South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[Wynn D Woo]

A few rumbles and a splash of rain half hour ago, but nothing too much to shout home about.

[Rich_Clements]

Yep right over now as wynn says nothing too serious

[Wiltshireweatherwatcher]

40 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Some electrical activity around

So something finally came to life right at the end of the day then.

Quite a pleasant evening now after this afternoon’s deluge.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

We went to the shop and it was gorgeous blue sky! Worth the rain to see that rarity!!

5 hours ago, Wiltshireweatherwatcher said:

So something finally came to life right at the end of the day then.

Quite a pleasant evening now after this afternoon’s deluge.

 

[Rich_Clements]

Morning All,

 

A change in wind direction this morning it has also dropped which is nice, it seems to have been a windy year so far.

[Liam Burge]

13 minutes ago, Rich_Clements said:

Morning All,

 

A change in wind direction this morning it has also dropped which is nice, it seems to have been a windy year so far.

Looks like the wind will pick back up on Saturday as a (possibly?) named storm enters our area. Met just put out a Yellow warning which I could see being upgraded to Amber if confidence increases in this scenario.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, a bright start to the day, after an overnight low of 14.2°C at: 05:48, currently 17.2°C at: 05:48, RH84% and light air movement from the NNW.

From Above

On Golden sands a fair number of boarders out in a calm sea today, with the low cloud ceiling showing nicely.

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, Liam Burge said:

Looks like the wind will pick back up on Saturday as a (possibly?) named storm enters our area. Met just put out a Yellow warning which I could see being upgraded to Amber if confidence increases in this scenario.

Whilst not appearing to have such a low pressure as yesterdays affair (984mb), it does suggest it is somewhat tighter with an increased pressure gradient, so does at this time look set to produce stronger winds than yesterday. Will the Met Office name it, or let the French name this one as it did with yesterdays?

[Andy Bown]

Lovely warm feeling sunny spells day after a cloudy start. 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

4 hours ago, Rich_Clements said:

Morning All,

 

A change in wind direction this morning it has also dropped which is nice, it seems to have been a windy year so far.

Am I going mad or have you moved house from the SW?

Was a bit of sun now cloud has come in to spoil it as usual

[Rich_Clements]

Just now, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Am I going mad or have you moved house from the SW?

You went mad a while ago

 

Nope not moved in the past 12 years  although that said I do live in the very top corner of SW

 

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

Just now, Rich_Clements said:

You went mad a while ago

 

Nope not moved in the past 12 years  although that said I do live in the very top corner of SW

 

 

Ok I am going mad lol

[Andy Bown]

3 hours ago, Andy Bown said:

Lovely warm feeling sunny spells day after a cloudy start. 

What is a dry day? 

[Dorsetbred]

37 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

What is a dry day? 

Raining here!

[DaveL]

Was hoping for a dry day down here too today but thanks Winchester, the heavy shower you sent us has now arrived!

[jtay]

Slid either side of us. Right in the middle.

[jtay]

Not sliding by us now.

 

 

[Dorsetbred]

2 hours ago, jtay said:

Slid either side of us. Right in the middle.

And the area of blue over us, didn't actually produce more than about 10raindrops. A warm day compared to recent with the high of 22.7°C at: 13:26

[matt111]

Apart from a heavy shower this evening it was a decent day here and although not especially sunny it actually felt quite warm at times. Reached 23.1°C

[Andy Bown]

Abandoning you all for a week in North Wales. Might be fun tomorrow ! Looks somewhat better from Sunday.

Heading West on the M4 , is this large Kelvin Helmholtz cloud or just a form of Cumulus?

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, some light rain to kick things off this morning after an overnight low of 11.3°C at: 05:56, currently 14.9°C, RH88% and light air movement from the N.

From Above

On Golden sands under leaden skies

The light rain certainly was localised

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, Andy Bown said:

Abandoning you all for a week in North Wales. Might be fun tomorrow ! Looks somewhat better from Sunday.

Heading West on the M4 , is this large Kelvin Helmholtz cloud or just a form of Cumulus?

Having another look at it, it's a tough call, it does have some uniformity necessary for KH waves, and there's a definite reason for the rising moisture which does seem to have been pulled to the right at the top of the cloud. Certainly has some KH characteristics.

[dr weather]

2 hours ago, Andy Bown said:

Abandoning you all for a week in North Wales. Might be fun tomorrow ! Looks somewhat better from Sunday.

Heading West on the M4 , is this large Kelvin Helmholtz cloud or just a form of Cumulus?

KH clouds typically occur at higher altitudes and in clearer skies with a decent amount of wind shear. Interesting pic nonetheless! 

On the note of wind shear, there will be strong shear later today at the westerly end of the M4, enough perhaps for a brief tornado. Probably will be too dark to see anything though.

[Dorsetbred]

Finally the Met Office team have woken up after some 10months asleep, their FIRST named storm for the WINTER 2022/2023....Antonio is set to trawl across the UK tomorrow. Back to sleep now until next year..

Edited August 4, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[dr weather]

It's not going to be a fun first night of camping for those heading down to the SW today ...