South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 22nd July 2013 onwards

[Coast]

I've been taking this CU potential chart for 18.00 hrs as a rough guide to where things might develop tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday is another matter

 

[Ben_Cambs]

Afternoon all, after a cloudy start to the day the cloud quickly burnt off leading to temperatures rocketing, currently 32C. Hopefully it will all go bang later!

[Coast]

just hope the tarmac on the M25 holds up!

 

I wish it would melt and fill the potholes in Sussex! 

[lottiekent]

Not sure on temp as not home yet but it is HOT!! Very sticky too. Fingers crossed for a storm or two later

[Bluebreezer54]

G'day everyone

 

I can't believe I missed out on the storm this morning, maybe a bit far away but I am guessing I still would have heard it.

 

Same here Mesoscale. I'm about 4-5 miles south of Watford and didn't see or hear a thing. It seems to have skirted just to the east of us but according to the various reports I've read it was a little cracker !!

 

Through most of this spell the peak temperature here has been reached between 5 & 6 pm on a good many days so with Heathrow currently 33.1c it will almost certainly go higher, unless it clouds over or there is a storm in the vicinity. For no apparent reason I am not so confident about the storm prospects here now as I have been.

[wilkin]

High cloud has now spread into SW London which should halt any temp rise

[Charltonkerry]

Just come down the A2 from Rochester to Dartford, temperature a steady 32.5c, spoken to engineers and how can I put it, they are not happy, at all, some of their language could be described as industrial, tried to cool (see I can do fridge jokes :-)) the situation by suggesting I would buy the ice cream and was told by one that I won't have to as it was running out the door, think that might be an oops?

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just nudging the 30C here, humidity relatively low at 55%, nice onshore breeze though which is helping

 

Interesting - I was in Norwich around lunchtime and crossing Millennium Plain towards the Forum felt like being in an oven.

[hernebaylooby]

Hey everyone how the devil are u all!? Sorry been out enjoying the heat for last few weeks, hopefully get some storm action tonight not sure what temp it got to today here but its so hot

[nanu]

Towers going up from heathrow to west london... looks like were off!! 

[WheresTheSnow]

Is anyone else having trouble with flying ants? Im sitting in the garden right now and I've never seen so many. They are everywhere and keep landing on me! Also it just turned a little cloudy before - but the sun is out again, hopefully some storms later...

[Coast]

Is anyone else having trouble with flying ants? Im sitting in the garden right now and I've never seen so many. They are everywhere and keep landing on me! Also it just turned a little cloudy before - but the sun is out again, hopefully some storms later...

 

Yep, not loads of them but a few floating around the office and car park at work.

[abruzzi spur]

RGS weather station reading 32.7c at 4pm, humidity still falling and now down to 36% though, which is half what it was at 8am.  I am a bit puzzled by the falling humidity - will this have an impact on storm potential? 

 

AS

[Heisenberg]

lots of towers sprouting in Hatfield. Just got  home from town....Tubes are deathly....Hope it goes bang tonight and not tomorrow while im at work

[Captain Shortwave]

temperature dropped back to 22.5C now, south easterly wind kicked in.

[Coast]

I am a bit puzzled by the falling humidity - will this have an impact on storm potential? 

 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=humidity

 

 

The humidity map does reflect where storms are more likely to form I think, not for many of us currently.

[Summer of 76]

Is anyone else having problems connecting to the Sat24 web site

[Methuselah]

Is anyone else having problems connecting to the Sat24 web site

If it's the one that connected me to a blank page, yes?

[Keraunic]

It's roasting in Ippy. Some cloud and haze but nowt spectacular. Looks like things are really kicking off over the channel. Over 1,000 + strikes. Blimus!!

[Ice Day]

Just seen this on the met office twitter feed

'Temperatures have now reached 33.5 °C at Heathrow - the hottest temperature recorded since 20 July 2006'

[nanu]

Some action in english channel now  

 

http://www.meteoradar.co.uk/Home/?type=lightning-12

[abruzzi spur]

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=humidity

 

uk_humidity_i1_points_metric.png

 

The humidity map does reflect where storms are more likely to form I think, not for many of us currently.

Thanks Coast, much appreciated

[Mesoscale]

Anyone see the CB just exiting the north coast of France?

[legrandefromage]

buggerall on the radar (for East Angular)

Edited July 22, 2013 by legrandefromage

[80sWeather]

Been in air con at work all day, just came outside aarrggggeee its roasting.