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

[Coast]

 

Hastings Pier back under local ownership and work to begin within weeks

 

IT is full steam ahead for the £14 million project to rebuild Hastings Pier following the news that the iconic structure has been returned to local ownership.

 

The official announcement, a major milestone in the project, was made yesterday (August 15) as Eric Pickles MP, secretary of state for communities and local government, visited the pier for the ceremonial cutting of the chain which has long held the gates closed.

 

 

 

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/hastings-pier-back-under-local-ownership-and-work-to-begin-within-weeks-1-5393901

 

[Tamara]

Morning all,

 

Rain has finally arrived here and could linger on and off, for quite a while. Some heavier bursts likely, as waves develop along the front responsible, with Meto Fax showing any final clearance of rain from Kent, unlikely until later in the evening.

Tomorrow sees fronts pushing through the region, as an area of low pressure swings NE, to the NW of Scotland, with rain probably arriving early afternoon.

Some showers around the region for Sunday before the weather improves next week but although models at the moment show a small area of low pressure developing out in the Atlantic and running up close to N.Ireland, the only effect on our weather likely to be an increase in humidity, as warm TM air encroaches from our SW, around midweek.

As we head into the 2nd half of next week then increasingly warm and humid and we could develop a stiff breeze from the E or SE by the end of the week, to give us that hot hair-dryer effect, we felt a couple of Thursdays ago. Depending on exactly where any high pressure sets up could also see a thundery breakdown head our way, come next weekend but thats stretching model reliability, at the moment but possibly something for you storm fans to enthuse about and needs watching.

 

Regards,

Tom.

Very good summary Tomas  Interestingly a few showers are shown dotted about for Sunday. Not many, and not amounting to much probably, but it slightly goes against what I suggested yesterday

 

Edit: That is very welcome news about the pier in this town. Not before time too  To think the destruction was down to a couple of stupid teenage boys...the loss of identity to the town sea front and not least of all the businesses and livelihood of so many local people that were destroyed

Edited August 16, 2013 by Tamara Road

[Coast]

BTW, 130 more sleeps until Christmas eve.... 

[Anvils in the Sky]

 

 

 

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/hastings-pier-back-under-local-ownership-and-work-to-begin-within-weeks-1-5393901

 

 

So pleased about this. Used to be in Hastings quite a lot (friends lived there from 2005 to 2011 - and, of course, went there loads as a kiddie), and it was heart-breaking to see one of the country's dwindling number of piers gutted by that fire. Great to see the work to rebuild it is imminent.

 

Sun breaking through now. Let's get that convection going...

[Jax]

Quickly catching up with news and events as I wait for the rain to clear before I nip out to the shop.  More work done in the "studio" as it was dull and wet out, nice watching it all out of the window as I worked though, think I will enjoy it more in the cooler months.

BTW, 130 more sleeps until Christmas eve.... 

Been cancelled.

[Jax]

Spoke too soon, it is peeing it down here.

[stun12]

West-to-East front seems to be fading fast after Brighton, leaving me with no weather at all. Boring.

[Eskimo]

Squall line just 20 miles to the West, reports of wind gusts of up to 40mph with temperature drops of 6-7C. 

[Jax]

Sun came out and temps went up even further really quickly, feels "muggy" now.

[Jax]

Well it remains warm and humid here, sun is a bit timid though.

[Coast]

I'm hanging around to see if the Red Arrows will turn up, with the cloud base being only 835 ft

[stun12]

Just heard something flying over low and heading West. Can't see a bleedin' thing though.

[HammerJack]

Afternoon all. Just finished work for 2 weeks 😊. Been a very overcast day here. Not too much in the way of rain, but very muggy. Clouds starting to break now, so hopefully will make for a nice evening. Anyway I'm off to a hopefully sunny and hot Portugal, so on that note I bid you all a fond fairwell, be lucky and I will catchup with you all in September.... 😊

[Lauren]

Quite Autumn like today. Boo!

 

Still I think the garden appreciated it.

[Iceni]

Lovely long downpour here around 4:15 pm. Good for the fruit trees which were looking a bit wilted.

 

Also on the walk an hour or two before the rain, I noticed the very first few odd leaves falling from the trees... they were from different types of trees too. Can't wait for autumn.

Edited August 16, 2013 by Iceni

[Methuselah]

Just had a 5-minute dribble...

[Jax]

Just had a 5-minute dribble...

You can get treatment for that.

[Jax]

Not sure why there is all this talk of autumn already, yes it was damp and quite wet this morning, but this afternoon has been rather hot and humid here and we are not the exact best place being in the centre of England for this normally.

[Tom Jarvis]

Yuck yuck yuck it has been constantly drizzling here

[Jax]

Yuck yuck yuck it has been constantly drizzling here

Your just getting what we have had from this morning

[Hammer]

Incredible cloud formation North of my location. Looks like real heavy storm or shower.

[Jan_Bromley]

Hello peeps,

 

It's Been a dull, drizzly sort of day until around 4.30pm. Sun has his hat on, although lots of broken low level cloud. Feeling very pleasant.

 

A good weekend to all

[Jax]

Warm and sunny here now

[Methuselah]

You can get treatment for that.

It's an age thing, mate! 

[Tamara]

Hello peeps,

 

It's Been a dull, drizzly sort of day until around 4.30pm. Sun has his hat on, although lots of broken low level cloud. Feeling very pleasant.

 

A good weekend to all

It went from beige to grey here Jan..with drizzly bits. Quite refreshing though whilst I was looking round the garden section of B&Q a bit earlier

Edited August 16, 2013 by Tamara Road