Stormy Weather II

[teamsaint]

Ditto to all of that. It's also very windy here.

it has been a pretty lousy summer in most respects.

Still, tomorrow I should be hearing some live music for the first time in a very long time, all being well. and tomorrow's forecast is at least dry.
Saturday not so much......

[Serial_Apologist]

I had to shelter under the covered walkway in front of Sainsbury's E Dulwich half an hour ago - only a 6-minute deluge but several stretches of road were flooded on the way back, giving a good idea of the intensity of the rainfall, which sounded likes standing in front of a waterfall. Another storm might well be headed our way as I write. I expect a number of storm chasers will be out & about with cameras at the ready, capturing the spectacular cumulonimbus clouds that have been on display this afternoon.

[oddoneout]

Sunshine and showers which from late morning through to early afternoon were, like your experience, very intense, but also came and went very quickly which kept visitors on their toes scanning the sky and judging when, and to where, to make a move ... I was kept busy with a mop and bucket, deciding which doors to close temporarily to keep the overflowing gutters from dumping water inside the building, and checking the known leak spots. Cloudburst type rain does test the old building whereas just persistent heavyish rain it (and we staff) can cope with. Luckily when the sun came out it and the strong breeze dried things out quickly, and as it wasn't cold and we opened an undercover space to shelter and picnic the visitors weren't unduly bothered.
Now, a strong gusty breeze and bright sunshine has removed many of the surface signs of the downpours here.

[Serial_Apologist]

Sunshine and showers which from late morning through to early afternoon were, like your experience, very intense, but also came and went very quickly which kept visitors on their toes scanning the sky and judging when, and to where, to make a move ... I was kept busy with a mop and bucket, deciding which doors to close temporarily to keep the overflowing gutters from dumping water inside the building, and checking the known leak spots. Cloudburst type rain does test the old building whereas just persistent heavyish rain it (and we staff) can cope with. Luckily when the sun came out it and the strong breeze dried things out quickly, and as it wasn't cold and we opened an undercover space to shelter and picnic the visitors weren't unduly bothered.
Now, a strong gusty breeze and bright sunshine has removed many of the surface signs of the downpours here.

Well now, thunderstorm No 2 has just crossed London from the WSW, with most of the lightning, of which there was a lot, over Lewisham and Greenwich way. These storms are developing as they cross the south of the country, and given that they are continuing to brew up over the North Sea there must be an additional factor to surface-based convection at work, presumably a convergence line or trough in the circulation of the low, centred west of Scotland.

A lot has been said in connection with higher relative temperatures globally associated with climate change, to whit that the warmer it gets, the higher the moisture carrying capacity of rain-bearing clouds. These tropical-type rain-bearing showers and storms have not historically been normally associated with cool maritime polar air masses - such as this one - at our latitude: more typically one thinks of heavy precipitation of this order in connection with summer heatwave-breaking frontal storms, so presumably we are going to have to get used to such becoming a more regular occurrence from now on.

[DracoM]

Cold, drenching rain, temp 13C max, and successive squalls.
Erm..............this is summer?

[Petrushka]

Some hefty showers here during the day, but also some sunny intervals. However, the heat that might have been generated was ruined by a very strong wind. Winds like this aren't usually a feature of the weather at this time of year and the garden has taken yet another battering.

For the first week in August this is pretty dire.

[oddoneout]

The forecast looks pretty bad so I think my original plan to treat myself to a trip to the city (would be first time since before covid struck) will be postponed, possibly in favour of a trip on the local heritage railway, which has finally been able to get going again.

[BBMmk2]

Rain, rain, and yes, more rain!

[DracoM]

Utter, wall-to-wall dreich and yuk. Fells virtually locked in whiteout. Temp 12C as I post.

[Serial_Apologist]

It's been lashing down pretty much since first thing here in London today, with a departing rumble of thunder as the cold front went through half an hour ago: at least an inch of rainfall, I would guesstimate. Driveway nearly flooded - drains just managing to cope: thank goodness we had them cleared a fortnight ago. There should be some impressive back views of the retreating cloud band in ten minutes' time. Sadly no one sent photographs of yesterday's phenomenal cloud forms to the BBC; maybe someone will have some captures to post on UKWW later.

[Joseph K]

One of my apps said rain all day. Fortunately this has not been the case; and while I went for my walk an hour earlier than usual, I could have got away with going at the usual time. The sun was mostly out on my walk.

[BBMmk2]

One of my apps said rain all day. Fortunately this has not been the case; and while I went for my walk an hour earlier than usual, I could have got away with going at the usual time. The sun was mostly out on my walk.

I saws that to. What we had was intermittent heavy showers. Gawd, the heavens did open!

[DracoM]

Absolutely whacking it down up here. Fells in near-whiteout.

[Petrushka]

Absolutely whacking it down up here. Fells in near-whiteout.

Whacking it down here too! We've had several very heavy showers already during the morning and there doesn't seem to be the likelihood of any change. Cars on the road are leaving a wake like a battleship. Horrendous stuff but still not the worst August I can remember. That dubious honour goes to 1985.

[Joseph K]

It was consistently raining while I was on my walk, just not heavy enough to warrant using my umbrella, and in any case a bit windy. The rain's now stopped and the sun is trying to come out.