Stormy Weather

[Serial_Apologist]

Drizzly day here in Newport. Good day to go to an afternoon lecture at the library about Newport's trees! National Arbor Week this week.

Aha, marthe! Our annual Dulwich Festival, which takes place next month, always includes a tree-spotting conducted walk through one of the local woods or parks. Last year's was so oversubscribed that this year the organisers have asked people to book in advance!

[marthe]

S_A, trees have become a very popular topic. The Newport Tree Society/Newport Arboretum does an excellent job of spreading the word http://newportarboretum.org/home/

[Radio64]

readers may like to know that it's chucking it down in most of "sunny" Italy today.

[Pabmusic]

readers may like to know that it's chucking it down in most of "sunny" Italy today.

And it's 32 degrees C. here in the Philippines. Our aircon is doing overtime!

[BBMmk2]

Probably be 15C down in my part of Blighty! :)

[Pabmusic]

Probably be 15C down in my part of Blighty! :)

Yes, but it's nearly 5.30 in the evening.

[Radio64]

And it's 32 degrees C. here in the Philippines. Our aircon is doing overtime!

Our time will come.

[Serial_Apologist]

Terrible tornadoes in the central States yesterday - Arkansas etc. I thought they were to get this problem licked by seeding clouds with sulphur particles, after a scientist discovered positive outcomes in taking the sting out of tornadoes and violent thunderstorms in general. Maybe they're worried about possible knock-on effects.

[Richard Tarleton]

One for Pabs perhaps - and others - 8.00 tonight, BBC2, "Vets in the Disaster Zone", looking at the work of vets in the Philippines following Typhonon Hiyan......

[BBMmk2]

Might catch up on that Richard, thanks!

Turned out very nice in the end!!

[BBMmk2]

Rather foggy to begin with, but a lovely day, so far.

[greenilex]

Lots of foghorns at breakfast time. The Common looked good in the mist, with a powerful sun just breaking through. Spring sunshine since then.

[Serial_Apologist]

I just checked, and our temperature average has been 2.4 degrees Celsius above the April mean. That makes above mean temperatures for every month so far this year. It wouldn't surprise me if May turns out colder than April, though.

[BBMmk2]

How's that then SA?

Dull, wet and miserable! Or wet, wet and more wet!! :(

[Pabmusic]

32 degrees C today - cooler than it has been (nights are terrible). It's forecast to drop to 29 degrees for the next few days. Where's the rain?