Model Banter, Moans and Ramps

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

Ruddy more HP but only from the East this time gggggrrrrrr LOL. This is very lean times for us active weather fans.

Edited September 24, 2013 by No Balls Like Snow Balls

[Bobby]

Ruddy more HP but only from the East this time gggggrrrrrr LOL. This is very lean times for us active weather fans.

 

Doesn't look too bad, could be a fair bit of rain, some heavy showers and downpours, maybe something thundery on the current charts especially in the S. At least we seem to get rid of that tedious nagging Azores/Mid-Atlantic high that's been pestering us it seems for ages, the most boring weather setup IMO.

Edited September 24, 2013 by Bobby

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

Doesn't look too bad, could be a fair bit of rain, some heavy showers and downpours, maybe something thundery on the current charts especially in the S. At least we seem to get rid of that tedious nagging Azores/Mid-Atlantic high that's been pestering us it seems for ages, the most boring weather setup IMO.

 

Yeah weekend could be quite interesting, just hope it can last a while.

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

Latest meteo update has us staying unsettled towards mid month, even talk of it getting somewhat  colder generally  .

They seem to be very uncertain about any settled spell after mid month.

 

Hopefully plenty of enjoyable active weather to come

[Methuselah]

Yeah weekend could be quite interesting, just hope it can last a while.

I'll give it two days!

[cobbett]

Do unsettled weather fans actually go outside to enjoy that weather or watch it from the comfort of their armchair ?

[shedhead]

Just as yesterday it's as dull as ditchwater here and cool too in misty low cloud/lifted fog.  All I can say is lucky those who have enjoyed any proper warmth, but having said that we should see 25c here today..... 8c this morning and 17c this afternoon!

Edited September 24, 2013 by shedhead

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

Do unsettled weather fans actually go outside to enjoy that weather or watch it from the comfort of their armchair ?

 

I go outside and enjoy it. Nothing like being wrapped up in your waterproofs, with gale force winds driving rain horizontily at you :-)

[Mark Parsons]

Do unsettled weather fans actually go outside to enjoy that weather or watch it from the comfort of their armchair ?

I think they do nothing but stare out the window with nothing better to do!

[Mark Parsons]

I go outside and enjoy it. Nothing like being wrapped up in your waterproofs, with gale force winds driving rain horizontily at you :-)

........and not have to make a living out of doing it!

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

........and not have to make a living out of doing it!

 

purely for fun

[hec1]

unsettled weather is fantastic I love it, beats this boring crap we've had recently

[Bottesford]

Settled is great when it leads to warm/hot sunshine or cold sunny ice days. The odd foggy inversion in the cold part of the year is good too as its quite atmospheric - although must not go on too long or severe sun starvation goes on.

When settled is cloudy/drizzly then its cack. Gladly today has delivered warm sunshine at last so long may it continue!

The unsettled gales, rain and such belong mid Oct-Nov then bring 'em on!

[syed2878]

john h did say there will be cloudy. Yet 1 or 2 posters stil over hiped this spell. Yesterday the sun didn't come out here at all how ever after a cloudie start the sun's out and fiels very warm.

[Bottesford]

So today sorted.. what of tomorrow - its anybodys guess!

[mushymanrob]

Yeah, foggy here this morning. Allegedly the sun will come out later but they said that yesterday.

 

its out here...clear blue skies pretty strong warm sun...

 

Latest meteo update has us staying unsettled towards mid month, even talk of it getting somewhat  colder generally  .

They seem to be very uncertain about any settled spell after mid month.

 

Hopefully plenty of enjoyable active weather to come

 

'getting somewhat colder mid month'?... never! in october! lol... c'mon man, a 5 year old kid could predict that! its inevitable (unfortunately).

[Scorcher]

john h did say there will be cloudy. Yet 1 or 2 posters stil over hiped this spell. Yesterday the sun didn't come out here at all how ever after a cloudie start the sun's out and fiels very warm.

 

Many of us have had a lot of sunshine as well though- only yesterday was completely cloudy here. Today has been fantastic, as was Sunday- Saturday was sunny for most of the afternoon too.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Do unsettled weather fans actually go outside to enjoy that weather or watch it from the comfort of their armchair ?

 

In my case, it depends on the type of unsettled weather.  If it has both sunshine and convective precipitation somewhere in the description then I am likely to go outside and enjoy it, and if we get a bout of windy weather once in a while then I may pop outside and stand facing the wind to get a strong sense of its power.  But there are other types of unsettled weather that I find rather less interesting and/or only decent to view from indoors.

 

I had plenty of sunshine over the last few days but today, in contrast, is like one of those "anticyclonic gloom" days more commonly associated with November-February, quite misty and grey- so the distribution of cloud is clearly a lot different today.  It is a common issue that as autumn progresses and solar strength declines, high pressure spells are increasingly likely to be cloudy for at least some of the time, whereas in June and July a sustained supply of moisture is needed to prevent the sun from burning off the cloud and turning a cloudy high into a clear, sunny one.

Edited September 24, 2013 by Thundery wintry showers

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

its out here...clear blue skies pretty strong warm sun...:)'getting somewhat colder mid month'?... never! in october! lol... c'mon man, a 5 year old kid could predict that! its inevitable (unfortunately).

Yeah it is pretty silly. I have no idea how cold they mean but looking at the models there ain't no sign of colder yet.

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

In my case, it depends on the type of unsettled weather. If it has both sunshine and convective precipitation somewhere in the description then I am likely to go outside and enjoy it, and if we get a bout of windy weather once in a while then I may pop outside and stand facing the wind to get a strong sense of its power. But there are other types of unsettled weather that I find rather less interesting and/or only decent to view from indoors.I had plenty of sunshine over the last few days but today, in contrast, is like one of those "anticyclonic gloom" days more commonly associated with November-February, quite misty and grey- so the distribution of cloud is clearly a lot different today. It is a common issue that as autumn progresses and solar strength declines, high pressure spells are increasingly likely to be cloudy for at least some of the time, whereas in June and July a sustained supply of moisture is needed to prevent the sun from burning off the cloud and turning a cloudy high into a clear, sunny one.

Don't you go having to much fun there, you might do yourself an injury lol. Edited September 24, 2013 by No Balls Like Snow Balls

[TonyH]

Oh please....stop playing Pollyanna and let people have a whinge! All the hype over the last few weeks (from the usual suspects) has led to skate grey skies for days across much of the UK, not just London/SE. Really couldn't care less that some obscure Welsh village was warm today, quite frankly.

Trawsgoed is a mansion not a mere village i'll have you know!

[conor123]

Is there any explanation as to why this spell has been so grey and the low cloud is never picked up by the models but mid level-high stuff usually is? I always thought this was the time of year that the muck was least likely so expected crystal clear skies today and yesterday? 

[mushymanrob]

Is there any explanation as to why this spell has been so grey and the low cloud is never picked up by the models but mid level-high stuff usually is? I always thought this was the time of year that the muck was least likely so expected crystal clear skies today and yesterday? 

 

moist air off the atlantic? damp ground after last weeks rain? temperature inversion?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

25th Sept, the 'wet' day, looks horrid wet for north and west midlands, just like last year

[TonyH]

Well for an hour or so perhaps then largely dry today.