Stormy Weather II

[oddoneout]

There was a hefty downpour at some point during the night - it half woke me as it clattered on the window and front door(a nasty plastic thing that always sounds as it it's being attacked when heavy rain blows on it), but the strong wind has dried much of it up by morning. Much cooler especially in the 'breeze' which is forecast to stay a factor for the next couple of days at least. Sheet washing will be delayed until I can put them out without risk of danger to the rotary drier, but a load of smaller things is currently in the washer and should dry well if they don't get too tangled.

[DracoM]

Well, it's even WILDER up here now. Westerly wind accelerating, rain thickening.
Actually, a bit scary - worried about roof.

[Joseph K]

Very windy, sun in and out.

[Nick Armstrong]

Interesting test today of the comparative merits of the three weather forecast apps I use. The Met Office and the Norwegian yr.no apps have often been good at anticipating showers, but today both doggedly insist it’s sunny intervals and virtually no chance of “precipitation”. It was amusing reading that while watching it precipitating like billy-oh about 14.15 and again just now.

Unusually only the BBC weather app got it dead right, predicting showers till late afternoon.

Windy too here, with the downpours...

Over the past couple of years, the BBC app has trailed a distant third in the accuracy stakes; perhaps they are getting their act together. The Norwegians have often been the most accurate in the past.

[DracoM]

Well, I can totally reassure you that www.yr.no has got it EXACTLY right up here - non-stop rain was forecast and mighty winds.........and boy, is that what we've got or what.........

...AND, miserabile dictu, it is what they are predicting up here for the next 48 hrs minimum.

This would be bad in mid-late October, but June.......????

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, I can totally reassure you that www.yr.no has got it EXACTLY right up here - non-stop rain was forecast and mighty winds.........and boy, is that what we've got or what.........

...AND, miserabile dictu, it is what they are predicting up here for the next 48 hrs minimum.

This would be bad in mid-late October, but June.......????

Our washing lines were all a-flapping so energetically when I went out to rescue my laundry this afternoon, I was surprised the whole drying enclosure didn't take off!!!

[DracoM]

Yep, utterly, utterly vile up here with a damp penetrating cold. Temp at the mo 10C
Hollyhocks. tree lilies, roses flattened overnight.
BBC forecaster smiles at us and says it'll be breezy...............Well, if that's 'breezy', I hope we don't ever get a wind.

[oddoneout]

Yep, utterly, utterly vile up here with a damp penetrating cold. Temp at the mo 10C
Hollyhocks. tree lilies, roses flattened overnight.
BBC forecaster smiles at us and says it'll be breezy...............Well, if that's 'breezy', I hope we don't ever get a wind.

From heatstroke to hypothermia in one easy stroke! It's a bit warmer/less chilly now than it was this morning, and if it wasn't for the wind would be a perfectly comfortable if rather grey day, but as it is 16 or 17 is as good as it gets on my sheltered patio. We've had this problem with the forecaster's views of breeze and wind before haven't we? Air movement peaking at 40mph is not 'breezy' in my book, whatever the people writing that guff may think - perhaps they should get out in their 'breezy' occasionally... Have your tree lilies managed to flower at all given all the abuse they've suffered from the weather, or will that be a pleasure for next year?
Tea in the garden with a friend postponed due to the heat last week doesn't look that possible for the next 2 or 3 days as it's now too cold to sit out( one can see the point of summerhouses in such circumstances) - strange days.

[Joseph K]

12 here. It's windy, but I like this temperature. Better than endless heat.

[oddoneout]

12 here. It's windy, but I like this temperature. Better than endless heat.

I too prefer it to be cooler on balance but the quick flips between extremes really cause me problems by irritating chronic conditions.

[Petrushka]

12 here. It's windy, but I like this temperature. Better than endless heat.

Give me endless heat anytime! It's summer days like today that get me down. The BBC forecast said 'fresh breeze' but it's much more than that with the trees really flapping about in a strong wind. It's spitting with rain every now and then, or feels as if it is, and it's unpleasantly cool, even cold, for an end of June day.

Next week looks better.

[Joseph K]

Today was much like yesterday, but without the bracing wind - so quite nice.

[teamsaint]

Today was much like yesterday, but without the bracing wind - so quite nice.

Pretty horrible here today. Grey, plenty of drizzle .
Better tomorrow, hopefully.

[oddoneout]

After lunch the wind dropped and the sun gradually emerged to give a pleasant summer afternoon. The forecast suggests it might do the same tomorrow, but possibly with wet patches at times. Could do with some rain so chances are that won't happen, but being less cold would be good.

[DracoM]

Rain tonight, but less wind and many, many degrees warmer.