SE & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 23/04/2017 onwards

[SenlacJack]

Meanwhile, here on the supposedly sunny south coast it's been overcast all day and I'm thankfull the stiff breeze of recent days has finally relented.

Not asking for or expecting a heatwave but something above todays Tmax of 19.1c wouldn't go amiss.

[Blessed Weather]

Very disappointing cloudy day yesterday with some drizzle in the morning and a top temp of 19.2C.

It's looking like the warm/hot, muggy spell of weather that's been anticipated for today and tomorrow will not live up to expectations generated by the forecasts of a few days ago. The Arpege charts I put up a couple of days ago certainly look to have over-cooked the temperatures - particularly for tomorrow (Weds).

The fax charts showing the main problem - the advancing cold front will be straddling our Region around lunch-time Weds, so cloud cover pegging temps back and spoiling the day. Met Office are suggesting a high of 24C with Arpege going for 25C before the fresher air moves in behind the front.

Fax Chart Weds 12.00

Arpege cloud cover Weds 09.00  15.00

Arpege temp Weds 15.00  BBC/MetOff 16.00

[Wimbledon88]

Oh so this is what a mini heatwave that the lads on the mod thread etc have been hanging on about looks like then!?

 

[James1979]

Back to 50 shades of grey cloud and the perma autumn climate now, the trend was bucked briefly over summer which was nice. 

[Blazerblue]

Warm sunny blue skies and humid here this morning.

[Mark wheeler]

1 hour ago, Blazerblue said:

Warm sunny blue skies and humid here this morning.

Yes , this is the best chance today of a decent hot day in August , some tentative signs of the cloud burning back from the southeast. Hopefully the bbq can make a rare appearance since early July this evening .

http://meteoradar.co.uk/clouds-sun-UK-Ireland

[alexisj9]

Nice and sunny here with some signs of instability which is capped here.

[Methuselah]

Lucky you, alexis; up here, it's so dark I can't read without having the light on!

[Blazerblue]

34 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Lucky you, alexis; up here, it's so dark I can't read without having the light on!

I assume your not home, or is beccles having its own micro climate day? Cos it's bright n sunny five miles down the road 

[Methuselah]

8 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

I assume your not home, or is beccles having its own micro climate day? Cos it's bright n sunny five miles down the road 

I know it is, BB, I can see the back/front edge of the cloud; the weather along the East Coast must be glorious...

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Cloud beginning to break up along the south coast, looks like sunny Kent has been clouded over slightly.. very humid though

[Blessed Weather]

Still awful in Suffolk. Very dark and it's just started drizzling.

[Uxbridge90]

If that cloud breaks it's going to feel very very warm in the August sun - fingers crossed we get a bit of luck throughout the afternoon.

[alexisj9]

26 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Cloud beginning to break up along the south coast, looks like sunny Kent has been clouded over slightly.. very humid though

Still mostly sunny here, cloud is around though, but the sun hasn't been blocked for longer than a minute every now and then yet.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

14 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Still mostly sunny here, cloud is around though, but the sun hasn't been blocked for longer than a minute every now and then yet.

Interesting, looks like the sea breeze is keeping it less cloudy. Sun now trying to break though here.  Although the breeze is keeping Kent cooler than the rest of the region.. Strange old weather this

 

 

[alexisj9]

Yep, although the cloud has won out for now. 

[Daniel*]

Rather murky how wonderful appears it is brightening up a little, humid it is. 

[SenlacJack]

Currently 22.1c here making it the 2nd warmest day of the month so far but with mostly cloudy skies I doubt it will beat the 22.6c recorded on August 14th.

I've just gone through my daily 'ratings out of 10' for August and up to and including yesterday my index stands at 5.26/10. About as close to 'average' as it can get !

[alexisj9]

Well the sun came back out, think it was covered for about an hour, now we have ac cas around, rather than the annoying cloud. However looks like we may cloud over again soon. Looks like there may be rain in the channel.

[Mark wheeler]

Went to an open air pool in Hampton today , cloud has only just started to disperse .

 

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mark wheeler

[Blessed Weather]

What a disappointing day. Dull and cloudy for most of the time, specks of drizzle in the air this morning, and the first glimpse of the sun not arriving until 15.30 (and disappearing again soon after). Max temp 20.2C. Poor effort!! 

[claret047]

8 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

What a disappointing day. Dull and cloudy for most of the time, specks of drizzle in the air this morning, and the first glimpse of the sun not arriving until 15.30 (and disappearing again soon after). Max temp 20.2C. Poor effort!! 

Yes BB,

It has been little better here. We have had odd glimpses of sun showing through the veil of cloud, but it has been predominately cloudy, but humid. It was not until about 17.30 hours that the sunny finally broke through after a few spots of rain. Certainly was not the day we had been promised.

Kind Regards

Dave

[Mark wheeler]

19 minutes ago, claret047 said:

Yes BB,

It has been little better here. We have had odd glimpses of sun showing through the veil of cloud, but it has been predominately cloudy, but humid. It was not until about 17.30 hours that the sunny finally broke through after a few spots of rain. Certainly was not the day we had been promised.

Kind Regards

Dave

Yes Dave , really disappointed today , we took a. Gamble and called off a trip to the coast today because the cloud radar did not show the promise we wanted to see . I have decided to do a BBQ tomorrow whatever maybe as I've been waiting for a hot day to come but one does not seem to be coming , that said it is a vast improvement on recent weeks and a least conditions looks predominantly dry . hooray , having said that I haven't checked the 12z runs so maybe a rude surprise awaits .

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mark wheeler

[Wimbledon88]

Funny thing is this time last week under the so called unsettled and changeable spelling was sunny with' 25c.

Never ceases to amaze me over on the expert thread,their obsession with 'azores ridging'? Usually ends up dull and humid.

 

 

 

 

[Mark wheeler]

Ah , to cap things off it now pishing down and I'm at a bus stop with my shorts and T shirt on , slates self for not checking radar .