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Dangerous55019

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  1. Morning all. First post in this new thread, and I see that the U.K. Meto have just issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for tomorrow! I’ve been too busy to look into the full juicy details, but it’s not often you see a yellow thunderstorm warning along side a yellow wind warning! As always, fingers crossed for all of us on this.
  2. I'm under no illusion that summer 2023 has one or two nasty tricks still left up its sleeve, but there's no doubt that the corner has definitely been turned. To all my fellow 'autumn lovers' out there, hang on in there, as things can only get better as we accelerate towards the best season of the year! Oh, and yesterday was just beautiful with its somber, grey glowering skies... The wind, the sheeting rain, just magic! More please!!
  3. Morning everyone. So being as we're currently talking about what kind of autumn that we'd all like...Here's my two peneth worth... For me personally I'd like a nice settled September (with the last of the summer warmth slowly fading) but with those gentle mists evenings and mornings... Just to remind you that it is now autumn. For October, noticeably cooler than September, with those gentle mists giving way to our first grey fog day(s) of the season, and possibly our first proper autumn storm (say something similar to the now almost forgotten October storm of 2002?). I also wouldn't say no to a few of those days when you get that wonderful hazy, smoky, golden light that you can sometimes get in the autumn as well... I'd also like a bit of a misty, foggy Halloween as well, like the Halloween fog of 2015 would do very nicely... Just to add to the atmosphere. As for November... Well, it can start off where October left off, but once bonfire night has passed, I think its about time that some proper autumn storms were unleashed with a vengeance! (Like the one we had on the 9th of November 2010 would do very nicely). Plus a fair few frost starts as well... And I also wouldn't say no to the first snow falls of the season either. Plus on top of that lot, a beautiful display of autumn colours. Ahh well, I can but hope. But whatever this autumn brings, lets hope that its a good 'un for all of us.
  4. It was my first time on earlies this morning since before the solstice, and the darkness in the morning is coming on in leaps and bounds! I had no option to put the light on in the kitchen this morning at 04:00! Mind you, this coming weekend, true darkness returns to my neck of the woods for the first time since mid May! The vice is finally starting to loosen its grip.
  5. Another autumn regular returns Good afternoon @Turnedoutniceagain. Yes I’ve noticed the Lords ‘n’ Ladies turning red… Seems slightly earlier than normal to me. Not that I’m complaining mind. Lol
  6. Evening @summer blizzard Looking at your analogues and if my memory serves me correctly, wasn't September 2014 exceptionally dry? I think October was quite dry as well? I haven't got my weather records to hand sorry.
  7. Will it snow in........ *grabs coast and leaves via side door* Lol
  8. And just like that, they've come in! Looks like you've spoken too soon @Seasonal TrimLol Totally agree @simshady! Seconded, thirded and fourthed.
  9. Hello everyone. I haven't done this for a while, so lets have a look at what the CFS v2 charts are showing for the next four weeks... Week 1 - 12th to the 18th July: Low pressure seems to be centered pretty much over the top of us here in the UK! I'd say expect showers or longer spells of rain, possibly even quite windy at times! No named storms... But certainly blustery at times. But its July, so it should feel pleasant enough in the sunshine. Week 2 - 19th to the 25th July: The low pressure is now centered more over Scandinavia, but we still look to be under the influence of it here in the UK, again a risk of showers, but after such a dry May and June, I'd say that any rainfall is going to be welcome by farmers, gardeners and water companies alike! This could also put us in a northerly or north easterly airflow... But again, it should feel pleasant enough in the sunshine. Week 3 - 26th July to the 1st August: The low pressure that is hanging around Scandinavia appears to be heading back towards us here in the UK! Quite possibly a rinse and repeat of week 2. Week 4 - 2nd to the 8th of August: Well we're now into the final month of meteorological summer, and although the signal that these long range models pick up on is weaker, there is trough of low pressure more or less over us, here in the UK! So more showers and longer spells of rain are possible. But also the high pressure appears to have set up camp over Greenland and the North Pole! So there you go folks! Make of that what you will! I realise that's probably not what many of you want to read, but I can only say what the models are showing. As ever this is the CFSv2, and it does change daily, if I get chance before the end of the week, I may pop on here Friday and what, if anything has changed.
  10. YAY!! My favorite thread of the year! The Autumn Thread! Funnily enough @Seasonal Trim I was only thinking earlier about this thread, and when it would start, You must have read my mind! Lol I always look forward to this time of year, as the heat of summer slowly fades, and the evenings and mornings start to cool and turn more misty... And then as time moves on we slowly see those misty mornings and evenings slowly turn into our first fog day... The sun being lower in the sky giving us that wonderful light that only September and October can bring, plus that gentle autumn breeze through the trees which will slowly turn into our first autumn gale. Plus the wonderful colours on the trees. Plus the nights certainly are drawing in now! Over 2 minutes being lost a day! Oh I'm getting all misty and dewy eyed just thinking about it. What will autumn 2023 bring? I've absolutely no idea! But whatever it brings, I shall welcome it with open arms as always. So just to hopefully get more folk ready for autumn 2023, here's a few of photos that I've taken in autumns from years gone by.
  11. Well folks, tonight is that auspicious night/twilight (or whatever you want to call it) that I have actually noticed it getting darker at the evening end of the day. Since the solstice on the 21st of June, I’ve been looking ever so hard for the shortening of the days… The mornings have been getting darker for a little while now, but this evening I have actually noticed the other end of the day getting more dusky, earlier. I know this sounds crazy, but this now feels like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders! But such is my summer SAD this year. So cheer up oh fellow cold and dark lovers, as there is darkness at the end of the tunnel.
  12. I’ll start again! My phone appears to be throwing a wobbler! Lol Good afternoon @SarahWxm Yes, something is closing in on us now.
  13. So after a two and a half hour thunderstorm yesterday, with biblical rainfall, it looks like I’ve got another thunderstorm closing in on me! Definite rumblings from the sky to my south,south west. This is turning into quite a thundery summer.
  14. I’ve got a thunderstorm closing in on me. Plus here’s the latest rainfall and lightning maps.
  15. Funny you should say that @Maz… I’m very much one of those folk who thrives on his own company. I fully get where you’re coming from with the idea of caving… I swear I should have been born a bat or a mole… Or some other darkness loving creature. Lol
  16. I’ve already got the sprouts on… They’ve been bubbling away since last Saturday. Lol
  17. Morning everyone. The U.K. Meto have just issued not one but two yellow thunderstorm warnings! The first one today covers Northern Ireland, and the second one is for tomorrow. We all know how fickle storms can be, and I’m just on the edge of tomorrows warning, but fingers crossed on this for us all.
  18. Good morning @Maz Thank your understanding on Reverse SAD. I appreciate that not many folk do understand my craving for darkness. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind a bit of sunshine, but I also like my quota of darkness as well, and sadly I don’t get that at this time of year. This year has been a particularly tough and challenging one for me, mainly because June (from an IMBY perspective) was more or less none stop sunlight. Admittedly there were a couple of thunderstorms that made life a lot easier; but on the whole it felt like it was just none stop overhead glaring sunlight with no escape for me.
  19. Morning @Wold Topper and @Seasonal Trim Read my post above. I have finally gotten round to replying.
  20. Morning @ChannelThunderand @sarahng I’m so sorry for the delay in replying… Real life and what have you. I appreciate there are many, many folk, like your good selves, who totally disagree with me, and who can’t understand. I’ve never personally liked the summer period, whilst I admit I’m not a fan of the heat, I can accept that more due to the fact that it can generate thunderstorms. No pain, no gain as they say. Lol But do you remember that autumn heatwave of late September, early October 2011? Now whilst we touched 29/30° I found that a lot more bearable due to the shorter days. But for me, it’s that horrible glarey overhead summer sunlight that I truly hate. Back in 2005(? ish) I was diagnosed with autism … and for me there is just no escape from the light at this time of year. An example of how too much light can affect people is that my local Tesco’s now have ‘quiet times’ (usually early morning and late evening) where they turn off some of the in store lights… Needless to say, guess when I do my shopping? Lol It was thanks to the Netweather forum (don’t ask me which thread, as I honestly can’t remember) that I discovered ‘Reverse SAD’ or ‘Summer SAD’ was a thing! At that point I felt a little bit less like a weirdo, as I found out there were others, many others like me. Plus going back years, and years ago to when I was little, if there was going to be a big family argument or row (which I absolutely hate) it would be summer time when it would happen. So bad memories like that all help to make me dread the mid summer period. As folk have said on here, in the depths of winter, they like to escape to escape to South America, or Australia/New Zealand during the winter, I could gladly do that during the summer, just to escape the excess light that we have here. Now before anyone suggests it, as in why don’t I do that? I can assure you, that it’s not quite as easy as ‘just sorting out your finances and you’re off’. Family commitments, job, etc, etc… kinda prevent me from doing that. Now July and August, are both summer months… But I can tolerate these far better knowing that we’re on our way out of summer, rather than on the way in. There was a period around 2015 -2019 when my summer SAD wasn’t too bad, and that includes 2018! But then in late April 2020, I sadly lost my Dad, and my Summer SAD returned with a vengeance… Like it was on steroids or something. I really wish I could explain better to you both, but hey.
  21. Afternoon everyone Well I can confirm my third Sunday with thunder in a row!
  22. The time is 15:57 and at long, long last; the summer solstice has just occurred! Yes folks, the pendulum has finally reached the end of its stroke! Speaking as a reverse S.A.D. sufferer this is truly as bad as it can get! Around five weeks ago, my part of the world entered the world of the lingering twilight; I’m not gonna lie, those five weeks have been a long, long hard and torturous haul for me. Some people will say that we’re now on a slippery slope; but I see it as a break, a rest, a chance to enjoy the freewheel after an extremely long, and hard and arduous climb to the solstice. I’m looking forward to the increasing darkness, like welcoming an old friend who’s been away. I’m fully aware that summer 2023 has still got a fair few nasty tricks up its sleeve, but this corner/milestone now being turned/reached is something that needs celebrating! In other words, I’m going to be celebrating the fact that we’re now on our way out of summer, instead of on the way in! I’m also looking forward to the shortening of the days, gathering mists, and ripening fruits, as we now head towards autumn. Yes folks, cheer up; as there is darkness at the end of the tunnel! The summer sun is fading as the year grows old. And darker days are drawing near. The winter winds will be much colder…
  23. I’ve got the sprouts ready, I’m gonna start cooking them on Saturday. Lol
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