It is not warm, it is windy and it is doing its level best to rain. Who was that lunatic at the bus stop, wearing shorts?Nuttycyclist?
K5 Buoy, up Rockall way. Current wave height, 47 feet :o.
Surf's Up :thumbsup:.
Today is ridiculously warm.
Comment - DEAD MOUSE AND MOUSE DROPPINGS IN SAMPLE
Contents of Cow's Stomach
Yep, another 10 days.Not coming back via Boston are you? Someone has an Islabike Rothan for Nye and we haven't worked out how to transport it.
Yep, another 10 days.Not coming back via Boston are you? Someone has an Islabike Rothan for Nye and we haven't worked out how to transport it.
It's -33.1º in Inari this morning.That is extremely cold. And dark. I think the dark would depress me. The coldest I've ever experienced was -29, but that was only one day, it was dry and windless so didn't feel as cold as some warmer temperatures, and the sun was shining. Thank goodness. In fact, that was far preferable to the end of winter thaw, when everything got so horribly, well, wet. And everybody got ill. And four months' of frozen dog turds were revealed under the snow.
Iniari is in Finnish Lapland and is the furthest north I got to on last years tour. In Inari I watched the sun travelling parallel to the horizon for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. I also ate a reindeer pizza.
The next sunrise at Inari is on the 10th at 12:02. The sun pokes its head above the horizon and sets at 12:36.
In fact, that was far preferable to the end of winter thaw, when everything got so horribly, well, wet. And everybody got ill. And four months' of frozen dog turds were revealed under the snow.
In that case it is a mouldy chiz. USAnian Christmases always have SNO. It's in teh Roolz :(Even if they have to import it in girt big freezer ships, as the Hawaiians do.
Right - a chance for the weather geeks to impress me!
Can anyone find weather station data for the A338 over The Ridgeway. Just north of Fawley, near Brightwalton, or Farnborough (Berkshire) - or anywhere around there, but the higher up the better.
This may work: http://goo.gl/maps/gD7mv
(Im just curious about what wind-speed equated to me deciding to walk instead of ride yesterday).
All we need, today, is fog and we have had a full house.
Sun - check
Rain - check
Wind - check
Hail - check
Snow - check
It's foggy! 21/2 hours ago when I came in it was sunny and clear. What's going on ???
All we need, today, is fog and we have had a full house.
Sun - check
Rain - check
Wind - check
Hail - check
Snow - check
Some properly dry air behind this morning's cold front.
RAF Coningsby: Temp: +12C, DP: -8C (26% RH) :o
Interesting atmospheric conditions over London this morning. No clouds, and little high altitude wind means that aeroplane contrails are lasting much longer than usual. I can see scores of trails, of which these are only a few:
(http://staff.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/contrails.jpg)
Sigh. Is it ever going to stop being winter?? Bored now.
Just got July's weather data in for our site station. We have just passed 2014 to make this the wettest year so far in the 10 years I have recorded. :(The vale of york has been both drier and warmer than in previous 10 years.
Middle Earth is currently under bombardment by ridiculous amounts of dihydrogen monoxide.The next lot has just arrived here. Judging by the wind speed and direction and the time of your last post you should get it about 3pm. It's definately Japanese car parts* out there
WEATHER WARNING: Months of heavy snowfall as worst winter in 50 years forecast
So. Just a few days ago, the Metoffice were downplaying Tropical Storm "Joaquin".
"We don't expect this to develop into a hurricane, but there could be some disruptive weather along the East coast of USA". Fair enough, it's an El-Nino year which generally leads to suppressed hurricane activity.
A few days later, Joaquin is a Cat 4 hurricane, giving the Bahamas a right going over.
Now they are suggesting the tropical remnants will be collected by the jet stream, and delivered unto our shores next weekend. Just in time for the Dufton camping weekend in fact :thumbsup:.
So. Just a few days ago, the Metoffice were downplaying Tropical Storm "Joaquin".
"We don't expect this to develop into a hurricane, but there could be some disruptive weather along the East coast of USA". Fair enough, it's an El-Nino year which generally leads to suppressed hurricane activity.
A few days later, Joaquin is a Cat 4 hurricane, giving the Bahamas a right going over.
Now they are suggesting the tropical remnants will be collected by the jet stream, and delivered unto our shores next weekend. Just in time for the Dufton camping weekend in fact :thumbsup:.
Just spotted this - I'm glad you were wrong, Chris!
It's going to be an interesting winter for sure. The developing El Nino looks like being a monster - and it already seems to have killed Atlantic hurricane development stone dead.
North Atlantic sea temperatures are below normal (have been since the exceptional cold in Canada last winter) and won't be warmed much if the flux out of the tropics is weak because of El Nino.
All points to a weakened and fragmented jet stream - so could well be a cold one, if High pressure dominates.
The Torygraph is claiming the same thing on the grounds that it's unusually nippy for the time of year in Siberia.
I blame Thatcher.
I blame Thatcher.Are you trying to get a weather thread moved to POBI?
...Yr.no are the masters of windy understatement...
It certainly is. You can tell how windy it is cos yr.no says 'near gale'.
Yr.no are the masters of windy understatement. Yr.no says 'breath of an angel' when I say too feckin windy to cycle!
Yr.no are the masters of windy understatement. Yr.no says 'breath of an angel' when I say too feckin windy to cycle!
It's a tad wet here, thanks to Desmond. We've had about 100mm of rain today, with the same again forecast for tonight. Cumbria Police have declared a major incident. Keswick, amongst other places, is completely cut off and the river hasbreachedover topped the flood defences. Appleby main street is submerged. Kendal is pretty well unreachable, roads and railways are closed, and an evacuation centre has been opened in the town hall - "hundreds" of homes have been flooded. RNLI flood rescue team is on the way, all coastguard and search & rescue teams are busy. Oh, and the lights are flickering, looks like the power's on the way out an'all...
I suspect we are going to see substantial damage to bridges where they constrain the rivers.
Not unreasonable.
Seems like Carlisle has had "once in a hundred years" style floods on 3 occasions in the last decade.
e.g the probability that the flood level will exceed Xm in a given year is 0.01 not that it will only occur every 100 years.Sadly that is a subtlety that the layman ( and most journos) often misunderstands :-\
I suspect the 1:250 is wrong, when I was at the EA* the typical design standards for new defenses** were river 1:100, coastal (tidal flooding) 1:200, critical national infrastructure e.g. power stations etc. may be higher but most water works and substations will be at 1:100.
And these are excedence probabilities, e.g the probability that the flood level will exceed Xm in a given year is 0.01 not that it will only occur every 100 years.
* 5 years ago now so may have changed but Carlisle was in construction then.
** older defences on smaller rivers could be as low as 1:30 and 1:70 was quite common.
I appreciate people aren't happy to be flooded, but there are limits to be what can be done, and well, they do insist on living by rivers and on flood plains. Frankly, if you've been flooded once, you're more likely to be flooded again...
I appreciate people aren't happy to be flooded, but there are limits to be what can be done, and well, they do insist on living by rivers and on flood plains. Frankly, if you've been flooded once, you're more likely to be flooded again...I have a friend who lives in a house (in York) that is vulnerable to flooding. Over the last 18 years or so I think she's been flooded badly 4 times. Each time she gets the house ground floor ripped out, rebuilt and each time upgrades her defences a bit. There's a dyke around the houses now so water needs to top 16ft level to flood around the house, plus she now has flood doors so can stop water up to a metre in depth if it reaches the house.
I appreciate people aren't happy to be flooded, but there are limits to be what can be done, and well, they do insist on living by rivers and on flood plains. Frankly, if you've been flooded once, you're more likely to be flooded again...I have a friend who lives in a house (in York) that is vulnerable to flooding. Over the last 18 years or so I think she's been flooded badly 4 times. Each time she gets the house ground floor ripped out, rebuilt and each time upgrades her defences a bit. There's a dyke around the houses now so water needs to top 16ft level to flood around the house, plus she now has flood doors so can stop water up to a metre in depth if it reaches the house.
It's possible to cope with it. All wiring above a certain height, flooring and wall materials that can be dried out. Be prepared to move furniture.
I think there is much to be said for looking at different configurations for dwellings to be built in areas at risk from flooding, though that will require planning officials and construction companies to think outside of the Barratt box! Consider the style of house that appears a lot on the other side of the Channel, where the ground floor or semi-basement is the garage/utility rooms/cellar level. Alternatively, use construction techniques that effectively raise the dwelling above ground level on a set of suitably waterproofed reinforced concrete or steel columns.
Mayhem?!
I was sposed to be riding m'bike with that mcshroom today and he couldn't get out of Carlisle. So it's cancelled. Fppppth. >:(
Mayhem?!
I was sposed to be riding m'bike with that mcshroom today and he couldn't get out of Carlisle. So it's cancelled. Fppppth. >:(
Annoyingly the sun's out now ::-)
One trusts that citoyen 2 can seek refuge in the Old Crown :)
Apparently Carlisle United won a foopball match at the weekend by scoring lots of goals, and are through to the next round of the FA cup of foopball. Rob Bonnet interviewed their manager on the wireless yesterday.
RB: So, I imagine you'd like a tie against the likes of Liverpool or Man Utd in the next round Mr Manager? Preferably at home?
MM: Oh aye, but we'd rather play it away than at home.
RB: *knowing chuckle* Well, yes, you'll get more money out of it that way, won't you?
MM: It's not so much that, more that the water's up over our crossbars at the moment.
RB: Oh gosh, really? That's quite deep...
It's been a while since I was at the Old Crown but IIRC it's a fair way above anywhere that's likely to be flooded.
I have been to the dentist. Therefore it is raining. I've noticed that even in midsummer it rains on days I have dentist appointments.
Rainbows have been visible from the office window every day this week, usually double rainbows.
Rainbows have been visible from the office window every day this week, usually double rainbows.
How much gold did you find?
Dun Run anyone?
Maximum temperature of 10.4°C today. First time over 10° since November.
| 0 | Calm |
| 1 | Light Air |
| 2 | Light Breeze |
| 3 | Gentle Breeze |
| 4 | Moderate Breeze |
| 5 | Fresh Breeze |
| 6 | Strong Breeze |
| 7 | Near Gale |
| 8 | Gale |
| 9 | Strong Gale |
| 10 | Storm |
| 11 | Violent Storm |
| 12 | Hurricane Force |
Looking at my records, dating back 5 years, shows this to be the warmest December by a massive amount.
Mean Dec temperatures, 2011-15: 7.2, 6.0, 7.4, 6.5, 11.1.
We took delivery of the weather station 5 years ago today and December 2010 was much colder than any of those. The 10 days I recorded averaged 3.2°C but the preceding 3 weeks were much colder. We had a heavy snowfall about a fortnight before Christmas and the temperature struggled to get above freezing until Boxing Day or thereabouts.
A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
As if suffering the flooding were not bad enough, I understand that Cameron is due to turn up in York some time tomorrow.
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
Isn't it partly that it's in different places? In 2k the Foss barrier remained in operation so this time there's areas under a lot of water that weren't affected in 2k, as I understand it.
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
Isn't it partly that it's in different places? In 2k the Foss barrier remained in operation so this time there's areas under a lot of water that weren't affected in 2k, as I understand it.
That's probably the truth of the matter. It sounds like the pump failure at the BLue Bridge is to blame. Maybe.
I took loads of (film) pics in 2000 and none of the places in south York that were then flooded have any water on them right now.
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
Isn't it partly that it's in different places? In 2k the Foss barrier remained in operation so this time there's areas under a lot of water that weren't affected in 2k, as I understand it.
That's probably the truth of the matter. It sounds like the pump failure at the BLue Bridge is to blame...
Actually, according to friend who is flooded, the water is higher (they marked a gatepost). There are also substantially more properties in York affected, including shops in city centre.A little damp in York. A friend was getting flooded so I brought my canoe downriver to lend to her. She has nearly 4ft of water through her house. Another friend has been evacuated from her flat.
Not nearly as bad as year 2k tho'. Despite the Meeja making a drama out of a crisis. No sailing on the Knavesmire, yet.
Isn't it partly that it's in different places? In 2k the Foss barrier remained in operation so this time there's areas under a lot of water that weren't affected in 2k, as I understand it.
That's probably the truth of the matter. It sounds like the pump failure at the BLue Bridge is to blame...
I think you'll find that the Environment Agency is to blame.
Research by the official House of Commons library found that the amount spent on flood defences between 2007 and 2011 was £2.37billion, while the amount spent between 2011 and 2015 will be £2.34billion - a £247million cut in real terms.
Frankly I'm not surprised.
Frankly I'm not surprised.
Sounds like we'll need that dam, after all, dear.
Frankly I'm not surprised.
Sounds like we'll need that dam, after all, dear.
I'm more of a Kevin Coyne man.
Nacreous clouds (http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/nacr1.htm) over Aberdeen right now :thumbsup:
nacreous over york this morn
indicates damage to ozone layer, apparently
Type II
Nacreous clouds composed of ice crystals with temperatures of ~minus 85ºC.
Type I
Less spectacular than nacreous clouds, more diffuse and less bright colours. Sometimes nacreous clouds are embedded in them. Type I clouds are slightly warmer (~ minus 78ºC) than Type II and are composed of exotic solids or liquid droplets.
Type Ia
Crystalline compounds of water and nitric acid - especially NAT, nitric acid trihydrate HNO3.3H2O
Type Ib
Small spherical droplets of a solution of nitric and sulphuric acids.
Type Ic
Small non spherical particles of a metastable nitric acid - water phase
PSCs were long regarded as curiosities and of no real consequence. However, Type I clouds are now known as sites of harmful destruction of stratospheric ozone over the Antarctic and Arctic. Their surfaces act as catalysts which convert more benign forms of man-made chlorine into active free radicals (for example ClO, chlorine monoxide). During the return of Spring sunlight these radicals destroy many ozone molecules in a series of chain reactions. Cloud formation is doubly harmful because it also removes gaseous nitric acid from the stratosphere which would otherwise combine with ClO to form less reactive forms of chlorine.
It is really sodding miserable here at the moment.
It's been gloriously sunny here all week. ;D :POther than a rogue storm last Saturday, we've had 10 days of solid sunshine.
I have just watched some titanic wankspanner swimming away from his sunken Mercedes under a railway bridge in Wallington.
I larrffed.
There's a very impressive video from a storm chaser here.
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/storm-chasers-time-lapse-tornado-video-gorgeous-it-terrifying.html
I couldn't see how to link straight to the video.
It is so hot out there the tarmac is literally melting on the roads. Admittedly, only in places where vehicles have spun their wheels, but even so... In the long run, we need to think about using a different grade of tar on Britain's roads (like they do in various hotter countries). Or stopping wheelspin. Oh, of course, silly me; the first would require spending money and the second would require putting some responsibility on drivers.he nearest bus stop to this house used to have deep bus-wheel-sized holes. They were filled in but soon reappeared. It's in a bus lane which is a convenient route into town - but for them holes.
The bitumen in asphalt doesn't stick to tyres to any significant degree. The aggregate can be pressed into the asphalt (depending on the particular mix and layer thickness), leaving a bitumen-rich surface layer that doesn't have the stiffness to avoid tyre tracks.I think it must have been this that caught my attention yesterday. It was mostly outside a construction site, where there are tipper trucks and machinery manoeuvring. I've not noticed it on cooler days though. It was different from the depressions at stop lines and bus stops though. I've not noticed so much of those here – in Poland they used to be quite dramatic, but are less over the last ten years or so, which I think is due to better roadbuilding. I suppose enforcement of axle loadings would be a factor too.
Where as here in Chester it's currently 18c and lashing down with rain .
Ooh thunderstorm forecast for tonight. Good excuse to extend today's hibernations.We just had a tremendous storm over Skipton. I've not seen one so fierce since we've lived here. My parents over the Moss lost power for a couple of hours. We lost power for a few minutes (just enough time to get the candles going). The dog was very unhappy so we bribed her with peanut butter. She's now flat out upside down on the sofa, sleeping off the excitement.
According to R4, the 34.2°C recorded in Gravesend today was the highest September temperature in the UK since 1911. That must have been about the time I was driving along the M2.
Seems it was a tad wet in Manchester while us soft southern jessies were roasting...And much of the north west, including us in Skipton. It has been very muggy and the ferocious storm has brought some relief. Pics from a local photographer: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157414892040481&substory_index=1&id=523920480
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37356375 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37356375)
The cosmetics counters at Manchester's Harvey Nichols department store were flooded as well.
proper cloud burst in Wokingham this evening, fortunately just before I went to leave work and I therefore delayed my departure. The basement lobby from the undercroft carpark flooded, then on route home the fire brigade were pumping flood water away from a house and numerous roads were ponds.I heard that & saw the flashes. It moved westward rather slowly & got here just after Mrs B arrived from from work, so she waited an hour before going for her usual run.
More worrying was the car that had been struck by a falling tree. :o
However 6 miles later when I got home it was clear that it hadn't even rained.
Horizontal showers here but no sun. Wind gusting 60 kph with 85 kph promised. As me Dad used to say, it's a good thing nobody's out in that except the polis.
Very blowy outside and the forecast has gusts of 50mph for the next couple of hours. I think I will be taking the bus rather than cargobike for today's nursery run...
Anyone know if the forecast "severe snowy weather" tomorrow will actually amount to much in the south :-\
(I am selfishly only really interested in Oxfordshire.)
Anyone know if the forecast "severe snowy weather" tomorrow will actually amount to much in the south :-\
(I am selfishly only really interested in Oxfordshire.)
who knows? I've got the same concern for Cambs
Yesterday's wind remodelled the little flat-roofed storm-porch that we have by our back door. :-\
(https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15895210_10209736581945201_6605536545866854858_n.jpg?oh=820ba0330829cbd031a1185f750a82a5&oe=591C1371)
OMFG ITS GOING TO SNOW WERE ALL GOING TO DIE 2 WHOLE CENTIMETRES THATS AVALANCHE TERRITORY WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE NARWHALS;D
A colleague in Portland in narked. forcast was for 2-3 inches of snow. As of yesterday morning they'd had a foot and it hadn't stopped.
He says they'd already gone grocery shopping for a week and he doesn't anticipate being able to get out of the house for several days.
Well ... we nearly got exactly what was forecast [if you ignored the scaremongers. like RZ ;) ]Anyone know if the forecast "severe snowy weather" tomorrow will actually amount to much in the south :-\
(I am selfishly only really interested in Oxfordshire.)
who knows? I've got the same concern for Cambs
Well ... we nearly got exactly what was forecast [if you ignored the scaremongers. like RZ ;) ]Anyone know if the forecast "severe snowy weather" tomorrow will actually amount to much in the south :-\
(I am selfishly only really interested in Oxfordshire.)
who knows? I've got the same concern for Cambs
Hours of rain - which meant loads of standing water on roads this evening - with about an hour of snow (too warm to settle) during my commute. Annoying, but at least I was ready for it.
Tomorrow morning is more worrying. It will freeze overnight, and that is a LOT of ice out there :-\
<heads off to the "DIY Gritting" thread ... >
On that subject .. I haven't seen the annual deluge of STUDDED TYRES threads! Perhaps everyone that was going to buy them has bought them in previous winters; other riders either stay indoors, or have "proper bike handling skills" so they don't see the need!
We've had a covering here, Mrs A went to work in Scarborough at 6.00am and it ws snowing but she made it without any problem. Village is now shut though as there are accidents on Staxton and also south of the village ( one report on Facebook says car overtook gritter/plough and spun ::-) ) so road closed in both directions. God job I was working from home today!
We've had a covering here, Mrs A went to work in Scarborough at 6.00am and it ws snowing but she made it without any problem. Village is now shut though as there are accidents on Staxton and also south of the village ( one report on Facebook says car overtook gritter/plough and spun ::-) ) so road closed in both directions. God job I was working from home today!
Meanwhile, t'other side of t'moor - Teesside was mostly gridlocked. A19 shut. A174 blocked. A171 closed. Buses not serving villages between Skelton and Whitby. There's been, what, an inch of snow? :facepalm:
I thought they were supposed to "do" this shit up here in t'North? ???
ETA: Oh. And looks like they've cancelled our bin collection. Sigh...
Professor Larrington is currently in Tromso, en route to Svalbard, and complaining that it's too warm.
Professor Larrington is currently in Tromso, en route to Svalbard, and complaining that it's too warm.
An acquaintance is currently Down Under and registering a similar complaint, though I'm betting it's a bit warmer for her than for Professor Larrington.
My grate frend Mr Sheen...[snip]
My grate frend Mr Sheen...[snip]
Barry of that ilk, or umpteen-things-clean-shining Mr Sheen?
I sat outside a café drinking tea and eating a tea cake in the lovely sunshine this morning. The temperature was 1°C in the shadeI assume?
Professor Larrington is currently in Tromso, en route to Svalbard, and complaining that it's too warm.
An acquaintance is currently Down Under and registering a similar complaint, though I'm betting it's a bit warmer for her than for Professor Larrington.
The Prof contrived to leave Sydney just before it got insanely warm. My grate frend Mr Sheen departed Blighty for Captain Cook's Mistake at about the same time as she was arrivIng at LHR; when Mr S got Down Under it was 41 degrees.
Professor Larrington is currently in Tromso, en route to Svalbard, and complaining that it's too warm.
Son reckons it's bad in Brum. Twitter feed swamped by Birmingham Updates reporting trees down all over, bits of buildings blowing down.
Sadly, a woman killed in Wolverhampton.
I'm going to assume Kim, Natalia, Nikki et al are all safely not on Bikes and at home.
Son reckons it's bad in Brum. Twitter feed swamped by Birmingham Updates reporting trees down all over, bits of buildings blowing down.Way in to work I had to get off and walk ... twice. Way back I went the long/sheltered way, glad I did not go in that way as bits of trees all over the place, two down in about 10 min commute. Only about 50 mph winds according to the reports, tougher going than the tornado we had 15 years ago.
Sadly, a woman killed in Wolverhampton.
I'm going to assume Kim, Natalia, Nikki et al are all safely not on Bikes and at home.
Calm now but earlier this afternoon next door's garden gate was banging away like Melania Trump and a pilates instructor
Calm now but earlier this afternoon next door's garden gate was banging away like Melania Trump and a pilates instructor
Good analogy. Also heard 'banging like a shithouse door in a dysentery outbreak'...
Calm now but earlier this afternoon next door's garden gate was banging away like Melania Trump and a pilates instructor
Good analogy. Also heard 'banging like a shithouse door in a dysentery outbreak'...
Or as that great poet Muttley McLad put it "bangs like a shithouse door when the plague's in town"
I have a fence to mend at one of the rental properties tomorrow
Pdoynng.
Our weather is alternating between downpissing calm and sunny with gale-force winds. Frustrating. I wish March would hurry up and bugger off like a lamb.
'Tis the same everywhere. The rivers in the Yorkshire Dales are all showing their bottoms - as it were.Comments by farmer/campsite owner in kettle well on looking at torrential thunderstorm "lovely, this. Ground is desperate for some rain"
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4190/33847018873_b8f93b213d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TyWPuV)2017-05-14_06-39-09 (https://flic.kr/p/TyWPuV) by Chris Smith (https://www.flickr.com/photos/40735552@N05/), on Flickr
I expect that decent cycling weather will continue until my wounds have healed...
We've just had 30mm in about 1.5 hours.
Is raintoday.co.uk borked for everyone? I think it's a googlemaps API key thingy, so Presumably I can't fix it at this end?
What's the best free alternative? I loved raintoday radar map :'(
First "proper" rain we've had in a long long time. Hour after hour of stair-rods. I can't event remember the last time it rained like this.
First "proper" rain we've had in a long long time. Hour after hour of stair-rods. I can't event remember the last time it rained like this.
We've had that, pulse-width modulated down to light drizzle. Impressive how much drama you can get from so little water.
Combined with some scary gusting wind, it's not been a good day to ride a bike.
Is raintoday.co.uk borked for everyone? I think it's a googlemaps API key thingy, so Presumably I can't fix it at this end?
What's the best free alternative? I loved raintoday radar map :'(
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Not a bloody drop here on the Sarf coast. I did hear a muted rumble in the distance...
I'm actually a bit North of you, in Purbrook, and Portsdown Hill often affects the weather. C'est la vie.Not a bloody drop here on the Sarf coast. I did hear a muted rumble in the distance...
Whatever rain there is must be very localised - 30 seconds to a minute's worth in Pompey and a few desultory rumbles and that's it. ::-)
On the plus side, the temperature has dropped to a tolerable level.
It's raining a lot here today and it's coming through the office wall above several of the windows and dripping onto the windowsills. We've put a plant under the drips nearest to where we sit, and asked facilities manglement to bring us some snorkels.Time for some spin class:
Come on rain. Where the hell are you? I'm sweating a cob off here.
I'm ready. I mowed the lawn this evening and everything.
Petrichore. Yes I had to look it up.
Smells different here than it used to in Birmingham.
In Brum it was definitely aluminium aluminium.
Here it's different. Soil?
Crikey. Is that strike still on?
Until 13346690? :o
unisex spaceadmin time.That has never failed to make oi larf. ;D
I've always thought 'global warming' is a bit of a crap term - sounds too cuddly, especially on a damp November day. 'Climate disruption' is much closer to the mark.
Well, it is the 40th anniversary of Close Encounters.
Barry! BAAARRRRRRRRRIEEEE!!!1!
Had the mother of all thunderstorms last night - continuous lightning, thunder and torrential rain with big hail. Lost the leccy in the night but the circuit breakers reset ok. Glad I unplugged everything early having had a laptop trashed once. Thunder still rumbling in the distance.
Mr Larrington is not regretting his decision to fly to Denver next week rather than Houston (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41045079).
Amarillo is well away from the coast but the tattered remnants of even distinctly Meh! hurricanes can cause dampness of the "road is closed, please take a hundred mile detour" variety a very long way inland. Got caught by that in the area where Texas and New Mexico meet a few years back.
Pro tip: Don't touch the floating fire ant colonies. They will ruin your day. #Harvey
Meanwhile, Montana is mostly under a pall of smoke.
It seems most of western USAnia is either on fire or coughing its head off right now. Nice Lady in the car park says the interstate through the Columbia River gorge had to be closed this afternoon and two towns evacuated.
Guess where I'm heading tomorrow ???
It seems most of western USAnia is either on fire or coughing its head off right now. Nice Lady in the car park says the interstate through the Columbia River gorge had to be closed this afternoon and two towns evacuated.
Guess where I'm heading tomorrow ???
Dear fboab-at-work,
The intended vessel details are as below:
ETS: 09/17
ETA: 10/03
However, we have Hurricane Irma headed straight towards us. If it does not weaken and/or change paths, I see shipping being delayed for quite some time.
Fingers Crossed she's not as devastating as Harvey
Floridians don't usually get scared of Hurricanes. This one is terrifying.
It seems most of western USAnia is either on fire or coughing its head off right now. Nice Lady in the car park says the interstate through the Columbia River gorge had to be closed this afternoon and two towns evacuated.
Guess where I'm heading tomorrow ???
WA14 on the N side is open, but could be busy and expect foul air. Our air is officially described (https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_state&stateid=49&tab=0) as "Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy" right now due to the Columbia Gorge fires, high temperatures and extremely dry conditions in general.
Maybe it's karma for the Americans electing trump ;D
All I can say is I'm glad my son got back from Cuba in July and isn't there now. Not sure if Cuba is directly in Irma's path, but I doubt it will escape unharmed.
Maybe it's karma for the Americans electing trump ;D
I combined the images of Hurricane Andrew (1992) & Hurricane Irma (today) at scale in a gif. Irma is a damn leviathan.https://twitter.com/JoelNihlean/status/905845846687789058
Just taken out the re-cycling.We've had that here since June 22nd. :(
That smokey autumnal smell is very much in evidence this evening.
Nice.
Yebbut, you are in Ruralshire ;)Just taken out the re-cycling.We've had that here since June 22nd. :(
That smokey autumnal smell is very much in evidence this evening.
Nice.
Llandismal.
June 19th. Last day of winter.
June 20th. Spring.
June 21st. Summer
June 22nd. First day of Autumn.
Half the county is under water again. Honister's rain gauge has recorded 205mm rain today!I was there - en velo!
I haven't been down the hill, but apparently the bridge here in Egremont is shut, and a lot of the local roads are flooded. I've not heard of any houses flooding yet at least.
Bollox. My internet has fallen over.
It's clearish and bright here, but very very windy :o
This really is the end of times. R4 has just gone off air on FM here.
This really is the end of times. R4 has just gone off air on FM here.
FM doesn't count. *looks to Droitwich*
This really is the end of times. R4 has just gone off air on FM here.
FM doesn't count. *looks to Droitwich*
Yesterday here:
(http://www.pbase.com/johnewing/image/166415375.jpg)
Storm Dylan eh?
When they get to letter i, I hope they call it "In A Teacup"
Stolen from elsewhere.
Jet stream looks a little, um... lively for the next few days.
Today the sun is shining. I feel like a different person, perhaps even a different species. It's rather nice.
It is windy in the east of the Eastern Angles. So much so that THEY have closed the big bridge over the River Orwell and chaos, and indeed pandemonium, has descended upon the town of Ipswich as pantechnicons and juggernauts attempt to get over said river by going into town.
Apparently it's been closed for 25 anabit hours this year, which is a bit more than a day, or for the more mathematically inclined, approaching 5% at the time of the closure.It is windy in the east of the Eastern Angles. So much so that THEY have closed the big bridge over the River Orwell and chaos, and indeed pandemonium, has descended upon the town of Ipswich as pantechnicons and juggernauts attempt to get over said river by going into town.
That bridge seems to be as closed due to wind as the overpass at Ely station is due to trains
You have got huskys coming :D
Blimey what an overnight change. It's positively balmy at 6° here this morning.Gone completely the other way here. three degrees of frost took some time to clear from the car this morning
When an anticyclone over northern Europe is well-developed in winter, the resultant outflowing north-easterly or easterly winds can bring bitterly cold weather to BRITAIN.
I haven't got a Met. degree either, but here goes:A good explanation of how global warming can make things colder too.
Normally you should see a wavy pinkish closed loop - the polar vortex, encircled by the jetstream - all the way round the pole. This keeps polar air over the pole, giving low temperatures, lots of sea ice, happy polar bears and oil tankers staying out. At the same time it keeps warmer southern air down here where it belongs.
Instead, climate change has meant that air over the poles is warmer and the jetstream is weaker, with the result that the polar vortex has broken up. You can see a large incursion of Atlantic air, bringing warmth from the Gulf Stream up over Iceland and the eastern coast of Greenland, while a parallel air stream is bringing easterly polar air down from Novaya Zemlya & C° along the west coast of Norway, over the North Sea and over Europe and the UK - what the tabloids are calling "the beast from the east".
The web site is fun: if you click on "earth" in the bottom left you get a menu where you can change altitude & time and select various overlays for wind speed, temperature, humidity, "misery index", etc. Altitude's a bit funny: it's given in hectopascals where 1000 hPa = 1 atmosphere = approx. pressure at sea level. It decreases with height. I chose 500 hPa because it best matches what the various science comix are saying about the cold spell.
You can zoom in on your own area and see what's going to happen in the next few days. Gives a bit of depth to the weather map.
Yes, locally. But I was kind of thinking that if this reason were more well known, maybe people would understand that an exceptionally cold spell here and now does not contradict global warming.
Elselocally, it's -18 in northeast Poland.
For reasons I won't go into here, I was in a local motorcar emporium on Saturday with the good Dr Beardy (Mrs). After our perusal of their wares and on our way home I voiced the observation that for all the years (a few times a several) I have been purchasing motorcars from various emporia, I have never come across a female sales droid. Ever. This comment occasioned a HARD THINK on both our parts (for Dr Beardy (Mrs) has frequently accompanied me on car purchasing expeditions), ands even after that activity, we were both in agreement that it was indeed the case that no female motorcar sales droids could be remembered. Yes, there are often 'receptionists' but never sales droids.
This revelation triggered much knashing and grinding of teeth by Dr Beard (Mrs) for she is in actual fact a raving feminist.
However - it's been the case my entire life of moderate weather interest; a long fetch East wind in February will mean one thing - fucking cold. T'was ever thus.
However - it's been the case my entire life of moderate weather interest; a long fetch East wind in February will mean one thing - fucking cold. T'was ever thus.
This is the type of weather forecast we need on the BBC!
For reasons I won't go into here, I was in a local motorcar emporium on Saturday with the good Dr Beardy (Mrs). After our perusal of their wares and on our way home I voiced the observation that for all the years (a few times a several) I have been purchasing motorcars from various emporia, I have never come across a female sales droid. Ever. This comment occasioned a HARD THINK on both our parts (for Dr Beardy (Mrs) has frequently accompanied me on car purchasing expeditions), ands even after that activity, we were both in agreement that it was indeed the case that no female motorcar sales droids could be remembered. Yes, there are often 'receptionists' but never sales droids.
This revelation triggered much knashing and grinding of teeth by Dr Beard (Mrs) for she is in actual fact a raving feminist.
For reasons I won't go into here, I was in a local motorcar emporium on Saturday with the good Dr Beardy (Mrs). After our perusal of their wares and on our way home I voiced the observation that for all the years (a few times a several) I have been purchasing motorcars from various emporia, I have never come across a female sales droid. Ever. This comment occasioned a HARD THINK on both our parts (for Dr Beardy (Mrs) has frequently accompanied me on car purchasing expeditions), ands even after that activity, we were both in agreement that it was indeed the case that no female motorcar sales droids could be remembered. Yes, there are often 'receptionists' but never sales droids.
This revelation triggered much knashing and grinding of teeth by Dr Beard (Mrs) for she is in actual fact a raving feminist.
One of the lesser known effects of global warming.
i didn’t quite understand this comment earlier (whom I kidding, I hadn’t got a clue what you were on about) but I’ve just understood it.
I’m in the wrong thread aren’t I?
I’ll be over in the 'what a div I am' thread if anyone wants me. :-[ :facepalm:
i didn’t quite understand this comment earlier (whom I kidding, I hadn’t got a clue what you were on about) but I’ve just understood it.
One of the lesser known effects of global warming.
I’m not sure whether this should be in the rant thread, the grumble thread or the first world problems thread, so I’ll put it in here as it sort of follows on from my last post here.
Dr Beardy (Mrs) has vetoed the purchase of the motorcar of my desirousness, namely a Mustang GT V8 >:(
Whether this is because she saw Matt Le Blank arsing around in it moments before I mentioned my wantage or whether it is just some mean streak she has I cannot say. >:( and indeed >:(
One hopes the snow at Twickenhamthe England pack need all the help they can get, though I’m not sure exactly what would help them against the Ireland pack. I suspect a very bad tempered game tomorrow. :(
Will not be over-thickenham.
It's been rather well-ventilated here today. We've been watching the waves crash over the lighthouse on the breakwater and boats struggling to get in and out of the harbour :o
Now I think about it, I've been able to feel my feet for at least a week.
This is what happens when I miss a bank holiday. I'm away: heat and sun. I'm not away: cold and grey. Every fucking time.
I have been reminded of one downside to working in the office again when dressing for work this morning. The shirt and tie may be dead in IT, and even the suit is very much optional these days, but shorts are a step to far for the Office, even in my opinion. Having been a home worker for 17 years, having to wear trousers more than once in a while really is the biggest down side for me. :( :(A
This is what happens when I miss a bank holiday. I'm away: heat and sun. I'm not away: cold and grey. Every fucking time.
Would you mind buggering off every bank holiday? :demon:
And I am riding up to long itchington in the morning ::-) . Should be dry by the time I get there if I am lucky :)
I've had to get used to some new meteorological situations, since moving to the Coastal NE. It's a bit like being in Norfolk, because that county is nearly all North Sea coastal, but up here it's just a bit more so.
So the last five days have been this: Fog, cold (10c), damp, nasty. Suddenly today - it's crystal clear, warm, sunny.
You can bet that tomorrow will be one of: (a) Cold Fog, (b) Heatwave.
Aberdeen=heatwave until 30 mins before it's time to leave work. At which point the haar rolls in.I've had to get used to some new meteorological situations, since moving to the Coastal NE. It's a bit like being in Norfolk, because that county is nearly all North Sea coastal, but up here it's just a bit more so.
So the last five days have been this: Fog, cold (10c), damp, nasty. Suddenly today - it's crystal clear, warm, sunny.
You can bet that tomorrow will be one of: (a) Cold Fog, (b) Heatwave.
Sounds just like both Cambridgeshire and Aberdeenshire, my main two hangouts.
Aberdeen=heatwave until 30 mins before it's time to leave work. At which point the haar rolls in.I've had to get used to some new meteorological situations, since moving to the Coastal NE. It's a bit like being in Norfolk, because that county is nearly all North Sea coastal, but up here it's just a bit more so.
So the last five days have been this: Fog, cold (10c), damp, nasty. Suddenly today - it's crystal clear, warm, sunny.
You can bet that tomorrow will be one of: (a) Cold Fog, (b) Heatwave.
Sounds just like both Cambridgeshire and Aberdeenshire, my main two hangouts.
Watched flooding on East London jamcams with bemusement, thinking I had a nice warm day.For added amusement value the traffic cam could have zoomed in, were it capable of so doing, on the scene of an East London denizen continuing to bbq spit roast a chicken through said downpour with the aid of an umbrella, a shield to avoid roasted nuts alongside the chicken and a leavening of humour.
Hear thunder in the distance.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeThkCBW0AEjyY1.jpg:large)
No precipitation here yet...
The weather is properly confused here. Yesterday, we had the first warm sunny day for quite a while - after a run of cold, grey haar days.
Today? Back to the fog. We climbed Roseberry Topping (it's a local destination) and it was heaving with folks who'd walked up into the fog. No views whatsoever from this famous "viewpoint" - just cloud whipping past on the NE'erly straight in from the North Sea. Weird.
The haar thinned somewhat during the afternoon, but it's back with a vengeance now; "socked in", as pilots might say.
Doesn't look like it's lost too much there - are they worried about a breach?
Doesn't look like it's lost too much there - are they worried about a breach?
I expect they were yesterday evening, when they (I assume) hastily closed the road with police tape. This seems to have been successful in stopping any stray wankpanzers from exacerbating the problem by driving over the top.
It's all gone a bit wrong at Earlswood:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2018_05_28_17_50_10.sized.jpg)
(Note for Southerners: This reservoir acts as a header tank for the Grand Onion Canal)
So far this month France has only had one day without thunderstorms.
It's all gone a bit wrong at Earlswood:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2018_05_28_17_50_10.sized.jpg)
(Note for Southerners: This reservoir acts as a header tank for the Grand Onion Canal)
Double yellow lines on a cycle track?
It's all gone a bit wrong at Earlswood:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2018_05_28_17_50_10.sized.jpg)
(Note for Southerners: This reservoir acts as a header tank for the Grand Onion Canal)
Double yellow lines on a cycle track?
It's technically a road, though it's mostly used by pedestrians and cyclists. You can fit exactly one modern car on it, with room for a pedestrian to hold their breath alongside. There's a curious 'Y' arrangement where drivers (mostly accessing the residential area at the base of the 'Y' without the inconvenience of going the long way round) manage not to jam the whole thing up: https://goo.gl/maps/8ZpZQ6Mv6YS2
I assume the double yellows are there to make a point to particularly thick fisherpersons and dog-emptiers.
I've seen more Fog since we moved to Teesside than in my previous 58 years put together. Today is a perfect example - 50-100m visibility all day. I've had the fucking lights on indoors, all day. I've had to deploy the SAD light. It's June day after tomorrow, and I've got the SAD light out.
I think I may need to move.
I've seen more Fog since we moved to Teesside than in my previous 58 years put together. Today is a perfect example - 50-100m visibility all day. I've had the fucking lights on indoors, all day. I've had to deploy the SAD light. It's June day after tomorrow, and I've got the SAD light out.
I think I may need to move.
It wouldn't be far to move to Tyneside, where the fog is not shared.
I've seen more Fog since we moved to Teesside than in my previous 58 years put together. Today is a perfect example - 50-100m visibility all day. I've had the fucking lights on indoors, all day. I've had to deploy the SAD light. It's June day after tomorrow, and I've got the SAD light out.
I think I may need to move.
It wouldn't be far to move to Tyneside, where the fog is not shared.
:) ;D
I've seen more Fog since we moved to Teesside than in my previous 58 years put together. Today is a perfect example - 50-100m visibility all day. I've had the fucking lights on indoors, all day. I've had to deploy the SAD light. It's June day after tomorrow, and I've got the SAD light out.
I think I may need to move.
It wouldn't be far to move to Tyneside, where the fog is not shared.
I think I may need to move.
It wouldn't be far to move to Tyneside, where the fog is not shared.
Isn't there a song called "Fog on the Tyne"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_on_the_Tyne
Blimey! A popular beat combo, m'lud!
Isn't there a song called "Fog on the Tyne"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_on_the_Tyne
Blimey! A popular beat combo, m'lud!
Lindisfarne *is* an island. named after a popular beat combo, I believe.AKA the Holy Isle. The island that is, not the popular beat combo
I think I may need to move.
It wouldn't be far to move to Tyneside, where the fog is not shared.
Isn't there a song called "Fog on the Tyne"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_on_the_Tyne
Blimey! A popular beat combo, m'lud!
This may perhaps have been the point of the witticism, given that the lyrics assert repeatedly that the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine.
It’s too damn hot. Alright!
The bloody wind hasn't let up since Friday. I need to do a 150k or more to stay sane and the poplar tree I use as an anemometer is bent over sideways like the proverbial crone. Don't want to ride 75k against that. Looks like another day of occupational therapy in the workshop. Mañana.
Summer is officially declared. Southern have turned on the heat across all their trains.
Sea breeze? One without the maximum dose of pollen, dust, hydrocarbons and those irritating little black fly things? Where do I sign up?
There was just enough drizzle in the air this morning to dampen the roads and settle the dust. First rain for weeks.
Farcebok's so-called "weather forecast" told me to "stay dry" as "rain is forecast". So we're set for another dry fortnight in That London.
A Ceredigion Council gritter truck went past the house this evening. Not gritting obv. But do they know something I don't? ???
Flash flooding in east Swindon.
Half a bucket of petrichor in Middle Earth.Are the weather bricks wet?
It is starting to sound like some people want rain. What is wrong with you lot?
Half a bucket of petrichor in Middle Earth.Are the weather bricks wet?
Brown garden and dying plants.It is starting to sound like some people want rain. What is wrong with you lot?
Sunburn, allergies and dehydration. And some shoulder thing that can't reasonably be blamed on the weather.
It's gone windy, cool and grey here, 20m S of Chester, and now begun to rain. Looking at the rain radar, the cloud stretches all the way west to the Welsh coast. I was going to go out on the 'bent this pm to get a few more Veloviewer squares, but might settle for more TdF instead.
Doesn't look good for moon spotting tonight.
Blowing a hoolie across the fens, and plenty more of the wet stuff
In Hong Kong, ... as soon as school was over, I'd revert to sandals and bare skin in the sun. I was used to seeing the tips of my toes, my bare calves and shoulders; now that they had to be constantly covered, I missed myself.I suppose it's more a climate thing than a weather thing, but I empathise and sympathise. The feeling of lightness you get from living in a place where minimal clothes are required is wonderful. It also makes dressing up more dressy!
From an 11 year old girl who's just moved from Hong Kong to a New York winter:QuoteIn Hong Kong, ... as soon as school was over, I'd revert to sandals and bare skin in the sun. I was used to seeing the tips of my toes, my bare calves and shoulders; now that they had to be constantly covered, I missed myself.I suppose it's more a climate thing than a weather thing, but I empathise and sympathise. The feeling of lightness you get from living in a place where minimal clothes are required is wonderful. It also makes dressing up more dressy!
Yes, seasons are wonderful.From an 11 year old girl who's just moved from Hong Kong to a New York winter:QuoteIn Hong Kong, ... as soon as school was over, I'd revert to sandals and bare skin in the sun. I was used to seeing the tips of my toes, my bare calves and shoulders; now that they had to be constantly covered, I missed myself.I suppose it's more a climate thing than a weather thing, but I empathise and sympathise. The feeling of lightness you get from living in a place where minimal clothes are required is wonderful. It also makes dressing up more dressy!
A while back I met a north German friend of mine who'd moved to Singapore. I confess I'd assumed he'd been sewn into a chunky sweater at birth, so it was quite horrific to find that he had skin.
I like seasonality. Though I think it's a function of age, the older you get the more you just want things to stay warm. I don't think I could do Canada again.
Back in the 80s a couple of blokes from our Johannesburg dealer came to our head office in Stuttgart: from +30°C to -30°C in just one flight. They had bought overcoats but hadn't thought about trivia such as hats, gloves, scarves and winter-weight trousers. Shock & awe ensued.
Ah yes. That's why my Cowon iAudio7 MP3 player has been left on a shelf all of these years. Great battery life, good sound quality. Awful control interface :facepalm:
I just set off from home on my Reasonably Priced Mountain Bicycle[1] ...I'm still half asleep. And the small font doesn't help. I read Bournbrook as "Bounce brooks" and imagined Kim on a double-boing MTBSO with Brooks saddle. :D
[1] The Bournbrook Way ...
16weeks training and they still can't march in bloody step!The horses weren't in step either! What caught my eye were the "jam sandwich" cars with fluro orange stripe down the middle. Do they Met still use them? Looks rather dated now!
Come back Fuzzy, all is forgiven!
Something I did find significant besides the bagpipes was the mounted escort. Presumably there to make sure that no one could escape...
The horses weren't in step either! What caught my eye were the "jam sandwich" cars with fluro orange stripe down the middle. Do they Met still use them? Looks rather dated now!
16weeks training and they still can't march in bloody step!
Come back Fuzzy, all is forgiven!
Something I did find significant besides the bagpipes was the mounted escort. Presumably there to make sure that no one could escape...
16weeks training and they still can't march in bloody step!
Come back Fuzzy, all is forgiven!
Something I did find significant besides the bagpipes was the mounted escort. Presumably there to make sure that no one could escape...
How much do cops NEED to march in step?
...
Anyway, I'm impressed that the horses are impervious to bagpipes. This is a species that's scared of a) plastic bags b) tarmac c) hay, so I'm not really sure how the police manage it. It's like expecting guide dogs not to hoover up the spilt food or something. Suspicious that police horses are actually cyborgs.
I wonder if mounted police have to pick up & dispose of their horseshit. Every rider should.
I wonder if mounted police have to pick up & dispose of their horseshit. Every rider should.No reason to, it's not like dog shit - it's A Useful Resource. Anyways, it's dung[1]. Lots of horsen go past my house and if there's an unsquashed pile on the road I'll get it for the compost heap.
I wonder if mounted police have to pick up & dispose of their horseshit. Every rider should.
Suspect that deluge would have washed anything away long before it could be retrieved.
Anyway, it was their own yard, not a public highway so they'll have to sort this out themselves...
I wonder if mounted police have to pick up & dispose of their horseshit. Every rider should.
Suspect that deluge would have washed anything away long before it could be retrieved.
Anyway, it was their own yard, not a public highway so they'll have to sort this out themselves...
From the presence of mounted police near football matches, no they don't clean it up (always makes a ride by Millwall interesting). In other countries (US and Canada anyway), police horses have diapers to catch the poop and take it home.
The horses weren't in step either! What caught my eye were the "jam sandwich" cars with fluro orange stripe down the middle. Do they Met still use them? Looks rather dated now!
No, but they have a collection of old police cars at Hendon.
Waiting for Storm Ali...
Work's closed tomorrow morning :thumbsup:
I'm off to Dhahran next weekend, just checked the forecast - 38C :demon:
It rains in Yorkshire?
How're the sewers doing?What, you mean those fountains gushing up from the road?
Bugger :(
You seem remarkably sanguine about it.It's a freak event. Not much I can do about it. When you live on hill you don't expect water several inches deep flowing down the road. It's been absolutely pouring down for two days but looks like it may stop soon. Our problems will be over as soon as the rain stops. It's the people lower down I feel sorry for.
Sure I'd be running around like a headless chicken Tory party leader...
You seem remarkably sanguine about it.
Bright and sunny in RiyadhAnd despotic, oppressive and murderous :demon:
As I don't have a faceache account, not sure if this link will work
https://m.facebook.com/TheCwtchAtCaerwedros/posts/1978134308946272
yes, more so every day it seems.
And add in, In control of the substance that fuels most of our economy adn a profligate buyer of weapons from us. Sanctions anyone?
As I don't have a faceache account, not sure if this link will work
https://m.facebook.com/TheCwtchAtCaerwedros/posts/1978134308946272
oh my!
we have a spring club trip staying in the hostel (yellow building that appears about 10 seconds in) (for those unfamiliar with the town, Basil lives many metres above that. on quite a steep slope). Don't think I'd be getting much sleep there tonight :(
Best of luck Basil.
Bright and sunny in Riyadh
Ah - but I meant dry, as in no Sid Deeky. Do they still have those T shirts? "Sid Deeky is my Friend"
My old uni has posted me out the alumni news letter. Two questions arise; firstly how did they get this address? I am pretty sure i haven't told them about it. Secondly of all the people who should know I didn't complete the phd I started why did they address it to dr Matthew?
I've just been to take the rubbish & recycling out. It is not nice out there ! Cold , wet & windy. I'm going out later , sod looking suave & elegant , it's head to toe waterproofs !
The nights are drawing out!!
Over here in the west too. The buds on the Camelia are just beginning to burst open - another day of warm weather and it'll be spring again.
But as my late dad used to say, the winter of '47 didn't begin until March. And we had snow here in April last year. Fingers crossed.
I wasn’t about, being -7 years old at the time, but I do recalling reading somewhere that 5th March 1947 registers as one of the most vicious weather days of the 20th century in the uk, based upon a combination of temperature, wind speed and snowfall.Over here in the west too. The buds on the Camelia are just beginning to burst open - another day of warm weather and it'll be spring again.
But as my late dad used to say, the winter of '47 didn't begin until March. And we had snow here in April last year. Fingers crossed.
Your late dad, or yourself was/are a bit confused I think. The winter of ‘47 started 20 Jan and ended with a thaw in mid-March. The weather was the opposite of what we have atm, then it was an anticyclone over Scandinavia, now it’s cyclonic weather stuck there.
I wasn’t about, being -7 years old at the time, but I do recalling reading somewhere that 5th March 1947 registers as one of the most vicious weather days of the 20th century in the uk, based upon a combination of temperature, wind speed and snowfall.Over here in the west too. The buds on the Camelia are just beginning to burst open - another day of warm weather and it'll be spring again.
But as my late dad used to say, the winter of '47 didn't begin until March. And we had snow here in April last year. Fingers crossed.
Your late dad, or yourself was/are a bit confused I think. The winter of ‘47 started 20 Jan and ended with a thaw in mid-March. The weather was the opposite of what we have atm, then it was an anticyclone over Scandinavia, now it’s cyclonic weather stuck there.
Edit: no need to rely on memory. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1946–47_in_the_United_Kingdom Refers.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1946–47_in_the_United_Kingdom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1946–47_in_the_United_Kingdom) any better?Bingo!
Phew, what a scorcher! Record February temperature of 20.something recorded here in Ceredigion.
Wtf? :o
Storm Gareth. Storm Gareth? :)
Out back at lunchtime we saw this:
(https://pbase.com/image/168898882.jpg) (https://pbase.com/image/168898882)
There's a bit of a valley beyond the first treeline there and there was a shower moving up it. As the clouds covered and uncovered the sun we had this low-down rainbow appearing and disappearing.
Out back at lunchtime we saw this:
(https://pbase.com/image/168898882.jpg) (https://pbase.com/image/168898882)
There's a bit of a valley beyond the first treeline there and there was a shower moving up it. As the clouds covered and uncovered the sun we had this low-down rainbow appearing and disappearing.
I've never seen one like that! I've seen bows that look very close (because the rain is so dense), but the arc was still the usual shape. I can't get my head round how yours was created. Intriguing!
According to the weather app on my phone, sunrise today was at 6.01 am, and sunset will be at 6.05pm, ie with 12 hours and 4 minutes’ daylight. Yet the equinox isn’t until Wednesday 20th at 9.58pm. How can this be?
Refraction by the atmosphere.
According to the weather app on my phone, sunrise today was at 6.01 am, and sunset will be at 6.05pm, ie with 12 hours and 4 minutes’ daylight. Yet the equinox isn’t until Wednesday 20th at 9.58pm. How can this be?
I seem to remember Timeanddate has an explanation.
It the earth is flat, does that mean the sun is flat too?No. The sun is highly carbonated. HTH.
it was pretty close from the brightness of the flash, wind away from me though
Getting a bit warm now, 32°C according to our north-wall thermometer. We're due 36° on Thursday. Radio's full of things to do to survive and rules & regs for businesses. Apparently secretarial & clerical staff have to keep at it until it's 34°C in the office. :o
Weather bloke on radio: "in Madrid they have a word for heat-wave. They call it summer."
34° for us today, 37° for Strasbourg.
https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU/status/1143599770746929154
Flooding last night in Lisieux, Normandy. I camped there last year.
What about their Flying Insect Season?
It's been over 40 degrees in France. High 20s here. Highest in Poland was 38 in the southwest of the country. And last night, in the same region, it was –1.5. Frost in July. Crazy weather.
Negative gas marks? ???
Gosh, I haven't heard the term Regulo for years. I think my mother used it, so I assume that Regulo and Mark are the same thing.
I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we
are plagued, this “weather-forecast” fraud is about the most aggravating.
It “forecasts” precisely what happened yesterday or the day before, and
precisely the opposite of what is going to happen to-day.
I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by
our paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper.
“Heavy showers, with thunderstorms, may be expected to-day,” it would say
on Monday, and so we would give up our picnic, and stop indoors all day,
waiting for the rain.—And people would pass the house, going off in
wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could be, the sun shining
out, and not a cloud to be seen.
“Ah!” we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, “won’t
they come home soaked!”
And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get, and came back
and stirred the fire, and got our books, and arranged our specimens of
seaweed and cockle shells. By twelve o’clock, with the sun pouring into
the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we wondered when those
heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin.
“Ah! they’ll come in the afternoon, you’ll find,” we said to each other.
“Oh, _won’t_ those people get wet. What a lark!”
At one o’clock, the landlady would come in to ask if we weren’t going
out, as it seemed such a lovely day.
“No, no,” we replied, with a knowing chuckle, “not we. We don’t mean
to get wet—no, no.”
And when the afternoon was nearly gone, and still there was no sign of
rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come
down all at once, just as the people had started for home, and were out
of the reach of any shelter, and that they would thus get more drenched
than ever. But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a
lovely night after it.
Judging by how the stability of my internet connection has dropped right off in the last half hour, there's an electrical storm somewhere in the general vicinity of Portsmouth...
I know a bloke who can tell if there's a storm coming because his old fracture site begins to hurt.
It was about midnight here. No fires, lots of lightning but far away and mostly cloud type (what's the proper name for it?). Quite a bit of rain. Not much wind though. Good light show. Not so sticky today.
...the rat that I discovered in the kitchen...
...the rat that I discovered in the kitchen...
Are you going to fix it?
We have just received an email from the head of People saying we can wear what we want tomorrow as it is supposed to be the hottest day in many years: if ever (33c according to the Met Office).Mankini with ten-gallon hat and flip-flops.
Any suggestions gratefully received..... ;D :thumbsup:
Storm came in at 1am-ish. Loud enough for barakta to hear, and with plenty of the flashy stuff.
Suspected-dodgy smoke detector was twatted by it a little before 2, and the system went into alarm. I violated procedure by failing to remove the duvet from the bed[1], and proceeded directly to prod the offending item, rather than grabbing a dressing gown, footwear and a fire extinguisher and checking for actual fires. :facepalm:
In my defence, I was already on edge due to the storm, the heat and the rat that I discovered in the kitchen as I was going to bed. :hand:
[1] Barakta has previous for duck&cover tactics, and missing the fact that it's a fire alarm rather than a mis-directed taxi or whatever. On this occasion she appeared behind me asking if anything was on fire.
We have just received an email from the head of People saying we can wear what we want tomorrow as it is supposed to be the hottest day in many years: if ever (33c according to the Met Office).
Any suggestions gratefully received..... ;D :thumbsup:
Ah, Rats............. luckily they appear to have abandoned the parental palace. No visitations for about 6 months. Want some lightly used traps ? I'll wash the splat off them before posting.....
We have just received an email from the head of People saying we can wear what we want tomorrow as it is supposed to be the hottest day in many years: if ever (33c according to the Met Office).
Any suggestions gratefully received..... ;D :thumbsup:
Suit of armour?
OK then, how about a green Afghan jock strap with clear plastic wellies half filled with green ink?
A Boy Scout uniform?
We have just received an email from the head of People saying we can wear what we want tomorrow as it is supposed to be the hottest day in many years: if ever (33c according to the Met Office).
Any suggestions gratefully received..... ;D :thumbsup:
We have just received an email from the head of People saying we can wear what we want tomorrow as it is supposed to be the hottest day in many years: if ever (33c according to the Met Office).
Any suggestions gratefully received..... ;D :thumbsup:
Suit of armour?
OK then, how about a green Afghan jock strap with clear plastic wellies half filled with green ink?
A Boy Scout uniform?
Given the weather, and indeed the pollen count, space suit seems like the obvious choice. Apollo-era would be commemorative, if less than ideal in most other respects.
In an attempt at more general rat management, I've sent the council a moan about their general failure to collect the bins for the second week running. It is, of course, excellent weather for it.Two weeks running? Pathetic! Ours got to five before they finally collected it... (although that was the recycling rather than rubbish proper - they only collect that every two weeks anyway).
So, the predicted high for London tomorrow is 39c. It's easy to miss the significance of this.
We're on a tiny island, surrounded by sea that's even now, pretty cold; go swim in the North Sea if you need reminding how cold. Really high temperatures typically need large continental masses, or really really warm seas - y'know, like bathwater warm.
London is a vast mass of concrete and tarmac, that's true - but it's also very near the cold sea. For a temperate island to be making that kind of temperature is pretty significant, and not in a good way.
Dilemma strikes. Stay home, sit out on the balcony of the Remote Command Centre and hope there's enough breeze to prevent my very spontaneous human combustion (one boon, it might be too hot for some fucker down the valley to start mowing the lawn, chainsawing a tree, or demolishing a large building, or whatever the noisy fuck someone always commences the moment I usually step out in the garden). It certainly promises to be hot enough to discourage a noisy fuck. Any kind of fuckery, tbh. They can parachute pulchritudinous redheads into my garden and even this boy of lamentable morals and limboing virtue will be saying not this afternoon, my dears. I plan on being too hot to even enumerate their freckles.Thing is, I find myself in a similar predicament - by the time it comes for a train ride home, the rails may well be buckled.
Or despatch early to the mothership and entrust myself to its asthmatic cooling systems. This will, of course, mean a fiery ride home or the train (which is at least is Thameslink's finest and actually still has functional a/c but will be full of smelly people).
It was hovering around 38-39 (heat index 45+) Celsius in NYC at the weekend. There was a heat emergency covering 2/3rds of the US population.
Barakta's going to Leicester tomorrow, on the assumption that the trains may b0rk and strand her there. Meanwhile I'm making a list of all the nearby cinemas, data centres, clean rooms and biosafety level 3+ labs that might accept a refugee.Only £6 on Natty Ex! Don't know if you can book on the spot though.
TV's Sophie Raworth is reporting thunder at Kew Gardens but nowt on this side of town yet chiz.
ETA: TV's Riz Lateef now getting rained on at Kings X. Still nowt here. And she's got an umbrella :'(
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands we today broke the all-time high of 38.6 degrees (in 1944) with 40.7 degrees. Actually, it was broken yesterday already with 39.3 degrees...
The super markets have ran out of water based ice lollies, though there was plenty of frozen cream and sugar bombs (e.g. Magnums) left.
Fortunately the temperature is going down steadily now, reaching a predicted 25 degrees maximum on Monday.
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands we today broke the all-time high of 38.6 degrees (in 1944) with 40.7 degrees. Actually, it was broken yesterday already with 39.3 degrees...
The super markets have ran out of water based ice lollies, though there was plenty of frozen cream and sugar bombs (e.g. Magnums) left.
Fortunately the temperature is going down steadily now, reaching a predicted 25 degrees maximum on Monday.
How are the stroopwafels?
The sky has gone the colour of snot after a heavy head cold.
Soft and floppy, I'd guess, much like the denizens of the low countries;D We'll leave the stiff upper lip to you British people. You're gonna need it.
Soft and floppy, I'd guess, much like the denizens of the low countries;D We'll leave the stiff upper lip to you British people. You're gonna need it.
Just past 11 and it is already 27.6 degrees in the office.
Gosh! Somewhat moist here atm. On its way to you now with love from Wales. :-*
Is that water coming up out of the drain-cover?
My Garmin was showing 24C today.
I was wearing short sleeves with my zip halfway down, and went past someone in long sleeves and wearing a balaclava
About 40C in Phoenix on Friday. Glad it was warm and sunny in leafy Surrey on Saturday rather than 12C and raining.
About 40C in Phoenix on Friday. Glad it was warm and sunny in leafy Surrey on Saturday rather than 12C and raining.
??? According to the Automatic Diary you're still in Tucson...
My Garmin was showing 24C today.
I was wearing short sleeves with my zip halfway down, and went past someone in long sleeves and wearing a balaclava
Possibly a bank robber? Or I suppose the IRA may be making a come back...
Barakta's hearing aid drowned in the rain earlier this morning.
In E12 it's all thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening
It occurs to me that in the 15 or so years of my experience living in and near Llandysul i have never heard or seen a thunderstorm. I don't know if is some weird Teifi Valley thing or what, but i do miss it. :(
Storm Bastard (or whatever this one's called) has just arrived. It was preceded by a very large flock of gulls, which is a bird we very rarely see here. Quite ominous.
Come, friendly Brend an blow on Slough...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51114535 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-51114535)
Barometric pressure in London 'highest in 300 years' at least (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51180211)<goes to look at barometer>
Today in Llandysul.
https://www.facebook.com/1489947595/posts/10221373863764626/?d=n
Does this work for you faceache people? No I can't see it, but I hope you can.
The ferry video in this report :o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-51517937
Look at this lock on the Severn!
https://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bevere-lock
It's not doing much...
The Teifi is now receding. Still over its banks in a couple of places, but no danger.Bloody typical- no trip planned this year :facepalm:
MattC will be pleased to hear that the Paddlers and the Porth were unaffected this time.
Shame. The King's is under new management and they're refurbing three guest rooms upstairs.The Teifi is now receding. Still over its banks in a couple of places, but no danger.Bloody typical- no trip planned this year :facepalm:
MattC will be pleased to hear that the Paddlers and the Porth were unaffected this time.
We're due sleet & snow on Wednesday. :(we have it now, inch of wet slush, hopefully it will be gone before this afternoons ride. Was spoilt yesterdat with dry roads and no bike to clean afterwards. ;D
Yesterday was the first day of the year with negative heat loss.
Temperature in the loft was about 3 deg. C higher than in bedroom - won't make that today.
Still April here. According to the forecast that after a hot dry April, we'd have a cool, wet May and June.
Here in South London, May has been completely dry, at least during the day.
I think there were two days where light rain was forecast but it never rained.
Light rain shower is forecast for tomorrow at 4-8pm.
I thought I'd make sure the hose between downpipe and water butt is clear of grot
So,how wet did you get then? ;D
My house is in a terrace that's aligned roughly north-south - the front bedroom and the reception rooms downstairs are averaging around 27C, while the back room upstairs is around 30C.
I might as well go for a bike ride to cool off... ;D
Dark skies and (feeble) rain here now :thumbsup: with the occasional rumble, which my lightning tracker (https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=51.59;ts=0;z=9;y=51.4523;x=0.2664;d=2;dl=2;dc=0;) tells me are mostly Kentish.Indeed they are. Woke me up.
It's hardly half-past summer and we haven't had a heatwave worth the name yet (planned for Saturday next week) but the guttersnipe delivering the weather forecast this morning had the effrontery to mention autumn.You'll know Autumn is imminent when a group of lions walks past.
It's hardly half-past summer and we haven't had a heatwave worth the name yet (planned for Saturday next week) but the guttersnipe delivering the weather forecast this morning had the effrontery to mention autumn.
It's hardly half-past summer and we haven't had a heatwave worth the name yet (planned for Saturday next week) but the guttersnipe delivering the weather forecast this morning had the effrontery to mention autumn.You'll know Autumn is imminent when a group of lions walks past.
And now, of course, A power cut.
And now, of course, A power cut.
That storm to the SW of Machynlleth on the rainfall radar is showing some serious rainfall rates - somewhere close to 120mm/hr; that's going to be messy.
There's a "loaded gun" scenario today; some properly energetic instability, capped by a dryer stable layer. Looks like the cap's been broken and CAPE values of up to 2000j/Kg are being unleased. Kaboooom.
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CAPE is a measurement of potential energy in the atmosphere. A value 2000 is almost unheard of in the UK.
Can we have some of that? It's like a desert here.And now, of course, A power cut.
That storm to the SW of Machynlleth on the rainfall radar is showing some serious rainfall rates - somewhere close to 120mm/hr; that's going to be messy.
There's a "loaded gun" scenario today; some properly energetic instability, capped by a dryer stable layer. Looks like the cap's been broken and CAPE values of up to 2000j/Kg are being unleased. Kaboooom.
==========
CAPE is a measurement of potential energy in the atmosphere. A value 2000 is almost unheard of in the UK.
Told you...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53726444
We. Have. Rain!!!
I didn't hear anything last night, but the patio table is officially still wet. The driveway and the rest of the patio and garden seem dry. Possibly a very localised storm.
I have never, in my 66 years and all over the world, experienced anything like last night, here, S of Chester.
At 5pm I knew something was up, but the rain radar didn't show much. By 7, the sky was black, then orange, then mucky orange, then black, with occasional lightning. By 8, it was apocalyptic. The rain radar had gone mad. Continuous lightning, torrential rain at times, otherwise just heavy rain, with hail the size of gob-stoppers, then came the thunder. Right overhead for an hour. The dog was terrified. I unplugged all the sensitive stuff in case we had a power surge, and went to bed to watch the show, I thought the glass conservatory roof would come in. It was still raging when I fell asleep around 1030. Utterly beyond any experience I've had before.
This morning, it just feels like the calm after the storm. At 6am the Dee valley was full of thick mist and from our 150m ASL I could look out west over a white sea, just like it would look if the sea rose by 120m. Really weird. No Berwyns, no Ruabon Mountain, no LLangollen. Just a white sea extending to the edge of the world.
Is this how it ends? Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion?
In spite of the promised deluge, still nothing in E12.
In spite of the promised deluge, still nothing in E12.
We were promised a deluge? By whom, and when? We of the Democratic Ruthless Bastards Party like to keep our records in order.
It seems there was significant local flooding around here, including some houses, and a couple of local roads closed by trees/landslip etc. Two people report blown wireless routers (presumably from power surges) and a house set on fire in Wrexham.I have never, in my 66 years and all over the world, experienced anything like last night, here, S of Chester.
This morning, it just feels like the calm after the storm.
Actually in Chester it wasn't that bad last night. Certainly in about the same number of years as you I've been in a lot worse. About 5 hours of heavy rain and continuous lightening until around 2330. The orange sky about 2000 was spectacular though I grant you.
Blimey. It's freezing. 18c atm.
Not a nice day to be putting up the roof trusses at Legs Towers. Waiting till tomorrow to strip off the near part of the roof for the diminishing trusses - weather looks set to be somewhat better...Don't fancy cutting your lawn...........
(https://serving.photos.photobox.com/54817580e5472c7988ba4c9f1ae0d6702ed5358c6a122f2db0808cf4429b528c0deb1f82.jpg)
Someone out there ^^^^ has one of those joke comedy “ten different noises” car alarms set to “Go off if a cat sneezes in the next street over” levels of sensitivity. It has been sounding almost non-stop for hours, because Wind >:(
After yesterday's constant rain and wind, today was forecast to be dry (other than first thing in the morning).
It's not. ::-)
A wet afternoon (>95% chance of heavy rain over several hours was forecast) didn't really materialise. It did rain, but not very heavily. It was supposed to stop around 8pm, but since then we've had a pretty spectacular deluge. At 8pm the automatic rain gauge had recorded 7mm. 80 minutes later, it reads 25.6mm. Between 8 and 8.30 I thought it had developed a fault it was tripping so fast. Every 0.2mm registers via a reed switch and at times it seemed to jump 0.4mm at a time. It was coming down at about 1mm per minute for a while.
The radar map gives the impression that it won't last much longer for us, but ElyDave looks as though he's had a fair bit.
I am clinging onto summer's shirttails so shall remain in shorts until the beginning of October. I have retreated to socks though.
The Alpes-Maritimes got a year's worth of rain in under 10 hours.
https://youtu.be/7zIBbnQTjyY
#AlpesMaritimes Les cumuls de #pluie ont atteint 200 à 350 mm, localement 450/500 mm arrière pays. ✅380,4 mm à Andon, équivalent 2mois et demi de pluies d'octobre✅355,2 mm à Clans, soit 3 mois de pluie✅335,5 mm à Coursegoules, soit 2 de pluie
France Info:Quote#AlpesMaritimes Les cumuls de #pluie ont atteint 200 à 350 mm, localement 450/500 mm arrière pays. ✅380,4 mm à Andon, équivalent 2mois et demi de pluies d'octobre✅355,2 mm à Clans, soit 3 mois de pluie✅335,5 mm à Coursegoules, soit 2 de pluie
The river is looking ominous. :(
The river is looking ominous. :(
The Alpes-Maritimes got a year's worth of rain in under 10 hours.That's the kind of thing that happens in continents with real weather, not Europe!
https://youtu.be/7zIBbnQTjyY
We were riding bikes around Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs recently. They have a long way to go to being full - even after all this rain.
We all used rather a lot of water whilst locked down over May-August. There were rather a large number of paddling pools used to entertain and cool children.We were riding bikes around Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs recently. They have a long way to go to being full - even after all this rain.
I walked round Bewl Water (Kent/Sussex border) the other day - it was likewise considerably less than full, though parts of the trails were extremely boggy from the recent rain.
It's wee bit breezy today.
We were riding bikes around Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs recently. They have a long way to go to being full - even after all this rain.
It's wee bit breezy today.65mph on the other side of the country, and higher expected this afternoon. Wondering if I should replace the string I fixed the gutter with last might with a bracket instead. Or wait until tomorrow.
Al fresco lunch in shorts & t-shaped shirt today :thumbsup:
The Ikea Njord (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Njord) is currently out of stock. Order now to make sure of your delivery by January 2024!
Sorry, I think you used an obscure Scottish dialect word. What is "blue"?
Wet and wild out there tonight.
Opened the door earlier to find two wheeliebins on their sides blocking the way.
Opened the door earlier to find two wheeliebins on their sides blocking the way.
Unusually my wheelie bins seem to have stayed upright.
We did get the traditional 'Railway disrupted by flying trampolines' though.
It's been warm and sunny here for the last few days. Thermometer currently reading a whopping 16.5°C! :o Parks are packed (I'm staying well away), and taps aff galore.
The sun has crossed the equator. 2 minutes ago. Now it can warm up.
The sun has crossed the equator. 2 minutes ago. Now it can warm up.
Right. From now on high pressure means sunny and warm and no longer clear and freezing.
The sun has crossed the equator. 2 minutes ago. Now it can warm up.Good - I was thinking that it was in isolation and wasn't coming oop north (relatively) this year.
Fortunately, he's too late on the scene for the Victorian Gentlemen Rapping movement. It's mostly like normal rapping, but in a haughty British accent with many interlocutions of "I say!" and "My Man!" It really is an altogether quite satisfying pastime.
I was hailed on last Friday afternoon. It was warm, whereas the morning had been pretty cold.
we have had snow falling this morning in Westhill outside Aberdeen. Just a flurry but some lying on the ground overnight
Yes, I need to go to the shop, but I'm waiting for the sleet to stop.
Took dog out in glorious sunshine. An hour later, we were both cowering under a tree as hailstones in their millions spanged off my hood like a hoodlum wielding a minigun against a Hollywood police car. Now it's blazing sunshine again.I'm trying to think of that in reverse. "The bullets spanged off the police car like hailstones off a dog-walker's hood." Hmmm...
Sam
Pray tell how can I also geekily look at things like the weather readings from such buoys
Rained essentially non stop in Derby/ Burton. Seems like autumn.
andrew you might want to follow https://twitter.com/BollocksWeather :)I like that.
Wow. Buoy 62023 just off the south coast of Ireland is reporting 81mph gusts and a 29ft sea. It is still May, right? Or did I sleep particularly well last night and I've woken up in November?
What is that yellow thing in the sky ?? !!!!!!! :o
What is that yellow thing in the sky ?? !!!!!!! :o
Have a look at https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar It seems to give a slightly clearer and more up to date image than raintoday although the interface is a bit busier.Yes, I would agree! (at least they've put the zoom controls at the top, WHERE ICAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM!!!)
The sky was a funny shade of grey and it contained a weird yellow orb of light and heat. It's the end times I tell ye.
The sky was a funny shade of grey and it contained a weird yellow orb of light and heat. It's the end times I tell ye.
Don’t worry, the haar will take care of any overheating you might suffer.
My daughter shared a message she received from the Melbourne Bureau for Meteorology. “Today the temperature fell to 1.7°C. If you are less than 71 years 364 days old, it is the coldest May morning of your lifetime.”Just like Britain!
In Australia, luxuries like house insulation and double glazing are mostly absent.
We had around 10cm of rain in the last 24 hours.
I've just put the heating on.Our heating is on for a bit most days. Sub 10C means heating comes on.
It is midsummer's day isn't it?
24C in that there Suffolk. Girt big thunderstorm passing about 5-8 miles to the west, just getting some fringe rain off it now but it's very active. Those under the middle of it (somewhere between Sudbury and Braintree atm) are going to be very wet about now.
yr.no got it wrong yesterday. They promised us 7mm of rain in the two-hour period 6pm - 8pm. What we actually got was 7.5mm of rain in 35 minutes, starting at ten to eight. That was WET!
If you're not used to exercising in the heat I'd say definately yesAnd you are H!
Mercurio's rising...If you're not used to exercising in the heat I'd say definately yesAnd you are H!
I have a running session later (it's the third session of a five-week intro). It's due to be 28°C. :(
Is "too hot" a reason to wimp out, I wonder? :-\
I have a running session later (it's the third session of a five-week intro). It's due to be 28°C. :(
Is "too hot" a reason to wimp out, I wonder? :-\
Didn't wimp out. It wasn't that bad, actually. I realised I had a water bladder in the freezer, so stuck that in a hydration pack! :thumbsup:
In France I used to go for a bike ride when it was too hot to do building work. It was a great way to get a breeze. In Provence I set out to climb Ventoux very early. They were days when it was 35c by 3pm. It was lovely at the top but halfway down it was like opening the oven door.Until I grew up a bit and became a bit more discerning about where my employer tried to send me in the height of the summer heat, on landing in Dhahran, etc, Saudi Arabia, the ritual opening of the exit door to the steps (in those days) transformed an nicely chilled TriStar interior into the inside of our oven on Christmas Day lunchtime, in about 10 seconds.
My formative years were spent in the hot places like where I was born. It took me years to get used to UK winters :o
Met Office storm warning for campsites and caravans
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57945502.amp)
Look out, campers..
Some interesting weather over Normandy headed our way.
My formative years were spent in the hot places like where I was born. It took me years to get used to UK winters :o
Met Office storm warning for campsites and caravans
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57945502.amp)
Look out, campers..
I've spent some time in sub-Saharan Africa, which wasn't so bad, but Athens (Georgia) was probably the worse, every building had fridge-grade a/c so the moment you walked outside, you'd sweat like an iceberg in a sauna, then you'd walk into the next building and freeze. Rinse and repeat. At least the Africans sensibly just settled down to being hot.
My formative years were spent in the hot places like where I was born. It took me years to get used to UK winters :o
Met Office storm warning for campsites and caravans
(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57945502.amp)
Look out, campers..
I've spent some time in sub-Saharan Africa, which wasn't so bad, but Athens (Georgia) was probably the worse, every building had fridge-grade a/c so the moment you walked outside, you'd sweat like an iceberg in a sauna, then you'd walk into the next building and freeze. Rinse and repeat. At least the Africans sensibly just settled down to being hot.
I don’t understand how anyone can live south of a line drawn between the mouth of Cheeseypeas Bay and El Paso. And not just because of the fundies.
MrsC and I were supposed to be going on a trip to visit an island tomorrow (North Rona, has lots of historical significance here, and no, we weren't going to catch any guga).
Bloody weather. It is forecast to be a bit blowy and the swell will be too great to disembark at the island. Trip cancelled.
July 113.6 mm. Aug 2020 to July 2021 943.8 mm
And I've been out with Jack the Lab this morning in full boots and suits and still got wet. Saw no-one except an old bloke with a beard who said he'd got a boat. Name was Noah, apparently.
That's inflation for you, up from a penny a foot.........And I've been out with Jack the Lab this morning in full boots and suits and still got wet. Saw no-one except an old bloke with a beard who said he'd got a boat. Name was Noah, apparently.
That'll explain some of the DIY supplies shortages - Noah had grabbed all of the timber by being willing to pay the equivalent of three ha'appence a foot this time.
One of the biggest advantages of the internet is that it gives access to a large number of weather forecasting services. If you don’t like the forecast for a given day on the first weather forecasting website you visit, then keep looking until you find a forecast you prefer. It’s almost guaranteed the one forecaster out there will have something you like. ;D
They keep postponing the UK heatwave. Most of Europe basking in 47C and us barely into the 20s.
They keep postponing the UK heatwave. Most of Europe basting in 47C and us barely into the 20s.
They keep postponing the UK heatwave. Most of Europe basking in 47C and us barely into the 20s.
The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is rolling in earlier than usual across parts of the south and south-east of England due to the soggy and sunny summer, according to forestry experts.
Ripening blackberries, sweetening chestnuts and burgeoning forest fruits – typically seasonal hallmarks of autumn normally seen from mid-September – are all evident, said Forestry England, which manages publicly owned forests.
And with them come hopes of a spectacularly colourful autumnal display.
Hopes of autumn glory as season arrives early in parts of southern England (https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/27/hopes-autumn-glory-season-arrives-early-parts-southern-england)QuoteThe season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is rolling in earlier than usual across parts of the south and south-east of England due to the soggy and sunny summer, according to forestry experts.
Ripening blackberries, sweetening chestnuts and burgeoning forest fruits – typically seasonal hallmarks of autumn normally seen from mid-September – are all evident, said Forestry England, which manages publicly owned forests.
And with them come hopes of a spectacularly colourful autumnal display.
Swallows lined up for the journey home, on the telegraph wires in Whitstable :(
It bloody isn't down here! Didn't make it above 15C yesterday, and the best this week is 17C. Dank, mizzle, thick cloud and windy. Bloody miserable, really.
It bloody isn't down here! Didn't make it above 15C yesterday, and the best this week is 17C. Dank, mizzle, thick cloud and windy. Bloody miserable, really.
Oh dear dont look here then
Yesterday on Eigg : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1432680390611939333
Today a la plage : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1433099801755856896
It bloody isn't down here! Didn't make it above 15C yesterday, and the best this week is 17C. Dank, mizzle, thick cloud and windy. Bloody miserable, really.
Oh dear dont look here then
Yesterday on Eigg : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1432680390611939333
Today a la plage : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1433099801755856896
I am comforted by the fact that nice summers in the Western Isles are as rare as cold summers are in Suffolk!
It bloody isn't down here! Didn't make it above 15C yesterday, and the best this week is 17C. Dank, mizzle, thick cloud and windy. Bloody miserable, really.
Oh dear dont look here then
Yesterday on Eigg : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1432680390611939333
Today a la plage : https://twitter.com/graeme_wyllie/status/1433099801755856896
I am comforted by the fact that nice summers in the Western Isles are as rare as cold summers are in Suffolk!
But warm, dry, sunny springs are relatively common in Western Scotland.
BBC Londonton's fortune teller is predicting high 20s for the middle of next week :o
They keep postponing the UK heatwave. Most of Europe basking in 47C and us barely into the 20s.
It's okay, barakta's having major hip/leg surgery on the second week of September. Heat waves are traditional weather for being confined to bed with limited mobility...
Absolutely prime broken leg weather this...
This morning's early dog walk revealed that both of my walking boots leak, not just the one I'd previously determined. And they are only a couple of years old. GRI Sport, leather, about £100 if anyone needs to know. The second pair I've had. Not buying any more of them thank you.
Order placed for a Hi-Tec pair at half the price (reluctantly) as made in China. Maybe they'll last the winter.
A pair of proper boots used to last me 10 years, up hill and down dale. Not any more. I despair.
Maybe this should be in the Grumble or Rant thread......
The Dyson desk fan has gone into its hibernation storage (stashed behind my monitors) for the second time this year.
This time I think it may be for real.
Tonight could be the night that the 'Shall I deploy the winter quilt?' decision could be made.The decision was made.
Ah sod it. I’m going to go and put some trousers on. Well, jeans actually.
MrsC has decreed that the winter weight quilt will be in use from the next time the beds are changed.
Very rare I hear rain, thanks to the thatched roof on my house. I heard it this morning!
First time in a good few months that the temperature was in single figures at 06:00 am.
I see it is around 20 degrees in Essex...I am looking out the window at the first snow of the season and there was ice forming on the sea earlier 😬
Our wheelbarrow is full of water.
Our wheelbarrow is full of water.<AOL> mine too
Our wheelbarrow is full of water.
Joke about eels goes here ==>
The Met Office have issued a Red warning of wind for up here :-X
It's been an hour since the last communiqué from the Igloo. Should we be worried?
More importantly, what's its name? And was the cover Sunblest or Mother's Pride?
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Aww booMore importantly, what's its name? And was the cover Sunblest or Mother's Pride?
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Alas, they seem to send the anonymous ones round this route. :(
Starting to feel like a normal storm now.Windy Wilson's Screenshots and crayons show its tracking down the east coast now
Scenes of devastationThat's a crime scene. Call the polis to investigate this foul deed or wheelbarrow murder!
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We are within a gnat's crotchet of recording the driest November ever in Essex. My brother tells me that the Essex Water Co record is 13.6mm in 1978. His figure currently stands at 10.8mm, ours at 7.4mm for the month. We live about 15 miles apart.
There is no more rain forecast for November, but at present the Met Office are predicting about 3 hours of rain from midnight on Wednesday 1st December. Since the official cut-off point is 9am the following day, that could easily take us over 13.6mm.
We are within a gnat's crotchet of recording the driest November ever in Essex. My brother tells me that the Essex Water Co record is 13.6mm in 1978. His figure currently stands at 10.8mm, ours at 7.4mm for the month. We live about 15 miles apart.
There is no more rain forecast for November, but at present the Met Office are predicting about 3 hours of rain from midnight on Wednesday 1st December. Since the official cut-off point is 9am the following day, that could easily take us over 13.6mm.
My weather station recorded a mere 7.8mm for November. My manual rain gauge recorded 9.3mm. My brother in Ramsden Heath recorded 11.9mm. The rain forecast for early this morning failed to materialise, but it's raining here now.
We are within a gnat's crotchet of recording the driest November ever in Essex. My brother tells me that the Essex Water Co record is 13.6mm in 1978. His figure currently stands at 10.8mm, ours at 7.4mm for the month. We live about 15 miles apart.
There is no more rain forecast for November, but at present the Met Office are predicting about 3 hours of rain from midnight on Wednesday 1st December. Since the official cut-off point is 9am the following day, that could easily take us over 13.6mm.
My weather station recorded a mere 7.8mm for November. My manual rain gauge recorded 9.3mm. My brother in Ramsden Heath recorded 11.9mm. The rain forecast for early this morning failed to materialise, but it's raining here now.
7.8mm? :o We got more than that just last night... :(
Hurrah: The computer on the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle said it was 22 degrees.
Bah: That was only after it had been in my pocket for half an hour, whereafter it changed its mind PDQ.
Hurrah: The computer on the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle said it was 22 degrees.
Bah: That was only after it had been in my pocket for half an hour, whereafter it changed its mind PDQ.
Either that or it was set to degrees Frankenstein, rather than degrees SCIENCE.
Hurrah: The computer on the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle said it was 22 degrees.
Bah: That was only after it had been in my pocket for half an hour, whereafter it changed its mind PDQ.
Either that or it was set to degrees Frankenstein, rather than degrees SCIENCE.
It weren’t that cold on Monday. Well, it probably was in Canada, but Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles isn’t in Canada.
Hurrah: The computer on the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle said it was 22 degrees.
Bah: That was only after it had been in my pocket for half an hour, whereafter it changed its mind PDQ.
Either that or it was set to degrees Frankenstein, rather than degrees SCIENCE.
It weren’t that cold on Monday. Well, it probably was in Canada, but Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles isn’t in Canada.
You can tell by the Proper Tea and lack of møøseburgers.
I’d bet real money that møøseburgers are available somewhere within the wanky ’hood of E1Hurrah: The computer on the Perfectly Good Gentleman’s Mountain Bicycle said it was 22 degrees.
Bah: That was only after it had been in my pocket for half an hour, whereafter it changed its mind PDQ.
Either that or it was set to degrees Frankenstein, rather than degrees SCIENCE.
It weren’t that cold on Monday. Well, it probably was in Canada, but Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles isn’t in Canada.
You can tell by the Proper Tea and lack of møøseburgers.
You can buy Proper Tea in Canada* but møøseburgers are definitely in short supply in E4.
*# of horriblemarkets sampled: 1
If the flying rats are anything like the dropwire finches (https://twitter.com/kimble4/status/1437384521054363650) in the excretory department, rain is an improvement.
Boring fact nerds like me have to wheel out every year*: The earliest sunset happens about a week before the solstice, so for normal people who care mostly about evenings the shortest day has already happened.
If you care more about mornings, sunrise continues to get (very slightly) later for another week.
* And now so can you.
Fubar is reporting loads more trees down, closed roads and power cuts. I guess a lot of trees were vulnerable after Arwen.
Our new shed is still standing :thumbsup:
Fubar is reporting loads more trees down, closed roads and power cuts. I guess a lot of trees were vulnerable after Arwen.
Our new shed is still standing :thumbsup:
BBC has said a woman has been killed utterly to DETH by a collapsing tree somewhere near Furryboottoon.
Nope again
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Nope again
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Very windy here in Germany too - I drove my little Smart Cabrio on an elevated section of road crossing the railway line in Kempen and it all seemed a bit blowy.We had a force 12 plus last night. People were being advised not to try driving any vehicle, let alone something as small as a smart car.
Tomorrow evening I am crossing the North Sea from Hoek van Holland to Harwich so that might be interesting. I've crossed on the ferry in a Force 9 before now and it was OK, so I guess it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Checked the weather before venturing out to Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles. Warning of damaging winds in London’s famous London on Friday. But is will be sunny for the early part of this afternoon.Mr Smith looked out of my office window and pronounced a soaking was imminent. I peered out and said 'Nah, it's not too bad'.
Got soaked >:(
Doesn’t sound good. If the roof blows off the Asbestos Palace the BEARS will be able to get in and raid the fridge.
Checked the weather before venturing out to Mr Sainsbury’s House of Toothy Comestibles. Warning of damaging winds in London’s famous London on Friday. But is will be sunny for the early part of this afternoon.
Got soaked >:(
That will be a chunk of our facia, which is now on the driveway. Looks like a nice bit of rotten wood behind it too, hence the detachment. Better phone a grown-up.
That will be a chunk of our facia, which is now on the driveway. Looks like a nice bit of rotten wood behind it too, hence the detachment. Better phone a grown-up.
I'll normally take on most tasks as DIY: masonry, joinery, electrical and plumbing, electrical appliance repairs etc etc.
A regular Jack-of-All-Trades.
But roofing is a no-go for me.
I need to GAMI for that shit.
They can peer up at a roof which is devoid of any distinguishing features to my untutored eye, from street level 3 streets away, and suck in through their teeth and mutter something that will certainly include the word 'thousand'.
I'm wondering how much of the general crap piled in my neighbour's garden will still be there come Saturday
I'm extremely pleased that Dudley etc will be missing me this time...
It's beginning to feel a bit armageddony. If the power's out I may not be able to post tomorrow's Wordle. Oh! The humanity!
The Aussie was due to fly to Melbourne tomorrow.
She's not been home for six years.
Her flight has just been cancelled
Bin day tomorrow but it's probably not worth putting anything out.Somerset have cancelled all bin and recycling for tomorrow. (I know you're not in Somerset, but you are close)
Winds like this happen a couple of times a year and we still carry on using recycling boxes and plastic bins. There's got to be a better solution.
Tomorrow, yes. But that was written about Dudley not Eunice. It doesn't take 100mph winds (which probably won't happen tomorrow anyway) to fling recycling boxes and wheelie bins around.Winds like this happen a couple of times a year and we still carry on using recycling boxes and plastic bins. There's got to be a better solution.
TBH, m'lud, I think that the sort of wind which is liable to affect your neck of the woods tomorrow is more like a once every 20 year event.
And your bin collections have now been cancelled as well.Bin day tomorrow but it's probably not worth putting anything out.Somerset have cancelled all bin and recycling for tomorrow. (I know you're not in Somerset, but you are close)
But only put off to Monday. Less disruption than Christmas and New Year!And your bin collections have now been cancelled as well.Bin day tomorrow but it's probably not worth putting anything out.Somerset have cancelled all bin and recycling for tomorrow. (I know you're not in Somerset, but you are close)
It's all calm again here, and the warning of yellow snow for tomorrow has been removed.
It's all calm again here, and the warning of yellow snow for tomorrow has been removed.
Is that the warning not to eat it?
/me looks out of window, is relieved to see E17 rather than the majestic Serengeti, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or Uluru.I think East 17 would be the least welcome presence in the garden.
On the matter of things falling over in Wind Events, back in the 1987 brouhaha a cow-orker had an internal wall collapse in his house, withhilariousexpensive consequences.
This is mental. Live feed from LHR of planes attempted landings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPQh1FrbOc0
My son is scheduled to fly from Heathrow to Finland later today.
I thought it was a corona virus that did for the Martians last time.
I thought it was a corona virus that did for the Martians last time.
Caught from bears. I think that's what Jeff Wayne wrote.
(Looks out of window)Much can change with the weather, in the space of an hour.
Many clouds to the southwest. They’re breeding in the reservoir. Or something.
In complete contrast to yesterday's Martian skyscape, today we have a cloudless, azure blue sky, pierced by maybe as many as a dozen spears of snow.I was in Saliusbury yesterday and missed out on the Exciting Dust from The Desert, on account of it pissing with rain, most of which fell on me.
Not unrelated pub question:In complete contrast to yesterday's Martian skyscape, today we have a cloudless, azure blue sky, pierced by maybe as many as a dozen spears of snow.I was in Saliusbury yesterday and missed out on the Exciting Dust from The Desert, on account of it pissing with rain, most of which fell on me.
In a not unrelated note I discovered my work supplied waterproof isn't.
My brother sent me this link. It took more than a few minutes to realise it wasn't a spoof.Remember oxygen bars?
https://www.dyson.co.uk/wearables/dyson-zone-air-purifying-headphones/announcement
For people who like to look like an extra from star wars while listening to music
I don't think it's rained here since March.
It should have been a clear blue sky this morning, but....I noticed that as I came into work a couple of hours ago.
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We're under the southbound track to Europe. Penalty of being close to transport links I guess.
Oooh, thunder!
I hesitate to say this, but we really could do with some rain.
It seems we had about 5mm. I didn’t hear any thunder.
It was lovely in the very north of scotlandshire from Tuesday afternoon, until I left yesterday.*
*it is probably still lovely, but I am no longer there.
My hayfever has been horrendous this week. I'm going camping this weekend...
I might actually die!
My hayfever has been horrendous this week. I'm going camping this weekend...
I might actually die!
This. I'm certainly going to need some Performance Enhancing DRUGZ for the velodrome.
12:00:02 <sian> Scorchio! Outside temperature is 30.2C
We've not had any proper rain (other than the odd brief shower) for ages, but I'm hoping the rain we're getting at the moment lasts long enough to give the grass a proper drink. Straw-coloured grass in Scotland is just...wrong. :-\
The planets fucked.
The planets fucked.
The planets fucked.
No the planet is fine, and will continue to be fine whatever we do.
What's fucked is the ecosystem that allows us and other life forms to exist on it.
As a geologist, we've seen this before. Something disrupts the global ecosystem and the life forms adapt to cope - often by mass extinction.
The planets fucked.
No the planet is fine, and will continue to be fine whatever we do.
What's fucked is the ecosystem that allows us and other life forms to exist on it.
We've not had any proper rain (other than the odd brief shower) for ages, but I'm hoping the rain we're getting at the moment lasts long enough to give the grass a proper drink. Straw-coloured grass in Scotland is just...wrong. :-\
I'm considering giving up on mine, expecting herds of wildebeest to come trading majestically across the savannah that is my back garden. We just havent had enough rain over winter to green it up again, followed by another dry spring
We've not had any proper rain (other than the odd brief shower) for ages, but I'm hoping the rain we're getting at the moment lasts long enough to give the grass a proper drink. Straw-coloured grass in Scotland is just...wrong. :-\
I'm considering giving up on mine, expecting herds of wildebeest to come trading majestically across the savannah that is my back garden. We just havent had enough rain over winter to green it up again, followed by another dry spring
We’re fortunate in that we don’t have a metered water supply, so I’ve had the sprinkler out weekly, plus we’re on clay which retains moisture quite well. Plus our lawn is less tha 50% grass!
The raintoday.co.uk website has undergone a substantial revamp after many many years of statis, the rainfall radar is still available but harder to find, eg https://www.weatherpro.com/en/united-kingdom/england/london/radar - now shows historic observed and forecast. I suspect the name was bought, somewhere along the line.
I just bought an anemometer off Fleabay, but only because the vendor wouldn’t ship it to Canada.
28 deg C here and just had a gentle but short shower.Saving water 👌
Last weekend we went to a wedding, the bride and groom travelling from their home in Kuala Lumpar. Out of interest I looked up the weather for there. Highs of 32/34C, lows of 22/24C. Like Monday here. Except those figures are for 365 days of the year.
ETA And more scaremongering from the Graun, this time about the heat and the thousands it may kill. Forgetting that it advertises holidays to Mexico and Florida where, guess what, the weathers exactly like we’ll be getting next week ::-)
My brother tells me that the 5mm that fell in July was the driest since Essex Water Company records began in 1960. This is somewhat skewed in that, since he retired, he' been keeping his own records at home about 3 miles away from the site of the 1960 - 2010 records.
I recorded 1.4mm at ground level, 1.2mm on the roof.
Very odd feeling today, like waiting for a thunderstorm, but k owing full well it isn’t coming. Overcast, warm and windy, and a pleasant 26C.
It seems unusually breezy though. Is anyone else noticing this ?
Dry summers locally since 1960, June - August rainfall, mm
1975 36.2
1995 43.6
1983 59.8
1976 67.8
2022 74.5
Average rainfall June - Aug is 139mm
Yellow thunderstorm warning here, which probably won't happen, but we have rain and max temps of 20 forecast all this week. Yep, autumn. Well, it is September.31 degrees here today. Bone dry still.
Had full-on thunderstorms the last two nights running in Pompey, and one thunderclap just now - which Lightningmaps tells me is from a discharge a couple of miles out to sea off Hayling Island. Teletext is forecasting thunderstorms in the south Hampshire area through to Thursday inclusive...I'm seriously surprised this still exists.
Had full-on thunderstorms the last two nights running in Pompey, and one thunderclap just now - which Lightningmaps tells me is from a discharge a couple of miles out to sea off Hayling Island. Teletext is forecasting thunderstorms in the south Hampshire area through to Thursday inclusive...I'm seriously surprised this still exists.
I'm seriously surprised this still exists.
Thunderstorm last night about 2200. First one this year that I can rememberWe've had 'em two nights in a row now. It's nice not needing to water everything. Shower & washing-up water's been going on the garden for a while.
So far, the temperature today has failed to reach 20°C. The last time that happened was 19th June.
16°C in the lounge now. I can see I will be capitulating and putting the heating on before long.
The car reported 13.5°C at about 11am as we drove from Hope to Monsal Head.
we are still on the 1tog duvet but changing to 2.5 imminently. Probably get to 4 as usual although we do warm up the bed to climb in these days as we have got increasingly soft
Come to sunny California, they said. 2 C and snowing on top of Sonora Pass this arvo; currently about 14 C and raining in the town of that name about 40 miles west and 7000' closer to sea level.
Come to sunny California, they said. 2 C and snowing on top of Sonora Pass this arvo; currently about 14 C and raining in the town of that name about 40 miles west and 7000' closer to sea level.
Come to sunny California, they said. 2 C and snowing on top of Sonora Pass this arvo; currently about 14 C and raining in the town of that name about 40 miles west and 7000' closer to sea level.
at 9600ft, Sonora Pass should be 28ºC cooler than the sea level temperature, so 2º was fairly predictable!
I fail to comprehend this obsession with shorts - is it a macho thing? I blame the Postmen.
14.2 in the living room and Pingu's office/our bedroom right now. About 2C warmer in my s facing office and the kitchen. Trying to put off putting the heating on until work is over for the day. I have a fleecy blanket in my office.
I'm apparently having to clear my schedule later so I'll have time to devastate Florida. That übercunt DeSantis is getting in the sea whether he likes it or not.
I'm apparently having to clear my schedule later so I'll have time to devastate Florida. That übercunt DeSantis is getting in the sea whether he likes it or not.
Don’t forget to blow NRA shill and general headbanger Marco Rubio into the middle of a mass shooting in Iowa.
It’s proper raining here for the first time in ages and forecast to do so for a good 4 hours. Hopefully it’ll do something to clean my car as I cant use a hosepipe. The garden will be happier too.
Shorts? Pah! Shorts are for sissies. I'm in a mankini till January. Well, it shortens the queue in the post office.I fail to comprehend this obsession with shorts - is it a macho thing? I blame the Postmen.
I'd get into all sorts of trouble if I wore a dress, regardless of the modesty of the hemline.
Why does it feel colder indoors when it rains? I'm normally perfectly happy with the indoor temperature at 18°C, but now it's started raining, it isn't warm enough. I've noticed this before.In addition to humidity, there's wind. And, in daylight, lack of it.
PS Our roof doesn't leak.
Last time I wore trousers that were approximately as long as my legs was back at the beginning of the pandemic.
Quite a storm this early am and lots of the much needed wet stuff.
Every day this month the temperature has reached 16°C. The highest temperature my device has recorded is 22.5°C, on 29th. I feel confident that this is unprecedented for a UK October.
Our mogs have got cabin fever from not going out in this weather. They've been doing the wall of death round the house instead.
It is unseasonably warm - 12-14C instead of 8-10C.
[...]
Everything is saturated.
I'm heading up your way in 10 days time, hoping it won't be blowing a hoolie every day...
No! For winter visits we fly, so it's Loganair for us, Inverness to Benbecula going out, back to Glasgow. It's also quite tricky to get to a ferry to go to north uist by public transport, whereas the flights work reasonably with sleeper trains from London.I'm heading up your way in 10 days time, hoping it won't be blowing a hoolie every day...
Are you thinking of catching a ferry?
Feckin' strong winds. Never happened in 21 years of life in Stornoway because there were no trees!
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16°C here at present. Minimum 31.1°C overnight.
Feckin' strong winds. Never happened in 21 years of life in Stornoway because there were no trees!
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Amber warning of sogginess for Furryboottoon (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-11-18&id=b9ec759a-afa2-487e-ba7f-9f210b670e60) :hand:Hopefully not too soggy for me to get home tomorrow...
Amber warning of sogginess for Furryboottoon (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-11-18&id=b9ec759a-afa2-487e-ba7f-9f210b670e60) :hand:
Blimey. Ceredigion Council have said they're sending the gritters out tonight. :oDitto Somerset.
It’s snowing here now - and starting to settle.
I’m in the north west of Germany near Düsseldorf and visited a Weihnachtsmarkt the weekend before last. Had a lovely fresh Waffel there, yummy.
äüßö
We have had the first proper frost of the winter. I can’t tell precisely what the minimum was because, since last Sunday’s power cut the weather station console has stopped talking to the raspberry pie. I don’t have the knowledge to fix it unless turning them off and on again cures it, which it hasn’t.It was -2C here in Woodbridge last night, so I can’t image it was any colder in saarfen’ give that you is a bit further south and somewhat closer to the see.
(https://i.imgur.com/tzsCchc.jpg)How do you get your car started in those temperatures!?
Just a bit chilly today.
The fog never cleared at all today.
Our cleaner on arrival this morning,
"That was a difficult journey, the sun was blinding me all the way."
Mrs B and I look out of the window. ???
"Welcome to Llandysmal."
(https://i.imgur.com/tzsCchc.jpg)How do you get your car started in those temperatures!?
Just a bit chilly today.
The little weather gizmo on my phone said -7 when I got up this morning.
Which prompts me to ask
Where does it get the information from?
Would it be the nearest meteorological station? Which in my case would be Aberporth. By the sea and not at all like the Teifi Valley.
The little weather gizmo on my phone said -7 when I got up this morning.
Which prompts me to ask
Where does it get the information from?
Would it be the nearest meteorological station? Which in my case would be Aberporth. By the sea and not at all like the Teifi Valley.
According to the Met Office (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-synoptic-and-climate-stations) there are three automatic reporting stations in the area, of which one is Aberporth. The other two are inland, one at Saron, one at Whitechurch.
I just press the starter. It's a little sluggish, but otherwise good. I haven't gotten a blockheater installed yet as it's a bit of a pain, but unless I'm planning to leave the car out for more than 24 hours, it shouldn't really be an issue.
I have however learned that having a heated steering wheel is now a must.
There is white stuff falling from the sky in Liverpool. I can't see it sticking though.
I just press the starter. It's a little sluggish, but otherwise good. I haven't gotten a blockheater installed yet as it's a bit of a pain, but unless I'm planning to leave the car out for more than 24 hours, it shouldn't really be an issue.
I have however learned that having a heated steering wheel is now a must.
Must be those fancy modern cars, even my Subaru needed a block heater, otherwise it wouldn't start below -10. Then again, it was a Subaru.
It's -3 and the pipes have frozen. No running water.
Forecast for London and SE:
[…]
Monday: 13 and 10, wet.
Everything is melting in the sun at the moment. It'll probably go all icy later though.
the boiler cupboard, with the boiler and the incoming water main.
[...]
a bottle of her elderflower presse in the cupboard had frozen and burst the bottle. And when I got home I found the veg frozen, quite literally, solid.
the boiler cupboard, with the boiler and the incoming water main.
[...]
a bottle of her elderflower presse in the cupboard had frozen and burst the bottle. And when I got home I found the veg frozen, quite literally, solid.
Shouldn't there be a frost stat (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=52996.msg2773154#msg2773154) in there to prevent something more disastrous from freezing?
I find it extraordinary that yesterday some adults thought it was ok to take their kids onto frozen pond on Wimbledon Common :facepalm:
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That bloke on the left is filming what is potentially a snuff movie starring (presumably) his partner and two offspring.I find it extraordinary that yesterday some adults thought it was ok to take their kids onto frozen pond on Wimbledon Common :facepalm:
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I came across three yoof the other day - one of them lying on the ground in an undignified position, having clearly just slipped - contemplating whether the ice on the canal was strong enough to support a person. I muttered something to the effect of no it bloody isn't.
It's been hovering around zero for a week. Some of the more shaded ice is now thick enough to support geese, but that's about it. And the Babbs Mill[1] incident is all over the news. I can only assume they were too young to remember what proper winter looks like.
Seriously, this is BRITAIN, country of mediocrity. I wouldn't trust any ice.
[1] Which, I'll wager is a degree or two colder than central Birmingham.
#1 Son and I took a short cut across the canal to Bournville Station on the way home from the pub a few years ago.With YOUR reputation? :o
-34C was the daytime high today. It's getting old quickly. Forecast says it should get into single digits next week.
Temperatures in Elk Park, Montana, dropped to -50F (-45C), while the town of Hell, Michigan, has frozen over.
I think the two coincide at or near -40 anyway. Frosty eyelash weather.-34C was the daytime high today. It's getting old quickly. Forecast says it should get into single digits next week.
Crikey, that's the point where you stop caring if it's degrees Frankenstein or degrees SCIENCE.
I think the two coincide at or near -40 anyway. Frosty eyelash weather.
I think the two coincide at or near -40 anyway. Frosty eyelash weather.-34C was the daytime high today. It's getting old quickly. Forecast says it should get into single digits next week.
Crikey, that's the point where you stop caring if it's degrees Frankenstein or degrees SCIENCE.
Finally got a sun dog!. (This is in Edmonton, -31C).
Already down to -5C in West London
was -7 in the cambridge 'burbs at 5.30 this morning, and quite icy where the drains are blocked and roads flooded through granchester. The river was b. e. a utiful as the sun came up in Ely, although as one of the rowers is a bit splashy, this is the rigger behind her after a 90 minute paddle :D
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I have not commuted since Christmas sadly. The risk/ reward ratio is just too skewed at present.Me neither.
13°C according to our north facing outdoor thermometer.9C here
13°C according to our north facing outdoor thermometer.
We’ve had 75% of our expected summer rainfall in the past 15 hours.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64421920
I'm glad we live up a hill.
Is your daughter OK Wow?
It's still raining and a bit windy, it has calmed down a lot from last night. We've not had any damage as far as we can tell but I'm not going outside to check the roof until God stops pissing on us.
The sun is now shining, the rain is no longer raining and the wind is being a lot less windy.Are your cherry-red DMs ok?
We've been lucky, no damage here that we can see, still got power and all pretty much back to normal here on the North Shore. Other areas have not been so lucky.
There are rumblings of SNO in March. March SNO never lasts long, though.
There are rumblings of SNO in March. March SNO never lasts long, though.
On 4–5 March came heavy snow which left drifts across much of the country with some lying 7 metres (23 ft) deep in the Scottish Highlands.[6] On 5 March one of the worst British blizzards of the 20th century occurred.[9] Food supplies were again affected by the snow-bound roads and in some places the police requested permission to break into delivery lorries stranded by the snow.[9]
On 10 March milder air of 7–10 °C (45–50 °F) began to move north across the country from the south-west, rapidly thawing the snow lying on low ground.[6] However, after such a long frost the ground stayed frozen. The frozen ground caused much surface run off which resulted in widespread flooding. Further heavy snowfalls occurred as the milder air pushed northwards. On 14 March the deepest ever recorded depth of snow lying in an inhabited location of the UK was measured at Forest-in-Teesdale in County Durham at 83 inches (210 cm).[13] On 15 March a deepening depression moved in from the Atlantic, bringing heavy rain and gales.[6] It was the start of the wettest March for 300 years.[12] By 16 March winds reached 50 knots (90 km/h) with 90-knot (170 km/h) gusts, causing breaches in dykes in East Anglia that resulted in the flooding of 100 square miles (260 km2) of land,[6][9] and blowing many trees down. The rivers Thames and Lea flooded in London, causing the Windsor borough engineer Geoffrey Baker to remark: "We could only cope if we had a spare Thames, or two."[11]
Is an arch blizzard one that settles in Canterbury Cathedral?There are rumblings of SNO in March. March SNO never lasts long, though.
It did in 1947. The early arch blizzard is down as one of the worst in the entire 20th century.
Thunderbolts, lightning, mighty rushing wind, hail and a plague of frogs* in E17.
* Lie
Has anyone coined a phrase along the lines "Ott's Law states that the worst weather will coincide with the worst part (for that weather) of any planned ride"?
Don't forget the Rule According to Kim™ about the last 20km of any ride being a bit of a slog, irrespective of total distance...
Don't forget the Rule According to Kim™ about the last 20km of any ride being a bit of a slog, irrespective of total distance...
What about rides <20km :P
*Especially* those.
Don't forget the Rule According to Kim™ about the last 20km of any ride being a bit of a slog, irrespective of total distance. That's not always down to weather, but when it is, we can be sure that Ott's Law is in operation.I find the first 20km really tough too.
Hmm, wind, hail and thunder, all at once. Oh joy..
Hail. Twice.
Bloody 'orrible 'ere. 7.6°C. Wind gusting to 56kph - and that's always going to be below the true reading because our anemometer is too low. Raining.
A colleague not 20 miles west in Herts has had a deluge all afternoon.
The noise of the woods in the wind over the other side of the valley is building by the hour. I really hate sleeping with the window closed, but I usually get used to it.
Doubt if I'll hear Wol tonight.
It's currently warmer outdoors, by a degree or so, than it is indoors.
Likewise down here on the edge of the Chilterns. Really quite windy yesterday, and temp in the sun breaching 20C around midday, before clouding over in the afternoon. Today it’s sunshine and showers (at this moment simultaneously), and quite a bit cooler. Accuweather’s day by day history is interesting, historically today would be 14C, forecast is 17C vs last years 18C. So pretty normal for the time of year. Wind is back round to SW and thunderstorms are forecast. Oh joy.The metaphor has always been odd, given that stair rods are horizontal.
ETA Did I say showers? Stair rods more like (and OT how long will that descriptor persist?).
ETA Did I say showers? Stair rods more like (and OT how long will that descriptor persist?).
Utterly glorious here on the not windy west coast of Lewis might have to find my short and t-shirt, but don't want to jinx it
It's the norm here from about April to September.It's currently warmer outdoors, by a degree or so, than it is indoors.
Yes, we noticed that this morning. That's the trouble with old stone houses.
Wot TimC said. I was contemplating massacring some greenery today too >:(E14 was not the promised land of sunshine today, been looking enviously at Audax photos from "up north".
Fortunately the South and East seem to be benefitting from some sunshine and warmth today.
Fortunately the South and East seem to be benefitting from some sunshine and warmth today.
Fortunately the South and East seem to be benefitting from some sunshine and warmth today.
Not here. 12.8°C at present in Saarfend. It occurred to me as I was cycling in my windproof and thermal gloves to my pal Pen’s house this morning that this is the Year of the Permanent January.
The sun emerged from its hiding place this afternoon and according to my device the temperature rose to 20.6°C at about 4.30pm.
It's been a warm sunny day. It's 22°C in my flat & 18°C outside. I'm not wearing a shirt....
Is it just me or is this a tad warm for May ?
Goodness me, I hail from Thundersley…
We were in Konnybrook and The Chase, I went to Southend High School in the 80s and then SEEVIC. My sis still lives in Thundersley near the Common but I have escaped to Germany…Goodness me, I hail from Thundersley…
I am in Spencer Road (bottom of and between Church Hill and Bread and Cheese Hill) went to Appleton in the 70s
Goodness me, I hail from Thundersley…BOOM! Tish...
I'm in the house with all of the blinds shut.
The fan has been turned up to 11 and is blowing warm air over me.
My Dear Wife visited the sea front today.
What can possibly have attracted her there on such a day?
It's World Knitting Day and she was there with other (woolly) like-minded people.
All week we've been getting warnings of yellow thunder storms and massive rain fall, beginning yesterday night.
So far we have had 30 minutes of spitting and no sign of any more to come.
"How yellow/brown was my valley?"
Having to water plants lest they die is very tedious. Suggestions for garden plants that don’t need water and are not plastic, please. Must have flowers.
Having to water plants lest they die is very tedious. Suggestions for garden plants that don’t need water and are not plastic, please. Must have flowers.French lavender?
Yesterday afternoon on the M4 from the J1 to J10 was the worst conditions I have ever driven in. Visibility was poor due to spray but the noise of the rain on the car was distracting and the wipers could barely keep up with the combination of rain and spray. Speeds were severely constrained and dropping to circa 40mph or lower on what was otherwise a flowing motorway.
Well, that was a bit of a let-down.
22mm of rain within about 30 minutes here in Uxbridge around 5pm. The garden will be grateful.
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The wind vector chart for my weather station for May 2023. North is to the right. Almost constant NE winds throughout the month, with the exception of the 6 days 7th-12th, when it rained.
22mm of rain within about 30 minutes here in Uxbridge around 5pm. The garden will be grateful.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaUpvfMrfpDbC9nBMWUy-26LofpzZaFzr4r7vtJSkpPw3mYDmOBOyzzb5DZ2MwbpHb940w0JADkCWoYBEXCOthBOUTFpHHJctsHa7NpCPc7c8qbt8S8J=w2400)
The wind vector chart for my weather station for May 2023. North is to the right. Almost constant NE winds throughout the month, with the exception of the 6 days 7th-12th, when it rained.
Have we lost our prevailing wind? I don't remember the last time it was a south-westerly. What does your station say for the last 6 months/year?
Can still recall the end of the 1976 heatwave. My first experience of a flash flood, in Felixstowe. No rivers involved, just exceedingly heavy rain that caused a flood deep enough to half submerge neighbours cars in the street at the bottom of my road.I finished my first summer job the week before that. As I was working 'a week in hand' I had the unheard of sum of £30 in my pocket. My dad suggested that I got my old bike fixed up so I could ride to school (which was about four miles away across the middle of the city).
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaUpvfMrfpDbC9nBMWUy-26LofpzZaFzr4r7vtJSkpPw3mYDmOBOyzzb5DZ2MwbpHb940w0JADkCWoYBEXCOthBOUTFpHHJctsHa7NpCPc7c8qbt8S8J=w2400)
The wind vector chart for my weather station for May 2023. North is to the right. Almost constant NE winds throughout the month, with the exception of the 6 days 7th-12th, when it rained.
Have we lost our prevailing wind? I don't remember the last time it was a south-westerly. What does your station say for the last 6 months/year?
Take a look:
(https://www.tickfield.co.uk/weewx/yearwindvec.png)
The weather station has been recording data since 2010 but a glitch in the software last December, caused by a power cut, means that I only have access to earlier data in monthly statistical, rather than graphic, form.
I managed to get it working again on New Year's Eve and it's been recording ever since.
The only liquid falling to the ground around here is the sweat falling from my brow. It is stupidly hot, sticky and humid in mid Essex today. The rain can’t come soon enough, though I could do without the torrential downpours.
Ours stopped at 0.4mm.
(https://www.tickfield.co.uk/weewx/monthrain.png)
And there it is!
Walking yesterday. Boots are still drying on the patio. This may take a few more days.I have form for sleeping through thunderstorms.
Tall wet grass and other vegetation, combined with heavy rain, also ensured a wet gusset. At one point, my trousers were so wet, the sensation was identical to wearing a wet suit.
Apparently there was a huge thunderstorm at 4am Sunday morning which I completely slept through.
And alarm clocks. (FNRTTC years ago to Sarfend, thunderous applause at J31 services)Walking yesterday. Boots are still drying on the patio. This may take a few more days.I have form for sleeping through thunderstorms.
Tall wet grass and other vegetation, combined with heavy rain, also ensured a wet gusset. At one point, my trousers were so wet, the sensation was identical to wearing a wet suit.
Apparently there was a huge thunderstorm at 4am Sunday morning which I completely slept through.
35°C according to the sensor attached to the north-facing side of my shed.Mech thermometer has failed to register anything over 30°C.
If I'm honest, I think it is over-reading.
I think I might put the mechanical thermometer I have, next to it.
Dark clouds and thunder, but no rain yet in this part of Furryboottoon.
Mama Mia. Bone dry here and could do with some rain asap, with lots of it.
To judge from the dripping noises coming from outside the Great Hall it's been raining in East Londonton too. It was certainly dark enough.Work is currently located about 8 miles north of your abode.
Looks like Sheffield got a good soaking. https://twitter.com/bamb_uk/status/1677785881153789960
Last night’s caravanserai was literally within a stone’s throw of the M4. Had to have the window closed. Melted. Probably should have succumbed to temptation, muttered an apology to Greta and turned on the aircon.
Last night’s caravanserai was literally within a stone’s throw of the M4. Had to have the window closed. Melted. Probably should have succumbed to temptation, muttered an apology to Greta and turned on the aircon.
Bit of a flattering term for aPremierPrimordial Inn, n'est ce pas? :demon:
We have rain. So far, 1mm, but the Met Office think that there will be lots...5.5mm. Not enough.
St Swithin's Day today.
That is all...
St Swithin's Day today.
That is all...
Really belongs in the Climate Change thread!St Swithin's Day today.
That is all...
Forty days of rain coming up? Good-o...
And in a shop on the banks of the Irwell, an old joiner and building contractor checks on his stock of maple wood (https://monologues.co.uk/Three-Halfpence-a-Foot.htm)...
Well, you know what you must do to get the garden watered :demon:
Admittedly, I was in Florence the day before and it had been 37 degrees.Were Dougal, Ermintrude and Brian with you?
Admittedly, I was in Florence the day before and it had been 37 degrees.Were Dougal, Ermintrude and Brian with you?
Storm Antoni was a dampish squib.
Plateau d'hautville seems to be escaping all the storms so far...
Why is it so cold? It’s August ffs.
Watching the BBC weather, I was surprised to be told that this year’s summer is not actually cooler than average and that only 2015 has broken the trend of hotter than average summers.
This article spells out the problems we face and our lack of preparedness. We have to assume now that there’s no realistic prospect of concerted action to prevent climate change; we leaders we choose have no such intentions.
The Dyson fan has been placed into hibernation until next spring. :(The Dyson fan has come back out of hibernation ::-)
A beautiful proper British Summers Day here today, light breeze, fresh air, 23C.
The Dyson fan has just been stood down from seasonal duties for the second time this year.
Vaguely weatherish, just seen the northern lights over Reykjavik harbour
Vaguely weatherish, just seen the northern lights over Reykjavik harbour
Vaguely weatherish, just seen the northern lights over Reykjavik harbourGIT!
Vaguely weatherish, just seen the northern lights over Reykjavik harbour
My no. 1 swimming pal (who is currently dog-sitting in Gozo) spent a few days in Iceland earlier this year and took some terrific photos of the aurora borealis. I think she saw it every night she was there and was getting bored with it by the end.
Knowing her luck, she'll see it from Gozo. She's there for almost a fortnight.
Hit 20c today and is warmer outside than in.
Forecast 20c for six days.
Yellow warning of rain for Furryboottoon. Amber warning for some other parts of Scotland.What? Yellow warning and amber warning are different things? I have no idea which is meant to be more dangerouser.
If possible, you should avoid driving no matter the warning level. Driving in a yellow warning may not pose a likely risk, but there is likely to be increased congestion and disruption on the road. Driving in amber and red warnings pose a greater risk, therefore travel should be avoided unless absolutely essential.I find this at best non-intuitive, I'd say even counter-intuitive as to my mind is a dark form of yellow, not a bright, look at me I'm dangerous, colour.
Maximum temperature 25.9°C in my garden at 3.30pm today. That isn't the highest October temperature I've ever recorded. That was in (I think) 2013. I recall 5 consecutive days, all above 26.5°C (80°F), 29/9/2013 - 3/10/2013.I remember that year. We had been to a meeting in USA leaving a young friend house sitting. We returned expecting to be in thick jumpers to summer weather and had several barbecues with young friend as she stayed on for a few days.
We will see what tomorrow brings.
Edit: looking at the calendar, I think it was 2011.
Footnote: https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10.msg1056290#msg1056290 refers
Yellow warning of rain for Furryboottoon. Amber warning for some other parts of Scotland.What? Yellow warning and amber warning are different things? I have no idea which is meant to be more dangerouser.
Max of 26.6°C here. That's three consecutive October days over 80°F.
In fact, the past 5 days have all been 80°F or higher, the longest hot spell this year. The four preceding days were all over 70°F. There was a spell of 9 consecutive days in August in which every day was 70°F or higher, but the previous longest spell was 5 days in April.
Madness. At least tomorrow will be a bit more normal at 19°C - assuming the forecast to be right.
Has Trump's Golf Courses drowned yet?
Has Trump's Golf Courses drowned yet?
Probly not, unfortunately. It's been raining all day but not as much as elsewhere in Scotland.
Has Trump's Golf Courses drowned yet?
Probly not, unfortunately. It's been raining all day but not as much as elsewhere in Scotland.
Has Trump's Golf Courses drowned yet?
Probly not, unfortunately. It's been raining all day but not as much as elsewhere in Scotland.
TV's Sarah Keith-Lucas says it’s heading your way thobut.
26.3°C was today’s maximum in Prittlewell.
Ditto about the traffic lights. Amber traffic lights are not, to my mind, actually amber. (To take us on a digression about traffic lights, the lights in the old Soviet Union were odd compared to everywhere else I've ever been; their amber was orange and their red was a darker orange. I like to imagine this was because some ideologue protested that "Red is the colour of progress, not stopping!")Yellow warning of rain for Furryboottoon. Amber warning for some other parts of Scotland.What? Yellow warning and amber warning are different things? I have no idea which is meant to be more dangerouser.
I'm sure that has come up before. I find it incredibly confusing, as in my mind they're effectively synonyms when used to refer to traffic lights or similar (I accept that amber is a probably bit darker when used to describe paint, gels, etc.).
It makes sense to me.
Amber is really orange, so the warnings follow the rainbow.
Red = worst (Arwen )
Amber = pretty bad
Yellow = take a rain jacket
Unless it was in response to lobbying from the Greengrocers' Federation.It makes sense to me.
Amber is really orange, so the warnings follow the rainbow.
Red = worst (Arwen )
Amber = pretty bad
Yellow = take a rain jacket
Yeahbut they could just as easily call the middle level 'orange' and everyone would immediately know what they were talking about.
22C today. Tomorrow, going to plunge to 16C max.
22C today. Tomorrow, going to plunge to 16C max.
It's tomorrow. It's 23C.
22C today. Tomorrow, going to plunge to 16C max.
It's tomorrow. It's 23C.
It's currently 20C in Cambridge... can you send a couple of degrees this way please?
Winter has arrived early. Lashing rains with 40knots winds.
Glad I'm not on this evening's ferry. I'm surprised it ran, with 3.5m northerly swell predicted. Our neighbours are on it.
The Great Slide out of Summer begins:
(https://pbase.com/image/174055218.jpg)
Its hard to believe that just over a week ago I had breakfast and lunch whilst sat outdoors.
We have a new storm to look forward to it appears...
Storm Babet (https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/67122268)
Lots of reports of fallen trees and power cuts.
Warnings of evacuations in Brechin. I think that's humanitarian rather than flooding.
I'm supposed to be cycle touring in the Hebrides.
Cut that short on Tuesday evening when I realised that the ferries weren't going to be running for much longer (they weren't).
Rode across Skye to Mallaig yesterday. The Skye ferry isn't running today.
Today rode as far as Lochailort, where I decided it was getting too dangerous and caught the train. There won't be any of those after today.
Currently sitting on said train waiting for them to clear a fallen tree.
18 degrees in Swindon. Thunderstorms possible. Cats not happy.
Lots of reports of fallen trees and power cuts.
Warnings of evacuations in Brechin. I think that's humanitarian rather than flooding.
They're being evacuated to other parts of Angus, the council clearly don't know about the Angus town rivalries, this is like declaring warI'm supposed to be cycle touring in the Hebrides.
Cut that short on Tuesday evening when I realised that the ferries weren't going to be running for much longer (they weren't).
Rode across Skye to Mallaig yesterday. The Skye ferry isn't running today.
Today rode as far as Lochailort, where I decided it was getting too dangerous and caught the train. There won't be any of those after today.
Currently sitting on said train waiting for them to clear a fallen tree.
Are you Timmy Mallet in disguise?
It's warm enough to wear an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini (oh yeah).
@Sam and The Pingus.
Blimey, that looks moist. Stay warm and safe guys.
18 degrees in Swindon. Thunderstorms possible. Cats not happy.
Hundreds ordered to evacuate Scottish town before Storm Babet floods
More than 350 households in Brechin told to leave, as Met Office issues rare ‘danger to life’ red weather alert (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/19/uk-weather-scottish-town-braced-for-evacuation-order-as-storm-babet-hits)
He said: “I won’t be leaving because my wife won’t go.”
18 degrees in Swindon. Thunderstorms possible. Cats not happy.
This morning:
Ninkasi: let me out
Me: opens door
Ninkasi: ugh! That's horrible! (Turns around)
Me: closes door
Ninkasi: ooh the wind's gone, open the door!
Me: opens door
Ninkasi: ugh! That's horrible! (Turns around)
Repeat ad infinitum
That was before the rain started as well.
Oh Joy! My flat has a water feature..... :facepalm:Aw, no.
They've been clumping about on the roof all week trying to fix leaks.
Those trees are a bit wobbly.... :jurek: https://x.com/Clyde1News/status/1715395558804701407
GWR under water near Royal Wootton Bastard, according to the Beeb.
Mr von Brandenburg has successfully reached Rotherham and set up his drums though.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67183850 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67183850)It wuz that Greta Thunberg wot did it.
Drill rig downmanned, all safe though, thank <DEITY> or substitute
From previous attendances to the property by ST in addition to the nature of the issue that had been presenting over the past approx. 2 days is diagnosed as Hydraulic overload. Hydraulic overload is when heavy rainfall occurs at a capacity which exceeds the capacity of the surface water drainage sewerage line, this then causes the excess water to flood out of the nearest point of access e.g drains and manholes etc. Hydraulic overload is caused primarily by environmental factors being heavy rainfall and is not directly correlated with their being an issue with the property's sewerage network, the mains sewerage line or the properties connection to that network. Another contributing factor to this issue would population density in proportion to the sewerage network capacity.
When looking at the contact history associated with this property in question only 2 attendances from SevernTrent are recorded in which the attending engineer(s) state that the issue of flooding out from the drain located within the front of the property was diagnosed to be down to hydraulic overload and no issues originating from the property itself. In addition to this when having previously attended for hydraulic overload investigations a cctv survey was carried which had yielded that there were/are no sewerage defects associated with the property or with the mains sewerage line.
I've pulled out of a house purchase. It had a lot going for it, but I just couldn't overlook the eruption of sewage on the driveway.
It's like this: we were approaching the point of agreeing exchange/completion dates when the heavy rain landed last weekend. The property has been empty for a while (sons selling on behalf of owner's estate). It's at the bottom of several hills in Belper. On Saturday I thought I'd just see if it had been affected by the rain.
There was no flooding, but the driveway was covered in what I first thought was litter but which, as I got closer, was clearly toilet paper and poo. I mentioned it to my conveyancer who raised it with the sellers, whose solicitor replied:
From previous attendances to the property by ST in addition to the nature of the issue that had been presenting over the past approx. 2 days is diagnosed as Hydraulic overload. Hydraulic overload is when heavy rainfall occurs at a capacity which exceeds the capacity of the surface water drainage sewerage line, this then causes the excess water to flood out of the nearest point of access e.g drains and manholes etc. Hydraulic overload is caused primarily by environmental factors being heavy rainfall and is not directly correlated with their being an issue with the property's sewerage network, the mains sewerage line or the properties connection to that network. Another contributing factor to this issue would population density in proportion to the sewerage network capacity.
When looking at the contact history associated with this property in question only 2 attendances from SevernTrent are recorded in which the attending engineer(s) state that the issue of flooding out from the drain located within the front of the property was diagnosed to be down to hydraulic overload and no issues originating from the property itself. In addition to this when having previously attended for hydraulic overload investigations a cctv survey was carried which had yielded that there were/are no sewerage defects associated with the property or with the mains sewerage line.
Only 2 previous attendances?
Only 2 (recorded) previous incidents of other people's poo all over the driveway?
Oh well, why didn't you say? That's just fine, that is. Just the 2. Lovely.
Quote.
That's a horribly badly written statement. "Their being an issue" is only the most blatant example (and not the most important).
Anyway, lucky you discovered this before exchanging.
[…] I waxed the car
The Met Office are hopeless. <5% chance of rain, they say, until 2pm. Under clear skies I waxed the car. It is now pissing down and I hadn't buffed it off. This means starting again with a full wash and dry, if the rain ever stops. Meanwhile, the car is matt and swirly. 2 hours wasted.
[…] I waxed the car
Stay away from me, you freak!
;)
Don't forget, people, tomorrow it's to rain an hour longer.
[…] I waxed the car
Stay away from me, you freak!
;)
Under clear skies I waxed the car.A sentence that starts off promising poetry but immediately descends into the most corrupt perversion.
I made it more poetic for you.Under clear skies I waxed the dolphin.A sentence that starts off promising poetry but immediately descends into the most corrupt perversion.
None if it's an old Renault.
A very wet Sainos trip.Is that a ephanism for saying that rogerzilla visited you?
Waxed cotton ftw.
Cold, wet & miserable in Liverpool. Gusts of wind but nothing drastic. I need to get some stuff from the shops so I think it's time to dig out the waterproof trousers!
Back garden is already a shallow lake, and we've only just started. This house won't flood, since the surface water has lots of escape routes, but others in the area can, if the river gets another few inches higher. One road has already been flooded three times this autumn, and will be again today.
“Holme Eden Hall, built in 1833 is a significant Grade II listed building being one of only a handful of Calendar Houses in the country so called by having 365 windows, 52 chimney’s, 12 corridors, 7 entrances and 4 corridors, one for each season of the year. Built by the then prominent businessman Peter Dixon, Holme Eden Hall was constructed as his family seat, and was designed by the renowned architect John Dobson. The house has a colourful history but in 2003 it changed hands again and was entirely refurbished into this rare and prestigious development of 12 luxury apartments.”
Back garden is already a shallow lake, and we've only just started. This house won't flood, since the surface water has lots of escape routes, but others in the area can, if the river gets another few inches higher. One road has already been flooded three times this autumn, and will be again today.
If I buy a new home I'll be checking flood risk carefully. It's put me off making an offer on this place*.....too close to the river.
* As well as not being able to afford it!
https://www.fineandcountry.co.uk/north-cumbria-estate-agents/property-sale/3-bedroom-property-for-sale-in-ca4-carlisle-holme-eden-hall/3148950
Miss von Brandenburg reports SNO in that Germany, that they have now. Somewhere between Rheine and Dessau which, admittedly, covers quite a wide area.No sign of sno here, which is good as I am not experienced at driving in sno and now have a high-powered car with rear wheel drive and wide tyres. What could possibly go wrong?
-2.8°C when I left the house at 05.40 this morning.
Still in shorts.
-2.8°C when I left the house at 05.40 this morning.
Still in shorts.
Are you from Newcastle?
-2.8°C when I left the house at 05.40 this morning.
Still in shorts.
Are you from Newcastle?
Or a Postman?
-2.8°C when I left the house at 05.40 this morning.
Still in shorts.
Are you from Newcastle?
Or a Postman?
Or going to the gym? (I'm in shorts for going to the gym but in trackie bottoms for walking the dog afterwards).
It was -3 when I went to the gym at 6.00am this morning. Coming back it had warmed up to -1.5 and it's still that.
The freezing fog is beginning to lift.
Fog, freezing.
There were 33 flood warnings for England in place on Saturday, as well as 181 of the less severe flood alerts. The Environment Agency warned people not to walk through flood water, saying it can contain dangers including sharp objects, sewage, uncovered manholes and chemicals and strange wee beasties.
It’s a bit wet in York (https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23983262.york-water-pumps-six-flood-warnings-force/)
4.2m
I tend to use the following link to determine my route to and from work:
It’s a bit wet in York (https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23983262.york-water-pumps-six-flood-warnings-force/)
4.2m
The York Press site in your link is not responding, they must be underwater ! https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/topstories/pumps-out-all-night-in-bid-to-contain-york-flood-waters/ar-AA1lmVAt
I tend to use the following link to determine my route to and from work:
It’s a bit wet in York (https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23983262.york-water-pumps-six-flood-warnings-force/)
4.2m
The York Press site in your link is not responding, they must be underwater ! https://www.msn.com/en-gb/weather/topstories/pumps-out-all-night-in-bid-to-contain-york-flood-waters/ar-AA1lmVAt
http://nosearmy.com/isitflooded/
The above gives a good indication of whether (or not!) the Millennium Bridge access is above water level or whether I need to use an alternative route.
(If the coloured section is red, it's a bit moist. If it's green, you won't get your feet wet (although there may be mud around if it has been red recently...))
ETA: I forgot to point out that the locations are arranged with the first to flood at the top down to the last to flood at the bottom.
Sunset's been at 15:38 for a few days here, and will be for a few more: we gain a minute of evening light on the 20th, when it will be at 15:39.1536 here
It's also very warm. I wore a lighter coat than usual this morning, and was still a bit hot.
There are people on Faceache who have posted photos of nacreous clouds visible from Southend and telling everyone that they have photographed the Northern Lights. One such photo is taken from the sea front in Thorpe Bay and the "northern lights" in question are situated somewhere high over Kent...
Perhaps they have declared war on the fridges.Even more exciting than cybermen v daleks.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV84pXzIPvYyDHNAWsK66bAuDy6DbT5YTagv8-qb_JNIcH51IkGhT0rWH-LQds-DhKwe5jAqbF53MMf9c-6q4XTQhf05qIs5AUVg_4zlHmst-WMQ_7sTY=w2400)
Nacreous clouds from Southend High Street, 2.56pm today.
It's snowing.
It's snowing.
Currently 14C in York. Windy.
Good nacreous cloud display all day today.Lovely pics - good use of purple ;)
Met Office forecaster Liam Eslick said: “It’s been an exceptionally mild couple of days across all of the UK, temperatures have been well above average for the time of year, the maximum for December being 7C. Temperatures today have reached 15C in quite a few locations across the UK, the highest being 15.3C in two locations – one in Heathrow and one in Cippenham, Berkshire.”
...
Forecasters said it was unlikely that the record for the warmest Christmas Day on record – set in Killerton, Devon, in 1920, when the temperature reached 15.6C – would be broken, but temperatures would still be 5-6C warmer than normal for this time of year.
...
The warmest 25 December on record was 15.6C in 1920, while the highest Christmas Eve temperatures of 15.5C were set in Aberdeen and Banff in Scotland in 1931.
I recall one Christmas day, some time between 1987 and 1995, when it was unusually warm and sunny.
Tomorrow’s storm is named ‘Gerrit’.
Gerrit will bring “Heavy rain ..set to batter York tomorrow (Wednesday, December 27) bringing with it a chance of power cuts and flooding, the Met Office has warned.”.
Other parts of the UK may be affected.
Full Welsh here today.
M25 fucking horrendous just now though only due in part to the weather. 3 hours from Fort Larrington to Chingford B&Q, wot is about 70 miles. Took 1h 40 to get down there in the sunshine on Saturday.That's not a journey I'd fancy at the best of times.
Trains & buses cancelled, roads closed,stop all the clocks.
Brings back memories of being picked up from *that* Xmas party and Pingu helping to dig out the wheels of my Dad's RWD Cavalier which he eventually reversed all the way out of the hotel car park
Went for lunch at an Indian place down the road. Got drenched on the way back. Streams several inches deep running down the gutters. Lunch was tasty but overpriced.It must be the monsoon season in Mumbai.
My wife’s gravedigger has said he has never known such flooded cemeteries in 30 years. One churchyard has been unable to have a burial since October and does. OT expect one for another month due to the high water table. Because JV water before during and after even burial of ashes is not acceptable.
I was thinking, the defining thing for me weather-wise in 2023, apart from Summer not really happening, was the difficulty of forecasting with any kind of accuracy. "There may or may not be heavy showers" isn't much use for anything.
2023 is going to be the hottest year on record, topping off the ten warmest years in recorded history, all of which have occurred in the last decade.
2023 is going to be the hottest year on record, topping off the ten warmest years in recorded history, all of which have occurred in the last decade.
My wife’s gravedigger has said he has never known such flooded cemeteries in 30 years. One churchyard has been unable to have a burial since October and does. OT expect one for another month due to the high water table. Because JV water before during and after even burial of ashes is not acceptable.
???
Having a hefty engine over the driven wheels helps, though I wouldn’t recommend a 911 unless you're the late Björn Waldegård.Hefty engine... Check
My brother, in Ramsden Heath, was very excited to record 858.3mm...
My brother, in Ramsden Heath, was very excited to record 858.3mm...
The only time we put up a rain gauge the kids next door put a football through it. Bloody game.
My brother, in Ramsden Heath, was very excited to record 858.3mm, the wettest year ever according to his records. This beat the previous record of 834.5 in 2012.
My brother, in Ramsden Heath, was very excited to record 858.3mm, the wettest year ever according to his records. This beat the previous record of 834.5 in 2012.
Is that the figure for the whole year? In Eryri, the average annual rainfall is 4500mm. It's not unheard of to get 80mm in a day.
My brother, in Ramsden Heath, was very excited to record 858.3mm...
The only time we put up a rain gauge the kids next door put a football through it. Bloody game.
The forecast on Look East at lunchtime said that Storm Henk is the first named storm of the season. Methinks that we're still in the meteorological season of winter and Henk is the first of the year.
As it started just over a day into the year I'm not going to extrapolate!
The forecast on Look East at lunchtime said that Storm Henk is the first named storm of the season. Methinks that we're still in the meteorological season of winter and Henk is the first of the year.
As it started just over a day into the year I'm not going to extrapolate!
I mostly just want it to stop raining. We had 20 hours of rain yesterday. I can't even think of the last day there was no rain at all here.
Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
Vile outside again - absolutely hammering down.
We are staying in Bewdley on Sat night :jurek: Currently it is just possible to cross the river on foot only and use a small passage between houses to avoid the flood on Beales Corner. If that passage floods - and the Severn hasn't peaked yet - we will have to drive to Kidderminster to catch the train on Sunday morning. We could drive 4.1 miles to Bewdley station using the non-flooded roads (instead of a 1/4 mile walk) but there is little parking on that side of the river.
We had a winter sports day in February '91. I'd put myself down for downhill skiing, but it was touch and go whether it could go ahead, as the lifts were shut down once it got to -20c, as water would form on the lungs, apparently. Anyhoo, it did go ahead, as it was 'only' -19c! But it was NOT fun!Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
"Proper" winters! 🥶We had a winter sports day in February '91. I'd put myself down for downhill skiing, but it was touch and go whether it could go ahead, as the lifts were shut down once it got to -20c, as water would form on the lungs, apparently. Anyhoo, it did go ahead, as it was 'only' -19c! But it was NOT fun!Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
In winter '93/'94 it was below -30c for three weeks. The area central heating service was days away from running out of oil, because the icebreakers were stuck in the Gulf of Bothnia.
Be careful what you wish for!Newport, Shropshire, had -26.2oC back in the 1980s.
With changing weather patterns who can say that the UK could not experience very low temperatures indeed!
Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
Be careful what you wish for!Newport, Shropshire, had -26.2oC back in the 1980s.
With changing weather patterns who can say that the UK could not experience very low temperatures indeed!
I know that the record low temperature for Finland is -51.5° C, recorded at Pokka, because it's the village's claim to fame. The sign is about the only thing in Pokka, apart from a tiny cafe, (and on 2 visits I never saw any houses, so the population of the actual village must be tiny). But there are signs on the road counting down the distance to Pokka every 10 km from about 100km away. Satellite view of Pokka (https://www.google.com/maps/place/99195+Pokka,+Finland/@68.1591504,25.7565034,1527m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x45d2621bded052a1:0x260146d7261eed12!8m2!3d68.1587082!4d25.7712687!16s%2Fg%2F11dykyxj4?entry=ttu)"Proper" winters! 🥶We had a winter sports day in February '91. I'd put myself down for downhill skiing, but it was touch and go whether it could go ahead, as the lifts were shut down once it got to -20c, as water would form on the lungs, apparently. Anyhoo, it did go ahead, as it was 'only' -19c! But it was NOT fun!Right now, it's -37c in Vindeln, Västerbotten, Sweden, where I spent a year in the early '90s. I'm almost jealous, as -36c was the lowest I encountered.Wow zoinks! I think the coldest I ever encountered living in Poland was -20 (on which occasion my in-laws warned me "Don't run!" Not because of ice – this was out in the edge of the village, far too much snow to be icy – but in order not to breathe in big gulps of cold air). And you know what? I'm actually not jealous at all!
In winter '93/'94 it was below -30c for three weeks. The area central heating service was days away from running out of oil, because the icebreakers were stuck in the Gulf of Bothnia.
According to “Exacta weather forecaster James Madden” we're in for SNOmageddon next week, but since he forecasts this without fail every year, usually in the Dily Brexpress, it can probably be discounted.Indeed. Ventusky is showing next to no precipitation between today and the 21st.
A lot of hair ice on today's walkNice photos and it's pleasing to know that "real winter" is happening somewhere.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53448141742_9a4e882a2c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pr2Grd)20240107_182758-COLLAGE (https://flic.kr/p/2pr2Grd) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Crikey, it was cold last night.Bitterly cold
Now 10am and it has soured to -2°.
:(
It was -1° when I went to the gym this morning... where the heating wasn't working. Added impetus to push that bit harder.
I would not have said it was particularly cold here, but the office was 13°C this morning. By lunchtime this had risen to a balmy 14.5°C. It transpires that my darling employer had only switched the heating on at 11.00...
I would not have said it was particularly cold here, but the office was 13°C this morning. By lunchtime this had risen to a balmy 14.5°C. It transpires that my darling employer had only switched the heating on at 11.00...
Unless that's you wife, aren't they aware of the laws governing the temperature of workplaces, and the requirement to find an alternative location if they cannot meet them? IIRC it's 16C within 2 hours of official start. Of course doesn't apply to shop foors etc.
I would not have said it was particularly cold here, but the office was 13°C this morning. By lunchtime this had risen to a balmy 14.5°C. It transpires that my darling employer had only switched the heating on at 11.00...
Unless that's you wife, aren't they aware of the laws governing the temperature of workplaces, and the requirement to find an alternative location if they cannot meet them? IIRC it's 16C within 2 hours of official start. Of course doesn't apply to shop foors etc.
Something of a myth I'm afraid. There is no law stating minimum or maximum temperatures (https://www.gov.uk/workplace-temperatures). There is HSE guidance however - 16ºC or 13ºC if employees are doing physical work.
5C in York, maxing out at 7C.It's warm up North.
Cycled to work in the cold, it was minus 7.
SNOmageddon next week. Break out the studded tyres!
No, I’m in Niederrhein between Krefeld and Venlo (NL). Very open and flat here, no hills.Cycled to work in the cold, it was minus 7.
Aren't you over Munich way?
-7°C here too this morning. Not as bad as the mid-80's, when we had -28° in Stuttgart. Going out in the morning I could feel my jeans getting stiff just walking to the car - which started!
-2C this morning! Is this the apocalypse?
-2C this morning! Is this the apocalypse?
Meanwhile, in Canadia: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/111758440679972277Mmm, a nice Chateau Shale '21.
Meanwhile, in Canadia: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/111758440679972277
Meanwhile, in Canadia: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/111758440679972277
I decided to walk to work this morning. Wasn't really planning to do the same on the way home but I did. 17km in the snow, hills in both directions, I am knackered now.Wow! Well done. I once walked home from work in the snow, from the outskirts of Warsaw to the centre, but that was only about 10km, I had probably taken the bus (most of the way) in the morning, and it's pan flat. And I was still knackered. Also very warm, dressed as I was for the mostly unheated bus.
“Snow is unpredictable, so it’s worth keeping an eye on forecasts.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/15/arctic-blast-to-sweep-over-england-bringing-freezing-conditions
Allegedly.
I like the last sentence in that piece:Quote“Snow is unpredictable, so it’s worth keeping an eye on forecasts.”
I would have thought that if snow is unpredictable, it wasn't worth...
What temp did it start at?Around 12.5°C
Radiators hot all the way up?Yup.
ETA - Draughty Victorian house with original sash window fenestration.The wind speed/direction makes such a difference.
Used to live in an old wooden house on a hilltop in NE Essex. No insulation, oil fuel boiler and open fires. High winds made it creak and draughts everywhere. Don’t remember finding being cold a big problem but the winds blew the tides in and there were a few flood alerts, so it was good being on a hill.Watch out where the huskies go....
Today there is a yellow snow warning for York on Wednesday.
Used to live in an old wooden house on a hilltop in NE Essex. No insulation, oil fuel boiler and open fires. High winds made it creak and draughts everywhere. Don’t remember finding being cold a big problem but the winds blew the tides in and there were a few flood alerts, so it was good being on a hill.Watch out where the huskies go....
Today there is a yellow snow warning for York on Wednesday.
TTIUWP!
Crystals.Used to live in an old wooden house on a hilltop in NE Essex. No insulation, oil fuel boiler and open fires. High winds made it creak and draughts everywhere. Don’t remember finding being cold a big problem but the winds blew the tides in and there were a few flood alerts, so it was good being on a hill.Watch out where the huskies go....
Today there is a yellow snow warning for York on Wednesday.
Unless you want to rub a deadly snow cone into the eyes of a fur trapper... ;)
QuoteETA - Draughty Victorian house with original sash window fenestration.The wind speed/direction makes such a difference.
Our house stands by itself. We have double glazed, internally insulated the walls, and draught proofed as much as possible, but when the wind blows we can certainly tell the difference!
-7⁰Only -4 here on top of the hill. If you will live in the valley...
I can't remember it ever being this cold
-7⁰
I can't remember it ever being this cold
The strong wind due on Sunday is named ‘Isha’.
A dramatic change of weather is in store from this weekend, with weather warnings for strong winds and a new storm named by the Met Office.
Storm Isha - the ninth named storm of the season - will bring heavy rain and strong winds following the ice and snow of the past week.
The strongest winds are expected on Sunday night and into Monday morning, with two amber warnings issued.
Only windy in the treetops so far, dead calm (but raining heavily) at ground level. Nevertheless, I've upside-downed the decking table rather than have to fetch it from goodness knows where in the morning. It's very light and I've had to fetch it back in the past, like an errant dog or adventurous toddler, though I've never known it blow over the garden wall. If it did, it wouldn't be coming back – glass-topped table and it's a drop of 4m or so onto a concrete paved yard.It's been relatively calm today, so I re-upside-upped the table. This of course precipitated a great precipitation, accompanied by howling houlie, and one of the chairs blew away so I had to go out and re-antipodeanize everything. Nevertheless, the empty kitchen food bin, which I put outside to destinkerize, is still exactly where I left it.
In previous years, storms have alternated between male and female names.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325
However, for the 2023-24 season, the Met Office has altered this, naming a number of storms after prominent scientists, meteorologists and others "who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather".
I can't remember where I read it, but someone recently suggested that storms should be named after companies involved in fossil fuel extraction, exploration, etc, as a sort of "name and shame" global warming idea. It turns out the actual name sources are completely the opposite:QuoteIn previous years, storms have alternated between male and female names.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325
However, for the 2023-24 season, the Met Office has altered this, naming a number of storms after prominent scientists, meteorologists and others "who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather".
Read on if you want to find out who Isha, Jocelyn and so on are.
I can't remember where I read it, but someone recently suggested that storms should be named after companies involved in fossil fuel extraction, exploration, etc, as a sort of "name and shame" global warming idea. It turns out the actual name sources are completely the opposite:QuoteIn previous years, storms have alternated between male and female names.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67135325
However, for the 2023-24 season, the Met Office has altered this, naming a number of storms after prominent scientists, meteorologists and others "who work to keep people safe in times of severe weather".
Read on if you want to find out who Isha, Jocelyn and so on are.
Storms should be named after fossil fuel companies
(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/12/storms-should-be-named-after-fossil-fuel-companies)
Unfortunately I now have a feeling they would think that there is no publicity that is bad publicity.
Blimey. They promised us 13° in the south east yesterday, but the highest I recorded was 7.8°C. I went out on the bike at max heating time (13-1400) and my Garmin confirmed that the ride started at z7° and ended at 5°. Today was forecast to be sunny and 14°, but the latest forecast is overcast and 12°. I’m not sure our forecasting-fu is improving…
15°C up here today.
15°C up here today.
I was talking to a friend in the Bahamas earlier today who was complaining that it was 'only' 12degC this morning.
How to find your flood risk zone:
https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/location
How to find your flood risk zone:
https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/location
I put in my sister's postcode in NI and got the usual .gov.uk response: England only. Sod'em.
How to find your flood risk zone:Site appears to be broken - where there should be a map, there is empty space.
https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/location
How to find your flood risk zone:
https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/location
I put in my sister's postcode in NI and got the usual .gov.uk response: England only. Sod'em.
They do give links to info for NI, Scotland and Wales, too, e.g. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/check-risk-flooding-your-area for NI
| 1st Jan | 10.9°C |
| 2nd Jan | 12.3°C |
| 24th Jan | 13.3°C |
| 2nd Feb | 13.9°C |
| 3rd Feb | 14.5°C |
| 15th Feb | 16.4°C |
I was about to agree that it is a beautiful bright crisp morning. But the weather said, oops, this is Llandysul, sorry. Here you go. Rain.
I was about to agree that it is a beautiful bright crisp morning. But the weather said, oops, this is Llandysul, sorry. Here you go. Rain.
As I'm sure you noticed, February was another extraordinarily wet month. A whopping 129mm of rainfall was measured and recorded, a stark contrast to the same month last year when the total rainfall was a meager 1.5mm!
Meanwhile, on a morning in Llandysul.
"Wot? No rain?" :D
First thunderstorm of the year approaching out of that Germany. According to forecast it should have been here two hours ago, tut.It's like Deutsche Bahn now, everything is late that used to be Pünktlich!
Flying out tomorrow.
Forecast is for 48knot gusts.
I'm bricking myself a bit.
A local expert tells me that Stornoway has 2 runways making a cross shape. So they can change runway to suit wind direction.
Departures board shows all flights operating on time.
All ferries are cancelled.
Rain, which became hail, which became heavy hail. I was glad I had taken my hat!Same again, but I'm at home this time.
And a third time in just over 24 hours.Rain, which became hail, which became heavy hail. I was glad I had taken my hat!Same again, but I'm at home this time.
Fourth time in three days.And a third time in just over 24 hours.Rain, which became hail, which became heavy hail. I was glad I had taken my hat!Same again, but I'm at home this time.
I swear that dark blue circle in the East Midlands is directly over my house.Looks Mansfield-ish?
I swear that dark blue circle in the East Midlands is directly over my house.Looks Mansfield-ish?
22°C I Saarfend today. Pretty warm here in Chepstow as well. Al fresco dining by the Wye.Don't expect anything like that in Llandysmal tomorrow.
Tornados reported in the Midlands. No, not the aircraft.
Coffee stop at the re-opened and very good Hemmel Cafe in Allenheads.
Raining heavily now..Tell me about it!