Wildswimmer Pete
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Just started snowing, large flakes.
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This was Christmas 1957, I remember it well, 57F and sunny (we used old money back then).
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I already take 4000i.u Vit D3 daily. It's been found that a normal D3 level in the bloodstream is protective against Covid infection. The government are planning to supply Vit D3 to the clinically vulnerable for two months.
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Still thundering, now almost continual near torrential rain. Seems that its my area that is affected as no-one else is commenting.
Edit: Outdoor temp 20C, RH 86% @ 10:15pm
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Very dark now with frequent lightning and thunder. Weather radar shows an almost complete area of red across the area.
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Thunderstorm right over us with heavy rain. I watched it on the weather radar, it just bubbled up from nothing.
Edit: current time 6:55pm
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28 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
I would’ve thought alcohol would make you feel warmer though, which is why you often see people in the middle of winter on a Friday night wearing next to nothing outside.
Depends on the type of drink. Beer or cider are mostly water and if chilled very effective at cooling yourself. A dram of whiskey will give you a warm feeling inside however strong drink can interfere with the body's ability to control its internal temperature.
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18 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Nothing here.
We had thunder and lightning around midnight but no rain.
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6 minutes ago, Azazel said:
Careful with zopiclone.
I was prescribed it after the death of my sister and 7 years later following a chronic addiction where I was popping 5 x 7.5mg tablets a night and a visit to rehab, I’ve now been clear of them for about 5 years:)
Obviously they’re a godsend for insomnia/anxiety and as long as you don’t have an addictive personality and some willpower/discipline, you’ll be fine - my mum has been on the lower 3.75mg dose for 10 years or something now without ever increasing her dose or forming a habit - just be careful:)
I have the 7.5mg tablets but I cut them in half so yes, I'm on 3.75mg. Fortunately I don't have a addictive personality.
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9 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Or melatonin. I take one capsule before bedtime and it makes it easier/quicker to get off to sleep. You can only buy it online though as it’s not made in this country for some reason.
Ive not heard of zopliclone, I shall have to look into that.
In the UK melatonin is a prescription drug but I get mine from iHerb in the US where it is marketed as a nutritional supplement. It's perfectly legal to import for own use but don't give any to anyone else because technically that makes you a drug dealer. Not taking melatonin at the moment because I'm currently on Zopiclone.
Zopiclone is strong hypnotic only available by prescription from a GP. I have it because I suffer from chronic insomnia.
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14 minutes ago, Stabilo19 said:
Roll on autumn
Don't know how people can be wishing for hot nights. What's pleasant about rolling back and forth covered in sweat before finally falling asleep at 4am due to exhaustion? maybe the hot nights are different in other parts of the UK compared to the London concrete jungle?
7.5mg Zopiclone and you'll sleep like a log whatever the temp.
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Chilly overnight then a mixed day of cloud and sunny intervals. Although the high winds have now abated but still chilly for "high summer". Be interested to see if tomorrow's promise of half-decent temps comes off.
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Wet overnight and a mixed day of cloud and sunny intervals. A max of around 17C isn't anything to write home about. Now back to the slate grey sky.
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Very wet overnight and when I got up there was a definite autumnal feeling to the morning. A few sunny periods later on lifted the temp to around 20C which sparked heavy, blustery showers but unfortunately no thundery activity. Currently clear so I expect tonight could be chilly.
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Well, we actually managed 20C whoopie doo. Mostly cloudy (naturally) with sunny intervals. Next load of rain expected overnight.
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Out with a friend today and had a chance of catching some rays as we had mostly blue skies with fair weather Cu and a max of 23C. Back home it's 20C and cloudy and according to Netweather's forecast we've spell of torrential rain tonight to look forward to.
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Cloud now melted away that will lead to an unseasonably cold night. Wish this polar maritime air flow will do one.
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Day started sunny but of course the slate grey skies have returned. Very chilly NW breeze and a miserable 16C isn't very good for mid-July. Getting sick to the teeth of all this damned cloud all the time.
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Yet another autumnal day - slate grey with spells of sometimes heavy rain. Not particularly cold at 17C but not what you'd expect in high summer.
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Yet another day of overcast and sub-normal temp.
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Very low light at 8:30pm - on a mid-summer evening! Demonstrates well the persistent very heavy overcast. Cold as well.
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3 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Here in the NW of England, before 2006, the summer hols used to be in July for 5 weeks and then we’d get 2 weeks off in September. Then the government decided that all areas should go on holiday at the same time, so we switched to 6 weeks off from late July to early September like the rest of the country, and got rid of the 2 weeks September holiday. Ironically, since then, we haven’t had a decent August in the NW region since, but we’ve had plenty of nice Septembers.
I remember we got 9 weeks off during summer 2006, as they were making the transition. It was great for the kids, but a bit of a pain for the parents.
When I was a schoolkid (1950/60s) school broke up mid-July and lasted six weeks to the last week of August. Bear in mind up to 1967 the August Bank Holiday was at the beginning of the month. And yes, August usually suffered from crap weather.
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Another autumnal day. Rain first thing then heavy overcast.
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Yet another damp squib. Cold night followed with a sunny morning but naturally the cloud bubbled up to give a mostly cloudy afternoon with a disappointing 20C. No chance to sunbathe. Good job I take a Vit D3 supplement. Yet another week of cloudy, damp and cold grotfest to look forward to.
North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards
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Posted · Edited by Wildswimmer Pete
Continuous heavy snow with estimated 2 - 3cm on the ground.