Bad2thebone79

I live in Halstead but sadly all I saw was a very dark angry looking storm cloud from my apartment window...

I agree with that, I just wish our summers were a bit more like this (ie much more enjoyable): warm, hot, thunderstorm, slightly cooler, then warm, hot, thunderstorm, slightly cooler and so on. I just don't like grey, rainy, drizzly days between June and September like today for example and temperatures in the mid to late teens. I wish we could tell the jet stream to sod off to the north of the UK and take its miserable weather with it!!! :lol:

Hi haven't been here for ages!!! Just thought I'd ask if anyone else is getting fed up with British summers? As apart from a few hot days here and there, we don't seem to get a nice summer anymore - the last one was 2006. I'm chatting to some women who live in Japan and they say its too hot there! I'm envious of the weather in Japan it seems so much better than it is here (well during summer anyway - Sapporo and Hokkaido have a good winter!). Sometimes I just feel like heading over there to meet them and not coming back!!! lol Anyway back to our summers for last 10 years from what I've seen where I live 2010 - no great shakes 2009 - no great shakes 2008 - disappointing 2007 - awful 2006 - beautiful! 2005 - nice 2004 - not bad (apart from floods in Cornwall) 2003 - lovely! 2002 - not bad 2001 - not bad 2000 - ok-ish What does everyone else think and why has the weather deteriorated so badly since 2 Monday's ago?

Nice bit of snow outside. Damn I'm goin out tomorrow!!! Still, I'll enjoy it - hopefully it'll last til Christmas!!!

Yep indeed I am... They're Thoroughly good

Does anyone have any British weather forecasts for 1987? (like from BBC weather)

I'm hoping for a better summer this year than the last 2, hopefully the influence of either the Azores high or continental european high will be greater and push the jet stream further north (so it misses Britain)

That was a nightmare to drive in!!! But I'm home now and enjoying the scene outside :blink:

Lots of snow in Braintree & Witham Got to drive back to Braintree briefly for work

Rain over here as well, it was a bit sleety earlier mind. According to Netweather's main weather page my area hasn't seen the last of the snow yet...

Starting to snow where I am...

Hopefully we'll get some more here in Essex as well... Just rain at the moment

Global warming is just something our government likes to use as an excuse for higher taxes (green taxes). All that happens weather and climate-wise is completely natural. Trees in the rainforests could be replanted. Rising water levels from the ice caps (allegedly) melting? The sea water could be pumped inland to combat disasters like the bush fires in Australia...

A bit of a sleety shower at the moment but it won't melt away whats on the ground as the temperature seems like its falling

Still snowing here in Witham No rain/sleet as yet (now I've said it, it'll bloody start raining!!!)