SE, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 5th Sept 21 onwards

[Eagle Eye]

Issued this for a slight impact earlier, a few possible Tornadoes around London today, strongest Tornadoes possible west of our region either already happened or about to happen. 

As shown by Metweather's forecast 

Storm relative helicity

10 AM

11 AM

Edited October 31, 2021 by Eagle Eye

[shogan83]

I’m Northants Just had 5/10 minutes of unbelievable winds, fences have fallen in the street , it was utterly wild for a second there !!!

[Rammie]

10 minutes ago, shogan83 said:

I’m Northants Just had 5/10 minutes of unbelievable winds, fences have fallen in the street , it was utterly wild for a second there !!!

Yes. I'm Kettering too. Seem to have survived without any damage I can see. But it was crazy for a while .

[Dbarb]

Things about to get wild nasty squall

 

[Blazerblue]

Rain passed and now the sun is out and the winds have dropped, might take a while to dry things out though.

[Eagle Eye]

Possible cloud iridescence in the distance though I'm not sure it was quite far away, this was almost full zoom. 

An almost nuke like CB went up 

And then sunset happened 

[bluebell]

Crikey, there are some beefy old showers bustling through this end. Definitely enough extinguish any lit pumpkins   . Glad I’m not camping be very testing on the canvas everyone is hoping it’s as water repellent as advertised!! 

[Tn9]

On 24/10/2021 at 01:19, TN9 said:

No your right ,nothing to write home about for sure ,but if

the gfs is right, a little tropical stormlet (tiny)but if bigger or stronger over the Azores will upset the apple cart ,and we might get something ,don't know what ,but more than we have at moment

Well ,GFS looking back did really well I think ,if anything it's a cracking model ,it might not be so accurate as local models but it's available to all and always sort of has has the jist of things way out ,well Wanda did form and it became a named storm west of the Azores but it's realized it's gone to far north and waters are chilly ,if it had stayed slightly south it  would have proper propped high pressure in good position ,but now I think we have onslaught of jet ..:-(

[Blessed Weather]

Sunday was quite some day for some, depending on location. Some very heavy rain, very strong winds and possibly a tornado or two in the mix. This Tweet from Convective Weather summed up the situation around mid-day:

The potential for locally damaging winds/isolated tornado continues to shift northeastwards. Highest gusts so far:

• 87mph Isle of Portland Dorset
• 75mph Needles IoW
• 74mph Boscombe Down Wilts
• 72mph Larkhill Wilts
• 69mph Wittering Cambs
• 62mph Southampton
• 60mph Oxford Airport

Source: Twitter @convectivewx

Looking back at the Netweather Radar, I'm suspicious of the wrap-around at the centre of the system as it moved in a NE'ly direction up the western side of the Region. It certainly resembled the signature of a 'sting jet' that can cause a narrow band of very strong winds. (A nice description of a sting jet on the Met Office website). I've marked-up two radar grabs from yesterday to show the feature and track:

09.00:  10.35:

Source: Netweather Radar V8

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Blessed Weather
typo

[throwoff]

Talking about tornadoes in the SE of England and people still don't believe climate change is real..!

[Freeze]

1 hour ago, throwoff said:

Talking about tornadoes in the SE of England and people still don't believe climate change is real..!

Not denying climate change at all, but we've always had tornadoes.

[Freeze]

Beautiful start to November here, 13c chilly breeze and blue skies. Hopefully some heavy showers later, typical in November here with warm sst. 

[Wimbledon88]

Torrential rain now in SW19. Unforecast. 

Met Office has current weather as dry and sunny.

[Eagle Eye]

Some of the CB's today 

[Tn9]

On 01/11/2021 at 18:29, Eagle Eye said:

Some of the CB's today 

spits and spots ,looked lovely from here,and like i says gfs is still trying to throw a low under that high later in run,to get a blast of north northeastlys ,i know u like storms and sleet and cold rain might not be your cup of tea , but it seems a tropical or sub tropical system will do it ,if at all

[Tn9]

On 01/11/2021 at 21:20, TN9 said:

spits and spots ,looked lovely from here,and like i says gfs is still trying to throw a low under that high later in run,to get a blast of north northeastlys ,i know u like storms and sleet and cold rain might not be your cup of tea , but it seems a tropical or sub tropical system will do it ,if at all

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/11/01/atlantic-storm-hurricane-names-wanda/  near but not quite

[Eagle Eye]

On 01/11/2021 at 21:20, TN9 said:

I know u like storms and sleet and cold rain might not be your cup of tea 

I love pretty much all forms of weather there's always something to look at or enjoy 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Eagle Eye

[Tn9]

On 01/11/2021 at 21:43, Eagle Eye said:

I love pretty much all forms of weather there's always something to look at or enjoy 

Got a downed cloud this morning ,was a heavy shower yesterday but has technical trouble lol ,on a serious note ,thick fog banks this morning be careful 

Edited November 2, 2021 by TN9

[Blazerblue]

Bright with sun this morning, no fog here, but a light frost, 

[Eagle Eye]

Light frost here some fog in the distance though 

Edit 

Managed to get some better pictures 

Edited November 2, 2021 by Eagle Eye

[Emz by the Thames]

Frost!!! Beautiful to look at, glistening in the morning sun....not so great when you have to scrape your car!  Didn't think it would be the cold overnight.

[Weatherman_93]

Colder than expected last night. Shed roof covered in frost this morning and inside house temperature dropped considerably.

[bluebell]

Temps down here overnight, low of 4 degrees apparently. The sunshine and seasonal temps are very welcome, hope it lasts through till the weekend!

[Blessed Weather]

What a beautiful morning. Down to 2C earlier and a decent ground frost. Some mist around first thing too. Now a cloudless sky and barely a breath of wind.

09.30:

Edited November 2, 2021 by Blessed Weather
typo

[Weatherman_93]

Lovely out there now. Sat outside for Lunch today