Hi

Just been to Charlton SE london, and skies opened with a huge deluge
at 11:15, followed for about 90secs with Hail, up to 10-12 mm with the
stones I picked up. Not a lot of Lightning or thunder. This cell
headed N/NE from there, so look out north london and Essex, its headed
your way!

Regards, Keith

"Keith Wassell" wrote Just been to Charlton SE london, and skies opened
with a huge deluge
at 11:15, followed for about 90secs with Hail, up to 10-12 mm with the
stones I picked up. Not a lot of Lightning or thunder. This cell
headed N/NE from there, so look out north london and Essex, its headed
your way!

Passed overhead between 11.45 and 12.05, although still raining heavily
now. Pretty lively with quite a bit of thunder and lightning so it must
have developed since leaving you. First one I'd class as a "summer storm"
this year.

- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex.

Here in Coulsdon 5mm of rain in 10 minutes from 11.50 hrs with frequent
thunder mostly from lightning high in anvils. The storms are quite fast
moving which is just as well for there was a very torrential burst within
the shower for a minute or so.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com




"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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"Keith Wassell" wrote Just been to Charlton SE london, and skies opened
with a huge deluge
at 11:15, followed for about 90secs with Hail, up to 10-12 mm with the
stones I picked up. Not a lot of Lightning or thunder. This cell
headed N/NE from there, so look out north london and Essex, its headed
your way!

Passed overhead between 11.45 and 12.05, although still raining heavily
now. Pretty lively with quite a bit of thunder and lightning so it must
have developed since leaving you. First one I'd class as a "summer storm"
this year.

- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex.

Here in Coulsdon 5mm of rain in 10 minutes from 11.50 hrs with frequent
thunder mostly from lightning high in anvils. The storms are quite fast
moving which is just as well for there was a very torrential burst within
the shower for a minute or so.

No rain at all here in Warlingham, 4 miles due east, but much faint
rumbling most of the morning, and very dark at times. The high-level lightning
at some distance seems a good explanation for these bass-enhanced rumbles.
Much brighter now (1212Z) but a lot of medium cloud, and fairly high-based
Cu starting to pop up again.
Hang the washing out? Not if Jay Wynne's sketchy remarks mean anything.
Hmm.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

"TudorHgh" wrote in message
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Here in Coulsdon 5mm of rain in 10 minutes from 11.50 hrs with frequent
thunder mostly from lightning high in anvils. The storms are quite fast
moving which is just as well for there was a very torrential burst within
the shower for a minute or so.

No rain at all here in Warlingham, 4 miles due east, but much faint
rumbling most of the morning, and very dark at times. The high-level
lightning
at some distance seems a good explanation for these bass-enhanced rumbles.
Much brighter now (1212Z) but a lot of medium cloud, and fairly
high-based
Cu starting to pop up again.
Hang the washing out? Not if Jay Wynne's sketchy remarks mean
anything.
Hmm.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

Flying back from Nice to Luton last night gave a very nice electrical
display over France, the whole sky was lit up almost every other second. It
seems the remnants of this plume is passing over the SE at present giving
these conditions.

ATB, Joe

to add to this, went to leysdown, sheppey this afternoon,

monsoon rains, and 15:15 went as dark as night, and the skies just
opened .

By 16:30 beautiful sunshine, blue skies, and a light breeze !

sheesh! what a day............


On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:50:11 +0000 (UTC), Keith Wassell
wrote:

Hi

Just been to Charlton SE london, and skies opened with a huge deluge
at 11:15, followed for about 90secs with Hail, up to 10-12 mm with the
stones I picked up. Not a lot of Lightning or thunder. This cell
headed N/NE from there, so look out north london and Essex, its headed
your way!

Regards, Keith

"Keith Wassell" wrote in message


...... leysdown, sheppey .....

Good name that.

I went down Lye Close Lane. (Which sounds better than it reads.)

The morning weatherforecasts on the BBC all rushed past anything
interesting to do with meteorology in order to tell us what sporting
fixtures are on the cards


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