The official summer sun, BBQ and thunder thread 2019

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JakeT said:

It's really starting to feel autumnal now, trees are really turning, and it's getting dark in the mornings. The short days are sad.

Yet facebook reminds me it was 29 degrees a few years back.

Track of Lorenzo still causing headaches. But... as per previous hurricanes around this time, it looks like it will be followed by a spell of warmer, settled weather. Time will tell.

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Dog Star said:

colin_p said:

Heavy showers today and as a huge bonus a few loud claps of thunder! Sun is out again now.

That was a dreadful weekend, absolute washout. DIdn't even leave the house.

Just wait for tonight/tomorrow!

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Looks like western parts of the Azores are due a direct hit from Lorenzo - good luck to them!!

It will most likely pass to the north of NI, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Winds will affect Ireland, SW Wales and Devon/Cornwall the most.

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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.

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S100HP said:

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Edited by S100HP on Tuesday 1st October 15:40

Here we go....

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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!

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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.

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andygo said:

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?

Netweather? Updates every 5 minutes, and can zoom in on a postcode. I've never looked at the MetO radar before - looks like the same dataset, but presented less well.

There's a web page for it too: https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar (there's a paid for version of this too, but that really is over the top)

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andygo said:

Is that the Netweather Storm app for IOS then Pug?

You think I have Apple products?!

I just use the regular radar (it has a switch for lightning) and the snow radar apps.