Starting to look like if the cold from the east reaches us next week, which it may, it will soon get pushed back east again by the incessant and very annoying south westerlies who may just be taking a short breather.
A couple of days respite from rain and wind, although still very mild. Then a bit more interesting as we get to mid week, stormy again, and New Years' Eve. It does now seem, as you say Dave, that something notably colder is being flagged up as coming along into next week to begin January 2016 but considering how mild its been in December 2015 the "cold" will likely be just the normal expected conditions for early January. We wait to see.
I'd sure love to know just what the December rainfall totals are going to end up as in Cumbria. They must be astonishingly high, considering the new UK 24 hour record stands at an astounding 341.4mm at Honister, Cumbria.
I'd sure love to know just what the December rainfall totals are going to end up as in Cumbria. They must be astonishingly high, considering the new UK 24 hour record stands at an astounding 341.4mm at Honister, Cumbria.
Starting to look like if the cold from the east reaches us next week, which it may, it will soon get pushed back east again by the incessant and very annoying south westerlies who may just be taking a short breather.
The wind has changed direction here (Sussex). We now have a south easterly, and it feels much colder.
Weather here has been terrible all day. I keep an eye on a couple of the local weather stations at this time of year. Strongest gusts so far have been in the region of 64mph and the 10 min average is 47mph, but even the spray is causing problems. Churchill Barriers have been closed (this is Barrier 2 earlier today) and ferry services are being cancelled or delayed.
Factoring in wind chill, it's still incredibly mild. I'm still wearing a lot of summer clothes - only difference is I've added waterproof jacket and boots.
Starting to look like if the cold from the east reaches us next week, which it may, it will soon get pushed back east again by the incessant and very annoying south westerlies who may just be taking a short breather.
Storm Frank is shaping up to be the worst storm of winter so far.
It seems that naming these storms is getting negative comments now we have reached the 6th in barely 6 weeks or so. I must admit that when I first heard about the naming of UK storms I did think it was rather pointless and almost silly. I'm now coming around to the idea that its nothing more than some kind of dumbed down way of the Met Office interacting with the media, which love nothing more than to tag labels onto things, even a bit of wind and rain. I wonder if they will review doing it at some point? The mass end print media, Express, Mail, Mirror, Star & Sun certainly cannot be trusted to report impending potential weather stories in any kind of responsible and measured manner. It's nearly always 90% fantasy.
Storm Eva on Christmas Eve proved a damp squib that nothing much came of in the end. Of course if this had been one of those cold winters with a blocking high nearby we might have still been a long way off the arrival of the first named storm still.
We had a real wet Summer again. Think the patio furniture saw about 2 days of sun. 2014 we had a great summer but this year is a total washout. My lawn is a right mess. Moss everywhere. Totally waterlogged and muddy. Not worth trying to do anything with it because what's the point when we never have any decent days in which to enjoy it?
Just constant rain. Still, I look at the news and see all these poor flood victims and count my blessings.
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I'd sure love to know just what the December rainfall totals are going to end up as in Cumbria. They must be astonishingly high, considering the new UK 24 hour record stands at an astounding 341.4mm at Honister, Cumbria.
Shap statistics HERE.
The wind has changed direction here (Sussex). We now have a south easterly, and it feels much colder.
Factoring in wind chill, it's still incredibly mild. I'm still wearing a lot of summer clothes - only difference is I've added waterproof jacket and boots.
As far as I can tell, the worst bit is heading to the North West between Scotland and Iceland. Although it will be stormy everywhere.
It's supposed to snow on Thursday.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1451347200
Should be amber if you ask me.
It may well change as the storm system gets closer and they can predict its path more accurately.
Well it's gone up to 64mph gusts in Belfast now. That will wreck the place.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcey94cuf8hc#?fcTime=1451347200
It seems that naming these storms is getting negative comments now we have reached the 6th in barely 6 weeks or so. I must admit that when I first heard about the naming of UK storms I did think it was rather pointless and almost silly. I'm now coming around to the idea that its nothing more than some kind of dumbed down way of the Met Office interacting with the media, which love nothing more than to tag labels onto things, even a bit of wind and rain. I wonder if they will review doing it at some point? The mass end print media, Express, Mail, Mirror, Star & Sun certainly cannot be trusted to report impending potential weather stories in any kind of responsible and measured manner. It's nearly always 90% fantasy.
Storm Eva on Christmas Eve proved a damp squib that nothing much came of in the end. Of course if this had been one of those cold winters with a blocking high nearby we might have still been a long way off the arrival of the first named storm still.
They managed to pick a rocky cliff site that had year round average winds of 70mph (I think)
Only a few days weren't windy and maximums were 200mph
Half the group got stranded for an unplanned second year.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Born-Adventurer-Bickerton-Antarctic-Pioneer/dp/0750940123
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian_Antarctic_Expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Denison
Where are you? I'm only getting 40mph gusts so far.
https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/681908259020738560
That's just the twitter user's name. It's not from the actual BBC weather.
Eh? BBC Weather tweeted it. It's from them.
Love this explanation...
Alastair McCulloch @TheForestDeliCo 20m20 minutes ago
@bbcweather @smallholderadve It means an intensification in cyclonic activity. As someone said earlier, it means "chuffing windy & wet".
You're right - my bad
Just constant rain. Still, I look at the news and see all these poor flood victims and count my blessings.