Nick L
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Absolutely no way was that tornado worse than the Birmingham one! Either that or TORRO are yet to release proof of it. I've seen damage from EF-3 tornadoes close up and they do a damn sight more damage than rip off a few tiles. For comparison, this was an aerial shot of the Birmingham tornado which ripped roofs clean off and turned over cars: And the aerial footage of the Jersey one: At the scene where a 'tornado' struck Jersey WWW.BBC.CO.UK The BBC's Dan Johnson surveys the damage after Storm Ciarán struck St Clement. The damage in the footage doesn't correspond to TORRO's own scale for a T6: "Moderately devastating"? Come off it. Happy to change my mind if someone can provide images proving me wrong but so far this just seems like TORRO overhyping things.
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163mm for October around here, crazy amounts for Buckinghamshire. Can we please, please, please have some crisp, cold, frosty weather? This wet and mild mush is becoming tiresome.
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It's for a tiny portion of the area likely to be affected, I simply don't understand why that small area has been included and not other areas which look to be just as badly if not worse affected. Every single model has the majority of the southern half of England seeing 30-50mm at least. One of the major flaws in the way that the Met Office do warnings is that they have a window between 10-11am where they issue warnings and then very rarely make updates outside of those hours.
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There's been nothing for Friday yet, models have only come to agreement over last night.
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Really should be warnings out for central, southern and eastern England for Friday IMO. Really quite a nasty rain event possible, soils will be saturated over the next couple of days.
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What is that!
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Indeed. I do forecasts for Network Rail and it's all hands on deck updating them this morning. Could see 50mm through London and the SE. Should be warned IMO.
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...surely they're about to issue something for NE England at the very least?
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A weirdly small area.
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We went to Fuerteventura the first week of October, the same place we went last July. It was hotter than when we went in July. Remarkable heat and humidity, even with periods of Saharan dust diluting the sunlight.
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I'm hearing it may well be beyond amber tomorrow for rainfall in E Scotland.
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It also made me laugh that the BBC weather article on this storm had to include a bit on how to pronounce the name. It's not exactly a ringing endorsement of the system if you're having to do that. I get that we're sharing the system with other countries who have their own names, but if there's doubt that the general population aren't even going to be able to pronounce the name then that has to raise doubts over this system.
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Put it on for the first time yesterday, a whole month earlier than last year. Got down to 14.1C in the end
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There isn't even one defined area of low pressure for the unsettled spell, it's a series of secondary lows as far as I can tell. One of the many issues I have with this naming system is that it's almost impossible to define.
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Indeed. I like how their Tweet says "strong winds will accompany this storm". That's similar to saying "snow will accompany the blizzard".
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No it wasn't. It was average in London. By definition that is not below par!!
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This is the problem with people's perceptions and memories, they're all too often wrong!
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But it wasn't. August comprised "most of the preceding 6-7 weeks". Let's look at the stats: Average for most, not cool, and warmer in Scotland: For the vast majority, August was average or slightly drier than average: For the majority of the population, it had normal amounts of sunshine, although sympathies for those in Wales and the SW: But cooler, wetter and duller for "most of the last 6-7 weeks"? It's simply an inaccurate statement.
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Humidity is both impressive and oppressive too, we're pushing 20C dew points here.
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Not sure we will get anywhere near that, 32-33 tops. Will be more the longevity of the 30C+ heat that's noteworthy. Meanwhile, very frustrating to have the heat and humidity and this neck of the woods is unlikely to get much/any reward in the form of thunderstorms!
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Spoke too soon about unpleasant heat being difficult to achieve in September. Been up in Glasgow the last few days for work and was having to wear a suit doing a training course in a south-facing room with no air conditioning - horrendous.
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September 2023 C.E.T. and EWP forecast contests
Nick L replied to Roger J Smith's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
And those who deny the climate is warming can't even trot out the gormless line of "it's called summer!". -
As expected, warmer than average, slightly sunnier than average and around average rainfall around here. Not too shabby.
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A passable summer overall in my eyes. June was excellent, with weeks of very warm sunshine but never really uncomfortable. July was dreadful. August has been alright. One big downer for me is the lack of decent thunderstorms, although it wasn't completely devoid of them like some recent hot summers. Edit: I think reasonable was over-egging the optimism.
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Quite possibly the best week of weather since June.
