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13 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:
14.5c outside!!...this month in general seems to have got milder as it goes on, either way it won't be remembered for anything but gloom, rain with a bit of wind!
& some stunning awe inspiring spectacular Polar Stratospheric Clouds,
from a glass half full perspective
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8 minutes ago, cheese said:
Wouldn’t be surprised if we never saw record breaking cold again in the UK.
Might as well embrace the change and plant a load of palm trees. Add a bit of greenery to an otherwise dull winter landscape!
Whilst outside bush cutting yesterday, I seriously considered adding a touch of Topiary to one of the bushes , which would be perfect for carving out a green Snowman
Something along the lines of:
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Impressive .. according to Simon King 15.5c is the all time record for England on Christmas Eve, & Wales 15c
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3 hours ago, Malarky said:
We had the most amazing experience driving from Norfolk to Nottinghamshire this evening.
The following photos were taken from the front passenger seat and are straight out of the camera, no edits.
IMG_0226.dng 15.26 MB · 11 downloads IMG_0230.dng 12.59 MB · 0 downloads IMG_0219.dng 14.24 MB · 2 downloads
Malarky's epic pics
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7 minutes ago, Premiere Neige said:
I'm in South Yorkshire. This morning I was getting the kids ready for school (hence no photos and I'm kicking myself)......from the kitchen window my 6 year old son spotted what turned out to be 2 rectangular areas of blue sky in an otherwise grey sky. Where the grey sky met the blue sky on each of the 4 sides of these rectangular areas was like looking at a rainbow. I wish I'd got a photo as my description is awful and it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen but the kids were driving me mad!
They were kind of like 2 rectangle shaped "hole punch" clouds with rainbow colours around the edge.
Still potential tomorrow
My lad managed a couple of pics on the way back home on the school run - A55 Isle of Anglesey, Looking West
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2 hours ago, Tommytomtom said:
Leicestershire this afternoon. What causes it?
Amazing pics
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9 hours ago, Row w said:
Much better photo once the clouds cleared.
& the reasoning behind these amazing clouds, courtesy of Jo Farrow
Managed to see them on the school run too , this afternoon though on my way down and back up the A55 to pick up my lad.
https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/9319-what-is-so-special-about-nacreous-clouds--mother-of-pearl-polar-stratospheric-clouds
At present we have -70c to -80c 10hpA Stratosphere Temp over the UK coupled with a very turbulent W-NW flow thanks to Storm Pia
Up stream of me are the mountains of Mourne NI, and for you Row , Snowdonia , if I read Jo's blog correctly
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18 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:
This is quite the storm ... The neighbours bin has just blown down the street
I was going to say "shame on the neighbour" but I'd be dropping into hypocritical mode, even though I am battened down well in advance of high wind forecasts , I heard a clattering outside , noting my stacker recycling boxes had become loose and the top stacker had managed to free itself from the stack and was blowing up the cul-de-sac ....lol // oops
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4 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:
115mph is the current top gust at Cairngorm Summit
I cannot recall a recent week where CGS has not recorded 100mph+ , probably one of the most windiest places on earth
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1 hour ago, Fiona Robertson said:
BBC began a "Live" coverage of Pia on their web site. It began at 9.13 this morning. Travel is being advised against, not because of any Met Office warning but because of the impacts which have already happened. Pia is sitting just of the west coast of Norway,funneling NW winds down the North Sea. Complicating this is a system in the Atlantic with winds adding to the Pia winds.
Yes quite a noteworthy pressure differential between the ridged Azores High to the SW and Pia
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7 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:
Something wrong with the warning matrix.This is what I get when I hover over the red warning. Every single column is "low impact".
Hi Fiona , hovering over any of the matrix squares will just report the current warning in place .. the "ticked" one
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I remember well Storm Kyrill Jan 18 2007 , possible Sting Jet, the West to WNW flow was up around 85kts NW England , carnage on the M6 Thelwall Viaduct
The flow tomorrow looks to be WNW at its peak around day break / rush hour, the further northeast you go the stronger the wind flow , and will be veering more NW'ly as the morning passes , slowly easing off
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1 minute ago, Ross90 said:
To be fair that's mostly down to the fact that there are more southern members. How many active Scottish members do we have... 20 - 30 maybe?
Yes of course that would be the case mate .. I did n't want to state the obvious
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21 minutes ago, Glaswegianblizzard said:
Well I’m glad that Denmark is taking it seriously enough, just a shame the the UK Met Office - and the last I checked Scotland is still part of the UK - don’t seem especially interested.
This is a very bizarre response given that many organisations responsible for infrastructure in Scotland are pretty much on high alert over the next few days. Surely they’re not overplaying it?You’d think the met office would also play a part in warning the public.
If a storm was going to bring winds of upto 80mph to England, you could be sure they’d have named it. I can see an inquest being held in a few days time over this.
There does appear to be a "bias" towards England / Wales in that regard
, even here on the Netweather Community, looking at the number of topic pages and responses to the recent named Storms , noting Storm Ciaran - 68 Pages , Debi made 5 Pages
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This required a second read and validation against the 06z Fax Charts
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Quite a clear demarcation between clear air heading in and the cloud & rain frontal zone to the south east
First blue sky I have seen for an age
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Bit of a soaker heading in , you have to laugh really
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44 minutes ago, WYorksWeather said:
Same view of the storm from UKV but in numerical form from TWO:
Too early to discuss potential impact locations but that does have named storm potential.
Similar from the 12z ECM & GFS but the flow not quite as amplified as the UKV, we'll see what the Marine Extended Outlook has to say about this at 2300hrs
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19 minutes ago, DaveF said:
This looks really nasty:
Indeed Dave , one to keep a close eye on as we roll into Thursday morning, UKV has this LP dialled right up atm
Massive is the pressure differential between HP to our SW at 1045mb and nasty LP tacking SE across the north eastern tip of Scotland at circa 970MB
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Not often Tomasz drops a clanger
"Storm Franklin" err that was Feb 2022 pal when the UK go hit by 3 named storms within a 7 day period .. Dudley . Eunice and Franklin
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3 hours ago, TwisterGirl81 said:
It’s been fairly sunny here and felt mild at 15c/61f
is that 15c/59f or 16c/61f
That old "C vs F" again
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55 minutes ago, Summer8906 said:
We're on "F" already? Thought the last one was Debi.
Also wasn't aware any of the current lows were being named. The Met Office obviously aren't making a big thing of them.
Met Eireann naming mate .. ahead of the curve .. Yesterdays Storm was Elin , this evening and overnight is Fergus
Kicking in now here with violent gusts up around 60mph , conservatory roof banging away as is does with "named Storms" , accompanied by high pitch banshee'eque screeching when the big gusts hit.
Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion
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Stunning .. one of the most awe inspiring, weather related moments of Dec-23
Strato aint done yet either .. -80c as documented appears to be the optimum 10hPa Temp for PSC formation , many spots around the UK have seen PSC with 10hPa temps higher ("warmer") than -80c .. if we cannot hunt cold and snow atm, then the PSC hunt is on