South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 17/09/13 ------------>

[Anvils in the Sky]

Hi AITS, the Old Wive's tale to which you refer is actually this:

 

'When Autumn time is full of spiders

You will need your windscreen wipers"

 

Yep, that's what I meant to type! Nearly got it right!

 

LOL Lee - let's hope so!

No more, I promise! Got today's idiocy out of my system now!

 

My god that's crap!

 

And the sad thing is that was the best I could come up with. So I'll leave to your imagination how truly dire the others were!

[Snowangel-MK]

 

 

Thinking about coming out of my summer hibernation period, I'm getting that autum feeling

 

 

 

 

Well hello Shotski, nice to see you back and with that autumn feeling too - there are lots of nuts around at the moment which the squirrels seem to be gathering up so I hope you don't go AWOL 

 

I certainly have that Friday feeling.....

 

 

 

 

...it's almost the weekend 

[Jax]

Afternoon all

 

Well the sun has tried a few times today to make an appearance, some better than others.  We have climbed above 18oC too, so not too shabby a day in all as it has stayed dry if a little more breezy though.

 

Just found out today the new Marvel-Avengers-S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series starts tonight on CH4   and there is the special I.T. Crowd episode to watch too

 

 

and not forgetting Sir David Attenborough is on too (the PVR will get a work out tonight)

[Coast]

Afternoon all

 

Well the sun has tried a few times today to make an appearance, some better than others.  We have climbed above 18oC too, so not too shabby a day in all as it has stayed dry if a little more breezy though.

 

'Ello Jax.

 

Not unreasonable here either and definitely a plus for the end of September. I think we've still got some warmth (above seasonal norms) to come in the next week which is encouraging:

 

 

Still not bad at 18/19 in places up to next weekend:

 

 

Right, lots to do this weekend including some or more partying, drinking, eating and chilli'

 

Have a good one peeps! 

Edited September 27, 2013 by Coast

[Jax]

'Ello Jax.

 

Not unreasonable here either and definitely a plus for the end of September. I think we've still got some warmth (above seasonal norms) to come in the next week which is encouraging:

 

Have a good one peeps! 

You too me ole mucker.

 

Looking forward to staying in the old "snooze-o-matic" past the 05:00-06:00 point in the morning for the first time in two weeks this weekend.

[abruzzi spur]

Afternoon from Croydon,Pleasant and warm here. Some excitement possible for the Brontophiles in the extreme SW/S of our region, starting tomorrow morning for around 24 hours or so. Showers possibly thundery, flirting with the Sussex and Kent coast at times but shouldnt amount to much. I've not called for a COBRA meeting for Brontophobes, just yet.Hope you all enjoy your POETS day.I'll just have to be content with my 9.30 finish this evening and same again tomorrow but please dont feel guilty! Lol.Tom.

Tom, that reminds me, and without wishing to rub it in about your 9:30 finish, I have got 3 bottles of the stuff in the fridge to go with tonight's Indian! Hope all's well with the house by now?

 

AS

[Tom Montalbano]

Hi AS,

Everything's fine with the house now thanks. Hope all's well with you and yours.

No hardship to work until 9.30, love the job, only 2 of us working tonight and my colleague is a really nice laid-back guy and we'll probably be discussing the merits of various rock/blues guitarists, in between taking phone calls. Hardly taxing!

Tom.

[Methuselah]

Nice pair of sundogs just now...

[legrandefromage]

 

Nice pair of sundogs just now...

 I got pics...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2013 by legrandefromage

[Steve C]

Quite a stunning sunset here a few minutes ago. It's a pity that where I live is no good for pics.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2013 by Steve C

[Lauren]

I'm at that awkward clothing phase where you can't quite get it right and you go from shivering to sweating your bits off in the space of 10 minutes. Those are the joys of Autumn weather.

[john pike]

hi all

 

heres the fax charts and this is tricky

 

tomorrow

 

a breezy south easterly

 

temps

around 18 north of london

 

20 south of london

 

rainfall is the tricky bit

 

the trough on the fax showing to our south west is an annoying so and so

 

ukmo show this

 

as you can see it shows light precipitation to the far south east

 

and a tad heavier to the far south

 

i feel that most areas should stay dry with sunny spells except the far south and far west of the region

 

even the areas effected should not be too wet

 

 

sunday

 

again a breezy and fairly noticeable south east flow

 

temps

somewhere around 16-18 degrees

 

expect cloudy conditions and fog especially tod area and also the far south of the region

 

rainfall

 

again looks mainly dry

 

however the very far south may pick up the odd shower due to the low to our south

 

still not looking too bad

 

monday

 

a gusty south east flow

 

temps

somewhere around 18 degrees

 

looks dry but there may be a shower or 2 to the far west of the region

 

looks like fog will not be an issue with this set up

[HammerJack]

Evening all. Has been partly cloudy today, but always bright 😃. The wind has picked up a bit now, and even by my standards it feels a tad chilly (but, by no means central heating chilly). Our charity lunchtime walk over the local nature park went brilliant, and we managed to raise £180 for the teenage cance trust. On top of that, we saw some great sights of nature. Blue dragon flies, wild ponies, a weasel and a few birds which I can't remember the names of, but was very enjoyable to watch.

Thanks for the update JP, and enjoy your Cobra's Coast. Mine are chilling ready for me tomorrow ðŸ»

Edited September 27, 2013 by LeighD

[Methuselah]

Aye. Thanks for the info JP...You're forecasts are as good as any others I've seen...

[john pike]

hi abns

 

thanks mate

 

typical weekend

 

we get high pressure all the time then at the weekend we get a trough and a low close to us

 

reckon they like winding up the forecasters

 

i think mainly dry is the call but these showers are so close its hard to ignore them

 

anyway still useable weather at least

[Snowangel-MK]

Quite a stunning sunset here a few minutes ago.

Hopefully a delightful day tomorrow then .... Sunset over MK (not taken by me I was busy cooking at the time)

[Captain Shortwave]

Looks good for the weekend, the bbc website has the sunny symbols out

[john pike]

http://themoscownews.com/local/20130925/191943689/First-snowfall-hits-Moscow.html

 

this story reminds me of the winters we used to get a few years ago

 

love this bit

 

“The snow was falling for five-seven minutes, it started at about 3:07 p.m.,†a resident who lives close to the Yugо-Zapadnaya subway station, the southernmost stop on the Red line, told RIA Novosti. “Now the sun is out again.â€

 

do they have a net weather forum in russia

[john pike]

tuesday

 

a south-south easterly flow and quite blowy

 

temps

18-20 degrees and maybe a degree or 2 higher where the sun stays out

 

 

some showers around after lunch and possibly heavy for a time

 

wednesday to follow

[john pike]

wednesday

 

a gusty southerly flow

 

due to warmer air source i would say temps around 20-22 degrees and feeling humid

 

note the fronts close to us

 

now rainfall

 

 

at present ecm and the fax look to match

 

so if correct i reckon we could see some thunderstorms and heavy rain with this set up

 

as always keep watching to see if it changes as it gets closer

[Steve C]

wednesday

 

a gusty southerly flow

 

due to warmer air source i would say temps around 20-22 degrees and feeling humid

 

 

 

 

 

I hope so John. I know that somewhere in the UK will hit 21C (70F) in roughly 2 out of 3 years on average, in October, so I always look for the last shot of warmth now.

 

In fact I'd be really happy if proper cold weather was reserved for December, January and February only (okay maybe late November and very early March too) but I didn't like the dragging cold in the last Spring at all on balance, mostly due to high power bills. I'm also confident that I cope with cold better than 95% of the general population, including most of the cold weather types, who post on the Model Discussion Thread.

Edited September 27, 2013 by Steve C

[john pike]

hi steve

 

hope something happens soon as getting a tad stale this weather now

 

a good storm would be nice

 

looking at these

 

look at the 10th on

 

note the cold ensembles runs starting to show

 

thats when i feel the cooler conditions will start to come into play and then gradually get colder

 

also thats when the first frosts may come into play overnight

 

time will tell though

 

anyway better go bed now

 

goodnight mate

[Steve C]

I should clarify my post above.

 

I've no problem with people who like cold weather. It's more the types who moan in Summer about any sort of heat and say they wish it was Winter. If we had twelve months of January type weather, they'd soon be whining, especially if our power systems couldn't cope and they ended up with no cosy central heating...

[legrandefromage]

Morning all!

 

Bright, breezy and just a wee bit nipply this morning which reminds me that I should go for a looser fit t-shirt...

[Coast]

Morning regionaires.

 

Bright to the East, darker to the West but not bad overhead in Eastbourne this morning.

 

How about a bit of a semi-serious prediction for the colder season then? No prizes, just the kudos of being closest:

 

What date will the first visible snow fall to the ground and give at least a light dusting in our region and where do you think that will be?

 

Answer in this regional thread so we can look back and check when it happens!

Edited September 28, 2013 by Coast