Jump to content
Will it snow? 7 day forecast Weather Radar Will it be cold?
Snow?
Local
Radar
Cold?

Steve C

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    5,274

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Steve C

  1. Steve C
    Heating will be off now till late in the Autumn, unless it becomes as cold as last Monday, or I have guests. Warm clothing for me now; my last power bill annoyed me.
  2. Steve C
    I've been researching the comet's location (as I'm having a really busy work day... ) The combination of the map shown in this BBC news story: http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-21701641 together with this sky map resource: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ (it's best to populate the 'horizon views' section with a latitude 51 or 52 degrees north and 0 degrees west or east, and a viewpoint of west remembering also to change the time to 19:30 or thereabouts this evening and updating the map) all means that it'll be a really hard spot. The comet will be very close to the horizon just as it gets dark and will 'set' shortly afterwards. With time it's position becomes more favourable for viewing, but the BBC article reads like it won't be visible without powerful instruments very shortly. I'll try and spot it tonight, but with the cloud cover forecast, I'm not hopeful. Oh well!
  3. Steve C
    Hi, I actually went to the Canary Islands ( a place called Costa Caleta in Fuerteventura) It was very pleasant (a range of 21C to 25C by day during the week, falling to 15-17C at night) with mostly sunny days. I must admit that the thought of coming back from that nice comfortable heat to the (imho) dross weather I was expecting, was not a good one. In reality though, the weather wasn't too bad when I landed yesterday morning.
  4. Steve C
    Neither, although I had a few pints of guinness yesterday. Just another boring work day here. I've been looking at the Hi Res model here and I'm trying to work out if the next two nights will be okay for comet spotting. These charts don't give me a lot of hope
  5. Steve C
    Morning all (or is it afternoon?) Fog burning off this morning created some quite stunning effects (if you were in another country and someone had told you it was the result of volcanic steam venting through the sub-surface, you'd have believed them) There would have been great photo opportunities; it's a pity I saw a lot of while enduring the tiresome commute.
  6. Steve C
    Well, I've made a decision tonight. When I'm home, from this Sunday (I'm currently in the Canary Islands) the heating is off till late next Autumn. Warm clothing will have to suffice... I had a horrendous energy bill at the end of February. For the 3 inches of snow I had for a day or two in January, this was absolutely not worth it, for me.
  7. Steve C
    I've thought that too (my thoughts based on material I've read) and (to me) it's a really unpleasant prospect.
  8. Steve C
    Message to TomSE20. I've tried to send a PM, but your inbox is apparently full. Just to say all my sincere best wishes!
  9. Steve C
    Agreed, as long as people stay in the forum after the wintry weather.
  10. Steve C
    Maybe we should organise a SE photography get together?
  11. Steve C
    I'll be in touch, as soon as I'm back from hols. The comet will be seen.
  12. Steve C
    Don't apologise K. The forum is overrun with snow aficianados, rather than weather aficianados at the moment. They also don't appreciate that cold 850 millibar level temperatures are very common in Spring - they help with the 'April showers' type scenario... Some pleasant Spring days are almost inevitably close now.
  13. Steve C
    Glad I'll be getting home to average tbh. I'm also glad my area didn't suffer the worst of the weather - I had minor concerns about frozen pipes. Totally looking forward to warmer weather now. Sick of having had my heating on so much recently / getting home from work to a cold house etc. The ironic thing is that I reckon I cope with being cold better than more than 95% of the population, easily. Maybe a freezing cold home in childhood winters has made me immune to a degree, but loathing of the situation.
  14. Steve C
    The weather is none too shabby here tbh. Will probably go out in an hour or so, for a beer, with shorts and T-shirt only.
  15. Steve C
    Not what I meant (I don't think )
  16. Steve C
    One word that I think of when seeing that chart begins with B... (or potentially)
  17. Steve C
    Lundi = Monday
  18. Steve C
    I'd guess Floaty is meaning her location, rather than the precipitation type, as Colchester is right on the margin on that chart.
  19. Steve C
    Well, I’m going to miss all this, as I’ll be in Fuerteventura by tomorrow evening. Normally I’d not be at all bothered, as I really don’t care for snow that melts almost as quickly as it falls, or just creates a slushy nuisance in no time; these conditions I’d normally associate with a March snowfall. However, the situation next week might end up being a once in a lifetime event for some of us for mid March, so maybe I’ll be on this forum next week in much warmer climes, contemplating a visit to the dentist, due to much gnashing of my teeth! Oh well, at least I'll be in an all inclusive place, so I can drown my sorrows!
  20. Steve C
    I'll wish you a happy birthday on April Fools' Day then.
  21. Steve C
    The March blizzard of 1891 was a candidate for the worst in recorded history in parts of the south of England - particularly the southwest.
  22. Steve C
    Crikey, they're still going then? Maybe death metal bands never truly die, but merely become undead.
  23. Steve C
    Getting away from the cold talk, for just a moment. Here's an article from the BBC site, about the comet. It includes a reasonably decent spotter map. http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-21701641 The fact it's appearing from now is undoubtedly because it is a portender of doom. The cold spell next week is no coincidence.
  24. Steve C
    Yep, one of the posters I look for, from a weather forecast perspective.
  25. Steve C
    Morning all. Quite a foggy, gloomy start to the day here. Now just awaiting the start of the rain... Quite an impressive local forecast for Monday on the BBC, for cold lovers. A maximum of 0C with a wind in excess of 20mph and no other factors, such as fog (obviously, given the windspeed) or snow cover to drive down the temperature. That's going to feel absolutely bitter! I don't think I can ever recall a forecast like that, so late in the year.
×
×
  • Create New...