The official summer sun, BBQ and thunder thread 2019

[MYOB]

Lovely here in Kent. Still wearing shorts and T-shirt

[JakeT]

Lots of rain so far near Winchester. Stacking up to be a very wet day.

[Davetheraver]

We got rain

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2019-10-01/police...

[PositronicRay]

After a fine, warm morning thunder and lightning pretty close.
Not much rain though.

[Puggit]

PositronicRay said:

After a fine, warm morning thunder and lightning pretty close.
Not much rain though.

Radar shows some very localised, but very heavy showers about in the South.

[Allanv]

Davetheraver said:

We got rain

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2019-10-01/police...

In the time I worked on the IOM it was nice for 1 day and that was a Saturday it rained everyday for 3 weeks, normally I would have been home but all the flights were cancelled to the best part of everywhere (Bristol for me) due to snow.

But to be fair I did get to wander around and be a tourist for the day.

Amazing pub crawl

[S100HP]

Puggit!

Edited by S100HP on Tuesday 1st October 15:40

[Scabutz]

Checking the forecast for my cycle home. Phone app has rain at 50% chance, BBC has it a 98% chance. Bit of a variance there eh? One saying nailed on cert to rain practical, the other saying there is as much chance of it not raining as there is.

[Puggit]

S100HP said:

Puggit!

Edited by S100HP on Tuesday 1st October 15:40

Here we go....

[anonymous-user]

Just had some lovely rumbles in Putney, belting rain, passed over now though

[addey]

Scabutz said:

Checking the forecast for my cycle home. Phone app has rain at 50% chance, BBC has it a 98% chance. Bit of a variance there eh? One saying nailed on cert to rain practical, the other saying there is as much chance of it not raining as there is.

Get the rain alarm app on your phone and you'll be able to see what is actually happening and what is coming. I find it pretty accurate and it is consulted before every cycle / dog walk / outside activity!

[Bill]

addey said:

Get the rain alarm app on your phone and you'll be able to see what is actually happening and what is coming. I find it pretty accurate and it is consulted before every cycle / dog walk / outside activity!

And gives you a head start finding a table inside if you're in the beer garden.

[Puggit]

Best use? My home office faces the north, so the rain alarm warns me when I need to rush outside and get the washing in!

[JamesD74]

addey said:

Get the rain alarm app on your phone and you'll be able to see what is actually happening and what is coming. I find it pretty accurate and it is consulted before every cycle / dog walk / outside activity!

Just downloaded this - looks promising.

[Scabutz]

addey said:

Scabutz said:

Checking the forecast for my cycle home. Phone app has rain at 50% chance, BBC has it a 98% chance. Bit of a variance there eh? One saying nailed on cert to rain practical, the other saying there is as much chance of it not raining as there is.

Get the rain alarm app on your phone and you'll be able to see what is actually happening and what is coming. I find it pretty accurate and it is consulted before every cycle / dog walk / outside activity!

Cool thanks. Just installed that.

[Sk00p]

Lunchtime pedal down the Kennet and Avon canal... who turned off the heat!

[andygo]

Scabutz said:

Cool thanks. Just installed that.

Which rain alarm app is the best. There are 2 iOS ones, Rain alarm with a brolly icon and Rain Alarm- Weather radar app?

[Scabutz]

andygo said:

Scabutz said:

Cool thanks. Just installed that.

Which rain alarm app is the best. There are 2 iOS ones, Rain alarm with a brolly icon and Rain Alarm- Weather radar app?

I installed rain app blue icon with a rain cloud and bell. No idea if that's the best or not.

[Puggit]

Scabutz said:

I installed rain app blue icon with a rain cloud and bell. No idea if that's the best or not.

That's the one I have. Useful to a point... It's quick to load, but compared to the netweather radar the accuracy is poor. I use it for a quick glimpse - but switch to netweather when I'm trying to see if a shower will hit, for example. Also netweather shows lightning - but has no alarm...

There is a pro version of the app, with customisable options, such as the strength of rain and the distance away.

[andygo]

Puggit said:

That's the one I have. Useful to a point... It's quick to load, but compared to the netweather radar the accuracy is poor. I use it for a quick glimpse - but switch to netweather when I'm trying to see if a shower will hit, for example. Also netweather shows lightning - but has no alarm...

There is a pro version of the app, with customisable options, such as the strength of rain and the distance away.

I take it that it's better than the met office app, does it get its data from other sources or is it that it updates more often?