It's become much cloudier here now too.
We exported 24.76 kWh of solar power yesterday, but so far today only 0.76 kWh!
We exported 24.76 kWh of solar power yesterday, but so far today only 0.76 kWh!
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Cumulus building as per yesterday in the moderately unstable lower atmosphere, but temperatures a few degrees higher with air now originating from the Low Countries approaching from the east.Originally posted by Joseph K View Post
It would seem likely that the expected main thundery breakdown will spread right across the country tomorrow, starting in the early hours in the SW and reaching as far as the Midlands, London and most of Wales by early afternoon, and the Scots border and NE by evening, clearing all regions in the second half of the night. Assuming this materialises it could be pretty spectacular. So, dependent on timing, one needs to get any outdoor activity completed either by those deadlines or wait until Saturday morning. As far as summer is concerned all is not lost however, and with winds still coming in from a S or SW quadrant around a big parent low out in the N Atlantic it can be expected to warm up once more in the first part of next week.Comment
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Quite stuffy first thing, and fortunately when I was on my walk the sun made an appearance though there were plenty of clouds about. The wind picked up later on this afternoon and the temperature has stayed within what I would consider comfortable.Comment
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Mean-minded NE winds, gusty, flashes of rain every so often.
Gosh, is it summer again.......?
Huh!Comment
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Although it was raining for the first 25 minutes of my walk late this morning, it was light enough for me to walk without using my brolly - not so for the rest of the walk when the rain became heavier.
Now the sun's out, unexpectedly.Comment
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Well, (or should that be "So"?), the much anticipated thundery trough passed through this morning... without any thunder anywhere apart from the Channel Isles. To be fair to the sometime rabble rousers on UKWW, the usual suspects did warn about a lack of very low temperatures at height, necessary to supply the "hoovering factor" on high to catalyse such situations in the absence of other forcing mechanisms in addition, which are more likely to be on show tonight as Storm Betty's frontal system rams cooler Atlantic-originating air into the mix. Yet again everything has to be in place - for all their technology even the met people can't say yea or nay for sure! But right now it feels like a steam bath out there.Comment
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Not too bad in Kendal/Windermere- not much sun, but a pleasant temperature and increasing wind through the afternoon. A few spots but no real rain to speak of.Originally posted by DracoM View PostComment
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Back in N Yorks...
...still sunny.Comment
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Pro tem, advice seems to be to make the most of this week, because from next weekend we could be entering a much cooler period, with temperatures nearer what would be expected in late September. I still need to shed half a stone to meet my weight requirements. Having now almost completely given up on the Jeremy Vine Show on Channel 5, occupying as it has the entirely of my mornings for a number of years, I am now thinking which day of a promising week to come might be best for a series of long cycling trips.Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostComment
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Thrashing it down here on west edge of Pennines, all driven by nastily strong and gusty westerly.
Summer? Huh!Comment
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Well barely a cloud to be seen hereabouts, with just a gentle breeze and a pleasant maximum of 24 C: ideal conditions for my next cycle round trip, this time a mere 15-miler - up to the Strand, a walk through Lincoln Inns/Temple, one of my favourite districts of London, starting at the Holborn end and finishing with a generous panini (just 2 n's!) with side salad, open fruit flan and black coffee at the Italian-run Embankment Gardens Cafeteria: all in at under £20, which t.b.h ain't bad for central London. Since last there they've extended not just the menu but the narrow N-facing ledge-balcony into a sizeble awning-shaded area accommodating double and quadruple tables with stylish cushioned chairs, and replaced the old tables and chairs and parasols down on the outside area. The whole place is much cleaner than on my annual previous visits, and if anything doing more business.
Extraordinary to think I left home at 11.30 this morning, was "going down the Strand" at 12.15, arriving back at the cafeteria by 1pm - from ordering to serving took only 10 minutes - and home by 3pm! I think I'm going to have to give my ageing legs a rest for a while, despite the likelihood of tomorrow being the last suitable days for long-distance cycling for some time to come.Comment
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Tomorrow's weather could well turn out to be very interesting indeed! Lack of any kind of precedence for the computers to work on means the forecasters are uncertain over a small but well-formed thundery depression over NW France and how far its influence may or may not extend across England. The Met has it bringing potentially serious heavy rain as far north as the East Midlands, with London at the centre from early morning to early afternoon, whereas the main American and European models have it skirting the Kent coast but otherwise staying to the SE. There is agreement that everywhere cools down radically on Friday, with the North and West targetted for showers, lasting through Saturday as well, and then most of the UK becoming dry for Sunday and the BH Monday, albeit staying on the cool side.Comment
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A UKWW poster has reported "a massive thunderstorm, flooding" currently underway in the Brighton area - I can see the frequent lightning on the real time lightningmaps site; here we seem to be on the northern edge of that system, which has storms building up and tram lining WSW to ENE up the Channel. I know it was going to turn out interesting today!Comment
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Well, 'up' here today it's been more or less the same as it has this week so far - pleasant temperature, sun...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostComment
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Genuinely hot here today! Is it summer? Or some kind of weird happening in the cosmos?Comment
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