South East England/East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 26/01/14 12z --------->

[SteveCoops]

Haha mild sleet

 

I never thought getting a 4x4 a couple months back would be good for driving through floods - I hoped it would be good for snow! I even watched some videos of crazy Russians playing with their cars in the snow to see if it would be any good before buying it!

[Summer of 76]

Would be interested in what they were as regular posters here all know each other quite well and sometimes the 'offbeat' posts tell a bigger story and a persons views in an abstract way we have come to understand and respect more than you would think.

Jax, I must admit that I find that very strange thing to do and considering how this thread works, and I seem to think this happen late last year and caused a lot of upset. Hopefully we are not going down the model thread route!!!

[MAF]

Have been out for my 20 minute run slog around the streets, and its really cold rain (or is that mild sleet?) out there. Feel better after that, having WFH all day. Drank my wine before I went out. Not a good move - together with rain soaked, misted up specs I was lucky not to fall flat on my face

having worn specs most my life, i still think theres mileage in the endless fun poking about having windscreen wipers for glasses. i mean. even the tiniest of cctv cameras seem to have wiper blades fitted ....

[john pike]

JP I posted this earlier just wondering if you have

 

hi alexis

 

if you are on a main computer

 

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ukmo2.php?ech=6&carte=1021

 

 

hover over the times on the left

 

you will see the high to our east retract slightly

 

then push the high away

 

it does attempt it again after

[fluid dynamic]

Jax, I must admit that I find that very strange thing to do and considering how this thread works, and I seem to think this happen late last year and caused a lot of upset. Hopefully we are not going down the model thread route!!!

Indeed, a light touch is all moderation requires, to nudge in the direction required, if at all. IMHO, of course

[fluid dynamic]

having worn specs most my life, i still think theres mileage in the endless fun poking about having windscreen wipers for glasses. i mean. even the tiniest of cctv cameras seem to have wiper blades fitted ....

 

Fitting wipers - Now that would be great and the sort of stupid experiment I would get up to in the shed. I used to wear contacts when I rode my motorbike on my commute everyday, but I think falling flat on my face when out jogging is much more healthy than wearing contacts

[john pike]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

does anyone want me to do these tonight?

[Nick F]

JP I posted this earlier just wondering if you have any thought's on this?

 

Hi, hopefully can answer this.

 

Basically today's low sinking S/SE into France is taking this route due to trough disruption, i.e., Altantic trough which moved in this weekend disrupted into a cut off upper low sliding SE into Europe because of a block to the E/NE - the surface low following the upper low S/SE.

 

Friday's deepening low is also a product of another Atlantic upper trough moving SE out of Greenland, the low deepening on the forward side of the upper trough. But this time the upper trough doesn't disrupt rather moves SE then swings NE, because the block to our east has moved further away, so the deep low, which tends to follow the contour of the upper trough moves NE rather than SE.

 

Hope that makes sense, but basically surface lows tend to follow the upper flow, so on a 500mb/surface pressure chart, it follows the blues/purple colour contours which reperesent the 500mb geopotential height.

 

The block moving further away to the east in a nutshell why Friday/Sat low doesn't follow same route.

Edited January 29, 2014 by Nick F

[SteveCoops]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

does anyone want me to do these tonight?

How many fronts can we have over the British Isles at once? Looks like snakes and ladders!

[Jason T]

Evening all, Hope everyone well. Has been raining ALL Bleedin day and still going. However could be worse.....If your James Madden..You should see the stick that guy is getting on twitter, Cant post comments in here...Way to graphic. Funny thing is he is still stating Tonight,Snow for the weekend onwards and that all output is not picking up the correct signals.

[Jax]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

does anyone want me to do these tonight?

Rain

 

there done :lol:

[john pike]

hi steve

 

thats the one

 

hi jax

Edited January 29, 2014 by john pike

[Eskimo]

My report on why we've been seeing such wet weather below!https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576774309081786&set=a.221519961273891.50855.221503444608876&type=1&theater

[anything-but]

My waterproofs burst their banks today!

 

Psuedo-winter can go royally do one from my perspective now, just give me slighty warmer and loads drier weather please!

[MAF]

Fitting wipers - Now that would be great and the sort of stupid experiment I would get up to in the shed. I used to wear contacts when I rode my motorbike on my commute everyday, but I think falling flat on my face when out jogging is much more healthy than wearing contacts

yep. if i was allowed my old "proper" drawing board in the house i would probably be knocking up a design or two

I might now be a systems engineer, network tech, and IT service engineer. but you can't take the old mech. eng. out of me

.....

 

Hope that makes sense, but basically surface lows tend to follow the upper flow, so on a 500mb/surface pressure chart, it follows the blues/purple colour contours which reperesent the 500mb geopotential height.

 

The block moving further away to the east in a nutshell why Friday/Sat low doesn't follow same route.

good man Nick! well explained. thanks

Edited January 29, 2014 by MAF

[john pike]

thanks nick

 

i am glad you worded that

[Alixzandra]

My report on why we've been seeing such wet weather below!https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=576774309081786&set=a.221519961273891.50855.221503444608876&type=1&theater

Read that earlier, was a useful informative and clear explanation. Thanks I needed that!

[Jax]

yep. if i was allowed my old "proper" drawing board

A big A0 one? with lamp on an arm? I had one of those (if you did) they was proper days thems was.

[JennyJane1]

still feeling lousy with cold/flu/chest infection. but walking dog in fresh air is ok if i take it slow. trouble is, walking slow just means we are out longer, and thus, getting soaked  more

Hope you feel better soon, just looked out and it seems it is not raining right now.Very very cold now.

 

Wonder if we will get snow overnight? I know its unlikely.I won't look for it in the middle of the night deliberately like i did last time, i'll just see what's there tomorrow.If anything.

 

I'm very very tired tonight so i might turn in quite soon.

[Jax]

Lurg is doing the rounds here too

[abruzzi spur]

Bit surprised to see that some posts have been deleted on this thread, I would have thought that we are not bad at self moderating and the ebb and flow, and range, on here is one of the things that makes it such a joy.

 

In case I'm wrong...

 

It's raining

 

AS

[fluid dynamic]

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

 

does anyone want me to do these tonight?

Yes please.

Well there's no point in me doing them

[legrandefromage]

Gills are coming on nicely. Born in Ely so already have the webbed feet

[SteveCoops]

Bit surprised to see that some posts have been deleted on this thread, I would have thought that we are not bad at self moderating and the ebb and flow, and range, on here is one of the things that makes it such a joy.

 

In case I'm wrong...

 

It's raining

 

AS

Yeah a couple weeks back for example there was not much weather talk at all in the SE thread for a couple days!

 

(Still raining here...10mm so far today)

[fluid dynamic]

yep. if i was allowed my old "proper" drawing board in the house i would probably be knocking up a design or two

I might now be a systems engineer, network tech, and IT service engineer. but you can't take the old mech. eng. out of me

 

I remember leaning over the A0 board too, in my yoof. I stayed in civils

 

Edit: its probably raining

Edited January 29, 2014 by fluid dynamic