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tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:33 pm Some big ol' hailstones in Twickenham area apparently

Short, sharp, hailstones.. I wonder whether we will get a report of a tornado later?

Covid, Heatwave, Financial Collapse, Brexit, Biblical Storms, PR moving to Football365, NZ not winning the RWC, this can only be the end of days.

ASMO wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:55 pm Covid, Heatwave, Financial Collapse, Brexit, Biblical Storms, PR moving to Football365, NZ not winning the RWC, this can only be the end of days.

Yes, yes; but what's happening to house prices? #dailymail

And do immigrants cause cancer?


Still nada here in terms of rain. Breeze has picked up a bit since the afternoon and more haze in the sky, so hopefully something's on the way.
Saw some absolute headcases out running in the middle of the afternoon.

Massive thunderstorm and then almost two hours of good rain here. Temp dropped about 8 degrees already. Lovely.

Thunderstorms promised at 4pm here, still nothing and it's still 30C.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ shows a monstrous thunderstorm currently crossing the channel, should make landfall by 9pm, and a cooler breeze has just picked up

We have a breeze

Short but violent thunderstorm came through here at about 4.30. Made little difference to the sweaty horribleness of the day.

Gong wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:04 pm http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ shows a monstrous thunderstorm currently crossing the channel, should make landfall by 9pm, and a cooler breeze has just picked up

Hopefully, though it might fizzle out to just some rain by the time it gets to the south coast

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:36 pm

Gong wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:04 pm http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ shows a monstrous thunderstorm currently crossing the channel, should make landfall by 9pm, and a cooler breeze has just picked up

Hopefully, though it might fizzle out to just some rain by the time it gets to the south coast

Can see the cloud overhead already, it's like a scene from Independence Day

Sky looks pretty grey to the south...
*Crosses fingers and toes

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:14 pm We have a breeze

You lucky, lucky bastard

I don't know if anyone's been checking the real feel temps but it's been 38C every day in London this week. I was on my third sweat handkerchief within 2 hours of leaving home today.

Got caught in the torrential rain for all of two minutes which was magnificent. If I didn't have all my camera gear with me I would have stayed out in it longer.

Can see the lightening flashes from the channel storm already here in Sussex so reckon its gonna be a big un


Clear skies but a lovely cool breeze.

Just had a storm here, well not quite here but 2 miles north of me, never seen anything like it, mostly sheet lightning, but a constant rumble of thunder whilst clear sky overhead! Another on now coming in over Swansea heading my way, hope that one rains!

Def morechumid tonight. The minute i turn the fan off it feels stiffling. Despite windows open fully for hours it's 25deg.

Saw some lightning last night but the storm did fizzle out before it reached here just to give some rain first thing - and another very warm and humid night and start to the day. At least a little less hot today and things start to go back to normal from Friday

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:14 am Saw some lightning last night but the storm did fizzle out before it reached here just to give some rain first thing - and another very warm and humid night and start to the day. At least a little less hot today and things start to go back to normal from Friday

Was disappointed last night, saw a ton of lightning in the distance but fuck all came my way, some pathetic excuse for rain this morning as well.

ASMO wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:16 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:14 am Saw some lightning last night but the storm did fizzle out before it reached here just to give some rain first thing - and another very warm and humid night and start to the day. At least a little less hot today and things start to go back to normal from Friday

Was disappointed last night, saw a ton of lightning in the distance but fuck all came my way, some pathetic excuse for rain this morning as well.

Biblical in my part of Hertfordshire at the moment.
Expect to see Noah floating past anytime soon

Short video from Twickenham, yesterday

Cool I didn't actually realise you can embed tweets

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:36 pm

Gong wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:04 pm http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ shows a monstrous thunderstorm currently crossing the channel, should make landfall by 9pm, and a cooler breeze has just picked up

Hopefully, though it might fizzle out to just some rain by the time it gets to the south coast

You were quite right, didn't even get as far as the IOW, still no rain.

Still pretty warm this morning, but with the windows open there's some actual movement in the air and a cool breeze. It's unbelievably exciting.

It felt cooler last night so I actually switched the fan off during the night, which was a mistake as I woke up around 5am dripping with sweat. Definitely cooler today so far but the storms are scheduled to miss me until tonight, boo.

What fecking rain?

Fuck all down here. Cloudier this morning, and definitely a shade cooler, but it's still very warm and oppressively humid. Not much breeze either.

Had a dreadful night's sleep. Please please please just fucking rain a bit today.

Just started raining here, steady rather than anything Biblical but I'll take that, it already feels fresher.

Where's that, Ox?

I'm in Northamptonshire, not all that far from Globus (but far enough).

SaintK wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:39 am

ASMO wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:16 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:14 am Saw some lightning last night but the storm did fizzle out before it reached here just to give some rain first thing - and another very warm and humid night and start to the day. At least a little less hot today and things start to go back to normal from Friday

Was disappointed last night, saw a ton of lightning in the distance but fuck all came my way, some pathetic excuse for rain this morning as well.

Biblical in my part of Hertfordshire at the moment.
Expect to see Noah floating past anytime soon

Still seems to be ongoing, Letchworth area and SE of Cambridge now.

Bleh, far enough from Southampton that rain there won't have any effect here.

Texted a friend in London yesterday who said that it's been around 35 for over a week and she's been WFH in a flat with no AC. Big city heat is awful, although they got storms yesterday.
I'm in work full time and it's the most pleasant place to be with proper AC.

I'm halfway between you and Bournemouth. Does the weather tend to skirt around the Ageas bowl due to its position?

New Forest? Must be lovely at the moment, if full of cars with people flocking to the beaches.

Haha, yes in the last two weeks the traffic has properly kicked off. I'm keeping a leaderboard of cars queuing behind bikes, we've had 18 on the Milford road and 23 on the Lymington road. Keeps me entertained.

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:22 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 3:09 pm We just had a 20 minute hail thunder storm. Incredibly sudden start and so strong it blew half the windows shut and drenched anything in the immediate vicinity.Now the bastard thing's stopped and it feels more humid than before!

Yep, only a slight drizzle now and STEAMING!!!

Deffo cooler here today, but still the undercurrent of humidity, i am hoping for a bloody good storm at some point.

I'd find that pretty entertaining TBF!

My boss does lots of cycling (and lives in NF), but he said that his group have cancelled a few trips in the last couple of weeks. Too hot. They were planinng a loop of the IOW, but it wouldn't be sensible doing that in 30°+ heat and intense sunlight. Seen a few mad bastards out running in Southampton Common in the middle of the afternoon in the last week. Dunno how they manage it without collapsing from dehydration or a heart attack!

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:01 am Cool I didn't actually realise you can embed tweets

To be honest there is an alien spaceship hidden in that cloud

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:57 am Short video from Twickenham, yesterday

I was in SW London London yesterday but a few miles to the east having lunch. We could hear the thunder and it got overcast above us, but no rain at all.

Just had a very localised downpour here, came from nowhere. Guess it's the beginning of the end for the silly heat although some places might still get 30 °C tomorrow.