South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 21st May 2013 onwards

[Eskimo]

+4.9C. 

[abruzzi spur]

The temperature here is currently just 6.5c, having fallen from 6.9c about a hour ago.  No rain to speak of this evening despite very threatening clouds from time to time.  Needless to say the heating has been on!

 

Working from home tomorrow which should allow me to enjoy the pre-weekend sunshine and late May warmth cold rain.

 

AS

Edited May 23, 2013 by abruzzi spur

[Tom Quintavalle]

Looked quite threatening as I left work in Croydon, at about 9. Fairly sharp shower over the Shirley Hills but by the time I got to Bromley (Not quite Phoenix, sorry Mr.Campbell), clouds were breaking. Skies still looked very moody towards Croydon way, though.

Any thunder, hail reported from the Croydon area around 9.30?

 

Some heavy ppn coming into the E/N.E. coast ready to unload on us for tomorrow.

 

Lovely Autumnal looking Fax for midday tomorrow....not!

 

Edited May 23, 2013 by TomBR7

[tadpole]

My son's going camping tomorrow for a weekend music festival, at least he'll be able to spot the soggy patches in the field by time he pitches his tent in the afternoon. Hope it stays dry Sat/sun. The cold he doesn't mind, it's being wet and cold he hates.

[john pike]

tomorrow

 

yuk as tom shows above

 

tomorrow night

 

north east flow

 

showers around although mainly light

 

temps chilly again 5 degrees approx

may hold a little higher where showers stick around due to cloud cover

 

saturday

 

a north to north east flow

 

some light showery bits kent and yarmouth but clearing in the afternoon

 

other than that dry and a tad warmer  13-15 degrees where the sun comes out

 

although cloud cover may be an issue

 

saturday night

 

a chilly north flow but very weak

 

again chance of some showery bits to the far east of the region

 

could be chilly where the sky clears  temps 4 to 8 degrees

 

sunday

 

a slightly more noticeable north to north west wind

 

looks mainly dry however the east coast could be burdened by low cloud

 

temps where the sun comes out around 15 degrees

 

where cloud persists  13 degrees

 

monday

 

a weak south westerly flow

 

should stay dry and there will be a much better chance of seeing the sun

 

temps around 16 degrees

 

showers possible but that should be after dark

[mackerel sky]

A local AWS site does an 'on this day' look from when it started. This only confirms how cold and rubbish it is, given that since the site started with its observations we haven't had much in the way of warmth. It is down in the valley - today here it dropped to 3.8C in a heavy shower. Dreadful. http://www.stanwickweather.org.uk/history.php

[Snowangel-MK]

It was actually quite nice here at times today....

 

 

...between the showers of hail and sleet 

 

 

[Eskimo]

+3.4C here now, may turn out to be the coldest night I have ever witnessed in 20 years of my life. Well...my dad is 65 and he can't remember the last time it was this cold around this time of year!

Edited May 23, 2013 by PerfectStorm

[Snowangel-MK]

+3.4C here now, may turn out to be the coldest night I have ever witnessed in 20 years of my life. Well...my dad is 65 and he can't remember the last time it was this cold around this time of year!

 

Certainly one of the coldest May nights I can ever remember...and looking at the figures this spring is on track to be the coldest for 30 years.

Early estimates suggest the mean UK temperature for spring will be around 6.1 °C, which would make it the 6th coldest spring in national records dating back to 1910 and the coldest since 1979 when the mean temperature was 6.0 °C: 

 

http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/spring-on-track-to-be-coldest-for-30-years/

[john pike]

tuesday

 

 

sorry cannot be bothered to comment on that

[Summer of 76]

Morning everyone, can't wait for the fireworks tonight, oh just remembered it's the end of May and not November as the weather seems to have memory loss at the moment.  It's pouring with rain and 5.3c out there and I have had to put the heating on, hopefully things can only improve from here.

 

Have a good day.

[tadpole]

Certainly one of the coldest May nights I can ever remember...and looking at the figures this spring is on track to be the coldest for 30 years.

Early estimates suggest the mean UK temperature for spring will be around 6.1 °C, which would make it the 6th coldest spring in national records dating back to 1910 and the coldest since 1979 when the mean temperature was 6.0 °C: 

 

http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/spring-on-track-to-be-coldest-for-30-years/

 

 

The coldest for 50 years in England, or since I was born in '62. 

Edited May 24, 2013 by tadpole

[abruzzi spur]

Morning all

 

In Reigate it is +4.4c, light rain, dew point +3.1c .  Weekend looks better (would be grim if it looked worse!)

 

Despite the weather, have a good day one and all

 

AS

[Jezzer]

So fed up with the weather I've just booked up two weeks in the South of France in early July.

Can't stand this weather, quite how the coldies on the model thread enjoy these conditions I really can't fathom?

[Snowangel-MK]

Morning all,

 

It's lovely and warm here (inside with the central heating on) ...no duvet day (or POETS day) for me though - I need to get up and at em early today - have a lovely Friday folks whatever the weather at least we have a long weekend to look forward to so enjoy it  

 

I did notice this on another weather site:

 

LOW RISK of Thunderstorms has been issued for Fri 24 May 2013 for much of Eastern and South Eastern England. Very Slight Risk of stronger storms and tornadoes across W Midlands, NW London, S England & W Lincoln.

 

 

 

Could be interesting...... you never know I might be changing my name to TornadoAli 

 

 

 

[Coast]

After a totally dire and dark week, today seems to want to top it all with the temperature here in Benny Hill barely scraping 5°C and that kind of rain that isn't enough for a full-on raincoat, but is too much for a jacket.

 

Looks like it's going to get wetter and windier through the day whilst remaining cold, I really do hope there is some light at the end of the tunnel and that it's not a bloke with a torch bringing a rubbish Summer forecast for us.

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

Morning all,

 

It's lovely and warm here (inside with the central heating on) ...no duvet day (or POETS day) for me though - I need to get up and at em early today - have a lovely Friday folks whatever the weather at least we have a long weekend to look forward to so enjoy it  

 

I did notice this on another weather site:

 

LOW RISK of Thunderstorms has been issued for Fri 24 May 2013 for much of Eastern and South Eastern England. Very Slight Risk of stronger storms and tornadoes across W Midlands, NW London, S England & W Lincoln.

 

 

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Could be interesting...... you never know I might be changing my name to TornadoAli 

Interesting , however , the area you've highlighted isn't the West Midlands , it's the east mids ! Be a good day though as long as we stay away from an f5!!!

[snow raven]

One word sums up todays weather quite nicely. It begins with s, ends in t and has it inbetween!

[Coast]

One word sums up todays weather quite nicely. It begins with s, ends in t and has it inbetween!

 

 

[Biggin]

monday

 

a weak south westerly flow

 

should stay dry and there will be a much better chance of seeing the sun

 

temps around 16 degrees

 

showers possible but that should be after dark

Nice dry day for the mighty Eagles at Wembley. COYP

[Coast]

I've put a few charts and thoughts for today regarding the convective possibilities here:

 

http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/76597-upcoming-convective-storm-risk-discussion-wc-12th-may/?p=2701455

 

I'd like to think the NMM charts won and we saw something like yesterday in our region, but maybe a little more intense and with some more thunder and lightning. Let's see how the day goes.

Edited May 24, 2013 by Coast

[Team Jo]

Weather station reading 6.7c and I had to put the heating on at 4am

Three day weekend though!!! Toot toot!!

[Steve C]

Morning all.

 

There was a heavy rain shower when I set off from home, which had turned into decent sunshine by the time I reached Colchester. I was a bit surprised by that, but maybe I shouldn't have been, as it seems that we have an occluded wrapped around front from a fizzling depression.

 

Sunny intervals here at work and currently dry, with a temperature of 7C or so.

 

Have a good day all and hopefully a decent bank holiday break.

[Coast]

Have a good day all and hopefully a decent bank holiday break.

 

Cheers Steve.

 

Looks as if today's rain may be heavy at times, but should fizzle out overnight into a cloudy morning tomorrow, clearing later in the day. Dry through the BH weekend with some sunny periods but nothing to get excited about, Monday looking the best of the three days so far.

 

Just my two 'penneth worth, subject to change of course (it's the weather, come on ) and please don't plan your weekend around it. I hope the break brings you everything you want.

Edited May 24, 2013 by Coast

[Radiating Dendrite]

Kirkwood was making a big deal of it possibly reaaching 17c on Monday! I think this says it all.

Last year we got to 28c!