South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 31/12/13

[jayney69]

maybe its a bird?we had one came down in our old house, had to get it out.

Don't think so, sounded more like a brick.

[ZONE 51]

Just looking at this image of possible ball lightning last night (thread on UKWW)

Taking a reduced gamma filter to it can certainly see a twirly tall tail.. did this come from the sky??

 

photo on the right is from this site -  http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10907814.UFO__lightning_ball_or_Chinese_Lantern__Mysterious_light_spotted_over_Poole_on_New_Year_s_Eve/?ref=mr

 

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/101232-rfmi-ball-lightning-poole-dorset-3112/page__pid__884229#entry884229

Think it might have been a meteor, ball lightning or just a reflection, or other as mentioned ...

 

On UKWW they think it's a Lantern, wonder if a video would spring up at some point!

Edited January 1, 2014 by ElectricSnowStorm

[tinybill]

 storm now in  the  middle  of  the  English channel  people in brighton ,crawley  horsham area look out for  heavy  rain soon

Edited January 1, 2014 by tinybill

[john pike]

i could do my update tonight by saying

 

wet

 

dry

 

wet

 

dry

 

windy

 

gales

 

not so windy

 

not cold

 

 

i will do a proper update later but expect similar to above

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Shower trains... This is the thing no model could ever pick out where showers will go.. and some of the showers are dropping a lot of rain!

[john pike]

hi surrey

 

thats why i prefer the fax charts

 

they show fronts and troughs etc better than most of the other models

 

the chart above shows whats happening now

[tinybill]

there  a  bad one  at bognor  at the  moment just been watch the  cam there

[john pike]

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

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

hi surrey

 

thats why i prefer the fax charts

 

they show fronts and troughs etc better than most of the other models

 

the chart above shows whats happening now

nasty looking Upper cold front ahead of the surface base cold front.  Wonder how much the winds are veering at that level?  Bound to cause some turbulance

[NO LONGER POSTING]

V6 netweather radar.. Worth ever penny I pay..

[Keraunic]

The lights are flickering a lot here and it's still quite windy but rain has stopped....for now.

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

V6 netweather radar.. Worth ever penny I pay..

couldn't agree more.  Excellent value for money

The lights are flickering a lot here and it's still quite windy but rain has stopped....for now.

Had 3 flickers in the last 10 mins, but my weather station says it's not as bad as 2 hours ago

[john pike]

absolutely chucking it down

 

and wind has really picked up again

[Atlantis]

It is lashing down here at the moment. Just keeping fingers crossed that we don't loose the tv signal during Sherlock - just at the point when he tells how he did it!

[PiggiePalace]

Firstly - Happy New year to all my new NW buddies....so glad I found you this year and I just Love this regional thread.

 

Secondly , on a positive note despite the horrendous weather, the stream has stayed in bank today............so far!

I do hope JP';s saucepans have performed a similar "stay dry" function....and indeed everyone else is warm and dry!

 

 

UPDATE:

Afternoon everyone!

After the excitement last night, I think we will be spending a quiet evening in watching the telly. How wrong was I?  

 

Talking of toilets...the pumping station has now had 5 sets of contractors attend in the last 24hours and it is still not working. Just waiting for no 6 to turn up.

 

No 7 turned up - No 6 never found the property because the records and hence job sheets STILL hadn't been updated with the correct location

 

who will were also be unable to do anything because

a) they do not have the right keys No - previous contractors jemmied the lock on the power unit

b. the chamber was full of water and they didn't have the kit to pump it out = done by contractor no 3

c )they don;t understand German - correct!

d) they have the wrong expertise - its now a mechanical not an electrical problem actually the have no experience of this type of pumping station at all, despite their company having the maintenance contract from Southern Water for all these stations in the south east

e) there are no drawings/installation diagrams confirmed (again!)

 

 

This is aside from the ones that never arrived because the location of the pump is incorrectly shown as 400yds away on the central plans. No 7 was tenacious - drove around the area for two hours, falling down slippery verges/banks in the dark before finally working out where to find us and turning up about 9pm

 

 

You couldn't make it up! I've now been told that until it is fixed I have to go out every 2 hours to manually operate it.....

 

No 7 were told they had to manually operate the pump every two hours all night til they went off shift at 5am. They were not allowed to sit out the New Year inside with us "customers" and furthermore, us customers were not allowed to operate the pump.

 

 

 

 

 

It was at this point events deteriorated  towards the Pythonesque. The new contractor company then said they were planning to bring in heavy plant today to crane out the old and bring in a new (very heavy and large) pumping station.....

a) over a flooding stream on two sides of the property

b. with no large vehicular access within 100yds

c) without ever seeing the site in daylight

d) without a risk assessment or method statement and .

e) without contacting the EA to minimise the risk of damage to the watercourse

 

If you;re still with me this far dear readers, I'm afraid to say I finally "lost it" with SW at about 11.30pm last night......I do hope my call to customer services was recorded for training purposes!

 

Despite a 1am meeting this morning at my house with a senior project engineer from SW, we are no further forward and in fact have gone two steps back.

 

 

Here endeth the third day for 4 unfortunate properties without functioning sewage/waste-water facilities.

 

xxxxx

[Sussex Jules]

Aww no PP was hoping you would have better luck.

 

Sounds like you still have your sense of humour though?! That can go a long way to get you through tough times.

[JennyJane1]

Don't think so, sounded more like a brick.

oh dear.winds not so strong here now but lights are flickering and lost internet connection for a few minutes.

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

Wow, very potent line of heavy showers with possible thunder heading up into the NW area of our region. Hopefully they will hit me at the same intensity!

[john pike]

hi pp

 

got my own saucepan megamix going at present

 

i hope you sort out you situation soon but sounds like you could

 

be banging your head on the wall with that

 

you never know someone may read this thread and sort it out quick for you

 

 

heres the fax update for now

 

tonight

 

wet and windy

 

rain easing early hours with the wind

 

still drizzly rain around rush hour around the far south east but clearing quickly after

 

tomorrow

 

 

a breezy south west wind

 

rainfall

 

looks dry but the odd shower may get driven in by the wind during the day

 

temps

 

chilly around 8 degrees

 

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tomorrow night

 

an increasing south west wind veering westerly and gusting stronger towards morning

 

rainfall

 

dry until midnight

 

then

 

heavy and persistant rain moreso the far south of the region

 

temps

 

around 8 degrees

 

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friday

 

winds veering back south westerly

 

gusty 40-50 mph

 

late pm watch for that kink below ireland

 

that may give a brief spell of very strong winds later on

 

rainfall

 

dry am

 

but heavy gusty showers pm in conjuntion with the troughs on the fax

 

cannot rule out a rumble or 2 with this set up

 

temps

 

 

around 6-8 degrees and feeling raw

 

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friday night

 

winds easing on a south westerly still

 

rainfall

 

 

going to call light showery bits here

 

temps

 

frost unlikely due to cloud but if you get some clear slots a frost is possible

 

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saturday

 

a weak south westerly

 

low closeby

 

heavy rain again

 

temps

 

 

again 6-8 degrees

 

feeling yuk

 

 

so all in all

 

[Mal_UK]

Looks like it's all finished now.

[Kent Snow]

Lashing down now!

[Jax]

Good update JP and PP, any news on things being resolved yet?

 

Wet and errrr wet here, I had already decided to call it a night and curled up on the sofa for dinner/tea (what ever you want to call it) and watched a DVD minus the wet clothes from my earlier trip out.

[PiggiePalace]

hi pp

 

Hi JP  

 

got my own saucepan megamix going at present

 

Good to hear about the megamix - I have amassed enough vouchers to take advantage of the sales and update my 15yr old rather posh Circulon saucepans that I have wrecked through constant dishwasher assault. Didn't want to throw them out if you may need to avail yourself

 

 

i hope you sort out you situation soon but sounds like you could

 

be banging your head on the wall with that

 

Yep! There is hope though...I finally got to speak tonight to the only sensible person in SW I have EVER  found over the last 9 years .....fingers and paws crossed.

 

you never know someone may read this thread and sort it out quick for you

 

 

 

 

heres the fax update for now

 

 

 

 

JP - your updates are an absolute godsend to peepies like me who are in "weather-challenged" areas.

 

I include others here too such as  Coast, Tamara, MK and Surrey.

Thank you everyone

 

 

Also - it's the reports coming in from the region from everyone here on the SE thread that really help people like me make constructive decisions at short notice about how to prepare/respond to these inclement weather situations;  including ascertaining/managing the risks for not just the piggies and me ---but also anyone else attending site in the back of my garden............................................like the invisible SW contractors

Thanx everyone and Happy New Year!

XXxx

[Jax]

JP - your updates are an absolute godsend to peepies like me who are in "weather-challenged" areas.

 

I include others here too such as  Coast, Tamara, MK and Surrey.

Thank you everyone

 

 

Also - it's the reports coming in from the region from everyone here on the SE thread that really help people like me make constructive decisions at short notice about how to prepare/respond to these inclement weather situations;  including ascertaining/managing the risks for not just the piggies and me ---but also anyone else attending site in the back of my garden............................................like the invisible SW contractors

Thanx everyone and Happy New Year!

XXxx

you have back garden contractors!

 

 

quick! on topic, it is still raining here!

[PiggiePalace]

Aww no PP was hoping you would have better luck.

 

Sounds like you still have your sense of humour though?! That can go a long way to get you through tough times.

 

Hi SJ

 

Thanks for the response......I too was hoping for better luck.....unfortunately it was not to be today .....and to cap it all, the NW smilies are not working for me.

Says it all really LOL

 

and yes - sense of humour still here....but really starting to be concerned about clinging by fingernails to the rockface in current conditions...IYSWIMxxxx