South East and East Anglia Regional Discussion 26th January 2013

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I missed it - been quite poorly the last couple of days and slept for 10 hours without waking. Looked back at the overnight radar this morning and couldn't believe what I had slept through.

Looking like it's going to be wild for a time tomorrow - MO showing 61mph gusts here at 6pm!

Yeh, I looked through too because I had the curtains open but had the girly asleep on me so only saw flashes and heard it.. But the rain was roaring! Tomorrow afternoon on wards looks... WILD!

[john pike]

cold ensembles

from the 4th

mean along the -5 line

our 2 day heatwave will not last long

for what its worth i find things better here in between the snow

not so stressed

also as has been mentioned some pretty wild weather this week to watch

[Summer of 76]

In January 2003, parts of the Scottish Highlands experienced 18C! It was amazing; I was out doing the garden - in shirtsleeves...Three days' on, and there was 50cm of snow on the ground!

What a shame as I bet you couldn't see that nice mowed lawn

[john pike]

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

incoming about an hour away

[Guest archiesmummy]

Am going to skulk around over here for a bit seeing as its all a celebration about turning heating off over the other side...seriously it hasn't got that warm! Couldn't live with someone if they turned the heating off now!

Any hoo, lovely looking charts there jp, restoring my faith in winter weather returning in winter, crazy lass I know!

I wouldn't want to be crossing the channel this week, blow me, literally! Least it won't be boring!

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Mild weather wont last till the end of the weak looking at the models.. Then we could be in for some real deep cold... BUT could change.. Now watch all the people flood back in LMFAO?!

[blackprince]

Hey we have lake effect snow........................................................................oh did I not say it was on BBC2

[yamkin]

Mild weather wont last till the end of the weak looking at the models.. Then we could be in for some real deep cold... BUT could change.. Now watch all the people flood back in LMFAO?!

Looks like it's going to be on the cooler side all week and possible snow this weekend

[blackprince]

Looks like it's going to be on the cooler side all week and possible snow this weekend

Weekend overtime for your gritter gangs........

[dubmuffin]

After 2 weeks of full time weather/forum watching, neglecting the chores, friends, family and OH I thought I'd give myself the day off and get out there to enjoy the warm sunshine before next week's wet and windy weather, and any forthcoming cold spell. Had a lovely day down in Rye, always good to see the sea when the sun shines:)

[yamkin]

Take a look at today's aftermath Hail Storm in Cardiff photo by Mike G pic.twitter.com/PnoUs0fT

Edited January 27, 2013 by yamkin

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got my eye on that cell moving into our region now... Perhaps some hail ?

[MarcB]

What a difference a week makes.

Today

1 week ago

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A lot of showers now packing into Cardiff.. These may make it into our region..

[alexisj9]

A lot of showers now packing into Cardiff.. These may make it into our region..

We'll see, a few miles off yet though, may weaken or disappear compleatly by the time it gets here, or may head slightly to far north. Would be nice to see it make it over here though.

[snowrye]

You should have popped round for a cuppa dubmuffin

[Ruthie]

A lot of showers now packing into Cardiff.. These may make it into our region..

Doing well in my home country, they got storms last night too...

[Guest bjaykent]

That swirl of low pressure is a real thing of beauty in the Atlantic.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/disc_eur.html

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That swirl of low pressure is a real thing of beauty in the Atlantic.

http://www.metoffice...s/disc_eur.html

Amen ! It's a monster!

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Interesting RE tomorrow:

Those charts are especially useful for convectively induced wind gusts, the strongest convective signal on the latest GFS12Z is for N Wales, North West England and Yorkshire etc. There is an increasing signal for isolated convection to form along the occlusion in the evening across S Wales into much of Southern England 16:00 - 20:00

Plenty to watch! The lowest 500mb heights are projected to move across N England, N Wales, N Midlands and S Scotland towards evening time, coupled with that strong warm air advection some quite lively thunderstorms could develop, and where they do an increasing risk of severe wind gusts.

[Guest bjaykent]

Amen ! It's a monster!

yep you don't often see a front from Iceland to Portugal.

[Iceni]

What a difference a week makes.

Today

1 week ago

Beautiful photos. It's not a week though, here it was a few hours… went to bed when everywhere was still white everything monochrome and woke up to technicolour. Actually it's quite nice to have it back.

And even better the ice did for the hideous wind turbine on the opposite hill — a gale's been blowing and it's dead as a door nail. That's the second model that's broken after just a few months… you'd think the stupid idiot would have realised they're useless by now.

Edited January 27, 2013 by Iceni

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Been reading up on this bad boy for Friday... France are keeping a very close eye on it.. I think we need to as well.. I know a long way off but wow 0.0

Hold on tight guys:

To me some of the highest winds look to be across Southern Britain and NW Scotlandon Tuesday,Severe gales and gusts in excess of 70mph for Southern England and 80mph or so in NW SCotland.

[Mike Storm]

wow radar echos to the west look interesting..... might leave me window open a tad tonight incase we get a rumbles

[john pike]

fax charts

overnight

showers rattling through very quickly on a gusty westerly wind

potential for the odd rumble again

tomorrow

during the day it should stay mainly dry

very gusty south west wind increasingly noticeable on the south coast

around 5-6 pm

some very gusty winds and very heavy potentially thundery rain moving through

should clear around 8-9pm

not cold around 8 degrees but feeling cold in the wind

tomorrow night

strong west to south westerly wind

showers rattling through again but more likely the further south you are

not cold around 5-6 degrees

tuesday

gusty west to south west winds

showers some heavy throughout the day

temperatures possible 10 degrees

tuesday night

gusty west to south west wind

potential for a longer period of heavy rain

temperatures may hover around the 8 degree mark

again warm temperatures but cold in the wind

wednesday

feeling cooler in the west to north west wind

starting dry but potential for some heavy and thundery downpours mid afternoon

temperatures around 7-8 but pegged back by the cold wind

thursday

winds start westerly then veering easterly in the afternoon

the odd shower possible am

looks dry pm

temperatures dropping throughout the day start around 8 midday

around 4 or 5 maybe lower around 3 pm

after overnight showers

friday

looks like a period of heavy rain

lighter but variable winds

528 dam air over the midlands

temperatures pegged back again around 5- 6 degrees

watch out for fog being an issue friday night

Edited January 27, 2013 by john pike