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  1. Woollymummy
    Woo hoo, we seem to have got our own personal mini thunderstorm starting somewhere nearby...
  2. Woollymummy
    We were in the Blue Ridge mountains, Appalachians, USA when I was little, summer 1980, I think. We were up near a lookout point, a kind of little metal balcony built into the rock where a man and his wife were taking each other's photo. I remember one of them was laughing at the other one because their hair was standing on end. Then I remember my grandpa telling us all we had to go back down the trail to the car, because there was a storm coming. I cannot remember if we ever found out if the place was struck after we left, but I definitely recall how worried the grown ups were and it made a big impression on me.
  3. Woollymummy
    I am so excited to hear that, we watched something developing right overhead in Wootton, I recognised what was happening as I saw a similar thing years ago when there was a tornado passing through Eynsham going NE, very quiet, rotating clouds pulling in bits from either side, warm air around us and gusty but definitely air going upwards rather than sideways.
  4. Woollymummy
    Haha, got to see round two approaching. I told the kids it was going to be like the wizard of oz, we saw so many swirls buffing into each other, if they had coordinated into a proper tornado that would have been very nice. As it was, lots of hot up drafts and swirls over our heads and a few more top cracks of thunder and lightning. Yippee!
  5. Woollymummy
    We had a great storm, lots of little rumbles, then big rumbles, enough time to get everything under cover, loads of rain, one gigantic flash and bang that scared the willies out of us all, everyone unplug devices, then watch bonkers hailstones pounding the garden. I keep hoping for more, but the air outside is much colder now, am I unlikely to see another storm arrive?
  6. Woollymummy
    Good luck, cities are bad in heat waves.
  7. Woollymummy
    As long as we do NOT have any ridiculous plumes in September. My moan: trying to conduct an interesting, productive and creative science lesson for 30 teenagers with mild heatstroke in which everyone shows progress and learns, in a poorly designed classroom with inadequate ventilation. My wish for September is either fresh and bright sunshine with a breeze, or cool windy storms. Anything but a heatwave. In a job where you are free to move your place of work if the weather is extreme, heatwaves could be fine, but if you are stuck in an overheated box with kids who can't concentrate because of the heat, it is pretty grim.
  8. Woollymummy
    Last night at Thelnetham and today at Walberswick, super sunny Suffolk, glad we got a bit of proper summer :-)
  9. Woollymummy
    Not looking forward to this summer weather ending
  10. Woollymummy
    Could the amount of methane in the atmosphere cause disruption to the QBO and change the period?
  11. Woollymummy
    Persistent wet followed by sudden and strong rise in temperature sounds like a recipe for blight on my allotment :-(
  12. Woollymummy
    And wet, still.
  13. Woollymummy
    No data, sorry. perfect summer day.
  14. Woollymummy
    No idea if this is on of the reasons, but it seems interesting: https://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/28/gigantic-gravity-waves-to-mix-winter-with-summer-wrecked-jet-stream-now-runs-from-pole-to-pole/
  15. Woollymummy
    The problem is the jetstream, cold polar air coming near to us and meeting warm air either right over us or just south of us, so we either get wet and windy, or cold. Or warm/damp. Every few days might be a bit of change between the cold, and the wet and windy. Or just persistently one or the other.
  16. Woollymummy
    My friend on FB posted something about coming to see her stand at the Norfolk show (not likely as I live miles away) and my first thought was, "What a strange thing, why are they having the Norfolk Show at THIS time of year, I'm sure they used to have it in summer...?" And then I remembered it is summer.
  17. Woollymummy
    I gave in and lit the stove :-(
  18. Woollymummy
    My woodshed is empty, thanks to persistent damp and having to stop the kids from getting chills after being drenched. My husband laughed at me when I said I was going to order another load of wood for the rest of June and July, but he will have to admit I am being wise soon.
  19. Woollymummy
    Anyone else near Oxford today? I was out without my phone when the biggest thunderclap happened, no pics but the whole day was awesome, storm after storm came by, so much energy. And near my parents in Norfolk absolute monsoon season with people canoeing down the road :-) https://www.facebook.com/FightingCocksWinfarthing/videos/1898911330335618/
  20. Woollymummy
    Time to check outside, I have been glued to laptop for too long.....
  21. Woollymummy
    I sat and watched ours literally puffing up from the inside, extremely weird.
  22. Woollymummy
    Tomorrow may be a better chance, heat building where you are and rain forecast....hope it is thundery
  23. Woollymummy
    Wow! can't wait to see your film, sounds fun :-)
  24. Woollymummy
    My friend in Wallingford also got nothing, it kept fading on the radar as it got closer, we saw it growing upwind from us over Eynsham, then it just came and hit us. Perfect show!
  25. Woollymummy
    We had a fun time a while ago near Oxford, woo hoo! I haven't heard thunder so close for ages, what a cracker. Gorgeous lightning. Absolutely massive drops! And round two is just kicking off now.....
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