South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 03/01/14

[JennyJane1]

Southernman just called, he is in the next road fixing the car, he says it isn't hail, just very hard rain, and its very very windy and it just suddenly started out of nowhere, so it must be one of those squalls coming through.

[Summer of 76]

Lovely blue sky here following this mornings rain.

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

Heavy rain and freak gusts here, my gates just come flying open even though it was locked?!

 

Not seen any hail or heard lightening yet though!

[totalhysteria]

Epic downpour here in Brighton, couldn't see more than a few feet out the window. Raining steadily now, felt quite warm when I went outside before the downpour. 

[Jason T]

cfs 7 days out -8 just in shore.

 

[Heisenberg]

It already has.. Mum said on her way to Walton in Chertsey it had flooded all the restaurants along the river and also the lower flats and houses along the road.. She had to drive through flood water and says she will probs have to get back home another way..

 

Just awful. I hope at the very least that everyone affected is safe.

 

It was black here in Southwark and hammered it down for a short while. Now seems to be brightining up a little....

[Keraunic]

Doom and gloom. God it's grim here. The sky is soooooo dark and.......

[Neilsouth]

Must be some hail in that, white echoes showing up

[SteveCoops]

5mm rain in under half hour for me. Clearing again now.

[anything-but]

Left home and into absolutely epic rain about a hr ago, now sat in Herne Bay knowing I'll be going through it again omw to Strood..... Now where's my lottery ticket.

[blackprince]

Left home and into absolutely epic rain about a hr ago, now sat in Herne Bay knowing I'll be going through it again omw to Strood..... Now where's my lottery ticket.

by the look of the sky its followed you  its getting windy as well!!

[hernebaylooby]

Left home and into absolutely epic rain about a hr ago, now sat in Herne Bay knowing I'll be going through it again omw to Strood..... Now where's my lottery ticket.

Yes im sat here waitong for it to come got to go out to pick my youngest up from playschool in a minute I just know it will come on my way back soaking us

[blackprince]

by the look of the sky its followed you  its getting windy as well!!

Raining now  !!!

Yes im sat here waitong for it to come got to go out to pick my youngest up from playschool in a minute I just know it will come on my way back soaking us

Morning looby...yep its here...don't bother with a brolley i think it will blow away ...

[Neilsouth]

Naff weather has arrived!

 

- As if it ever left

[hernebaylooby]

Raining now  !!!Morning looby...yep its here...don't bother with a brolley i think it will blow away ...

Hmm I wonder how long it will last :/

[Steve C]

It's stopped here now. A hint of brightening.

[hernebaylooby]

Wow I am not swimming i mean walking in that!

[Keraunic]

Yep.....brightening up here now with some blue patches of sky and rain has stopped.

[Coast]

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain....

 

[anything-but]

Currently hiding in the Shell petrol station on the A299, can see the clearer weather not far from here so scoffing a sandwich while waiting.

[BB1979]

Strange yellow thing in the sky over London. Any ideas? Sky has gone blue as well. Seems to ring a bell but memory not what it once was

[Keraunic]

Strange yellow thing in the sky over London. Any ideas? Sky has gone blue as well. Seems to ring a bell but memory not what it once was

Hmmmmm! I'm pretty sure it's something called 'The Sun' and it is often seen in blue sky. Strange.

[Coast]

Updated weather warning from the Met Office:

 

Yellow warning of Rain

 

 

Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Greater London, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Medway, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Essex, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock

 

Issued at: 

1208 on Tue 7 Jan 2014

 

Valid from: 

1100 on Tue 7 Jan 2014

 

Valid to: 

0600 on Wed 8 Jan 2014

 

Heavy showers will become less frequent for a time through Tuesday afternoon but more prolonged rain is likely to affect some southeastern counties of England overnight into the early hours of Wednesday.

 

This is an update of the warning first issued on Monday.

 

The public should be aware of the risk of further localised flooding, especially in areas which have been affected in recent days.

 

The band of heavy showers which crossed the south during Tuesday morning will be succeeded by more scattered showers, still with the odd heavy one. Rain is expected to return to parts of the region overnight but at present seems more likely to affect areas southeast of a line from the Isle of Wight to the Thames estuary. 10 to 20 mm of rain may fall in some parts of this area, with a lower risk that counties further to the northwest might also be affected.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1389052800&regionName=ee

 

I guess we all knew this was coming, but the perceived reassurance of seeing this latest Met O update is not a lovely thing....

Edited January 7, 2014 by Coast

[cobbett]

Interesting to see whether the rain tonight affects such a large swathe of the SE - looks to me like the southern coastal fringes/east kent could get a downpour or 2

[Steve C]

Updated weather warning from the Met Office:

 

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1389052800&regionName=ee

 

I guess we all knew this was coming, but the perceived reassurance of seeing this latest Met O update is not a lovely thing....

 

Agreed, but I thought the forecast looked worse yesterday evening, so a slight glimmer.

 

It also appears (at this point) that we might not suffer so much from tomorrow night's system, so hopefully we can just grin and bear it, with little further issue for the moment.

Edited January 7, 2014 by Steve C