Author Topic: A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own. (Read 281634 times)

rafletcher · « **Reply #2000 on:** 18 May, 2022, 10:25:46 am »

Were I able to stop on the top of Tring Hill, there would ahve been a couple os dozen visible. It happens from time to time. During the Iceland volcano eruption, it was lovely to see the mostly clear skies.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #2001 on:** 18 May, 2022, 02:42:33 pm »

For the past two years in a row, we've had double the average rainfall for May.

Must be our fault for moving here.

T42 · « **Reply #2002 on:** 18 May, 2022, 03:18:53 pm »

Whereas we're having the driest, hottest May on record. Hit 29°C on my ride today.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2003 on:** 19 May, 2022, 12:02:01 am »

Oooh, thunder!

rafletcher · « **Reply #2004 on:** 19 May, 2022, 08:03:57 am »

And lightning, and RAIN!. All for about 15 minutes wgere we were, around 11pm. This morning, the roads are bone dry. Which explains the humidity.

Beardy · « **Reply #2005 on:** 19 May, 2022, 10:41:22 am »

We had the lightning about 1:30 this morning and about 6mm of rain according to the garden technology. Dr Beardy reported it was ‘like a swamp’ this morning when she went for her run. By the time I staggered out of my pit it was raining again.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2006 on:** 19 May, 2022, 11:44:13 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 19 May, 2022, 12:02:01 am

Oooh, thunder!

We had 11mm rain and I'm told that there was thunder locally. My sister heard it and she lives about 200 yards north of me. I slept through.

T42 · « **Reply #2007 on:** 19 May, 2022, 12:17:45 pm »

31°C at 1 pm.

ETA the thunderstorms that were predicted for this evening have now disappeared from the forecast.

Clare · « **Reply #2008 on:** 20 May, 2022, 04:13:50 am »

We appear to be suffering from the tail end of something or other. It's been blowing a hoolie all day and torrential downpours keep happening. It's weather on a loop.

T42 · « **Reply #2009 on:** 23 May, 2022, 08:29:25 am »

Hellish thunderstorms in the Berry and the Poitou last night. Son, down near Châteauroux, reports 11cm hail not far from his place. We had a storm come through at around 4 am. Most of the lightning was to the south of us but the rain battered MrsT's roses to hell.

ETA Météorage reports 165,263 lightning discharges in France yesterday.

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #2010 on:** 04 June, 2022, 04:03:05 pm »

I hesitate to say this, but we really could do with some rain.

Basil · « **Reply #2011 on:** 04 June, 2022, 04:57:32 pm »

Quote from: phantasmagoriana on 04 June, 2022, 04:03:05 pm

I hesitate to say this, but we really could do with some rain.

I hate to agree, but I do .

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2012 on:** 04 June, 2022, 05:20:03 pm »

The forecast is for thunderstorms for the south of England tonight - the south being defined as anywhere south of a line roughy between Blackpool and Scarborough, with the exception of Devon & Cornwall. I'll believe it when I see it.

I've just been out to water some plants. The water butts are almost empty.

Beardy · « **Reply #2013 on:** 04 June, 2022, 05:42:05 pm »

Ms Beardy the younger is Glamping at a wedding in a field in Essex this weekend, so rain would be in keeping…

T42 · « **Reply #2014 on:** 05 June, 2022, 08:03:38 am »

Thunderstorm from 1 am to around 4. I was awake for most of it. MrsT's roses battered again. Stormfront is now moving across Bavaria, slap it up 'em. Gebackener Camembert indeed, whoever heard of cheese in a tin?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2015 on:** 05 June, 2022, 08:07:40 am »

It seems we had about 5mm. I didn’t hear any thunder.

orienteer · « **Reply #2016 on:** 05 June, 2022, 10:37:58 am »

20mm between 5.00 and 7.00 in West London.

T42 · « **Reply #2017 on:** 05 June, 2022, 11:30:53 am »

Stair-rods again. The bulk of it stayed over the hills, though. Flashing & rumbling away like God putting out his wheelie bin via the front steps.

TimC · « **Reply #2018 on:** 05 June, 2022, 12:14:31 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 05 June, 2022, 08:07:40 am

It seems we had about 5mm. I didn’t hear any thunder.

The 'heavy rain' that was forecast totally failed to turn up. We've had a bit of drizzle, and it's chilly and very dull but dry now. Not one of the weather forecasting community's greatest successes!

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #2019 on:** 05 June, 2022, 01:40:16 pm »

Same here. Was supposed to be heavy rain early doors then just rain. It's dry, albeit grey

Kim · « **Reply #2020 on:** 05 June, 2022, 01:46:10 pm »

I slept for 10 hours and spent another 2 with a pillow over my head listening to lemmings^[1] and burglar alarms as the power repeatedly glitched, before finally getting up and seeing what was going on. It appears to be mildly wet, but not currently raining. And the pixies appear to be dancing consistently now.

_{[1] The alerters play the "Ohno!" sound when switching to battery power.}

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2021 on:** 05 June, 2022, 01:51:27 pm »

Started about 23:30 in this corner of Leafy Surrey and seemed to go on all night. With additional titanic “SPLOOOOOSSSSH” noises as the enormous tarp over next door's ongoing building works periodically shed about a thousand gallons of water onto the drive/patio/path down the side of the house next to Fort Larrington.

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #2022 on:** 05 June, 2022, 02:49:29 pm »

No rain here - still sunny and warm.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2023 on:** 05 June, 2022, 04:51:34 pm »

The wireless says it’s binning down in Cardiff, so I expect it’ll be rolling up the M4 before long.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #2024 on:** 05 June, 2022, 05:06:07 pm »

We had our village transport festival. Rained hard all night then drizzled but cold.