Rumbling away to the north now - just one among a number of surface heat-triggered thunderstorms now across the SE likely to produce intense rainfall in some locations and none in other places not far away unless they happen to be in the path.
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Zilch. Did have confirmation this morning that the rain clouds I saw yesterday (#9489) did result in a downpour, from someone who was out in it. He was astonished I had had nothing even though so close by. Within a small radius of about 5km of my house there was everything from torrential rain of the instant deep standing water variety through brief showers to drizzle to nothing. Some had sudden very high winds and hailstones to add to the fun. That pattern was repeated over the wider county, with no obvious common factor in where rain fell.
So, washing on the line and shortly will be going out to do the watering. The very much lower temperatures (definitely needed sleeves for the morning gardening stint) are helping the plants cope better and slowing the rate of water loss from the soil so at least it shouldn't take as long.
There looks to be some rain around still but well to the south and east of here, and no indication of rain here for the foreseeable.Comment
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All of it seems to have likewise taken place a few miles north of me - lovely live footage from a cam on the north side of the Thames just NW of Waterloo Bridge at around 4pm with the view across the river to the RFH almost obliterated by a dense curtain of rain for a while. Nearly all the lightning ("spherics") now seems to have died out apart from a cluster off the Isle of Wight, suggesting that may be it: these showers are ground-up convection-based, and the temperature has dropped down to 20C, probably cutting off the heat supply source.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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Had a rather a bothersome night. I took tramadol for my back pain, then my right shoulder started to play up, so, what happened? Didn’t work. Been up since 06:00! Only happens when I lay down in my bed!
Rather a muggy day today.Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
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14C here - looks threatening i.e. rain etc etc, but it looked same yesterday, but we had NOWT!!Comment
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Bad luck BBM - my computer whizz has similar problems - caused by overweight in his case, though.Originally posted by BBMmk2 View Post
24C already, and on a northerly wind - a similar weather set-up would have only given us maxima of around 19C at this time of year in the good old days!Comment
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Thrashing it down with rain here and with nasty south westerly, temp c 10C!!
And NOW....................less drought, more like rampant MONSOON! on wicked south westerly.
South facing windows drenched completely clean, BUT on north facing windows literally NOT a DROP of rain!Last edited by DracoM; 20-08-22, 18:13.Comment
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Today's weather being rather nondescript here, I thought I'd post youtube footage of the massive "Derecho" as it hit Corsica last Friday morning, before it went on to smash into Italy, and on to the former Yugoslavia and Slovakia, where it is now. I watched this before, after and while it was happening on Lightningmaps as it made its way slowly east across the Med as a system of about 800 miles in length and 100 miles wide, thinking somebody's really getting clobbered right now, and I'm glad it isn't me!
The drop down base and huge wall cloud can be clearly seen on the approaching storm. As with hurricanes lightning and thunder would have been happening continuously but drowned out by the roar of the wind and reduced visibility resulting from sheer density and volume of water and hail from the downpour.
Derechos, very rare occurrences in the UK, (I've never experienced one), are squall line systems which occur quite commonly in the States, often associated with strong cold fronts, and in tropical areas. Apart from tornadic storms they are the severest types of thunderstorm anywhere, and unlike the former damage extends over much wider areas. While the winds from a Derecho are less violent than those of the strongest tornadoes they can be of hurricane force - in this storm winds were reported of up to 140 mph; damage was as can be seen, and many are reported to have lost their lives.Last edited by Serial_Apologist; 22-08-22, 16:44.Comment
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My goodness! That’s a hurricane!
Rather warm here today. 23C!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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Make your mind up Dracs! One moment complaining about drought and now whingeing about the rain!Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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Just returned from my first train excursion since March 2020. That last occasion was to St Mary Cray to visit my computer whizz, who at the time was "confined to barracks", but not actually with Covid Episode 1. I'd intended cycling the entire 12 miles but dropped in at Bromley station in a state of near-exhaustion for the remainder of the journey, when I turned out to be the sole passenger on the train... on the platform, actually: the other two people were station staff. Today it was just too sweltering to cycle the 10 miles to Croydon and back, thinking in terms of the 350 foot+ climb on the return. This was a sort of treat to myself for managing to stay safe from the pandemic all this time, besides which I needed new clobber, so I spent some dosh at M&S in Croydon on trainers, an inner padded lining to help economise on heating come the winter, a Fred Perry-style T-shirt (ochre, the only cream ones available had zip fronts - decidedly uncool), and a couple of cereal, or maybe that should serial, bowls.Originally posted by BBMmk2 View PostComment
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I should really learn to read more carefully...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
...when I first read your post regarding your purchases, I thought you had come back on the train with some large wooden balls!
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Hotting up here in the SE in bright sunshine and not much in the way of cloud - no signs as yet of tonight and tomorrow's expected thundery breakdown, which looks as if the main rain band will mainly affect Sussex, Kent and Essex, just skirting us when we can really do with rain. Today marks the start of a Thames Water hosepipe ban. Things are expected to cool down somewhat from tomorrow as we join the rest of the UK enjoying nor'westerlies, although temperatures will still be rather on the high side for late August. Rarely for an August Bank Holiday it's expected to be fine almost everywhere!Comment
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Overcast for most of the morning which made for a pleasant volunteer gardening stint. When the sun broke through at midday the temperature went up quickly and considerably and felt muggy with it, so no inclination to continue after lunch. Tomorrow I'm working and it's due to be thunder, lightning and rain from the early hours through to mid-morning, which could make for an interesting time if it happens. The site is prone to power cuts and IT problems in such conditions, and cloudbursts often mean a mad scramble with buckets, and then time spent with mops. As so much of the woodwork has dried out there may well be rather more gaps to let water in than usual and the gutters could well be full of rubbish as well - dead leaves, bits of twig and quantities of airblown soil - which don't always do much for the free passage of water down the pipes.
Then again we could miss the rain - yet again...Comment
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Lots of rain - more than we were anticipating. My mum had put the washing out, before bringing it back in, then putting it out again, only for it to start raining again, fairly heavily this time.
I got pretty wet on my walk (c. 8:30-9:30) this morning, though it could've been worse.Comment
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