The Great British Weather

Cambridge just had the most amaze lightning and hail I can remember.

I saw a bit of that last night whilst I went through Burgess Park at about 10pm. It was miles away and really quiet. I couldn't quite figure out if it was lightning or not.

s'wet though eh...

quite glad I wasn't fooled by the light grey morning, when it looked like it wouldn't rain at all today. Would fuck me off if I had to ride home through the torrential downpour which has taken residence above us..

Had tickets for the 20/20 at the Oval......bloody weather

Back to business as usual then?

Rode to work in a t-shirt this morning. Fuck.

Glorious cycle back into office from Haringay.
That Parkland walk is amazing fun.
Everything is soaked.

I'm not sure why the weather is like this. I brought all the right gear with me this morning, I've even got fully charged lights. Should have guaranteed tropical sunshine.

Glad I packed my rain cape.

What do we think, hold out for it to tail off or sod it and go home?

not supposed to stop raining till tomorrow morning. Looks like there's a bit where it lightens up a bit, but not sure you can plan your ride home around it..

Hmmm, looking at http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ makes me think the truly "biblical" phase is still yet to happen.

That's what I'm looking at and reached the same conclusion as corny, there seems to be a patchy bit coming!

This could be wishful thinking though. I might just accept I'm going to get wet and go in a bit.

About to leave my office, dis gone be a wet one.

Chose a great day to move house, especially when there was no room in my van for the suitcases which then ended up on the roof rack. Everything. Soaked.

:(

I went in the end, it was fine, although some of the roads on my commute were basically flooded.

What's the best longer view weather prediction site? I want to know what it's going to be like in a fortnight in east anglia - I'm staying overnight in a field and kind of leaning towards a bivvy and tarp, but a tent might be more sensible. I own none of these things, hence the need for a bit of forward planning.

You wouldn't be going to bridefest would you?

um.... yes?

I want to know what it's going to be like in a fortnight

Do you even British weather? Nobody really knows what it's going to be like this afternoon.

90% chance of grey clouds everywhere at minimum

I want to know what it's going to be like in a fortnight in east anglia

90% chance of grey clouds everywhere at minimum

fish fingers and drizzle. film at eleven.

I want to know what it's going to be like in a fortnight in east anglia

Same as always.

Yellow rain warning for Friday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2635167#extra-uk-content

xcweather gives an interesting amount of rain for Friday morning; more that 5mm in 3 hours is considered a lot so luckily I won't be here to find out what 40mm in 3 hours is like.

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