View Full Version : Hail, rain and other big weather over Brixton
snowy_again
03-07-2007, 16:26
In Brixton. I thought it was July? Good lightening though.
bluestreak
03-07-2007, 16:28
where's crispy, he can probably explain how weather works.
hell, i was disappointed to find at glasto that he couldn't control the damn stuff.
Up in the air, it's very cold. Cold enough for ice to form.
bluestreak
03-07-2007, 16:33
yeah, but it's july. why is it that cold up there in july NOW when it isn't normally?
Biggest hailstorms I've seen - it looks like it's been snowing!
Coldharbour Lane's got rivers of water flowing down it now.
yeah, but it's july. why is it that cold up there in july NOW when it isn't normally?
It's always cold up there. What, you think the snow defrosts off everest every summer? :)
that was the absolute and ultimate freak show in re weather :eek: :eek: :(
bluestreak
03-07-2007, 16:39
It's always cold up there. What, you think the snow defrosts off everest every summer? :)
i know it's always cold up there but why don't we normally get hail in july?
what is different now to the average july that is causing us to get hail where there isn't usually...
(he's doing this on purpose you know kids)
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-01.jpg
Summer in Brixton!
bluestreak
03-07-2007, 16:40
is it safe to go out there now?
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-02.jpg
(he's doing this on purpose you know kids)
i know it sort of seemed really like an act of (an enraged) god!!
Looks like winter!
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-03.jpg
i do not hope that there are the usual statistics of ca 1 fatallity and billions of pound in damage...!?
police/ambulance sirens are everywhere the minute it got a bit lighter...
i know it's always cold up there but why don't we normally get hail in july?
what is different now to the average july that is causing us to get hail where there isn't usually...
(he's doing this on purpose you know kids)
thunderstorms make much taller clouds than normal, with big columns of hot air shooting up into the sky - they look like hammer heads from a distance. For hail to happen, the cloud has to be tall enough to reach the coldest air, which causes water to condense and freeze. The hail stones have to be big enough, and fall far enough away from the rising column of hotter air, to make it back down to ground.
There's often hail forming, falling, melting and rising back up again without you even knowing it.
Today, the storm is big enough, and the cold air is cold enough for the hail to make it to ground.
PS: This is half fact, half conjecture, but I think the above is correct. Meteorologists, smack my wrists if I'm wrong.
It were mere slush 'Ere Aht Eeest :(
(Hail is quite normal during thunderstorms, which are a normal feature of summer. It's because thunderstorms are very tall, and the water goes right to the top, where it's very cold, and comes hurtling down again in lumps.)
E2A: Beaten to it :mad:
analoghell
03-07-2007, 17:02
There is even a high tide of hail and crud on the curb in front of the shops where the flood water has washed it up to.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4uE2dvkABDo
Jesus fucking christ. came out of the tube and brixtons underwater... couldnt get across brixton road as the water was knee deep so popped into the beehive for a cheeky pint while i waited...
just got home, and yes - my lounge seems to be partly flooded...ive never seen shit like that in brixton...
blimey seconded!
(i am glad i was indoors at the time of hailing and not say on my bicycle etc)
hailstones are one of my favourite weather features even after getting my windscreen cracked by the fuckers a few miles outside of Armpit, Indiana once
i'm in Crystal palace at the moment and we didn't get any which is probably just as well as my flat block is so flimsy it'd probably collapse after a good spraying of nature's little white wonders
TV_Helen
03-07-2007, 17:33
Looks like winter!
Winter In July...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVSwDTq57KU
i do not hope that there are the usual statistics of ca 1 fatallity and billions of pound in damage...!?
police/ambulance sirens are everywhere the minute it got a bit lighter...
Motor Bike crash outside The Fridge :(
Got off the tube earlier and did a massive WTF!!
missed the actual weather tho.
Orang Utan
03-07-2007, 18:08
You lot have poor memories - hail is a summer phenomenon, you dummies! I was on my bike, right in the middle of it. It was awesome! I did have to get off for a bit though cos it hurt.
Orang Utan
03-07-2007, 18:12
Just seen footage of Brixton Road/Ferndale Road and the flooding was shocking. I saw a waterfall coming off the roof of Morley's. Crispy/Sparrow - you're not leaking are you?
No, dry as a bone. Had to shovel drifted hail to get through the front door though!
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 18:19
You're obviously all forgetting April 2004
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=74354&highlight=hail
littletyke
03-07-2007, 18:21
I set off home from Canary Wharf at 5-ish, so me and my bicycle caught the brunt of it :-( It didn't look too bad this morning either, so I ventured out on my skinny bike and had to travel through that Biblical weather in a layer of lycra and with no mudguards. Sat at home toastie now though! Anyone got any photos of the flooding outside Max Roach at about half-five this evening?
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 18:23
I've just had an awful thought. I chopped down my jungle a couple of weekends ago and didn't bag it as it was still wet. I'm now having to get dressed and go and make sure I've not been flooded. Oops :o
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 18:27
Hell's bells, it's kicked off again, just when i was going to go out :D
Orang Utan
03-07-2007, 18:29
shit, it's started again. Your jungle?:confused:
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 18:30
shit, it's started again. Your jungle?:confused:
Garden (or rather concrete slab) out the back of my flat. Haven't weeded/cut it down for 2 years
Tank Girl
03-07-2007, 19:15
I'm holding off going out for as long as possible :eek:
but after the storm comes the prettiness of the rainbows :cool:
http://i17.tinypic.com/61o8ww9.jpg
dogmatique
03-07-2007, 19:26
Pic from a mate in Brixton market:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3341/dsc00024lt5.jpg
That market shot is amazing!
Here's a rainbow pic from my window:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-09.jpg
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-07.jpg
ChrisFilter
03-07-2007, 19:40
Impressive zoom..
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 19:41
That market shot is amazing!
Here's a rainbow pic from my window:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-09.jpg
Wow, that's some zoom :eek:
Gixxer1000
03-07-2007, 19:58
Impressive zoom..
What camera/lens?
What camera/lens?Nikon D80, Tamron 28-300mm zoom, handheld.
Impressive zoom..
I was just thinking that :cool:
Pic from a mate in Brixton market:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3341/dsc00024lt5.jpg
:eek: :eek:
<prays that recent patch on flat roof of kitchen held out>
dogmatique
03-07-2007, 21:24
Just like Switzerland, eh Pie old bean?
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 21:26
They obviously have much better hail in Texas :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZr8jXo1Uso
dogmatique
03-07-2007, 21:29
Sky at day, Brixton 6pm:http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7969/brixton2007011cs5.jpg
I love the summer. One of my friends folks arrived from Trinidad for a visit today to be confronted with this marvellous summer weather. They've not seen "snow" since a visit to Canada in the early eighties. Hail made a fine double. (But not a Trinny double ;) )
Minnie_the_Minx
03-07-2007, 21:31
Sky at day, Brixton 6pm:http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7969/brixton2007011cs5.jpg
I love the summer. One of my friends folks arrived from Trinidad for a visit today to be confronted with this marvellous summer weather. They've not seen "snow" since a visit to Canada in the early eighties. Hail made a fine double. (But not a Trinny double ;) )
Polish barman in my local was adamant it was snow on Clapham Common. I insisted it was hailstones but he was adamant :D
lang rabbie
03-07-2007, 21:56
It's all down to repeated accretion of graupel (http://emu.arsusda.gov/snowsite/rimegraupel/rg.html)
gaijingirl
03-07-2007, 22:06
Some more great pictures here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6267038.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42458000/jpg/_42458966_london_storm203body.jpg
dogmatique
03-07-2007, 23:55
same spout here in Streatham Hill, though drastically reduced landmark quality. Got a bigger copy of that GG? I reckon it's the winner of the evening... Looks like a photoshop for "The Day After... Part Two" - To be clear, the picture above, not this one!
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42458000/jpg/_42458724_quinton_j_smith.jpg
dogmatique
04-07-2007, 00:00
Driving through floating ice and a river, in July, in Fulham.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42459000/jpg/_42459752_hailflooding.jpg
Must have finally tested them 4 wheel drives, eh? Thank god the shopping from Waitrose is dry!
Anyone got any photos of the flooding outside Max Roach at about half-five this evening?
I cycled through that, couldn't believe the amount of water and ice. The puddle on Brixton Road was so deep the wash from the cars had swept the ice across the park - looked like white-capped waves breaking on a beach. Got proper soaked, much to the littlun's glee.
Just like Switzerland, eh Pie old bean?
Actually I think it's coming this way - torrential big rain & dark sky's this morning (and a rather anxious black cat - he's retreated to the safety of the empty Amazon box that came this morning).
littletyke
04-07-2007, 14:16
I cycled through that, couldn't believe the amount of water and ice. The puddle on Brixton Road was so deep the wash from the cars had swept the ice across the park - looked like white-capped waves breaking on a beach. Got proper soaked, much to the littlun's glee.
Me too. There was a weird kind of mist hanging low on the park too, the place looked eerie.
RubyToogood
04-07-2007, 17:28
Yesterday evening in Brixton I saw a double rainbow and some mammatus clouds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammatus) which I think are quite rare in this country. They are saggy, bulbous things like this:
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/framed-by-the-trees.jpg
Tank Girl
04-07-2007, 17:38
wow! I've never seen clouds like that!
Great boobies in the sky Batman!
Tank Girl
04-07-2007, 18:05
*shakes head*
you disappoint me editor :(
:D
Looks more like a load of cocks and ballbags all pushed together to me!
dogmatique
04-07-2007, 19:18
Whilst not nearly as dramatic as the pic Ruby posted, a friend took a pic of the ones over Brixton on his phone:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8510/03072007ir1.jpg
For anyone interested in peculiar cloud formations, you could do a lot worse than have a look at the galleries (http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/index.php?x=browse&category=13&pagenum=1) of the Cloud Appreciation Society. They've got about a hundred pics of mammatus alone!
dogmatique
04-07-2007, 19:28
Like this one: Whoa Nelly!
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/gallery/images/20070216161927_mammatus%20clouds%20-%20bryce.jpg
RubyToogood
04-07-2007, 19:29
Great boobies in the sky Batman!
Well that's why they're called mammatus!
Minnie_the_Minx
04-07-2007, 21:13
Some more great pictures here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6267038.stm
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42458000/jpg/_42458966_london_storm203body.jpg
Have you found that picture anywhere else. I'd love a bigger one
gaijingirl
04-07-2007, 21:37
I haven't looked - if you want to please feel free.... :p
I just copied it from the BBC website.
Minnie_the_Minx
04-07-2007, 21:38
I haven't looked - if you want to please feel free.... :p
I just copied it from the BBC website.
nah, I'm not that desperate. I'll do without :D
dogmatique
04-07-2007, 21:38
It is bloody good, innit. Spose if it was on the beeb website it was probably from PA, or AP or similar. Difficult to run a search for images though.
RubyToogood
04-07-2007, 21:52
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/stormlonPG0407_700x402.jpg
Minnie_the_Minx
04-07-2007, 21:57
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/stormlonPG0407_700x402.jpg
Looked better smaller :( :D
RubyToogood
04-07-2007, 22:05
Oh fucking hell, is that all the thanks I get?! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
(Actually I agree.)
Minnie_the_Minx
04-07-2007, 23:46
Oh fucking hell, is that all the thanks I get?! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
(Actually I agree.)
Sorry, thanks Ruby :D
Looks less threatening enlarged doesn't it
dogmatique
07-07-2007, 16:47
Well I still like it! Might be able to get my hands on a high-res copy early next week.
RushcroftRoader
08-07-2007, 03:31
On tuesday I cycled back from Canary Wharf to Brixton. ABout a mile into my journey, I got a puncture. What a day to pick! I walked about 2 miles towards Tower Bridge with my useless bike until a taxi finally picked me up. Finally got back to Brixton to see the hail on the grass rapidly evaporating and steam rising from the ground. It was like a scene from a Stephen King novel. The guys in the Ritzy were chucking buckets of water off the balcany as I passed.
Completely freaky.
Blimey. That was some rainstorm just then! Anywhere flooded?
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-10.jpg
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-12.jpg
*gets wellies ready for the Country Show
Any tips on how to take photos of rain? My photos of the rain look crappy :(
Flash will probably light up the nearby drops
Fast shutter speed
trashpony
20-07-2007, 11:33
Blimey. That was some rainstorm just then! Anywhere flooded?
Lots of tube stations. Just got kicked out of kilburn tube and the friend i was due to meet cancelled because all the tubes down her way (tooting) are under water
it's still pissing it down here - ankle deep on kilburn high rd :eek:
Tried fast shutter speed, and also flash - not on that shot, but it just looks like it's not raining and it was pouring :(
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/858366470_2d4f77cbdb.jpg
this is slightly better I suppose, but still not quite there:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1351/857509757_18a924b721.jpg
Difficult subject to capture on 'film'...
Dubversion
20-07-2007, 11:34
christ, and i need to get home in a hurry so i can go and drown in a fucking field in Berkshire :(
Difficult subject to capture on 'film'...It is a bugger to capture. I whupped the ISO speed up to 1600 to try and freeze some of the 'action.'
The sky is blue now :D :D (well, bits of it...)
christ, and i need to get home in a hurry so i can go and drown in a fucking field in Berkshire :((((dub)))
It might even be welly weather at Brockwell park at this rate.
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/photos/images/brixton-july07-13.jpg
Like a spooky fog!
gaijingirl
20-07-2007, 11:39
The sun is peeking out over Brocky!! :)
It is a bugger to capture. I whupped the ISO speed up to 1600 to try and freeze some of the 'action.'
I found this on It's Raining (in Bangalore) - flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hareesh/148280804/), I was searching for 'rain' photos and that's probably one of the best I've seen in there. :cool:
trashpony
20-07-2007, 11:42
London drowns ... :(
Tooting Broadway
TOOTING BROADWAY STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Hammersmith (Dist & Pic lines)
HAMMERSMITH STATION: Closed to eastbound services due to flooding.
North Ealing
NORTH EALING STATION: Closed to westbound services only due to flooding.
Clapham Common
CLAPHAM COMMON STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Colliers Wood
COLLIERS WOOD STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Tooting Bec
TOOTING BEC STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Surrey Quays
SURREY QUAYS STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Turnham Green
TURNHAM GREEN STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Vauxhall
VAUXHALL STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Covent Garden
COVENT GARDEN STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Earl's Court
EARL'S COURT STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Kilburn
KILBURN STATION: Closed due to flooding.
Golders Green
GOLDERS GREEN STATION: Closed due to flooding.
South Kensington
SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION: Closed due to flooding.
London_Calling
20-07-2007, 12:05
Don't care, warm rain = fun rain!*
* How long can I keep this up for . . .
It's been pissing it down in Brussels as well today, but is now sunnyish. :)
William of Walworth
20-07-2007, 21:54
(((dub)))
It might even be welly weather at Brockwell park at this rate.
Oh noes, surely not!!! :rolleyes: ;)
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