Moans, ramps and banter

[MP-R]

 Summer8906 by the end of the month, 2020 will certainly have been worse as it went downhill from the 09th onwards. But as said, it was better than this month up to this point with a lot of sunshine. Not surprised you missed the frost down there though.

[Summer8906]

 MP-R Think we missed the sunshine here too in 2020, surprised you got 38 hours by the 8th. I can't remember the detail but the one thing I do remember about that month was the persistent dullness. I can remember one sunny day perhaps around mid-month when it briefly went cold, was probably during the stormiest phase in a lull - but little else.

I remember some dry nights with stars though, so perhaps we were very unlucky with the timing of frontal systems. Certainly those two big storms were perfectly timed to co-incide with daylight hours on two consecutive Sundays (just checked, 9th/16th) and on each case I remember clear sky to the west as it was getting dark.

Edited February 8 by Summer8906

[Methuselah]

Well, I got precisely what the Met. Office predicted -- an hour or two's sleet and torrential rain. 

[Azazel]

It has not stopped throwing it down for like 14 hours now. Utterly dreadful, even for February 

[raz.org.rain]

Half of the ECMWF ensemble set are going for mild tonight, so I guess there's that.

[Metwatch]

And just like that the work of the less wet January to help reduce river levels, and slowly dry up the ground is being undone, with 230+ flood alerts for England alone tonight as river levels spike up. We really need a drier spring this year and high pressure to be more dominant in the second half of this month!

Edited February 8 by Metwatch

[TonyH]

 wimblettben was never going to be any snow west Wales so not sure of you're disappointment.

[TonyH]

 SunnyG you not heard of risk management.

[SunnyG]

 TonyH A bit of snow is a risk that needs management only in this country. Other countries manage just fine.

[marky810]

An absolute slush fest out there now. Currently 2 degrees in rain mixed with todays dumping means rivers down the roads. 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 marky810 Enjoy it ...

[Froze were the Days]

Yep disgusting weather and not for the first time this Winter...been raining here since about 6/7am. December and the Xmas/New Year period was about as vile as I can remember.

Doesn't take long after a brief dry interlude the last week or so to start pelting it down again. Roll on Spring.

[raz.org.rain]

 marky810 nowt in Cheshire today apart from freezing cold rain and wind We're stuck in that awkward spot between the lowlands and higher elevations. Far enough north to not get the mild weather the south coast has but too far south to get any significant snow.

[JoeShmoe]

Will everyone be back next year to get excited over a few days snow or is there an expectation / realisation now that in an ever warming world we really are in a different place in winter than 10-20 years ago 

[RJBingham]

 JoeShmoe

15 minutes ago, JoeShmoe said:

Will everyone be back next year to get excited over a few days snow

This 

[SunSean]

My area rapidly approaching the 50mm precipitation mark yet again and not even 10 days into the month lmao. To get a dry month in this country is now beginning to become ever more exceptionally difficult. Perhaps Northern UK should be renamed the upper wetlands & southern UK the lower wetlands.

[mountain shadow]

 JoeShmoe For me, of course I'll be back, however, it will be with increasing scepticism about what the longer range models and teleconnections show.

Unless there projections are off the scale, then much less heed should be paid to them.

The warming world just makes it so much more difficult for us.

 

[78/79]

Yet another crud day in not so sunny Somerset. A bit of career advice for all you youngsters. Avoid the Building Trade like the plague, because in this country it's a dead loss You are either battling the weather, or coping with yet another recession. Take it from me, your bank balance, health in later life, and mental well being will thank you for it. 

If you must do it, then qualify, and clear off abroad. 

Edited February 9 by 78/79

[Spikey M]

Sitting here, watching the drizzle with the temperature sitting at 10c is exceptionally irritating when I keep hearing about the nations cold snap on the news.

[ANYWEATHER]

1 hour ago, SunSean said:

My area rapidly approaching the 50mm precipitation mark yet again and not even 10 days into the month lmao. To get a dry month in this country is now beginning to become ever more exceptionally difficult. Perhaps Northern UK should be renamed the upper wetlands & southern UK the lower wetlands.

Ahh ,don't worry ,we might get a hot week in the summer, water boards will say we are in for a drought , the media will bleat on about climate change , and farmers and growers will moan that it's not the right weather for their crops , and the train companies will say the tracks are buckling because of the heat......get my drift!

[A Face like Thunder]

 Spikey M sadly it's not drizzle that sells newspapers and the like.

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 Metwatch couldn't agree more. Will be a bit worrying if April and May is anything other than primarily dry and warm. 

 

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 Paul White. looks lovely but you are aware that like 99% of the rest of the country saw nothing but semi-chilly and rainy scenes, right? 

Yesterday raining for about 15/16 hours straight in my area. How is that not moan-worthy? 

This month is turning into another July 2023 thus far

[SunSean]

 ANYWEATHER Haha if I see anyone mentioning "drought" or "needing rain" at any point this Spring & Summer, I will explode lol.

[SussexSnowman]

Had rain falling now for 16 hours straight. Fack off already. Shades of 2013/14 it feels like. Grim out there today. My dogs are looking at me as if to say "a bit cr@p out there today don't you think?"