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Nothing here today but the sight of a distant CB 50 miles away over Chelmsford in Essex on the NNW horizon at 20.45hrs suggests instability is edging SE'wards at last.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow
Some casualties from the flooding here
Some nice parallel 'streets' of showers across the SE now showing on rainfall map
The street formation is forecast to break up in the next few hours but rhas another go this afternoon
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/gcp3nqsgd#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1565543700&zoom=8&lon=-0.77&lat=50.84
Some nice parallel 'streets' of showers across the SE now showing on rainfall mapThe street formation is forecast to break up in the next few hours but rhas another go this afternoonhttps://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/gcp3nqsgd#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1565543700&zoom=8&lon=-0.77&lat=50.84
That's true and in fact, I don't think that I can ever recall seeing as many thunderstorms in any given given summer than what I have witnessed this year (as I write, there is some some thunder and lightning about).That of course, makes a change from the SE of England getting most of these storms all the time (that is normally the first place to get any storms which move up from the near continent at the end of a summer heatwave).I can only therefore hope that those southerners then don't make us pay for that during the coming winter by grabbing whatever snowfalls happen to be around at that time, whilst it remains snow-free here in this part of the world.
That's true and in fact, I don't think that I can ever recall seeing as many thunderstorms in any given given summer than what I have witnessed this year (as I write, there is some some thunder and lightning about).
That of course, makes a change from the SE of England getting most of these storms all the time (that is normally the first place to get any storms which move up from the near continent at the end of a summer heatwave).
I can only therefore hope that those southerners then don't make us pay for that during the coming winter by grabbing whatever snowfalls happen to be around at that time, whilst it remains snow-free here in this part of the world.
Oooh, that would be fun.
And on-topic, I can see from the radar that the current heavy showers are passing in lines to the north and to the south of here. So both the Folkestone and West Kent rain deflectors are in operation at the moment.
Defintiely convective rainfall here, the sort with the massive droplets that soak you in no time. Just before it reached here the main area of rain on the radar decreased in intensity but some small convective cells formed at its boundary. They now form a discrete line heading out over the Thames Estuary, while the main mass continues moving slowly NE'wards and decaying as it does so.
A thundery shower recently moved through dropping 11.4mm in just over 12 minutes.
Peak rain rate at 14:45hrs was 144.6 mm/hr.
Its turned VERY cold....currently 14.1c following a sunny high of 20.7c an hour ago !
A thundery shower recently moved through dropping 11.4mm in just over 12 minutes.Peak rain rate at 14:45hrs was 144.6 mm/hr.Its turned VERY cold....currently 14.1c following a sunny high of 20.7c an hour ago !
Thought I saw a decaying funnel cloud earlier to the SE - then the story below popped up. Seems like there was a waterspout out to sea which soemone though was a light aircraft crashing.
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/17832479.search-takes-place-off-cumbrian-coast-report-aircraft-39-ditching-sea-39/
Some big rumbles coming from a fast moving sky here now
Showers in the south yesterday were definitely local - max rainfall in the SE was 7mm at Wiggonholt near Pulborough but not that far away Crowborough was reporting flash flooding
Heard frequent rumbles of thunder during a heavy shower around noon in Lowestoft yesterday.
Thunderstorms are a feature here during Pm airmass, often with multiple lightning strikes rather than an odd or 2 rumbles of thunder. E Anglia is often the warmest part of the country in this airmass so convection tends to be very vigorous.