[Saturday 19th November 2011 Weather & General Chat]

theres a bit of a story doing the rounds , it goes a bit like this , its been so mild for so long winter is bound to change things , my mother in law says that in her village people are stocking up on firewood and they are buying large bags of salt . it all could be true but as equally not . the weather today is absolute heaven , if anybody is interested theres some good web cams in winnipeg , and theres some good snow about , on some of the cams you can see the occasionall cyoti raiding the rubbish bins . last winter i watched a couple of cyotis having a bust up with a n east canadian wolf in the snow . if you just type in LIVE WINNIPEG WEBCAMS ON GOOGLE AND CLICK ON TOP SIGHT , BUT THERES 1000 S OUT THERE , ALL THE BEST LEGRITTER

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

certainly looking more interesting from mid week onwards . im tied up looking after older relative at the moment so cant spend too much time on computer , any how , a change looks on the cards , hope it takes us into winter , regards legritter .

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

just had a look again at johnholmes charts etc , yes todays generall patern was well forecast , cheers

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

i do apologise if im off topic , but just been up garden for my hourly fag . feels cold , a nice bright jupiter , ok its high pressure and the source is continental , but my question is , 10/15 days ago what was the predicted chart for about now ,im having problems with my old slow computer plus memory on computer is so slow , and if i push it it closes down .im hoping todays continental feed was not forecast back 10/15 days ago ,if this is the case we can look foreward with the hope that winter could be not fat away ,. regards legritter .

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

just would like to say a thank you to johnholmes for his input . im still working on my weather charts and R M Sc historical records to find out if theres any pointers to this winter , going by mild sep /oct nov , but as i said , there must be thousands of possible scenorios , this morning was a fresh one , a present from the continent . cant wait for tonights runs ,heres fingers crossed , regards legritter .

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

let the bartlet , plume . better a bartlet now than say dec or january ,lets all take a deep breath and say , we have got back to the winters of old , it can happen again this year , i think we just need to be patient . lets hope this winter throws up some good frontal events . as i said on my other post 12/14 weaks of possibilities , and even a couple of extra weeks for luck , lets hope we all get our wish ,. regards legritter

[Model Output Discussion - 14th - 20th November]

just had wisdom tooth out , just got back from dentist and decided to cheer myself up , had a quick look at charts 10 / 15 days out ,looking like its going too be hard to predict late november . some good cold coming for those moscovians , and also some canadian territories , lets hope some good cold gets bottled up , and we can tap into some . im currently studying some old charts from my library , looking at mild sep/ oct and nov to see what followed , not guaranteed to give us a clue but i will post if i think interesting , its going to be a painfull modell watch this winter i think, especially after last decembers dream synoptics , perhaps ecm is taking us towards something , next couple of days could tell . atleast we have 12/14 weeks to dream and hopefully get our wishes granted , cheers legritter

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

thanks LIAM J , I AM GOING TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THOSE CHARTS .

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

HOPE I AM REPLYING RIGHT , THANK YOU paceyboy for that information , regards legritter ,.

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

its FAR too early for anyone to get down and prozack feeling . hang on in there , the magical SNOW , STREAMERS , RUNNERS , SUB ZERO TEMP ,DREAM SYNOPTICS , WEATHER WARNINGS , LAMP POST WATCHING ,, STICKING YOURE HAND OUT THE BACK DOOR , WITH YOURE EYES CLOSED TO FEEL A SNOW FLAKE FALLING , WATCHING THE RADAR ,ETC ETC WILL SOON BE WITH US , .MOTHER NATURE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WAY UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE HELP OF THAT HUGE STAR , WHEN WE GET MORE DATA ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IM SURE THAT WITH EVEN MORE ADVANCED COMPUTERS AND SCIENCE WE WILL BE ALOT NEARER TO ACCURATE LONG RANGE FORECASTS ,,BUT WILL WE LIKE WHAT THEY FORECAST . HOW SAD IS IT FOR A YOUNG TEENAGER TO STAY UP TILL MIDNIGHT 33 .TO LISTEN TO THE WEATHER AND SHIPPING FORECAST ,WE HAD NO TELLY , THANK GOD I GOT INTO COMPUTERS 2 YRS AGO ,THERE ,S BEEN SOME GOOD WEATHER EVENTS IN THE NORTHERN HEM RECENTLY IM SURE OUR TURN WILL COME , I SPENT THE 9/22 OCT TOURING SCOTLAND WITH MY WIFE ,WE HAD A REAL MIXTURE OF WEATHER, ONE DAY LOOKING OVER TO SKY ,YOU COULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE IN GREECE ,VERY WARM BLUE SKY MAGICAL ,THE FOLLOWING DAY ON SKY ,TYPICAL AUTUMN . 5DAYS LATER TRAVELLING FROM THURSO TO PERTH WE TRAVELLED THROUGH WET SNOW ,BUT THEN RAIN AS WE DROPPED ALTITUDE / CAR NOT PLANE ,IM PRETTY CONFIDENT OF SOME COLD SHOTS THIS WINTER ,.COULD SOMEONE HELP ME OUT , MY COMPUTER IS OLD AND SLOW AND I KEEP LOSING DATA ,COULD YOU TELL ME THE SITE I THINK ITS GERMAN OR FRENCH THAT SHOWS OLD CHARTS GOING BACK YONKS CHEERS FELLOW MEMBERS ,

[Thursday 10th November 2011 Weather & General Chat]

evening all , just been sat outdoors admiring the moon and venus , im testing a battery operated temp gadget i was bought 10 yrs ago , which sends a sig to the house . temp about 12 c , if calibrated right , i would say wind about east , or slightly e/ se , very light .iv been doing some gardening today , must of cut off loads of rosebuds , they can drain a plant this time of year . lets hope we all get our wishes this winter / cheers legritter .

its legritter again , i said in my previouse post that i watched the moon and venus tonight ,, i meant moon and JUPITER im of to get my binoculars , cheers ,.

[The Winter 2011/12 Forecast Thread]

i expect that most of us are hoping for at least 5 weeks of dream charts this winter . at the moment im trying to stay focused on the good pointers . a gut feeling of something of worth this winter . what do i base my instincs on . firstly , many parts of south and other locations low on rainfall , could this be the winter of low pressure running across the south with fronts being squeezed dry . ok the last 3 winters have seen good snowfall for many but not all , look back in history , many good uns come in packs ,with atleast one with a good old high over scandy and lows a plenty over or to our south . although its been mild lately , none of those raging sw winds ,mild wet and v windy , theres a high close by im sure given time ,it will go north for its winter holiday .take a look around the northern hemisphere weather sites , some good cold starting to show up , als night sky a good ink black , when clear , i will also state that i think the met office are a level headed ,trustworthy , and very professional body . i had the great pleasure to be invited to the forecast office in bristol for 4 days in feb 1978 , the amount of dedicated work in trying to forecast a mayor snowstorm which dumped 30cms where i lived . plus blizzards .chart after chart ., phne call after phone call , contacting organisations , etc .i hope all our fellow members on NET WEATHER HAVE A GOOD WINTER / WHAT EVER YOU DREAM FOR THIS WINTER . CHEERS LEGRITTER / FROM A COLD FOGGY DRIZZLY WINSCOMBE , .

[Mist Around The Moon?]

i love it when we get a good halo in the winter during a good cold spell . i remember back in 81 / 82 we had a low coming in of the atlantic , it finished up moving east to our south / a cracking snowfall followed in somerset. the halo was very pronounced the night before , as the high level cloud arrived . lets hope its a winter of halo s, lunar and solar . cant wait for some action to start ,the weather and /FELLOW NET MEMBERS /CHEERS LETS HOPE WE ALL GET OUR FAVOURITE WEATHER , AT SOME STAGE THIS WINTER .

[Wales - Regional Weather Discussion]

hi to anyone about in wales , here at winscombe north somerset , we have just had about 5 min of torrential rain . yes iv noticed a couple of sites now starting to beef up the potential for later in nov , but i think its a case of , keep an eye on any cold building first to our far very far north east . theres some good early cold to the north of greenland , lets hope pressure falls over azores as well , regards legritter

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

chins up COLDIES / LAMP POST WATCHERS ETC i think we are in for an interesting 6 months . i am not forecasting a long harsh winter, but iv just had a look over the last couple of days at the northern hemis , interesting , some good night time lows , a good bit of early cold over far north and n/e of canada . when we had those mild mush years , late 80s till aprox 2008 . not much was happening in the far north during autumn , just spent 12 days in scotland and northern england sun 9th oct / sat 22nd oct , everything but the kitchen sink ,frost heavy rain , on the wed 12th oct in western scotland looking over to sky it was like being in greece , thurs and friday in sky was typical autumn , john o groats a bit windy , on the monday we travelled down to perth , chasing a weather front , we caught up with it a couple of hours before CAIRNGORMS we stoped the car whilst pretty high up ,had our hourly fag , it was very heavy rain ,within 2 min it turned sleety then wet snow ,we drove on for about 2 /3minutes and it started raining again .drove from perth to clamis on tue , and top of cairngorms snow covered , an early christmas present for me ,is the writing on the wall or will that swear word arrive soon .BAR---T AND ASSOCIATED LOW S/W OF ICELAND , IF IT IS GOING TO ARRIVE I HOPE ITS SOON , AND NOT IN OUR WINTER , LET IT COME QUICK AND GO QUICK M MY MOTH IN LAW AS JUST PHONED UP ABOUT ALL THE SNOW IN AMERICA , HAVE NOT WATCHED NEWS TODAY, AND COMP TOO SLOW , I HOPE WE ALL GET WHAT WE WANT ,CHEERS

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

just a quicky . just enjoyed 13 days of touring uk . sun 9th oct to friday 21 st oct . mostly scotland . wed 12th oct we travelled up west coast of scotland wester ross and the view across to sky was amazing , it was very warm ,blue sky blue sea . thurs friday was spent on sky ,overcast windy sat and sunday north of scotland , fantastic waves surfers .on monday we travelled down to perth ,wewent from heavy rain to SNOW yes SNOW . but it was very brief and almost sleet this was round about devils elbow mid afternoon , the following morning we drove to clamis castle . and in the distance on the high mountains we could see the snow topped peaks . on the way back we stopped at scarborough 2 days we had a hail shower . all in all weatherwise very interesting ,cheers legritter somerset

[1 Aug 2011 - Storm/convective Forecast, Discussion And Reports]

sun came out here about 1 30 pm ish ,we have a great big gurt ANTS GATHERING ON OUR PATIO , now that must be a good sign .just hoping tonights activity can kick in a little further east , but with all of us seeing some good activity for the rest of the week . just got a sneaky feeling things could be upgraded by tomorrow ,of course this is a changing situation as more atmospheric data is added . it would be nice to see most of the action during late evening , any cheers for now LEGRITTER NORTH SOMERSET . NEWS WEATHER JUST SAID COULD BE SOME LOCAL DOWNPOURS ,

[UK convective general discussion and forecasts]

lets hope we all see something next week . with current set up i think we are going to have to wait till late sun charts before we get a 50,percent idea on areas most prone . it could be a case of local home grown beasts on tuesday , with french inports late tues wed . a low could form and stall , somewhere over southern counties later . there could be severall e locations that get a good hit , but we are talking about 50,000 sq miles with this being a possibility at the moment , i hope all those that have missed out so far this year , get a good hammering . i just hate this damp drab crabby , grey blanket , BRING ON THE BRANDSTORMS . REGARDS LEGRITTER MENDIPS .

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

just had a very hvy shower 9 10 pm ,and i think the latest time 9 16 pm iv seen a rainbow although very dim . looking forward to wednesdays weather could be interesting , going in the kitchen for a coffee now as its me birthday and no beer . regards legritter north somerset .

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

THANK YOU MILHOUSE FOR MODEL INFORMATION . I AM LOOKING FOREWARD TO MON TUES WEATHER ACTION , I HOPE PLENTY OF US SEE SOME ACTION

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

PLEASE COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE TO CLICK FOR LATEST MODELS , AS WHERE I USUALLY CLICK IS FOR POLLEN FORECAST , SORRY FOR SOUNDING SO THICK

[Today's Weather And General Chat]

evening all , just came in from patio , i only smoke outdoors , been sat reading with snow light on ,. 500 watt halogen light i watch those snow flakes fall by . whats going on i had a thick coat on ,its drizzly a little and cold . 3 weeks ago i was sat out in a tea shirt . i am pretty sure we will get some realy high temp this summer but i it will be a mixed one . i think whats being forecast in the media and on here will happen ,, but i think the computers are seeing what will happen about a week from now ,lasting about 2 ,3 weeks ,beyond that , it could go anyway . cheers all , legritter , north summerset .

[Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion]

i am not sure if i am posting this right but thanks to PHELPSY AND JANE LOUISE FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION , IM NEWISH TO COMPUTER . I EXPECT YOUR MAMMATUS CLOUD WAS THE LEFTOVERS OF THUNDER ACTIVITY FURTHER SOUTH , JUST DOWN DRAUGHTS , TOMORROW COULD BE INTERESTING FOR GLOS AREA , ESPECIALLY IF TEMP OVERNIGHT DROPS , THEN SUN POPS OUT PLUS TROUGH PLUS A BIT OF LIFT , AND YOU ARE NEARER THE LOW PRESSURE . BEST OF LUCK ,

[Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion]

well about 30 40 mins ago we had torrential rain shower, but i was on the edge of it. Sun to the west storm to the east. No thunder heard but was treated to a double beautiful bright Rainbow. As it passed over i was treated to a beautiful display of mammatus which was quite bulgy and heavy looking. It was also glowing orange from the setting sun. Simply stunning! I am easily please even though had no T/L.

[Convective / Storm Chat And Discussion]

even all . we had some good lightning on fri night in north somerset , a couple of forks and some sheet lightning but most of it was out over bristol channel . last night one rumble about 4am this morning when my wife came home from work . i did not expect anything exciting today . started my wifes food about 5 30 pm today , sky almost clear , i had back door open because our smoke alarm is delicate ,about 5 20 pm our garden furniture , light plastic took off,it then went quiet till about 6 20 pm . the wind blew up very gusty ,within 2 min it was sheeting it down with rain after about 5 min the rain eased and small hail started for about a couple of mins or so . it then chucked it down with rain again for 10 min but with brilliant sunshine , we must have been on the edge of the storm . therefollowed a bright rainbow , and to my right , a brilliant flash followed by severall loud rumbles .whilst all this was going on our local perigrin must have been out hunting , it returned with a kill just as the storm moved away towards the north east . mother nature is so amazing . any body about in glos area , i noticed about half an hour or so the bright colours moved through your area , any body further n east experiance any thing of note .i only use rain today so i am limited , plus my computer is a cart horse , when i get a new comp i will get NW radar . regards legritter n somerset