Man on BBC weather said 21C in Suffolk this afternoon - but that might mean over 20.5 in rounded layman speak

20.9°C in Santon Downham (in Suffolk).

Tomorrow(Sun) and Monday 12pm

Monday:

Another very unseasonably warm one for most/all of continental Europe.

 A month or two ago I mentioned that I considered the (then) present North Atlantic synoptics as being more like those of the 70's/80's as compared with the last three decades or so. My position hasn't changed.

Anyone have an opinion on this and what might be the likely outcome to our weather if the comparison is reasonable and becomes the norm?

Pakistan's most populated province Punjab has suffered the highest death toll so far, with 21 people killed by lightning between Friday and Sunday, AFP news agency reported.

Also lots of flash flooding there - again. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68823490 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68831408 

I can't believe that they were trying to taxi those aeroplanes in the floods... that's a massive no-no, you'd have thought! And just look at all those massive SUVs caught up in the flooding... there are some things that plenty of money can't help with.

The rain chart for the next week shows it's going to remain soggy out there, with around a year's worth of rain over the next week.

http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec9.png 

From the link:

The National Centre of Meteorology announced that 254.8mm (9.7in) had fallen on Khatm al-Shakla, in the emirate of al-Ain, over less than 24 hours. The country averages 140-200 mm of rainfall per year, while Dubai typically receives only 97mm. The monthly average for April is only about 8mm.

Interesting read and very lively weather than this country rubbish climate and so-called name storms that only deiver wind and rain while over there no name storm give once in a life time severe storm.

Pity it didn't wash the entire evil cesspit away

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/17/dubai-airport-flooded-record-rainfall-one-dead/ 

The reason it's laughable is because the models were predicting heavy rain in the area - and, of course, the models won't know a thing about whether or not cloud-seeding has happened!

This is one of those awkward topics which straddles two threads - see also 'Conspiracy Theories' in UIA

Apparently, according to a report on the BBC Website, the UAE has used cloud seeding and there was a report that it was used on Sunday/Monday but not Tuesday when the torrential downpours occurred.

The technique has been around for decades, and the UAE has used it in recent years to help address water shortages.

In the hours that followed the floods, some social media users were quick to wrongly attribute the extreme weather solely to recent cloud seeding operations in the country.

Earlier reports by Bloomberg suggested cloud seeding planes were deployed on Sunday and Monday, but not on Tuesday, when the flooding occurred.

I saw that, but obviously the timing is wrong, though not so wrong as to put conspiracy theorists off. The BBC link (in the Conspiracy Thread) however contains the statement (my bold)

BBC Weather meteorologist Matt Taylor also noted the severe weather event had already been forecast. "Ahead of the event, computer models (that don't factor in potential cloud seeding effects) were already predicting well over a year's worth of rain to fall in around 24 hours," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68839043 

That won't deter conspiracy theory either!

EDIT I suppose you could maintain that the prior seeding worsened the bad situation already predicted. I always understood that the silver iodide or whatever was being used for seeding had a temporary and local effect, being washed out by the rain generated - but does anyone know know for certain how long it remains aloft?

What puzzled me was that if the forecast was showing torrential rain then why bother seeding at all?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp0gd5ezj9lo 

A flood-prone province in S China, but apparently worse than usual. Reuters refer to the floods as 'unseasonal' while BBC radio was commenting on abnormally stormy weather with hail large enough to crack windscreens.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68887377 

Spectacular photos assuming they've not been retouched.

Interesting read and another interesting weather event after Dubai storms last week.   That true it look like Mars atmosphere but not sure how high the temperatures reached in Mars during the dust storm that often come with high temps.  HIghest there this year Sol was 9C max and 19C ground level, last year I think was 24C and 16C respectively before diving to minus figures soon after.

They were spotted by wildlife photographer David De Courcy over Wicklow Harbour on Friday morning.

Rare sight of five funnel clouds captured on camera

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2rnx8271go