The weather here (Southampton) differed from the forecast today, at
least before around 2pm. The forecast said, and the weather charts
implied, that there would be quite a sunny morning with cloud
increasing about now. This has happened this afternoon (it was quite
sunny between 3-4.30pm particularly, now the cloud is coming across)
but what was not forecast was a fairly general and extensive area of
cloud (low-based and extensive cumulus below Ac sheets and some
showery rain, heavy at times) between around 8-11am in particular.

The weather charts on the Met Office site showed nothing - guess this
was some kind of wave/trough which formed unexpectedly. Did any other
parts of southern England see this?

Nick

Oh yes Nick ,here in northeast London the whole morning was overcast with
frequent but not heavy showers ,it's brighter now but not too warm at 20.7c


RonB


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The weather here (Southampton) differed from the forecast today, at
least before around 2pm. The forecast said, and the weather charts
implied, that there would be quite a sunny morning with cloud
increasing about now. This has happened this afternoon (it was quite
sunny between 3-4.30pm particularly, now the cloud is coming across)
but what was not forecast was a fairly general and extensive area of
cloud (low-based and extensive cumulus below Ac sheets and some
showery rain, heavy at times) between around 8-11am in particular.

The weather charts on the Met Office site showed nothing - guess this
was some kind of wave/trough which formed unexpectedly. Did any other
parts of southern England see this?

Nick

In article
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Nick writes:

The weather here (Southampton) differed from the forecast today, at
least before around 2pm. The forecast said, and the weather charts
implied, that there would be quite a sunny morning with cloud
increasing about now. This has happened this afternoon (it was quite
sunny between 3-4.30pm particularly, now the cloud is coming across)
but what was not forecast was a fairly general and extensive area of
cloud (low-based and extensive cumulus below Ac sheets and some
showery rain, heavy at times) between around 8-11am in particular.

The weather charts on the Met Office site showed nothing - guess this
was some kind of wave/trough which formed unexpectedly. Did any other
parts of southern England see this?

Nick

Yes. There was some rain in Guildford (where I happened to be at the
time) from about 12:30 for an hour or so. And there was a little rain at
Lord's in London, around 1 or 1:30. It sounds as though the further
south you were the more rain there was, and that it was moving from west
to east or south-west to north-east.
--
John Hall

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Attributed to the Commander of Japan's Submarine Forces in WW2

On Aug 16, 4:45*pm, Nick wrote:
The weather here (Southampton) differed from the forecast today, at
least before around 2pm. The forecast said, and the weather charts
implied, that there would be quite a sunny morning with cloud
increasing about now. This has happened this afternoon (it was quite
sunny between 3-4.30pm particularly, now the cloud is coming across)
but what was not forecast was a fairly general and extensive area of
cloud (low-based and extensive cumulus below Ac sheets and some
showery rain, heavy at times) between around 8-11am in particular.

The weather charts on the Met Office site showed nothing - guess this
was some kind of wave/trough which formed unexpectedly. Did any other
parts of southern England see this?

Nick

No rain here but it got quite gloomy late afternoon. The max was
only 20.1°C though the humidity made it feel a little higher than
that.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

On Friday, 17 August 2012 00:24:55 UTC+1, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Aug 16, 4:45*pm, Nick wrote:

The weather here (Southampton) differed from the forecast today, at

least before around 2pm. The forecast said, and the weather charts

implied, that there would be quite a sunny morning with cloud

increasing about now. This has happened this afternoon (it was quite

sunny between 3-4.30pm particularly, now the cloud is coming across)

but what was not forecast was a fairly general and extensive area of

cloud (low-based and extensive cumulus below Ac sheets and some

showery rain, heavy at times) between around 8-11am in particular.



The weather charts on the Met Office site showed nothing - guess this

was some kind of wave/trough which formed unexpectedly. Did any other

parts of southern England see this?



Nick



No rain here but it got quite gloomy late afternoon. The max was

only 20.1°C though the humidity made it feel a little higher than

that.



Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

I came through a heavy shower 1-2pm ish through Beddington lane down to Carshalton Croydon