Midlands regional discussion - into winter 2024/5

[BlueHedgehog074]

You can also see some of the patterns on the paint dripping down which, in itself, makes it more entertaining than the changeless clouds. 

[shunthebartlett92]

im selling bundles of straws for 10p a pop

[Dancerwithwings]

 shunthebartlett92 I’ll have half a penny’s worth….before you say anything, back in my days….1/2 p mojos we’re plentiful  

BlueHedgehog074….Diagonal  
Wow where have you been….I thought you’d left us

Edited November 3 by Dancerwithwings

[BlueHedgehog074]

Hi @Dancerwithwings - just a bit like the snow at the moment. Not coming around for as many visits as I used to, but still pop around for the occasional surprise (also dealing with mental health stuff) 

[Dancerwithwings]

1 minute ago, BlueHedgehog074 said:

also dealing with mental health stuff) 

I’m with you, as my wife as one’s/them issues….them four walls as such that we live in, nobody’s knows…..take care because I care xX

Anyway we live in hope….let it snow, let it snow very heavily

[BlueHedgehog074]

 Dancerwithwings So true. Sorry your wife is struggling as well. Really ain’t easy and thank you. 

Yep, very very heavily and lots and lots of cm’s. He hee

[Cirrusly Snowy]

Definitely struggling with SAD now. Little motivation to do anything and that's becoming fairly apparent in my job as well. I wish I could afford to work 6 months of the year (apr-oct)...although I'd be complaining about being stuck indoors during nice weather 

[shunthebartlett92]

 Cirrusly Snowy i hear you. Ive felt a fair bit of anxiety recently too and my sleeps taken a hit. Weather definitely doesnt help. Im just trying to work as much as i can and earn so i can have a damn nice holiday later in the winter

[matty40s]

7 more days of grey ahead, with max winds of 5mph. 

[Metwatch]

Thought it'd be interesting now to check the dullest first half of Novembers on record for here in Coventry, these are the top 5 apparantly:

1912: 10.2 hrs

1941: 11.3 hrs

1901: 11.6 hs

1902: 12.4 hrs

1942: 21.2 hrs

Looks like it's now 6 consecutive days with no sun recorded here.

October - November 1993 had 11 days with no sun in a row. The November record is 12 days in 1897.

Edited November 4 by Metwatch

[TonyH]

 Metwatch Are you sure your source is reliable as you do not think so for rain?

[Dancerwithwings]

With all this greyness, it’s pegging back daytime temperatures.

I’ve maxed out today at 10.3cc….at 16:35 I’m currently at 9.5c 

[phil nw.]

 Dancerwithwings

Yes calm conditions with an inversion.The air near the surface gradually cooling day by day until a breeze picks up.The lack of sun is cooling the inside of the house too.

It will be good to get something to clear this away though as it seems never ending.

Edited November 5 by phil nw.

[SollyOlly]

I'm not one to generally moan too much other than bonkers heat in the summer and bonkers mild in the winter - actually, scratch that, that must mean that I moan a lot, lol! - but this endless gloom is really bugging me now. I don't suffer from SAD (other than the reverse variety), but by jove, this stuck weather pattern is the very definition of "meh"! Another horrible Bonfire Night, I know that I'm old but I remember this being a cold, clear, frosty night in the good old days...what a climate we have these days.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

could really see the drizzle against car lights, expect more of the same next 10 days or so

[matty40s]

That's us firmly in the Zero...

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

is it unusual though? only 6th, different if it was April to Sept

[matty40s]

I dont think weve seen the sun since 26th October actually

[Dancerwithwings]

All this “:your greyness “ will be gone’th soon and we’ll have a change of thread 

Midlands regional discussion - Winter 24/25….01/12  

[Snowshine]

Hopefully the forecast is right and we all get to see a few days of at least partial sunshine next week because I am absolutely fed up with this eternal gloom

[SollyOlly]

The gloomfest goes on...although it feels a tad chillier out there today, or is that just me...?

Very ready for a pattern change now!

[Dancerwithwings]

 SollyOlly

 I’m with ya on that one, here was just 8.1c earlier when I came in from work at 3pm 

Monday is looking

[Iceman2606]

Anticyclonic Gloom - 7 November 2024 Time-Lapse - Northamptonshire, UK

 

[Neil Harris]

No, I thought it was cold yesterday. First time I really felt that "winter chill"

[Dancerwithwings]

6 hours ago, Neil Harris said:

No, I thought it was cold yesterday. First time I really felt that "winter chill"

It’s even colder today in looking at todays temps…..winter chill is about right