Stormy Weather II

[Serial_Apologist]

Glorious day again here: bright blue sky, early frost on the 'meadow' (patch between my house and the local beck) gone, some golden leaves still on trees.

Just about sums it up here, too.

[teamsaint]

Just about sums it up here, too.

And here.
Looking less fun on Tuesday though.........

[Bryn]

And here.
Looking less fun on Tuesday though.........

[Dave2002]

After that Saturday looks the next day that’s any good for most of us.

Mind you, the weather forecasts don’t always get it right - not even close, sometimes.

[Serial_Apologist]

After that Saturday looks the next day that’s any good for most of us.

Mind you, the weather forecasts don’t always get it right - not even close, sometimes.

Well I have to say this one looks pretty incontrovertible, I'm afraid.

[Petrushka]

Glorious day again here: bright blue sky, early frost on the 'meadow' (patch between my house and the local beck) gone, some golden leaves still on trees.

Much the same here. However, racecourses up and down the land are crying out for rain - and lots of it! Could do with a deluge to give some proper jumping ground. This is usually the wettest time of year but we've had next to nothing for weeks here and it's pretty much the same everywhere.

[DracoM]

Long, long, slow sunset, amazing clouds.

[oddoneout]

Another dry sunny day after a sharp frost overnight although much cooler thanks to the wind, and as the next few days are not looking too pleasant on the rain front I'm glad I made the most of the good weather.

[Serial_Apologist]

The official forecasts all speak of showers today. Now, when I were a lad showers were usually short spells of rain interspersed with cloud breaks; today the sun definitely ain't shone, and it hasn't stopped precipitating since I got up this morning. Also, sleet and snow were mooted as possible at higher levels on the Pennines, Welsh mountains and North York Moors. Well, right here we're right on the 250 foot contour of the north face of south London's "mountain range", and for the past half hour it's been pelting down with a mixture of moderate to heavy rain, soft hail and snow, as would be expected from an air temperature of 3.5 degs celsius. I can't see much out there, as it's prematurely dark, but I can hear the tiny patter of frozen precipitation as I write this.

[BBMmk2]

When I pulled up the blinds, I saw a sprinkling of snow on the ground. We were to have sleet today. I think we may have had ours. SA?

[oddoneout]

A pretty sunrise, and so far blue sky and sun. It was evidently very wet overnight but should stay dry for a few hours now but very cold, so multiple layers are the order of the day for the Wednesday gardening duties.

[DracoM]

Yesterday, BBC described the weather up here as 'chilly'.
Well, I was out in it and the easterly was blustery and brutal, the rain on the edge of and into sleet. 'Chilly' it was not, but closer to Lapland. And that's on the western edge of the Pennines, so what it must have been like in Grimsby, or Aberdeen or Aldeburgh.............

[Joseph K]

Rather soggy from my walk just now - rain and snow!

[Serial_Apologist]

When I pulled up the blinds, I saw a sprinkling of snow on the ground. We were to have sleet today. I think we may have had ours. SA?

Yep - BBC news just now showed aerial views of Devil's Dyke, the South Downs and countryside well to the north white with snow, taken presumably by drone. Which we didn't actually have here - the sleety stuff petered out before midnight, just as a friend in Caterham said it had turned to snow: you could almost draw a line east-west along the North Downs, with anywhere south of it having snow where precipitation fell. That'll be it for now, except for the highest parts of the country, though with low pressure maintaining itself to the south and high to the north it ain't gonna get much milder than today.

[BBMmk2]

Yep - BBC news just now showed aerial views of Devil's Dyke, the South Downs and countryside well to the north white with snow, taken presumably by drone. Which we didn't actually have here - the sleety stuff petered out before midnight, just as a friend in Caterham said it had turned to snow: you could almost draw a line east-west along the North Downs, with anywhere south of it having snow where precipitation fell. That'll be it for now, except for the highest parts of the country, though with low pressure maintaining itself to the south and high to the north it ain't gonna get much milder than today.

Ah yes! We saw that too.