The official summer sun, optimism and thunder thread 2022

[Mallard126]

Cursed it. 20 mins later the heavens opened. Bedding is now in the dryer.

[Evoluzione]

speedchick said:

We've had spells of torrential rain in Burnley, East Lancs. Topped off with super torrential rain and hailstones. Now the sun is shining!

Yep. A lot better today though and for the next few days too, no rain forecast until Sunday.

[Puggit]

Evoluzione said:

Yep. A lot better today though and for the next few days too, no rain forecast until Sunday.

Hmmmm....

[Evoluzione]

Puggit said:

Evoluzione said:

Yep. A lot better today though and for the next few days too, no rain forecast until Sunday.

Hmmmm....

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=&t=1988976

Hmmmmm.......

Edited by Evoluzione on Wednesday 1st June 18:55

[colin_p]

You lucky sods darn sarf.

Met office thunder warning for tomorrow.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-...

[dandarez]

gazapc said:

The forecast from the met office and BBC seems to have been well off recently.

Loads more rain than expected, rain at different times, some supposedly cloudy days sunny etc...


Is there something driving this forecast uncertainty?

Yeah.
'M O D D U L L I N'

When I was a kid in the 50s modelling was restricted to the likes of Airfix, Revell etc, etc.

Today 'so-called experts' from climate scientists to epidemiologists to docs to weather forecasters swear by 'modelling' and inevitably get it wrong all the time.

I doubt most could assemble, let alone forecast, anything correctly.

[Puggit]

colin_p said:

You lucky sods darn sarf.

Met office thunder warning for tomorrow.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-...

http://convectiveweather.co.uk/forecast.php?date=2...

[Blib]

Spume @ Dunwich this morning.

[Puggit]

Getting hopeful...

[Scabutz]

Down near Brighton today and no sign of anything so far.

[Puggit]

Scabutz said:

Down near Brighton today and no sign of anything so far.

Storms have fired up between Cherboug and Caen...

[Bill]

Hmmm, getting on a ferry in Cherbourg in a bit!

ETA missed them on the drive...

[colin_p]

This time last year I'd have been in the storm forecast sweetspot according to those maps.

I'll settle for 5c cooler up here compared to down there.

Not jealous about the prospect of 'strong' thunderstorms at all, not at all, not one bit.

[colin_p]

Actually....

Met off ice warning a bit further North for Sunday.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-...

I can feel the disappointment of tomorrow already.

[mcelliott]

Things developing very nicely here in Guernsey, lots of lightning and deep rumbles heading toward us.

[skeeterm5]

Clear blue skies all day up here in NE Scotland, in fact I am a little sun kissed from being outside all day.

[Bill]

Just arriving to lighting and rain in Poole. Wife in shorts and not amused.

[SS9]

Plenty of fireworks but no sign of thunder in S London!

[anonymous-user]

God taking photo's and banging loud tonight in Dorset!

Spectacular.

[stevesuk]

digimeistter said:

God taking photo's and banging loud tonight in Dorset!

Spectacular.

Loudest thunder I've heard for years, here between Poole and Wimborne. Not that close or overhead, but could feel the house shaking.