South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 8th June 2013 onwards

[Methuselah]

No sun, just a very stubborn inversion...

[CrimsonSunset]

Cloud is breaking up a bit, good stretches of sunshine but a tad chilly when the clouds pass over.. That northeasterly breeze is keeping it cooler though as it has all week. It's actually been warmer back home in Ireland than here for once!

Edited June 8, 2013 by CrimsonSunset

[Methuselah]

If anything, the cloud sheet seems to be getting thicker...

[Bluebreezer54]

Good afternoon all from what is a fairly sunny Nw London. It took until around midday for the cloud to break up to any extent, but since then some decent sunny spells have allowed the mercury to rise to 16.8c. As Crimson Sunset said in the post above though, its that near constant pesky north easterly wind which is spoling things. It feels as though it has been with us more or less since the beginning of the year.

 

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

[stainesbloke]

Lovely day here, sunny skies but quite a cool, brisk NE breeze again. Still, in the sun feels a lot warmer than the 18C it actually is.

[Methuselah]

This is very reminiscent of those ghastly easterlies that set in in early April: dry, dull and not all that warm...Surely tomorrow won't be as bad?

 

Oh dear! Just checked the NW forecast, and it's for wall-to-wall sunshine...When did Ken Ring become Chief Forecaster...

Edited June 8, 2013 by A Boy Named Sue

[stainesbloke]

This is very reminiscent of those ghastly easterlies that set in in early April: dry, dull and not all that warm...Surely tomorrow won't be as bad?

Think tomorrow might be worse looking at all that rubbish over the North Sea right now.... Mind u, yesterday was the only naff day here, rest of the week has been lovely

[Methuselah]

Think tomorrow might be worse looking at all that rubbish over the North Sea right now.... Mind u, yesterday was the only naff day here, rest of the week has been lovely

    

[Summer of 76]

Well stuck at 16.5 the cloud try's to break but soon fills in again. I spent ages last night putting up a 9m by 3m party tent for the daughters 15th birthday and that winds was a real pain (one due to weather) and today there are still some interesting gusts at time.  Plenty of plastic tape has been added to the structure so taking it down should be good fun later this evening

[Methuselah]

And now, to add insult to injury, the drizzle has started...

[Norfolk Sheep]

11C is a good enough temp for mid-March; we ARE in March aren't we? 

Sometimes I really hate living in this part of the UK!

[Summer Sun]

It looks like the south east is the only place not seeing the sun and warmth today almost 19c up here in Darlo with wall to wall sunshine there is going to be some big temperature differences today given the cloud in the SE

[AWD]

You lot will see the best conditons next week though.

[Bluebreezer54]

Here's a genuine question for the more knowledgeable amongst us. What is causing this seemingly endless feed of north easterly winds ? The question was asked on another weather website ( which shall remain nameless ) just recently, and quite frankly I couldn't make head nor tale of the answer. Something about 'super geostraphic winds'  and centifugal force, at which point my eyes glazed over. Can anyone offer a laymans explanation please ?

 

In the meantime, almost clear blue skies here are doing their best to deliver a pleasant early summer evening, but the wind conspires to do the opposite.

 

[Summer of 76]

still no sun here and the temperature has gone down 2c in the past two hours

[Kent Snow]

Dull, grey and chilly. 12C.

[Neilsouth]

Another awful day, the worst WARM spell of the year so far...

 

14C was a max in canterbury, cloudy and a keen north east/east wind.

[Tamara]

Its been yet another beautiful day - deep blue skies, strong unbroken sunshine, a pleasant easterly breeze and comfortable temperatures. Ideal summer weather for me and it was a great afternoon for being outdoors

 

The return of south westerly winds next week will end the brilliant sunshine, although hopefully there won't be too much rain

[Keraunic]

Been a dull old day with only a hint of sunshine. There's an old saying which says;

The English summer is three fine days and a thunder storm.

Well, we've had the three fine days....now where's the ruddy thunder storm???

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[john pike]

tomorrow a weak east-north easterly flow

 

looks like a chance of some showers north east of our region

 

cloudcover an issue but should clear by mid afternoon for all

 

temps around 19 degrees

 

a tad lower to the east due to the time it takes for the cloud to clear

 

may be a tad windy on the south coast

 

tomorrow night

 

a weak east-north easterly flow

 

temps around 10 degrees and dry

 

mist and fog poss on coastal areas especially east facing areas

 

monday

 

again still a weak east to north east flow

 

cloudcover still an issue today

 

possibility of light showers in the morning to east facing coasts and again far north east of our region

 

temps

 

cloudcover areas around 15

 

where sunny more likely south of london around 20

 

monday night

 

dry temps around 10-12

 

very weak easterly flow

 

tuesday

 

a weak south to south westerly flow

 

should stay dry

 

temps should be around 20-22 degrees and a much better chance of most of us seeing the sun

 

waiting wed and thurs still

[Lauren]

At least it was warm for the BBQ but it started blowing a hooligan and we had to retire inside to eat.

[john pike]

 

my thoughts looking a tad further ahead are after friday we could see a battle between the azores high

 

and low pressure systems trying to get to us

 

maybe see a warmer spell with the odd heavy shower or storm mixed in

 

after that i have a feeling the jet will dive south of us (after the 16th)

 

 

how long for is anyones guess

 

really need these to go positive again

 

hopefully i am wrong with this

[john pike]

wednesday

 

a west to south west flow and breezy

 

temps still quite warm around 22 degrees and starting to feel humid

 

should stay dry am but some heavy showers moving in in the afternoon (thundery?)

 

thursday

 

a very weak westerly flow

 

looks dry am but there may be some heavy showers triggered in the afternoon

 

temps again 22-24 degrees and feeling humid

 

ukmo for friday

 

westerly flow and still warm

 

temps around 20

 

looks mainly dry this but all subject to change

[john pike]

 

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/services/ensemble-forecast.html?eps=london

 

[Arid Acle]

Guess what? Dull, grey, windy and cold again. I doubt we"ll get above 12C again today. According to Met Office, we might see the sun briefly on Tuesday afternoon. An epic "warm spell" indeed for East Norfolk!