FYI, TORRO, the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation, who take and investigate reports of severe wind events in the UK sent in to them, are holding their Spring Conference in Oxford on Saturday 22 April. It's free entry and anybody can go, but you have to book. Details and the agenda below.
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Wild, wild wet stuff up here. And COLD.Comment
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And here. It's been lashing down since around noon and more of tge same is promised for tomorrow.Originally posted by Simon Biazeck View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Rain and wind last night - brilliant sunshine this morning...
...but more rain predicted this afternoon - well it is April, after all!Comment
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Absolutely vicious easterly here - temp 4C - clearly summer is over. Wow!Comment
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I had a medical appointment at 9:30 this morning. The 15-minute walk to the surgery was mainly in sunshine, if a little chilly. However, as I neared my destination, a light shower started. I'm looking forward to facing whatever gets thrown my way when going for a woodland stroll, later. Quite a few big trees here have been brought down by the weather in recent months. The local council is very good at clearing them from paths and then leaving them to the tender mercies of the detritivores. The Crown Estate seem far less efficient in such matters.Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostComment
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Was planning to play tennis this afternoon. Plan B called for.Comment
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Fortunately, as yesterday, it stayed dry for my walk this morning (c. 10-11). Lots of wind and now rain, otherwise.Comment
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An all too familiar issue here today.Plenty of sun, but far too much wind, so general effect is chilly - bit odd with the direction being SW and now S. The gardening stint involved donning and shedding layers depending on shelter from or exposure to the wind. Lack of rain was welcome; it's due shortly, but I have no need to be outside now.Comment
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Or more efficient? - in the bad sense of removing all prunings and felled materials, along with their availability for wildlife?Originally posted by Bryn View PostComment
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It would seem that the worst of it is over, for the time being at any rate: gale to strong gale force winds have moved away east, indicating an opening up of the isobars, despite the fact that the barometer is still falling, if more slowly than earlier. Three more days of this unsettled stuff then it quietens down and, with the Azores high at last exerting more influence, is expected to warm up considerably next week.Comment
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The forecasters are now rolling back considerably on their estimates of high temps next week - the presiding high pressure is not expected to the SE but NE of Scotland, with a broad north-easter covering much of the country throughout. In such situations the warmest spots tend to be west of high ground, eg Cumbria/Lancs, the west coasts of Wales and Scotland, while E coast areas pull in winter sea surface temperatures. In the meantime some striking (sometimes in both senses!) cumulonimbus clouds sprouting skywards this afternoon as convergence and surface warming convection takes place under very cold upper air conditions.
Hot press: thunderstorm current at the M20/M25 junction - sky looking very black to the SE.Comment
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Temp here as I post is 3C. It's been one of the coldest days here for weeks!Comment
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Temporary hosepipe bans now imposed for parts of Devon mark a significant indication of climate change: traditionally, Devon had always been one of the least prone areas to drought, subject as it was to the direct influence of the Gulf Stream.
It does not now appear that anywhere will be experiencing temperatures above the *magic* 16C - 60 degs F in the old money - which for some of us indicated first signs of coming summer - before May.Comment
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