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  • BBMmk2
    Late Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 20908

    Warm weather, will it return? Down the abyss we go..............
    Don’t cry for me
    I go where music was born

    J S Bach 1685-1750

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    • DracoM
      Host
      • Mar 2007
      • 12995

      .........................well, now it IS shelling it down with a luxurious seasonal mix of sleet, rain, snow, all wrapped in a bristling westerly.
      Last edited by DracoM; 12-12-17, 20:14.

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      • BBMmk2
        Late Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 20908

        Rain today! Complete opposite from yesterday. I was certainly looking forward to going to that concert yesterday. We have a westerly wind today.
        Don’t cry for me
        I go where music was born

        J S Bach 1685-1750

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        • Serial_Apologist
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 37861

          Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
          Rain today! Complete opposite from yesterday. I was certainly looking forward to going to that concert yesterday. We have a westerly wind today.
          That's right Bbm. It's interesting how acclimatisation can affect one. Today, the 7.5 Celsius ride in moderate rain to Brixton and back didn't seem that cold, compared with how the same temperature felt a week ago. I found I didn't even need gloves - which I hate having to use when cycling as one has less of a sure grip on handlebars and brakes. I think the winds will be howling this evening and during the night as another weather system passes through, switching the wind around to more of a north-westerly. Wouldn't be surprised to hear rain and possibly hail lashing against the windows; maybe even the odd clap of thunder, although this isn't being discussed as yet on the weather site. Odds currently seem to be on for a mildish, wet and windy Xmas, with just Scotland at risk of snow.

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          • Petrushka
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 12335

            I've found that I've got used to the cold as well. I never wear gloves - impossible to blow one's nose while wearing them - and find pockets warmer anyway.

            The forecast rain has turned into another dumping of snow up here this evening which certainly wasn't forecast. Had enough of it now. Look back with wistful nostalgia at that week in mid-June when temp got up to 35 degrees.
            "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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            • BBMmk2
              Late Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 20908

              Not good for you, DracoM! Come down south to where it is rather sunny!
              Don’t cry for me
              I go where music was born

              J S Bach 1685-1750

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              • oddoneout
                Full Member
                • Nov 2015
                • 9310

                Now you see it, now you don't. Couldn't sleep last night so was aware that it was snowing quite heavily from about midnight on - not forecast as such. At 1-30 am there was enough lying for the boys 2 doors down to have a snowball fight, which I became aware of due to the sound of snowballs hitting sheds and windows(typical narrow terrace gardens have limited potential to contain such happy games....). Gradually slowed and at around 3-30am it stopped; at 8-30 when I woke there was hardly a sign it had ever been, the sun was shining and the temperature was well on the plus side of zero although the breeze was spiteful.

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                • vinteuil
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12960

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                  ... I think oddoneout needs to provide a location.

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                  • BBMmk2
                    Late Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 20908

                    Thought it were going to be sunny! Not a chance of it, I do'nt think!
                    Don’t cry for me
                    I go where music was born

                    J S Bach 1685-1750

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                    • Serial_Apologist
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 37861

                      Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                      Thought it were going to be sunny! Not a chance of it, I do'nt think!
                      Come up further north, Bbm, where it is rather sunny!

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                      • BBMmk2
                        Late Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 20908

                        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                        Come up further north, Bbm, where it is rather sunny!
                        Looks as though we have sun now!
                        Don’t cry for me
                        I go where music was born

                        J S Bach 1685-1750

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                        • Serial_Apologist
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 37861

                          Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                          Looks as though we have sun now!
                          The earth moved, then!

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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12960

                            Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                            The earth moved, then!
                            ... well, I think its customary c 600 mph rotational speed at this latitude. Tho' I have to say the barograph has been doing some odd things of late. But I think it's the clockwork and not the isobars...


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                            • Serial_Apologist
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 37861

                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              ... well, I think its customary c 600 mph rotational speed at this latitude. Tho' I have to say the barograph has been doing some odd things of late. But I think it's the clockwork and not the isobars...


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                              There's a lovely quote from the jazz singer Norma Winstone in an interview, where Geoffrey Smith (iirc) mentions the fact that Norma often creates song lyrics containing a strong weather element, eg "Manhattan in the Rain", and she replies that a newspaper article written about her had the heading "Propping up the Isobars"!

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                              • Petrushka
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 12335

                                Horrendous day here. Heavy rain yesterday evening then turned to snow and then froze catching everyone unawares leaving pavements and roads in a lethal state.

                                I was fine in my trusty wellies which have terrific grip but I can imagine there being some broken bones and ruined Christmases today!
                                "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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