Stormy Weather II

[teamsaint]

Been a lovely day here. Plenty of warm sun, although lots more rain last night.

[BBMmk2]

What a wonderful day it was yesterday. Unfortunately today, doesn’t look as good.

[Serial_Apologist]

Typical weather for October for the next week - such a relief: I was beginning to think we would never again see the likes of it!

[BBMmk2]

I think it will be a dullish day here today.

[oddoneout]

A pretty sky at dawn and now lots of sun and blue sky which should last at least through the morning, and any rain is forecast to be local and shortlived. Those dealing with the aftermath of Sunday's 'downpour' certainly need all the dry spells they can get - there have been some 'interesting' bits of road damage, such as sections of tarmac being lifted wholesale not just potholes developing or deepening.

[Serial_Apologist]

A pretty sky at dawn and now lots of sun and blue sky which should last at least through the morning, and any rain is forecast to be local and shortlived. Those dealing with the aftermath of Sunday's 'downpour' certainly need all the dry spells they can get - there have been some 'interesting' bits of road damage, such as sections of tarmac being lifted wholesale not just potholes developing or deepening.

Somehow - well, not somehow - I don't expect that costings for global warming will have been factored into local authority spending on the resulting damage to roads. It's hard to envisage how much money will be available for any expenditure on basic essential service needs after Brexit, deal or no deal, let alone this week which could mark the wettest October for some years. The FSA is talking of borrowing at levels the Conservatives have been condemning Labour for announcing pre their election manifesto, rather undermining* their own already specious posturings.

*No pun intended.

[oddoneout]

Somehow - well, not somehow - I don't expect that costings for global warming will have been factored into local authority spending on the resulting damage to roads. It's hard to envisage how much money will be available for any expenditure on basic essential service needs after Brexit, deal or no deal, let alone this week which could mark the wettest October for some years. The FSA is talking of borrowing at levels the Conservatives have been condemning Labour for announcing pre their election manifesto, rather undermining* their own already specious posturings.

*No pun intended.

The way things are( and have been for some years) there's no point in someone spending time working that out since there ain't the money to do the routine/essential/emergency work that arises in the normal scheme of things, let alone added extras courtesy climate change. When I visited relatives in Scotland it was noticeable the extent to which their roads had benefited from applications for EU money. The single track road with passing places that provides the link between the main road and the village(pop 200) was way better than the main road into the town where I live(pop 21,000)
However I think we must avoid getting too bogged down in B word matters on this board - the weather causes enough in the way of claggy conditions as it is.

[Serial_Apologist]

The way things are( and have been for some years) there's no point in someone spending time working that out since there ain't the money to do the routine/essential/emergency work that arises in the normal scheme of things, let alone added extras courtesy climate change. When I visited relatives in Scotland it was noticeable the extent to which their roads had benefited from applications for EU money. The single track road with passing places that provides the link between the main road and the village(pop 200) was way better than the main road into the town where I live(pop 21,000)
However I think we must avoid getting too bogged down in B word matters on this board - the weather causes enough in the way of claggy conditions as it is.

Oh well - all right then!

I'd better be on my way to the shops, before the line squall expected to come around teatime arrives. At least it's comfortably warm out there today. Mixed weather leading up to the weekend, when lots of heavy rain is expected, though the timing is yet to be finessed.

[DracoM]

Squalls and squibs of ran and strengthening wind interspersed by sun!
Must be Autumn!

[oddoneout]

Squalls and squibs of ran and strengthening wind interspersed by sun!
Must be Autumn!

The calendar says so, but given the weird weather we get these days it could be any season!

[DracoM]

Utter, utter dreech here. And cold. Yuk.
Now thrashing it down. Boisterous westerly.

This is the usual gale that sweeps away any reluctant to go leaves!

[oddoneout]

Very wet and windy, but not cold. I'm keeping an eye out for a break to get out for errands. The cloud is getting higher and more broken and the weather map has a big hole in the middle of the extensive blue.*


* pity it isn't a political map

[DracoM]

In the last 48hrs, tree colours have gone from a tired green to a vivid autumn and very noticeable.

[BBMmk2]

Draco, happening here too. Pouring with rain today. Incessantly as well. Had a great day yesterday lunchtime, seeing some friends from primary school days. A couple not seen since I was in the Boy Scouts.

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, some of the trees etc around here are beginning to change, but it's always an uneven process, offering a wonderful range from still perfectly green to a patchwork up to the point when most leaves are gone, which is normally by early December in our part of the world. The Japanese cherry in the shrub border viewed from this window is the first in line, changing to the vivid pink tinged with orange it is now before losing all its leaves in just a few days. It's the new shoots emerging at this time of year which help push off the old foliage; once the fall has taken place, lowering temperatures put the now bare trees and any saplings and lower shrubs which have retained their leaves as protection into hibernation. Nature's seasonal clock in operation.

Meandering fronts draped SW/NE across much of England today are bringing an alternation of moderate rain and drizzle, which is expected to intensify as bumps and kinks resulting from where over-sweeping the Atlantic jet coincides with winds nearer to the surface form along the main polar front. Along with the absence of "shear", which is to say differences in wind direction either side of the front, those same bucklings will serve to keep the front running NE along its own length rather than being pushed eastwards, something more familiar to Scotland, Wales and the NW, where this happens often, to their misfortune, due to high pressure blocking to the east or over the Continent. So, the SE looks to be in for a lot of rain over the next 3 days, and flooding can be expected as rivers and saturated fields over-run. On Sunday incoming winds veering round to the west will shift the frontal converyor belt slowly away; but with quite deep low pressure systems lurking out to the NW, associated frontal systems queuing up out in the Atlantic will then bring more rain for next week! At least associated temperatures remaining above normal for mid October will be a saving on heating bills!!