"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.


1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)


1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
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Will Hand wrote:
"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)


1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will

No rain here in Leeds, but the wind (light) is still coming out of the
N/NE, and the temperature is 5 C down on yestrdays 22.5 C.

On May 30, 3:20*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)

1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
--

Dark in Dawlish and getting darker! I decided that the better part of
gardening valour was a discretionary retreat into the house. Wielding
a metal hoe may not be the greatest of ideas - lightning as I type!! -
in what may come during the next hour.

This has not drifted from anywhere, the Dartmoor cell is still in
place from the weather radar, this is home grown over S. Devon, the
Exe valley and the Haldon Hills. The way this is developing, however,
we could end up with a Devon supercell. Now there could be something!
Rumblings of thunder and rain has started (yet again, when will we get
a day without rain!). Now watch it stop developing and decide to die
as quickly as it has grown! I'm looking forward to this, so that
should guarantee a non-event!

Paul

On May 30, 4:57*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On May 30, 3:20*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:





"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)

1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
--

Dark in Dawlish and getting darker! I decided that the better part of
gardening valour was a discretionary retreat into the house. Wielding
a metal hoe may not be the greatest of ideas - lightning as I type!! -
in what may come during the next hour.

This has not drifted from anywhere, the Dartmoor cell is still in
place from the weather radar, this is home grown over S. Devon, the
Exe valley and the Haldon Hills. The way this is developing, however,
we could end up with a Devon supercell. Now there could be something!
Rumblings of thunder and rain has started (yet again, when will we get
a day without rain!). Now watch it stop developing and decide to die
as quickly as it has grown! I'm looking forward to this, so that
should guarantee a non-event!

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Damn! I appear to have put the mockers on it!! Rain easing. Now I've
decided that I don't feel there will be a terrific thinderstorm, with
20 strikes per minute and torrential rain that lasts for hours; not at
all, no way; never happen

*))

Paul

Paul

On May 30, 5:34*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On May 30, 4:57*pm, Dawlish wrote:





On May 30, 3:20*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)

1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
--

Dark in Dawlish and getting darker! I decided that the better part of
gardening valour was a discretionary retreat into the house. Wielding
a metal hoe may not be the greatest of ideas - lightning as I type!! -
in what may come during the next hour.

This has not drifted from anywhere, the Dartmoor cell is still in
place from the weather radar, this is home grown over S. Devon, the
Exe valley and the Haldon Hills. The way this is developing, however,
we could end up with a Devon supercell. Now there could be something!
Rumblings of thunder and rain has started (yet again, when will we get
a day without rain!). Now watch it stop developing and decide to die
as quickly as it has grown! I'm looking forward to this, so that
should guarantee a non-event!

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Damn! I appear to have put the mockers on it!! Rain easing. Now I've
decided that I don't feel there will be a terrific thinderstorm, with
20 strikes per minute and torrential rain that lasts for hours; not at
all, no way; never happen

*))

Paul

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Amazing. Cbs, straight up, straight down, within 5 hours.......IN
SITU!! I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. These storms hardly
moved! The cbs went up dumped a terrific amount of rainfall on South
Devon, then decayed in situ. Fascinating. There was no wind. No
downdraughts and very few 'sferics. It was probably aided by a sea
breeze convergence.

The end result was flooding in Dawlish. For the second time in 10
years, I've seen The Brook in Dawlish in full spate. The whole of the
bottom basin was flooded and it provided terrific entertainment for
the tourists, who have had a pretty miserable week with the weather. A
couple of hundred people were gathered to watch. The difference
between this flood and the last (Dec 23rd.....2003??) is that this
flood actually occurred almost at low tide; the last occurred at high
tide. High tide this afternoon was at 2.00pm. If the flash flood had
coincided with the high tide, the shops around the lower basin and
along The Lawn would have been flooded, the amount of water coming
down The Brook (Dawlish Water) was the most I've seen in 10 years. We
were very lucky and, as far as I could see, no-one suffered. The Met
Office flash warning was well issued, but no-one, again as far as I
could see, took any precautions whatsoever. There wasn't a sandbag in
front of any property along The Brook. People were drinking in the
pubs and watching the rising water; some people had to direct traffic
around the flooded road, as the Police arrived later than the flood;
the town was just very, very lucky that high tide had passed 5 hours
before. The water rose over the road and retreated to allow traffic to
pass again, within 45 minutes. There'll have to be quite some clearing
up operation tomorrow.

Phew, close call for parts of Dawlish.........but these kind of events
are what weather watchers live for!! It's the extremes that you
remember!

Paul

On May 30, 9:47*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On May 30, 5:34*pm, Dawlish wrote:





On May 30, 4:57*pm, Dawlish wrote:

On May 30, 3:20*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor. Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)

1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
--

Dark in Dawlish and getting darker! I decided that the better part of
gardening valour was a discretionary retreat into the house. Wielding
a metal hoe may not be the greatest of ideas - lightning as I type!! -
in what may come during the next hour.

This has not drifted from anywhere, the Dartmoor cell is still in
place from the weather radar, this is home grown over S. Devon, the
Exe valley and the Haldon Hills. The way this is developing, however,
we could end up with a Devon supercell. Now there could be something!
Rumblings of thunder and rain has started (yet again, when will we get
a day without rain!). Now watch it stop developing and decide to die
as quickly as it has grown! I'm looking forward to this, so that
should guarantee a non-event!

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Damn! I appear to have put the mockers on it!! Rain easing. Now I've
decided that I don't feel there will be a terrific thinderstorm, with
20 strikes per minute and torrential rain that lasts for hours; not at
all, no way; never happen

*))

Paul

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Amazing. Cbs, straight up, straight down, within 5 hours.......IN
SITU!! I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. These storms hardly
moved! The cbs went up dumped a terrific amount of rainfall on South
Devon, then decayed in situ. Fascinating. There was no wind. No
downdraughts and very few 'sferics. It was probably aided by a sea
breeze convergence.

The end result was flooding in Dawlish. For the second time in 10
years, I've seen The Brook in Dawlish in full spate. The whole of the
bottom basin was flooded and it provided terrific entertainment for
the tourists, who have had a pretty miserable week with the weather. A
couple of hundred people were gathered to watch. The difference
between this flood and the last (Dec 23rd.....2003??) is that this
flood actually occurred almost at low tide; the last occurred at high
tide. High tide this afternoon was at 2.00pm. If the flash flood had
coincided with the high tide, the shops around the lower basin and
along The Lawn would have been flooded, the amount of water coming
down The Brook (Dawlish Water) was the most I've seen in 10 years. We
were very lucky and, as far as I could see, no-one suffered. The Met
Office flash warning was well issued, but no-one, again as far as I
could see, took any precautions whatsoever. There wasn't a sandbag in
front of any property along The Brook. People were drinking in the
pubs and watching the rising water; some people had to direct traffic
around the flooded road, as the Police arrived later than the flood;
the town was just very, very lucky that high tide had passed 5 hours
before. The water rose over the road and retreated to allow traffic to
pass again, within 45 minutes. There'll have to be quite some clearing
up operation tomorrow.

Phew, close call for parts of Dawlish.........but these kind of events
are what weather watchers live for!! It's the extremes that you
remember!

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OK, There's a good example of why you should never trust anyone's
weather memories! The last flooding of Dawish Water was on Dec 9th
2000 - and isn't the Internet amazing?

Well, I was close!!

Paul

"Dawlish" wrote in message
...
On May 30, 5:34 pm, Dawlish wrote:
On May 30, 4:57 pm, Dawlish wrote:





On May 30, 3:20 pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...

"Will Hand" wrote in message news:...
1415

After a spell of warm sunshine and 19C, vigourous Cbs going up to
the
east and looking very dark now to the west over the high moor.
Clear
convergence line developing over Devon into Cornwall. Colourful
radar
already. Some big storms on the way.

1425

Rain just started. Big drops. Here we go ... :-)

1515

Or not ... rain just keeping to west and has now stopped.

Will
--

Dark in Dawlish and getting darker! I decided that the better part of
gardening valour was a discretionary retreat into the house. Wielding
a metal hoe may not be the greatest of ideas - lightning as I type!! -
in what may come during the next hour.

This has not drifted from anywhere, the Dartmoor cell is still in
place from the weather radar, this is home grown over S. Devon, the
Exe valley and the Haldon Hills. The way this is developing, however,
we could end up with a Devon supercell. Now there could be something!
Rumblings of thunder and rain has started (yet again, when will we get
a day without rain!). Now watch it stop developing and decide to die
as quickly as it has grown! I'm looking forward to this, so that
should guarantee a non-event!

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Damn! I appear to have put the mockers on it!! Rain easing. Now I've
decided that I don't feel there will be a terrific thinderstorm, with
20 strikes per minute and torrential rain that lasts for hours; not at
all, no way; never happen

*))

Paul

Paul- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Amazing. Cbs, straight up, straight down, within 5 hours.......IN
SITU!! I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. These storms hardly
moved! The cbs went up dumped a terrific amount of rainfall on South
Devon, then decayed in situ. Fascinating. There was no wind. No
downdraughts and very few 'sferics. It was probably aided by a sea
breeze convergence.

The end result was flooding in Dawlish. For the second time in 10
years, I've seen The Brook in Dawlish in full spate. The whole of the
bottom basin was flooded and it provided terrific entertainment for
the tourists, who have had a pretty miserable week with the weather. A
couple of hundred people were gathered to watch. The difference
between this flood and the last (Dec 23rd.....2003??) is that this
flood actually occurred almost at low tide; the last occurred at high
tide. High tide this afternoon was at 2.00pm. If the flash flood had
coincided with the high tide, the shops around the lower basin and
along The Lawn would have been flooded, the amount of water coming
down The Brook (Dawlish Water) was the most I've seen in 10 years. We
were very lucky and, as far as I could see, no-one suffered. The Met
Office flash warning was well issued, but no-one, again as far as I
could see, took any precautions whatsoever. There wasn't a sandbag in
front of any property along The Brook. People were drinking in the
pubs and watching the rising water; some people had to direct traffic
around the flooded road, as the Police arrived later than the flood;
the town was just very, very lucky that high tide had passed 5 hours
before. The water rose over the road and retreated to allow traffic to
pass again, within 45 minutes. There'll have to be quite some clearing
up operation tomorrow.

Phew, close call for parts of Dawlish.........but these kind of events
are what weather watchers live for!! It's the extremes that you
remember!

Paul

===
Indeed. I saw the CB from my "eagles nest" at home. There was even something
that resembled a shelf cloud at one stage, fascinating.

Will
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