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

[Snowangel-MK]

Yellow Warning of Rain for London & South East England :

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

Yellow Warning of Rain for East of England :

Bedford, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire & Luton

Valid from 1105 Thu 20 Dec to 1800 Thu 20 Dec

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?regionName=uk&from=rss&sn=32039319-64F2-6615-B87C-ADC123878CBD_9_SE&tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-4.50&lat=55.74&fcTime=1355918460

[Coast]

Cold front clearing through during the day:

Then another, stationary front behind it until tomorrow:

Friday looks like a lull, before Saturday kicks off again:

Eastbourne live:

[West Sussex Kate]

Afternoon all,

lots of flooding around here, our car park is flooded and getting calls from friends saying they have flooding also.

Miserable weather!

Edited December 20, 2012 by West Sussex Kate

[Kent Snow]

Light rain continues to fall. Getting slightly tedious now although there's a lot more to come! 7C.

[Snowangel-MK]

Rainfall totals so far and a very wet radar picture .....

http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/persistent-rainfall-across-the-uk/

[Steve C]

Oh dear!

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/34678.aspx?type=Region&term=Southeast&Severity=1

[Snowangel-MK]

Oh dear!

http://www.environme...east&Severity=1

I hope everyone gets out !

[Snowangel-MK]

I know there are a few stalkers fans on here so......

Here is the Christmas forecast from Kaddy….

WEATHER FORECAST

Rest of today = Forget it! Wet and windy! Dry by 4/5pm

Friday = Dry, sunny spells, lighter winds

Saturday = Ferociously wet – worse than today. Windy too.

Sunday = Breezy (Westerly) but dry with some sunny spells.

Monday CHRISTMAS EVE = Breezy (Southwesterly) but dry with some sunny spells.

Tuesday CHRISTMAS DAY = Lighter winds, and dry with sunny spells.

http://kaddyblog.com/kaddy-lee-preston/christmas-weather-forecast/

[Coast]

Oh dear!

http://www.environme...east&Severity=1

It's a part of the World I know quite well as I used to work for a company in Waterlooville, unfortunately I don't think it will be the only problem area over the next 36 hours

[Coast]

40.8mm in 24 hours now, what a bummer.....

[Ben_Cambs]

18mm since the rain started now, a bit more to come possibly then a respite tomorrow. Weekend, particularly Saturday not looking great:

GFS PPN accumilation up to the end of the weekend:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs9014.gif

FAX's suggest that Sunday may be dry for many after a wet Saturday, though windy:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack1a.gif

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack2a.gif

More rain into Monday however:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/brack4.gif

[Snowangel-MK]

Yellow Alert of Rain for London & South East England :

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

Yellow Alert of Rain for East of England :

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Thurrock, Luton & Peterborough

Valid from: 0000 on Sat 22 Dec 2012

Valid to: 1200 on Sun 23 Dec 2012

Further bands of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds are expected to move north-eastwards across many parts of the UK through Saturday and Sunday. Given that the ground is already saturated, the public should be aware of the risk of further localised flooding.

Please also refer to the amber warnings where the risk of disruption is greater.

Yellow Alert of Rain for London & South East England :

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

Yellow Alert of Rain for East of England :

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

Valid from: 0005 on Mon 24 Dec 2012

Valid to: 2359 on Mon 24 Dec 2012

Yet another active frontal system is expected to affect parts of England and Wales on Christmas Eve, particularly southern areas. Given already saturated ground from recent rainfall, the public should be aware of the risk of further localised flooding and disruption to travel.

Issued at: 1406 on Thu 20 Dec 2012

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?regionName=uk&from=rss&sn=66EA1FF0-1C31-B31C-8578-B862EB27837E_3_SE&tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-4.50&lat=55.74&fcTime=1355918460

[Ben_Cambs]

When I was out earlier I saw plenty of raging streams and drainage ditches at brimming point. Should've taken my camera out with me!

A lot of surface water on the roads, take care.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Ben_Cambs

[Suburban Streamer]

26.6 mm in the past 24 hours here.

um....it's wet!

*waits patiently for snow.....yawn*

Edited December 20, 2012 by Suburban Streamer

[Reefseeker]

The River Pinn running through campus is very high indeed today; one of my students living in halls that border the river was a bit concerned!

[Coast]

When I was out earlier I saw plenty of raging streams and drainage ditches at brimming point. Should've taken my camera out with me!

Went out in a brief lull a moment ago to look at the weir at the side of our car park. Never seen it so deep and in full torrent:

Edited December 20, 2012 by Coast

[Sussex Jules]

Coast will you please turn the tap off you are wasting water leaving it running this long.

Was supposed to be going to Langley to get my christmas haircut Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

[Ben_Cambs]

Went out in a brief lull a moment ago to look at the weir at the side of our car park. Never seen it so full and in full torrent:

Nice photo Coast, quite a similar scene to here. I do remember back in June the streams running very high, though not as high as today!

[Coast]

Coast will you please turn the tap off you are wasting water leaving it running this long.

Not me, I'm on a meter and am very frugal!!!!!

[Jo S]

Where i live i have a stream called crispy brook,its more like a river,that keeps flooding the road,now they are building a brick thing,dont know what its called not a dam though lol

[Balls Of Snow]

A wall?

[Kevin Horner]

Currently at work in Uckfield, pic is the River Uck rising quite well. Still another 10ft or so before in reaches the levels during the floods of 2000. From experience, it only needs one of the sluices to get blocked or closed further downstream, before Lewes, and the water can back up extremely quickly.

The river is normally only about 6ft wide at this point and in a 10ft cutting, the top of the river bank is about 4ft below the current level.

Edited December 20, 2012 by Kevin Horner

[Coast]

Currently at work in Uckfield, pic is the River Uck rising quite well.

To people in the area it's not so long ago that Uckfield had major flooding (2000) and further floods in 2010. I think the sign by the River Uck has been 'modified' at points over the years to reflect what people really think of it...

Floods in 2000 and 2010 http://www.uckfield.co.uk/flood.htm

Edited December 20, 2012 by Coast

[gottolovethisweather]

I'm to look at the GFS 12z to see if there's any signs of snow High Pressure in the reliable timeframe.

Edited December 20, 2012 by gottolovethisweather

[Jo S]

A wall?

Lol thanks,that could be it