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Steve C

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  1. "Warmies"?? Seeing you've been a member here for more than 15 years, you're obviously not a child though... It's a strange description for those that make up >95% of the population, whatever.
  2. Looking at Wikipedia, the mean July temperature for London is 19C - 23.9C average max, 14.2C average min.
  3. Yes, experienced the St Jude one. Short duration (10 minutes?) but intense and scary.
  4. Can sting jets be modelled then? Interesting (and worrying for anyone under that!)
  5. Aha! UK weather warnings WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local weather warnings.
  6. What the 06Z Icon run is showing doesn't warrant Eunice even being a named storm, IMO. I'm not up to speed with model statistics, so how well rated is Icon? It does seem to update very quickly...
  7. I'd be very surprised if amber warnings weren't issued later this morning (and to be honest, it seems a reasonable timeframe to me) Maybe red later tomorrow for the expected worst zone. I've always expected this sort of timeframe - the existing warning area is very broad and imprecise, which to me reflects the uncertainty. It'll change today.
  8. Sleety rain in Colchester. Imagine actually being excited by this "event"
  9. Fabulous though it was, it (BFTE) was very unusual for southern England. Nowhere near the longevity potential of even a couple of weeks earlier. If I was boring enough, I would post some stats to emphasise.
  10. What a funkin' pain. Can't abide sharp late frosts. Two weeks later would probably be worse for growers but I'd rather this crap was reserved for Winter proper, which I suspect would make 99% of people happier.
  11. Yep, I'm seeing big Spring showers, with a wintry mix. Don't mind this tbh though.
  12. Anyone who discards winter clothing by mid February is a fool. Edited, to remove what might have been considered by some, to be somewhat provocative
  13. You were correct Kold and I thought your observations at the time were correct too.
  14. I quite like these sort of things tbh. When events test our preconceptions, we learn. All good in the long term.
  15. E17, I'd be happy with either a cold spell, with snow, or even an early taste of Spring, with frost in the morning and mild sunshine afterwards. Both good for my soul. North Sea haar, fret, gloom, I'm depressed typing it! Cheers for the optimistic post!
  16. Yes, Alexis. Cannot have helped. Didn't think of that factor tbh. I was going to post an illustrative photo from Spring, where a large branch crashed onto a cul de sac road I was returning along. I'd originally made the outward leg less than an hour earlier. It made me wonder if I could get back - a large hard to shift bough. This was very early in the morning and I know I was the only vehicle and no-one else was about. Light winds. Made me think a bit!
  17. Run of the mill winter storm for sure. We have similar every winter. The only reason a fair number of trees have come down is that trees grow old and die and crash to earth naturally, sometimes with little prompting. This moderately strong blow was enough. I'd say we haven't had a major winter storm for many years in our patch (maybe an unnaturally long "lull"?) Possibly 2002 but I'd go back to the Burns' Day Storm of 1990. At that point, in 1990, it was our third big storm in under 15 years. Storms just after Christmas 1999 caused gusts of over 100mph in Paris (Storms Lothar and Martin?) Paris is possibly slightly less 'favoured" for major windstorms than us. When we get our next major windstorm, some of you will be shocked, if you think the last 24 hours were out of the ordinary.
  18. I'll absolutely not be looking for cold after early April and tbh this forum would feel like one for miscreants to me, if lots were still hunting for it by then, to gain pleasure. The late frosts a couple of years ago did a lot of damage to the horticultural and our fledgling wine industry.
  19. I don't think many are throwing in the towel. After all, in my location, we had a weekend of lying (and hardly thawing) snow in late March 2013. Never thought I'd ever see that but tbh the memorable part was the lateness. If the snow had been in February I'd probably have forgotten it by now (or at least the timing) My preference for snow is for a reasonable cover that lies for several days at least. A covering that immediately turns to slush has zero interest for me. So no throwing in the towel but for my preference, the clock is very much ticking.
  20. Yes, that long spell of gloom was tiresome. I suppose at least some did well last week. Not here on the Essex / Suffolk border though. As always happens for some in a cold spell. I think we'll still have a cold shot around early March (MJO 8 etc.) but whether it's memorable? We'll soon be fighting the changing seasons - average temperatures begin an inexorable climb from about 20th Feb. Maybe, maybe not this time.
  21. I agree with this. Mind you I wouldn't say I was embarrassed. I've just lost a bit of credibility. Hey ho, hardly too big a deal!
  22. It seems to me, you've been doing this a lot of this, this winter tbh.
  23. I agree with your last sentence, in that there could be slight frosts followed by warmish sunny days coming up. Pleasant for me and just as pleasing as a crisp day in Autumn. I detest day after day of endless cloud and suffer a bit from SAD.
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