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

[Bluebreezer54]

Wooohooo. I enjoyed that while it lasted.

 

Edit: Its not over yet.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Bluebreezer54

[snow raven]

Rumble of thunder here at London South Bank - really heavy rain too (although probably looks worse due to the gale force winds!)

[BB1979]

Black as new gates knocker and heavy rain in Blackfriars

[Kent Snow]

A very windy day so far but with long sunny spells. 14C.

[snow raven]

couple more rumbles here

[Steve C]

I'm not so confident of no t&l today here now. The sky looks very dark to my west...

 

I looked at the CAPE charts earlier and noted the diminishing risk as the afternoon progressed, which is why I felt there'd be nothing much here, by the time the unstable zone arrived.

[Jezzer]

Rumble of thunder here in Surrey

[Guest archiesmummy]

Massive hailstorm here...everything white, torrential rain and wind, its gone really dark and have had several flashes of lightening and thunder!

Kids are petrified!

[Jezzer]

Huge rumble just now

[Floatylight]

Sunny and warm,but very gusty here.extra pegs day

[Guest archiesmummy]

Massive hailstorm here...everything white, torrential rain and wind, its gone really dark and have had several flashes of lightening and thunder!

Kids are petrified!

[john pike]

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

[Guest archiesmummy]

Doesn't show it very well, only got camera phone, its still raining but the wind has abated still very dark tho

[Bluebreezer54]

Proper April weather .........the sun is out again now !!

[Wet'n'Dry]

Blimey, I was in the shed rebuilding a bike engine and my MW radio has gone mental!!! I see on rain today I'm about to get hit big time

[Snowangel-MK]

MetO scientists have released a report on the potential reasons March was one of the coldest on record:

 

 

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/cold-spring-2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Steve C]

I'm pretty confident I won't but a few might.

 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

3rd thunderstorm of 2013 wicked!!! 4th one rolling in now!  

[Wet'n'Dry]

A moderate hail shower in Basildon, no sferics/thunder but as I'm typing a small rumble just sounded!!

[Reefseeker]

Big flare of lightning on the horizon a while ago here followed by thunder shortly after then heavy rain and strong winds. Blue skies and big clouds now; roads look almost dry again.

Edited April 18, 2013 by Reefseeker

[Steve C]

Big flash of lightning just now. 1 second delay till the thunder, so about a quarter of a mile away.

 

And another one...

[chilly milly]

Looks like that has all skirted to the bottom of us, so missed it.  We did have a rain shower though.

[Jezzer]

That downpour will work wonders on the seed I put on the my lawn a few days ago. Good day to stay indoors and look after bambino 

[Steve C]

It's passed through (pretty well) Probably at least ten lightning flashes here.

 

Here's a radar grab, with lightning...

 

 

[MarcB]

No sign's of any T-Storms up here at the mo', we have had a couple of very light showers over the past few hours but it is currently beautiful sunshine with a light wind and the warmest it's been all day at 15.2°c.

Edited April 18, 2013 by MarcB