South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 13th August 2013>

[Coast]

Very pleasant out there, looks like much of our region is getting the sunshine and a little bit of warmth:

 

Benson 22.6 °C

Brize Norton 20.3 °C

Charlwood 23.3 °C

Gravesend 22.8 °C

Heathrow 22.2 °C S

Herstmonceux 21.5 °C

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/observations/

[Anvils in the Sky]

Good afternoon all,

 

And what a fabulous afternoon it is. Just a few wisps and puffs of cloud passing overhead at the moment. Other than that, it has been a day of unbroken sunshine. And the temperature has just hit 26° according to the weather station. Lovely dry air with it too.

 

It's hard to believe the nights have been getting longer for two months now. Already a third of the way to lengthening days again!

 

Lee

[Methuselah]

Indeed Lee. it is a stonker of a day; wall-to-wall sunshine, hardly any wind and 24C...

[Coast]

Yes gents, looking like a beauty all over the patch:

 

[Captain Shortwave]

Sunny, fairly stiff SSE wind, warm. Nuff said

Cambridge/Norwich/London all at 25C at the moment

Edited August 21, 2013 by Captain shortwave

[Eskimo]

I was just thinking, it's currently 27.2C here and I suddenly realised that in just 2-3 months, the leaves would be nearly gone, darkness would set in at around 5pm, 27C would never get reached statistically for at least another 4-5 months and we could be seeing single digit maximums. All that is just 60-90 days away. 

So really, after fridays very warm day, we may not see 27-29C until May!  Make the most of it

Edited August 21, 2013 by PerfectStorm

[Coast]

I was just thinking, it's currently 27.2C here and I suddenly realised that in just 2-3 months, the leaves would be nearly gone, darkness would set in at around 5pm, 27C would never get reached statistically for at least another 4-5 months and we could be seeing single digit maximums. All that is just 60-90 days away. 

 

125 days, 9 hours to Christmas :unsure:

[Eskimo]

125 days, 9 hours to Christmas

I just find it amazing how quickly the weather and environment can change in a relatively short amount of time. In 30 days, the leaves will start turning brown!    

Edited August 21, 2013 by PerfectStorm

[Methuselah]

I just find it amazing how quickly the weather and environment can change in a relatively short amount of time. In 30 days, the leaves will start turning brown!    

Not to mention the MOD thread! 

[Coast]

I just find it amazing how quickly the weather and environment can change in a relatively short amount of time. In 30 days, the leaves will start turning brown!

 

and the air blue! 

Not to mention the MOD thread! 

 

Edit; Snap Pete!!!

[snow raven]

125 days, 9 hours to Christmas

Better start saving after my hols - I have a soon to be teenage daughter who seems to want more expensive presents the older she gets! 

[Coast]

I have a soon to be teenage daughter who seems to want more expensive presents the older she gets! 

 

Don't they send them up chimneys any more? :unsure: 

[Eskimo]

Don't they send them up chimneys any more?

Not any more Coast, now we survive off zero hour contracts with zero job security...oh just like chimney sweeping then. 

[RUSH]

afternoon all

 

 

nice and warm in kt3 lovlleeyyyy

[Captain Shortwave]

27C at Gravesend, not a bad day

[Eskimo]

Possible localised flooding on Saturday going by the GFS? Predicting up to 40mm. 

[Coast]

Possible localised flooding on Saturday going by the GFS? Predicting up to 40mm. 

 

GFS does currently show it to be brutal, but NMM has it more to the SW from Hants downwards and largely out of our region:

 

 

 

 

 

[Anvils in the Sky]

Not any more Coast, now we survive off zero hour contracts with zero job security...oh just like chimney sweeping then. 

if it's that bad here, you could always try living and working in somewhere like Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Bulgaria or Sudan...

 

Lovely late August day almost over. Max of 26.5°. So not too far behind Gravesend. Which makes sense as it's only about 10 miles away.

Seeing the words "thunder" and "thundery" twice each in the MetO's London/SE forecast fills me with zero confidence that we'll see any such activity, I'm afraid to say! Will very quietly and surreptitiously keep my fingers crossed though.

[Kentish Man]

Puzzled by sudden talk of showers and showery rain later tonight and tomorrow - where's that popped up from after all the talk of a glorious week at least up to Friday night?

[lottiekent]

Evening  Hope everyone is well?

 

Up to 23c today so not too bad..well, it would've been had I not been looking at it through a window! Hopefully the long weekend will be warm and sunny with a storm or two thrown in!

[totalhysteria]

Lovely day here, took a walk along the seafront at Brighton. I didn't think I'd need the sun cream... How wrong I was!

[john pike]

hi all

 

heres the early fax charts

 

tomorrow

 

a weak south to south east flow

 

note the trough over the south east

 

heres what ukmo show

 

think wet is the answer and possibly heavy

 

temps should be around 25-26 and maybe a shade higher IF you miss the rain

 

poss thundery bits in the heavier bursts after lunchtime

 

thurs night

 

still heavy rain but gradually easing in the early hours

 

very humid  ( windows open tonight)

 

friday

 

a weak south east flow

 

it should stay dry but that trough is a bit too close to the far north east of the region for comfort

 

temps 25 where cloud sticks 28-29 where it clears

 

note the trough to our south

 

friday night

 

a variable but mainly westerly flow

 

low pressure slap bang over the south east

 

gonna be a sticky night maybe holding around 18 degrees

 

there should be some very heavy thundery showers with this set up but can only call potential

 

radars at the ready

 

saturday

 

windy and pulling from an easterly direction

 

still reasonable uppers but tagged by the wind and rain

 

temps around 22-24 degrees

 

yuk

 

update the rest later

[chilly milly]

Some pics from Monday - Cromer

 

 

And some from today - Happisburgh

 

with seal  

[Steve C]

Evening all

 

It's definitely turned muggy during today. It looks like I'll be in a rainy zone tomorrow morning

 

The Bank Holiday is looking iffy too, to my eyes. Still, no surprise there. I've got to say I'm finding posts about the post Bank Holiday forecast improvement a little tiresome (only a little though and they are not being made here) as good weather in midweek is of little benefit to a whole lot of people

[biddie]

Puzzled by sudden talk of showers and showery rain later tonight and tomorrow - where's that popped up from after all the talk of a glorious week at least up to Friday night?

exacly what i was thinking. they all went a bit ahead of themselves but it looks a lot hotter next week

exacly what i was thinking. they all went a bit ahead of themselves but it looks a lot hotter next week. yet bbc are saying 29 tomorrow !