SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[TROY]

Hi All, the climate seems to have changed so much, so fast. 19C and sunny yesterday sat in the garden for lunch. Warm again this morning with clear blue skies, apart from a very light shower half an hour ago out of the smallest cloud. Very odd. Good health to you all.

[TROY]

On 20/10/2022 at 08:50, diddy1234 said:

Is this the latest time in the year for a thunder storm ?

We have had thunder at christmas before now, and thunder snow events.

[Harry's House]

4 hours ago, TROY said:

We have had thunder at christmas before now, and thunder snow events.

I had a rumble of thunder on New Year's Eve 2015.

[Tn9]

3 hours ago, Harry's House said:

I had a rumble of thunder on New Year's Eve 2015.

No no  that's too many ports mate, proberly someone falling through the bins lol ..just thought I was in for a hefty shower but it never crossed the paddock wood ..Tunbridge Wells line fell apart in say twenty five miles ,Sussex must have had it ,just didn't reach here:(

[Tom Montalbano]

Morning, all you S.E. Regional Thunder lovers.

Hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. 

Below, is a copy of a post I just put up on the Storms Thread:

QUOTE:

"After those two blistering heatwaves during the Summer and with what must be higher than average S.S,T's in the English Channel, it should come as no surprise to experience quite a Thundery Autumn, especially in Southern Coastal locations.

We seem to be developing a Mediterranean type climate.

Thundery transition from Spring > Summer. I witnessed a couple of Thundery episodes here in S.E. London, in May.

This was followed by a pretty much Thunder free Summer, which was followed by a bit of Thunder as Summer transitioned into Autumn.

Being half Italian, I have witnessed plenty of Thundery episodes whilst on holiday during October, in Southern Italy."

Regards,

Tom Q. 

[PiscesStar]

4 minutes ago, Tom Quintavalle said:

Morning, all you S.E. Regional Thunder lovers.

Hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. 

Below, is a copy of a post I just put up on the Storms Thread:

QUOTE:

"After those two blistering heatwaves during the Summer and with what must be higher than average S.S,T's in the English Channel, it should come as no surprise to experience quite a Thundery Autumn, especially in Southern Coastal locations.

We seem to be developing a Mediterranean type climate.

Thundery transition from Spring > Summer. I witnessed a couple of Thundery episodes here in S.E. London, in May.

This was followed by a pretty much Thunder free Summer, which was followed by a bit of Thunder as Summer transitioned into Autumn.

Being half Italian, I have witnessed plenty of Thundery episodes whilst on holiday during October, in Southern Italy."

Regards,

Tom Q. 

Ciao bello

[Lauren]

Got woken up by some loud rumbles and the rain has kicked in. Here we go.

[Norfolk Sheep]

A typical summer's morning in Norfolk, dull and grey. Looks like the heavy rain will as usual give this area a wide berth!

At least it's warm.....

[Tom Montalbano]

Huge gunshot Thunder here, in S.E. London, about 10 minutes ago.

But fortunately Bromtophobic me, didn't see any Lightning.

Ironically, was supporting 'er indoors as my Wife made a 'cuppa in our Kitchen, as Colette has a Mice Phobia.

We've had an ongoing Mouse problem, for a few Weeks now and having Two Phobics experiencing their worst fears simultaneously, is a bit of a Nightmare.

Just heard another slight rumble and now tipping down with Rain.

Laptop now running on charge only, with power cable removed from electric socket, as a precaution.

Regards,

Tom Q. 

[Norfolk Sheep]

Update forecast from Dan makes interesting reading!

Convective Weather

CONVECTIVEWEATHER.CO.UK

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Forecasting thunderstorms and severe convective weather across the British Isles and Ireland for up to the next 5 days.

 

[Eagle Eye]

My outlook for today. I've gone for a high risk because I'm finding it difficult to find a model with a busting scenario for Kent especially,

I'm in Paris at the moment, talk about the wrong time to leave, although I do have about a 30% risk for today.

The only real bust is CIN or the shortwave in the Bay of Biscay not making it here but the air isn't that dry nor is it over saturated and the PV lobe in the BOB is connected to the PV lobe over the south at the moment.

[Dami]

got woken up by some thunder around 7am. We are doing better now than we did in the summer.

[Flaked Queen]

Gloomy day ( the type where you have to have a light on all day ) thunder woke me in early hours … feels warm still though .

[Norfolk Sheep]

Blimey, that must be the first time I've seen rain intensify on the radar over my location!

[Neilsouth]

BOOM!! Two large thunder bangs this morning and lots of torrential rain

[Methuselah]

It's gone very dark outside!

[Froze were the Days]

ah! this is where our thunderstorms are - in late October!...couldn't make it up!

[Tn9]

47 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

It's gone very dark outside!

Your clocks are wrong its twenty past six here it goes that way in the evening ,had heavy rain , showery though ,heard one rumble earlier this morning nothing else though ,but my son on way to work got this shot this  was in west malling at 8 ish ...

[Norfolk Sheep]

Hoofed it down here for over an hour, I couldn't even get back from the barn to the house so amused myself chiselling off the last remaining lumps of sheep poo cardboard from the ex-sheep pen and managed to off load the last trailer full of muck. No thunder but some boobies floating past on the back edge. 

[Tn9]

I've a cloud clearance event so don't give up hope on a spell of sunshine 

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[Kent Blizzard]

Some brightness and blue sky to my North West but Cloud approaching to my South.

Radar watching the stuff moving across the Channel at the moment, hopefully some interesting reports come in from our South Coast members.

[Blessed Weather]

Looking interesting for the next batch of storms expected this evening:

14.50:

Edit: As also noted by @Kent Blizzard above.

Edited October 23, 2022 by Blessed Weather

[Norfolk Sheep]

Please tell me this isn't just going to be a SE affair again!

[SenlacJack]

Check out this live stream by BigJet tv on YouTube.  Heathrow getting battered:

 

[Reefseeker]

It was the morning after the night before at Bournemouth beach this morning. After very loud thunder plus lightning and heavy rain that woke us all up during the night, the shore line was littered with washed-up cuttlefish. 

Arriving home in Surbiton an hour ago, I went through the 'is that planes I can hear or distant thunder' routine and it's been rumbling around ever since. A big rumble as I type.