South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[nettie]

26 minutes ago, Somerset girl said:

 

Oooh two year old,  tricky age that . Very difficult for you as well I imagine . 

Oooo nooooo she is 4 .  

I'm good I used to work with little ones  so it doesn't bother me . 

[Somerset girl]

Just been upgraded to an Amber warning until 4pm for thunder and rain with flooding likely.  . 

[Somerset girl]

17 minutes ago, nettie said:

Oooo nooooo she is 4 .  

I'm good I used to work with little ones  so it doesn't bother me . 

I work with teenagers . Four year olds are okay, I expect they are very tired if they've just started school . 

I am lol

[jtay]

1 hour ago, jtay said:

Just lost power for a few mins. 

 

Well that was exciting...

Turns out only our power was cycling. On closer inspection, the main switch on the consumer unit was failing. 

Luckily, the chap that fitted it years ago lives in the village. He also had a spare switch, so he's only gone and fixed it for nothing. Top man.

[Dorsetbred]

16 minutes ago, Somerset girl said:

Just been upgraded to an Amber warning until 4pm for thunder and rain with flooding likely.  . 

Sun popped out here just now, rain has stopped and it's brightening up. Now to go and get wet, as it seems the spiders have roosted in my pluviometer. Ffffsxxxcxxs! Grrr.

 

[Somerset Squall]

18 minutes ago, Somerset girl said:

Just been upgraded to an Amber warning until 4pm for thunder and rain with flooding likely.  . 

Looks like another dollop of torrential rain coming from the southwest this time rather than south, so not surprised to see the amber. 68.0mm of rain since midnight now.

[Dorsetbred]

20 minutes ago, Somerset girl said:

Just been upgraded to an Amber warning until 4pm for thunder and rain with flooding likely.  . 

Suggested radar shows this over you around 3pm and clearing

[Somerset girl]

4 minutes ago, Somerset Squall said:

Looks like another dollop of torrential rain coming from the southwest this time rather than south, so not surprised to see the amber. 68.0mm of rain since midnight now.

 

3 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Suggested radar shows this over you around 3pm and clearing

Yes I agree with both of you on that,  getting dark again , temp up from 15.8 to 17 and rising.  Could be a flash abd bang and then torrential rain but hopefully that will, be our lot rain wise. 

[Andy Bown]

Any sunshine in the dry slot or is it going to stay gloomy? If so less than an hour of sun all weekend and most of that was early yesterday! 

[offerman]

Just now, Andy Bown said:

Any sunshine in the dry slot or is it going to stay gloomy? If so less than an hour of sun all weekend and most of that was early yesterday! 

Do you think those storms currently off nw france could teach us ? 

[Dorsetbred]

Right so, thankfully the rain stopped and it's warmed nicely, giving me plenty of opportunity to take down the pluviometer, remove the leaves AND the housebound spiders, give it a seasonal rinse and place it back in position. Only thing I couldn't do was replace the battery (as I don't have one) so it'll come down again as soon as the battery arrives as will the Vantage Vue, and the remote sensor units. Seasonal clean, spider remove and battery replace, might even replace the super cap as it's been in there a fair long time (touch wood it still loves me!). 

Currently sunny and 18.8°C down from the peak of 20.9°C at: 15:06

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[Andy Bown]

Just now, offerman said:

Do you think those storms currently off nw france could teach us ? 

Not sure if they will REACH us or not. TEACH us not to bother probably! 

[Dorsetbred]

3 minutes ago, offerman said:

Do you think those storms currently off nw france could teach us ? 

When you say "Us" do you mean the area?

Forward looking 'suggests'

[offerman]

1 minute ago, Dorsetbred said:

When you say "Us" do you mean the area?

Forward looking 'suggests'

Sorry Dorset.  Yes , Dorset in to NE Somerset in to Wilts

[*Stormforce~beka*]

2 hours ago, jtay said:

Well that was exciting...

Turns out only our power was cycling. On closer inspection, the main switch on the consumer unit was failing. 

Luckily, the chap that fitted it years ago lives in the village. He also had a spare switch, so he's only gone and fixed it for nothing. Top man.

Send bottle his way...

[jtay]

4 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Send bottle his way...

Absolutely. A couple of decent reds, I reckon.

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, offerman said:

Sorry Dorset.  Yes , Dorset in to NE Somerset in to Wilts

UKV picks up the rain like this

Edited September 17, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[Mapantz]

Attention now turns to Wednesday.. I wonder if the Met Office will issue a yellow warning? Not that it looks like being that bad, but they do like their wind warnings. 

[jtay]

It's been great this afternoon watching the low level clouds scudding to the NW, while those at mid level meander to NE.

Feels much fresher now.

[Dorsetbred]

Top up rain tonight, with a couple of thunder rumbles,AGAIN the liveliest activity is going to go to our East over Matt. Dang.

[Singularity]

Lightning to my east - over the eastern New Forest & Southampton area - in the past 15 mins, quite frequent at times, a few discernible bolts, all C-C.

Some of those long, grumbling examples of thunder.

[Andy Bown]

Woken by heavy rain at midnight and on looking out there is surprising lightning in several directions! 

[Wiltshire_snow_lover]

Devizes storm shield activated again 

[Wiltshire_snow_lover]

Sky is flashing now my cat who was sat at window just ran under the table, Cant hear any thunder so all in distance 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Wiltshire_snow_lover

[Andy Bown]

6 minutes ago, Wiltshire_snow_lover said:

Sky is flashing now my cat who was sat at window just ran under the table 

An extra cell seems to have developed near the back edge as the system is encountering uplift from the Plain. It’s produced the loudest thunder of the last hour or so.