SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards

[Ben Lewis]

@Surrey Reminds me of the 90s windy days! Before social media, before naming of storms, before tweets. 

When a windy day was just a windy day and people got on with their day, perhaps a little nudge to a work colleague or school mates 'cor it's a bit windy out there' 

Those were the days before this naming of storms hype and social media frenzy! 

 

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1 hour ago, Ben Lewis said:

@Surrey Reminds me of the 90s windy days! Before social media, before naming of storms, before tweets. 

When a windy day was just a windy day and people got on with their day, perhaps a little nudge to a work colleague or school mates 'cor it's a bit windy out there' 

Those were the days before this naming of storms hype and social media frenzy! 

 

Very true, seems without the media hype we get on with it 

[Crepuscular Ray]

Agreed. It is ridiculous that for sustained wind speeds of 16 mph, and possible gusts of up to 41 mph (that in a very short window out of the episode, mostly it's predicted gusts of up to 31 mph), London is under a yellow weather warning for the next couple of days. Even sustained wind speeds of 31 mph shouldn't merit a shock horror warning.

[Lauren]

3 hours ago, Ben Lewis said:

@Surrey Reminds me of the 90s windy days! Before social media, before naming of storms, before tweets. 

When a windy day was just a windy day and people got on with their day, perhaps a little nudge to a work colleague or school mates 'cor it's a bit windy out there' 

Those were the days before this naming of storms hype and social media frenzy! 

 

Exactly. It's blustery. A typical autumn/winter windy day. Nothing to see here.

[Kent Blizzard]

6 hours ago, lassie23 said:

SLEET SUCKS

Sleet might suck but how many times a year do you get to even witness sleet? If we get cold, if we get rain and if we get a cold wind I'd rather see sleet than the normal rain/drizzle and nothing else..... Maybe I'm not normal 

[bluebell]

2 minutes ago, Kent Blizzard said:

Sleet might suck but how many times a year do you get to even witness sleet? If we get cold, if we get rain and if we get a cold wind I'd rather see sleet than the normal rain/drizzle and nothing else..... Maybe I'm not normal 

No I’m with you on this one, let’s face it sleet is a step nearer to snow, I recognise that this also means it’s a step nearer rain also, but optimism is the name of the game here?!! 

It’s been a long road to proper cold and chance of snow ⛄️, I’m grabbing this current crumb of hope with full knowledge of emotional trauma when it all goes tits up!! 

[stainesbloke]

36 minutes ago, Kent Blizzard said:

Sleet might suck but how many times a year do you get to even witness sleet? If we get cold, if we get rain and if we get a cold wind I'd rather see sleet than the normal rain/drizzle and nothing else..... Maybe I'm not normal 

Fair enough. Just don't want to be out in it, horrible stuff. Sleet turning to snow...more interesting  Anything other than the dreaded 'snow turning to rain'....ultimate knife in the heart lol 

Edited November 21, 2017 by stainesbloke

[lassie23]

very windy out today, but warm with it. Anyone fancy clearing the leaves from my garden

[Kent Blizzard]

1 hour ago, lassie23 said:

very windy out today, but warm with it. Anyone fancy clearing the leaves from my garden

I was just looking out the office window thinking today/tonight will certainly help to clear the remaining leaves from the trees. 

Edited November 22, 2017 by Kent Blizzard

[Kent Blizzard]

I always find Wednesday a great day for model watching, no real reason why apart from I find it's often the make or break day for the weekend and the start of the following week, some of the best weather events have always started to show on the models on a Wednesday.

..Or it might be because we can start to safely say what the weekend will throw at us 

Gfs shows interest for early next week for us rather than the weekend...the joy of chasing that weather train 

Edited November 22, 2017 by Kent Blizzard

[Dami]

It's windy, I hate wind.

[Blessed Weather]

Great day here! Almost unbroken sunshine and temp up to 15.3C. OK, it's a tad breezy - had a gust of 39mph at 11.02 - but I don't mind that, it made this morning's walk more interesting with trees swaying and leaves flying about. Invigorating!!

11.30

[Daniel*]

24 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Great day here! Almost unbroken sunshine and temp up to 15.3C. OK, it's a tad breezy - had a gust of 39mph at 11.02 - but I don't mind that, it made this morning's walk more interesting with trees swaying and leaves flying about. Invigorating!!

11.30

It was absolutely beautiful up to half a hour ago very springlike, it seems warm to me, since then things have taken a turn for the worse, not only my cold, thick cloud enveloping the skies now.

[Blessed Weather]

18 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

It was absolutely beautiful up to half a hour ago very springlike, it seems warm to me, since then things have taken a turn for the worse, not only my cold, thick cloud enveloping the skies now.

Sorry to hear about your cold Daniel - hope it clears soon. What we need is some extremely cold weather to kill all these damn bugs off!!

[Daniel*]

28 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Sorry to hear about your cold Daniel - hope it clears soon. What we need is some extremely cold weather to kill all these damn bugs off!!

You aren't wrong there lol, frigid, bone chilling temperatures are what the doctor ordered  perhaps it will drive the cold out of me..perhaps I'll treat myself to a hot curry tonight.  

Edited November 22, 2017 by Daniel*

[Methuselah]

1 minute ago, Daniel* said:

You aren't wrong there lol, frigid, bone chilling temperatures are what the doctor ordered  perhaps it will drive the cold out of me..perhaps I'll treat myself to a hot curry tonight.  

If only, Daniel...viruses survive the environment better (worse for us) when cold and dry conditions prevail. Hence colds and flu spread like wildfire in cold and/or dry conditions...

[Dami]

should of worn a hat. But hey.

[Blazerblue]

Driving up the A12 before lunch and it’s raining leaves, don’t think they’ll be any left by the morning.

[Katrine Basso]

The day started lovely with bright sunshine and scattered clouds but quickly disappeared as the wind became stronger and the cloud cover gaining through the morning until the early afternoon. 

 

 

 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Cloudy here now after a bright morning.

[Daniel*]

2 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

If only, Daniel...viruses survive the environment better (worse for us) when cold and dry conditions prevail. Hence colds and flu spread like wildfire in cold and/or dry conditions...

I do know that! I have a feeling it is going to be a bad flu season, the last few winters especially that hellish 13/14 our underfunded, struggling, health service has avoided the pressures of a big winter flu outbreak.  

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Strongest of the winds still out west, max gust so far 74mph.. 

Strongest of the winds after 9pm

[Daniel*]

Funny weather this is.

Edited November 22, 2017 by Daniel*

[Flaked Queen]

Across the road they are hanging their Christmas decs ( always a lovely display in memory of their son ) but I fear they will have to abandon it as the wind keeps swinging the decs about ... took them a hot cuppa and asked if they need help but they also agreed today is not the best day to do it .... Santa is just swinging about hope he lasts the night ! 

[Dami]

Blowy, mild, a spot of rain in the air, my hat stayed on.

Getting dark now.

#boringpost