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    Storm and Convective Discussion 23rd June Onwards

    in Storms & Severe Weather

    Posted

    Naff storm day.Can forecasters please stop forecasting thunderstorms for southern counties when they are all in mid or northern counties. It would save me a lot of anxiety.Thank you.Another 10 hours of watching 'developing' storms.Meh.

    Over the Hogs Back to the north we have thunder lightning hail and very heavy rain. The road is awash and flooding is imminent. Come over and see for yourself. But you may have it already in Godalming. :-)

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    Antarctic Ice Discussion

    in Climate Change

    Posted

    This may just sound a pretty dumb question so please bear with me. If the ice is melting anywhere on land, then presumably the sea levels will rise. If it's melting on the oceans then the sea levels will remain unchanged.

    Now I do not know this because I haven't looked into it in any great depth, but I have not seen any evidence of any sea levels rising anywhere. If the situation is becoming 'critical' as some would suggest, why has the level not risen? Or has it and I just missed it in Portsmouth Harbour...?

    Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    I can smell it here too. It's yukkie...!

    I have seen only one aircraft today. This is, obviously, very unusual for this area

    as Farnborough airport is just down the road and gets busier every year. An aircraft

    took off from there this morning about 1000. That is the only one I have seen or heard

    all day. Yesterday, all aircraft from LHR stopped at about midday. Haven't seen any

    'copters either today. Very quiet...

    Almost eerie.

    A guy on the radio said the last big blast from this mother lasted on and off for 18 months.

    Great!

    Wonder what the sunset will bring tonight?

    Andy

    Heatwave

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Both Heathrow and Farnborough showing 29°

    but my own thermo is reading 31.3°

    That was at 1320 and the 1350's should be out any time now.

    EGLF 291320Z 17007KT 9999 FEW049 29/14 Q1018

    EGLL 291320Z 18006KT 130V250 CAVOK 29/13 Q1018

    Best Wishes

    Andy

    How close this year?

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by androcles

    Sorry.

    But I find it laughable that there is all this reaction to something that 'might happen to us.'

    Millions of people die worldwide from diseases or even dis - eases and no-one gives a flying you know what.

    Why are we worried when hundreds of thousands of people in this country die from smoking. drinking, cancer of one

    kind or another, heart disease and no-one seems to care less.

    Yet a few people die four thousand miles away and our tabloids panic that ten/twenty of us may suffer a little from it.

    Let's grow up, people. Get Real and live in the moment!

    Andy

    PS If you wake up in the morning with a sniffle, don't panic. You may just have hay fever...or, hopefully...Hay - fever!

    Birdwatching

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    That's why I always feed the small birds by hanging/placing their food in/under a tree - where they are relatively safe. The hawks can't see 'em.

    Don't forget the water. I put mine under trees/shrubs and far enough away from next door's hedge ... used as an ambush screen by their resident wildlife murderer - who I refer to as "Cooking Fat".

    After the hawk had it's lunch we did move the feeder more toward some conifers. Then the squirrel was able to jump from the Acer onto the peanuts feeder, so we had to move it again. They seem quite happy with where it is now - the birds, I mean.

    The squirrel problem has been solved by greasing the pole with a mixture of Olive oil and Petroleum jelly or Vaseline. The first time he tried after we put that on should have been put on you Tube. It was hilarious to see the look of complete bewilderment on this squirrels face as he slid straight back down...on his butt!. He only tried once more.

    Victory is sweet...

    Best

    Andy

    Birdwatching

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere and up here there are the usual suspects but the main core of birds are predators buzzards kestrals harris hawks sparrowhawks and occasional peregrine falcon however my favourite hunts at night the beautiful barn owl

    I hear the 'owls' in the woods late at night but don't ever see any.

    We had a Sparrow Hawk in the garden eating our resident Blackbird

    last year. Then after we put up the bird feeder, I saw

    a Blue Tit munching on some peanut and suddenly a Hawk took it from

    the feeding station. Is that why they are called Hawks Takeaways?

    The rest of the predators I see south of the A31 Hogs Back for some reason.

    Andy

    Dry Tongues

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I have been looking in to dry tongues lately but there isn't a lot of information on them on the internet. Does anyone know much about them and also their relevance to thunderstorms and thunderstorm forecasting.

    Also, are they in any way related to troughs, there is a trough today marked on an slp map that fits exactly in to an area of dry air as seen on the humidity charts. Thanks.

    Hey Dave,

    I find I suffer from the very same problem. My situation occurs the day after a bottle of 'heavy' South African red

    with too many Sulphites in - especially one over 13.5% - say 14%+ ish. I suffer a terrible thunderstorm the next day.

    As for thunderstorm forecasting, I go to the wine store and look at the Sulphite content and % and deduce from that what the forecast for the next day will be.

    Depending on my choice, which is usually bad I hasten to add, I find that it is definitely related to a trough the next day. This is usually the onset of very dry air producing an extremely dry tongue.

    As for humidity - sheesh!

    Andy

    PS Don't try this at home...!

    Birdwatching

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    According to the RSPB the Wren is the commonest breeding bird (c8,512,000 territories) and the Chaffinch second (c5,974,000 territories)

    Again, don't see many Wrens round here and am quite amazed when I do. Maybe cos they are small...?

    Seems you guys in the north tend to have a lot more variety than we do in our suburban gardens here.

    Bit predictable round here really. Too many cars and 747's flying about...maybe?!

    Andy

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