South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[jtay]

14 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Which one?

All of them. It's back now. Been hit and miss.

[Andy Bown]

I am hearing thunder from the mass to the SE/S/SW. The approaching sky is fantastic but it’s my worst direction for pictures! 

[DaveL]

Was in between two thunder cells here this time round, very dark skies and sopme distant thunder and lightning buit only an additional 2mm of rain so far, making 15.4mm for the day.  So far. The other 13 mm fell earlier this morning and I was oblivious to it zzzzz

[jtay]

That was great fun. Highlight was a huge CG to the South near the end.

Blue sky to the South towards Bournemouth now. 

[Dorsetbred]

Blue sky to our south, after the short interlude of T & L

[Dorsetbred]

23 minutes ago, DaveL said:

Was in between two thunder cells here this time round, very dark skies and sopme distant thunder and lightning buit only an additional 2mm of rain so far, making 15.4mm for the day.  So far. The other 13 mm fell earlier this morning and I was oblivious to it zzzzz

I think it's one of those "The further west you are the better events!" 

As I picked up 6.5mm of rain and yet further west Mapantz picked up 17mm of rain. 

[Dorsetbred]

T & L  moves east as the band moves Northwards, and band number 3 (showers) progresses slowly Northwards..

[*Stormforce~beka*]

It all went off! Got a direct hit. Awesome!

[Frosty hollows]

2 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

T & L  moves east as the band moves Northwards, and band number 3 (showers) progresses slowly Northwards..

That seems to be the case here. Main bulk of t and l has gone to my East to the Chilterns. Rain incoming from the south where it's as black as night!

[snowysouth]

I went down to canford cliffs but by the time I got there it more or less finished. Epic rain and lightning in Poole to start

[Dorsetbred]

1 minute ago, snowysouth said:

I went down to canford cliffs but by the time I got there it more or less finished. Epic rain and lightning in Poole to start

It was a fairly quick moving band, that's for sure, but most UK bands with T & L "seem" to move quite quickly in the UK. Whilst chasing storms in the USA, T & L bands would last for an hour or more, but I guess it's the nature of the beast across the UK.

[Reefseeker]

Cuttlefish were washed up all along the beach between Durley Chine and Branksome this morning after the thunder storm in the early hours that was so loud it woke us all up.

[Dorsetbred]

The local rag must be bored, mored reporting of heavy downpours:

LIVE: Thunderstorm brings heavy rain, flash flooding and power cuts

WWW.BOURNEMOUTHECHO.CO.UK

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Live updates as thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to land across Dorset on the afternoon and evening of Sunday, October 23.

 

[Dorsetbred]

Looks as though we have about another hour before the next rain band arrives, although it is raining at the moment from a passing shower.

[Rich_Clements]

I can confirm the radar is correct its currently pouring down here...............again!

[Mapantz]

Just had another sharp shower with a rain rate of 113 mm /hr.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Tornado hit Marwell Zoo. Loads of Trees down. Cars smashed. 

[offerman]

4 hours ago, Mapantz said:

 

was nice buildup earlier but no storms here. This morning had very loud thunder and some lightning 

nice sunset amongst storm clouds to end the day

[MP-R]

Would love to know when we're actually going to get some proper thundery activity here.

[Mapantz]

The wind has finally made an appearance after being quiet all day.

[dr weather]

3 hours ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Tornado hit Marwell Zoo. Loads of Trees down. Cars smashed. 

Was it a witnessed tornado? Or just strong winds? I've tried to find info on the internet but couldn't see much.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

29 minutes ago, dr weather said:

Was it a witnessed tornado? Or just strong winds? I've tried to find info on the internet but couldn't see much.

I wanna say witnessed as the zoo has a tornado icon on their social media telling people about the closure tomorrow to clear it all up

[dr weather]

14 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

I wanna say witnessed as the zoo has a tornado icon on their social media telling people about the closure tomorrow to clear it all up

Be great if some footage surfaces. I saw a mini-tornado filmed near the New Forest (ITV news), but it didn't look that powerful. 

I hate missing extreme weather. There's been precious little action up here.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, an overnight low of 9.4°C at: 08:02, has risen to 12.7°C, RH96% with 3mph light air movement from the WSW with patchy Cu.

From Above

Beachside

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]