Stormy Weather

[BBMmk2]

... the ganja favoured by Bristolian brass-band players

Thank you Ferney!! I am near Brighton!! :)

NB Wild wert and windy here today! Seems to have calomed down, though!!

[gurnemanz]

Got drenched and cold in a wet and windy five-minute bike ride to our local weekly market for fresh fish and veg. Mission accomplished and now enjoying some pre-lunch (pre-Tafel?) Telemann on C of the W.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

wet wet wet ... non stop rain all morning, chilly etc ... there was i bundled in a duvet half asleep and warm when the plumber calls .. he who must be attended!

[Serial_Apologist]

wet wet wet ... non stop rain all morning, chilly etc ... there was i bundled in a duvet half asleep and warm when the plumber calls .. he who must be attended!

The piper at dawn, Calum?

[Nick Armstrong]

Got drenched and cold in a wet and windy five-minute bike ride to our local weekly market for fresh fish and veg. Mission accomplished and now enjoying some pre-lunch (pre-Tafel?) Telemann on C of the W.

I was luckier... Pouring earlier, but work needing to be done by email at home early meant I didn't physically set out for the office till 11, by which time there was barely drizzle in the air... So a relatively pleasant 30 minutes cycle ride, any drizzle was dried by the breeze as one went. And it's brightening up over Blackfriars as I look out of the window

[salymap]

My dad used to say, looking at the sky, that it was brighter 'over Will's mother's' Don't often hear that now

I'm wondering whether to go out for some meat and get soaked or have an omelette. Think omelette wins today.

[Nick Armstrong]

My dad used to say, looking at the sky, that it was brighter 'over Will's mother's' Don't often hear that now

I'm wondering whether to go out for some meat and get soaked or have an omelette. Think omelette wins today.

Sounds good!! And yes - a similar phrase was in my mind as I posted, except my Yorkshire granny (much referred to by me in various posts, I realise ) used to put it the other way: "Eeee... it's black over Bill's mother's"

(Rivalled by her expression of surprise: "Well!!! I'll go to the foot of our stairs!!!"....... )

[Serial_Apologist]

They certainly nailed this afternoon's forecast! No sooner back from the nearest lolly machine just now than the rains they really did descend and the winds they did blow - all courtesy the wrap-around rain mass from the low that's crossed the south today, bringing all that flooding to parts of the SW.

The weather's sort of got tilted on its side these past few days, bringing up warmer than usual air from the Azores which is intensifying the depressions that form along its western flank - rather as back in October '87, except that, in that particular case, the low in question that brought the infamous "hurricane" had had more of a quickstart boost before it arrived off our SW shores.

With any luck this disturbance should be out of the way by the time I exit this evening - but then along comes another lot tomorrow night!

[salymap]

Sounds good!! And yes - a similar phrase was in my mind as I posted, except my Yorkshire granny (much referred to by me in various posts, I realise ) used to put it the other way: "Eeee... it's black over Bill's mother's"

(Rivalled by her expression of surprise: "Well!!! I'll go to the foot of our stairs!!!"....... )

Afternoon Cali,there was a discussion on t'boards [as Mahlerei says] about whether we were referring to the Bard, or another Bill/Will. I'm not sure whether we reached any conclusion. And the stairs one was used by one of the old radio comics, surely.

Something very nasty happening to the weather as I type. Wind blowing down the chimney, bits of trees and leaves flying about and torrential rain.


S-A's got the forecast and crossed with me. Take care on those bikes. xx

[Serial_Apologist]

Afternoon Cali,there was a discussion on t'boards [as Mahlerei says] about whether we were referring to the Bard, or another Bill/Will. I'm not sure whether we reached any conclusion. And the stairs one was used by one of the old radio comics, surely.

Something very nasty happening to the weather as I type. Wind blowing down the chimney, bits of trees and leaves flying about and torrential rain.

Ah - it's reached you, sal. Shouldn't last too long, but see my message previous to yours.

[Anna]

They certainly nailed this afternoon's forecast! No sooner back from the nearest lolly machine just now than the rains they really did descend and the winds they did blow - all courtesy the wrap-around rain mass from the low that's crossed the south today, bringing all that flooding to parts of the SW.

The weather's sort of got tilted on its side these past few days, bringing up warmer than usual air from the Azores which is intensifying the depressions that form along its western flank - rather as back in October '87, except that, in that particular case, the low in question that brought the infamous "hurricane" had had more of a quickstart boost before it arrived off our SW shores.

Perhaps you and saly are now having what we had from this morning? Absolutely thundering down from around 5.00am, we've had localised flooding, luckily not too windy so I could use a brolly first thing but it's now cleared to lovely, bright, sunny, afternoon. We are indeed promised more of the same from about lunchtime tomorrow and evidently getting horrendous from about 6pm tomorrow. Don't like the sound of the weather getting tipped sideways ..... I'd never heard of being 'black over Will's mother' until someone mentioned it ages ago on the old MB but she said it was a Lancs expression and there was a hill locally called Will's Mother uptowards Cumbria way. Or, was it, like 'foot of our stairs' an expression that originated from an old radio comic as saly suggests or even a music hall act? That seems more likely I think.

(In answer to lemon query from mangerton and Cali - it's not an Ottolenghi recipe,, just what I believe is traditional Moroccan, lemons split and stuffed with coarse sea salt, nothing else added)

[Nick Armstrong]

Ah - it's reached you, sal. Shouldn't last too long, but see my message previous to yours.

Suddenly there's a good-looking sunset here, pink and red colours streaked across the grey clouds...

[mangerton]

Sorry to hear about all the bad weather you are/have been getting. I hope things improve for you soon. It's been dry here today, and a relatively mild 9°C.

[Anna]

It's getting a bit wild here! Just had a peek at our local weather station's new Live Weather page, all dials and graphs.
Wind is around 28mph, gusting to 40mph, veering from S to 150° SSE across to 226° SW, cloud base is 725ft, barometer 998.5mb and electricity is flickering. It's raining of course and I think it's due to get worse later on with heavier rain as there was a warning about aquaplaning for rushhour.
I post the techie stuff as S_A and mangerton might be interested. although I think only S. Wales, S.W. and W. Scotland have bad weather.

[Serial_Apologist]

It's getting a bit wild here! Just had a peek at our local weather station's new Live Weather page, all dials and graphs.
Wind is around 28mph, gusting to 40mph, veering from S to 150° SSE across to 226° SW, cloud base is 725ft, barometer 998.5mb and electricity is flickering. It's raining of course and I think it's due to get worse later on with heavier rain as there was a warning about aquaplaning for rushhour.
I post the techie stuff as S_A and mangerton might be interested. although I think only S. Wales, S.W. and W. Scotland have bad weather.

Chew Magna Lake was shown on the 1 o'clock news resembling a storm-blown Atlantic off Lands End! The cloud base here would still be around 1500 ft (stratocumulus, 2/3 sky covered) and the predicted 22 mph average wind speeds officially predicted for here have thus far failed to materialise. The squall line is expected to cross the SE after midnight, so maybe 30 minutes of lashing rain, howling winds and branches smacking against windows, maybe a few thunder claps, followed by sudden calm is to be expected.

Despite the breeze it was warm enough before lunch at 11 C to do my weekly shop without coat or even pullie - I must be acclimatizing! As I predicted, most of the leaves are down now - but no one seems to be clearing them, not even in public places, where they're knee-deep, in places!

Saturday into Sunday does not look good, I have to warn...