Nick L

You've got a good manager who knows you might be decent next season (when it starts)

We were excellent first half of the season, but after Christmas we've been dreadful. Complete overhaul required. 

yep plenty of 0-0 bore draws on the cards then

I love it,  but I wish I could see the lightning as it is never visible.

Still at 0 here 

It looks like the weather patterns get stuck in recent years. We get months of excessive rain, then months of drought and then thunderstorm after thunderstorm. But there is one constant feature, the above average temperatures month after month. 

I had 3 days of thunder overhead here plus a night of watching a thunderstorm that was 20km away and I could see the top of the cb lightning almost constantly! Just rain today here but maybe another chance for thunder tomorrow.

The fires will start soon

The fires have started, will be doing a rain dance soon at this rate!

Moorland fire still burning after 10 days

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The peat bog blaze on Hatfield Moors near Doncaster is now 'under control', say the fire service.

Already there here. Not much green left in some areas. 

listen to Absolute, not surprised, weather reports not great

Frosty knickers...

Not a drop of rain here at all yet. I think I can see the anvil from the ex-Cherbourg storm.

Hopefully tonight or tomorrow night is when I can see some distant lightning.

Just hoping it continues into summer!

As long as we're allowed to go outside!

Same goes for snow, i think. I certainly don't hope we get a sudden cold snap and a few inches of snow.

Take care all 

Imagine here in Madrid, shut indoors in an interior studio flat since 13th March, no sunlight, no daylight, 20c days. Terrible the conditions here we need Vitamin D and natural light to build defences.

How are you coping with it?  Sounds very harsh.  How are you managing to get out for food etc.?

It was, but not too bad. The only disappointment was that the Bealach na Ba/road to Applecross was closed because of snow. We went up to Aviemore and the Cairngorm ski centre on the final day, plenty up there! Being winter meant that many places on the route were closed, but the big plus is that there were hardly any people about - bliss.

My favourite part of the world Nick, Can get very busy with convoys of campervans for miles during late spring so you picked a good time to go. If you ever get time to visit Harris do it as it's about as wild as you can get..

My next Scotland adventure is hopefully going to be island hopping up/down the Western Isles!

last thunder I heard was one clap on 27th September last year - someone filmed it and it's on my twitter.

@Dami Hehe, I meant winter. Apologies for not including that.

I filmed the two thunderclaps too!

@Zak M a-ha! you are quite correct about that. I believe the last time i heard winter thunder was on my husbands birthday that year. 

sun? you had SUN?

Gorgeous afternoon here!

Yeah it's crap. Only thing that's happened is the Rain so far we've had the frost...................but virtually all of that happened during Autumn

Omg stop moaning .... winter has just begun ! 

And ends in April

Here you go Nick --> https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101209182435/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/library/factsheets/factsheet03.pdf

Is this what you're after? I've downloaded a copy, if you have any issues accessing it.

Nice one, thanks!

No worries. There are others in the series, listed at the end of that doc. Just change the number in the URL, i.e. 02.pdf for the Thunderstorm definition doc, etc.

Denver has a crazy climate even by American standards. Snow has fallen in every month except July and August

It's been a chilly year so far out there. 11c and drizzle in Oklahoma and San Antonia at 'only' 18c were highlights on tour 1!

Not Long Now!

Counting down the shifts...8 more to go then nearly 5 weeks off work!

For me to be a hypocrite, I would have to be at a protest telling people to stop flying. Think before you type, good grief. I am criticising her for joining the preachers telling us to stop flying, but flying first class to get there. I am not criticising anyone for flying, but for flying and then telling us all to stop flying. 

And you never go abroad anywhere, right? 

Flying first class makes no difference to the carbon footprint tbf. But I think rather than preaching, the best course of action is to promote the idea of doing the best you can rather than being militant about it.

made this point on the climate thread    just another virtue signalling person  who is more interest in how they look then what happens to the planet.  At least the penny is starting to drop with people. 

Yes, I have the joy of Friday, Saturday, Sunday night shifts aswell. I knew as soon as I was rota'd on for them it'd be glorious weather.

I'm on nights Sunday and Monday. However, I do have a window of opportunity. I finish at 6pm on Saturday, and then onto nights on Sunday, I may be able to sneak some beer garden in.

Hi Nick - have you seen my P.M?

Why on Earth did they change it? The new site is abysmal compared to the old.

Just like every other website "upgrade" really. Why so many companies feel the need to change a perfectly functioning website to one that is garbage I'll never know.

A few things have already been fixed on the new layout - some progress being made. I send my data to WU but only use it to view stations that are under some extreme weather. It's great having my own site for for more detailed stuff.

I guess you thought March would be a wintry month when you booked it.

Nah that would have been a bonus. Last year would have been too much as driving would be a nightmare. As long as it's not drizzly murky crap I'll be happy. 

1. That didn't take a lot to beat!

at the moment only looks good for the north, last few GFS runs, virtually snowless for rest of Jan (low level south) Feb, Mar though hopeful for something

be april and still nowt lol

don't care about what the computers think will happen next month, it changes.