A random thread for weatherish things that don't warrant a thread of their own.

[mrcharly-YHT]

A very wet Sainos trip.
Waxed cotton ftw.

Is that a ephanism for saying that rogerzilla visited you?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Hail!

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

I was surprised to read that the Orwell Bridge is to be shut:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-11-01/bridge-to-close-for-24-hours-over-storm-ciarn-fears

[Wowbagger]

                   MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for Oct 2023


NAME: Prittlewell                 
ELEV: 20 meters    LAT: 51-32.95 N    LONG: 000-42.52 E


                   TEMPERATURE (C), RAIN (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h)

                                         HEAT   COOL         AVG
      MEAN                               DEG    DEG          WIND                   DOM
DAY   TEMP   HIGH   TIME    LOW   TIME   DAYS   DAYS   RAIN  SPEED   HIGH   TIME    DIR
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 01   18.8   23.6  17:00   15.6  03:51    0.0    0.5   0.00    3.9   19.3  08:47    226
 02   17.6   21.3  14:52   15.7  04:36    0.8    0.0   0.02    2.2   25.7  18:16    135
 03   15.9   19.4  14:53   12.6  08:10    2.4    0.0   0.02    7.2   37.0  01:47    272
 04   15.1   19.2  13:26   12.1  06:13    3.2    0.0   0.00    6.8   25.7  12:58    266
 05   16.0   20.7  15:02   13.8  05:12    2.3    0.0   0.00    6.4   24.1  16:43    257
 06   17.4   22.8  15:34   14.2  00:49    0.9    0.0   0.00    7.3   27.4  10:35    259
 07   19.5   25.9  15:30   15.6  07:23    0.0    1.1   0.00    6.5   30.6  14:25    263
 08   19.5   26.8  16:08   13.9  06:57    0.0    1.2   0.00    2.3   16.1  16:28    258
 09   19.3   26.8  14:13   15.1  07:23    0.0    1.0   0.00    2.4   16.1  09:00    261
 10   18.6   26.2  14:36   14.8  07:46    0.0    0.2   0.00    5.2   29.0  15:02    241
 11   17.7   20.9  13:22   15.4  02:22    0.7    0.0   0.28    7.4   25.7  03:09    251
 12   15.8   16.8  12:59   13.8  08:04    2.6    0.0   0.44    1.7   19.3  15:39    264
 13   16.9   20.8  14:16    9.9  23:55    1.5    0.0   1.06    7.9   38.6  09:42    252
 14   10.8   15.7  14:50    8.1  06:44    7.6    0.0   0.02    4.3   20.9  11:51    281
 15    7.7   12.9  14:30    4.1  23:56   10.6    0.0   0.00    2.3   19.3  12:03    336
 16    8.2   12.7  21:56    2.6  04:36   10.2    0.0   0.00    2.6   25.7  23:22     72
 17   13.1   14.8  13:38   11.8  06:44    5.2    0.0   0.00    9.3   38.6  14:40     76
 18   13.9   16.7  21:00   12.6  07:52    4.4    0.0   1.32    8.4   38.6  17:17     96
 19   16.5   18.7  14:39   14.4  01:55    1.8    0.0   0.30    5.3   32.2  00:36    162
 20   14.6   16.1  00:55   12.9  22:30    3.7    0.0   0.66    3.5   29.0  04:03    184
 21   13.3   14.8  15:52   10.7  22:16    5.0    0.0   0.20    4.0   24.1  07:27    212
 22   11.7   17.8  15:09    8.3  07:57    6.6    0.0   0.00    3.4   16.1  00:02    261
 23   11.1   14.6  14:21    6.7  04:10    7.3    0.0   0.38    2.1   20.9  11:49     97
 24   11.4   16.3  15:33    8.3  23:57    7.0    0.0   0.40    2.3   22.5  13:05    268
 25   10.3   13.8  14:46    7.8  23:55    8.0    0.0   0.16    1.3   17.7  10:56     24
 26   12.4   16.6  14:26    7.7  00:14    5.9    0.0   0.38    2.2   20.9  13:24    171
 27   11.6   16.2  14:49    9.5  06:52    6.8    0.0   0.02    2.1   17.7  15:31    237
 28   12.5   15.8  15:01   10.6  05:25    5.8    0.0   0.58    4.3   22.5  21:43    171
 29   11.2   13.8  00:29   10.0  06:35    7.1    0.0   0.68    5.6   29.0  11:38    236
 30   11.7   14.1  14:52    9.1  23:55    6.7    0.0   0.08    2.3   16.1  02:11    224
 31   11.3   15.7  13:29    6.9  04:31    7.1    0.0   0.22    2.1   17.7  12:36    240
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      14.2   26.8     08    2.6     16  131.1    4.0   7.22    4.4   38.6     13    244


Data from my weather station for October. It's the wettest month so far this year, just exceeding April by a millimetre or two. My own figures using a ground-level manual rain gauge invariably exceed the Davis weather station's results. I measure 95.9mm. Less than 15 miles inland, my brother measured 128.8mm.

[ElyDave]

My weekly Ride to Ely - train to Cambridge North - Ride to office, and return.

On the way in, I had to take the sleeves off my jacket it was that warm.  Much cooler on the way home, despite the forecast.  Managed to avoid the rain in both directions

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Guess it must have rained all night long.

[rogerzilla]

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.

[andrewc]

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!

[Regulator]

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!

Just a normal Liverpudlian day, eh?   

[Mr Larrington]

Winding like mad around 03:00 this morning but the even bigger winding the BBC claims was on the way this afternoon hasn’t happened.

[Basil]

Absolutely 'Full Welsh' all night, then most of this morning here in Llandysmal.
The river seems to be coping,  just.
More on the way. 

[rafletcher]

Well it was a bit wet and windy yesterday, but not the apocalypse. Today has been fine, with blue skies, up until half an hour ago. Then 15 minutes ago the heavens opened with a 10 minute pounding deluge. Why can’t it just, you know rain normally 

ETA: On the other hand it did yield this display, the brightest I think I've ever seen



And thus far they’ve persisted for over 10 minutes, which is also pretty rare.

[andrewc]

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

[Mrs Pingu]

Lol 

It seems awfully cheap for such a large pile, is that why?

[Jurek]

That's £50k less than my 2 bed garden flat in Londres Sud has been valued at.
ETA - I recon that's a mispront and it is 13 bedrooms and not 3.

[andrewc]

“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.”

[T42]

“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.”

By a grocer, no doubt.

[Mrs Pingu]

Ah I only looked at the photies.

[T42]

Meanwhile, we have a yellow wind warning.  I blame metformin.

[Regulator]

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

Bizarrely, the plan suggest that to enter the property you go into a porch and through a bedroom...

[Mrs Pingu]

Yr: sunny spells
BBC: sunny spells
Actual: pissing down

[ian]

So sunny here in Surreyshire that I might brave wearing suede shoes.

[TimC]

'Tis sunny here in Suffolk, but cold enough that working on my Executive Members' Mancave roof has left me with very chilly fingers after a couple of hours. The car says it's 9C, but my garden thermometer says it hasn't reached above 6C in the shade.

[SteveC]

Got my running kit out last night for parkrun this morning.
After breakfast I put the the shirt on, spotted the temperature report on my watch, took the shirt off, found a long sleeved one and some gloves instead.

It's really quite nice now, but 'twas a bit chilly at 8.30.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Storm Debi tomorrow. Yes, you heard it right, only one ‘b’ and no ‘e’.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67395739