SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on

[snowrye]

16 hours ago, MAF said:

The block is more blocked than a blocked thing that is blocked me thinks

Are you saying its more blocked than me on facebook

[lassie23]

31 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Are you saying its more blocked than me on facebook

Not even the Atlantic can get that blocked

[snowrye]

Just now, lassie23 said:

Not even the Atlantic can get that blocked

Ha ha 

[Tn9]

2 hours ago, lassie23 said:

Not even the Atlantic can get that blocked

 

3 hours ago, snowrye said:

Are you saying its more blocked than me 

3 hours ago, snowrye said:

Are you saying its more blocked than me on facebook

 

What did you say or do ?? Lol ,cant imagine you kicking up the dust 

[snowrye]

1 minute ago, TN9 said:

 

What did you say or do ?? Lol ,cant imagine you kicking up the dust 

Im actually on a 3 week, non ban streak. Unheard of for me, anyway, better say something about the weather, before I get banned on here. It's stopped raining 

[Tn9]

On 08/12/2023 at 20:37, Blessed Weather said:

Time for a brand new shiny thread as we approach Christmas 2023. The old thread clocked up 499 pages of chat and discussions since December 2021 - not bad at all.

And with talk of a possible cold and snowy spell arriving around the Christmas/New Year period, who knows, we might be clocking up our first one hundred pages in record time.

Whatever your weather preference, here's wishing you get lots of it in the weeks and months ahead!

Thanks for telling me blessed lol , thought hes only moved and not told me where the party has moved to

[Tn9]

8 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Im actually on a 3 week, non ban streak. Unheard of for me, anyway, better say something about the weather, before I get banned on here. It's stopped raining 

..sin bin then yea  it has here  about 2hours ago  ..wind was strong here yesterday much stronger than i thought that it  would be ,as  usually happens when its forecast 

Edited December 10, 2023 by TN9

[lassie23]

23 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Im actually on a 3 week, non ban streak. Unheard of for me, anyway, better say something about the weather, before I get banned on here. It's stopped raining 

erm the weather is very weathery today, best i could come up with i'm afraid lol

[Ellozee]

Just chipping in as I noticed the mention of SAD on this SE thread. 

I noticed a few years back during the darker months I was lacking energy and often had a pretty lousy mood. I'd gotten past teenage moodswings and this felt much more like a mild depression which seemed to recur every winter. 

Not that it will work for everyone, but I tried taking occasional vitamin D supplements (available on amazon - I chose to use the vitabiotics ones but there's plenty available), and they had a profoundly positive effect on both my mindset and physical energy level. Please, if you're feeling a bit down and haven't tried these, or sun-lamp, give it a go. It doesn't stop the pessimistic thoughts of - 'bloody heck will this rain never end?!' But at least you might smile about it. 

Fingers crossed for some high pressure and clear frosty winter days soon ey. 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Ellozee
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[alexisj9]

8 hours ago, snowrye said:

Im actually on a 3 week, non ban streak. Unheard of for me, anyway, better say something about the weather, before I get banned on here. It's stopped raining 

Lol I don't know what people do to get banned on there, it's never happened to me yet., but I know lots of people it keeps happening too.

[lassie23]

Could not sleep the wind was making a racket all night.

[lawrenk]

Looking like we can pretty much write off December for any chance of the cold stuff down here. As far as I’m concerned that means a third of winter gone for what I would describe as “proper winter”. Yes, it can snow in March and even April but even the exceptional cold of the BFTE couldn’t keep it on the ground long for that late in the season, in my neck of the woods at least.

I’d never be bold enough to say this on the main thread but, in my opinion, rare are the occasions that a proper cold spell comes along without the MO picking up on it first. Nov/Dec 10 is often quoted but I recall the MO long ranger picked that up from a long way out and remorselessly counted it down till it hit. Same with the BFTE I think.

 

[Snowangel-North]

Lovely dry day out in and around Henley on Thames today - saw lots of flooding on the way home, enough rain & wind now - time for a change even if it’s dry cold ! 

[lassie23]

What's happening in the MOD thread, Christmas Day must be showing up in the models by now

[Vortex3929]

24 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

What's happening in the MOD thread, Christmas Day must be showing up in the models by now

They seem pretty calm. A fairly consistent n'ly of late and ecm took a step towards gfs is my overall simpleton taking of the mood. 

Not a bad day here either. Drier, not particularly cold. Nothing special but glad the sky isn't leaking

[Summer tyre]

No, Vortex3929! As soon as you said that we had a sky leak!

[lassie23]

I haven't put winter tyres on my car this year so watch it snow lol

6 minutes ago, Snow tyre said:

No, Vortex3929! As soon as you said that we had a sky leak!

 

[alexisj9]

16 hours ago, lassie23 said:

Could not sleep the wind was making a racket all night.

Both storms missed me, not complaining, wish the rain did too.

[lassie23]

On 10/12/2023 at 21:12, Ellozee said:

Just chipping in as I noticed the mention of SAD on this SE thread. 

I noticed a few years back during the darker months I was lacking energy and often had a pretty lousy mood. I'd gotten past teenage moodswings and this felt much more like a mild depression which seemed to recur every winter. 

Not that it will work for everyone, but I tried taking occasional vitamin D supplements (available on amazon - I chose to use the vitabiotics ones but there's plenty available), and they had a profoundly positive effect on both my mindset and physical energy level. Please, if you're feeling a bit down and haven't tried these, or sun-lamp, give it a go. It doesn't stop the pessimistic thoughts of - 'bloody heck will this rain never end?!' But at least you might smile about it. 

Fingers crossed for some high pressure and clear frosty winter days soon ey. 

I take D3 every day during the winter.

[ChillyJuju]

Today's Low Temp  0.8°C  at    20:31

As can be seen on the graph, it reached a low temp @ half 8pm and was looking promising for a frosty night to follow todays Sunshine. Then it went pear-shaped with a rising temperature

As has been mentioned, it's wise to take Vitamin D. I too chose the Vitabiotics just like @Ellozee and take D3 on a pretty regular basis especially during the long nights

Edited December 12, 2023 by ChillyJuju
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[lassie23]

50 minutes ago, ChillyJuju said:

Today's Low Temp  0.8°C  at    20:31

As can be seen on the graph, it reached a low temp @ half 8pm and was looking promising for a frosty night to follow todays Sunshine. Then it went pear-shaped with a rising temperature

As has been mentioned, it's wise to take Vitamin D. I too chose the Vitabiotics just like @Ellozee and take D3 on a pretty regular basis especially during the long nights

I rely on the sun in sultry London in the summer for vitamin D lol

[Sparky68]

Horrendous drive in this morning , aquaplaning left,right and centre. Wide tyres and heavy rain never great

[Vortex3929]

9 hours ago, Snow tyre said:

No, Vortex3929! As soon as you said that we had a sky leak!

My bad!!!! I should've whispered that. Oops.

As Sparky68 has said, it is an appalling looking morning on radar. Many leaks out there. I think I'll be swimming to work this morning

[moogyboobles]

It's all gone wonderfully dark and cosy with torrential rain here... however I am feeling bad as it's bin day, and they are not having a great time doing their job in this. 

[Atmogenic]

Had some pretty heavy hail here at 1pm