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New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:36   HUGE STORM - Zero

Huge Thunderstorm here. Massive bolts of lightening, instantaneous thunder. dog is scared witless! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:39   HUGE STORM - Old Navy

You should move to sunny Scotland, clear blue skies, no wind, and a comfortable 22C. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:41   HUGE STORM - Zero

must be your one day of good weather this year then Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:43   HUGE STORM - Iffy

...must be your one day of good weather this year then... Weather-wise, I'd far rather live in Scotland than the South East - couldn't stand the heat, the humidity and the smut. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:54   HUGE STORM - spamcan61

Big 'ol band of thunder and lightning over the IoW spreading NE by the looks of it:- www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:56   HUGE STORM - RattleandSmoke

Just cloudy here, with the odd little break in the sky. We don't get summers any more. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 12:59   HUGE STORM - Alanovich

Just cloudy on the Berkcestershestershire/Oxfordshire border. Think we'll miss out on this one. Which is a shame, there's crap from trees all over the cars. Yesterday's showers deposited a film of Saharan sand which could also do with being washed off. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:08   HUGE STORM - Bromptonaut

Darkening rapidly in central London but doubt much will come of it. Definite split of weather in southern England this morning. Northampton at 07:40 was under cloud but quite cool with a slight fresh breeze. London, an hour later, was still & almost as sticky as yesterday. Boundary possibly round the Chilterns. Ivinhoe Beacon and the escarpment by Aston/Halton were almost in the clouds - very murky indeed. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:10   HUGE STORM - captain chaos

Cracking the flags here in Blackpool. Off to get an ice cream :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:17   HUGE STORM - Bromptonaut

Comment on another forum www.cyclechat.net/topic/86774-what-to-do-in-a-thunderstorm/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:48   HUGE STORM - Bobbin Threadbare

Same here in Preston! Just washed and waxed my car. Looks a peach, all sparkling in the sun. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:25   HUGE STORM - Alanovich

>> Boundary possibly round the Chilterns. Happen you're right. I can see the Chilterns through my office window, and the sky changes from black to white at that exact point. Looks like we will get some here, the sky's inky black and it's just started to spit..... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:30   HUGE STORM - spamcan61

The rainfall radar currently shows two narrow bands of rain, heading across the country in a NE direction, one from the IoW to Grimsby and the other heading towards Lyme Regis. ousode those bands it's pretty clear:- www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/ Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:41   HUGE STORM - Bromptonaut

>> The rainfall radar currently shows two narrow bands of rain, heading across the country in >> a NE direction, one from the IoW to Grimsby and the other heading towards Lyme >> Regis. ousode those bands it's pretty clear:- >> >> www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/ Zeedo's gaff in Surrey is right under the Iow to grimsby one which presumably also accounts for the odd drops we're getting in London. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:04   HUGE STORM - rtj70

It was very dark when I came out of one canada square at Canary wharf at just after 2pm. And training as we pulled out of Euston at 14:40. Never heard a storm though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:42   HUGE STORM - Focusless

>> Just cloudy on the Berkcestershestershire/Oxfordshire border. Think we'll miss out on this one. Got a good downpour with sound effects on the east side of Reading. Dog not keen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:38   HUGE STORM - MD

Our fluffy clouds are currently being blown FROM the North. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:45   HUGE STORM - spamcan61

>> Our fluffy clouds are currently being blown FROM the North. >> That's odd! I've just run the 'video' on the rainfall radar again and the rain is definately heading NE. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:18   HUGE STORM - idle_chatterer

I saw these reports and it made me wonder how they compare to 'normal' weather here in HK. We're on an Amber rain warning at the moment, so life continues without any undue concern www.hko.gov.hk/wservice/warning/rainstor.htm That's a potential for 30mm in an hour - something the UK Met Office seems to consider a severe weather event.... One weird thing is that you can get designer wellies which seem popular with style conscious ladies - designer wellies and mini-skirts, kinda weird but I'm sure some people like the look. Then there's the Typhoon warning system, we were at T3 last week so life continued without any disruption. I wonder how many UK schools / train services would feel the need to close with winds gusting to 70mph ? www.weather.gov.hk/informtc/tcMain.htm We get some fabulous thunderstorms too and it's been over 30DegC every day for over a month now - not a heatwave, just normality, haven't read about dogs dying in cars although some particularly malicious individual puts poisoned meat down for them on popular dog walking paths I'm told. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:53   HUGE STORM - Cliff Pope

>> and the smut. >> >> >> No smut please, we are dour humourless calvinists. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:56   HUGE STORM - Crankcase

>> No smut please, we are dour humourless calvinists. Dear God, I must get a pair of tee shirts with that on for Mrs C and me. Not that I wear anything with short sleeves of course. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 22:04   HUGE STORM - Hard Cheese

>> You should move to sunny Scotland, clear blue skies, no wind, and a comfortable 22C. >> Pah, I was up there yesterday, 14 deg and raining, I had the tennis on the hire car radio (along with the heater) and it was 34 deg and blazing in Wimbledon. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:32   HUGE STORM - henry k

>> Huge Thunderstorm here. Massive bolts of lightening, instantaneous thunder. >> Well I am just a few miles away towards Wimbledon and just a few spots of rain over the last hours. Could certainly hear the rumbles over Zeroland. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:44   HUGE STORM - Crankcase

Thanks for this one - I finally after 49 years bothered to look up exactly what causes thunder, why it rumbles and why it varies in volume. And now I know. I shall sleep easy on the floor tonight. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 13:55   HUGE STORM - L'escargot

Here's a few facts about lightning ................ www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00030.htm Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:00   HUGE STORM - spamcan61

..and here's how to create it in your garage:- www.electricstuff.co.uk/marxthree.html Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:08   HUGE STORM - Bromptonaut

Lightning, crashes of thunder and torrents of rain in WC2 now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:20   HUGE STORM - RattleandSmoke

The sun has come out now, it really is lovely out there, I would say its about 20-22c so very comfortable. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:33   HUGE STORM - helicopter

Donner und Blitzen im West Sussex...... I love a good thunderstorm............. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:36   HUGE STORM - Old Navy

>> Donner und Blitzen im West Sussex...... >> >> I love a good thunderstorm............. >> I hope you don't mean anywhere near a twirly top contraption you are driving. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:02   HUGE STORM - R.P.

Sunny and warm in Wales - nicer than Rhodes in reality. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:04   HUGE STORM - Zero

>> Sunny and warm in Wales - nicer than Rhodes in reality. It was 5c and cloud base down to 150 feet when I shipped out on Saturday. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:08   HUGE STORM - R.P.

Funny 28 degrees in Dyserth (near Rhyl) on Sunday apparently ! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:14   HUGE STORM - Zero

Yeah the weather was funny all Week, but we could always keep dry and sunny by flipping to north or south of the peninsula. Friday was the only washout, and the journey back Saturday over the hills and mountains via Bala was in visibility less than 20 yards. Spent a sunny day with the car parked on Black Rock Sands, and a nice sunny day at Port Merion. We even managed fish and chips in the sun on the pier at Lladudno. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:50   HUGE STORM - Bromptonaut

>> Yeah the weather was funny all Week, but we could always keep dry and sunny >> by flipping to north or south of the peninsula. Is that normal for the Lleyn I wonder? Was there in July 09 while Miss B and her beau were sailing in Mirror Nationals at Pwhell and had much the same experience. Just in the sun on the campsite at Llanystumdwy but Abersoch or Nefyn were glorious. Weather round the bay and in Snowdonia was rotten all week. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:36   HUGE STORM - R.P.

Not unusual - I think it's to do with the Eifl mountains - they will have an effect on the local climate on the Llyn - it's a hugely benign climate can be very mild towards the west as the Gulf Stream influences Aberdaron and Bardsey....I was feeling some "hiraeth" for the area when on holiday - may blast down there at the weekend....an incredibly pretty place when the weather's good. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 19:43   HUGE STORM - Runfer D'Hills

>>nicer than Rhodes in reality. Hire any wheels in Rhodes PU? Last time I was there ( 12 years or so ago ) I rented a 200cc Honda trailie bike thing. Good fun off road and so on. Lots of tracks and dried up riverbeds etc to play on. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 19:54   HUGE STORM - rtj70

In case I decide to hire something on Rhodes the next week I am taking my full licence. No plans. Fingers crossed the Greek air traffic controllers are not going to change their agreed strike times tomorrow! I feel I missed out on the great storm near/over London now as I was there in a meeting! Not fair. Thread drift.... so how expensive is decent accommodation if you can see it from 1 Canada Square, bearing in mind it's the second tallest building in the country. I didn't even quite get to half way. And we're not listed as clients there it seems ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 19:59   HUGE STORM - Zero

>> Thread drift.... so how expensive is decent accommodation if you can see it from 1 >> Canada Square, bearing in mind it's the second tallest building in the country. I didn't >> even quite get to half way. And we're not listed as clients there it seems >> ;-) Closer is dearer, and direction matters. Dearer - much - to the south, cheaper to the north. Two bed apartment close to the southern aspect, 800k plus. Last edited by: Zero on Tue 28 Jun 11 at 20:00 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:04   HUGE STORM - rtj70

Someone I met claimed to be 15 minutes away. I assume towards the outer reaches of London. I bet he's paid much more than me. Not that I care. Maybe a bit blase since being mortgage free? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:06   HUGE STORM - Zero

15 minutes away gets you to stratford on the DLR. Thats North, and pre olympic park, 180k got you a two/three bed terrace house. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 21:12   HUGE STORM - rtj70

Ta Z. He's probably being paid more than me. Not sure a lot of the people I met earned it though. So house worth less than mine then. Nice to know. Curious about those who work down sarf. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 21:17   HUGE STORM - Zero

London is very area sensitive. 15 minutes the other way and his place would be three of yours. There is very big money to be earned in the banks IT in london. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 22:45   HUGE STORM - rtj70

>> 15 minutes the other way and his place would be three of yours. True, and his job wouldn't be able to pay the mortgage no doubt. If I need to contract I already know where to go ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:39   HUGE STORM - R.P.

We didn't bother Humph - hotel was a 15 min. bus-ride away from Rhodes town. So roughed it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:44   HUGE STORM - Dog

Pugley, why has your post appeared nowhere near the poster you replied to? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:46   HUGE STORM - Zero

view it in threaded mode and it will all be revealed. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:59   HUGE STORM - Dog

Ah ha! - Amazing, I never use that mode, thanks. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 20:52   HUGE STORM - Runfer D'Hills

Bus? As in with "people" on it? Wow...blimey. Fair enough. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 21:14   HUGE STORM - R.P.

Bus? As in with "people" on it? Wow...blimey. Fair enough. Yep -unwashed, drunk, smelly and downright weird....so were some of the other passengers as well. Last edited by: Pugugly on Tue 28 Jun 11 at 21:14 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 21:32   HUGE STORM - henry k

>> Donner und Blitzen im West Sussex...... >> >> I love a good thunderstorm............. >> Yeh but!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-13947288 Passengers faced disruption after lightning struck the control tower at Gatwick Airport. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 29 Jun 11 12:06   HUGE STORM - helicopter

Thats what it was like.....clears the air I am not a million miles away from said control tower..... Helicopters and bad weather do not mix - see what happens when you have unpredictable weather.... www.pprune.org/rotorheads/453581-helicopter-down-redhill.html Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:14   HUGE STORM - bathtub tom

>> Lightning, crashes of thunder and torrents of rain in WC2 now. Good grief. What's it like in your other loo? ;>) Reply to this message | Report message       3

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:37   HUGE STORM - henry k

>> Well I am just a few miles away towards Wimbledon and just a few spots >> of rain over the last hours. >> Could certainly hear the rumbles over Zeroland. >> As yet little rain that has not even wetted the area under my trees but massive bolts of lightening, almost instantaneous thunder which seems to be about overhead Wimbledon. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 14:54   HUGE STORM - Dutchie

Raining here in Yorkshire.A lot colder today relaxing watching wimbledon.Deutse girl is winning. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:11   HUGE STORM - RattleandSmoke

A shame I am stuck at home removing viruses. But at a whim as soon as the sun is shining in Wales and I have no jobs I am off again. Those mountains are addictive. In reality probably won't get there till late July/August now. It depends when my cousins are free. Still at least the pleasant breeze makes it really nice to work in today, and from my window I can see lots of trees so its not all bad. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:45   HUGE STORM - Dutchie

Removing viruses? Hope you are safe. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 15:59   HUGE STORM - Meldrew

This is a storm! www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/04-5-28-1430sm.jpg checkout www.extremeinstability.com for other really frightening piccies! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 18:13   HUGE STORM - Old Navy

>> Removing viruses? Hope you are safe. >> Rattle will be OK, he pulls them out with insulated pliers. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:01   HUGE STORM - Meldrew

Tennis is OK but I have to turn off the sound as I can't cope with the awful grunting/screaming and the inane commentary, particularly some american lady. she sounds worse Neil Oliver Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:09   HUGE STORM - Dutchie

Snap its getting on my nerves now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:42   HUGE STORM - Armel Coussine

It's rained a bit in my part of W Sussex - say 15 miles from Helicopter's bit and about 20 perhaps from Zeddo's corner of Surrey - and it's been dark and threatening most of the day. But although we have heard thunder from Helicoland and Zeddoland, there hasn't been any right here. Now it's getting lighter but I am not expecting a low sun to come smiling through. Not today. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:43   HUGE STORM - R.P.

Helicoland I'm sure I have that on my valve radio tuning dial... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 16:55   HUGE STORM - henry k

>> Helicoland >> >> I'm sure I have that on my valve radio tuning dial... >> I thought it was Heligoland Bight from the shipping forcast. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 18:10   HUGE STORM - Meldrew

Flight disruption at Gatwick after the control tower was struck by lightning. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 19:05   HUGE STORM - DP

We had this storm too. One of the most intense and long lasting I've seen in ages. Now a comfortable 17 degrees, as opposed to the sticky 28 we had this time yesterday. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 28 Jun 11 22:31   HUGE STORM - Dutchie

AC is your language cryptic maybe a secret message?:) Reply to this message | Report message