SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Methuselah]

5 minutes ago, Blazerblue said:

Pleased to be proven wrong about saying not sure we'd see the sun today, as the clouds are thinning and blue skies appearing with the sun shining through, nice day out there, barely any wind either, temp 6c.

I wonder how long it'll take for the fog to come down, this evening, BB. 

[Blazerblue]

3 hours ago, Ed Stone said:

I wonder how long it'll take for the fog to come down, this evening, BB. 

Well the cloud has rolled in over the last hour hasnt it, pretty dull now, probably get the fog earlier tonight as a result. Hopefully gone by morning as it was early morning today  

[Jamess]

3 hours ago, Blazerblue said:

Pleased to be proven wrong about saying not sure we'd see the sun today, as the clouds are thinning and blue skies appearing with the sun shining through, nice day out there, barely any wind either, temp 6c.

Dull in Kent, Fog all morning now lifted to low cloud. 4 degrees,  a marked change in the look of the weather from yesterday, although did again reach -3.3 last night before milder air arrived. Up the local hills (North Downs) fog is still prevalent.

[Eagle Eye]

Managed to get these off my camera from the backend of the squall line on the 2nd

The storm before the sunlight turned it pink

And then the incredible colours came

[lassie23]

it looks like another phantom cold spell is getting people excited in that thread.

[Wimbledon88]

14 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

it looks like another phantom cold spell is getting people excited in that thread.

It's gone again.

[lassie23]

5 minutes ago, Wimbledon88 said:

It's gone again.

fgs lol

[Daniel*]

Fascinating pressure rise associated with shock wave from major Tonga eruption with my maths it was travelling just over 700mph with 14 hour travel time and and 10,000 miles distance. Never seen anything like this. I might not see it again feeling fortunate that I’ve experienced it. Shows how we all share an atmosphere! 

[Blazerblue]

This day last year we had snow and quite a lot of it, but nothing close to snow looks to be coming this way anytime soon this year. Cool morning, no frost or fog but still nice and dry but plenty of cloud around, hoping any rain fades before reaching here today.

[Eagle Eye]

 

 

Fascinating morning here, I've also included a slow time lapse of the darker cloud approaching from behind the camera 

 

 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

6.7c here this morning... 

Strange winter month for weather although high pressure in winter is fairly common. Usually it migrates somewhere.. I think that is what is different this time round, it just won't budge! If this was summer, it would have probably been quite hot and dry.

If winter persits with high pressure then we ideally want a wet spring otherwise it could have implications as we move into summer 

Edited January 16, 2022 by Surrey

[Eagle Eye]

Brilliant sunset here 

[Eagle Eye]

There were quite a few pictures available earlier 

[Tn9]

3 hours ago, Eagle Eye said:

There were quite a few pictures available earlier 

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Got these two ..one Saturday when fog lifted but low cloud coming in ..2  this evenings sun set... outlook is grim ..but we always knew we would be fighting a uphill battle for cold ..so no change ..

[Sparky68]

Very chilly this morning , car indicated 1c but , feels much colder than that.

[Tn9]

Outlook for rest of month anyone ...? Think till high pressure dwindles over NE  Pacific which it is reluctant to do, we here are locked in  even more so than usual,I mean we have (our high) pressure in the wrong places at the wrong time  most of the time , just makes battle harder ..but there is so much energy still flowing up the hurricane route too (eastern states). whats causing which and how much for so long ? Our high is rooted to the the spot.. gutted

[Eagle Eye]

Looking over at the standing wave across the Pacific.

We see very little change in the La Nina pattern of the strong standing wave across the Pacific, driving that jet stream and keeping the QBO from interfering with the jet. If it is affecting the jet stream (the QBO that is) then I don't think the air is allowed up and down in the usual cycle of rotation with something keeping the energy in the medium levels high (looks at La Nina in annoyance). La Nina is certainly driving the medium levels of the atmosphere into overdrive and something's got to change. Eventually, every motion has an equal and an opposite motion and eventually, when La Nina goes into overdrive, El Nino must come and calm things down. Eventually, the jet must calm itself down and it's just a matter of when and what happens with the MJO as to what happens.

Another Rossby Wave is kicked up by the standing wave, if it continues to build up Rossby Waves eventually, it will be shocked into El Nino and it's momentum and energy blown to pieces. You can already see it here with a slight weaken in the momentum of a standing wave. The transfer of the energy into these Rossby Waves will eventually weaken the standing wave over time, after all everything must stop. Even black holes will eventually leave this universe, even La Nina must weaken over time and I think it could happen over the next month after the SSW last year has kicked the Asian connections further on, which means that these kick up the Rossby Waves and so eventually the kick of these will mean they push more La Nina energy into these waves and La Nina will weaken every single time. It would be very hard to calculate the La Nina energy and if there is a way I don't know how but keep an eye on the Pacific for the moment La Nina 'dissapears'.

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Another frost this morning... could this winter go down as one with most frosts in a long time? 

 

I think if we can maintain a clear sky tonight with not much fog we may put the -6.3c here last week under threat.. which is pretty good given the last few winters!

[Captain Shortwave]

A frosty start, another clear and sunny day.

[Tn9]

2 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

A frosty start, another clear and sunny day.

Not a cloud in the sky ..all day ..nothing 

[Eagle Eye]

The moons pretty bright and big again today 

[classylady]

Even though it has been another beautiful day and I’ve been for a lovely long walk down the beach without wearing a coat I’m still longing to see some snow! 
 

[bluebell]

Quite happy for today’s weather to continue, no work and a walk over beachy head, few of the seven sisters, inland to East Dean, sadly the Tiger    Inn was shut , and returning to Eastbourne! Not many folk about and wall to wall sunshine, fantastic. 

 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

-3 here this morning and thick freezing fog. Proper Hoar frost!

I was saying last night had we stayed clear and free of fog we may have put the -6.3 here under threat from last week. 

[Sparky68]

At home -2 and a sharp ground frost , at work [ Milton Keynes] 1c. Seeing reports that we may have snow towards the end of the month.