View Full Version : Has anyone else had a storm today
We have just had a horrendous storm :bigeyes:
Torrential rain, thunder, lightening & a hailstorm; in fact there were hailstones on our lawn :bigeyes: .
Driveway etc was flooded for a while but soon dried up just before another storm which was not so violent!
Electricity tripped out twice - just as I was posting :angry:
Garden could do with the rain but trouble is it dries out too quick, temperature went from a hot sticky 35 degrees to a cooler 20 degrees in a matter of minutes :o
Hark................I hear thunder AGAIN :sad: oh well at least it's filling up the two water butts :hihi:
Has anyone else had a storm today?
Hulablush
26-07-06, 06:01 PM
I think I'm too far down south so it's still sunny, sunny, sunny and bone dry!!!!!!!
Annabel
26-07-06, 06:21 PM
:( nothing here in east london, but the humidity is fierce and the air is hanging, i actually feel a bit queasy...so if it doesnt storm soon i may well get a migraine :cry:
Oh lordy you guys!
Where I am it seems to be getting away with it - it's only marginally more humid here but still very comfortable :) .
We are sposed to get thunder later today, I am not counting on it though :whistle: .
Annabel, go wet a towel and drape it over yourself :o . No migraines, d'you hear!!! :nono:
We are meant to be having a storm later but nothing as of yet, still hot and sticky.
It's been horribly hot here today in south west London/ north Surrey :(
We have had storms forecast for later though, and it has started to cloud over and getting quite dark now. Hope it's not as ferocious as the one the other night :badmood:
I'm almost praying for rain in Essex lol, it might just cut this terrible closeness for a while anyway.
Miss Understood
26-07-06, 08:01 PM
We'd better have one here soon!
I can see a storm between us and the North of France on the lightning detection website but it seems it's tracking further east and may miss us (Brighton's probably having a lovely one at the moment). There's also another over the northern part of Norfolk. If anyone's interested, here's the link:
Live lightning data in the UK (http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm)
But here, the humidity is dreadful, the sky looks v. threatening and I have a headache developing which is due to the air.
Bring it on, please!
Miss Understood, never thought I would find myself watching where the storms are on that website but suddenly it seems really interesting to me, think this heat has addled my brain lol.
Not yet but the scar on my hand is throbbing so we're likely to get one soon.
Its still really hot and humid here we just had a pathetic few spots of rain i ran outside getting all excited and it stopped didnt even make the ground wet :cry_more:
send some rain this way guys please !
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We had another hail storm tonight about 8pm and here is a picture of the hailstones on our lawn!! We have had around 3 thunderstorms and two hailstorms our grass is all soggy now :sad:
On it's way to you Norfolk??
sassieb
26-07-06, 10:57 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fedup! @ 26th July 2006 - 6:41 PM) 183500</div>
I'm almost praying for rain in Essex lol, it might just cut this terrible closeness for a while anyway.
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it chucked it down in essex with thunder and some awesome lightening.
barbinono
26-07-06, 11:10 PM
yes worst storm I can remember in Cambridge
Miss Understood
26-07-06, 11:11 PM
We've had a tiny bit of rain, a bit of lightning, a bit of thunder and increasing humidity but nothing substantial
It's unbearable humidity and heat wise at the moment.
Indoor temp is 25.5, outdoor temp is 22.6
Arggghh
Nothing in Essex yet but my lovely NFH decided to have a really noisy get together in the garden, how I hoped they would be struck by lightening if a storm arrived, the b***ards!
We had a mini storm this morning. Lasted about 30 mins. It still hot and sticky though.
Sadly still no storm here, the NFH are having another party on Saturday, hope to god it storms then.
Up here we've had nothing, no storms, rain, hail, just hot sun, the odd bit of cloud and it's very humid :rolleyes:
This is the north, it always rains here, except this summer. It'll rain the next 2 weeks though cos I'm having 2 weeks off work :P
Eyore I wish you sunshine right over where you are for the next two weeks of your holiday :D
A storm passed my way just after midnight, a few flashes & the odd rumble then lots of rain for about 1/2 hour & it was over, not like the poor s*ds on tv this morning having their house nearly demolished by the lightning.
Hulablush
27-07-06, 04:04 PM
We've just had big lumps of ice fall out of the sky during our storm just now!!!!!! :bigeyes:
Annabel
27-07-06, 04:05 PM
we heard one rumble of thunder, but nothing happened :(
Had a teeny tiny drop of rain in Essex earlier, all gone now and hot as ever!.
sassieb
27-07-06, 04:08 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fedup! @ 27th July 2006 - 3:05 PM) 183759</div>
Had a teeny tiny drop of rain in Essex earlier, all gone now and hot as ever!.
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lol you have so got to be on the other side of Essex to me lol,, yesterday it bucketed it down with some pretty darn impressive lightening and thunder claps and today a little of the same,, it did pour down,, went to harlow this morning shopping on the bus and it chucked it down on the way.
Now its all hot and sticky and ********py again
Annabel
27-07-06, 04:51 PM
it rained in harlow! well that aint far from me...and its bone dry here...flipping bl**dy weather im sick sick sick of it! :angry: :angry: :angry:
blagh :badmood:
Yep I'm in the rough end of Essex, we fink your posh in Harlow :D no terrible storms here yet, wishing for them on Saturday so NFH party will be a wet one :hihi:
Hulablush
27-07-06, 05:03 PM
Yeah, fingers crossed for more rain to wash out any NFH events!!!
We had thunder, lightning, rain, hail for a good 20 minutes.
At least my car would have got a good wash. :thumbs:
We're just about to get our second storm today, I can hear it rumbling in the distance.
A house 2 streets over was hit earlier, not too much damage I can see apart from frazzled wires on the outside luckily
we had a bad thunderstorm inthe early hours of yesterday, but its as hot and humid as ever now :( Its getting quite couldy though so I hope its going to be cooler soon
We've just had another storm and some beneficial rain; not as bad as yesterday tho and it feels quite cool outside..... inside is a lot warmer and have fans going all over the house.. Expect more humidity soon :sad:
The weather is very choosey as to where it will rain at the moment; spoke to both mums in Kent and they are green with envy; especially mother-in-law as she has a large garden and waters the plants that dad-in-law has planted from seed (as he has been taken into hospital terminally ill and she doesn't want his plants to die :sad: ). Last night hubby, whilst speaking to mum, took the phone outside and said to her listen - it was chucking it down hail & rain - she could hear it and was quite upset and said how mean of him - she wanted him to send some down :hihi:
Skies are darkening here although its still as hot as hell, please rain soon!
Bonkers Mad!!!
27-07-06, 07:57 PM
we had ours this afternoon, it consisted of one flash of lighning, a huge crack of thunder and about 3 and a half minutes of rain :blink:
Domestic Goddess
27-07-06, 07:58 PM
We desperately need a storm here as the heat is stifling!
:unsure: I spoke too soon. It has arrived :rolleyes:
Lucky :huh: No sign of any of the promised storms where I am.... Oh well!
Annabel
27-07-06, 09:40 PM
:thumbs: :thumbs: we finally had some rain here, finally FINALLY! No storm as such though, a bit of thunder and lightning, not much though
the temperature has gone down to 21 deg, so much better, although its still abit muggy in the house :rolleyes:
I've just been talking to my son in Herne Bay and I could hear the thunder it was right above him!!! It was going on for a long time and his back garden has about 2" of rain flooding his garden! When I lived down there I used to love watching the storms out at sea it was such a spectacular sight :bigeyes:
No storms in hot humid Basildon. Badly need one to clear the air. Have now bought air con unit so dogs can keep cool as well as us. We did have 3 spots of rain earlier but I blinked and missed them :lol: :hihi:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sp54 @ 27th July 2006 - 6:58 PM) 183816</div>
:unsure: I spoke too soon. It has arrived :rolleyes:
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:blush: Well, 2 flashes and enough rain to fill a thimble as it disappointingly turned out :badmood: We need rain so badly here :(
Sorry folks, but the heat is apparently going to get worst in August :badmood:
Miss Understood
28-07-06, 12:20 AM
I really wish it would storm properly here. Tonight is just as hot and humid as it was last night.
We did have storms in the town last night (one building got struck by lightning and a large fire ensued) but it was about a mile away from me.
We had didddly squat apart from some lightning flashes visible in the distance.
I chaired a meeting this afternoon in a community room which has glass in the roof and no means of ventilation. I think I only got things done so quickly because everyone wanted the meeting to end swiftly because of the heat!
Dear me, I never thought I'd say it, but please, roll on winter!
Still no rain, still no storm, just hot sun :P
Saw GMTV this morning though, some of those lightning strikes and storms, yikes, I'm glad they're not up here :(
Bonkers Mad!!!
28-07-06, 10:54 AM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sp54 @ 27th July 2006 - 10:32 PM) 183881</div>
:blush: Well, 2 flashes and enough rain to fill a thimble as it disappointingly turned out :badmood: We need rain so badly here :(
Sorry folks, but the heat is apparently going to get worst in August :badmood:
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i was very disappointed SP, hardly worth the effort was it? :blink: :lol:
Hulablush
28-07-06, 11:19 AM
TONS, TONS, TONS OF RAIN ON THE WAY HOME LAST NIGHT.............
IT WAS SO BAD EVERYONE HAD THEIR CAR LIGHTS ON WHICH WAS JUST AS WELL AS YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE LIGHTS BEHIND AND IN FRONT OF YOU AND NO CARS!!!!!!!!!! :blink:
I DID WONDER WHETHER MY WINDSCREEN WOULD REMAIN INTACT AS IT WAS SO HEAVY!!!! :D
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Bonkers Mad!!! @ 28th July 2006 - 9:54 AM) 183948</div>
i was very disappointed SP, hardly worth the effort was it? :blink: :lol:
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:no:
I had got all geared up for a rip roaring storm and it was gone in a couple of minutes :badmood:
We went shopping in Brighton yesterday :D but coming home was really quite sad :( . If we drive over the south downs normally, there is a spectacular view of 'our green and pleasant land' but yesterday it was just, well, brown :cry: . As far as the eye could see, brown fields :(
Please send rain south soon :sad:
sassieb
29-07-06, 12:19 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(rakki @ 27th July 2006 - 9:56 PM) 183875</div>
No storms in hot humid Basildon. Badly need one to clear the air. Have now bought air con unit so dogs can keep cool as well as us. We did have 3 spots of rain earlier but I blinked and missed them :lol: :hihi:
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yeah we heard a couple of rumbles in the mother in laws back garden in good old basildon yet when we left home there was a humdinger of a storm. was most disappointed lol
tortoise
29-07-06, 03:14 PM
We had a splash of rain on Thursday 27th. It lasted about 5 minutes and when we went out 10 minutes later the cars weren't even wet!! :bigeyes:
Rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning, we really need it here.
Weather for the South East (http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=49&Day=0&LocationID=4608&RegionID=8)
its gone very dark in the midlands, and getting really windy, getting ready to batten down the hatches, looking like the heavens will open any minute.
Ms. Pod.
29-07-06, 04:08 PM
We had some light rain for about an hour - it feels fresh and very pleasant by the seaside in Bournemouth. Keep that migraine at bay!
Its been raining here all afternoon and still going :thumbs: Pleasantly cool too :D
Miss Understood
29-07-06, 08:48 PM
Here on the South Coast, it was a lovely early morning, sunny, fresh. Then clouded over lunchtime. A few spots and spits of rain throughout the afternoon. My thermometer outside is registering a positively cool 19.5 degrees.
Maybe I'll be able to sleep properly tonight :D