The 2018 summer and thunder thread

[Puggit]

JakeT said:

I saw a flash! Heart it too!

Orienteering... Best pack the wellies!

Cancelled for all due to worsening conditions. Ironically it's about to stop. But that was a good 50 mins of torrential rain.

[Sk00p]

My 10 year old daughter was hiking across the new forest from school to campsite today Glad today matched the met office forecast not the BBC.. hope tomorrow pans out the same for them as they are hiking back

[Puggit]

Much better in the south today (ie dry!). Lots of cloud cover as the warmer, more humid air arrives from the South.

The rain moves north, and brings the thunder warnings with it:

[Puggit]

In general terms the high pressure to our NE is edging away eastwards, allowing more unstable air with lower pressure. This in turn brings more humidity, more cloud, more rain (often torrential showers). The high pressure might come back but in the meantime, it will be warmish, but less sunny.

Hmmm this:


or this:

[Sk00p]

Met Office still a bit more optimistic. Be interesting to see how it actually pans out. Yesterday was close to the Met Office prediction down our way.. clinging on to hope

[jmorgan]

Got rain all day from the beeb. Same for met. Same for net.

[Puggit]

jmorgan said:

Got rain all day from the beeb. Same for met. Same for net.

Yes, playing with the radar shows it's pivoting around London area clockwise. Doesn't look good for you.

We need to dry out though!

[bazza white]

Thats our summer over and done with now.

[jmorgan]

Puggit said:

jmorgan said:

Got rain all day from the beeb. Same for met. Same for net.

Yes, playing with the radar shows it's pivoting around London area clockwise. Doesn't look good for you.

We need to dry out though!

I can live with it... need togged cooking done today.

Problem is not the rain so much, used to that, its the insects that come out to play after a bit of rain that clog up your teeth on a bike ride after.

Still, saves on taking food.

[Blib]

jmorgan said:

Problem is not the rain so much, used to that, its the insects that come out to play after a bit of rain that clog up your teeth on a bike ride after.

Still, saves on taking food.

[Puggit]

Yellow warning for parts of Cambs/Suffolk/Norfolk/Lincs today - thunder and rain.

Large yellow warning area for thunder/rain for Wales/W Mids/SW/SE for the weekend.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnin...

[jmorgan]

BAU then.

[Bill]

Perfect down here, 22°, bit of cloud about. This'd do all summer.


:runsandhides:

[Puggit]

Something is broken...

[TheAngryDog]

Sunday in Aylesbury looks thundery in the afternoon according to the BBC, so you can guarantee no storms on Sunday..

[Puggit]

Somerset in to South Wales currently the best guess for the firing line tomorrow. I've seen a supercell on the Arome model.

[Pericoloso]

Blib said:

Pathetic!

Puggit mate, you either commit to this thread or you can take a hike. Half-hearted posters like you make me despair about this place.

I know, or hope that's tongue in cheek but Italy has patchy internet in rural areas.

I posted last week from all sorts of places but not from my temporary home.

Weather was patchy too ,nice in the mornings and thunder storms most afternoons.

[MG CHRIS]

Well it rained pretty much all day here in south wales. My mate is at rockingham today and track day was called off due to fog where you couldn't see from one side of the track to the other while 100 miles north up in croft was blue sky all day from another mate that is racing up there.

[gazapc]

A lovely day here in Brittany, despite the forecast predicting overcast all day it was sunshine all day on the coast.

It was saying we were in for some thunder (always fun in a tent), but seems to have changed now.

[gretsch-drummer]

This can't be right can it?! 30c in Leeds....