Why is the south east so poor for Thunderstorms? Even the stuff that comes up from France misses us!
Originally Posted by: idj20
Regarding yesterday, it's simply because where all that thundery-type activity were land-heated convective stuff ("cold storms", if you like) and were all transported along in an unstable south-westerly wind, that meant all that had bypassed us here at the far South East as our wind came in from the cool Channel. It's classic old school stuff and happens every time. In fact, this image taken yesterday courtesy of Weathercast shows the effect very nicely:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/p480x480/988700_10151741527651306_1175931985_n.png French imports are often associated with a Spanish plume and that is quite a rare event at the best of times anyway. I'm not sure if they have always been lacking or we have become more aware of it as we get more into meteorology so we end up getting frustrated about it. I'm guilty as charged of that, that's for sure! But when they DO happen, boy, we do know about it (such as what happened last week).
Put all that together and what with Kent being a peninsula type land mass surrounded by seemingly cold seas and it's hardly a wonder why we do keep tending to miss out on the action. However, having said that, we have had our own fair share of the interesting stuff (I could never forget August 12th 1996).
Originally Posted by: ManUtdMatt1986