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I am also Greek and to feel the cold it needs to be below 0c. I don't understand why you need to have health exams though. I see it as an advantage. I was on holiday in Greece earlier this month and most locals had long sleeves on and some even jackets even though the daytime temperature was above 20c. So we are the exception that the rule. lol How does your body respond to the heat?

It is a double whammy this autumn with record low ice and very low snow cover. Not where we want to be.

I was in northern Greece till a few days ago and the picture is very similar. October is normally when reliable rain turns the scenery green and many agricultural tasks begin but everything was dry and yellow. The ground too hard to dig let alone plant anything. As the plane took off in a northwesterly direction i could see the mountains in the Balkans dead dry and with smoke rising in several locations. Basically some forest fires are continuing in October which was cosidered a freak event so late in the season up to a decade ago. Now it is really common and last autumn was the same. Too much stubborn high pressure over the continent.

The last minimum had very long spotless periods and that's what I want to see. Without those there won't be anything special about this cycle.

I was hoping that the spotless spells would get longer and longer by now but sadly not the case. Today we have two sunspots and a solar flux of 72.

The NHC has shifted the path a bit further north than yesterday. Still quite a bit of disagreement in the models.. The UKMO takes her to northwest Iberia while the GFS is the most southerly.

The NHC has eventually changed Leslie's track. They expect her to take an easterly path and affect southern Iberia. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?cone#contents She might even make it to western Med as a tropical depression.

The risk of flash floods must be very high for those areas that are not used to seeing much rain.

The 6z ICON also joins the ECM with a track through southern Portugal and into Spain. The 0z had a path similar to the UKMO

Leslie continues to puzzle with her track. The 0z ECM and Aprege take her towards Portugal while the gfs continues to show impacts for the Canaries and then move her westwards again.

Unbelievable how much this hurricane has strengthened in the last 48 hours even beating the models. The only good thing is that he is not hitting the most populated areas of Florida at landfall.

Michael is looking healthy this morning with 90mph winds and further strengthening expected during the day. The track still takes him to the Florida Panhandle.so no variation there.

I wish she would turn south and then west again to extend her life.

Well, we had a cracking SSW earlier this year. We shouldn't expect one every winter (although it would be nice).

It is rising fast! I guess it will go positive this month.

Crete is going to get hammered! I just hope the heavy rains miss Athens as the city is very prone to flash floods especially after the recent fires.

This September has turned out a lot better (cooler) than expected. This gives me hope for the winter ahead. Wasn't Sept 2017 about average temperature wise?

High pressure in Alaska continues to pump a lot of warmth into the Arctic, no wonder there is no meaningful refreeze so far and this pattern is set to persist. If anything, Typhoon Tremi is expected to move north over Japan and continue its journey northwards (as a storm system) bringing more warmth into the Arctic.

I get condensation and dampness mainly in the en suite bedroom from late October to end of February. So I use a dehumidifier for a couple of hours every morning which reduces all that extra moisture. After February the rising sun solves the problem. I also make sure I air the rooms when possible.

Impressive! Trami is almost stationary now but it is expected to head for southern Japan.

Oh yes, in July my flat was also like an oven.

Regarding Katla, there is nothing to indicate that the volcano is about to erupt. It may take still a few more years before an eruption takes place. When she erupts, people around the volcano will be affected and the biggest danger are lahars because of the fast melting of the Myrdalsjokull glacier. There will be ashfall too in parts of Iceland but that depends on the wind direction. The biggest effect for the UK will be disruption to air traffic but again that's dependent on the wind direction.

It was perfectly comfortable in my flat without the heating on. I just put on a long sleeve shirt and that was it. I kept the balcony door closed though for the first time since May.

Consider yourself lucky! No storms at all here this summer. A season to forget! Hopefully we will get thundersnow this December!

Agreed! That's quite a difference.