Wildswimmer Pete
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Turned out nice again after last nights heavy showers .
Same here, Liverpool ATIS still reporting 14C but the sun makes it feel a little warmer.
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How do I embed Youtube videos? Can't see any way to do so
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Another miserable morning, was woken up during the small hours by what sounded like heavy rain. Currently cloudy with some blue patches, Liverpool ATIS reports 14C
Well, it is the beginning of astronomical autumn.
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Thoroughly foul this morning - wet and cold. just had a sharp shower and some patches of blue now appearing. Note to self: must pick up a waterproof container and new batteries for my outdoor sensor so I can keep an eye on how cold it gets overnight.
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If you're getting on a bit then you should heat your home to maintain at least 16C. We oldies mightn't realise we are dangerously near to hypothermia until it's too late. I maintain 16C indoors in winter despite my sport affording me heavy insulation (OK, blubber
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Same here. High pressure and still we can't shift that damned Sc dross.
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Apologies Pete, things such as these polarise opinion and whilst I always appreciate that others may not share mine, I strongly feel that our region has had a raw deal when it comes to serving the state.
I'll believe our governments commitment to renewables when I see Hampstead Heath or the South Downs covered in turbines or solar panels.
In fact panels on the roof of the Palace of Westminster might sway public opinion.
No need for apologies Ian. I can be terse because it still takes me some effort to write prose (consequence of stroke). I believe that whenever wind farms are needed they should be sited off-shore. Even I think the situation on the Southern Uplands is a bit OTT. However not all infrastructure is ugly, hydro schemes were resisted but many schemes are now regarded to be picturesque. Unfortunately we all know the effects of burning fossil fuels so we need renewables to help reduce the carbon we are still belching into the atmosphere. The alternatives are conventional nuclear which takes time to build replacement power stations (and dealing with the nuclear waste), and fusion - if I'm still alive I might even see the first fusion pilot plant being built in France go into action.
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I have 8 less than a mile from home and 3 of them occupy a moorland ridge directly in view of me.
125m tall and with a base already 100 metres higher than where I live.
I can't see them all of the time, when I'm at work, on holiday or asleep they aren't at all intrusive but when I'm at home they are there, like an annoying neighbour who could have moved anywhere but decided to move in next to you.
Permission to be a Nimby.
I was originally commenting on the remarks about Llandudno. I live ONE MILE from Frodsham Marsh and I wouldn't be bothered. There is already a huge 400kV Supergrid switching centre nearby with long lines of pylons converging across Frodsham Marsh so I can't see any problem with half-a-dozen so of turbines.
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See lots of them spoiling the rolling hill views, when I go to Tandle Hill Park or in parts of Oldham. Can't have too much wind though, no because then they can't work efficiently...I think when they all going full throttle at once, they might just generate enough power boil the kettle and make a brew...
The relatively small Burbo Bank windfarm situated near the mouth of the Mersey can produce 90MW, you'd need a bloody big kettle! Compare that with a typical 600MW steam turbine/alternator set as found in power stations.
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it's a bit different from walney !!
I was commenting on Weather-history's post regarding the windfarm visible from Llandudno.
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Llandudno, lovely town, great views from the Great Orme until you look towards the Irish Sea and see a hideous array of wind turbines.
...........which requires a pair of powerful binoculars in order to be "offended" by them. I can only just see them from the coast railway line, and even if viewed directly from the Wirral coast which is closest to the Rhyl East and North Hoyle windfarm they can't be described to be "intrusive". The clue's in the name: North Hoyle and Hoylake (I originally hail from Wirral). I see the NIMBYs in my area are kicking off at the prospect of a few turbines on Frodsham Marsh.
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Glad to report the weather didn't disappoint me, lunchtime saw blue skies with some towering Cu wandering about in the distance. Went swimming in the Dee at Eccleston Ferry (Chester), water temp. a bit low at 13C. Should be around 14-16C in mid-September.
I was even caught smiling!
Swimmer's eye view
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The promised sunny morning didn't materialise. Needless to say it's the omnipresent grey lid and so cold outdoors I can see my breath. Supposed to be swimming in the River Dee in Chester later on so I hope it cheers up. Fed up with the British weather ruining everything for me.
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Most people don't suffer from SAD - and to the best of my knowledge, nobody I know suffers from it. Most people just continue as normal. Lack of sunlight can be annoying at times, but for most of us, it's a mild nuisance rather than a cause for severe depression.
Really? Do you have the data to back that up? Your knowledge is obviously inadequate. I suffer from it so know what I'm talking about, and I know others who suffer from it. The information I gave in my post isn't learned by using Google, I have a scientific background and have researched into matters such as the causes of SAD as well the biological mechanisms that let me withstand extreme cold without harm. Severe SAD can lead to suicidal ideation - it can be that bad, and necessitates medical intervention. As I've said when you last criticised me, you don't have to read my posts nor reply to them.
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Maybe its a lack of vitamin D that causes this problem? For me I welcome the all consuming encroaching darkness.
Nothing to do with Vit D. The players are melotonin (a hormone) and serotonin (a neurotransmitter). Melotonin basically controls our circadian cycle, keeps us awake during the day and encourages sleep at night. Serotonin is one of the main neurotransmitters in the brain, and low levels of serotonin are known to be behind "normal" clinical depression as well as SAD. The alternative meaning of SAD is Seasonally Affected Depression.
The "cure"? There isn't one. We are basically a tropical species and not designed for the awful sunless British climate. Some can handle British conditions, but those of us at the other end of the spectrum suffer the effects of SAD, and with our increasingly cloudy skies SAD often manifests for most of the year.
In order of practicality, a.) St. John's Wort is a natural serotonin booster, useful if you don't want to take b.)selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors like fluoxetine (Prozac) or c.) use a light box (I've seen them for as little as £35).
WARNING: Don't take St. John's Wort together with SSRIs as doing so could lead to serotonin syndrome which is potentially fatal.
NICE recommends that SAD should be treated in the same way as other types of depression. In other words, SAD is an actual illness.
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Agree with this, I'm actually very worried about the state of my mental health this winter.
You could see your GP for a course of an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor ie fluoxetine (Prozac)) that will help maintain your levels of serotonin during the dark months. You could also get a light box but these can be a bit expensive.
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After, a relatively settled spell this weekend , this September proves that this month is not always settled ...
Appears to me that all the usual "weather singularities" seem to have been jumbled or even missing. I was comparing wetterzentral's Top Karten from the 1960s and now and nowadays the atmosphere over the North Atlantic appears to be highly turbulent. Of course I know the Top Karten from the Sixties are "re-sampled" from physical charts so obviously can't have the fine detail of contemporary model output.
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That would be the best. I'll wake up for Christmas and the general getting fat and drinking part and any snow that may occur, but yes, wake me up in March. or better yet, give me those months I lose back on summertime.
Asking too much?
Yes, we really need Star Trek stasis
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I haven't looked through the past few of posts but for me that time I dread is nigh - one word SAD
SAD isn't something "to snap out of" - it's a neurological illness with serious physical symptoms. Given the "summer" we've just endured I'm doubly concerned over the next few months.
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Complete write-off sums up this garbage month so far. A miserable 41.9 hours sun for the first half putting it on a par with 1962 (45hrs) and 1968 (41hrs) - the two dullest September's on record- so it just doesn't get any more vile than this. Just four days have managed 3 hours of sun.This weeks low pressure is just giving exactly the same as last week's high. Slate grey stratus rubbish off the North Sea with spells of drizzleCan't emphasise how much I despise this dismal, depressing SE'ly gloom. There is nothing worse and this is the 4th consecutive autumn month to be dominated by it.
I despise the British climate full stop. I wish I'd ignored my family and got out of Britain 35 years ago when I had the chance.
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In that case, 1965 was much colder than I remember it? Though I do, I think, recall some very cold, snowy weather in April of that year...
It wasn't April, it was January and February. That winter my school opened its new swimming pool and as I was a non-swimmer I was one of the "elite" who was taught to swim. The others had to do cross-country in the snow (snigger) because rugby and hockey were snowed off for weeks.
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Here in NW England, Winter 81-82 was almost as bad as That Winter: 62-63. Weeks of lying snow and exceptionally cold nights.
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I was half-awake this morning but on Radio 4's "Today" Dame Slingo said that while the rest of the world is warming substantially NW Europe will cool - exactly as has happened to the UK over the past few years. Apparently this cool period could last for a decade.
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And we're off......
SHOCK WEATHER WARNING: Coldest winter for 50 YEARS set to bring MONTHS of heavy snow to UK
Is that like the 100 days of snow Nathan Rao forecast last year? Regarding winter 62/63, in my area the coldest winter in the 20th century started in mid-December '62, while the cold finally relented in the last couple of days of February '63. I was there!
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North West England - Weather Chat - 03/07/15 onwards
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Increasingly cloudy all day then a band of rain at teatime. Currently clear with Sc in view looking west.