Jane Louise

Hi ya dryjoy, Welcome to netweather Please could you pop your location in your profile so we know where you're at. Thank you

How lucky are you Sk? nothing for me again. I'm trying to be positive for the rest of the year that I will and I repeat WILL get something eventually :lol:

Well, story of my life! nowt happened here again (what a suprise) I even missed out on the snow early evening while some in Gloucestershire did well grrrr. Oh well, never mind. Anyway on to tomorrows forecast from Estofex: Valid: Fri 27 Jan 2012 06:00 to Sat 28 Jan 2012 06:00 UTC Issued: Thu 26 Jan 2012 19:42 Forecaster: TUSCHY SYNOPSIS and DISCUSSION A deep cyclonic vortex over Scotland moves atop the North Sea with a slow-down in forward speed. At the same time, further amplification of the trough occurs towards France. Also, geopotential heights start to decrease over N-Algeria. A strengthening high pressure area over Russia precludes DMC over E/NE Europe. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms occur over NW-Europe with sleet and strong wind gust the main risk. The activity gradually diminishes after sunset. Also, scattered thunderstorms are forecast over the SW-Mediterranean. Very slow storm motion may yield an augmented heavy rainfall risk. Otherwise no severe risk is anticipated. Peak thunderstorm activity will occur offshore. http://www.estofex.org/

Tis not fair, no exciting weather ever happens where I am lol

Still nothing here yet Lol, It's missed me just like those damn storms grrrrrr

Snowing in Cheltenham, but nothing here yet.

Hmmm, Staverton airport has mentioned this for this afternoon: heavy rain showers and thunderstorm small hail or snow pellets only a 30% chance though lol.

Oh well :lol: , maybe later on in the year something'll turn up.

Ahh, we are back to blue skies and sunshine now that the rainband has cleared. One can only hope for a surprise later on lol. But the conditions certainly look right! Oooh my first storm eh! in all honesty I doubt it though!

Say no more Stu :winky: but thanks anyway!

And here comes the rain, after having a sunny morning, a couple of anvils formed. It's also very windy and the temps have dropped.It's not very nice out there at all. Still waiting for my hail thunder later Lol

You're right there Aaron , also not forgetting the 5 years before that and all!!

Thanks Sarah, maybe it'll be my first for 2012 after all 2012 is going to be a good year you know. :winky:

Here is the latest from Uk weatherworld courtesy of Tony gilbert. and I'm in this one Lol 9.15pm Weds Slight Risk of Convective Showers with Moderate Hail Falls. Possibility of Sferics. Western Eire & Western UK regions 09Z-21Z Certainly a low level outlook for severity, though worth a mention. Post frontal troughing expected to gain pace by early morning with multiple tall cumulonimbus observations expected for the regions as per map below. Given the exceptional height falls and low freezing level we will see numerous isolated pockets of hail showers with further risk of isolated sferic activity. Supporting vertical; shear looks rather weak though we should primarily expect pulse type activity. There is also some minor scope for partial separation of updraft to outflow around the Bristol region late in the day. Whilst we can expect to see tall glaciated cb development, updrafts will nevertheless be comparatively weak. In short, the tall cloud tops will be achieved at a rather slow pace. In any case certainly a good day for that classic thunderhead photo shot! ( Map on Uk weatherworld) http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/89091-convective-outlook-thurs-26th-jan-12/

Shhhhush :winky: Well, I do have a 30% chance I suppose I reckon it's more Cornwall and Devon that may get a flash or two. Gloucestershire probably nothing as usual Lol. A bit of radar watching tomorrow is on the cards just in case.

Ahhh, so a little hail and thunder has been forecast tomorrow for the SouthWest!! Probably applies more to the coasts! Interesting day whatever may happen.

I've now taken down a few of the nestboxes.I only have two up for now. I'm not even sure any bird will nest in them due to there being plenty of hideouts, bushes and trees that backs onto farmland. I've seen two robins pairing up and I also have the joys of two nuthatches on the feeding station. Also the male blackbirds seem to tolerate each other side by side which I find strange.I thought they were meant to be very territorial!

My landlord has two baby hogs in his house.Haven't seen them yet although I would love to! We have a hedgehog box in our garden which also backs onto small fields and a river. I sent off for a pack and I'm looking forward to helping. Any kind of help involving nature and wildlife brings great pleasure to me.

:wacko: :blink: Wow, how terrifying! I'm lost for words lol

Good luck with the owl box Jethro! I too would be over the moon if an owl started nesting in it. I love springtime when the young fledglings are fed by the parent birds. Last year I was in awe just watching them.I videoed bluetits , Blackbirds, starlings and the robin feeding their young .Such a pleasure to watch. One bird I have missed seeing this winter is the pied wagtail, I think they tend to hang around the farms down the road rather then come into the garden.

Fear not Jethro! I too get overly excited from any new bird species that fly into the garden lol. We have 3 feeding stations, 4 nest boxes and 5 roosting pouchess. I am still awaiting a bird to roost in one of my nest boxes with a newly installed cam which was placed in there in December, but sadly not one bird yet. At present we have: Two robins Four Blackbirds Lots of Goldfinches Loads of bluetits and great tits The redwings are starting to make an appearance in the fields behind Two Dunnocks Long tailed tits Chaffinches Collard doves Great spotted woodpecker No starlings lol A few fieldfare Two nuthatches that feed on the feeder right next to our window A couple of greenfinches now and then. Pheasants out back A small wren Sparrows And a couple buzzards flying around the field. I can't wait to see the yellowhammer, siskins, bullfinch and redpolls. You could say I'm addicted. and it's perfectly normal to get excited. :lol:

Thanks John, let's hope this verifies and does not change before next weekend! looking forward to later when you post the 18z up.

An interesting piece from a pilot who's been flying for 45 years.. seems it was pretty scary for him in his younger days when he got caught in a thunderstorm. Caught in a THUNDERSTORM By Tom Weeks There must be a power that intercedes to protect young and foolish pilots from disaster. That power has interdicted several times for me in the past 45 years of flying. For instance, as a teenager, my early flying adventures took place over the long western shore of Lake Michigan . If the prevailing westerly winds sailed a thunderstorm into my flight path, I could usually skirt around the developing cells or quickly land to avoid being forced out over 100 miles of frigid, deep inland lake. That didn't happen this time . . My 150-mile VFR flight plan was simple, even for an inexperienced teenaged pilot: Just fly south along the shoreline from the glacial moraine of Door County to Milwaukee . Unfortunately, a squall line of thunderstorms darkened the western sky and was quickly bearing down on the airport. The airport operator knew I was a low-time pilot. He cautioned, " If it looks like this storm is going to cut you off, make a 180-degree turn and return to this airport." With this advice in mind, I taxied out and took off in my recently acquired Cessna 140. I got cut off. I returned immediately to the airport vicinity. By now the boiling, dark clouds began demonstrating their strength. Strong downdrafts and random sharp gusts defeated my attempts for a safe landing and tiedown. A handful of seconds later, the airport disappeared under the rough-looking curtain. Then, the shore disappeared. I found myself gazing bleakly at nearly 100 miles of open, ocean-blue water to the east (and nearly 300 miles to the south). I had no floatation safety devices on board. No ships or boats were in sight. I decided to climb and turn back toward the storm. Perhaps I could thread my way between the storm cells, then back to land. I carefully approached the storm's leading edge. Now, over the flat water the squall line was no longer stumbling over the trees and hills. Its violence appeared mollified. I was seduced into making an attempt to scale the wall of the cell. By using the unbelievably strong updrafts, the Cessna was whisked up to 9000 feet. the aircraft was still climbing over 1200 fpm when an innocent appearing finger of cloud blocked its climbing turn. I thought, "I'll only be inside the edge of this cloud for a few seconds, then out the other side ". There was no other side . . but there was horror. At what point did the sturdy 90 hp Continental's engine rpms "max out" ! Where did the terrifying airspeed peak as the pilot's side window was sucked out into the cell ! Who could know what damage thousands of marble-sized hailstones were rendering to the wings with the sound of the devil's snare drum ! http://www.fighterpilots.net/Stories/caught_in_a_thunderstorm.htm

Wow, that was certainly a bad storm.. thanks for sharing !

Thank you, some interesting and of course nail biting recollections there . I personally wouldn't fly on a plane I fit in to the fear of flying category. How I would love to go abroad though! if ever I did it would have to go by boat... now that's another topic ,sailing through a thunderstorm at sea!