Towering Cu has rapidly glaciated in the last ten minutes ... pretty much
due east of here (over north Herts ... Stevenage way perhaps, a bit
further).
It'll be interesting to see whether it pops up on the radar display shortly.

Philip
Whipsnade, Beds

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Towering Cu has rapidly glaciated in the last ten minutes ... pretty much
due east of here (over north Herts ... Stevenage way perhaps, a bit
further).
It'll be interesting to see whether it pops up on the radar display
shortly.

Philip
Whipsnade, Beds

Thunder in SW Essex. Possibly raining to my west but not showing on
radar - yet.

Dave

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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Towering Cu has rapidly glaciated in the last ten minutes ... pretty
much
due east of here (over north Herts ... Stevenage way perhaps, a bit
further).
It'll be interesting to see whether it pops up on the radar display
shortly.

Philip
Whipsnade, Beds

Thunder in SW Essex. Possibly raining to my west but not showing on
radar - yet.

Dave

It's on the 1345Z radar image. Chances are it was erroneously automatically
removed before that as the sferics were timed at 1330Z.

Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
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"Dave.C" wrote in message
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Towering Cu has rapidly glaciated in the last ten minutes ... pretty
much
due east of here (over north Herts ... Stevenage way perhaps, a bit
further).
It'll be interesting to see whether it pops up on the radar display
shortly.

Thunder in SW Essex. Possibly raining to my west but not showing on
radar - yet.

It's on the 1345Z radar image. Chances are it was erroneously
automatically
removed before that as the sferics were timed at 1330Z.

"My" one showed up on the 14z image around Stevenage/Baldock,
but it quickly died again. There's a new TCU to the ENE now, closer
than the last one so prob between Luton and Stevenage, and it looks
as though it could glaciate in the next 10-20mins.

Philip
Whipsnade, Beds, 214m

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:39:07 +0100, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:


"My" one showed up on the 14z image around Stevenage/Baldock,
but it quickly died again...

Well, someone's passed overhead here in Ely at around 1530 giving
~20mm in around 30 mins - with the majority falling in 10 mins at a
max rate of 150mm/hr and max gust of 42mph.

Turning out to be a tolerably damp month this July though admittedly
90% of the total has probably fallen within 60 mins overall - at least
that's how it feels. I'll check these figures more carefully at some
point but I suspect that they're not far from the truth.

JGD

"John Dann" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:39:07 +0100, "Philip Eden"
philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:


"My" one showed up on the 14z image around Stevenage/Baldock,
but it quickly died again...

Well, someone's passed overhead here in Ely at around 1530 giving
~20mm in around 30 mins - with the majority falling in 10 mins at a
max rate of 150mm/hr and max gust of 42mph.

Turning out to be a tolerably damp month this July though admittedly
90% of the total has probably fallen within 60 mins overall - at least
that's how it feels. I'll check these figures more carefully at some
point but I suspect that they're not far from the truth.

JGD

I got the red dot over S.Essex. 1 min of heavy rain but still hoping for
later. Today has been very reminiscent of weather I have experienced in
Cairns - both in humidity and temperature and big rain drops appearing
suddenly out of nowhere.
Dave

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:29:48 +0100, John Dann
wrote:


Well, someone's passed overhead here in Ely at around 1530 giving
~20mm in around 30 mins - with the majority falling in 10 mins at a
max rate of 150mm/hr and max gust of 42mph.


A more extended heavy period of rain here in Ely from 1730-2030 giving
a total so far since 1530 today of 53.9mm - uncommon for these parts!
Cereal farmers in the area who are yet to harvest may be looking at
extra drying bills or at least a significant wait before harvest can
recommence. Root crop farmers can probably turn off their
super-sprinklers for a bit, which will make a change from the past few
weeks. A temporary lull now (2100) but may still be more rain to come
looking at the twilight sky & radar.

JGD