Penzance, Hail, Thunder etc. interesting weather the last few days

[Graham Easterling]

An interesting few days here with strong winds, unstable colder air and a warmer than normal SST.

2nd - Heavy showery rain 10:00 - 11:00 Some very heavy bursts

3rd - Heavy Rain/Hail shower. 1 flash of lightning but it was directly overhead, and was the loudest thunder I've heard it years. It proved a talking point in Pz.

4th - Dangler in the morning with frequent rain/hail showers.

5th - Very heavy rain/hail around 08:00

6th - A very wet morning. 22mm by 09:00 but some absolutely torrential rain/hail 11:00-now (12:15.) More thunder, more distant this time. The river in my garden is the highest it's been since last winter, possibly longer.

Thunder occurred on only 2 days in 2021 (a record low in the last 30 years) Already equalled that in 2022.  

Very interesting 1st week of 2022. 

Graham

Penzance

[Len W]

6th cannot be 'now' surely?

Is Cornwall in a different time zone?

Len

[Graham Easterling]

Good to know somebody reads my posts!

All OK up to 5th, then nothing really exciting on 6th / 7th, except spells of rain on the morning of the 6th following an overnight rain shower.

6th should read 8th.

As it happens, Cornwall used to be in a separate time zone, right up to the time of Brunel's Tamar bridge and the building of the line through Cornwall. It did make timetables complicated. In fact, increasing rail travel was one of the reasons for adopting GMT.

It was all downhill from then!

Better (depending on your point of view), if less interesting, weather on the way. Mind you, more than 6 or 7 days ahead is still very much a guessing game, so I can't see the point of the MetO long range forecast, it's almost always a description of the climate, rather than anything resembling a useful weather forecast. Currently

Conditions expected to remain broadly unsettled and changeable through this period with occasional spells of cold, wet and windy weather moving across from the Atlantic. Western and northwestern parts likely to see the wettest and windiest conditions overall whilst eastern and southeastern parts probably seeing the most of any drier spells. Temperatures likely to be slightly above average overall throughout, but there remains a possibility of short-lived colder spells. Colder spells likely to bring a risk of snow at times, though mostly over high ground in the north. Possibility that stronger systems will bring gales to western and northwestern areas throughout this period.

The normal use of possibility, which is a great letout clause for it being totally wrong.

Thundering yet again (16:00). That 'warm' sea has a lot to answer for.

Graham

Penzance

[Len W]

I've always thought there was a time warp each time I venture into Cornwall Graham.  :-)

No thunder heard here, but have had some hail.

16 mm here in 24 hrs to 1800. A good deal of that fell as torrential rain between 1200 and 1300 hr.

[Graham Easterling]

42.9mm in the 48 hours to 09:00 today.

Currently (0930) another downpour.

Graham