MetJam

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Second time today. This time bigger hailstones. @MetJam_ @metoffice SW 19

Incoming for Herne Bay and Whitstable

@TakeThatClouds Could make a nice triangle that sits just outside of Reading with those nearby strikes

@MetJam_ Ah ha

Herne Bay is a thunderstorm hotspot of the UK when I'm not there

@dan_munarriz Nothing my lovely munarriz

@MetJam_ Thanks for the heads up I've closed my windows. What would I do without you MetJam

Incoming shower doom from the NW

@TakeThatClouds meteologix.com/uk/lightning/e… Might appear here soon

@TakeThatClouds Some of the cloud to cloud strikes might not be picked up too well, noticed the ones just north of Reading and ones near Canterbury have vanished off lightningmaps.org within a few minutes of appearing

@Atomik_Research rawinsonde.com/ASTORP/SPC_haz…

@MetJam_ link?

A nice 70% risk parameter for thunderstorms from the automated convective outlook by ASTORP.

4th thunder day of the year there, tremendous stuff really

London lightning

@CRAZEEEEgoat Definitely

@MetJam_ Interesting set up today for sure. I'm guessing any rapid surface heating that may occur during brief spells of mid-May sunshine may help further intensify any sig. cells as we head into early afternoon.

@CRAZEEEEgoat Rain might do the job but depends how much you get

@MetJam_ Huge dilemma today after sowing seeds from scratch into bare soil for a brand new lawn at the weekend. . .to water to not to water??!!🤔

A lot of showers are appearing on the radar and will make their way towards the SE during the course of today, likely peaking in abundance and intensity around 2 or 3 pm with some likely to be thundery.

@217_Howard_219 Nope - 0.6°C on 6th June 1923 is the lowest

@MetJam_ Given that there is a point on 31/5, I wonder if there has been a June air frost?🤔

An air frost of -0.3ºC at the University of Reading meteorological observatory this morning was the tied fourth latest on record, dating back to 1908. Another interesting fact is that there were no 12th of May frosts from 1908 to 2009, and then three in 16 years.

@Official_WXUK Death, taxes and your ability to craft some witty crap under all my posts

@MetJam_ Creatine? Gym sessions? Protein? A MetSoc pub crawl?

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