Stormy Weather

[Pabmusic]

Nice w/e. No typhoon like last weekend (it wasn't very near us).

[BBMmk2]

Thank goodness Pabs!

It was sunny for a short time but clouding over. Maybe rain.

Any reason why Anna not been on here lately?

[BBMmk2]

I see it's back to the norm again today! Rain!

[BBMmk2]

The hurricane made landfall precisely where, 14 years ago, I took part in an Earthwatch wildlife project, between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, in a coastal village called Chamela - an area of low hills and dry tropical forest. The village house where we stayed was a short stone's throw from the beach - I imagine the village will have been evacuated. I expect the forest will have been fairly extensively wrecked. What happens to the wildlife during and after an event like this I have no idea - the birdlife (for example) ranged in size from hummingbirds to frigate birds and vultures.

Our project, based at a research station in the forest, was helping with a study into small carnivores - ocelots, skunks etc. . A Mexican entomologist I spoke to was collecting twigs in the back of a pick-up. Under normal circumstances, he explained, 30% of the branch drop in the forest is caused by invertebrates - not this time.

that sounds like a worthwhile activity to do, RT.

[DracoM]

Shovelling it down oop 'ere. Real stair rods. Can't see t'fells at all for cloud / rain. Dreech. And in the middle of half term too..........

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Shovelling it down oop 'ere. Real stair rods. Can't see t'fells at all for cloud / rain. Dreech.

Yes - similar here in the Pennines. Ah well - the first three weeks of October had been lovely (some days much more pleasant than what we got in June, July, & August) - I reckon it's because they put the clocks back!

And in the middle of half term too..........

<CENSORED> Uncharitable thoughts and shadenfreuded laughter <CENSORED>

[BBMmk2]

Certainly wet and windy#!

[DracoM]

This p.m. turning into a beautiful autumn day after drenching salvoes all night and this a.m.

[Serial_Apologist]

After a bright start the drizzle arrived mid-morning and is still with us, as was predicted. When it's to be bad weather, the forecasters are nearly always right!

[alycidon]

A real curate's egg in the Highlands today. Some beautiful spells interspersed with the odd heavy shower.

[Petrushka]

Temperatures are forecast to get up to a possible 20 degrees in the sunshine on Saturday and that's pretty unusual for November. However, I remember a Bonfire Night several years ago (could have been 1997 or 1998) when night-time temperatures got up to around 17 degrees and everyone was sitting outside in shirt sleeves (even though there was no bonfire) like it was June.

[BBMmk2]

That be good, Pet! :) I hope so! Be good if the weekend is ok, weather wise.

[Serial_Apologist]

The latest forecasts for around here only give predictions of 14 degree Celsius maxima for today and tomorrow - way below the 17-19 C's being talked about yesterday and possible records being broken.

Whether (no pun intended) one gets exceptional warmth this late in the year is usually dependent on:-

1) The airflow source coming from far enough south not to cool down en route;

2) The Continent still remaining relatively warm*.

3) Winds strong enough to raise any overnight fog formed which keeps daylight temperatures down;

4) Enough cloud breaks to permit the necessary insolation (solar radiating heating);

5) Location to the lee of high ground affording a Fohn effect, where warmed moist air dries out and heats faster on the leeward descent than on the uplifted approach side.

This is why the most favoured spots from now until May tend to be N. Cormwall and Devon, N. Wales, and the Solway Firth when warm air comes from the south; and NE Scotland and Northumberland when that warm wind comes from the west or south-west.

(This same Fohn effect occurs at all times of the year, accounting for Dartford and other locations in N. Kent bordering the Thames often recording the highest temperatures in southerly of south-easterly heatwave conditions, as the dried hot air descends the dip slope of the North Downs. But it is more pronounced in winter in the above-listed locations).

*Once the Continent has cooled down the air reaching us is usually at or below the average. As with the Continental Arctic air reaching us from Siberia in a severe cold wave the water temperatures of the English Channel also modify our air, usually bringing the temperature back up but increasing its moisture content to bring low, cloudy skies.

[BBMmk2]

Thanks, SA! L:)

They say that it could be around 21.7C!

[cloughie]

Thanks, SA! L:)

They say that it could be around 21.7C!

Lovely morning here following a pink sunrise. Birds feeding and all's well with the World!