Stormy Weather

[DracoM]

.........and this a.m., deep grey. fells only just emerging from the blow, wild W/NW wind and absolutely shovelling it down with rain.

[Serial_Apologist]

.........and this a.m., deep grey. fells only just emerging from the blow, wild W/NW wind and absolutely shovelling it down with rain.

Similar here: moderate southerly slowly veering south-west, moderate rain, 7 C. This lot is going to take a couple of hours to shift, then the temperature will rise if anything.

A sharp contrast with across The Pond, where a deepening depression currently causing huge thunderstorms over Florida, moving north up the eastern seaboard, is bringing heavy snow and N-NE severe gales for some distance inland. My guess is they've probably overcalculated snowfall amounts, but it's drifting that matters.

[DracoM]

And on past experience, will be here in five to eight days or fewer. Glee.

[Flay]

A sharp contrast with across The Pond, where a deepening depression currently causing huge thunderstorms over Florida...

It does look pretty wet and windy!

http://tween-waters.com/beach-cam/

[Anna]

Similar here: moderate southerly slowly veering south-west, moderate rain, 7 C. This lot is going to take a couple of hours to shift, then the temperature will rise if anything.

That was what we had earlier, 8C and heavy rain. Finished around 10.30am and has developed into a lovely sunny day with temps peaking at 12.8. I was going to ask about the projected 2' of snow - I always thought what Washington got in the way of snow landed here 10 days later and whether that was just old wives tale but I see Draco also believes that (so it must be true!)

[Serial_Apologist]

That was what we had earlier, 8C and heavy rain. Finished around 10.30am and has developed into a lovely sunny day with temps peaking at 12.8. I was going to ask about the projected 2' of snow - I always thought what Washington got in the way of snow landed here 10 days later and whether that was just old wives tale but I see Draco also believes that (so it must be true!)

Well it's a bit more complicated than that, , which is probably what you both expected me to say!

By the time that depression has dumped its load of snow on Washington DC and New York, and moved out into the Atlantic, borne on the jet stream and surrounded on all sides by the warmer seas of the Gulf Stream it will have undergone any number of transformative stages, maybe mutations, or been absorbed into another low moving eastwards across Canada. As my Toronto friend put it to me, a west wind in Canada in January is a very different proposition as far as associated weather goes where she lives than it is here in the UK. We are very mild for our latitude: we need winds to come across from Siberia, with little chance of warming as they cross the North Sea, to produce anything comparable.

Ah - I just noticed the clearance has now arrived here.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

That was what we had earlier, 8C and heavy rain. Finished around 10.30am and has developed into a lovely sunny day with temps peaking at 12.8

Although I don't think we reached double figures, that sums up what happened here in the Pennines today - a lovely sunny walk this afternoon.

[Anna]

Well it's a bit more complicated than that,

But it must have happened in the past otherwise why else would we think it would happen again now?

What a lovely light evening, they really are drawing out now it seems, nice to be able to come home from work when it's not pitch black. I have been meaning to ask - has anyone managed to see the 5 plants in a line yet? (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter)

[BBMmk2]

Lovely to have the days drawing out now! Spring, hmmm?

Horrible day yesterday(weather wise!). I always like it when a plan comes together as well! :)

[Nick Armstrong]

Sparing a few thoughts for the US eastern seaboard. Wonder how Martha is getting on...

Was just checking where the folks I know are located in upstate NY - but it looks merely scenic there, with some nice late afternoon sunshine http://www.cornell.edu/live-view/

[Serial_Apologist]

Sparing a few thoughts for the US eastern seaboard. Wonder how Martha is getting on...

Was just checking where the folks I know are located in upstate NY - but it looks merely scenic there, with some nice late afternoon sunshine http://www.cornell.edu/live-view/

It looked from tonight's forecast that the low bringing this storm whizzed sharply off into the N Atlantic, so all being well I was right to assume it wouldn't be as bad as predicted. As the weather man said, it's filling up with warm air now, and so is expected to hit N Scotland around Tuesday as a deep and windy but ordinary low.

And yes, we haven't heard from marthe for a long time now. Hope she's all right.

[BBMmk2]

Yes, do hope she is alright as well. Rather a miserable day today(weather wise!)

[Anna]

Horrible day yesterday(weather wise!). I always like it when a plan comes together as well! :)

I've been wondering - as have we all I imagine - what plan of BBMs came together?

it's filling up with warm air now, and so is expected to hit N Scotland around Tuesday as a deep and windy but ordinary low.

Seems to be a bit more than an ordinary low S_A as Met now have a yellow warning for "an abundance of moisture" and heavy rain leading to flooding from W. Scotland down to Cornwall for Tuesday and ditto for Wednesday but not Scotland.
Here it's amazingly warm at 13C but dull, grey, poor visibility. Not inspiring without any sunshine to get out and do anything creative outdoors - more of a lounge around reading the papers whilst drinking tea and eating cake sort of day!!

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes, do hope she is alright as well. Rather a miserable day today(weather wise!)

Well it's been lovely here - more like early April than late January. The first snowdrops are out, and somke of the dwarf daffs aren't far behind.

It seems I was badly wrong about the American blizzard - can't think where my head must have been when I saw last night's forecast and report on telly. Either that, or a wrong impression was created. New York in lock down!!!

[jean]

Coming out of a freezing church this morning was like stepping into a warm bath!