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  1. Wildswimmer Pete
    Do you want to swap? I wish my bedroom would be warmer than 15-16C without my having to switch on the central heating (in what we laughingly describe as high summer!?). That's because of the severely depressed temperatures in my locality over the past few weeks, helped by the persistent overcast. I'm wearing shorts (as I do all year unless near freezing) however opportunities to sunbathe I can count on the fingers of two hands which is a sad reflection of our sunless "summer" - "sunless" during normal waking hours, not what sun recorders record while most of us sleep. Likewise it's been very seldom I can go out in a T-shirt, one of my fleecy hoodies has been the norm.
  2. Wildswimmer Pete
    Change of month, but no change by the lousy trough-dominated weather. Supposed to be "high summer", the reality, the old old, promising but chilly beginning, by 9am the infill has formed. As I type this the first drops of rain hit the window.
  3. Wildswimmer Pete
    .............and all the schoolkids in England and Wales are on holiday! A decent August was what we looked forward to when I was at school.
  4. Wildswimmer Pete
    Exactly as happened after the miserable summer of 1963, a gorgeous warm September that began on the Monday I went back to school - cloudless blue skies. That last weekend of the school holidays was absolutely vile, cold, heavy rain and windy. '63 was a "golden Autumn" mild enough for PT just wearing shorts outdoors on our playing fields.
  5. Wildswimmer Pete
    You didn't say anything to offend me! I can appear snappy but sadly that can happen through the typed word particularly as I don't usually use emoji. I like the fact that my recollection of weather past is is appreciated, although, yes, some (not all!) of it can be seen through a pair of rose-tinted glasses!
  6. Wildswimmer Pete
    I was a teenager through the 1960s, furthermore a stroke in 2011 trashed my short- and mid term memory however my long-term memory became even more keen. I've always observed the weather since my kidhood during the 1950s and I associate memorable "landmarks" during those two decades with the weather at the time. I have a very strong recollection of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. The '80s not so much, the '90s, Noughties and '10s, very little.
  7. Wildswimmer Pete
    I've mentioned in past posts that we may be entering a Grand Minimum which is contributing to our recent deteriorating summers. However the current chill and persistent overcast are borne on WNW or NW winds, replacing our usual SW prevailing wind. If I remember correctly past Grand Minima (Maunder, Dalton) ushered in prevailing Easterlies?
  8. Wildswimmer Pete
    Yet another very poor day from this sad excuse of a "summer" - chilly (currently 16C) and very dark, more like mid-winter, not surprising as Liverpool ATIS reports three layers of cloud - no doubt to ensure no sign of sunlight makes it to the surface. Meanwhile next week's expected warm spell has already been batted away. Why does the UK attract and retain troughs?
  9. Wildswimmer Pete
    The problem is down to the change of direction of the prevailing wind. Up to recently the prevailing direction of the wind was SW where orthographic lifting isn't so much of a feature, in fact my area was in the lee. However the prevailing direction is now NWN when the wind encounters the three escarpments at the end of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge (Runcorn Hill, Frodsham Hill, Helsby Hill) with very rapid lifting. Many times from a sunny New Brighton I've looked back down the Mersey to see the cloud forming over Frodsham, Helsby and Runcorn - just 12 miles as the crow flies.
  10. Wildswimmer Pete
    I find the appearance of green snot with a blue core near the UK on recent thickness charts unsettling. It really does look that August is yet another autumn month.
  11. Wildswimmer Pete
    You obviously missed my mention of the Wirral microclimate (where I was raised) which I can assure you is different from the rest of the North Cheshire and Merseyside area. For instance, the grey lid of which I often complain is usually formed by orthographic lifting over the Mid-Cheshire Ridge meanwhile the Wirral often basks in sunlight. The reason during the past few years the grey lid has become a concern is due to the change of prevailing wind direction from SW to WNW with repeated encroachment of chilly PM airmasses. Likewise I'd prefer to see the stats defining sunshine during normal waking hours (8am-8pm) not just during the small hours which most of us don't see. I was under the impression this was a general chat forum which features opinion, surely stats belong on the more formal threads?
  12. Wildswimmer Pete
    Not really. SAD is a hormone-driven biochemical response while your preference for the darker days is down to emotional preference. I've always liked autumn for those atmospheric misty days despite that I suffer severe SAD.
  13. Wildswimmer Pete
    I don't need to read about conditions through the 1960s, I experienced them. '62 and '63 were shockers. dull, cold and wet just like the past few "summers". '69 was almost as bad, often wet. The early April '68 snow we had (immediately after a late March mini-heatwave) made local headlines, nowadays wintry Aprils seem commonplace - look at this past April, snow on my birthday (21st) - it snowed on my birthday in '63 but that was after That Winter. '65 was reputed to be dull however in my recollection was pretty average - possibly down to my memory and the Wirral where I was brought up has a distinct microclimate. However back then we had four distinct seasons unlike the Forever Autumn we now face year after dreary year.
  14. Wildswimmer Pete
    Like myself, even while I do 1500-2000m in the pool every other day I've been putting it on.
  15. Wildswimmer Pete
    The figures I quoted were from Netweather's own 7-day forecast for Runcorn.
  16. Wildswimmer Pete
    Looking at expected maxima this weekend: tomorrow 28th:16C, Friday:16C, Saturday 15C, Sunday 13C!!, Monday 1st 12C!!! Aren't the last week of July and the first week of August supposed to be hottest time of the year?
  17. Wildswimmer Pete
    St. John's Wort
  18. Wildswimmer Pete
    Anti-depressants and hospital outpatient treatment with powerful "daylight" lamps. St.John's Wort is an herbal remedy but it must NOT be used in conjunction with other anti-depressants which could result in the potentially fatal serotonin syndrome.
  19. Wildswimmer Pete
    '62 and '63 were awful but the rest of the Sixties were basically meh. I remember '72 as being dull but not as dull as this year. '87-88 to me were chilly and showery but not with the current all-pervading dullness. However during the 50's. 60s. 70s, and the 80s we had four distinct seasons. It was the '90s onward when our perpetual Autumn began to take a hold.
  20. Wildswimmer Pete
    How do you propose to do that? The only sources are medical records to which neither I nor you have any access (in my case, my own). I'm quoting anecdotal evidence from local experience. Bear in mind I live 230 miles north of you in a traditionally damp (ie sun-starved) part of the UK. Your use of "moaning" I find disturbing. SAD is a potentially serious condition should suicidal ideation become a risk which is why I started the "S.A.D" thread.
  21. Wildswimmer Pete
    Thus far this "summer" has pretty well have been the most sunless summer I can remember throughout my 60+ years, even worse than shockers like 1962 and '63. I don't take any notice of dry statistics, it's what I saw and felt. Again I should point out that in the summer months, any recorded sunlight occurs before 7-8pm then the inevitable grey lid slams down for the rest of the day. I thought this was an "opinion" thread, not for formal weather discussion?
  22. Wildswimmer Pete
    I've got one, sadly looks like I'll have to unpack it.
  23. Wildswimmer Pete
    It is, in normal years. However under the current persistently cloudy conditions ambient daylight is dim enough to trigger the hormone-driven SAD response in susceptible individuals. Most days I need my living room lights on most of the day, which is a nonsense in summer. Likewise the daylight we receive at the moment isn't enough to properly charge my solar garden lights.
  24. Wildswimmer Pete
    The past several years have seen increasingly cloudy summers with most days not seeing any sunlight throughout conventional waking hours (8am - 8pm). My own experience is that I'm currently presenting with the symptoms of SAD during what we laughingly describe as "high summer". Anecdotal evidence in my area proves that many are suffering depression put down to our succession of almost sunless summer days, but their illness hasn't been formally diagnosed as SAD (mine has). Thoughts?
  25. Wildswimmer Pete
    I'm referring to "sensible" temperatures in my locality, not averages as this isn't a formal weather report. In my neck of the woods July and August should be around 21-23C 3-4pm, and that's 60 years' worth of personal observations. I trust that's a joke?
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