Carl

Been tracking temp in and outdoors today as i mentioned earlier and thought a baseline ahead of the main event this week was worth capturing. Not all evenly spaced out (i.e. readings aren't all every ten mins - mainly as i've just had a nap so missed a couple of hours), think i'm more interested in the relative comparison (seeing as these are raw, uncalibrated values) but interesting to see the heat taper off outside but remain steady inside.

Yeah me too. Am going to continue the experiment here today. Was lucky enough to live by the sea in the past and even with no breeze, opening the right windows would generate some movement of air through the house. My thermometer setup isn't too expensive (indoor and outdoor sensor) so whilst not considering it gospel, should give a ball-park and allow me to monitor trend... In 30 mins, outdoors* has increased by 2.2 degrees whilst indoors 0.2 (with curtains closed and some windows open). Outdoors is located in the shade so shouldn't be affected by direct sunlight... Edit: Just added temp values for the last hour.. Impressive difference!

Been thinking about the general advice given to maintain temps as comfortably as possible over the next few days. Ordinarily I would leave south facing curtains closed with windows open around the house to allow air to flow through. Advice from a lot of people in hot countries is - keep windows closed if the temp outside is higher than inside. This seems counter-intuitive. Appreciate curtains closed will prevent some heating but is this advice right? Wouldn't the house just end up being way hotter inside after a while? That said, trying it today - current temp outside is 24.5 whilst indoors is 22.7 - both rising. Thinking that UK houses are designed to retain heat with double glazing and various insulation - that it may take longer to heat up but when its there it'll be way hotter and harder to remove the heat. Any experts on this able to advise - windows closed or open - during the day that is.... Thanks

With you! Makes sense

I'm going 40.1 on Sunday somewhere down south

Have they?

Thanks. Just seen this. Makes sense.

Yeah I get that it's to do with impact on their risk matrix. Just find it a bit odd, as if there's an overlap which could cause problems at some point in the future.

How is that the job of the met office to warn rather than the environment agency?

Squall line?

Never heard of it before so it was a new one on me!

Cool. Glad that didn't hit here. That said, car is having some work done so I've got a car from the dealer.. that'd have been lucky for me . Always fancied a US storm chase. Have an audio recording, not the best quality but you get the gist. This was a while after it started and as it was moving away. My Recording #1.mp4

Looks that way. Shame there isn't more to come.

I'll have to read up on that. Never heard anything like it.

Couldn't keep up with it Road conditions were a little dicey but not too bad. Best I saw was a few flashes on the way. Maybe next time.. which probably won't be for a long time I suspect!

It's just left here. I'm off to follow it.

As it's moving away there is the strangest sound I've ever known from a storm. Rubles are so constant it sounds like wind blowing nearby. There's a slight breeze but it's just incessant rumbles all merging into one. Been going on for five or ten mins now with no sign of abating although it is reducing in volume as it moves away.

Almost constant thunder and pouring in DL5. Seen a few decent flashes too.

Just updated my profile. I'm just outside Darlington which does appear to be in the firing line today although the met office still predict rain here and no storms. Thanks for the welcome. Been a long time since I've been around

See some posts in here showing the BBC forecast for their areas. As we know, the BBC obtain their forecasting from Meteogroup now. Over the summer I've noticed that the met office has been more realistic about storms in my area. Most predicted by the BBC never happened. What's the general view around here about the two? BBC are strongly indicating storms tomorrow, Met Office say no.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. For me, a memorable winter will be that of a few years back when we seemed to have snow and ice on the ground for best part of three months, when there was a pile of ice in my street until mid April, when icicles grew 8 feet long from my house. Bit of wind and splash of rain just ain't all that "sexy"!

200 years isn't much of a frame of reference though is it? Statistically speaking, ignoring the elephant in the room, you're going to get winters every now and again which massively skew towards one type of event or another. We've had a few bad storms here but not one of them would I say in isolation stood out as being something untoward. If I didn't watch the news or read things online, I'd not have given them a second thought.

Bizarre. Really? Just seems we've had a fair few autumn storms which have carried on for a while. I don't think it is particularly unusual.

No. The Met Office is there to forecast the meteorological conditions, not flood risk and other matters - that is for the Environment Agency. What you're going to end up with, in your scenario is a tiny bit of rain attracting red warnings and people getting irritated and ignoring them. Ultimately, people are responsible for reading the warnings they feel they ought to. You can't over-account for ignorance and stupidity.

Those next to us are 350ft high... ..In some conditions the wind appears to blow water upwards like a reverse waterfall! http://losingit.me.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG_7412.jpg