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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Remember before you tweet tonight folks... #lightning #lightening

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@WessexWeather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

This is probably it @VirtualAstro

Martin Cook

@martinjamescook

4 years

The first image is @Space_Station station, followed a few minutes later by what I hope was the Dragon @SpaceX @NASA . Taken this evening from @EHOldSarum and looking towards @SalisburyCath

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

I think this one’s a keeper! Webcam capture and iPhone shot of one of the most impressive #sunsets I’ve ever seen over East #Dorset tonight. 100% unedited... #altocumulus #cirrus #NoFilter @StormHour @PeterGWeather @liamdutton @Bournemouthecho @BBCSouthWeather @DorsetMag

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 months

Remember Ceefax page 401, my favourite page during the 80s?! Well, someone has recreated it!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Nice view of the #StormWithNoName to the north of Scotland this morning. #NOAA15

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Facts of the day: - Sunset has been getting later since the Solstice on 21st December. However it is only from today that sunrise starts to get earlier... Today is 14 minutes longer than 21st December. A week today it will be 26 minutes longer!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

If I’m not mistaken, I think I’ve picked up the pressure wave from the #TongaVolcano eruption here in the UK! @WeatherWatchNZ

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

@VirtualAstro Here is the partial #SolarEclipse2021 from #Dorset twenty minutes later at 10:41 BST. @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

RIP Queen Elizabeth II. Your country will never be the same again ❤️

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

Another image of this morning’s #Stratocumulus #Undulatus #Asperitas , over #Poole in #Dorset ... @metoffice #Loveukweather @BBCSouthWeather @HollyJGreen @StormHour

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

Hi All, a quick tweet to say that astronomical autumn begins tomorrow at 08:50, when the sun makes its passage over the Equator into the Southern Hemisphere, and day and night are (approximately) equal in length. From then on, nights will be longer than days. #AutumnEquinox

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

The River Stour has burst its banks in Sturminster Marshall. Please don’t attempt to enter or leave the village via White Mill. @TravelDorset @Bournemouthecho

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

Rare snow rollers spotted in field near Marlborough - BBC News

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Last night’s #Moon and #Venus conjunction from opposite sides of the world, the first from @ahamillphotos from the UK and the second from @Eplus9Nz in New Zealand. Notice how the inverted views on opposite sides of the globe. @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

8 years

Tonight’s crescent Moon with Earthshine, with the ageing 5 Tauri to the left and young HR 1039 below. @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Most of the UK looking fabulous again this morning! #MeteorM2

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

Impressive #WaxingGibbous #Moon this evening with some notable features on the terminator, #Clavius at the bottom and #Copernicus in the centre. @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Brief break in the cloud over #Dorset enabled me to capture this at 10:20 BST. #SolarEclipse2021 @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

The gravity of this situation hit home this morning when I came downstairs to find my wife in tears, making the boys’ sandwiches for their last day at school, crying for the effect this will have on their childhood. This moved me more than anything else so far 💔. #COVID19

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Stunning compilation! “ @peachastro : Composite of the eclipse from Devon, UK #eclipse2015 #SolarEclipse http://t.co/CQOfYqiRDG”

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 months

If you’re not all stormed out, here’s an image of #StormDomingos barrelling into Western Europe. #NOAA18 #weather #satelliteimagery #meteorology

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

This rainfall has been intense across Dorset. My station has reported a rain rate of 194mm/h, and I’ve recorded 26mm in less than half an hour!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

#Altocumulus #Floccus #Virga over the #BlackmoreVale , #Dorset this morning. @StormHour @HollyJGreen #LoveUKWeather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

A belated happy Christmas to all my followers. Unfortunately I had to have emergency eye surgery on Christmas Eve but thankfully made it home for Christmas. It could be a long recovery but I will try to keep things going. Your support, as ever, means so much to me. Simon.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Many people weather-app-watchers are talking about rain this Sunday-Monday... ...unfortunately it’s not going to happen with dry weather persisting (for most) well into July. Once established, these ‘omega blocking highs’ are difficult to shift!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Have you noticed that suddenly this week it’s getting lighter later and darker earlier? It’s not your imagination! Today we have 42 minutes’ less daylight than we had a month ago, the sun rising 26 minutes later and setting 16 minutes earlier.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

The sky just keeps on giving tonight! #altocumulus #undulatus over East #Dorset . #loveukweather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Spectacular cirrocumulus radiatus over East Dorset this evening! @metoffice @CloudAppSoc #Loveukweather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

During Lockdown I’ve been setting up a weather satellite receiving station, with the help of @uhf_satcom , and here is my first image from NOAA 19 just before 6.30pm this evening. There’s room for improvement but I’m so chuffed!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

Not everyone will agree but I think @BorisJohnson has done a great job, and must have been working around the clock this past few weeks to try and do what’s best for the British people and the economy. Catching #COVID19 must be the final straw, and I wish him a speedy recovery.

Boris Johnson

@BorisJohnson

4 years

Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus. Together we will beat this. #StayHomeSaveLives

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

After an eight mile walk along the South West Coast Path and waiting for an eternity for the fog to clear this morning, the views of Old Harry Rocks were worth the wait... #Dorset #dorsetlife #JurassicCoast #OldHarry @Bournemouthecho @Dorsetecho @DorsetAONB @StormHour

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Another delightful spring storm affecting the UK. #NOAA19

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Taken on the eve of #VEDay70 , a ghost Spitfire in the clouds, by Gary Pescod Photography ... http://t.co/nniVziFe4x

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Another fantastic view of the UK from space today, clearly showing areas of #snow cover…

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

I must reiterate this. PLEASE stop coming to #Dorset ! We don’t want infected Londoners flocking here and clogging our already under-resourced hospitals with sick people that are too stupid to follow advice. The same applies to the elderly. STAY AT HOME! Dunkirk spirit won’t work!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Altocumulus sunset with sun pillar over #Salisbury this evening. What an amazing cloud day! @liamdutton @MeteoGib http://t.co/imp8vMCB2v

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

After a snowless winter and early start to spring, I’ll be gobsmacked if this comes off on Thursday!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Altocumulus #virga over East #Dorset this morning, with one or two spots of rain reaching the ground. #loveukweather @Bournemouthecho @HollyJGreen @StormHour @CloudAppSoc

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Maximum coverage around 87%, #eclipse , Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, 09:30... @virtualastro @BBCSouthWeather http://t.co/KlMH9bfqFQ

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

It’s exactly 4 weeks until the winter #solstice , after which daylight starts lengthening again! 😊

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Crescent moon with Venus this evening, Salisbury, UK... @Andy_stones @virtualastro http://t.co/fv5IzOXxaM

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

We’ve reached 17.3°C in #Dorset , not quite the November record of 17.7°C, ironically recorded in November 2010. And we all know what happened that year…

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Power out now.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

#StormEvert #NOAA18 midday 30th July 2021.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Hats off to @DorsetSnow who called out today’s #snowfall yesterday, issuing a warning when most of us, and indeed most of the #weather models, were sceptical. I used to mute him thinking he was just another Coldie, but he’s becoming a seriously respectable amateur #meteorologist !

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

Many people in media & social media starting to soil themselves over “bitter” weather arriving this weekend. Remember 4°C by day and 0°C at night is not bitter by climatology standards. I remember sub zero all day in the 80s with blizzards and gales. That’s bitter.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

For the cloud appreciators among us, the #Cumulonimbus over the Italian Alps were awe inspiring. @MikeOlbinski

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

I have been inspired by meteorology since 1978 when my primary school bought a Stevenson screen and appointed me 'Weather Monitor'. On this #WorldMeteorologicalDay I still marvel at how much excitement and energy exists in the thin blue layer surrounding our Earth. #WorldMetDay

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 months

This is one for the archives! A 953mb low over Southeast England. #stormciaran #weather #ukweather #meteorology

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Who’d have thought it? Breakfast outside in November!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

#Eclipse , Swindon, 09:05... @virtualastro http://t.co/4zVLjxiQkg

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

A very photogenic low pressure system in the Atlantic, and the persistent wriggling front moving back and forth over the UK… #NOAA18

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

I’m getting rather obsessed with this slab of #Altocumulus draped over Southern England! It’s just produced a wonderful #Sunset over East #Dorset ...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 months

The extreme low pressure tomorrow will actually lower the boiling point of water by almost 2°C!

James Peacock

@peacockreports

6 months

For those who partake, this may be considered to have a slight negative impact on the quality of your breakfast tea brew, as water will boil at ~98.3°C (), which is sub-optimal for the steeping process. I wonder how many will actually notice a difference?

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

Re undulatus asperatus, Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the @CloudAppSoc has worked tirelessly for this new classification... http://t.co/CJAII4PBhO

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

A crop from the #MeteorM2 pass at 10am this morning showing a largely clear England and Wales, with a nice view of the #PembrokeshireDangler . @DerekTheWeather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Composite of 4 images taken in East #Dorset this morning. #SolarEclipse2021 @VirtualAstro @BBCSouthWeather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

And lacunosus with a hint of mammatus. #loveukweather #Dorset

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Southern England is looking parched! Took these yesterday shortly after take-off from Bournemouth Airport. The second shows Hayling Island with the Isle of Wight in the distance.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

8 years

Altocumulus undulatus, East Dorset this evening...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

Amazing sky over East Dorset this evening as cloud bank cleared...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

This will be the envy of many people today. 13mm in around 20 minutes and it’s still coming down in Wimborne... @Bournemouthecho

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

8 years

Two more shots of undulatus #asperitus over Poole, Dorset this afternoon. @DorsetLifeMag @metoffice @CloudAppSoc

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

10 years

Another supercell in Essex... "RT @LauraHayers : Unbelievable skies in thurrock! http://t.co/7fv2UzgFyQ"

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

What a stunning cumulonimbus capillatus over Poole this afternoon!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

Cirrus uncinus over Fawley, Hampshire this afternoon. @BBCSouthWeather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Maximal #Eclipse2022 as seen from Rhodes, Greece, projected onto a sunbed cover with a monocular! @VirtualAstro

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 month

A couple of photos as the shelf cloud passed to our NW towards Blandford Forum. There were a good number of intra-cloud fork lightning strikes from this.

WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 month

There’s a thunderstorm approaching East Dorset from Weymouth at the moment…

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Very interesting feature this. Wouldn’t be at all surprised to see reports of tornadoes.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Here we are as seen from #NOAA19 a few minutes ago…

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 months

Just in! This is the latest infrared image of #StormCiar án I’ve captured from #NOAA19 . #weather #ukweather #satelliteimagery

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

Nice #cirrus fibratus over #Wimborne #Dorset this lunch time. #loveukweather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Fabulous #MeteorM2 view of Europe again this morning, showing fog and low cloud over Southern England and an amazing view of the snow-capped Alps...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Indian summers do not happen in September! They are defined as a warm spell that occurs after the first frost, usually in October.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Another piece of #Dorset bites the dust!

Dorset Council UK

@DorsetCouncilUK

3 years

As expected, a large section of Highlands Park cliff near West Bay fell overnight. An alternative path taking people away from the fall has been provided by Highlands End Holiday Park. Walkers must read the on-site information, not climb over the barriers and follow this path.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 months

#Altocumulus stratiformis, Poole Park Lake, #Dorset on Boxing Day. #weather #ukweather #clouds #cloudscape #reflection

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Stunning sunset in #Dorset this evening…

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Loving this Arctic Maritime airmass!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

@Telegraph @BorisJohnson Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Boris "bottle it" shortly after the country voted to leave?

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

⚠️ I don’t think I have ever seen this before. A massive AMBER wind warning covering most of England and Wales tomorrow, 8am until 9pm. #StormCiara means business!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 months

Well that was a surprise! Fleeting but incredible #StormGerrit #sunset . #weather #Dorset #ukweather

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

This cloud to the SW really needs watching as we head through tomorrow and overnight. Most models push it to our south, but some suggest a prolonged period of #snow for southwestern coastal counties overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. #MeteorM2 thermal and #NOAA18 visible.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

OMG just looked at the lightning strikes along the whole of the eastern UK! L’il ol’ Dorset misses out yet again...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Is anyone else sick and tired of seeing and hearing about #Harry and #Meghan ? What a sad, sorry and bitter state off affairs! #Sussexes

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

6 years

A rather lovely sunset over East Dorset this evening, with some cirrus and interesting contrails. Much colder tonight with ground frost...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

8 years

Two further images of #Asperitus Undulatus near Badbury Rings, East #Dorset , today. @Bournemouthecho @metoffice

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

To put this into perspective, this eruption took place around 10,350 miles away. The pressure wave took around 14.5 hours to reach us, so was travelling at 715mph!

WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

If I’m not mistaken, I think I’ve picked up the pressure wave from the #TongaVolcano eruption here in the UK! @WeatherWatchNZ

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

Absolutely thrilled with this #Butterfly mix #meadow bed from @MeadowInGarden . Everyone should create one bed like this! Simple, beautiful #gardening . #Poppy #Bumblebee #Bee #Pollination @TheMontyDon @GWandShows @DrTrevorDines @Love_plants @WildaboutPlants @CoronationMdows

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

7 years

This sky type is known as "altocumulus of a chaotic sky". Many different varieties at different levels.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

2 years

Tonight’s sunset got better and better!

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

5 years

1/2 On this first day of meteorological autumn 2019, I have decided to take a break from Twitter for a couple of months whilst I deal with things going on in my life, the country and the wider world. Thanks to all my followers & the many friends I have made on here since 2011.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Everyone is posting #UKsnow photos and videos today, so I might as well post another one from #SturminsterMarshall in #Dorset !

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

On a brighter note the #WinterSolstice will occur at 04:19 tomorrow morning, when we can start looking forward to #Spring ... The sun will be at its most southerly point over the Tropic of Capricorn before coming back towards us, with the #SpringSolstice on 20th March.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

1 year

Nice capture from #MeteorM2 of the little low over SE England this evening, that brought freezing #rain , #sleet , #snow and #thundersnow as it formed over Southern #England and intensified.

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

4 years

No words...

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

9 years

"Incredibly Rare Rain Bomb" - not my words but cool! http://t.co/pOfNyEJa07 http://t.co/8KmvHezQUQ

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WessexWeather (M7WWX)

@WessexWeather

3 years

Stunning satellite image just in from #MeteorM2 showing the swirl of low pressure to our southwest and what looks like a MCS (Mesoscale Convective System [thunderstorm system]) affecting SW England and the Channel Islands. Most of the UK still fine and dry.