Stormy Weather

[BBMmk2]

That yellow round thing is out today!! :)

[amateur51]

Blimey yes - started to pelt it down as my bicycle and I reached the road end here, and as I was opening the front door, an enormous lightning flash and almost simultaneous thunder clap made me leap...

That'll be the static charge built up by those new neoprene leggings, Caliban

[Beef Oven!]

an enormous lightning flash and almost simultaneous thunder clap made me leap...

One Lord a-leaping?

[Anna]

Only a little rain yesterday late afternoon/evening, Wednesday’s storm was ferocious, intense but luckily no flooding here. Today, a pretty dawn, thick frost, icy roads and pavements, and very, very, cold wind. It was around 4° (probably less than 2° with windchill factor) when I left the house at 8am

As for the BBC website still predicting mild and showry for 25/26th, it’s pretty obvious the website isn’t updated for more than two days ahead (cf R3 website and playlists!) Yesterday evening our local weatherman said ‘We’re in for a bumpy ride from now on and all through Christmas week’, lots of heavy rain and gales for us here. Snow yesterday in mid-Wales, unexpectedly no whiteness on top of the Black Mountains this morning when I passed them.

I am now entering a state of mild panic re Christmas menu/food/wine – I always think I’ve got at least 2 weeks left to get organised! I have got my train tickets, that’s about all - tomorrow will be a mega shopping day but has anyone found that so far it’s been very quiet, even Waitrose hasn’t had the usual queue control wardens! Oh, and talking about that supermarket - can you believe my butcher has partridges for £2.50, pheasants for £3.50 whereas they have them priced at £5.25 and £5.79. Why people buy meat at supermarkets defeats me.

[mercia]

an enormous lightning flash

I wonder if that hit a theatre

[Serial_Apologist]

Only a little rain yesterday late afternoon/evening, Wednesday’s storm was ferocious, intense but luckily no flooding here. Today, a pretty dawn, thick frost, icy roads and pavements, and very, very, cold wind. It was around 4° (probably less than 2° with windchill factor) when I left the house at 8am

As for the BBC website still predicting mild and showry for 25/26th, it’s pretty obvious the website isn’t updated for more than two days ahead (cf R3 website and playlists!) Yesterday evening our local weatherman said ‘We’re in for a bumpy ride from now on and all through Christmas week’, lots of heavy rain and gales for us here. Snow yesterday in mid-Wales, unexpectedly no whiteness on top of the Black Mountains this morning when I passed them.

I am now entering a state of mild panic re Christmas menu/food/wine – I always think I’ve got at least 2 weeks left to get organised! I have got my train tickets, that’s about all - tomorrow will be a mega shopping day but has anyone found that so far it’s been very quiet, even Waitrose hasn’t had the usual queue control wardens! Oh, and talking about that supermarket - can you believe my butcher has partridges for £2.50, pheasants for £3.50 whereas they have them priced at £5.25 and £5.79. Why people buy meat at supermarkets defeats me.

Same around here as regards supermarket queues - much to the surprise of the checkout lady I spoke to yesterday morning. My guess would be that people have finally come around to my recognition that it's best to store up as much stuff as one can get 2-3 weeks ahead of the Day. This morning I collected what (all being well) will be my final food items until Saturday week - a pint of milk and one loaf of bread to keep the other one company in the fridge. There was only one other person queuing in front of me in the local Tesco Express, and this was 10 o'clock!

When do you travel, Anna?

[Serial_Apologist]

I wonder if that hit a theatre

Cailban lives at least a mile from the Apollo - five seconds between flash and clap - so it would have had to have been another one!

[Anna]

This morning I collected what (all being well) will be my final food items until Saturday week - a pint of milk and one loaf of bread to keep the other one company in the fridge.
When do you travel, Anna?

You living on bread and milk over the Festive Season S_A? At least pop some raisins and a tot of whisky in your gruel!!
I travel first thing on the 30th, returning pm of the 3rd. I'm staying about 20 mins from Bury (home of the world famous black pudding and not much else)

[teamsaint]

You living on bread and milk over the Festive Season S_A? At least pop some raisins and a tot of whisky in your gruel!!
I travel first thing on the 30th, returning pm of the 3rd. I'm staying about 20 mins from Bury (home of the world famous black pudding and not much else)

Not famous for much else?Eh?

Only the first football club to score 1000 goals in all four league divisions.
Lucky I let you know before you put your foot in it , whilst up north .!!!

Edit, mild and a bit gloomy here, though the odd bit of sun earlier.
Some interesting clouds which I may post for 12 tone feller to analyse later......

[Anna]

Not famous for much else?Eh?
Only the first football club to score 1000 goals in all four league divisions.
Lucky I let you know before you put your foot in it , whilst up north .!!!
Edit, mild and a bit gloomy here, though the odd bit of sun earlier.
Some interesting clouds which I may post for 12 tone feller to analyse later......

Yes, I do know about Bury and often the men and boys of the family go to support - I see they are playing Hartlepool on 1st January ..... perhaps it'll be a choice between that and a day at The Trafford Centre? (If it's on offer I may plump for the footie ......)

[Serial_Apologist]

You living on bread and milk over the Festive Season S_A? At least pop some raisins and a tot of whisky in your gruel!!

On the contrary: frozen food compartment brim full to the point of scraping ice away every time the drawers pulled out! I drew up an inventory to ensure something different each and every day until replenishment is required!

The weather should have calmed down by the time you make your way oop north, btw Anna.

[teamsaint]

So, S_A, here is one take out of the car window by TS jnr (3) just now.

The interesting thing was the light "summery" clouds higher up, and the darker grey heavier looking stuff at a much lower level.
A rather better effect live than on the photo !!

[Serial_Apologist]

Some interesting clouds which I may post for 12 tone feller to analyse later......

Yep - I'd like to see those, if you've got the time, teamy.

[Serial_Apologist]

Ah - posts crossed - thanks, TS!

What you have (and we have too now) is advancing bands of altocumulus at the higher level (usually about 15,000 feet) indicating an approaching frontal system - in this case the warm front that 's going to give us a very wet time of it tonight and tomorrow, since it's not going anywhere in a hurry - and cumulus puffing up into a broken stratocumulus at about 2-6,000 feet, indicating increasing humidity and turbulence at that level in association with the advancing warm front.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

wet windy and warm then?