South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 08 Feb 2021 Onward

[MP-R]

Heard very heavy rain passing through at 4-5am this morning.

Brighter now but mainly cloudy.

[Dorsetbred]

Pier to Pier swim day

At least the sea temperature has warmed, currently 16.5 °C

Edited July 4, 2021 by Dorsetbred

[Dorsetbred]

And they're off...

[knocker]

Partial clearence from the west underway in the last hour

[dr weather]

2 hours ago, MP-R said:

Heard very heavy rain passing through at 4-5am this morning.

Brighter now but mainly cloudy.

Heavy rain showers on and off all morning in Portishead. 

There's a joggers' / dog walkers' path just in front of my house. On days like this, I see so many people getting soaked to the skin because they ventured out when it was sunny and didn't consider that it might rain. Even saw/heard a couple arguing over it yesterday as their toddler got soaked.

 

[dr weather]

9 hours ago, kumquat said:

"Sometimes weird stuff happens around here ... there was a waterspout last August, and a mini-twister this April (though could have been a dust devil). Could be some orographic effect related to the narrowing of the channel or the Black Mountains? Dunno."

yep, orographics and temp differentials over the Bristol Channel. A proper micro-climate worthy of detailed study.

Yes, I hadn't considered the temp differential of sea vs land on both sides on hot days, plus presumably any 'Channel Sink' pressure differential also.

As you say, it could be worth a study. I know that the UK supposedly gets more tornadic events per square mile than most other places in the world, but I would still say that it's above average that Bristol and the Severn Estuary gets something of that ilk once every two or three years.

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Well I am personally happy for a return of the atlantic. Yes its colder and feels it. But I have seen more sun in the last 24 hours than I have for weeks lol. Yea still cloudy but I am seeing sun for more than 10 seconds at a time ...!

[offerman]

The Frome storm drought continues, however, there’s been some nice clouds of late and a nice TL opportunity before the arrival of a shower. 
 

Does look like heat could build later in July with increased real electric storm risk too…

 

 

 

 

Edited July 4, 2021 by offerman
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[MP-R]

1 hour ago, dr weather said:

Heavy rain showers on and off all morning in Portishead. 

There's a joggers' / dog walkers' path just in front of my house. On days like this, I see so many people getting soaked to the skin because they ventured out when it was sunny and didn't consider that it might rain. Even saw/heard a couple arguing over it yesterday as their toddler got soaked.

 

Haha yes. I think the shortest dog walk my neighbour did once was to the end of the road, at which point the heavens opened, and he marched straight back

Very much a ‘shower on shower off’ type day today. When the sun does pero through it feels quite steamy, despite only being 19C.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

I spoke too soon! Cloud n' rain ...

[offerman]

[Mapantz]

Overcast and chilly here. 16°C.

[matt111]

Same here it’s just cloudy, cool and breezy. Certainly not summer like. 16.3°C

[Dorsetbred]

Looks more like a Covid outbreak map than lighning..oop north..

 

[Andy Bown]

Haven’t had a Sunday evening monsoon like the current one for a week!!!!!!!!!!

[Andy Bown]

Rather evil looking on the Western edge Salisbury Plain! 

[Stargazer]

The Wiltshire Monsoon headed up our way this evening, albeit much less fierce by the time it reached us. But we did get a very fine rainbow from it...

[offerman]

Was nice to see some amazing clouds/ scenery. What was so strange was on the radar the intensity was immense indicative of thunderstorms .( very dark reds ) but no thunder or lightning. 
yet I’d seen darkish reds last couple days southwest toward Taunton etc and lots lightning storms there. 
Here’s a screenshot of this evenings intense streamer yet no strikes storms From it but radar intensity was immense.  Can anyone explain to a numpty please.

 Here’s a couple shots from this evenings cloud action. 
 

 

Edited July 4, 2021 by offerman
Added radar grabs.

[knocker]

A sunny start to the day with some Ci and the odd Cu sprouting up to the west

[knocker]

Cs progressivly invading the sky from the west

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, after a sunny start its clouding over as the beachcam shows 

After an overnight low of 11.2°C at: 05:34, currently 12.8°C with RH94% and 0.8mm of rainfall in the early hours..

 

Edited July 5, 2021 by Dorsetbred

[Dorsetbred]

Looking windy in the early hours, if this goes to track..

 

[knocker]

METOP-C overhead at 2021/07/05 10:48 UTC

[knocker]

The sun filtered through thickening Cirrostratus this morning as a warm front approaches from the south west

[knocker]

The 06 ecm