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Tom Quintavalle

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  1. Lauren Good Morning, all. Hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. Yes, great memories Lauren and a far cry from where we are this Winter.. Below, are a couple of archive charts [500hPa and 850hPa], from that very Wintry end to Winter 2018: / My Wife and myself, have some vivid memories of that event. Colette was working as a Senior Carer at a Residential Care Home, in nearby Chislehurst;/ Emstead Woods area. The Close where we live turns into an Ice Rink a Day after it Snows, and Minicab drivers refuse to come to our door. As there was no other way of getting into work and it certainly wasn't safe to walk the 2 and a half mile journey on such icy pavements and roads , it meant that Colette had to stay at the Care Home overnight, during that spell. As I was still in recovery after suffering an Haemorrhagic Stroke 2 and a half Years earlier, Colette didn't want to leave me at home. As one of the Rooms of the Care Home was empty, my Wife's Manageress kindly agreed to me staying with Colette in that spare Room. The Residents are notorious for wandering around in the middle of the Night, and trying to get into the Rooms of other Residents. My Wife took the precaution of locking the door, and as was expected we heard the door handle being tried, in the middle of that Night. Outside of our Bedroom Window, the Snow lay thick, deep and even. It reminded me of a scene from the film, "The Shining". When our door handle was tried, I'm sure I heard a voice shout, "Here comes Johnny". Below, is a Youtube video of a Sky News report entitled, "The Week Britain Froze": Despite all the encouraging noises regarding Teleconnections and an expected SSW, this Winter is going out like a damp but mild squib. The Daffs are blooming and it's noticeable how vociferous the Dawn Chorus is every Morning, now that Spring is around the corner. Thanks for reminding me though Lauren, some great memories of that spell, even if they were a bit spooky in that Care Home. Regards, Tom Q.
  2. And some joker called George Burns at GB News, has spoken with the following: "UK snow forecast: Met Office confirms snow set to fall in just days as 'cold interlude' sparks freezing temperatures. Snow is set to hit the UK once again as temperatures are currently forecast to fall below freezing." And backs it up with the following "bone chilling" chart: 0c for a lot of our Region at 6 A,M. on a late February Morning. How will we all, cope?? Regards, Tom Q.
  3. lassie23 In honour of your comment on another Thread, Lass. "got more chance of an STD giving us a cold spell than an SSW" Happy V.D., and to all the Ladies in the South East Region. Don't shoot the messenger Ladies, you know what I mean, 'Arry!!. In other romantic news, During this Week 14 Years ago, Yours Truly slipped a disc carrying this lump over the threshold: / Only joking, Colette!! My bride was very trim, and looking every Day of the 10 Years younger than her old f--t, of a Bridegroom. 14 Years is also a very long time, in Weather terms. Although it's almost impossible to see, there was actually Snow grains in the air, when we posed for our Wedding photos, outside of Sidcup Registry Office: Had we got married this Week, no doubt the confetti in my Bride's hair, would've been of the Cherry Blossom variety, You will notice that my Bride's Wedding Dress is a sort of Cream/Ivory colour, rather than White. That "ship had sailed", a number of Years earlier. Only joking again, Sweetheart. Meanwhile back in Weather related news, Julien has got himself in a right tizz over his Maddening Oscillation - As we can see below, Julien has gone mad with his colouring pencils, again!!: But with just a couple of Weeks left of this pathetic excuse of a Winter. It looks very much a Win for Lassie's O.F.I. [October Fog Index]. No Fog sighted in my neck of the Woods, back in October. This correlates with my own index. That being the October Fox Index. The writing was on the wall for this Winter, when our Resident Fox [Vicky Vixen], could be heard many times in the middle of the Night in October, screeching her Christmas number One from last Year. You may recall [or NOT], it was a warning that the much sought after HLB [High Latitude Blocking], after a promising start early last December, was about to vanish without trace. And so it came to pass, and has not shown it's hand so far this Winter. To end this lament to Winter on a musical note, below is Vicky Vixen's Cousin Kate Brush, Brother of Basil, with that lament to the non appearance of Greenland/Scandinavian Highs - Wuthering Withering Heights: Don't exaggerate Kate it's not that cold, and you and Heathcliff can forget about coming through our window, Had my breakfast watching the Manager from the Val Thorens Ski Resort in the French Alps, stating that due to their high altitude, they've had a good Ski Season, whilst Ski Resorts much lower down, have had a poor Ski Season. Then had to watch Tomasz Schafernaker claim it was going to get even milder. From One Tom to another, leave it out matey!! Right, with that I'll make my exit and this Morning, I don't need to get my coat!! A crazy 12C up the road from here, at London City Airport. Roll on Spring, put us Coldies out of our misery!! Regards, Tom Q.
  4. But never fear fellow Coldies, help is at hand.. UK weather: Warning Beast from the East return with late-winter snow to cover Britain Story by Nathan Rao • 2h Our old friend, Nathan Rao has spoken and just to emphasise the depth of cold we'll experience, comes the following bone chilling chart!!: Not sure that will "cut the ice" for us Coldies Nathan, even if there is any ice about to cut!! Regards, Tom Q.
  5. I looked at the following headline and thought, who the hell writes, this stuff? UK weather: Warning Beast from the East return with late-winter snow to cover Britain Story by Nathan Rao • 2h Then I saw the name of Nathan Rao, our old sensationalist Weather nonsense stories friend, and realised that garbage News Channel GB News had resurrected his Journalistic career. 0c at 6 A,M, on a late February Morning, how ever will Londoners cope?? Regards, Tom Q.
  6. Methuselah Beats looking daft! Is that an anagram Pete? of - Beast looking daft! - But of course this Synoptic set up has been impossible, since Brr'exit. With that, I think I will get my coat, hat and gloves!! Regards, Tom Q.
  7. alexisj9 Totally agree with the above, Alexis. I used to post a lot in the Model Discussion Thread but stopped doing so, for the very reasons you quote. Plus your comments about Eagle Eye are very true. I would also include our own Nick Finnis, Nick Sussex and Captain Shortwave, above all others on the Model Discussion Thread. Regards, Tom Q.
  8. A very good Morning, all. I hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. How did you sleep last Night? I must admit to being quite surprised by some of the comments, above. I didn't find it quite as noisy, as the other Night, when Isha "strutted their stuff" Note I use "their" rather than her/his, as having googled the name as you do, evidently it's Sanskrit [Hindu] and Unisex. Below, are the Meteociel Wind Graphs for nearby London City Airport, around 6 Miles North of my location. They show the Wind Speeds recorded for both Storm Isha and Jocelyn, in the Overnight period: STORM ISHA STORM JOCELYN / / I was surprised to see that Jocelyn actually recorded stronger gusts than Isha. Isha was cetainly stronger early on in the Night, whereas Jocelyn took longer to reach her peak. As you can see, Jocelyn died down pretty quickly, whereas Isha had another "bite at the cherry. The front of our House faces West, including our Bedroom. We like to have our Bedroom window ajar all through the Year but on both Nights, our Bedroom door was being "sucked" open and slammed shut again. That can be very disturbing. To rival Lassie's B.M.I. [Bin Moving Index], I bring you the L.R.I. [Letterbox Rapping Index]. As you can see from those charts above, the Wind direction during both Storms has been very similar S.W./W.S.W. Yet Isha "scored" many more raps on our Letterbox, than Jocelyn has. This Morning's Youtube Musical comes courtesy of Jimi Hendrix with The Wind Cries Mary Isha/Jocelyn: In the 2nd verse, Jimi states - "And The Clowns Have All Gone To Bed". Jimi of course is making reference to all the "Hopecasters" on the MAD Thread, retiring to their slumbers after viewing the 18z Model Runs. I wonder what their reaction will be once they've digested all the 00z Model Runs. **NB** - No offence to Members feelings was intended in the constructing of this Post. It's just a bit of fun/A,I, [Artistic Indulgence]. Regards, Tom Q.
  9. A very good Morning, all. I hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. Did you manage to get more sleep than I did, last Night? I sincerely hope so. Isha really was making a racket with their Wind, overnight. I can't remember starting a Weather related post, with a Meteociel chart, displaying recently recorded Wind speeds but I will on this occasion. Below, are the recent Meteociel graphs displaying Wind Speed/Maximum Temp/Air Pressure, during the Overnight period recorded at nearby, London City Airport: / / A very strong and gusty S.W. has been blowing all Night long which did drop out for a short while before a rather violent but temporary Squall/ came through S.E. London about 4.45. After this Squall went through the temperature dropped back to 11C and the Air Pressure rose sharply to 1001 mbs after dipping to 998 mbs, in the early hours. It was virtually impossible to sleep, with all the racket going on outside and Isha kept playing "knock down ginger" with our letter box. I hope I get some sleep Tonight, as we look like doing it all again Tomorrow Night/Wednesday Morning. Could we see the arrival of Jocelyn?: In other Weather related news. the search for the next possible Wintry spell looks a forlorn one, at the moment. The Purple Blob/ P.V. [Pernicious Victor] has taken up residency yet again, in the vicinity of Greenland And combined with - - Barbara the Bartlett High /Eunice the Euro Slug, It looks a long way back to cold and very little chance at present for - - Greta the Greenland High, or - Scandy Mandy the Scandinavian High, to make an appearance. But I'm sure some Member on the MAD Model Thread will cling on to the hope that the C.F.S. [Consistently Failed Synoptics] model will show us an Easterly come the end of March May, like so: Isha did try and sound a bit melodic whilst keeping me awake though, by constantly "playing" with a neighbour's "Wind Chimes", and with that in mind, below is a tribute to melodic Storm Isha and "Song of the Wind": Regards, A very tired Tom Q.
  10. Morning all, Hope I find yourselves and your Families, well. As Lottie notes above, the transition to a much less cold phase of Weather, is now under way. But as is the norm when the change to a milder regime occurs, it often comes from the West and our Region is often the last to come out of the "freezer". This can be clearly seen from the Meteociel chart below, depicting recently recorded maximum temperatures, over the U.K.: Had a smashing 2 Mile round walk to my G.P.'s Practice yesterday Morning, for a Blood Pressure medication review. This turned out to be a case of Meteorology in action, for Yours Truly. The overnight Low locally, in the early hours of yesterday Morning had dropped to between -3C and -4C, which was around the same figure as Thursday Morning but what was infinitely more noticeable was the amount of Frost visible, on most surfaces. This was especially so on Cars, Gardens, Pavements and Roofs. The reason being that the Relative Humidity yesterday Morning was in the high 60's%, rather than much lower the Day before. That extra moisture in the atmosphere presented itself as a mantle of white on those surfaces mentioned above, freezing on contact with them. On our walk back from my G,P. Practice at around Midday, those areas still in the shade were still wearing that White overcoat. Fortunately after my recent diagnosis of Prostate Cancer, my Blood Pressure reading was a respectable 141/81, and there is no reason to increase the dosage of the B.P. tablets, I'm currently taking. Although my Systolic reading of 141, could be a bit better but the viscosity blood does thicken in cold Weather. I see we're due a visit from this Lady, in the next couple of Days - I'm sure some of the Cricket loving 'fellas amongst us, would much prefer a visit from the Lady below, with a similar name. BBC Cricket presenter, Isa Guha - Speaking of high Blood Pressure, at least mine is more under control than Marvin Gaye's, in this Morning's gratuitous musical clip: Think you're in need of some of my Doxazosin Marvin, which if another dose of Cold Weather fails to materialise some on the Mad Thread, will be needing some B.P. medication. Still not too much evidence of a much needed Scandinavian High in the extended outlook, with too much pressure from the Polar Vortex, in the vicinity of Greenland but February is still a long way off, in terms of Forecast Models. Therefore, no need to be suffering from Hypertension, just yet!! I wonder if the kind of healing that Mr. Gaye is after, is available on the N.H.S.? Regards, Tom Q.
  11. Evening all, I see the 12z GFS was trying to get some W.A.A. [Warm Air Advection] going way out in Fantasy Land, as did the 12z ECM and GEM / / But there is too much pressure from the - in the vicinity of Greenland to allow any Northern blocking to take hold, at that range. P.V. [Pernicious Victor] needs to "do one" and back away Westwards to Baffin Island or better still, Siberia!! Therefore my fellow South-Easterners it may be a long wait before and if we see a more favourable Synoptic set up, that may deliver something Cold and Wintry. to our Region. We are now about to enter a phase of a much milder regime of Weather, and a return of some Rain and Wind. With that gloomy outlook for us Snow starved South-Easterners, I thought I would leave you with a musical "Snow Fix". Below, Phil Collins, Genesis and the delightful, Snowbound: Night all. Regards, Tom Q.
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