Part cloudy with sunny intervals, and a Southerly breeze. Feels a bit fresher after the terrific thunderstorm early this morning.

Temp 25.9C/Dew 18.8C

Rain since midnight 16.9mm

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Sunny, 22.2C and rising fast. Dew 19.5C.

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Currently +24.6C, had a max of 27.5 earlier in the day. Hazy sunshine and feeling very humid, looking forward to a dip in the sea later! 

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Bright spells, warm and humid 23.3c, dp 19c

Cloudy, 23.3c

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27.6C here, not bad considering the metoffice predicted only 23C.

Dry, breezy 25.8c

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Sunny .Dry. 24.9c.   Humidity 58%.

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No rain here again today - there was some thunder and lightning last night but the downpours of rain in showers went to the east of Devon up to South Somerset - All the storm activity was from Exeter Eastwards of the M5 from to Bristol. So we missed the rain.

Now been 3 weeks without rain and two and a half weeks of 25+c temperatures and sunshine.

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Current data for Bracebridge Heath Weather

23 July 2013 6:48:00 PM

 

Temperature (°C):

Current          22.0

Trend (per hour) -0.7

Average today    21.9

Wind chill       22.0

Heat Index       22.0

Dew Point        16.7

Rel Humidity     72%

Wind (mph):

Current Gust     8 E

Average Speed    2 NE

Rainfall (mm):

Current rate     0.0

Last hour        0.0

Total today      5.1

Total yesterday  6.3

Total this month 14.7

Pressure (hPa):

Current          1013.4

Trend (per hour) -0.3

 

 

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You didn't need an alarm clock this morning in my area.

Couple of loud thunderstorms - Maximum 27C in a very cloudy scene - amazing really.

 

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Evening 

A humid and bright day with sunny spells and light showers after the early severe thunderstorm. Maximum temperature was 24.3c with dewpoints in the 17-20c throughout making it feel very sticky at times.

Currently cloudy with light rain and 20.1c

RH 85%, dewpoint 17.6c

Wind Calm

Pressure 1013.5mb steady

Rain today = 39.0mm 

 

 

 

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26c clear .

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Last nights storm brought lots of bang bang boom, a terrific gust front but only 7mm of rain!! Compare with Gusty's 38mm!!

Today warm and sunny intervals.  MAx of 25.3 Currently 21.1. 

WI

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Observations between 7.15 pm last night and 7.45 pm currently.

LAST NIGHT: It started off as being quiet and hazy . . . and then *boom!*, at 2.30 am a violent thunderstorm came roaring in with gusty wind, heavy rain, hail and of course the continuous sheet and forked lightning.
  It eased away at 4 am but remained quite cloudy.
THIS MORNING: Partial cloud cover and hazy sunny spells.
THIS AFTERNOON: More in the way of cloud cover, but still with the occasional bright intervals.
CURRENT: Rather overcast, recent light rain but can see clear skies over the Channel.      21.2 C.        79% humidity.        Dewpoint: 17.9 C.        Calm winds.          Falling slowly to 1007.1 mb.

WINDS: Calm last night then it suddenly became very gusty for a time in the small hours but became calm again by dawn and during the day.
AIR QUALITY: Fair.
VISBILITY: Good. Some haze.
COMFORT FACTOR: Very wet last night which made it very muggy and stuffy this morning but it became a little fresher in the afternoon. It finally broke the 20-day long dry spell and the lawn is certainly appreciating it.
RAINFALL (in mm):  19.8 but I think it should be a lot more than that!
TEMPERATURES (in C):         Max: 26.0 at 2.45 pm.             Min: 18.7 at 3 am.
PRESSURE (in mb):              Max: 1009.7 at 2 am.          Min: 1006.8 at 7 am.

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The rainfall differences are dramatic over such small distances when supercellular structures are involved. The peak of the cells intensity was Lympne, Hythe, Seabrook then onto west, central and northern Folkestone. Eastern parts of the town recorded half my amount. 

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Incredible stuff.  The storm was so dramatic in terms of light and volume that I was wired awake between 1.30 and 3.30 am.  Knackered today. Currently 20.0c, light wind from S 7/8 cloud cover.  Dry.

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