of England :

Peterborough, Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire & Luton

valid from 0600 Tue 10 Jul to 2000 Tue 10 Jul

Yellow Alert of Rain for London & South East England :

Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Southampton, West Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Greater London, Kent, Medway, Portsmouth, Slough, Surrey, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Brighton and Hove & East Sussex

valid from 0600 Wed 11 Jul to 2100 Wed 11 Jul

Yellow Alert of Rain for East of England :

Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Suffolk, Thurrock & Southend-on-Sea

valid from 0600 Wed 11 Jul to 2100 Wed 11 Jul

Yellow Alert of Rain for London & South East England :

Hampshire, West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent, Brighton and Hove, Portsmouth, Southampton & Isle of Wight

valid from 0800 Thu 12 Jul to 2359 Fri 13 Jul

....So basically it's going to rain from tomorrow morning until further notice.....don't shoot the messenger

[Steve C]

I'm in a no zone tomorrow; looks like any action will be to my north.

Will wait and see, as always.

[Suburban Streamer]

True. But I don't think I'll be needing any hosepipes for the foreseeable?

Yeah plants don't need any watering but will be good to get the pressure washer out for my car and for the annual cleaning of my patio/paving

[Keraunic]

Some fairly heavy rain in S&W Yorkshire. Bet it'll be TStorms in Lincs and drizzly rain for EA.

[Timmytour]

A week or so after the hosepipe ban was imposed, the heavens opened.

It may well be that, a week after the hopepipe ban is ended, the taps in heaven are finally turned off!

[Snowangel-MK]

Amber Warning of Rain for East of England : Peterborough

Valid From: 10 Jul 2012, 03:00

Valid To: 10 Jul 2012, 20:00

Issued at - 09 Jul 2012, 15:56

Heavy rain is expected to break out early on Tuesday and become more widespread through the morning before clearing away eastwards. However, some heavy showers or thunderstorms are expected to develop in places again during Tuesday afternoon.

The public should be aware that large amounts of rainfall may bring a risk of surface water flooding, as well as general difficult driving conditions. Impacts are expected to be greater in the amber area where some river flooding is also possible.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/ee_forecast_warnings.html?from=rss&sn=CC2FFD4B-B7FA-D92E-165D-6B6F65976D83_3_EE

[Kent Snow]

A slate grey day with very little sunshine. Maximum 19C.