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Mark wheeler Yep, husband is shaking as he swears it hit our outside light.
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Oh my goodness, massive flash of lightning followed by thunder that literally shook the house under the REALLY heavy rain passing over Surbiton right now!
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Andy Bown I saw the A303 at Mere on the news this morning flooded. My sister is driving to Midsomer Norton tomorrow from Guildford to visit my mother and we're wondering how passable some of the roads will be; definitely not going via Chitterne!
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No sign of Storm Jocelyn at Heathrow, a very uneventful landing into grey skies, drizzle and 12 degrees. Ah well...
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10 minutes ago, Jason T said:
Definitely one to watch. I would think you'll be ok' might be a tad turbulent though. I think main gusts will be after 16.00pm. https://www.windy.com/?52.640,-10.327,3
Thank you for replying We're landing at 4... hopefully... at Heathrow, not Paris
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4 hours ago, Jason T said:
Possibly looks if tomorrows LP Sytem AKA Jocelyn will abit more Potent. Peak gusts look to be early afternoon onwards.
I'm keeping fingers crossed for arriving back at Heathrow tomorrow afternoon from Prague.
@Kentspur we got plenty of snow and ice on the ground It's raining this evening, in case we're missing home maybe
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33 minutes ago, Tom Quintavalle said:
Hi Angela, just a guess on my part.
With the air being so dry, it gives the impression of melting but it may not have been that visible, in the first place?
Not a very technical answer, I know.
Regards,
Tom Q.
Thanks Tom, I appreciate your very educated guess:) The car had those pretty star-shaped patterns on the windscreen, although the sun is clearing it all now. Frost or no frost, it's absolutely freezing out there!
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Very cold here this morning. Local weather station says -1.7c, dew point -5.7c. Husband wants to know why the frost appears to be melting if it's below zero outside. Beautiful clear blue skies again and crisp air.
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1 hour ago, Kentspur said:
Its funny as standing outside here in 5c feels colder than -9c when I was in Sweden there's def a different sort of cold on the continent for sure a shame you're not in Prague a bit earlier they have snow in the next few days hope it stays for when you're there have a great time! My 2 trips to Northeast Europe so far have been lucky for me had snow not only in Sweden in November but also a couple inches in Riga, Latvia on my only other trip to the other side of Europe highly reccommend that place for a Christmas break Unesco world heritage site the whole city and great value much cheaper than Scandinavia food was awesome and biggest market in Europe
Thanks, and yes, I had a bit of hope for snow in Prague, but am happy with cold and seasonal. Agree with what you say, 'cold' varies so much, especially with a stiff wind against you. I'll put Riga on the list; I was there as a student, so it would have changed rather a lot by now. My coldest ever was -25 in Moscow, and my face went so numb I couldn't speak! Sounds like you have done well on the snow front - send your luck around the south east on Wednesday... please!
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A beautiful winter's morning here in Surbiton, after a hard overnight frost (the closest to anything looking like snow we're likely to get!), the air is crisp and sunny under blue skies, although rather raw walking into that wind. I'm loving the seasonal weather personally, but am disappointed at the lack of the white stuff later in the week. We're off to Prague for a few days on Saturday, so the cold weather will be good practice for correct clothing choices; hoping that storm doesn't come in too early and disrupt the flights.
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1 hour ago, Vortex3929 said:
Does anyone actually know why the M4 is such a definitive feature in weather? Is it something to do with concerte/cement/asphalt etc retaining a temperature as opposed to surrounding locations and therefore acting as a "barrier", as I would make an uneducated guess at..?
Or is there a more defined and accepted reason? Really puzzling how it becomes such a defined feature when it comes to weather.. any opinions would be greatly appreciated
Bristawl Si had a go at answering this very question in the Model thread a day or two ago:
And yes, it's very cold out there... and drizzling...
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25 minutes ago, Paul said:
Can I recommend the highlights thread?
Can I very much agree with @Paul; it's the first place I go, along with my regional thread, to get a feel for what's going on. Then, if I have time, I brave the MAD thread!
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49 minutes ago, Spah1 said:Well, @northwestsnow will be behind the sofa, @sheikhy will be farting, @MATTWOLVES 3 will be telling us to get our coats as we've pulled, and nearly all of us will be hitting the booze, so that's Saturday night sorted....
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Some serious gusts are whipping through Surbiton now, just outside of the amber warning. It was bins day, so rubbish is flying around everywhere, empty bins have gone over and there's some crashes and bangs going on outside that I hope have nothing to do with the scaffolding over the road; trees are blowing like mad.
Re: cold prospects and the MAD thread, I will be very happy if we can just get some respite from all the wet weather and replace it with crisp, cold days, some nice frosts, and the possibility of some flakes falling. Top of a Swiss mountain conditions would be fabulous, as would 2009-2010 redux, but for now, no more rain please!
Edit: neighbours are out trying to put bins back together braving an onslaught of yet more flying debris - it's kicking off! And edit again, I went out to retrieve someone else's bin from our drive; returning it, I found another neighbour's bin straddling the road, and while I returned that, a large plank of wood went flying from the skip at the house renovation opposite. It's been a wild half an hour!
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Happy new year everyone and best wishes for an excellent 2024... Preferably with loads of snow.
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1 hour ago, Neilsouth said:
I'm Autistic, with PTSD and this weather is making me feel even worse SAD!
I don't mind a bit of rain but it's been relentless since the end of Summer
My husband becomes very anxious in heavy rain and has really been struggling a lot in recent weeks. There is also autism in the family. Hmmm...
As others have noted, very windy last night, windows rattling more than in some considerable time, and then of course, we wake up to yet more rain;/
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3 hours ago, Vortex3929 said:
Haven't seen outside for over 20 hours (admitted to hospital.. could be out today, could be here for 5 more days) but radar looks yuck. Quite glad I can't venture out to be fair, although reasons why suck!
Not a lot of promise reading the mod thread either it seems but that's OK. Gives those avid model watchers a rest from the fatigue and can start fresh in a week or so.
I have heard chatter that around Christmas and NY could be the next chase?
Get better soon! It's been a cold, damp and rainy few days. Let's hope the background drivers deliver for later in December
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3 hours ago, Sparky68 said:
Not ventured in there, has the mad thread started ramping yet ?
I think we are saved, during this season, by the highlights thread - it prevents a lot of unnecessary scrolling! Grey here, again. Looking forward to cold and frosty weather. Visiting my niece in Brighton tomorrow where it might be rather bracing:)
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Cyprus, too, has been recording record breaking temperatures. I'm glad it's not just our imagination that November seems to be ever hotter. This is from 2nd November in Akrotiri:
"Met Office Akrotiri @MetOAkrotiri
More about our new Akrotiri November max temp (31.1°C) Some say it's boring, for us weather nerds a record max is the most exciting day of the year! The last and only time we broke 30°C was on 1st November 1992. Dating back to 1956, so only twice in almost 70 years!"
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A wet and miserable afternoon here, 8 degrees and raining. My son forgot his coat to walk along the river to the cinema in Kingston and he got so cold, I ended up buying him a discount hoodie!
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Just now, alexisj9 said:
Cc ould have avoided driving through it fast enough to splash someone though.
Yes, I thought the same. I think people were hurrying too much, getting impatient in the inevitable traffic that always arrives with wet weather, especially if they were stuck behind drivers that tried not to go through a flooded intersection at all then realised they had no alternative, the one behind speeds up to get through the orange traffic light, another one jumps in behind dashing through a red and off they go, way too fast, covering pedestrians. One school girl got soaked but then didn't move away from the edge of the pavement right next to the deepest flooding where multiple cars always pass at speed. A really unpleasant morning out there. Much clearer now.
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Mark wheeler Wow, it's no surprise your ears were ringing being so close! At least no one was hurt I suppose. My husband (who is brontophobic) got really stressed because he is sure he saw sparks outside our back door as the thunder struck. It's definitely the first time thunder has shaken the entire house!