Stormy Weather

[salymap]

I think the worst of the weather is due here Kent/ London SE later in the w/e- even nezt week. Cousin in Hampshire hopes to visit on Friday but I don't think I can tell her much yet.

Seems cold now but worse to come. Keep warm and safe on the roads.Hope you feel better S-A

[salymap]

Bit worried whether Salymap's porridge has run out....and she (having given all her warm clothes away due to their weight) huddles bikini clad around a candle....

Crumbs, don't frighten me Plenty of porridge still and thick jumpers and trousers too.
I would give a lot for a local GREENGROCER - theynever last at our little local parade of shops and Ibuy at theCo-op when I can get there, A bag of frozen chips and mixed veg have to surfice atm.

[eighthobstruction]

Bit worried whether Salymap's porridge has run out....and she (having given all her warm clothes away due to their weight) huddles bikini clad around a candle....

Ah the powers of imagination....

[Anna]

I would give a lot for a local GREENGROCER - theynever last at our little local parade of shops and Ibuy at theCo-op when I can get there, A bag of frozen chips and mixed veg have to surfice atm.

A dying breed - greengrocers - killed off by supermarkets and one-stop shopping. We only have one left (we did have three) Luckily his business still seems thriving, he's certainly much cheaper than the supermarkets (saly, I find the CooP veg very overpriced) and he stocks the rather more unusual produce major retailers won't touch (wet walnuts, quinces, red chard, scotch bonnets, coloured carrots, etc) He also specialises in local produce from small producers and has an apple fest with unusual varieties every year. He also operates a veg box scheme

I went out early, it hasn't been bad, bit of brightness and blue after drizzle but when the wind gets up it could cut your ears off, looking at the latest Met Office forecast I think I might be spared the snow (or at least just get a sprinkle) I'm listening to the R4 drama and cooking a beef curry (hot!) and thinking of also doing sag aloo

[Serial_Apologist]

A dying breed - greengrocers - killed off by supermarkets and one-stop shopping. We only have one left (we did have three) Luckily his business still seems thriving, he's certainly much cheaper than the supermarkets (saly, I find the CooP veg very overpriced) and he stocks the rather more unusual produce major retailers won't touch (wet walnuts, quinces, red chard, scotch bonnets, coloured carrots, etc) He also specialises in local produce from small producers and has an apple fest with unusual varieties every year. He also operates a veg box scheme

I went out early, it hasn't been bad, bit of brightness and blue after drizzle but when the wind gets up it could cut your ears off, looking at the latest Met Office forecast I think I might be spared the snow (or at least just get a sprinkle) I'm listening to the R4 drama and cooking a beef curry (hot!) and thinking of also doing sag aloo

It'll all depend on that frontal system, expected to slice its way SE across the whole country on Monday, and whether or not the slightly less cold air it brings down temporarily from the NW raises your ground-level temperatures high enough for it to be rain rather than snow which falls, Anna, where you are.

As a general rule-of-thumb, snow will reach ground level up to 2 degrees C - fine dry snowflakes at freezing, large fast-falling ones at 1.5 to 2.5, then above that an admixture of rain and snow, until most of the falling snow has turned to rain by the time 4 degrees C is reached. I've actually observed such a progression, from rain via sleet to snow falling, and then settling, on a cycle ride home from central London one day last winter. The 250 foot climb from the Festival Hall was enough to cross the "snow line" at this level, where snow was falling with sufficient intensity at Plus 1 degree C to just about outpace the rate of melting, resulting in about a centimeter of wet snow laying, whereas just 100 feet higher, up the hill from me, snow fell to a depth of 3 inches. The level of humidity of the air into which snow is falling also affects the melt rate: the more humid it is, the lower the temperature at which snow can turn to rain.

[Anna]

Is this hoar or rime? I took these during the winter of 2010, 8th December, when we hit the lowest temps ever recorded here at -13.7, the first is a bit hazy, early morning, the second later of the silver birches (badly composed) looking like an icy waterfall later in the the morning when the sky had cleared I dare not venture forth as everthing was a sheet of ice. The first photo is taken from my back door, the other side of the cottages is the river that floods.

[Serial_Apologist]

Is this hoar or rime? I took these during the winter of 2010, 8th December, when we hit the lowest temps ever recorded here at -13.7, the first is a bit hazy, early morning, the second later of the silver birches (badly composed) looking like an icy waterfall later in the the morning when the sky had cleared I dare not venture forth as everthing was a sheet of ice. The first photo is taken from my back door, the other side of the cottages is the river that floods.

Beautiful, Anna, and most definitely rime, ie frozen fog. Hoarfrost in the air, if you like.

[Nick Armstrong]

The first photo is taken from my back door, the other side of the cottages is the river that floods.

Both are wonderful but that first photo Anna is absolutely extraordinary!!!

Stunning, thanks for posting!!

Hoar or rime? Just deleted my guess as S_A has posted a far more convincing answer!

[Anna]

Both are wonderful but that first photo Anna is absolutely extraordinary!!!

I sent it to my brother, he entered it in the monthly competiton of hiis camera club under his name, he got second prize!!

[Serial_Apologist]

Both are wonderful but that first photo Anna is absolutely extraordinary!!!

Stunning, thanks for posting!!

Hoar or rime? Just deleted my guess as S_A has posted a far more convincing answer!

Beautifully composed too, that shot, eh Caliban? I reckon it couild win a prize in any photographic competition. Did you consider sending it off to Country File, Anna?

[Serial_Apologist]

I sent it to my brother, he entered it in the monthly competiton of hiis camera club under his name, he got second prize!!

Aha - question answered then. It deserved better!

[EdgeleyRob]

Good to have you back S_A,I know all about chest infections,get them regularly,in fact I must be due one soon.
Never suffered from them when I was a smoker though.
Very cold and dry in North Cheshire ,great walking weather.

[teamsaint]

Good to have you back S_A,I know all about chest infections,get them regularly,in fact I must be due one soon.
Never suffered from them when I was a smoker though.
Very cold and dry in North Cheshire ,great walking weather.

Saw a big advert above a newsagents for " No 6" in London recently.
Long ago , and far away. Pouring with ain all day here. pompey game postponed. best result they have had in months.

[Anna]

I feel embarrassed, the digi camera was an old cast off from my bro hence not quality photos, but the hoar/rime was extraordinary and I am so glad you enjoyed it! It is the most amazing frost experience I have ever encountered.

[Serial_Apologist]

Good to have you back S_A,I know all about chest infections,get them regularly,in fact I must be due one soon.
Never suffered from them when I was a smoker though.
Very cold and dry in North Cheshire ,great walking weather.

A "cousin-in-law" also relates having suffered one chest infection after another since quitting last August. I just told him, "I reckon those bugs just take one look and tell themselvers: blimey, we're not going down into that toxic environment!" - to which he replied that he had read that falling prey to infections is quite common when readjusting to former substances dependence.