South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 24/12/13

[JennyJane1]

bit shocked at the news of michael schumacher, i was never a fan but I wouldn't wish him any harm.

[Sussex Jules]

Just to avoid confusion the yellow alert for tomorrow is for wind.

 

There is another alert for Wednesday for rain

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=se&fcTime=1388361600

[Coast]

Contrasting days (and weather) on the Christmas coast:

 

Today

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19386-20131229-142116/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19387-20131229-142150/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19388-20131229-144256/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19389-20131229-144608/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19390-christmas-coast-1/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19391-christmas-coast-2/

 

Yesterday

 

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19395-img-0647/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19394-img-0644/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19393-img-0643/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19392-img-0638/

https://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/19385-img-0648/

 

 

[Sussex Jules]

I think today and just for today mind we can call it 'The Sunshine Coast' can't we Robin?!

[Jason T]

Hi Res view of tonights / tomorrow storm. Courtesy of Liam D Twitter . 

 

http://t.co/k9alpLClhb

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Nope. Never fell below zero. Like BStE, Newmarket is a town...

 

So basically there is no accurate UK weather record available (apart from your own weather station) unless you live in a town. Great.

following on from your comment, there are a few websites that post local weather, follow this link

http://sandaysoft.com/maps/cumulus-map.php?pos=uk

 

some not too far away from you 

[Floatylight]

Hello all,

Hope you all enjoyed your christmas.

I woke up to a lovely white frost this morning,i actually didnt expect as i havnt been paying much attention latley.

Some puddles were still frozen on dog walk at 2:30 pm.

temp not risen above 5 all day and it sruggled to get there.

[Croydondazz]

It's been a purr fect day here ... the warm sunshine was enjoyed by humans and animals alike, especially the cats !

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That looks great where did you go?

[Keraunic]

Ok..ok with all this feline talk, I thought you'd want an update on Terence the Tiger Moth CATerpiller.....

Here he is in his new, leafy vase home..

[Jason T]

Ok..ok with all this feline talk, I thought you'd want an update on Terence the Tiger Moth CATerpiller.....Here he is in his new, leafy vase home..

 

 

You have taken this to a whole new level.........Like It.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Jason T

[JennyJane1]

Ok..ok with all this feline talk, I thought you'd want an update on Terence the Tiger Moth CATerpiller.....Here he is in his new, leafy vase home..

 

Ok..ok with all this feline talk, I thought you'd want an update on Terence the Tiger Moth CATerpiller.....Here he is in his new, leafy vase home..

awww i like it.

[Snowangel-MK]

That looks great where did you go?

Out in the back garden ..... Well not exactly but it's just up the road !! Woburn Safari Park :-)

[Tom Montalbano]

Something that is already in the early planing stages hopefully for Spring 2014, so be ready for an invasion from some of us from the north of the Thames, we might even be able to present the snow depth cup at the meet up to the luc.y winner if any of us ever get any snow to measure  

 

Evening all.

 

Hi Ali,

 

Would you still want to base a south of the Thames regional meet-up, around one of Ian Currie's talks? He's the chap that co-wrote the county weather books, that some of you might have read and a few other weather related books as well. He's also made numerous appearances on radio and tv, he also has written weather columns for many local newspapers. Tamara and I were fortunate to have an interesting few hours with him, back in November. I've since attended one of his talks based on his book, Frosts, Freezes and Fairs, at Addiscombe and he regularly performs these talks, about all sorts of weather related events, throughout our region. They really are worth going to see and he has some of his books on sale at these talks, which he's always willing to sign personally for you.

I'll be contacting him at the end of the coming week, with a view to finding out what dates would be available for our members to attend one of his talks, I'd imagine we'd be looking at early Spring now. With that in mind, it might be worth finding out how many members would be interested in coming along and trying to agree on a location that's most acceptable for members to get to, with Ian's approval of course.

 

Meanwhile Ian asked me to post part of an e-mail that he sent me re.the severe weather, just before Christmas, as it may be of interest to our members.

 

Qoute: "Perhaps you might like to mention on the Net Forum of the extraordinary rainfall in the Southeast  on Monday. I measured 71.6mm at Coulsdon on 23rd and this was my heaviest daily fall of any month on record back to 1979 when I started my station. The flooding was severe on the River Mole and I was taking some pictures for Weather eye when I did a piece too about the rainfall for Sky Television as they turned up to do a piece on the floods at Burford Bridge near Dorking. Flooding here exceeds 2000 and you have to go back to 1968 for similar scenes along the river. A bridge collapsed last night.

Last night another 8mm fell and heavy showers this morning. So it will not be long before I reach the 200mm for the month. then only December 1914 for my area will be wetter and we could exceed that as well. All this after a dry first half of December."

 

If any of you are interested in coming along, could you please drop me a PM and then I can give Ian an idea of numbers that would like to attend one of his talks.

 

Regards,

Tom.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Kentish CZ

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Sigh..

 

 

50-60mph 70mph on the coast here..

[Snowangel-MK]

Hi Ali, Would you still want to base a south of the Thames regional meet-up, around one of Ian Currie's talks?

Sounds like a great idea Tom - Mr P & I would certainly be interested in attending (subject to work and family commitments). :-) Edited December 29, 2013 by MKsnowangel

[john pike]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

heres the updated fax charts

 

will update them later although will be brief

 

but at present getting fed up with the same old tosh

 

ensembles from gfs

 

 

still seeing something dryer from the 7th

 

and colder starting around the 9th onwards

 

although will take a little while after before snow cold shows

 

something for us to watch now at least

 

be back later

 

john

[john pike]

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gefs_cartes.php?ech=192&code=7&mode=0&carte=0

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gefs_cartes.php?ech=192&code=7&mode=1&carte=0

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gefs_cartes.php?ech=192&code=7&mode=2&carte=0

 

 

cashier number 7 please

[Jason T]

Nice Radar images for stormy spell.

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152094860981306&set=a.414953196305.193095.50160216305&type=1&theater

[Rob Deacon]

I spent a bit of time in the garden today as the sun was out with blue skys, lovely day! 

I checked out the roof tiles on my house and garage and noticed a couple had slipped a little, so sorted that out ready for the next battering tomorrow.

 I also cleared my gutters out as they had filled with moss, I guess the wind has shifted it off the tiles and in to the gutter with all the rain.

 

The BBC seem to be playing the wind down I thought, but looking at the charts and on here it still looks pretty lively to me, up to 70mph on the coast in south east where I am anyway.

[tinybill]

I spent a bit of time in the garden today as the sun was out with blue skys, lovely day! 

I checked out the roof tiles on my house and garage and noticed a couple had slipped a little, so sorted that out ready for the next battering tomorrow.

 I also cleared my gutters out as they had filled with moss, I guess the wind has shifted it off the tiles and in to the gutter with all the rain.

 

The BBC seem to be playing the wind down I thought, but looking at the charts and on here it still looks pretty lively to me, up to 70mph on the coast in south east where I am anyway.

to me  they not sure Helen w  seemed to play it down perhaps  they been told to

[Callie]

The rough weather has really taken its toll on Birling Gap, so much of the beach has been washed away and the rest pushed up against the cliffs. Not to mention the amount of rock falls that have appeared in the past ten days!

 

 

[Keraunic]

Evening all.

 

Hi Ali,

 

Would you still want to base a south of the Thames regional meet-up, around one of Ian Currie's talks? He's the chap that co-wrote the county weather books, that some of you might have read and a few other weather related books as well. He's also made numerous appearances on radio and tv, he also has written weather columns for many local newspapers. Tamara and I were fortunate to have an interesting few hours with him, back in November. I've since attended one of his talks based on his book, Frosts, Freezes and Fairs, at Addiscombe and he regularly performs these talks, about all sorts of weather related events, throughout our region. They really are worth going to see and he has some of his books on sale at these talks, which he's always willing to sign personally for you.

I'll be contacting him at the end of the coming week, with a view to finding out what dates would be available for our members to attend one of his talks, I'd imagine we'd be looking at early Spring now. With that in mind, it might be worth finding out how many members would be interested in coming along and trying to agree on a location that's most acceptable for members to get to, with Ian's approval of course.

 

Meanwhile Ian asked me to post part of an e-mail that he sent me re.the severe weather, just before Christmas, as it may be of interest to our members.

 

Qoute: "Perhaps you might like to mention on the Net Forum of the extraordinary rainfall in the Southeast  on Monday. I measured 71.6mm at Coulsdon on 23rd and this was my heaviest daily fall of any month on record back to 1979 when I started my station. The flooding was severe on the River Mole and I was taking some pictures for Weather eye when I did a piece too about the rainfall for Sky Television as they turned up to do a piece on the floods at Burford Bridge near Dorking. Flooding here exceeds 2000 and you have to go back to 1968 for similar scenes along the river. A bridge collapsed last night.

Last night another 8mm fell and heavy showers this morning. So it will not be long before I reach the 200mm for the month. then only December 1914 for my area will be wetter and we could exceed that as well. All this after a dry first half of December."

 

If any of you are interested in coming along, could you please drop me a PM and then I can give Ian an idea of numbers that would like to attend one of his talks.

 

Regards,

Tom.

Oooh, I'd love to go. It can be an early birthday present. Keep us posted, Tom.

[john pike]

lets see what tonight and tomorrow show

 

tonight

 

1am

 

 

south west winds increasing

 

chilly temps but frost unlikely

 

rainfall

 

 

dry but look whats coming from our west

 

at 7am

 

winds increasing

 

gusting 30-40 mph most areas

 

rainfall

 

raining for all but heavier stuff following around 8am

 

at 12

 

the strong south west winds effecting the far east of the region

 

around 8-12 the strongest winds will be felt as the south westerly flow gets tightened

 

and then switches to a westerly

 

looks likely all areas the winds between 40 mph maybe hitting 50 mph

 

the far south and east of the region may see gusts up to 60 on coastal regions

 

rainfall

 

 

very heavy and prolonged

 

will not clear until late pm

 

flooding a real issue again here

 

as for the jet

 

 

 

a sting jet looks unlikely

 

so in short

 

heavy rain moving in from 8am

 

clearing around 5-6pm

 

winds picking up overnight

 

peaking between 8am-1pm

 

40-50 most areas   potential stronger gusts on south and east coasts

 

winds dieing down mid pm

 

my concern is the rain again although the wind will not help

 

will update the rest later

 

john

[Keraunic]

lets see what tonight and tomorrow show

 

tonight

 

1am

 

 

south west winds increasing

 

chilly temps but frost unlikely

 

rainfall

 

 

dry but look whats coming from our west

 

at 7am

 

winds increasing

 

gusting 30-40 mph most areas

 

rainfall

 

raining for all but heavier stuff following around 8am

 

at 12

 

the strong south west winds effecting the far east of the region

 

around 8-12 the strongest winds will be felt as the south westerly flow gets tightened

 

and then switches to a westerly

 

looks likely all areas the winds between 40 mph maybe hitting 50 mph

 

the far south and east of the region may see gusts up to 60 on coastal regions

 

rainfall

 

 

very heavy and prolonged

 

will not clear until late pm

 

flooding a real issue again here

 

as for the jet

 

 

 

a sting jet looks unlikely

 

so in short

 

heavy rain moving in from 8am

 

clearing around 5-6pm

 

winds picking up overnight

 

peaking between 8am-1pm

 

40-50 most areas   potential stronger gusts on south and east coasts

 

winds dieing down mid pm

 

my concern is the rain again although the wind will not help

 

will update the rest later

 

john

Thanks, John. You're a star.

[JennyJane1]

Southernman says its very very cold at Reedham.

 

Sad about news of Schumacher which really isn't looking good now.