South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat, 4th July and Onwards...

[jaz]

Long time lurker here,

Usually to be found at home in Pensford north Somerset but had to get away from the endless grey sky's,

Lucky enough to fly down to the Caribbean on Monday and was gobsmacked to find total cloud cover from Anglesey until well southwest of the Bahamas!!!! Thats 3500 plus nautical miles without even a tiny break in the clouds,and i was looking!! is that unusual?? The last five hundred miles before the cloud broke, they were solid to 40000' that seems like one hell of a cauldron of convection.

Hopefully the monotony will break soon but im not holding my breath....

Jaz

[knocker]

Cloudy but quite pleasant. Temp 12C and zephyr from the south west. The range of temps this morning.

 

[Mapantz]

Mild, calm and cloudy.

Temp: 12.9 °C - Hum: 85% - Bar: 1018.17 hPa - Wind: Light air 1-2mph,  SW/SSW.

Some December stats from here, crazy average temp!

[knocker]

Quite pleasant here at the moment although mainly cloudy with Ci and Cu. Temp 11C.

[jtay]

Rolling back the weeks here...sat in the garden in a jersey, with a beer; having just cut the grass. Bit of brightness in the distance.

 

 

[knocker]

Cloudy with intermittent slight rain, Temp 10C and the wind SSE17mph.

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' all

 9.1 °C 

RH 88%

1010.4mb falling slowly

Wind 6.2mph SE

Conditions: Dry & overcast, and breezy.

[knocker]

Just got caught in a spell of moderate rain, probably the passage of the front.

[fromey]

just seen a quote from Fergie and its grim reading!!

"strong signal for generally above average temps continues into early Jan, with higher pressure into S UK poss to mid month"

"V mild conditions develop later this week, returning closer to average leading to xmas,(w windy spells); no sign colder weather "

not want you want to hear from a professional forecaster, he must be pretty certain to put that out there

 

fromey

 

[fromey]

 

 

[Andy Bown]

Lowest max of the month so far today at a bone chilling 10.3c .

A mostly fine day too with some hazy sunshine this morning and for an hour this afternoon, a band of moderate rain for a few hours in between. Tomorrow looks set to be a repeat performance but probably a degree or 2 higher.

[The Enforcer]

7 hours ago, fromey said:

"strong signal for generally above average temps continues into early Jan, with higher pressure into S UK poss to mid month"

"V mild conditions develop later this week, returning closer to average leading to xmas,(w windy spells); no sign colder weather "

not want you want to hear from a professional forecaster, he must be pretty certain to put that out there

The second sentence is a reasonable prediction based on the current output, but there has to be low confidence in the first sentence, given that it's T+432 at the earliest.

Edited December 14, 2015 by The Enforcer

[fromey]

14 minutes ago, The Enforcer said:

The second sentence is a reasonable prediction based on the current output, but there has to be low confidence in the first sentence, given that it's T+432 at the earliest.

Oh god I really hope so!

 

fromey

[Evening thunder]

Just looked at the Met Office forecast for Exeter and on Wednesday night the minimum, yes minimum temperature is forecast to be 14C..
 

5 hours ago, fromey said:

 

 

Lol, reminds me of this 


Just change summer to winter, and Spain to Lapland or somewhere.

[fromey]

1 hour ago, Evening thunder said:

Just looked at the Met Office forecast for Exeter and on Wednesday night the minimum, yes minimum temperature is forecast to be 14C..
 

Lol, reminds me of this 


Just change summer to winter, and Spain to Lapland or somewhere.

I just wish there was some hope in the output 

fromey 

[knocker]

Mild cloudy morning. Temp 12C and a southerly breeze.

 

[Dorsetbred]

11 hours ago, fromey said:

I just wish there was some hope in the output 

fromey 

There is "hope". Think of the pensioners, who might be smitten with cold, and germs, unable to fight the cold. Those that have no where to live, there is hope.

Even the power generating companies are holding out for hope, as  they see their revenues (& profits fall) as El Nino, eats away at their decreasing inputs. Sadly I suppose that means the prices will ramp again next year to compensate

As for cold for us southerners, 'hope' is a great ale served by many pubs, so there's always 'hope'.

(PS. No micky taking or poking fun at your comment was intended, the weather bares the brunt of our frustration.)

Edited December 15, 2015 by Dorsetbred

[Rich_Clements]

I'm really wrestling with my thoughts over this mild period, I want a cold snap but am enjoying the fact I don't have the heating on therefore saving money. It is getting a little groundhog day with this grey damp mild weather.

 

 

Dear Santa............

[Barbel]

Looking the radar and what's tracking off the Atlantic and channel, going to get hammered here for a good few hours from mid morning. Def flooding event IMHO.

[MP-R]

1 hour ago, Rich_Clements said:

I'm really wrestling with my thoughts over this mild period, I want a cold snap but am enjoying the fact I don't have the heating on therefore saving money. It is getting a little groundhog day with this grey damp mild weather.

Dear Santa............

Get the sun out and lose the rain/wind then we're talking. Still need the heating on to dry clothes in my house unfortunately. Plus, no warming in the house from any sunshine. Sadly, we need the lights on longer with such dull weather persisting. Bring back the cold sunshine from whichever winter that was!

[knocker]

Weather going downhill rapidly with St and moderate rain. Wind SSE gusting 35mph

[Wynn D Woo]

More of the same dull, grey and damp weather - only a curmudgeon could enjoy this.

[Mapantz]

Overcast, damp and mild.

1.8mm of drizzle this morning, more on the way soon.

Temp: 12.1°C - Hum: 92% - Bar: 1014.11hPa - Wind: S/SE 10mph.

 

 

Edited December 15, 2015 by Mapantz

[Nights King]

What an awful start to winter I really hope this changes as it is starting to feel like 90's all over again 

[Andy Bown]

A very gloomy and now very wet afternoon after a dry morning,

15 days in and 15 with double figures ; I know it's happening widely in the Southern third of the UK but that really is remarkable and we can be certain of it becoming 20 out of 20 by Sunday with the added double figure 'mins' too.