miserable pissy rain

wasn't trying to weather boast, it was ominous dark clouds on the horizon and there was a significant temperature drop on the return journey

We're going to transition directly from why is it still fuckin cold to OK now it's uncomfortably warm aren't we.

Yes, and in the same day as well (see tomorrow in South East England for details).

The Day It Pissed Down Forever

I am in the Waterstones cafe trying to dry off as even with an umbrella my clothes got soaked. Might be a good few hours yet

I got caught in a downpour wearing a not very sensible jacket. Was mainly relieved that it didn't come with thunder & lightning because receiving megavolts from the heavens is definitely not on my bucket list.

I left and am now reduced to cowering in brewdog, for any stalkers following along

I'm amazed I haven't bumped into you yet! (As I go to these places, not due to excesses of stalking)

Pond outside looking dangerously full.

Sunny in Holborn but the puppy’s obedience class got called off an hour before we were supposed to go, then rain, then sunshine for the 45 minutes the class was supposed to happen.

Yes, it's alternating between sun and torrential downpours here.

I'm amazed I haven't bumped into you yet! (As I go to these places, not due to excesses of stalking)

Pond outside looking dangerously full.

Not only is it miserable pissy rain day every day but it's fucking freezing. It's nearly june and my clothes are still cold when I put them on in the morning.

conversely

It reached +30°C (86.5°F) in the Arctic today. Hotter than pretty much all of Europe right now.

Truly exceptional for any time of the year but mind-boggling for May. More updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/2CTTykUW3F

— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) May 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ohgIZbrW4s

The mother and father of a hailstorm going on.

But then it turns to really good sunshine for about five mins, then grey then showers

yeah i wouldn't mind all this rain so much if it wasn't so chuffing cold as well.

Third cycle of this.

And yeah turning the heating on occasion

I was planning to go to the pub tonight for the first time since last summer but that's out.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2KLPB8XsAAic0S?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

my dog hates the rain so I got him a new raincoat that looks more like a bishop's robe

Relentless today.

I biked back from the gym and now I'm working at the office in wet jeans, wet socks and wet shoes.

Pretty sure I can feel the trenchfoot already

Had to help someone clean out guttering using an extendable ladder today, like fuck did I go up it though. Your gutters, your funeral. Maybe we should have checked the forecast, a thought for next time. Luckily no-one slipped and tumbled to their doom.

this thread title has taken up residence in my mind and this morning I would like to report that in Cambridge we have the most miserably pissy rain of the year so far, a little more than drizzle, but enough to need an umbrella, accompanied by a gusty wind and a 10-degree drop in the temperature, and falling on me without pause for apparently the next few years.

^Feeling that, I'm 50 mins east of yer in Norfolk, driest county in Britain, my arse.

Utterly drenched walking Widget the whiplet back from Lincoln’s Inn Fields but mood brightened by seeing 20 of the Tartan Army running for the pub. I am staying indoors for as much of today as possible.

Torrential at the moment.

Been out for an hour with only a brolly for protection. It's lovely!

Hoping for a 1970s-style quagmire pitch for England vs Scotland tonight.

Can confirm, these are the scenes in Cambridge today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLjRj8rSJpk

Early this afternoon at work it was slashing down so hard that water was coming through a hole in the window and starting to seep through the wall.

Crikey.

time to get the surfboard out?

We were promised a thunderstorm at 3pm, 4:40 now and haven't heard a rumble or seen a drop, very disappointing.

We've got yours too.

xp it’s waiting for me walking home in a couple of hours

Forecast to be thundery showers all day. There have been four rumbles but that's it. Plenty of rain though.

I’ve learned not to put too much stock in forecast thunderstorms, feels like more often than not they don’t materialise - I guess they are more unpredictable than other types of weather or tend to be more localised or something

Don't worry, if the weather's especially bad in London, the rest of you will hear all about it.

https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=12

the only way of tracking storms is doing it live

yesss

according to that the storm is already here. just had a listen outside and reckon I can hear a distant rumble, might just be a lorry

Flooding in East London gets out of controlpic.twitter.com/gzJ3HSfLEq

— The Pileus (@thepileus) July 25, 2021

hope giles coren's house gets flooded

Severe thunderstorms over central London throughout much of this afternoon have again caused major flash flooding in parts of the capital.

This is the scene at Pudding Mill Lane DLR Station in Stratford (via @R0bday): pic.twitter.com/pJxagrelnf

— James Cosgrove (@MrJamesCosgrove) July 25, 2021

cold swimming and commuting, never a good mix

coren's house is on a hill sadly so the best we can hope for is violent run-off eroding its foundations

i know this now because I put some flowers there on Friday, the video reminded me of the street, suppose lots of streets in london look like that though, if I hide this it won't be in search results yeah? I know he is a bit litigious

previous videos showed Portobello road and around by me I've seen people putting sodden cellar contents out into the road (counter creek they call it, Thames water have an "action plan". we get mail about it, although I'm 2 floors up so shrug emoji)