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27 minutes ago, Sunny76 said:
I’m not a mild winter fan, but we probably need one, with the gas prices taking a hike. A cold winter will definitely cause major problems for poorer households.
You're probably right. I'm definitely a cold weather lover but given the circumstances a bland, bang-average and uneventful winter would probably be best right now.
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Well it's cooler than yesterday which is good, but it's still warm indoors and the humidity is still with us. I haven't seen any sign of storms either despite the yellow warning.
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1 hour ago, Scorcher said:
Days are FAR too short here in the winter months. Hardly any usable light at all if you work full time.
At least in places like New York most people are travelling to work in some kind of daylight- the sunrise is considerably earlier in January there than it is in the UK.
It's really very depressing for many people to travel to and from work for weeks/months on end in total darkness
I mean, what do you want then? For the entire island of Great Britain to be dragged south 10 degrees so it isn't too dark in the mornings? Complaining about the weather is one thing but complaining about day length at certain latitudes seems especially redundant.
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7 minutes ago, Scorcher said:
I have no problem with the day length at the moment- it's fine now but there is a quicker deterioration at these high latitudes after the equinox.
Don't want to be that guy, but the shortening of the day length is at its most rapid now, a couple of weeks either side of the equinox at around 4 minutes per day. As we get later into the year that starts to slow down again, but the days continue to get shorter all the way to the solstice, just at a progressively slower rate.
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Jeez it's warm, and I see no chance of getting any decent sleep tonight. If only it was around 4-5 degrees cooler it would be so much more pleasant. Temps around 24-25 by day, 13-14 by night I can deal with but this...
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1 hour ago, Sunny76 said:
And still you get one or two individuals who will complain about it being too hot, after we've endured some of the worst summer weather during much of 2021 lol.
Well it is too hot for some people (me included), and our tolerance or otherwise of heat isn't boosted by the fact it hasn't been a "good" summer. If anything the fact this weather has come so late in the year and after such a long stretch of cool and cloudy weather makes it even worse.
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A pleasant enough day today but with temps set to rise a little more in the next few days I fear things may start getting a little uncomfortable. I'm certainly looking forward to the cooler weather due by next weekend.
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Well that's the washing nice and dry. I must say I'm really enjoying this cool-ish, cloudy and dry weather. Perfectly usable you might say and I'm still not sweating which makes it even better.
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Cloudy and much cooler feel to things today, which is nice. Still able to get the back lawn done since it's been quite dry, and with the cloud cover and cool breeze I didn't even break out into a sweat.
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1 minute ago, Snowshine said:
Cloudy again in Warwickshire, and this was supposed to be the sunniest day until next week's cloud fest...
Send some of that cloud my way would you, it's sunny here and it's getting a little warm for my taste.
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Nice out again today, with sunshine and a fresh breeze. Almost feels autumnal out there.
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Today has been, dare I say, a pleasant enough day. Light winds, low humidity, moderate warmth and sunny spells. If all sunny and warm days were like this I wouldn't mind summer so much. I hope it doesn't get too much warmer than this though.
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The Sun's come out now.
Is it just me or is the MetO having real difficulty pinning this summer's weather down? Yesterday they extended today's Yellow warning for rain westward to include my part of the Midlands, yet waking up this morning the warning has been withdrawn. Today's widespread rain has now been downgraded to a chance of showers and sunny spells, and this isn't the first time they've flip-flopped on their forecasts.
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Been looking and feeling more and more like Autumn now, but you just know September will have something up its sleeve.
How likely is a 90F reading in the UK in September I wonder?
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56 minutes ago, Wold Topper said:
Is tomatoes potatoes à hybrid plant?
Yes, they're called totatoes.
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I'm sweating again (I hate sweating) and suddenly realising - with an unpleasant jolt - that it is still technically Summer.
At least the days are shortening rapidly now.
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2 hours ago, Wold Topper said:
This thread is hilarious, some people like it warm, some like it cool, some like storms, some like snow, some like winter, spring Autumn, summer, some like a mixture of the above, we are all different, with our own preferences to which type of weather we prefer but at the end of the day there is sod all we can do about it!
But could you just imagine the chaos if we could do something about it? Snow in mid-August, heatwaves over Christmas, the weather changing every five minutes? And the arguments: "no! It's MY turn on the magic weather machine!".
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1 minute ago, Sunny76 said:
I won’t apologise for anything.
I hope we get another blast of 27-32c heat, which lasts for about 5-7 days, with some lovely warm nights, mixed with some thunderstorms.
Anything beats the vile cloudy crud of 19-22c, which has been a feature since 2019, during the summer months.
To you maybe, but that scenario you wish for is my idea of hell. The current set-up is ideal summer weather for me.
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1 hour ago, Alderc said:
Dreadful day now, totally overcast, showers piling in. Cold, just 17.7C
I'm really enjoying this weather. I can go about my normal daily activities without sweating. Slept well last night too.
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3 hours ago, stainesbloke said:
Would be nice to have some decent sunny days, though. Although the heat was uncomfortable for many, at least it was sunny. So important at this time of the year, especially as the rest of the year is often such depressing grey garbage. I’m sure there’d be very few complaints if it was sunny and 21°C
That's true. I often enjoy the Sun more in autumn and spring, when the heat is usually less intense. Nothing better than a fine October day with sun and 22C.
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When I look back to how hot it was just a fortnight ago this weather feels like even more of a blessing. To be able to work and go about other daily activities without constantly sitting under a fan, sweating and feeling uncomfortable is heaven.
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2 minutes ago, Mr_ Nexus said:
It's getting closer now and rumbling away nicely . Sky is a nice dark menacing colour .
I can see it on the radar, just to the south of where I am. I'm not too keen on thunderstorms so you're welcome to it!
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Really starting to notice the earlier nights now, and according to Time and Date we get our first actual dark night tonight (well, tomorrow morning but YNWIM) wince the 17th of May.
Not long 'til autumn now.
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3 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Yeah jumped up to 23C here although a lot of cloud at present and humidity not too high at 56%.
As the heat lovers said to me, you'll just have to suck it up, buttercup.
Me every time a heatwave appears:
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Autumn 2021 - Moans, Ramps & Chat
in Spring Weather Discussion
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Whatever the weather, as we move further into Autumn I'll be glad when I no longer have to hear or read the phrase "warm sunshine" again, at least until next Spring. I don't know why, but that phrase really annoys me.