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

[Lauren]

Right well today is the first family BBQ of the year. Meat has been marinaded, sides lovingly prepared and puddings all ready to go.

Now for the summer dress and sunnies.

Weather don't fail me now!

[Jan_Bromley]

Morning all,

 

Was very overcast yesterday, all day, but today I have clear blue skies and it feels warm already.

 

Out for lunch with daughter and son in-law. The only hard decision will be which beer garden to choose!

[abruzzi spur]

The sea fog in Brighton has retreated so that it is actually hugging the beach.  The view inland is clear.   In fact the fog is clearly something of an exhibitionist as it is sitting, brazen as you like, on the nudist beach!

 

AS

[Methuselah]

The sea fog in Brighton has retreated so that it is actually hugging the beach.  The view inland is clear.   In fact the fog is clearly something of an exhibitionist as it is sitting, brazen as you like, on the nudist beach!

 

AS

Just when you feel like having a quick perv? 

[Coast]

Morning all!

 

A very early sea mist has burnt back here to another sunny day with just a few clouds. A bit of gardening to do (cheap plants from a major supermarket) and a bit of bark to add to the borders and the rest of the day is mine. BBQ was delish last night so I might have to repeat it all again today.

 

If you fancy something a bit different to chill with today, can I highly recommend a new twist on an old Summer drink:

 

 

http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2013/04/special-edition-pimms-for-the-summer/

 

Again available at the biggest supermarkets and I got a bottle for £14 which should be the benchmark price.

 

Cheers!

 

Edited May 6, 2013 by Coast

[abruzzi spur]

Just when you feel like having a quick perv? 

It's 99.9% male!  Anyway with this amount of fog seeing anything would be a struggle!

[lottiekent]

Morning..a nice day yesterday, up to 14c with a foggy evening.

Woken this morning to more fog which has cleared in the last half hour to bright sunshine. Lets hope it stays away!

[Tom Montalbano]

Morning all,

 

Was very overcast yesterday, all day, but today I have clear blue skies and it feels warm already.

 

Out for lunch with daughter and son in-law. The only hard decision will be which beer garden to choose!

 Morning all,

 

Hi, Jan, that's a tough decision you have to make there! Hope you have a lovely time.

Trying to type very quietly as my son is still sleeping downstairs in the lounge, mind you he is snoring!

Internal lift still not repaired after being told on Friday afternoon that an engineer would be here without fail, 9.30 Saturday morn.

No show, no phone call to explain why, the saga continues! 

 

Really lovely morning here in BR7, off to work in a mo. but at least will get to walk in the sunshine for a while.

 

Will probably start to feel a bit humid later on today and tomorrow. Rain still looks on course for Wednesday, will inspect the grass on Weds. morning but abandonment of attempted gardening looks odds-on now. Oh well!

 

Or as Doris Day once famously sang......

 

 

 

Hope you all have a lovely B/H Monday!

 

Regards,

Tom.

[Jan_Bromley]

I'm not impressed.................................full cloud cover again and it looks like it's here for the day

Edited May 6, 2013 by Jan_Bromley

[abruzzi spur]

We gave up on Brighton because of the coastal sea fog and came home to Reigate to find...... extensive cloud cover!

 

Much warmer here though, still ok for a BBQ later.

 

AS

[Lauren]

Erm, thick cloud cover? Sort it out. I can only hope it gets warmer as the day goes on, it's marginal light cardigan weather at the moment

 

Warm enough still for a BBQ, but still....

[abruzzi spur]

Beautiful here now, 20.4c and mostly clear blue skies

[2810lollypop]

Its been a stunning day here in hastings all day today .Got a bit of sunburn going on ,but feels so nice to have sun on the body rather than the warmth of a radiator ! great day for all the london to hastings bikers too .For those having bbqs later ,enjoy !

[95 Degrees]

We gave up on Brighton because of the coastal sea fog and came home to Reigate to find...... extensive cloud cover!

 

Much warmer here though, still ok for a BBQ later.

 

AS

 

No sea fog here, sunny and pleasant!

[abruzzi spur]

No sea fog here, sunny and pleasant!

It clearly melted away after we left.  From 6am when I was up (woken by the marina foghorn) to 11:30 when we left the fog varied between thick and thin.  We went for a walk at 10:30 up on the Downs near Whitehawk FC and from the high part there we could look back to Brighton and see the fog sitting over the town right by the coast!  Maybe you weren't up quite so early?

 

There was a fiendishly long queue of traffic heading into the city as we were heading out so I'm glad it brightened up for them and you

 

AS

Edited May 6, 2013 by abruzzi spur

[Keraunic]

Hi each. Well, I've had a fabulous day at Alton Water having a lovely family picnic and games day. It was really hot bit some cloud cover later. Thought we may get some thunder but its clear now and sunny again.

Hope you've all had a smashing week end and let's all hope we get many more days like this to enjoy.

[abruzzi spur]

For those having bbqs later ,enjoy !

 

Will do, thanks!

[Keraunic]

Oh....I meant to mention....while at Alton Water, we heard one of these. A nightingale (yes....they do sing during the day) it was beautiful and so poignant and I recognised it straight away;

[snow raven]

Evening all, hope you have all enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend. After a disapointing cloudy start here today, the cloud melted away and it's been lovely!

Now enjoying a lovely warm evening in the garden listening to bird song and breathing in the neighbours bonfire. Nice.

[totalhysteria]

Lovely day here, tidied the garden and then took a walk through the local meadow. Sun was surprisingly strong and I'm now sporting a very red face.

[john pike]

hi all

 

i hope you had a good day

 

i have been decorating all weekend

 

heres the fax update that i have

 

tomorrow

 

a very weak southerly flow

 

temps around 16-18 degrees

 

a slim chance of a shower in the far reaches of kent

 

other than that looks dry and sunny intervals

 

tomorrow night

 

a southerly flow

 

looks warm around 10 degrees

 

should stay dry until morning

 

wednesday

 

yuk

 

gusty west to south west wind

 

rain around and some heavy

 

temps around 13-15 degrees

 

wednesday night

 

gusty south west wind

 

temps around 7-10 degrees

 

should stay dry

 

thursday

 

a strong south west wind

 

starts dry but some heavy showers late afternoon

 

temperatures around 12-14 degrees

 

update the rest later

Edited May 6, 2013 by john pike

[Crepuscular Ray]

No sea fog here, sunny and pleasant!

The bit of Brighton Abruzzi Spur saw must have been somewhat unlucky. Eastbourne was bathed in sunshine.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Crepuscular Ray

[abruzzi spur]

Evening all

 

Early evening BBQ now finished, 2 youngest children in bed, I'm now sitting outside having filled the BBQ with kindling and then a few small logs and the result is a mini patio heater burning away as I sip at a glass of red.  Noisy blackbirds are doing their own version of The Voice, there have been a couple of very good ones that I would happily accept on to my team.  No wind, pale blue sky brushed with slowly dispersing contrails and, to the west, silvery hints of cirrus with a pink tinge reminding us that the sun has only just gone.

 

AS

[abruzzi spur]

The bit of Brighton Abruzzi Spur saw must have been somewhat unlucky. Eastbourne was bathed in sunshine.

Seems so CR, though I saw on the TV news this evening that Bournemouth also had the sea fog/mist thing going on.

 

My father lived in and around Brighton for years and often talks of the 'Sea Fret' rolling in - as a cricket fan I know it is also talked of in the literature around Sussex CC and the impact it can have on the game.  We go to Brighton every 4 or 5 weeks and are lucky enough to have a part share in a flat there, so we get to see all sorts of weather, generally steaming in off the sea.

 

AS

Edited May 6, 2013 by abruzzi spur

[Bluebreezer54]

Evening all. There are actually some pretty good photo's of the 'sea fog/fret/haar' which affected parts of the South Coast today on the Daily Fail website.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320103/Britains-blazing-Bank-Holiday-Sunseekers-country-flock-waters-edge-enjoy-temperatures-high-22-2C.html

 

According to one of the captions Brighton is on the east coast though.....??!!  Shockingly bad newspaper, and not just for weather stories.

 

Here in Northwood the cloud dispersed as the afternoon wore on, and it reached a very pleasant 21.7c. Hope you all had a good weekend.