South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards

[stainesbloke]

33 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Tap water isn't that great for plants but still does the job, I can't be arsed to water my small garden half the time, let alone an allotment The good weather has get everything growing nice and early. Just need a huge hail storm to wreck everything in June You should post in the gardening thread this year Stainsbloke, you can stick photos in there, be good to see your melons

Ooh I'll do that Lassie, only managed one melon last year, hopefully I can get at least a big pair this year 

22 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Nice 24 hours coming up for those with allotments!  Some places could well see an inch of rain. A few differences in where on the high res models, but we'll all get wet.

Accum Precip next 24 hours. Arpege  NMM

 

Nice to see, gives me a bit of a break from watering. Especially as tomorrow and Thursday look like returning to warm sunny spells.  Anything other than freezing Northerlies, thankfully only Saturday looks cool now.

Edited May 10, 2016 by stainesbloke

[Ben Lewis]

53 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

Absolutely, I use my watering cans and hoses nearly every day. It is surprising how much potted plants drink though, even after a period of rain they often need topping up. Stuff in the ground copes a bit better. 

The countryside this Spring is looking magnificent, very green and lush. Unlike last year when it basically stopped raining for 2 months, looked awful by June and I was endlessly watering the allotments and garden. Gets boring! Ideally, I'd love plenty of warm sunshine but also regular soaking rain once a week or so to keep things looking healthy 

When I was walking the dogs this morning through my local nature path, the greenery and vegetation was unreal.. So beautiful. 

Felt humid this morning walking even with the rain. No chill in the air here. 

 

[stainesbloke]

8 minutes ago, Ben Lewis said:

When I was walking the dogs this morning through my local nature path, the greenery and vegetation was unreal.. So beautiful. 

Felt humid this morning walking even with the rain. No chill in the air here. 

 

Yes, I don't mind a bit of rain/damp/cloud if it's nice and warm like it is currently. It's the cold and grey I hate!

[alexisj9]

We are in the Met office warning for storms in the afternoon and over night now, although they still think the west country will get the bulk of them. 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1462834800&regionName=se

[Dami]

The best bedford could offer was a heavy shower of drizzle. Honestly.

[alexisj9]

It's all I've got too.

[Ǝssex Ǝasterly]

I'm still waiting for my drizzle! It's nearly here 

[lassie23]

8 minutes ago, Essex Easterly said:

I'm still waiting for my drizzle! It's nearly here 

I've had it all day, forgot how drizzle is.

[alexisj9]

Just had the first heavy shower through here, no sferics yet though. If each shower is stronger than the last like these two, maybe something may happen.

[Captain Shortwave]

A rather wet day here, though it still felt rather warm despite the wind and rain.

[Ellozee]

Quite looking forward to any possible T&L, had a great storm on 3rd of April but nothing notable since. Some interesting showers on the radar to the SE across the channel, hope they develop/make it this far.

Edited May 10, 2016 by Ellozee

[NO LONGER POSTING]

I posted in the thunder thread that it looked like it was going up over France think I jinxed it...

To me I'm not sure yet, maybe a very wet night to come with the odd rumble of thunder 

[alexisj9]

The stuff in france seems to have lined out, where tonight's showers on a front?

[NO LONGER POSTING]

12 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

The stuff in france seems to have lined out, where tonight's showers on a front?

They supposed to be imports

[Ellozee]

Slowly moving over the channel now. Timed well with it just getting dark, don't see any strikes though so probably just heavy showers for this eve. Still, good for the garden and it sounds nice on the flat roof.

[Biggin]

Could be tasty

[alexisj9]

Well the heavy rain from France has got here, so far it forgot the electrics though. May be next time. Although a Benelux plume could have been interesting. Well certainly different anyway.

[Hodgheg]

Miserable humid day with nothing interesting to end it

[alexisj9]

The warning doesn't run out till 9:00 am, will anything develop behind this heavy rain, or have they got it totally wrong?

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Although ni thunder my word it is coming down out there sheez!!

Sat shows the rain clearing out and some cloud breaks behind it hopefully third time lucky today haha!

[Blessed Weather]

Wow! Looked like a real soaking for folks in the south of our Region last night. The rain on the radar looked heavy! Unfortunately for storm lovers the Blitzortung lightening radar showed activity fizzling out as the showers started crossing the Channel.

Another chance today, with the CAPE & LI chart showing the west of the Region in with the best chance, before activity moves further west and dies away by this evening. Good luck.

The east (and particularly East Anglia) looking best for sunshine and least shower activity today. Hazy sun and 15.5C here at the mo, now the mist has cleared after the overnight rain.

NMM CAPE & LI 15.00 

[alexisj9]

It's not cloudy here in Dover it's foggy. Quite thick fog too. 

[tomp456]

It is raining. It is wet. It is not thundering. Mother Nature. It sucks. 

[Dami]

housework more interesting than the weather. fact.

[alexisj9]

Fog now lifted to a mist, can see there's still quite a bit of cloud about.