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4 hours ago, Ed Stone said:
Either the heat or the vodka is addling my brain. Is the toilet hippo any better than 1976's toilet brick?
And don't forget the ladybird plague:
I remember the ladybirds as a kid when we went to Cleethorpes in 1976. You were literally walking on a carpet of them on the promenade. Millions upon millions of them.
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Front drifting through in Northants now. Temp still about 30 but gone really still and quite oppressive.
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Gone quiet again here . Just for now hopefully
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Can see the top of the approaching cell now even in the dark. Keeps lighting up . It’s gorgeous
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2 minutes ago, sheikhy said:
Hopefully shall start seeing flashes from.that oxford cell here in leicester soon!!rugby is not to far away from here!!
I’m close to Rugby. Starting to see the flashes from the cell south of us now.
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5 hours ago, Snowyowl9 said:
I can`t see nothing fantistic in the models at all stuck in a rut but this week a sort of relief,need much more rainfall than what we`re getting though or else we`re in trouble,never thought I`d say that.
There is no water shortage. There is more than enough in reserve. Stop fretting.
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Paying attention to Tamarras posts has kept me nicely relaxed these last two weeks.
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9 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:
I think the 'breakdown' post day 7 is being vastly exaggerated...a few days or so of Tm air and then somewhat cooler Pm air in the mix and possibly some rainfall particularly the further north and west you are. I can just see this being a minor fly in the ointment of the very warm and dry conditions continuing.
I’m inclined to agree after paying attention to Tamaras posts recently.
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1976 was the best by a mile for me. I was 8 yrs old. It just went on for ever and ever. Playing out every day of the holidays. If this current summer lasts well into August with no rain it could compare.
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2 minutes ago, MattStoke said:
Yeah. A good few inches. It has been very consistent.
Just seen the BBC Midlands Today forecast. 2-5 cm widely. I would take the 2 cm at this stage. Been such a disapppointing and frustrating week for snow here.
See that area just northwest of Northampton that keeps breaking up even though it’s pink all around? Guess where I am!
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16 minutes ago, Paul_1978 said:
Whilst watching the model output in the next few days, it would be worth bearing in mind John Hammond's updated Blog, updated sections in bold published this morning.
https://weathertrending.com/2017/12/08/on-the-horizon/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Thanks Paul
interesting times indeed.
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It came through here as snow start to finish and i'm only half a mile from the river Avon so i'm not high up. Reckon you could get a result down there whoever catches it.
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Tidy streamer producing to the west of Brum. Interested to see if that batch moving south intensifies over the Irish sea where the streamer is originating from before it moves towards us.
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The band has pepped up as its arrived here. snowing quite heavily which is happy days as i didn't think it would reach this far.
Northampton might just catch this downstream.
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Still massive uncertainty in the models, but there still doesn't look to be any obvious route to a proper cold/snowy set-up for UK!
I still believe that we will be 'stuck' in this West to East flow TM/PM mild/cool for many weeks to come!
This type of set-up always seems so difficult to shift.
Indications that the PV may become more organised over NE Canada and the absence of any deep cold over NW Europe only makes the situation worse.
Almost 1/3 into the season and I'm fearing the worst for this winter!
Keep the faith buddy.
Big events in winter tend to appear out of the blue anyway. Being relatively rare occurrancies I feel the models have real difficulty predicting them with so little historical information available. Take the two biggies for example 47 /63, they were hardly postcarded that they were coming. Anything can happen and probably will. Law of averages says a big one will occur again, but when is anybodys guess.
Anytime soon would be bonza. lol.
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It amazes me how some people get so worked up over something we cannot change. The hand wringing concern for the human and environmental effects of a cold march. Certain posts implying we should all be taking a moment to feel for those affected by showing our dismay at natures ability to bit us on the axxe whenever it feels like it.
Yes, the current conditions will cause tragedy which is sad. However to spin the coin the other way , should we consider, for example , heaping criticism on any person looking longingly in a car showroom to buy a machine that is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people every year.
We don't just want one but we secretly want the fastest ( well most of us do ) . The more extreme version of what is available.
It's a fascination of experiencing the extreme.
Lets be honest , how many of us were glued to the coverage of the Japan tsunami . Watching a situation where tens of thousands lost their lives but unable to resist the fascination of seeing nature at its most awe inspiring.
It was horrible but you just had to watch it because underneath you wanted to experience what is possible.
Sorry if I rambled on but can you see what I'm getting at.
We love extremes, something we cannot create ourselves. Something that triggers our fascination that is way beyond the norm.
That's what the majority on these forums are after and an opportunity to share it with like minded people.
Personally I'm loving it and if things go as I suspect then I'm looking forward to a scorching summer.
Keep enjoying fellow anoraks.
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Stop panicking polar Warsaw . If it was the old days with no radar or forums you would be watching this event unfold after having only a lunchtime forecast off Bill Giles and thinking its ok I'm not due the big stuff until tonight.
If you get 10 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow do you formally promise not to moan that its not 11 inches or its not powdery enough.
It's nearly April. This is chuffing amazing. Enjoy!!
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Cars and grass covered. Paths dusted over. Slushy mess on the roads. Not gonna be waking up to much tomorrow I don't think.
Amazing what difference a built up area can make on the conditions. I'm in crick and it's at least an inch deep with fine snow blowing about in clouds. Bit like a mini blizzard
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Just had to go out and chuck water over the sky dish cos the signal went. Fairly fine snow but literally clouds of it
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Happy days. I used to do a bit of driving out of there 6 years ago. Snowing like a goodun here in crick. Settling on everything nicely.
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Tescos , nft, ingrams, bath store or the one I can't remember opposite tescos frozen.? Ahh or DHL.
I know it's the burger van by the half way house lol
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That's where my depot is. hope you get cut off so i cannot make it into work tomorrow.
Stobarts will be open no matter what lol
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Snowing well in crick near rugby. Countryside location helps a bit
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Any models to back this up ?
Normally a lurker but felt compelled to make a small post.
The forecast is his own and not based on the models. Lets face it the models are only a computers mechanical thoughts so to speak.
This is only my observation and i have no desire to ruffle the feathers of people who are far more knowledgeable than myself. Anyone that puts themselves in the firing line has my upmost respect.
Storms and Convective discussion - 1st August 2022 onwards
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Based near rugby and everything just seems to be heading up either side of us.
had a light shower early morning but we are still baked here.