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Potential thunderstorms this evening and Wednesday 24th

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/04/2019 07:28

Bit of a change coming up I'm afraid. There's some potential for torrential rain and thunderstorms in places this evening and tomorrow.

Today's risk appears mainly to be in the SW and Wales where some storm activity could take place. The main risk is tomorrow. There's a lot of uncertainty, but risks include torrential rain, C-G lightning and hail. Risks include central southern areas, East Anglia and the NE.

After that, much cooler I'm afraid.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/04/2019 08:54

bump :) noone ever knows to check the weather topic.

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EmpressLesbianInChair · 23/04/2019 09:00

Well, it was nice to have the good weather coinciding with the holiday for once!

Is London in the risk area?

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 23/04/2019 09:04

How much cooler? I knew I shouldn’t have turned the heating off.

falcon5 · 23/04/2019 09:07

I'll bring the poinsettia back in then...

EmpressLesbianInChair · 23/04/2019 09:08

I’m feeling relieved that I couldn’t be arsed to switch to my summer duvet over the weekend.

ExpletiveDelighted · 23/04/2019 09:13

Hmm, it certainly feels muggy here today (central South).

AGoodWench · 23/04/2019 09:18

It was always going to get cooler after the lovely weather this weekend. I wasn't able to get out and about but the family were and they had a great time.

I have heard the UK summer described as two hot days and a thunderstorm!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/04/2019 10:02

Temps down to around 11-12C I think by the end of the week. Doesn't look to be too much of a frost risk though.

London could see some downpours tomorrow. As ever with thunderstorms, they are impossible to give any sort of exact location for and one town may be drowning, while the next one along stays bone dry.

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EmpressLesbianInChair · 23/04/2019 10:06

Thanks Badkitten.

Awks · 23/04/2019 10:11

I love your weather threads! Can you tell me why the weather is so crap in Tenerife at the moment? Been here a week and have had 2 sunny days. Have you buggers back home leeched all our sunshine?

SneakyGremlins · 23/04/2019 10:13

I'm near Stockport - are we going to avoid the rain?

GiantKitten · 23/04/2019 10:20

DS2 is going to Utrecht at the weekend for King’s Day - he had a semester there in 2017, & it’s one of their big national events

Look what they’re going to get!!! Sad

(Last year was just the same, lovely weekend before & then chilly & showery for the big day)

Potential thunderstorms this evening and Wednesday 24th
BayandBlonde · 23/04/2019 10:52

I'm Herts and looking forward to some rain. After the warm spell my horses paddock is nice and warm, it's need rain now to start the grass growing again Smile

nannynick · 23/04/2019 15:10

www.lightningmaps.org
Just leaving that here for when the thunderstorms arrive - real-time mapping of lightning.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 23/04/2019 15:58

That is exactly what has happened Awks, the jetstream is delivering our weather to you.

www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/jetstream

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Makinglists · 23/04/2019 19:41

Very sultry and 'heavy' here in sw devon. Sat in my car waiting for Ds1 and looking at the red smear of Saharan dust on the windscreen. Roll on the rain to clear the air and clean the car.

SneakyGremlins · 23/04/2019 19:52

It's definitely, I don't know, I guess humid is the word? Here.

Hope it rains soon

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 24/04/2019 07:35

I see there's a nice blob of heavy rain above Dorchester at the moment but I'm not sure that any of it electrified overnight?.

The risk areas today look very different from yesterday's picture. With storms building in the Midlands, central England and central and western northern England look to be most at risk, with some central areas seeing potentially quite severe storms.
Risk builds from mid afternoon onwards.

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GloriaSmud · 24/04/2019 18:12

There's been a thunderstorm weather warning issued by the metoffice for what roughly looks like the area OYBBK mentioned earlier (Am on holiday at the moment, on phone so can't do link thing)

borntobequiet · 24/04/2019 18:22

Apparently it was George II who described the British summer as three fine days and a thunderstorm (I thought it was Charles II but I was wrong apparently)
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/entries/150d925b-37fa-3d25-97e4-4f96fa33282f

borntobequiet · 24/04/2019 18:22

And of course it’s still Spring!

GloriaSmud · 24/04/2019 20:31

We've just had an amazing fiery sunset here (Suffolk), possibly because of some the Sahara sand that's made its way over to the Uk in the last few days. My car had a fine coating of the stuff this morning!

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 25/04/2019 21:04

Looks like there's been some really decent thunderstorms in the SW and a very impressive shelf cloud has been shown on twitter over Hull this evening.

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ExpletiveDelighted · 25/04/2019 21:18

We had a very impressive anvil cloud about 5pm, sadly I was driving and couldn't take a photo. It was followed by a short hailstorm and several short sharp rain showers, sunny in between. Central South.

Whatthefoxgoingon · 25/04/2019 22:54

Storm Hannah approaches?