Stormy Weather

[salymap]

Yes good luck with your move, BBM - we'll miss your idiosyncratic prose on the forum meanwhile!

Are you staying in the same area? The South coast reputedly receives more sunshine than anywhere else in the UK. Hard to figure that one out, but...

Well, it's a relief, if nothing else, to see "normal" weather patterns across the Atlantic, normal temperatures and the usual "mix" of typical British weather, following months of blocking high pressure systems, always in the wrong locations! Pretty much overcast here now - cumulus and stratocumulus - suggesting possible light showers, though none are in the official forecast. 11 C, wind gentle westerly.

Had to put the lights on at 3.30pm and pretty miserable weather. ould be worse I know....

[Nick Armstrong]

Hope everyone will behave themselves :)

Oink oink flap flap

Very best of luck with the move. Take it as easy as you can, and have some standing by...

[marthe]

"Enjoying" a typical nor'easter yesterday and today. Fortunately we're not getting snow and and ice here, just high winds...again. BBM best wishes for your move!

[salymap]

Hello marthe, long time since we've heard, isn't it? Hope all is well with you - very gloomy today, it never really got light.
Bestio, Mahlerei often asks about you, I'll tell him you have posted. saly

[Serial_Apologist]

Hello marthe, long time since we've heard, isn't it? Hope all is well with you - very gloomy today, it never really got light.
Bestio, Mahlerei often asks about you, I'll tell him you have posted. saly

And best wishes from Yours Truly, marthe - we've seen reports of the latest weather your way!

[marthe]

Thanks, saly and S_A. The worst of the wind is over, though it's still blowing a bit. Nor'easters are pretty typical for this time of year but this one is a double-whammy after the late, unlamented Sandy. We're lucky that we didn't get snow. Triple whammy is that our furnace isn't working at the moment. Furnace man is coming tomorrow to see why said furnace won't go into heating mode. Meanwhile we've got plug-in radiators placed around the house. They gobble up electricity but the cats enjoy curling up next to them. saly, our spell of gloomy weather should be ending tomorrow. The sun will be shining! Please give my best wishes to Mahlerei, Sky, and the buns. Mahlerei's pets must have their nice winter coats by now. Best wishes, marthe

[BBMmk2]

Hope all be well soon , weather wise! Glad your alright,which is the main thing!

[amateur51]

Hope all be well soon , weather wise! Glad your alright,which is the main thing!

Seconded marthe! How's the move going BBM? Best of luck with that

[Anna]

I hope BBM remembered NOT to pack the kettle, mugs, milk and teabags but put them in the car because the first thing the removal men want at the new place is - a cuppa tea before they will even consider unloading!

Barometer at weather station dropping like a stone, it's saying 1001.4, temp 10.8° and looking increasingly rainy. Question: how many people own their own barometer and is it a fun thing to have? Just wondering if I might get one.

Promised a friend to go to local Catholic Christmas Bazaar tomorrow .... hoping they might have some nice cakes or marmalade (I can guarantee they won't have any Scottish Tablet!)

[Serial_Apologist]

Question: how many people own their own barometer and is it a fun thing to have? Just wondering if I might get one.

An absolute must I would have thought, Anna, even for the non-meteorologically inclined. Garden centres often have them on sale. A rough guide to accuracy is to see them all lined up in the shop, give each one a tap, note down respective readings, take the average, and purchase the one that is nearest - same as with thermometers. Well, that's my advice!

Still sunny intervals with odd bits of drizzle here ahead of that cold front, so, as I'm heading off to the South Bank to sample some of the London Jazz Festival this evening, I hope it holds for the cycle home!

[mercia]

tapping the barometer was something of a ritual in my parents' house, not quite sure why we did it - does the 'needle' get stuck ?

[vinteuil]

Question: how many people own their own barometer and is it a fun thing to have? Just wondering if I might get one.

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Yes, do get a barometer!

Or, if you're feeling flush - get a barograph - the ones with a rotating drum with graph paper attached on to which an inked needle records the barometric pressure over time. They're really nice things to have...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barograph

[Anna]

tapping the barometer was something of a ritual in my parent's house, not quite sure why we did it - does the 'needle' get stuck ?

A good question mercia, plus, how does one set a barometer in the first place and how can an indoor one measure pressure when it's subject to such things as central heating and does it have to be placed next to the front door to work. Do you buy a banjo, a round ship style or a digital one? So many questions!

Yes, do get a barometer! Or, if you're feeling flush - get a barograph - the ones with a rotating drum with graph paper

Having looked at the price - I think not!!

[Serial_Apologist]

tapping the barometer was something of a ritual in my parent's house, not quite sure why we did it - does the 'needle' get stuck ?

Tapping a barometer helps the indicator to catch up.

[mangerton]

I hope BBM remembered NOT to pack the kettle, mugs, milk and teabags but put them in the car because the first thing the removal men want at the new place is - a cuppa tea before they will even consider unloading!

Barometer at weather station dropping like a stone, it's saying 1001.4, temp 10.8° and looking increasingly rainy. Question: how many people own their own barometer and is it a fun thing to have? Just wondering if I might get one.

Promised a friend to go to local Catholic Christmas Bazaar tomorrow .... hoping they might have some nice cakes or marmalade (I can guarantee they won't have any Scottish Tablet!)

Wot no tablet!!!???

Anna, you should definitely get a barometer. Mine says 995 mb at the moment, and it also has a thermometer and a hygrometer. My barometer, and a Galilean thermometer, were a birthday present from miss mangerton a few years ago.

As vinteuil says, a barograph is a Good Thing too. There was one at school, and I was one of those responsible for changing the chart and winding it up every Sunday. It's on my shopping list for when I become a millionaire, as indeed is a mercury barometer.