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

[john pike]

just had hail and a rumble of thunder

[Jan_Bromley]

Hi John,

 

I was beginning to think that you only came out at night

 

You can keep that thunder to yourself thanks

[john pike]

Hi John,

 

I was beginning to think that you only came out at night

 

You can keep that thunder to yourself thanks

[abruzzi spur]

odd shower  here in ipswich at the  moment

That's no way to talk about the locals!

[Jezzer]

Hail and sun in Surrey

[Tom Montalbano]

Some rather moody skies just to the W/NW of the Bromley area, on way home just now.

 

Fortunately cells slipped SW, away from this area.

 

Regards,

Tom.

[john pike]

 

 

tomorrow starts cold

 

temps should be around 10-12 degrees and dry

 

winds a west to north west flow and a tad noticeable north of the region

 

tomorrow night

 

a chilly north west flow

 

rain overnight effecting all of the region but not heavy

 

expect fog to build on coastlines

 

temps around 2-5 degrees

 

monday

 

again a chilly north west flow

 

should stay dry again although temps struggling

 

around 10-12 degrees and chilly in the wind

 

more soon

[john pike]

monday night

 

a very weak but very cold north west flow

 

looks dry and clear

 

expect a frost tonight

 

temps 0 to -3

[Floatylight]

Evening all

What a weird day.

Had to drive into a mad hailstorm today,thought my screen was gonna break!

Had rain,sleet,big blob snow,hail and grapple.

Mad but fabulous!

The road was covered in balls.

Gets the ole adrenalin going )

[john pike]

tuesday

 

a chilly day again

 

temps around 13 degrees but tagged where cloud persists

 

a variable flow but looks mainly easterly hence expect cloud today

 

should stay dry and be ok where the sun pops out

[Guest bjaykent]

tuesday

 

a chilly day again

 

temps around 13 degrees but tagged where cloud persists

 

a variable flow but looks mainly easterly hence expect cloud today

 

should stay dry and be ok where the sun pops out

Hi John, thanks for the charts this evening, must say looking chilly and odds on another below average CET for April!

[john pike]

Hi John, thanks for the charts this evening, must say looking chilly and odds on another below average CET for April!

hi bjaykent

 

the outlook in my eyes looks dry and average to slighly below for us

 

and cold overnight temps

 

however if we get the high and it sets in an easterly flow it should stop the frosts due to cloud cover

 

down side cloudy days

 

if we could keep this set up when the sea temps are higher that would be nice

 

[john pike]

wednesday

 

dry and chilly

 

thursday

 

very light shower

 

better chance of sun though

 

and not as cold

 

temps 14 degrees

 

not saying too much on these at present

 

will do a proper update tomorrow

[Jan_Bromley]

Morning all,

 

There was a hard frost this morning. Now have sunshine with a clear blue sky

 

Have a good day all

[Coast]

Marning!

 

​A beautiful bright and sunny day out there, perfect Spring weather at last 

 

Enjoy your Sunday whatever you have planned

Edited April 28, 2013 by Coast

[Kent Snow]

Lovely day with light winds, only a few cumulus and lots of sunshine! 10C.

[Methuselah]

Breezy and sunny (for how long?) 13C...

[Coast]

Busy along the seafront this afternoon:

 

Eastbourne Beach Management Works 2013

 

As part of the approved 5 Year Beach Management Strategy, works will take place in March/April to replenish shingle beaches along Eastbourne’s seafront. The works operation will be carried out by Pevensey Coastal Defence Ltd. (PCDL) as part of the Coast Protection Maintenance Contract.  The total estimated replenishment volume required is 12,000 cubic metres.

 

If this shingle was delivered by road it would involve around 800 lorry movements and take several weeks to complete.  In order to try to reduce this impact a more environmentally friendly option was looked into.  It was decided that an operation whereby beaches are re-nourished using an offshore vessel which pumps shingle directly onto beaches would be a suitable alternative for Eastbourne.

 

Shingle will sucked from the sea bed of a licensed area of the Owers Bank near the Isle of Wight by the dredger “Sospan Dauâ€, taken back to Eastbourne and delivered to the beach over high tide.  The dredger will come very close to the beach and discharge a mixture of sediment and water using a technique known as 'rainbowing' that creates a mound of material high on the foreshore.  Discharge will take about two hours and the vessel will return to the dredge area for the next load with the intention of being back on the beach for the next high tide.  Once replenishment has started, the operation is continuous until the required volumes have been delivered.  Only adverse weather conditions in either discharge or dredging areas will temporarily delay the operation.

 

The beaches that will be recharged are at the Bandstand and either side of the Pier. All being well the works are programmed to start on Friday 26th April and should take around a week to complete.

 

 

http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/leisure/seafront/beach-management-works-2013/

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18063-sospan-dau-3/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18062-sospan-dau-2/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18060-sospan-dau/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/18061-sospan-dau-1/

 

[john pike]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/04/22/sk-cold-spring-1304.html

 

i suppose our boring weather is better than that

[john pike]

 

if gfs is correct

 

expect warmer conditions to resume on the 5th onwards

 

still chilly to the 2nd

 

precipitation looks low which is good

 

see what ecm shows next

[john pike]

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf.php?ech=72&mode=1&map=0&type=0&archive=0

 

ecm looks chilly

 

bank holiday monday shows dry

 

and average temperatures

 

after that it looks wet leading to the final frame

 

wet and cold

 

fi so lets see what happens over the next few days

[Neilsouth]

This cold weather has been a fustration for months now, a lack of snow and dry cold. For example tonight, it's cold in my place and i'm shivering requiring heating.

 

sigh

[Mark Neal.]

There will be a balloon flyout for the Lord Mayors Regatta soon.... http://www.lma-regatta.org/

 

Temperature here 7c with cloudy skies and patchy light rain at times, wind howling though. Looking forward to some settled weather this week with sunshine :-) 

[john pike]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

sorry no fax update tonight

 

this week looks dry up to friday

 

temps a tad chilly between 10-13 degrees

 

the lower end where cloud persists

 

watch for night frosts

 

friday look like this

 

depends where that low ends up

 

more on that tomorrow

[Essexgooner]

Looks like being a Sunny spring week