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To have no drying influence from an anticyclone for so many consecutive months is incredible, I cannot remember a longer unsettled period than this, this weather pattern is extraordinary.
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Yet another drench-fest this morning, I’ve never known a 6-7mth spell of weather like it, it’s just so utterly depressing. I won’t be surprised to see this flip to the other extreme at some point - there’s no changeable weather anymore just long ‘rutts’ that parts of the world get stuck under for entire seasons
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Well these percentages maybe small but the general consensus among scientists is that they are already altering weather patterns & climate.
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WYorksWeather I don't really get your angle on this - are you disputing the New Scientist article and / or the potential effects on the climate of so much Methane being released into the atmosphere (Methane is 100 times more potent a Greenhouse gas than CO2)?
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stainesbloke Yes, a rapid transition to spring with warm temperatures and no rain is needed (I love the snow but its the last thing the land needs right now). Once the trees wake up they will soak up a lot of the high water table. Feb was 4.9c above average by the way, truly extraordinary
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stainesbloke This is the wettest spell of autumn & winter months in my lifetime. I really fear this could be the new norm. I wonder what this environmental disaster has done to global SSTs, Global Temps and weather patterns? Nord Stream leak may have been largest methane emission ever recorded WWW.NEWSCIENTIST.COM The Nord Stream breach released between 56,000 and 155,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere, making it among the largest methane emissions ever recorded from a...
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Catacol I read somewhere that the Nordstream explosion released an unprecedented volume of Methane into the atmosphere - I wonder if anyone is doing any research into the effects of that explosion and the dynamics of the atmosphere since it happened?
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cheese I agree, but the lack of cold is just as pronounced on the western side of Europe. Some ex work colleagues from the Netherlands told me that between the 60's - 80's it was common to skate on frozen canals in most winters, that hardly ever happens now. As a side note, their accents made me laugh, they reminded me of those 2 Dutch Cops on the Fast Show
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SunnyG 17mm of rain fell in N20 yesterday, that's one-third of the Feb average falling in one day so definitely not ordinary! There was a particularly intense spell in the afternoon after 2pm which was accompanied by a squall - it was a horrible day
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In Absence of True Seasons Its been blowing non-stop since Sunday as well, my fence post hates it.
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Agreed, and also with your other post which mentions the recent cold snap preventing early flowering in the garden. The way I see it is that even when background signals are good, getting any sustained length of winter cold in NW Europe is highly unlikely, frankly impossible these days. Whenever a cold spell like this one breaks down, or like the one in Dec 22, its always replaced with a powerful & relentless barrage of zonality, sometimes, as was the case for the SE in Dec 22 for the remainder of the winter. I remember winter Scandy highs from 30-40yrs ago bringing subzero temperatures and battleground snow to the SW many times, not any more, these days it’s all about the Bartlett High during winter months. Cold & snow chasing for the UK, especially in the South is a hapless hobby these days, it’s quite depressing. Anyway, roll on the clocks going forward and the spring time.
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Spot on. There were even references to 1947 & 1963 in the last chase! I might be wrong but with SSTs being so much warmer now (~+2.5c) coupled with a shrinking arctic ice-mass, I don’t think it would be possible to repeat those winter now…. Ah well, let the crazy kids carry on, it’s entertaining
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Its all starting up again in the MAD thread and once again its all FI stuff, 29th Jan and beyond - its quite sadistic what they're doing to themselves. Don't get me wrong I hope it comes off but it seems like you need a 1001 things to be perfectly aligned for it to happen That is shocking
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Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion
Arch Stanton replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
This feels like the wettest 3 months (Oct-Dec) that I’ve experienced in 24yrs of living in London. Rainfall figures for Oct-Dec are 51% higher than average: Oct - Dec Avg 227mm Oct - Dec 342mm Oct Avg 74.8mm Actual 124.4mm Nov Avg 73.7mm Actual 103.3mm Dec Avg 72.5mm Actual 114.7 Its been relentless recently, what a horrible few months -
Apologies if this has already been discussed elsewhere, does anyone know why all the Scottish mountain webcams are no longer available? Loch Morlich, Cairngorm mountain, Nevis range etc, all of them have a Streamdays logo on them now so it’s not possible to check out the snow conditions anymore. For over a decade I’ve used Winterhighland to view the snow up in the munroes and now that luxury looks like it’s been monetised? Scottish Snow & Mountain Sports // Ski Reports, Webcams, Mountain Weather // Winterhighland WWW.WINTERHIGHLAND.INFO Ski Scotland Snow Conditions. Scottish Snow and Mountain Sports, ski reports and webcams
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Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion
Arch Stanton replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
The FI charts for the 20/21 Dec look amazing and I really hope they materialise, but we've all seen them a thousand times before, the Atlantic nearly always wins out. Our rotten location means that too many variables need to be aligned perfectly to bring us snow, never mind another another 2010 event. Lets hope the deep seated cold in Scandinavia holds out at least, if it does then who knows.