SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Norfolk Sheep]

48 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

And all I want to do is pick some 'mouldy tyres'!

PS: BBC forecasting thunderstorms throughout next Tuesday & Wednesday!

PPS: I left my mushrooms in Tesco!

I left my shrooms,

In Tesco Extra,

Right by the till, 

They were for my tea......

[Methuselah]

26 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

I left my shrooms,

In Tesco Extra,

Right by the till, 

They were for my tea......

Meanwhile, blue sky is now approaching. . . Yet another thunderstorm warning goes down the toilet!

PS: I'm 100% certain that tomorrow will be ELECTRIC!

Edited September 7, 2022 by Ed Stone

[Methuselah]

29 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

I left my shrooms,

In Tesco Extra,

Right by the till, 

They were for my tea......

So were mine!

[Tom Montalbano]

Evening all,

Hope I find yourselves and your Families, well.

As posted above, those areas in the N.E. of our Region have largely missed out on the Thundery Showers that have affected our the rest of our Region, recently.  

I see more electrical activity is heading towards the South of our Region. 

If we were to hear Thunder in S.E. London in the next few hours, that would be Four Days on the trot. As I posted on the Storm Thread the other Day, we seem to be developing a Mediterranean style Climate. Hot, dry Summer Months with the Thundery Weather, coming in the transition from Summer to Autumn, just as it does in the Med. Being half Italian, I've witnessed a very Thundery October, in my Mother's homeland of Southern Italy.

With S.S.T's in the English Channel anomalously high currently, after the very warm/hot Summer, this is currently aiding these potent cells, to survive the Channel crossing from France, I would expect more opportunities for some lively Cells to affect our South Coast, during the rest of Autumn, when the Synoptics are conducive to allow a long Sea track over the Channel, allowing the flow to tap into the above normal temperatures, in the Channel.

In other News, both myself and my Wife had our Fourth Covid vaccine jabs, this Morning.

My Wife Colette, has the AutoImmune condition Psoriasis and again, due to her hypersensitive Immune System, she has had a stronger reaction to her jab, than Yours Truly.

We both felt a little queasy/woozy, after the jab but I soon recovered, whereas my Wife is still complaining of feeling nauseous, and the site of her jab, is tender and a little swollen, whereas I just have a slight tingling sensation, at the moment.

We had a bit of a laugh with the brilliant NHS Staff on duty, at the Vaccination Centre. I pointed out when filling in my consent form, that it is my Birthday Tomorrow, and was I entitled to a cuppa/biscuit or cake. The Nurse replied, "Er  Sir, we don't even qualify, for those treats"!!

Regards,

Tom Q. 

[lottiekent]

The sky just now was interesting, couple of rumbles to be heard but not a lot yet

 

[Neilsouth]

Another Thunderstorm risk tonight, ground still needs it even if it just rains! You can follow the Lightning strikes by the second - here https://www.lightningmaps.org/#y=50.9361;x=0.7942;z=9;t=3;m=oss;r=0;s=1;o=0;b=;n=0;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;ts=0;

[Stroudley]

Well, it's certainly arrived here - thunder, lightning and very heavy rain. 

[Harry's House]

Clap of distant thunder to W 7.40pm then fairly heavy rain for a while, now a distant storm passing to the E of me.

[Snowy Bob]

So much activity, the other side of the channel.

[Neilsouth]

BIG lightning strike over Sellindge!

[Stroudley]

4 minutes ago, Harry's House said:

Clap of distant thunder to W 7.40pm then fairly heavy rain for a while, now a distant storm passing to the E of me.

Right over our heads at the moment and has been for the last 30 minutes. Easily the best storm of the this week (so far!) 

[Darkcloud]

Seriously lively here now! Closest storm yet, huge flashes and very loud thunder, wind suddenly really got up and lashing it down....lovely!

[scrat]

Forth night in a row (as Tom said)....it's been fabulous!  Quite heavy rain, lightning and thunder, not particularly close but lovely to hear.  

[Norfolk Sheep]

Jeebus, why is central Norfolk (indeed, most of the county plus a large portion of Suffolk) so dreadful these days?

There must be some sort of scientific explanation!

[Methuselah]

7 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Jeebus, why is central Norfolk (indeed, most of the county plus a large portion of Suffolk) so dreadful these days?

There must be some sort of scientific explanation!

It must be the mushrooms... The moon looks lovely!

[Lauren]

Unexpected rumbling here.

[Norfolk Sheep]

19 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

It must be the mushrooms... The moon looks lovely!

Oh lawks, you haven't gone and eaten some of those funny ones, have you?

[Mesoscale]

4 days with 5 different storms and 3 shelf clouds? Are we Florida now? I feel spoilt. 

[Tom Montalbano]

16 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Unexpected rumbling here.

How can you afford Indian Takeaways, in the current financial situation, Lauren?

Yes, had a recent rumbling here in S.E. London, and currently tipping it down.

So, that does indeed make Four Thunder Days on the trot, here in S.E. London.

Welcome to Climate Change, and the Costa del Londres!!

Regards,

Tom. 

[moogyboobles]

In South Woodham we can hear distant rumbles and the rain has just started.

[Eastips85]

44 minutes ago, Norfolk Sheep said:

Jeebus, why is central Norfolk (indeed, most of the county plus a large portion of Suffolk) so dreadful these days?

There must be some sort of scientific explanation!

Would love to know! Totally devoid of any storms, thundery showers or heavy rain. Wiki however does quote this area as “Semi Arid” so certainly a long standing issue. Scientific wise… The North Sea? Wind direction? Seems to either be SE, S or SW. Maybe we will get better luck on that rare prevailing West wind because heaven forbid a storm should survive crossing the Iceberg infested cold pool of muck we have to our East.

[lassie23]

Heavy rain thunder and lightning here. Scared the kittens, which isn't a bad thing because they were using my leg as a scratching post.

[Arch Stanton]

Very loud claps of thunder a 5-6 mins ago after a brilliant flash that lit up the living room with curtains drawn..

Nothing since 

Rain is very heavy 

[Norfolk Sheep]

2 minutes ago, Eastips85 said:

Would love to know! Totally devoid of any storms, thundery showers or heavy rain. Wiki however does quote this area as “Semi Arid” so certainly a long standing issue. Scientific wise… The North Sea? Wind direction? Seems to either be SE, S or SW. Maybe we will get better luck on that rare prevailing West wind because heaven forbid a storm should survive crossing the Iceberg infested cold pool of muck we have to our East.

Thing is, it's been declining since the 1990s (I've lived in Norfolk since 1986). August has traditionally been a reasonably active month historically, occasionally from late July. Plume events usually delivered something, over the last decade or so they have tended to drift eastwards, either into Benelux or grazing the far SE before entering the N Sea.  At the moment the average number of thunder days (if I was being a bit NIMBY-ish) is at best 2 or 3, and that includes storms 30 to 40 miles away. Storm intensity has also diminished accordingly, with no more than half a dozen flashes of lightning seen in a whole year (again, rarely within in 10 miles). 

My late father's (as yet unpublished) book on the geographical history of East Anglia, notes "Distinctive features are very helpful in distinguishing one local weather pattern from the others. The fogs and mists at the coasts, the thunderstorms of the boulder clay plateau, the dust storms of Breckland and most striking of all, the flatness of the Fens, encouraging frosts in nearly every month of the year and the famous "Fen blow", now thankfully seldom experienced." (His specialist period was 1700-1850, and draws on such writers as Mary Hardy, who kept a comprehensive weather diary, as well as the Board of Agriculture's reports, among others. 

[Norfolk Sheep]

No one awake in East Angular?

Blimey, that's the most lightning recorded in the area this year!