South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[jtay]

 *Stormforce~beka* Looks like a granny bonnet, so a friend.

[Dorsetbred]

 *Stormforce~beka* Don't you mean "weed or NO?"

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Dorsetbred I did for a couple of hours 

[dr weather]

 jtay Was just up the road from you but missed all the sun as was stuck in Southmead Hospital all afternoon!

[Andy Bown]

The second weekend in a row with most of the rain overnight. Very fortunate timing! And a very pleasant afternoon outside. 

[jtay]

 dr weather Oh dear, unless you're a doctor of course.

I thought the trails through the Blaise estate were great and we got to drive over Clifton Suspension bridge.

Only just getting home now. Been a long day.

Edited March 17 by jtay

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 dr weather Everything ok sweet?!

[dr weather]

 jtay Yes, Blaise Castle is a hidden gem.

[dr weather]

 *Stormforce~beka* I was just in and out for a skin cancer operation. Sounds serious but isn't really. Just the type that can't spread. I grew up in the Channel Islands and got way too much sun as a kid. So I've been having various ops like this since around 2007. Most have been preventative (i.e. just removing suspicious moles) but a small amount were actual cancers. 

Advice to younger people on here: use sun screen!

[jtay]

 dr weather Just like the Baz Luhrmann track from the nineties.

Chance would be a fine thing, this year.

Edited March 18 by jtay

[Andy Bown]

Err why is it raining and developing heavier overhead!? 

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, another one of those bits of everything days, with rain earlier this morning here and showers around. Some sunshine and a fair amount of Broken clouds at a height of 1700 ft. The overnight low of 8.3°C at: 04:55 has made it up to 12.7°C, RH90% and a light breeze from the SW, pushing the showers through.

On Golden sands looking fairly gloomy out over the channel

 

[Andy Bown]

Sorry if I seemed annoyed. It’s simply that we cannot even achieve a dry day! Fine, pleasant afternoon now though.
 

Looking at the radar from all morning until now perhaps there’s a weak front/trough moving slowly East. Pretty standard really ! 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 dr weather Yea I'm more into suncream now than I was! I mostly forget when going in the garden - gardening rather than sunbathing! It all needs cream regardless of the reason. My mil has S Cancer on her nose

[Bobd29]

Agree Beka, I’ve had 6 ops since October with another on my neck scheduled…really hope that’s the last! Still love the sun but wife says I’ve got to be sensible now.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Bobd29 She's right. I'm a fine one to talk ... 

[Alderc 2.0]

Yet another grim, damp and gloomy morning. This March turning out as rotten as last years. 

[jtay]

Another wet walk this morning.

Yesterday was off and on drizzle/rain, when it was forecast to be decent, so didn't get as much done as planned.

The rest of the week is forecast to be a gloom fest.

[Rich_Clements]

Morning All,

 

A drizzle-fest on the way into work this morning

 

 

[Andy Bown]

What are the Met Office on!?

is it really going to turn foggy this afternoon? It is barely ever still foggy at 14.00/15.00 even under a midwinter anticyclone!

[AWD]

I know it’s not Warminster but not a million miles away.  Over the Mendips it’s quite often been foggy in mid afternoon over the last few weeks.

Driving along Old Frome Road as been a typical hotspot for lingering fog, at times surprisingly dense too.  Cranmore another hotspot.

[Dorsetbred]

3 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

is it really going to turn foggy this afternoon? It is barely ever still foggy at 14.00/15.00 even under a midwinter anticyclone!

Well at least it'll be different (If it did happen) to the rest of the week.

[dr weather]

Broken sunshine here through the morning but nothing to get too excited about. The cloud is gradually winning the battle.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, and overcast and drizzly morning, after the overnight low of 9.8°C at: 08:03, currently 10.4°C, RH97% and a light breeze in form the WSW.

From Above, the clearer conditions to the north are visible

Meanwhile on Golden sands, plenty of mizzle

 

[jtay]

Just switched my meto to use the new trial data.

Might as well. Can't be any worse.