Stormy Weather II

[Serial_Apologist]

Not surprising.

Going to be rather dull.

Could be quite exciting! - but not today: we're on the north-western edge of a large "Bartlett high" over the Continent - named by a Mr Bartlett as designating the type of anticyclone that sometimes - mostly in autumn - forms over northern Europe, bringing unseasonably warm but generally moist cloudy conditions around its edge, eg up in N Scotland, where air travelling around the outer perimiter of this high, coming from way down south in the sub-tropics, brought last night's temperature briefly up to 16C in one spot. This is more a factor of global warming than any unusualness in the situation - which is unusual only inasmuch as it doesn't usually tend to occur at this time of the year.

[BBMmk2]

Could be quite exciting! - but not today: we're on the north-western edge of a large "Bartlett high" over the Continent - named by a Mr Bartlett as designating the type of anticyclone that sometimes - mostly in autumn - forms over northern Europe, bringing unseasonably warm but generally moist cloudy conditions around its edge, eg up in N Scotland, where air travelling around the outer perimiter of this high, coming from way down south in the sub-tropics, brought last night's temperature briefly up to 16C in one spot. This is more a factor of global warming than any unusualness in the situation - which is unusual only inasmuch as it doesn't usually tend to occur at this time of the year.

At least we are not in Australia!

Fog this morning and fairly thick too.

[oddoneout]

Woke up late to glorious sunshine, and the day's forecast is quite different from what it was last night. In addition to a necessary outside excursion for errands I think some time in the garden this afternoon may be on the cards. Given the combination of recent lowering weather and news it seems important to take any opportunity for natural mood lifting.

[DracoM]

[Serial_Apologist]

At least we are not in Australia

From what I understand - (which is not that much!) - whereas tropical vegetation including trees are easily combustible, containing as many do natural oils, our deciduous woodlands would be less prone to catching fire - though this would not apply to coniferous areas of forestation, as found particularly in Scotland and some of our northern upland areas, as anyone who has set fire to their old Christmas tree will testify! It's just as well that native deciduous trees are being planted in appropriate locations as part of the re-wooding campaign that forms our part of the supposedly international initiavtive to restore lost woodland. I do remember heathland fires among grasslands and lower vegetation, particularly gorse which seems to contain its own propellants, in the greensand ridges of Surrey during my childhood.

Edit: From the looks of things, it is going to be pretty mild well into January, with temperatures between 2 and 4C above seasonal norms across the piece, borne on a quite strong, broad westerly/west-southwesterly, elongated high pressure just to the south and low pressure systems running from Canada towards Iceland and on up into the Arctic, just as should be.

[BBMmk2]

Going to be a good day today!

[cloughie]

Going to be a good day today!

Grey and dull with a hint of dampness in the air here!

[BBMmk2]

Grey and dull with a hint of dampness in the air here!

Same here!

[oddoneout]

I suppose the lack of bright sun will be of benefit to those who participated too well in New Year's Eve libational activities, but for me the current dull damp nothingness does rather sum up my feelings about the year ahead at the moment. A burst of therapeutic garden activity before CE may be called for; the birds will appreciate access to food and clearing up feline offerings will reduce the chance of a repeat of contaminated logs being brought into the house...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A beautiful, clear, crisp, & sunny day today here in the Pennines - a perfect start to the New Year.

[BBMmk2]

A beautiful, clear, crisp, & sunny day today here in the Pennines - a perfect start to the New Year.

News year’s day was like that down here too. Today, rather a wet day.

[gradus]

News year’s day was like that down here too. Today, rather a wet day.

Ditto in S. Suffolk.

[Joseph K]

Sunny here.

[Serial_Apologist]

Somebody on the UKWW site has just described today's cloud formation on the passing weak cold front as "stratocumulus streakybacongenitus", which is rather good - we need a few new defintions!

Apparently Norway has registered a record high temperature for January of 19 degrees Celsius, that being 25 degs C above the monthly norm!!!!!!

Just think about that for a mo, because the difference between our maximum averages for January and July is just 16 degrees C.

I don't believe it has ever managed to get that high anywhere in the UK in January. We did break the 21C rcord in February last year, and of course the 37C all-time 100F in July.

[LezLee]

Isn't it ridiculous that weather forecasters still give Fahrenheit values as well as Celsius? We started using Celsius over 50 years ago! That's 2 generations!