South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion - December 19th 2012>

[john pike]

wednesday

strong westerly south westerly flow

heavy rain around lunchtime clearing mi afternoon

then showers some heavy moving in again

wednesday night

strong westerly flow

should stay dry

not cold

thursday is still concerning

i see very slow moving heavy rain which could last most of the day

flood issues arising

north westerly wind gusting to 40-50mph

will feel cold

thiursday night

looks mainly dry

light westerly flow

chilly but no frost

friday

strong winds 50-60mph south westerly direction

heavy rain late morning to early afternoon dry later

update the rest later when updated

[john pike]

saturday

dry early morning

more heavy rain moving in by lunchtime

weak west-south westerly wind

10-11 degrees

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Thanks John ! Very concerning looks like another rinse and reapet of last weekend :/

[john pike]

Thanks John ! Very concerning looks like another rinse and reapet of last weekend :/

hi surrey

looks similar i agree

still waiting for sundays fax

i have noticed on saturdays fax a potential for high pressure to rise

to our west it could get sucked northwards between the 2 low pressures shown

[john pike]

sunday

well that blows the high in the atlantic option

although it looks like this has a weaker flow out there

a mainly dry day but very strong westerly winds

note 528 dam air over us so will feel very cold

at present looks dry

subject to changes this one

note high pressure buiding to our south and east

this is what we need to start to see happen

[HighPressure]

Anyone seen the the water levels on the river Thames!!! Oh dear

I have to laugh as a Ex employee of Thames Water, following the drought earlier this year and hearing that river levels had never been so low and how they would take years to recover? Now its coming over the top and all the reservoirs are full because they did not allow their levels to drop in the summer.

I see all weirs are fully drawn so there is nothing more that can be done to prevent flooding?

I suppose on the plus side Thames water have saved millions of pounds in pumping costs this year which will add to its share price so every cloud has a silver lining as they say

Edited December 25, 2012 by HighPressure

[john pike]

hi paul i have pmd you back mate

[claret047]

I have to laugh as a Ex employee of Thames Water, following the drought earlier this year and hearing that river levels had never been so low and how they would take years to recover? Now its coming over the top and all the reservoirs are full because they did not allow their levels to drop in the summer.

I see all weirs are fully drawn so there is nothing more that can be done to prevent flooding?

I suppose on the plus side Thames water have saved millions of pounds in pumping costs this year which will add to its share price so every cloud has a silver lining as they say

Hello HP, Very interesting, The shareholder is always king, The customer is now far down in the pecking order!

As a matter of interest is your game still on at the moment?

Ours still is officially in spite of a lot of local flooding, I very much doubt it will go ahead, I am not confident looking at the further outlook if our home game on Saturday will survive the weather either.

Kind Regards

Dave

[<<Ryan>>]

A little late, but Merry Christmas everybody! Hope you all had a great day.

There is a small river which flows alongside a road near me which is always prone to flooding, although hadn't flooded for nearly a year... Now it's flooded 5/6 times in the last month and is still over now. Had a couple of heavy downpours today and had one nice loonnngggg rumble of thunder too!

Got some new fishing gear and i'm hoping on going fishing on Friday, fingers crossed that Santa brings me some dry weather as a late christmas present

GIVE ME SNOW!!

[HighPressure]

Hello HP, Very interesting, The shareholder is always king, The customer is now far down in the pecking order!

As a matter of interest is your game still on at the moment?

Ours still is officially in spite of a lot of local flooding, I very much doubt it will go ahead, I am not confident looking at the further outlook if our home game on Saturday will survive the weather either.

Kind Regards

Dave

Happy Christmas Dave and all

Off topic but we have a pitch inspection at 10.30 50/50 at moment?

[john pike]

not a lot to say

average and wet

warm blip 28th to the 29th

cold blip 30th

10 degree spread on the 1st fi

from the 3rd i think we can ignore gfs main run as a warm outlier

a few more ensembles showing colder runs in fi

[dubmuffin]

At least we all have christmas to distract us from the disappointingly unseasonal weather, hope everyone has had a good one. There was a small window of opportunity for getting out of the house this afternoon when the downpour stopped...good to see the sun briefly

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Morning you lovely lot! Happy Boxing day

Todays weather and tomorrows looks grim!

Rain in by 3PM

Still chucking it down at 6PM

Starting to shift by 9

Only to make way for Thursday Deluge...

Once we get Thursday out the way..Look West

[tinybill]

Morning you lovely lot! Happy Boxing day

Todays weather and tomorrows looks grim!

Rain in by 3PM

Still chucking it down at 6PM

Starting to shift by 9

Only to make way for Thursday Deluge...

Once we get Thursday out the way..Look West

watched BBC weather last night it looked dire with the storm coming at the weekend

[azores92]

coming down from the midlands for the qpr game. up to around 10mm of rain forecast, hopefully this doesnt tip the balance in terms of calling the game off today.

[tinybill]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/weather-landslide-alert-amid-floods-rain-075156598.html#U3lqOLB

looking pretty dire later

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Not good :/ The storm I currently know will change see what happens :/

[Coast]

Morning all!!!

A lovely sunny start here on The Sunshine Coast which looks like it belies what we we all suspect is coming later this afternoon:

[Kent Snow]

A lovely sunny and cool start to the day. All change later though.

[Coast]

Saturday looks no better and the Atlantic conveyor keeps roiling the rain in:

[Snowangel-MK]

Morning all and Happy Boxing Day,

Perfect day for the hangover walk, dry sunny and a nice 4.9 °C windchill to clear the head

[Coast]

[Snowangel-MK]

Landslide and rockfall warning for south-west England

A rare landslide and rockfall warning has been issued for south-west England by the British Geological Survey (BGS).

The BGS has concerns about the stability of cliff edges and cliff sides because of the quantity and intensity of the recent heavy rain.

It is worried about people going for Boxing Day walks, and is advising extra caution near cliff edges.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20842890

[Floatylight]

Morning everyone hope you all have a lovely christmas.

Well i am so pleased i got a faba dozy weather station for my crimbo from the hubster!

Just got to work out how to use it today.

He put it all up and its working.

Just need to play with it today,its a wireless ,touchscreen one(easyweather professional)

I have to download the pc disk that came with it today and read the manual.

Its seems a bit complexed to me tbh:/

Have a great day today xx

[Snowangel-MK]

Using technology such as radar, webcams and ground based sensors combined with the expert opinion of experienced forecasters; the Met Office is able to declare whether or not (YES or NO) snow fell at the following locations on Christmas Day 2012:

http://metofficenews...hite-christmas/

………….or they could have just looked out of the window