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If I never see the phrase "plenty of sunshine" in a weather forecast it'll be too soon. Roll on Autumn.
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3 hours ago, mb018538 said:
20-21c? Really? I know some folk don’t like hot weather, but 21c isn’t even hot buy a fan or a/c if it’s a life ruiner. It’s not the dark ages, there’s plenty you can do to mitigate the warmer weather if it’s not your thing.
Already got fans running, and a mini ac unit too. Still uncomfortable, and I still have to go out from time-to-time, like everybody else. And yes, I'd say anything above 20 is uncomfortable for me. I do apologise!
3 hours ago, mb018538 said:At least you only have to endure maybe 4 months max of it, people like me who aren’t a big fan of winter and the dark have to put up with 8 months of cack weather in this country!
It's not the dark ages, it's the 21st century, there's plenty you can do to mitigate the effects of dark, cold weather. Wear thicker clothes, turn the heating up, hell there are even lightbulbs that emit light in a sun-like spectrum to mitigate the effects of winter light levels for SAD sufferers.
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4 hours ago, Sunny76 said:
Lol it’s only just started. My flat still feels cold in the evenings, as it’s north facing.
A few days touching 21c and people are moaning already lol.
It's a moans thread, among other things. I hate warm weather, I dislike the sun. Why is that "wrong"?
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I despise this weather. My bedroom is already getting uncomfortably warm and there seems to be no end in sight to this. The only crumb of comfort is we are already within a few weeks of the longest day and the nights will start drawing in again within less than a month.
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2 hours ago, B87 said:
A traditional summer would still 30c days and thunderstorms.
Oh sure it would, but they would be an occasional occurrence, with plenty of cooler weather in between.
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All this talk of tropical nights and supercell thunderstorms is making me break out in a cold sweat. I hope we get a "traditional" summer this year with none of the crazy extremes of recent years. Hot weather is exhausting, especially with warm nights making sleep difficult.
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I'm probably the only person who is pleased with the current cool outlook! At least we've had a nice bit of rain today to freshen things up, indeed the air was lovely and fresh once the rain pushed through this evening.
I'm very much enjoying not sweating and long may it continue (sorry no offence heat lovers, I'm sure your turn will come once summer arrives).
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I must say I'm enjoying this cool spring weather. Nice for sleeping in, and anything that delays the heat and humidity of summer is fine by me.
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This dry weather is getting boring now. Can we please have some showers and a bit of a breeze? I miss April showers.
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Nice to see some cooler weather again for the next few days. I know a lot of people hate cold weather at this time of year but I hate the warm any time of year!
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5 hours ago, A Face like Thunder said:
Owain Wyn Evans gave a very good explanation on the local BBC NW News on why last night's / today's storm was not named. The naming of a storm in the UK is apparently based on an ''impact and likelihood matrix' which this storm did not fit. It seems that for a storm to be named in the UK, it has to be linked to an amber or red warning whereas last night was only ever a yellow warning, so less impact and less likelihood of impact on lives and property.
Judging by the winds my area experienced with that storm the MetO called it right. It was blustery for a time but nothing like as much as we had last February. Other areas of the country may have had it worse but I doubt the impacts anywhere were as big as they were with storms Ciara and Dennis in 2020.
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On 05/03/2021 at 17:51, The PIT said:
Going to be interesting if they name Tuesday and Wednesdays system.
Judging by the current model output it's almost certain. Widespread warning will be issued too.
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Awful weather today. Whether you prefer it mild (yuck) or cold this kind of weather isn't much use to anyone, especially on a Saturday.
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10 hours ago, Azazel said:
I do lad - you won't find me sniping at people who enjoy the cold in the winter - but you will find plenty who revel in the misery of others when its cool/rainy in the summer.
Nice try though.
Well you can look on the bright side with the fact the warmer half of the year is rapidly approaching.
Me? I think I'm going to invest in some portable AC and blackout curtains for the months of sweaty misery ahead.
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6 hours ago, Azazel said:
Lol - you just described exactly how you ‘cold fans’ are all winter long.
’wahhh it’s not cold enough, wahhh mArGinAL, wahhh those 850s are too high, wahhh the cold spell is still 240 hours away but I’m going to look for charts 90000 hours away to complain about a potential breakdown of the cold which hasn’t even happened yet’
And let’s be honest, this site has a strange, ingrained bias towards cold weather and always has - so much so you get ‘cold fans’ coming into the summer threads during summer to just snipe and troll. It’s one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen.
I would be quite happy with 20+ degrees all year long apart from maybe a week around Christmas to make it feel seasonal.
Some of us simply do not like the cold. It’s time to understand that.
And some of us like the cold and hate the heat.
It's time to understand that.
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6 minutes ago, Freeze said:
At least you actually had some snow in the first place!
That's very true, but that makes the longing for snow to return even stronger.
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Mild and damp out there now, which is very unpleasant IMO. I'm missing the snow already but it looks like I'll have to wait for December now at the earliest.
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Back to the usual mild weather then after a decent winter. Personally, I hope it rains all summer. I hate the heat and sun.
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3 hours ago, 78/79 said:
Oh goody, back to wind and rain, I can scarcely contain my excitement
At least it's mild...
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It'll be a real shame if we don't see any more cold this winter. I've thoroughly enjoyed the cold and snow this winter, and the thought of the upcoming spring transition to warmth and sunshine is depressing.
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So winter's more-or-less over then? I suppose it was inevitable, since as soon as the damned Atlantic gets revved-up it's pretty much impossible to stop. If that's the case I hope it stays in charge right the way through spring and summer - if there's one thing I hate more than mild winters it's hot summers.
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When I look back to how things were this time last year, with storms Ciara and Dennis blowing through on successive weekends it's hard to complain about this winter. However, it would be a massive shame if this current spell proves to be the last of the winter.
I have a nasty feeling that it will though.
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1 minute ago, Atleastitwillbemild said:
When it comes to the this particular corner of the world as far as mild, wet winters go rain go then it can never be too cold, or two warm. It can never be to too strong an El Nino, too westerly based or a Midoki easterly instead.
It can be mild and wet through a weak La Nina. Or a moderate one. Or record breakingly, WTF is going in the pacific, has god dropped the ice from his gin and tonic in there strong one.ts never too late in the year or too early for a mild wet spell.
Disappointingly mild wind and rain can come from any direction whether the wind is northerly, easterly, southerly, northeastery, from the basement of hell in the centre of the Earth or from outer space.
It can be mild and wet through a negative AO. It can be mild and wet despite a strongly negative NAO. It can be mild and wet for days after a massive SSW or weeks after. It can stay mild and wet through all phases of the MJO. It can be mild and wet throughout the entire phase of an easterly QBO, as well as a westerly.
It can be mild and wet under a cold inversion, or a two day toppler. It can be mild and wet after a poor summer of persistent northern blocking and little ice age style washout summers. It can be mild and wet despite a warm, dry, sunny October promisingly matching patterns that just practically spell out severe winter - I mean, jut look at the projected predictions matching with previous autumns with similar patterns! How can it fail!?
It can stay mild and wet as the Spanish plains white out with snow and the beaches of Turkey freeze over with ice and the roofs collapse with snow weight in the villages of Bulgaria and the children dance barefoot with delight in the unusually heavy snow in Cyprus.
It can be mild and wet despite Met office predictions and the JMA. It can deliver nothing but mild rain despite the promises of the the ECM, the GFS, the Jamstec charts and the tea leaves at the bottom of granny's teacup.
It can be mild and wet in winter despite a perfect tripole in May.
t can stay mild and wet despite the abundance of berries on every bush and fat squirells crying into their video diary about how they love their bodies and will no longer allow themselves to be fat shamed. It will be mild and wet despite the cold september theory, the foggy autumn theory, the warm october theory.
It can stay mild and wet while the super powers nuke themselves into oblivion at the same time as Yellowstone's caldera supervolcano explodes and releases 50 billion megatons of dust into the atmosphere plummeting the world's temperature by 10 degrees. The entire northern hemisphere could be covered in glaciers burying all the crop growing areas in ice and making the raging blizzards of frozen volcanic ash and radioactive snow over the major landmasses totally unliveable as billions from hypothermia buried under snow drifts 60 foot high and YOU KNOW.
You know it don't don't you? There'll still be a little corner of the northwest Eurasian landmass, ice free, basking in mild westerlies. It will still be 13c and drizzle while the survivors dig potatoes and rye from the lukewarm earth commenting on how at least its 'mild' compared to saudi arabia right now.And there you have it, the "great British weather" in a nutshell.
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I'm enjoying the cold this winter and although it looks like we won't be seeing a huge amount of snow this week at least the mild, wet dross is being kept at bay for now.
Summer 2021: Moans, Groans, Ramps and Banter
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Oh sleep, my old friend welcome back! Much cooler today and more pleasant with it. I hope temps stay roughly where they are now with no more excessive heat.