SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Eagle Eye]

Some more stuff around here as well as pink rain curtains.

[sunnijim]

Four cracks of Thunder and some nice flashes of lightning as the showery stuff pulled away.

Strong sunshine in the western sky at the time.

Crazy days weather!

 

[Mesoscale]

If no lightning happens I am going to be soo sad.

 

[lassie23]

It rained heavy for 15 minutes, is that it?

[Harry's House]

Got little rain here earlier. Not nearly enough to do any significant good and missed out on any thunder. However nice skyscapes of Ac cas and a pleasant breeze now the oppressive heat has gone.

[bluebell]

Good light show, thunder rumble and heavy shower here, feels so lovely and refreshing

[PiscesStar]

6 minutes ago, Harry's House said:

Got little rain here earlier. Not nearly enough to do any significant good and missed out on any thunder. However nice skyscapes of Ac cas and a pleasant breeze now the oppressive heat has gone.

As you say Harry the oppressive heat has gone and the unrelenting hot air streams. Remains breezy, but not unpleasantly warm. Awaiting a line of showers possibly thundery making their way erratically towards the east Kent coast where I reside 

[moogyboobles]

Now down to 29 but I somehow feel more uncomfortable. It's muggier now. 

[saint]

A brief period of welcome heavy rain here, but still feeling muggy. 
 

Strong smell of smoke hanging in the air from a large ongoing field fire a couple of miles away. 

[Tn9]

39 minutes ago, sunnijim said:

Four cracks of Thunder and some nice flashes of lightning as the showery stuff pulled away.

Strong sunshine in the western sky at the time.

Crazy days weather!

 

Lovely skies,see lightning ,not as  much as  there is now to my north so skipped me no rain only a few dollops ,and there it goes ..

[Norfolk Sheep]

Just finished pot watering, not a huge temperature drop and not a breath of wind. Can't see any significant rain here for a least another week.

Even my hemerocallis are giving up the ghost. 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

3 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Just finished pot watering, not a huge temperature drop and not a breath of wind. Can't see any significant rain here for a least another week.

Even my hemerocallis are giving up the ghost. 

Check radar - plenty moving towards us from Kent!

[Jimmyh]

Lightning hooray quite high level 

[Norfolk Sheep]

2 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Check radar - plenty moving towards us from Kent!

I'd be astonished if any of that gets anywhere east of Cambridge tbh!

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just now, Norfolk Sheep said:

I'd be astonished if any of that gets anywhere east of Cambridge tbh!

You might be correct.

[seb]

10 minutes ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Check radar - plenty moving towards us from Kent!

Negative. 2x a couple of minutes of big drops. Not even got the ground wet. Car and garden furniture dry after a few minutes. A few flashes and rumbles. Temp stuck at 26 degrees at local WOW station.

[VillagePlank]

Incoming to N Kent ...

E London just sparked off from nowhere, too.

(not quite the Medway Sausage (for those that remember it))

Edited July 19, 2022 by VillagePlank

[Candice]

11 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

I'd be astonished if any of that gets anywhere east of Cambridge tbh!

Does it ever Rob

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

3 minutes ago, seb said:

Negative. 2x a couple of minutes of big drops. Not even got the ground wet. Car and garden furniture dry after a few minutes. A few flashes and rumbles. Temp stuck at 26 degrees at local WOW station.

Others there have.

[Soaring Hawk]

Console shows 40°C at 14:10, although downloaded data shows we got to 40.1°C at 16:30 with 20% humidity.  Currently 31.1°C with 39% humidity but it feels horrible, hot, thick and muggy.  Just back from walking the dog and had some heavy fat raindrops for a few minutes.  While it efficiently frizzled my hair, the pavements weren't even damp.  The wind has dropped to 7mph adding to the general feeling of  this being the worst part of the day.   Have had three power cuts this afternoon.   Field fire near Ravensden this afternoon 2022.07.19.xspf 

Not sure if the video will work..... am rubbish at loading videos on here.

Edited July 19, 2022 by Soaring Hawk

[Lauren]

Please tell me that wasn't it. It's more humid than ever. Need a good shower to properly clear the air.

[Nick F]

What a day! Historic heat. Skies been threatening a while this evening with sporadic bursts of rain, then from around 9pm IC thunder started from the south, with a CG and instant shot gun thunder around 9.15 and heavy rain for about 5 mins.

Parched garden breathed a sigh of relief 

Oddly very similar to the end of the August 2003 heatwave while I was living in Essex, with elevated thunderstorms when it broke down.

Edited July 19, 2022 by Nick F

[Norfolk Sheep]

5 minutes ago, Candice said:

Does it ever Rob

Well, it used to back in the 80s and 90s!

[VillagePlank]

10 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Please tell me that wasn't it. It's more humid than ever. Need a good shower to properly clear the air.

Looks to have died out just before Maidstone - the other lobe continues NNE, but will miss us here in Medway. Here's hoping for a bit of North Downs orographic lift to help us out a bit! (Convective) wind has picked up a lot, though.

Edited July 19, 2022 by VillagePlank

[lottiekent]

25 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Please tell me that wasn't it. It's more humid than ever. Need a good shower to properly clear the air.

Just coming on to say that - temp is finally down to 21.2c but it’s now so humid it may as well be 38c again

Only got 1.6mm from the passing shower but had some decent lightning and thunder from it