South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 17th June 2013 onwards

[Neilsouth]

It feels so right now for a good storm!

 

Bring it on I say

[essexweather]

Jim Bacon on Look East likes his French Imports!

 

Whereas Peter Cockroft likes his showery rain!

[Tilly]

Is it looking like game on for kent? It's lovely right now, sitting in the garden having cocktails. Obviously I'm not going to have too many otherwise I shall be comatosed by the time the storms fire up and il miss it all

[Mesoscale]

Its going to be one of 'those' nights where its going to be hard to sleep.

 

Right now its one of those moments where I wish we were still connected to france via land, in these kind of set ups we would do so much better.

Edited June 18, 2013 by Mesoscale

[Wivenswold]

Working from home tomorrow which broadly means that I can do my 7 hours to fit in with sleep. I might even stay up all night and work through. 

[Tamara]

Is it looking like game on for kent? It's lovely right now, sitting in the garden having cocktails. Obviously I'm not going to have too many otherwise I shall be comatosed by the time the storms fire up and il miss it all

Being comatose by that time really rather appeals to me  Someone can then wake me up when it is finished. 

 

A rather strange thought came into my head that I would almost feel better watching the storms with a group of enthusiasts somewhere (and a bottle of numbing wine ) rather than being stuck at home on my own and it being dark. Typical and just my luck that the household is AWOL on tonight of all nights . Daytime is not so bad because there are places to go and people to see. But I am obviously not going to drive around the countryside like a madwoman in the middle of the night  especially with wine prescribed on the agenda.

Edited June 18, 2013 by Tamara Road

[Tamara]

From Ian Fergusson;

"Those of you in SE England, London & into Home Counties N of capital look set for torrential downpours & prodigious lightning early Weds..."

Quote of the day...

[Dan the Man]

Obviously there's a lot of CAPE nearby - in terms of severity, how is that looking?

 

Got to say we haven't had a 'proper' storm for a fair few years.

[Steve C]

Due to myself having had no phone / proper internet connection for the last 36 hours, I can't realistically check any charts (cheers BT grrrrrr) Nonetheless I'm looking forward to a lightning show in the early hours.

[ryan93]

What's the chancing of things for brighton then people??

[Wivenswold]

What's the chancing of things for brighton then people??

Depends when you're talking about. I think any imports will be confined to Kent, Essex and maybe Suffolk overnight but I reckon you'll be in a good place for storms during daylight. Could be a hunch, they've not exactly played ball yet.

[ryan93]

I was thinking the same, feeling quite confident about a nice light show out sea though, its looking good on the sat down there. http://sat24.com/en/fr

[essexweather]

Latest national forecasts from the BBC talking about tomorrow night for the focus of 'lively thunderstorms'

[Jason T]

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Edited June 18, 2013 by Jason T

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Certainly much brighter here now, and feeling a touch more humid.

[Wivenswold]

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There was a little cell over Belgium. Could have been that. 

[Sussex Jules]

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Think the warning is about 7 years too late!

[stainesbloke]

Latest national forecasts from the BBC talking about tomorrow night for the focus of 'lively thunderstorms'

Great, fingers crossed. Tomorrow will be sunnier and hot according to the BBC/met office, should help if true

[Norfolk Sheep]

I think the warmer air has finally arrived - temps just gone up from 18C to 19C

[10 Days Away]

In the last 30 mins there has been a decent development of heavy showers just to the east of Paris. They look like they are drifting this way.

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/france.html

Edited June 18, 2013 by TN26

[Tom Jarvis]

is that androp in the channel at the moment or some clouds bubbling up

Edited June 18, 2013 by Tom Jarvis

[LeeRoyxD]

Sun out in Seaford..Skies darkening over the channel! I should keep calm but definitely darken skies 

[Tom Jarvis]

Sun out in Seaford..Skies darkening over the channel! I should keep calm but definitely darken skies 

so the stuff on radar isnt androp lol

[LeeRoyxD]

The sun here has been constant for the past 30-45 mins considering the rest of the day has been cloud and sea mist  this is an improvement look out the front windows in my flat (west) its sunny then look out my kitchen window (east) dark skies

[Tom Quintavalle]

I'll be doing some 'ambling' for sure once I have parked the car. I might save the seafront amble though for after I have been to the bank as a soothing reward. That is a species of wild mountain goat with its kid found in the Firehills in the pic btw. Very very rare....Maybe I will come across one this afternoon  .

 

Evening all, 

 

Tamara,

 

You've found Eric/Erica, wondered where he/she got to. Masquerading as a Mountain Goat now, anything to get out of doing the gardening! Tut.

Anyway, surely that's Rhodes, not Rye, you're having us on. 

 

Jan, I see you're around, can you activate the Bromley Borough thunder shield please. We must be allowed a shield, 2 brontophobes in the space of a couple of miles of each other, surely we qualify. 

Tom.