Mullet
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Bloody miserable here in brentwood. 9 degrees and raining, but feels colder. Late November conditions persisting for what feels like an eternity!
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Personally, I'd swap a degree or two in max temps in exchange for a slightly cooler and brighter settled period at the moment.
While everything is sodden and the winds are up, it really negates the effect of any 'warmth' that might arrive relative to what we've endured lately.
Wish the jet stream would take the hint and naff off somewhere north of us. Preferably for about six or seven months.
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Another day, another wet and chilly mess.
Although I'm sure the statistics would contradict me, it does feel like the seasons are homogenising. Nine months of autumn and a few months with the odd warmer interlude seems far more common than before.
Even at long range, the outlook is more of the same. Thoroughly depressing, and at a time of year we should finally be feeling a lift from the winter gloom. Hard to appreciate the longer evenings and nature returning to life when it's like this.
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Vile again today. Even when we get a few dry days, the moment it rains the bog returns. We're saturated and will take a very long dry period to rectify it.
Trying to landscape my garden, and the sowing season for grass is upon us. Can't do anything with the soil and it's treacherous underfoot. Puddles everywhere.
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TwisterGirl81 Started promising, lovely morning, then went pear-shaped. Greyer than Paul Hollywood's barnet out there now, and pretty chilly with it.
If you do stumble across anything warm and dry, please direct it our way and I'll return the favour!
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Some budding now easily visible on the morning walk. Nice to see early signs of Spring edging in.
I get especially ****** off at this time of year, really fatigued with the lack of warmth, short days, damp etc. I don't mind March being a bit ropey, so long as it stays relatively dry and we get a bit of a warm and settled spell in April.
Being a fair-weather golfer, I think the local courses will need a good few weeks of drying out time to be playable this Spring!
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cheese I love a warm Spring but not too much, as I don't want to waste favorable conditions before the summer. Just can't bear 10 to 15 degrees all the way out to mid May.
I'm difficult to please! But yeah I'd gladly tolerate a cold March in return for a warm June or July.
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Talk of an SSW makes me shudder at this stage of winter.
All that really means to me is a potential cold spring with no warmth for weeks.
No thanks!
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The bottom line is I'm not sure we'll ever get to the point a day 10 or even a day 7 chart of any sort will offer much in the way of forecasting snow for our little strip of land, even with support of all the background signals.
Sometimes it'll upgrade, sometimes downgrade, but really it's like one of those cuddly toy crane games at the arcade. You only really know what's going to happen right at the end.
I'm disappointed by the prospect of rain returning rather than the cold not really delivering much.
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Apparently the odds of a white Christmas are shortening based on this morning's output...
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As much as I dislike prolonged "car-scraping events" getting me out of bed ten minutes earlier than usual, it's glorious out there this morning in the sun; just nice to finally lose the gloom.
Anticipating much hyperbole about digging our way out of 10-foot drifts over the coming days. I'm not rushing out advising the family to invest in the huskies just yet - maybe just a thick jumper and some de-icer for now until armageddon is modeled within 72 hours...
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1 hour ago, Hairy Celt said:
I heard Ben Rich mention 'Omega block' last night - what does this usually mean for UK weather in winter? I have a niggly memory of a very unpleasant cold, dry and gloomy spell many years ago where the only feature of interest was the increasing brown-ness of the sky with increasing air pollution....
I've seen many get excited over the prospect of an Omega Block in years gone by, as I think if the high sets up in the Atlantic it can mean Easterlies and uber-snow. I think it's two low-pressure systems flanking a blocking high, so I guess surface conditions depend on where it sets up? Your memory sounds like we were stuck under the high? I'm pretty rubbish with the science to be fair.
Hopefully we're not in for weeks of bone-chilling cold and snow. A quick drop of snow and a rapid thaw is my bag these days!
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17 minutes ago, JoeShmoe said:
i already cant wait for that, the older i get the more i dislike winter. at least the storms provide some interest else its mostly a depressing season
I second this - used to avidly watch the MoD thread for signs of wintry weather. Now I just sigh when I have to scrape the car off and put on an extra layer. I still like extremes of weather, but I also like them short and sweet these days - otherwise, it's just a nuisance.
Middle age has caught up with me! Early May to mid-August is my happy place these days.
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Quite pleased the comparisons to 62-3 in the long range came to nothing; why anyone would wish for that is beyond me.
I fully agree with previous comments about a cold spring. Nothing worse than emerging from winter into faux cold for weeks.
If an SSW were to occur this season it better be within the next month or so!
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The lovely weather to see out the first half of Autumn in my area has made a big difference as we slide into the gloomier, darker months. I think that's the last time I'll feel true warmth from the sun on my face for at least five months.
Although I enjoy a bit of extreme winter weather, aside from that I'm not a lover of short days. The alternating periods of gloom and scraping the car off really get to me come February. So very thankful for what we got after a poor second half of the summer.
A bit of a "nothing" period for me now weather-wise until we reach the end of the year, where hopefully we'll have a decent cold event to keep things interesting while we all sit indoors with the heating on!
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Ugh.
A desperately poor, gloomy Spring followed by the peak of summer being completely washed down the plughole. Honestly, it's felt like an entire year of Autumn here. It was actually far too cold to stand outside in a T-Shirt on my lunch break.... On the 2nd of August at 1pm!
Those long cold nights will be hard to bear coming off the back of this rubbish. Everything crossed for an Indian Summer now. We've got to get a decent break soon, surely!?
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Couple of claps here although they didn't show up on the radar I'm looking at.
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Sheet grey skies here and noticeable reduction in heat with an uptick in the breeze.
Enjoying my beer in the pub garden though, despite the rain knackering the cricket. Got a bonus free pint because a rogue parasol knocked my drink over.
Silver linings and all that.
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Might be in with a shout this afternoon round here.
As it's my choice being fathers day, think I'll nip to the local with a covered outdoor area, sink a pint or three and bounce between the radar and the cricket. Worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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Baking here in Chelmsford now with cloudless skies; would imagine Writtle will peak near 30 at some point this afternoon.
As much as the heat can get uncomfortable, there's something about a still, hot summer's day you can't beat!
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Now this is more like it!
Heat already building and a gentle breeze. Lovely. Paddling pool needs to be dug out today to keep the nippers cool and a gazebo on order.
After what felt like ten years of nippy winds off the North Sea, this is a great tonic.
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Another day, another gloomy, cold and damp mess.
Coat weather yesterday. Absolute guff for the time of year, and with the exception of a few sunny interludes this has been the most miserable Spring I can remember for a very, very long time down here.
I think this rivals the summer of 2021 for the sheer persistence of miserable conditions in my location.
Let's hope for something better from this summer!
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I'm trapped in the car outside my house in Chelmsford as the rain is too heavy to get out.
Incredible rainfall and pyrotechnics. Hail in the mix.
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Moans, ramps and banter
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I think the worst part of this is coming off the back of such a rotten run of weather, we really could've done with a nice bright and dry Spring. At this rate we'll be back into gloom in what will feel like a heartbeat.
Was watching a netflix series the other night based in Spain, and the evening scenes with the sound of crickets made me realise how much I loathe the British climate as I watched the rain pummeling the living room window!!