Stormy Weather

[gurnemanz]

Temperatures dropped to 6 degrees here last night, pretty cold for this early on a London night. However, they made it up to + 16 in this afternoon's sunshine - very pleasant for a visit to the Herne Hill Sunday market, which I hadn't heard about previously, despite living only 2 miles away for the past 10 years! Great stalls - delicious homemade cakes and savouries, and numerous stalls selling amazing ranges of cheeses. Well worth the 10 minutes train ride from Victoria if you're up here & not sure what to do on Sundays before 4 pm. I got home to find my near neighbour surrounded by some 20 attractive young women sitting in a circle on our lawn. I said, "How do you get to meet so many women, J---?" "Shh", he said in almost a whisper, "It's my partner's post-natal group - I'm not supposed to be out here". He was opening a bottle of wine.

Lovely afternoon for a couple of sets tennis followed by a pint. The only thing I associate with Herne Hill from many years ago is a cycle track. Is it still there?

[Serial_Apologist]

Lovely afternoon for a couple of sets tennis followed by a pint. The only thing I associate with Herne Hill from many years ago is a cycle track. Is it still there?

Yes gurnemanz, but scandalously it's been allowed to get into a state of bad disrepair under the ownership of Dulwich College, for which (from memory) they claimed not to have sufficient funds for its upkeep - with their fees!

See "Survival" under Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_Hill_Velodrome

So it seems things are being done to save this precious asset.

[gurnemanz]

Never went there but my sister was quite a keen cyclist and I remember her going there in the 60s - on her bike from Coulsdon where we lived. Certainly worth preserving.

[Serial_Apologist]

Name your own storm

That chat about this on the weather website I visit is as full of talk of dumbing down at the Met office as this forum re Radio 3! Asked what posters would choose for names, one said "Low A, B, C etc., just as now". The problem as I see it, however, is that unlike tropical cyclones, which mostly tend to have consistent identities, our temperate latitude depressions often mutate very rapidly, so that by any designated time of christening it might easily have disappeared or been absorbed into another more powerful low, which in turn. etc. etc.

Meanwhile, another dismally dull day of North Sea stratocumulus total cover holding temperatures 4 degrees below what they should be at this time of year. Tomorrow promises to be a tad warmer and sunnier as approaching winds come off the Continent. One problem with such an ESE-erly is always pollution from the Belgian and Ruhr industrial areas; but make the most of this as a breakdown is anticipated this Saturday, followed by at least a week's worth of rain and wind.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Cold, grey & drizzly in the Pennines. Just as days in April felt like March, so today feels like mid-October. indeed.

[teamsaint]

Luckily for us, its a lovely day here again today, warm and sunny.

Weather looks good for Proms queuing all week, well till Saturday anyway.
looking forward to soaking up some rays whilst anticipating the glorious sounds of the VPO on Thursday.

Could do with the dry weather holding out till Saturday teatime, please S-A .

[DracoM]

Unarguably the best day of the summer 'oop 'ere. Genuine heat, bit of a breeze and staggeringly crystal visibility on the tops. Fantastic.

[Serial_Apologist]

Luckily for us, its a lovely day here again today, warm and sunny.

Weather looks good for Proms queuing all week, well till Saturday anyway.
looking forward to soaking up some rays whilst anticipating the glorious sounds of the VPO on Thursday.

Could do with the dry weather holding out till Saturday teatime, please S-A .

Doubtful I'm afraid, teamy.

[teamsaint]

Doubtful I'm afraid, teamy.

thats the spirit !!








( Edit, rain not due at Lepe beach till 4 on Saturday, that would do well enough.....)

[Petrushka]

Very misty this morning and so cold it felt freezing. Sadly the mist never really lifted and it stayed cloudy and dull all day, the temps never exceeding 16 degrees. I could really do with the heating on this evening but am resisting. Never had the heating on while listening to a Prom as far as I can recall.

[Nick Armstrong]

Meanwhile, another dismally dull day of North Sea stratocumulus total cover

Yes, grey and nippy this morning but by the time I was moving around late afternoon, there was a lot of blue sky and the sun was warm and welcome.

Meanwhile, another dismally dull day of North Sea stratocumulus total cover but make the most of this as a breakdown is anticipated this Saturday, followed by at least a week's worth of rain and wind.

O bugger

[greenilex]

I have succumbed and am using the heating...as for TS and Lepe beach, it would be lovely to live a bit nearer. My six-month-old labradoodle thinks it is heaven on earth. But she will get me wet this weekend, it seems.

[Serial_Apologist]

While lots of forum contributers are currently going on and on about Bruckner, I thought others might be amused by this discussion topic on a meteorological forum I visit every time interesting talk is under suspension, or Anna's been away for a long time. It's all about weather myths, for example it's too cold to snow, thunderstorms come back, etc etc. I wonder how many here will find their beliefs challenged:

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/108584-incorrect-things-people-saydo-about-the-weather/

BTW, what has happened to our dear Anna?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

She's listening to Bruckner.

[Serial_Apologist]

She's listening to Bruckner.

I'm jealous.