South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 12th April 2013 13:00hrs>

[john pike]

hail here and gusty wind

 

no thunder though

[tadpole]

Hail, heavy rain, thunder too, never seen the birds fly so fast!

[john pike]

now i have thunder

 

anyone would think it was april

[Keraunic]

YAY! Doing a (slight) happy dance. Just heard my first clap of thunder this year. Poor Alice's feet didn't touch as I whisked her outside to introduce her to thunder. But no more so far.

[Nick F]

Hail, heavy rain, thunder too, never seen the birds fly so fast!

Ditto, finally arrived in SE25 after threatening to the north for the last hour or so.

A few neighbours rushing out to take washing in, fooled by the fine weather this morning.

[Bluebreezer54]

The constant wind gusts have been a noteable feature here in Nw London for the last few days. I cant find all the official figures from RAF Northolt, but its been gusting at or over 30mph almost every hour in the last few days. Quite something for an inland site.

 

When the squall front went through earlier the gusts were 48mph, and the temperature plummeted.

[tadpole]

And a further rumble, if only it was 30c too, would be perfect 

Edited April 18, 2013 by tadpole

[Keraunic]

It's still grumbling around but going away now. Thought we may get summat though as it was getting very dark to the south and you could se the rain up in the clouds. Smells lovely and fresh now.

[sunnijim]

Thunder and hail here in Se13 Hither green, wild gusts and torrential rain

[anything-but]

T&l canary wharf

Edited April 18, 2013 by anything-but

[tadpole]

Black skies one way, the other bright sunshine, beautiful to look at.

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taken at heathrow...

 

[Steve C]

Sun's out again now. As John says, all very April. We didn't have a huge amount of rain and no very strong winds either, but a reasonable start to the convective season.

[john pike]

Sun's out again now. As John says, all very April. We didn't have a huge amount of rain and no very strong winds either, but a reasonable start to the convective season.

hi steve

 

looks like we could see a lively period as you say a reasonable start

 

what we need now is some heat and that will come at some stage

[Lauren]

Looks like the heavens are about to open.

Thanks to the wind my hair resembles that of a scarecrow.

[john pike]

Looks like the heavens are about to open.

Thanks to the wind my hair resembles that of a scarecrow.

 

[Lauren]

 

No, real life pictures!

[john pike]

No, real life pictures!

only teasing pumpkin

[Jax]

Afternoon, been a breezy (really) day again here, fence looks like it is about to give up the ghost again

 

And just come over very cloudy and dark.

 

 

In other news it remains "mild" when you look back just  short while.

[john pike]

http://www.iossc.org.uk/weather/index.php?n=1

 

link for cam at sheerness

 

some amazing clouds showing on there

[MarcB]

How sad.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22202815

[Jax]

And on que I was just thinking I need to nip out to ye olde shoppe and it tips it down.

[Eskimo]

How sad.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22202815

Must have been letting go I feel. We've had winds like this week and rain and snow like this year 10/50/100/500 years ago, this Oak I feel was giving up....perhaps beginning to die?

Edited April 18, 2013 by PerfectStorm

[MarcB]

Must have been letting go I feel. We've had winds like this week and rain and snow like this year 10/50/100/500 years ago, this Oak I feel was giving up....perhaps beginning to die?

 

Yeah, s'pose your right Paul but still feel sad, especially with all the possible history associated with it.

[Eskimo]

Yeah, s'pose your right Paul but still feel sad, especially with all the possible history associated with it.

Oh yes, you think how many monarchs it went through, dated back to the time when Vikings ruled the UK

Edited April 18, 2013 by PerfectStorm