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Sky Full

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  1. It’s a rare let-off for south west Wales as we seem to have dodged the worst of both the wind and rain from Babet. We had some torrential showers earlier but relatively short-lived and since then it’s been a fairly quiet and dry evening. As things stand it might be that Pembrokeshire will be one of the driest areas throughout the UK over the next few days which is a sentence I never thought I’d be able to write!
  2. A much better start to the day here, with scattered cloud and large areas of open sky which should bring prolonged sunny spells today. However, as I write this a rogue cloud has just started a light shower right above me - just to prove that Mother Nature always has the last word!
  3. It’s looking like a solid 8 to 10 hours of steady rain for most of Wales starting at about 8pm tonight which will deliver 40-50mm widely across the country with some heavier bursts locally. Here’s the UKMO chart for rainfall accumulation until midnight Friday…. I’m not convinced this outlook merits a MetO warning but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt - better to be forewarned than ignorant!
  4. Oh dear! That DOES look like a Landrover….. (Range Rover) Is this the car that started the London Luton car park fire? Moment vehicle goes up in flames before inferno caused £20m structure to collapse - sparking chaos with all flights cancelled until 3pm and five rushed to hospital | Daily Mail Online MOL.IM Fire crews spent some 12 hours battling the inferno at the airport's £20m Terminal Car Park 2 after the multi-storey was engulfed by flames and caved in just before 9pm...
  5. Well that would mean self-igniting EVs have already sunk a cargo ferry and destroyed a car park in the space of four months. One more such disaster would have to be enough for a public enquiry into the long term safety of these vehicles if we are all expected to switch to them over the next 20 years. My decision has already been made - I’ll never buy one and I will just have to make my ICE stay alive as long as I do!
  6. Headlines today: All flights suspended as large fire breaks out at London Luton Airport Witnesses report cars exploding as fire service tells people to avoid the area No reports yet on the cause of this extremely damaging fire but it would be a huge story if an EV started it. I wonder if the Fire Brigade will announce the cause of this disaster in the next few days.
  7. Looks like a new “atmospheric river” of rain will be affecting Wales, the South West and/or parts of the Midlands over the next few days. Here are the rainfall accumulation charts up to Monday midnight from the main models courtesy of Meteologix.com…. UKMO ECM GFS GEM North West Scotland also getting another soaking.
  8. Surely it’s perfectly possible to agree with your points a) and b) but also not believe that the forced transition to EVs is the answer? In my opinion, EVs come way down the list of things the human race could do to combat humanity-induced climate change but unfortunately the most critical changes in our treatment of the planet must be made globally, by everyone at once, in order to have any benefit. Swapping to EVs may be a part of the solution, but it’s only a tiny part when compared with the destruction of rain forests, and the emissions from industry, aircraft and commercial shipping.
  9. No heatwave here today - not really looking like an Indian Summer either - but pleasantly warm and sunny at times, with no rain and a light breeze. Very acceptable for early October but I’m betting we will have to pay for it later in the month…..
  10. Yes indeed. I think the age of motoring is coming to an end but nobody in government wants to admit it. There is simply no way that everyone who wants one will be able to continue having a family car under present plans and the ability to travel anywhere at any time will no longer be an option. Maybe shared / rented autonomous self-driving cars will be the norm in 50 years and everyone will look back at the old way of driving and laugh….!
  11. Not sure if this link is open to read but this is another report listing some of the reasons EVs are still in their development stage and should not be made mandatory for a long while yet (in my opinion!)….. The great electric car experiment has taken a dangerous turn WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK A 'terrifying' malfunction has added to concerns that the failures and risks of EVs are being ignored or casually explained away It seems completely impractical to set any dates for the forced demise of ICEs until the charging infrastructure for EVs is fully developed and tested nationally and is capable of serving at least a future 10 years increased growth in the number of EVs on the road. Among other things this means solving the problems of charging EVs if you live in one of the hundreds of thousands of terraced houses and flats in narrow streets often with parking only available on one side of the road, if at all. Are all public car parks where people have to keep their car overnight (especially blocks of flats and housing estates) going to be provided with electric charging points at every bay and charged at rates which are equivalent to domestic electricity prices at home? Even if they are installed, are all these public charging points going to be free from vandalism, fraud and 100% reliable? Otherwise, the many hundreds of thousands of people who cannot park their car off road at night will be at an immediate disadvantage and they will be virtually forced out of private car ownership altogether once ICEs are no longer available to buy.
  12. Another report…. Antarctic sea ice sets another alarming new record for 2023 - The Weather Network WWW.THEWEATHERNETWORK.COM Experts speculate that the Antarctic sea ice system has entered a new regime of much lower ice extent. I always believed, as Alexis says above, that melting sea ice has no effect on sea levels but does allow faster glacial ice degradation and that accelerating glacial meltwater would increase sea levels globally. In addition, I also understand that the reduction in sea ice affects the ice-albedo effect and promotes an increase in sea water temperatures, thereby accelerating the melting trend. If the Earth has previously enjoyed a lengthy status-quo regarding sea ice levels it does appear that the balance is now tipping in favour of a gradual reduction of seasonal maximum sea ice in the Antarctic.
  13. Another report ….. (deleted - wrong thread!)
  14. Approaching seven hours of non-stop moderate rainfall here which is getting boring. Radar says it should ease up after about 2:00pm but it’s been a very wet day so far…..
  15. That was a pretty wild squall line which delivered very strong gusts and much heavier rain for about ten minutes, but now the rain has almost ceased and the sky is brightening. I expect you’ll see this in about another hour @Wetterfrosch. It’s still very windy here but not damaging, so far.
  16. There’s a band of heavier rain passing through here right now being blown sideways in the strong wind but it looks like this will clear to the east in an hour or so, after which no more rain on the radar! The wind hasn’t yet reached its peak as forecast so the next four hours should see what Agnes has to offer although she’s definitely tracking further to the west than the models originally suggested. I’m not complaining about that…..
  17. A sudden heavier burst of rain right now accompanied by steadily strengthening wind. The trees are beginning to sway bodily instead of just waving branches about. Guess there’s going to be a LOT of leaves to clear up by tomorrow….
  18. Best wishes for your wife’s health - I hope she makes a full recovery. . We currently have steady light rain and a strong breeze. More to come later, no doubt!
  19. However, as the storm seems to be taking a slightly more western route today the models have reduced the expected maximum wind gusts for most parts of Wales by 10-20kph. This UKMO chart for 6:00pm is showing roughly the peak of the winds in the Irish Sea…. This doesn’t look as severe as the charts I have been looking at over the last few days.
  20. Good luck with your roof - I know exactly how that feels! The MetOffice has issued yellow weather warnings for gales or severe gales for a large part of the UK including Wales for Wednesday and Thursday: 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. Let’s hope it stays at yellow…..
  21. Not weather related, but a fantastic record 40-6 win for Wales over the Wallabies in Lyon tonight - and the worst defeat ever for Australia in a World Cup. Top of their group and into the quarter finals. Very good game!
  22. Yes, I’m with you there. All the models have converged towards a deep low moving north over Ireland on Wednesday but some indications lead me to believe that it might track further west than originally thought. Even so, the strongest gusts look likely to affect the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales will certainly be very windy indeed on Wednesday. The worst chart I can find is currently shown by the Arpege for 4:00pm Wednesday…. We need to keep an eye on this because there is still time for changes in the strength and direction of the storm.
  23. Off this particular topic, but I haven’t been able to work out how I’m going to heat my house after the restrictions on hydrocarbon fuels come in as we use heating oil (no mains gas). I don’t think a heat pump would be a suitable alternative to the instant response of a traditional boiler and there’s no way I’m going to be able to pay for the conversion anyway.
  24. Yep. Probably best to avoid the Irish Sea ferries next Wednesday…… GFS. UKMO
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