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Mark wheeler Wow, it's no surprise your ears were ringing being so close! At least no one was hurt I suppose. My husband (who is brontophobic) got really stressed because he is sure he saw sparks outside our back door as the thunder struck. It's definitely the first time thunder has shaken the entire house!

Mark wheeler Yep, husband is shaking as he swears it hit our outside light.

Oh my goodness, massive flash of lightning followed by thunder that literally shook the house under the REALLY heavy rain passing over Surbiton right now!

Some lovely cloudscapes from the North Downs towards Abinger Hammer today. Also bluebells and lambs. A short period of heavy rain arrived at 7pm in Surbiton, but it came and went fairly fast.

Beautiful convective cloudscapes either side of us in Surbiton while we stay under blue skies and sunshine after a cloudy morning. Husband went to Homebase in Epsom and got drenched, with the line between dry roads and soakng wet ones about a mile south of the A3 at Tolworth.

Andy Bown I saw the A303 at Mere on the news this morning flooded. My sister is driving to Midsomer Norton tomorrow from Guildford to visit my mother and we're wondering how passable some of the roads will be; definitely not going via Chitterne!

That was a wild 5 minutes as the squall came through. Heavy, driving rain and hail, the trees waving wildly and the temperature in our lounge dropped as the wind came through our dodgy window frames and down the chimney.

No sign of Storm Jocelyn at Heathrow, a very uneventful landing into grey skies, drizzle and 12 degrees. Ah well...

Thank you for replying We're landing at 4... hopefully... at Heathrow, not Paris

I'm keeping fingers crossed for arriving back at Heathrow tomorrow afternoon from Prague. @Kentspur we got plenty of snow and ice on the ground It's raining this evening, in case we're missing home maybe

Thanks Tom, I appreciate your very educated guess:) The car had those pretty star-shaped patterns on the windscreen, although the sun is clearing it all now. Frost or no frost, it's absolutely freezing out there!

Very cold here this morning. Local weather station says -1.7c, dew point -5.7c. Husband wants to know why the frost appears to be melting if it's below zero outside. Beautiful clear blue skies again and crisp air.

Thanks, and yes, I had a bit of hope for snow in Prague, but am happy with cold and seasonal. Agree with what you say, 'cold' varies so much, especially with a stiff wind against you. I'll put Riga on the list; I was there as a student, so it would have changed rather a lot by now. My coldest ever was -25 in Moscow, and my face went so numb I couldn't speak! Sounds like you have done well on the snow front - send your luck around the south east on Wednesday... please!

A beautiful winter's morning here in Surbiton, after a hard overnight frost (the closest to anything looking like snow we're likely to get!), the air is crisp and sunny under blue skies, although rather raw walking into that wind. I'm loving the seasonal weather personally, but am disappointed at the lack of the white stuff later in the week. We're off to Prague for a few days on Saturday, so the cold weather will be good practice for correct clothing choices; hoping that storm doesn't come in too early and disrupt the flights.

Bristawl Si had a go at answering this very question in the Model thread a day or two ago: And yes, it's very cold out there... and drizzling...