Stormy Weather

[BBMmk2]

hope everyone's alright, after this last spell of rather bad weather? Quite alarming, to say the least!

[BBMmk2]

A bit of calm now! :)

[Serial_Apologist]

A bit of calm now! :)

Someoone has just kindly posted on a weather forum accusing the BBC reporter at Barton-on-Sea, 2 days ago of, exaggeration (or words to that effect) in claiming winds of 90 mph to be blowing as he struggled to stay upright, saying the man would not have been able to stand out in such winds. I can vouch for that, remembering the 60 mph winds that blew me right across a busy main road in this country in 1990, tearing my hand away from the elderly lady I was gripping. In response another poster has posted the Youtube link below of a driver safe in his car next to a garage forecourt in Florida at the height of Hurricane Charley. The short clip takes us through the eyewall - the most powerful zone in any hurricane - and ends in the calm of the eye. In the meantime, and this is a warning to anybody of nervous disposition, we witness the canopy getting shredded as winds reach 175 miles an hour!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unV5KcSrY-I

Happy viewing!

(I would reprint some of the comments, which are very funny, but probably too offensive for this forum!)

[Petrushka]

I have to say I'm very sceptical of these reporters standing out in a storm. They usually look as if someone has thrown a bucket of water at them just a few seconds before going on air while the wind often looks very much as if produced by a wind machine. Are they actually in a studio with the storm projected on a screen behind them?

[Nick Armstrong]

I have to say I'm very sceptical of these reporters standing out in a storm. They usually look as if someone has thrown a bucket of water at them just a few seconds before going on air while the wind often looks very much as if produced by a wind machine. Are they actually in a studio with the storm projected on a screen behind them?

Are you one of those who suspect that the Apollo Moon landing was faked, Pet?

[teamsaint]

Are you one of those who suspect that the Apollo Moon landing was faked, Pet?

Never seen that before.
Looks as though when NASA were faking the landings they dropped a clanger.

[Serial_Apologist]

Never seen that before.
Looks as though when NASA were faking the landings they dropped a clanger.

The curvature of the "moon" suggests they were standing on a giant blow-up ball, of the kind used at circuses and the like, rubbed in flour.

[marthe]

Strong winds and single-digit temperatures (Farenheit) make for frigid weather here in southern New England. It will be a three-fire night chez marthe. that means the Handsome Husband will be lighting fires in all three working fireplaces. We actually have a fourth fireplace but don't use it as the flue hasn't been lined. We've actually had it easy so far this winter. This is the first time we've had to break out the long johns!

[Serial_Apologist]

Strong winds and single-digit temperatures (Farenheit) make for frigid weather here in southern New England. It will be a three-fire night chez marthe. that means the Handsome Husband will be lighting fires in all three working fireplaces. We actually have a fourth fireplace but don't use it as the flue hasn't been lined. We've actually had it easy so far this winter. This is the first time we've had to break out the long johns!

Yes I've been watching how it's been developing on your side marthe. One of the contributers to the website I linked above reckons this cold snap shouldnt be expected to last long. I hope he's right!

[BBMmk2]

I beggar belief sometimes, with the forecasters. How do they know what time the weather event will start and finish? They invariably get it wrong!

[Petrushka]

I beggar belief sometimes, with the forecasters. How do they know what time the weather event will start and finish? They invariably get it wrong!

They just as often get it right too! We can occasionally be told that rain will start here at, say 4pm, and it's surprising how accurate this can be. So can things like 'winds easing' in the latter part of the afternoon. Yes, often and frustratingly incorrect as the forecast can be, it can also be right!

[marthe]

Yes I've been watching how it's been developing on your side marthe. One of the contributers to the website I linked above reckons this cold snap shouldnt be expected to last long. I hope he's right!

Cold enough for sea smoke this AM (-8 F...not sure how that translates to C.) It is, however, relatively calm and quite sunny. Getting bundled up soon to go out for an afternoon walk. This coming weekend we'll be up near Stowe, Vermont for a brief vacation. It's -18 F there but temps should be on the rise before we head north.

[DracoM]

Bitter oop 'ere, despite winter sun. Northerly nasty little breeze, clear skies with stars and high moon, and temp way, way down.

[mangerton]

It's been a lovely day here, with bright sunshine all day. I went out for a walk around 5.30 and it was still light.The downside to all this of course is that it has been bitterly cold with temps barely above freezing.

But it's been so good to see the sun!

[Serial_Apologist]

-8 F...not sure how that translates to C.

Minus 22 Celsius - that's just about as cold as it ever gets over here!

Plus 1.5 C here at the moment - quite a heatwave by comparison, with a few snowflakes falling as I arrived home just now.