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The Study probably states far more but this is what bugs me about current reporting - every strong weather event seems to be put down to manmade global warming. The quote that people will remember will be "Approximately 60%, and possibly even 70% of what we are seeing in the last decade can be attributed directly to greenhouse warming," he said, and the authors say that man-made climate change, which has increased the temperature of the sea surface, is the major factor behind the increase in numbers. No suggestion there - it's hard fact. The hot sea is just a superior fuel once a system has got going, surely. And a exceptionally busy season will surely stir up the seas and is nature's way of keeping those SSTs in balance from year to year. The technology we now have and are continuing to develop to detect these systems just gets more and more advanced and we have named systems in the last few years that only last a day or two before disappearing - there's no way these systems would have been detected just a few years ago so I'd agree with you all on that score. Last year's Atlantic hurricane season must have been so annoying for those reporters of doom predicting the end of the world. Strong shear and harsh conditions for systems to develop was pretty much the norm for the whole season, wasn't it. Perhaps that was the one-off rather than 2005?

Found this graphic on the nhc site which illustrates how quiet a part of the season we are in, compared to the peak in mid-September. Here's the full link - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastprofile.shtml The wave train coming out of Africa seems to be pretty intense at the moment so I would think there will be plenty to watch in a few weeks time.

Great advice there - I hope not too many people have their house flooded, it must be awful.

Just drizzle here in Tamworth, Staffordshire so far and looking at the radar, the bulk of the rain looks as though it will skim just below us unless the direction changes soon.

Oh God, where have you had to leave your car. My other half has just left Warwick to come home to Tamworth - will he make it do you think?

Still rain here in Tamworth, occasional sleety bits no snow yet.

We've got rain now in Tamworth - booooooo!

It's been solid pink over us in Tamworth, Staffs, according to netweather radar over the past hour but we haven't had a flake yet.

Thanks for all the replies, I don't think he's going to go now. I've just called my boss and spoke to his wife - he's gone out in the car to the dentist this morning so I've got no excuse other than I can't get off my drive at the moment. Stamping on him's too good for him, lol!

The netweather radar shows that SE Birmingham to London is now rain - that's not true is it? Can anyone confirm. My BF needs to drive down to near Heathrow this morning and it's taken him nearly an hour so far to get over the hill at the top of the parking bay. My boss told me not to expect a day off regardless of the weather so I need to start out in a few minutes too. Bah, humbug - I want to play in it. Cheers. Jo

Oh lordy - that looks like some serious snow for Staffordshire, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was a teenager 20 years ago. Wonder if it will come off. Temps for the Midlands towards the end of the week look crazy too. Wow, am I dreaming, will I wake up to the similar charts in the morning? Hope so!!!!

Thunder and Lightning here in Tamworth, Staffs for the past 20 minutes.