Seasonal Trim

7 day gif:

Love this cam, watch it every year.

Translation: If there is one year that is currently very similar to 2020, it is 2012.Sea ice is close to a minimum of 2012.Notice the unusually warm Barents Sea and sea I the north Atlantic west of Greenland to Newfoundland compared to September 2012.The cold area that was in the Atlantic ocean in previous years is completely gone.So the sea is warm throughout the area. The last time this happened was in 2012.At the same time, we have a smaller and colder area north of Iceland.In addition, PUD has gone negative with colder waters off the west coast of the United States, albeit to a lesser extent at the end of 2012 so far.This along with the development of a moderate La Niña in late autumn/winter where we had a neutral ENSO in 2012 after a La Niña.2012 is probably very similar to 2020 at SST sea level. Intriguing if this then leads to high pressure blockages this winter more dominant over northern Europe with a weakened solar cell due to the low seas of the Barents Sea, what ear the probability of an SSW / split?

Ironically, it's all the whingers acusing each other of being whingers! I wish you'd all get it into your heads that everybody has different likes and dislikes and there's f all you can do about it.

I'd prefer a front loaded Winter. Best time for cold and snow!

What was that all about?

Gif for the past week. Not much happening for now:

I mean, as long as someone takes a slightly large dump in North America it seems it favours a cold Winter over there at the moment!

Just one month from today and it will be pitch black in my location by 20:30. The joyful season is nearly upon us!

Beautiful morning today. Can't remember the last time I woke up on an August morning quite as chilly. Got to be a good omen!

Previous 3 days charts. Nothing noteworthy just yet:

Last two days for you to ponder:

Here's a gif for the last 7 days for comparison:

Noticed we didn't have Snow & Ice thread yet for this year, one of my favourites of the year. So here's the latest offering:

I know Wasps are a pain in the pin cushion, and if one approaches I am the first to give it a wide birth. But, contrary to popular belief they are vital to the environment. Not only do they feed small pests, they are also vital pollinators. The problem we have towards the end of summer is that at this time they grow more hungry due to the lack of food (as mentioned above), hence they come into more and more contact with humans in their hunt for food. Annoying little s***s that they are, they're not as pointless as some believe.

Starting to get annoyed now. Not only has every storm past to the east or west of me, I've still not seen a drop of rain for the whole of this month. On top of that, the met Office has forecasted rain for my area everyday this week so far, which has obviously failed to materialise!

I've lost my excitement for the heat this year. Not looking forward to the +30°c later this week. I find myself daydreaming about eating toffee apples in the evening while wrapped up snug in temperatures of 0° and waking up to early morning mists.

However much I've been enjoying the weather over the past couple of days, I'm now ready for Autumn mists and frosty mornings. Come on Autumn, I'm ready for you.

The fact that the phrase "I don't understand why people like..." is one of the the most used on this forum is quite telling. All you need to understand is that everyone is different and everyone is entitled to like whatever they want. Questioning someone's preferences, especially in the derogatory way that some people do on this forum, is pointless and annoying.

It's like that in my house. Me being of Scottish decent and my wife of Jamaican decent. You can imagine the carnage!

Everybody's different. It's the one thing that people find hard to grasp on this forum and on the internet full stop! If people would just except that we all have different preferences weather wise, this forum would be a far more cheerful place. And would probably stop all the tit for tat coldly vs mildly nonsense that happens constantly on here too.

What's that got to do with when the Autumn thread starts? Does it bother you that much that you've actually been sad enough to go and check when each thread has been started? Edit: maybe we should also question why the Summer thread was started a whole '2 months' before Summer!

Always starts this time of year.

Autumnal fog, dewy mists, cold frosty mornings. I can't wait!

It's that time again. As mid summer approaches, we can start speculating on what Autumn may bring. Will we get a an Indian summer? What will the decent towards Winter bring us? As always, kudos to the first "this thread is too early" post. Happens every year!