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32 minutes ago, CLH said:
They've obviously not been watching Rufford Ford videos.....
I wouldn't be surprised if someone was stood filming there today. Be a bit nippy at the moment, though.
Wind's picked up quite a bit here. Something wooden has snapped nearby (probably a decent sized branch) but I'll leave it a bit before going to have a nose.
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It's definitely windy for this area. Neighbours trampoline is slowly creeping across their garden and my UPS is getting a little workout.
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Seems like some power lines are not happy with the snow sticking to them. UPS is earning it's keep tonight.
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I think everyone forms their opinion on this subject based on their own subjective experience. If you live in a heat trap then air con is highly useful - it is currently 23C in here, which is somewhat uncomfortably warm to sleep in for me and in warmer conditions it just plain too hot.
Building thermal efficiency, personal comfort requirements, and current weather conditions combine to produce different results case by case.
I could present an argument that central heating is a waste as it's only really needed about 15% of the year...for me, but the next person might need it a lot more to have the same comfort level.
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The thermostat hasn't had much action here yet, but it's all ready to go to make me too hot again as deemed necessary.
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Just got one whip by us. Some rotation. Heading Worksop way I think.
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I'd put it into two groups really:
Sleeping/bedroom temps: (the important one)
<12C requires an upgrade from 4.5 tog
>22C uncomfortable
>~26C has potentially serious consequences
General/outdoor:
Has many more factors to consider like humidity, wind, activity, free access to cold water.
<-10C is probably the limit of comfort, considering wind chill, although working barehanded in driving rain at 5C is quite painful.
>22C in typical British conditions is uncomfortable but it realy depends on the humidity. 35C @ 20% is fine but even 25C @ 75% say would require slowing down.
With a good nights sleep I can cope with most conditions but without I don't do well.
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I've had one for about 5 years. It's made by FineOffset. The screen on the thermometer isn't great in direct sunlight (you don't have to mount it on the pole or can diy a better screen with plastic dishes, but it doesn't bother me enough to do either and just accept the over reading), the wind vane stability is comical but workable.
The logger time can officially be set from 5mins upwards from the configure page in Easyweather but there is a prog on the internet that will set it to 1min if you really want that. Cumulus (free downlod) works well with it. External unit runs fine off lithium batteries.
If you are buying one get it from a physical shop as any problems they will exchange faulty parts for 12months no fuss. The most commom problem is loss of rainfall reading from the transmitter (I had 2 do that on me).
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Your risk of disruption depends on where your supply is fed from, what else is on the same circuit, and what redundancy is available upstream. Pole mounted LV runs are somewhat vulnerable to wind damage, the greater risk generally comes from the local distribution network where there are longer high voltage runs often through wooded areas. I think you'd be unlucky to still be on when everyone around you was off.-I think the length of time of strong winds could catch some people out.Got a question for peeps... no doubt tomorrow there will be power cuts.. And I hope to God if there is they are fixed before Christmas dinner cooking time.. But all the houses down my lane are above ground power, mine is under ground.. Does that mean of the pylon goes down will it cut my power too?
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They are nice pictures, better than anything I've ever done (never really had a sensitive enough camera)
What ISO setting did you use?
Personally got a bit of a stacking fetish, and if you fancy going for the darker objects you might like to have a bit of a play with stacking.
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Hi,
It looks to me that what you've got there is sunlight reflected, probably, off a cloud - maybe a plane (it's a bit hard to track in this video).
The black triangle is absolutely a cloud passing in front of the sun (watch from the beginning following the clouds at the left of the sun and you will be able to pick out the shape before it reaches the solar disk, then track it across the disk and off the other side).
The final thing you mention looks again to be reflected sunlight off cloud.
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I have noticed the earlier nights while letting the dog out but on the whole it just gets dark some time after coming in from working, and the (solar) batteries are still well charged atm.
From a personal standpoint I'm not at all a morning person so the idea of getting up earlier (aka moving the clocks forward) in the winter sounds like a mood depleting vision of hell. (UTC-1 might sound nice to me!
)Don't really have any objection to moving to UTC+2 during the summer (again personally) but I need my morning light, which is already in short supply during the depths of winter.
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Somebody's cold so ours is running now. Personally, my radiator is still off though.
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No heating here yet. It's still 22C indoors so got a way to go before it hits the thermostat.
I may shut the window if it stays cool for a few more days though.
PS. Whoever really needs AC in England unless there is a serious heatwave like Jul 06 must be very unfit or overweight or something. I could understand AC being used in the 100+ degree Texas or Florida July temps but England, get a grip.Nobody in England needs air conditioning unless they are perhaps working in a stuffy office block in London on the one 90°F day of the year....Well...that's your opinion. However, not all of us are heat lovers and an indoor temperature of 28C (common for me in the warm spells) can be unbearable. AC is very important for some people.
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The rain has now eased. A very localised storm that formed directly above my head with torrential rain, yet four miles away in the town centre they had no rain at all. Two flashes, three bangs and I'm a happy camper. Enjoy whoever is in the firing line of my homegrown cell.
It looked nice on the radar B) , just starting to rain here now...
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Had a nice rain storm pass over here about 30 mins ago. No thunder but plenty of rain and wind, with a bit of hail. Looked bigger after it had passed over.
Just getting back to blue sky now, which is good as observed a blocked gutter :lol:
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To see a list of all the attachments you have uploaded go to Settings in 'My Control Panel' (click on your user name at the top right of the page and click on 'My Settings'), then click on 'Manage Attachments' on the left of that page.
I'm not sure what order the list is in but...from the help pages:
Manage Attachments
This page will show you all of the attachments you have uploaded to the community and the amount of space you have left. The bar at the top shows you how much of your allocated upload space you have used. Below this is a table containing information on all of the attachments you have submitted.
If you are running out of space, you can delete some old attachments by selecting the checkbox on the right-hand side of the table for the attachments you want to delete, and then pressing the Delete Selected button at the bottom of the table.
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If cheap is your primary requirement and you just want a general indication of the weather then some of the Fine Offset units can run for significant lengths of time at longer logging intervals, although I don't know if they'll stretch to 6-12 months.
I will echo though:
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Just had an ultra light snow shower here a minute ago so there is some hope :lol:
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Got about 15cm yesterday (which is pretty good for here) and there's a few flakes coming down just atm
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Just started snowing here
Didn't have any preceding rain and it's settling on the road immediately.
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It's fine stuff at the moment but it's still comming down here
We've got plenty of slush on the roads too and I've been hearing of some accidents as a result (of people not knowing how to take their foot off the accelerator...)
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Also could be a sky lantern? Had quite a few homemade ones scare people in my area earlier this year. They look like orange balls of light once they're up and don't always follow a simple path as they follow air movements as they rise up, also can drop at the metling of a hole or go out. And where there's one there's likey to be a few more.
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Thunder storm passed by to my south about 12:30p
Caught some of the rain for a short while. Heard 5 rumbles (closest at 25 seconds), at least 1 CG strike.
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A nice little cluster passed through here ~6-7pm. Brilliant lightning accumpnied by long rumbling thunder with the occasional house shaking boom
Also a remarkable amount of rain fell.
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Storm Eunice - 18th February
in Storms & Severe Weather
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Just a thought:
It could be worth considering the lower end of the scale.
My, admittedly very small sample size in a relatively sheltered area, impression form people is that a yellow warning is just background noise and an amber is "nothing serious", "only one up from a yellow". The idea of a red warning seems to have the desired effect.
If a fair chunk of what is currently yellow was a 'Weather Watch' then Joe public would continue to ignore that but an eyeball may wander at the word 'warning'. That could allow the warnings to spread out a bit - weaker ambers could be yellow which would make amber rarer and feel more noteworthy (for the otherwise uninterested).