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

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I thought somebody shut the power of for the storms..But looking on the radar to my west..OMG Some serious cells building VERY quickly

[Biggin]

Last shower was a damp squib. Do I spy a line building up from South Wales to er Slough ??

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Some guy was on about one forming / running along the M4 corridor earlier

Edited July 11, 2012 by Biggin

[john pike]

I thought somebody shut the power of for the storms..But looking on the radar to my west..OMG Some serious cells building VERY quickly

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

looks like a streamer coming from reading direction

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http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

looks like a streamer coming from reading direction

Guess where I am Bracknell

[john pike]

Guess where I am Bracknell

you should find out soon enough what they are doing

[Biggin]

Found it "High resolution WRF (init GFS 18Z 20120710)

suggests multi-cells will become organised along the M4 corridor and London area late this afternoon. Vertical vorticity field near cloud base (925 hPa) suggests the principal area for spin up will be along an organised, ~linear gust front."

Hope he is right

[YokTok]

Fantastic storm passing through here - lots of lovely loud thunder -headed towards tunbridge/east grinstead I think and growing in strength.

[Polar Bear]

storms on the radar to the north of me...are doing just that ..passing to the north of me! I can see them too from my window..passing! I reckon theyd be about 10 miles or less north..I even heard a rumble!! ...heard and seen but not lived through.

[Eskimo]

In bigger news, O2 network is down!!!

[West Sussex Kate]

storms north and south of us here,

[john pike]

it makes a change to see the south east get these

more to come soon

[Polar Bear]

you should find out soon enough what they are doing

well as they pass me I must say they are organising themselves nicely and seem to look as though they pack a punch...not for Newbury though today.

[snow raven]

Indeed. Best chance for us is that view over South London on our commute home as the train heads between Kidbrooke and Eltham

I know - gutting! Still, only 55 minutes left at work...!

[Biggin]

Found it "High resolution WRF (init GFS 18Z 20120710)

suggests multi-cells will become organised along the M4 corridor and London area late this afternoon. Vertical vorticity field near cloud base (925 hPa) suggests the principal area for spin up will be along an organised, ~linear gust front."

Hope he is right

btw What is a linear gust front please ?????

[Coast]

btw What is a linear gust front please ?????

Have you not read '50 shades of Grey' yet then?

[john pike]

i have sun out again

black sky heading towards london

and huge towers shooting up

[john pike]

btw What is a linear gust front please ?????

i find these cause that

[Biggin]

Have you not read '50 shades of Grey' yet then?

I said gust not gusset

[YokTok]

I said gust not gusset

LOL I was about to write the same thing

[crazy_diamond]

Teeming with rain, gusty wind here in Ockendon

[john pike]

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0493(1987)115%3C0905%3AGFCADB%3E2.0.CO%3B2

hi biggin read this

hope that helps

you will need to cut and paste it

Edited July 11, 2012 by john pike

[Clazzer]

Good T&L here in Westerham, looks to be heading towards Sevenoaks. There was no sign of it on raintoday until about 10 minutes before it landed. More please

[Coast]

I said gust not gusset

My bad! I think I'll stick to storms ta!

[snow raven]

i have sun out again

black sky heading towards london

and huge towers shooting up

Sounds about right when I am then heading off home to Kent soon

[bennewsman]

That was what you call a storm, wow - I heard some of the shops in reigate centre have flooded though.