On 28 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast, strong mostly S’ly wind, only very few sunny breaks, dry with temps gradually rising to 9˚ at 8pm. Snow was nice but mild & dry is also very agreeable.
On 28 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast & windy from the SW but dry and relatively mild all day with a max of 7˚, still blowing at midnight, 4˚.
On 26 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, sunny morning in a fresh SW’ly wind, cloudy but still bright afternoon, max temp 5˚, down to 4˚ by 9pm under a partly clear sky.
On 24 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, strong NWly wind but not as powerful as forecast, sunny & dry all day with a max of 8˚, so warm that a few bees were out doing their cleansing flight from their sheltered spot despite the wind, 3˚ by 8pm under a clear moonlit sky and much less wind.
On 23 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, overcast with a fresh WSW’ly wind, rain gradually moving in and really starting up by 11 and going well into the afternoon, by 5pm it had stopped and there was a strip of light on the western horizon, clear moonlit evening, 7˚ by 8pm, still very windy and stronger stuff to come during the night.
On 22 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, wild SW’ly wind which died down by 9, very sunny by then and for the rest of the day which was a bit calmer, wind getting up again by mid afternoon and still going by 8pm, 4˚ by then. == Rhys, yes, there is a difference between surviving and thriving. We are eating corn salad regularly from outside, though protected by mesh, which survived the snow and frost very well. Also witloof chicory which we successively force indoors in a box which excludes light, after having grown it through summer.
On 22 Jan 2024, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy - went down to the allotment yesterday and it seems that the beans have all survived, although a few looking a bit sorry for themselves. It will take a week of warmer temperatures to be sure what the true rate of survival has been, but initially at least, it looks quite promising.
On 21 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, fairly sunny morning in a fresh SW’ly wind, clouding up after midday, rain starting around 2pm, off & on afternoon&evening, still quite a lot to come according to the radar, much milder with 8˚ at 10.30pm.
On 21 Jan 2024, Glenn wrote:
With the milder weather now coming in after a failed cold snap which didn't produce any snow like it was supposed to or would have done in years gone by. You can guarantee that if this same spell happened only 3 years ago then we would have had several inches of snow in Norwich, remember the excellent February 2021. Anyway that's me done for another winter now, no more opportunity. Won't be posting again for another 11 months.
On 20 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite windy from the SW and overcast, at least 50% of the snow gone and merrily melting away throughout the day, 6˚ at 8pm with a little bit of rain.
On 19 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, sharp WNW’ly wind, a mostly sunny day with a very slow thaw setting in, max temp 3˚, cloudy by evening, 2˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, look forward to hearing about your beans. Having had almost a full week of hard frost, we might be able to sow some carrots this year and not have them carrot-flied.
On 19 Jan 2024, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
As we approach the end of a not unusual winter cold snap in NW London, I am looking forward to going down to the allotment to see how my Aquadulce Claudia broad beans have done. Last season, only a small percentage of autumn-sown plants survived a week of hard frost, so I used the survivors to make seeds to see if they would become resistant to a -7C frost. As we have just had just such frosts this past week, it will be interesting to see if I have created a new, useful frost-resistant variety or whether they have died off just like last year....
On 18 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-4˚C at 7.30, sharp WNW’ly wind but another very sunny day, max temp -2˚, hazy by 10pm but the moon visible with Jupiter just underneath, -4˚.
On 17 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-5˚C at 7.30, cloudless sky with a sharp NW’ly wind, sunny all day with a max of -2˚, less windy by evening, -3˚ at 8pm under a partly cloudy sky, occasional snow flurries but no major delivery so far.
On 16 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, not much overnight snow, less strong NW’ly wind, short spell of sun under the clouds but overcast for the rest of the day, max temp 0˚, long spell of snow in afternoon, -2˚ at 8pm, sunny day forecast for tomorrow.
On 16 Jan 2024, Glenn wrote:
It's now January 16th. Still no snow in norwich, it's too late in the season now. Another winter passed without snow, the situation is now an emergency.
On 15 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, sharp NW’ly wind, 5cm snow from overnight, frequent snow showers throughout the day, interspersed with sunshine and dramatic skies to the N of us, max temp -1˚, approx 12.5cm snow by 8pm, -5˚. Schools closed, snow ploughs out, more snow likely overnight.
On 14 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, bright start, light dusting of snow, sharp & occasionally strong NW’ly wind, intermittent light snow showers all day with brilliant sunshine in between, max 1˚, barely 1cm of snow lying by evening, -1˚ at 8pm. Now yellow snow warning up to Thursday.
On 13 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, NW’ly wind, bright start but a mostly cloudy day with occasional sunny spells by late afternoon, max 4˚, intermittent rain by evening but also clear starry interludes, 2˚ at 8pm. We’ll see whether the yellow warning snow will arrive tomorrow & Monday, gritters were out today on country roads.
On 12 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, no ground frost, misty with a promise of some sunshine which hardly materialised, bar a pale disc that put in an appearance for a short time during the morning, contrary to the official forecast, misty for most of the day, max temp 3˚, clearing sky at night with -1˚ at 9pm.
On 11 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, overcast, drizzle by evening, shame about the cloud when we’ve got such a strong HP over us at 1046 hPa but for clear skies it is slightly in the ‘wrong’ place. Still drizzly at 10pm.
On 10 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, overcast and drizzling onto frozen ground in a light N’ly breeze, really slippy, slowly getting less cold during the day, off & on drizzle, 4˚ at 10pm.
On 09 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, overcast with a hard frost, max temp 0˚ and still that at 8pm, some sunshine through the clouds in the afternoon, light NW’ly breeze.
On 08 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, sunny for a while after the initial cloud dispersed but clouding over again during the morning, max temp 0˚ and then a couple of hours of drizzle in the afternoon, making many surfaces very slippery by evening, light N’ly breeze, 0˚ by 8pm.
On 08 Jan 2024, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Some sign of winter today. 1c sleet/snow, West Sussex did look pretty in a white covering. Hope Glenn has had the same?
On 08 Jan 2024, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
I must say that we've not really had 'extreme wind' in my life's experience this winter, there's been some strong blowers, but nothing exceptional. It's entirely normal for winds of 60-70mph to happen reasonably regularly over a 30 year period, I start getting interested when Scotland records over 90mph, that's a little rarer.
The cool easterly winds were in evidence this morning as I went out for my morning run. The bottom of sloping ground is saturated with water and still some surface water on grass in places. I suspect the next 10 days of dry weather will cause that to drain into the ground.
The snow at Glencoe Ski Area (https://www.winterhighland.info/cams/glencoe/) looks entirely normal for early January.
Precipitation starting to head into Northern and mid-California in significant amounts after a dry early winter. Again, absolutely normal weather sequences based on decades of data.
The only thing which is extreme is the neuroses of MSM reporting.
On 07 Jan 2024, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
...cont...but temps in the 2-5c (c.35-40f) & dps biting at 0 to -3 (c.26-35f). It didn't half make everyone's eyes water. The change from a S'ly flow through to NE. Cloudy again now & not as cold but more change ahead tomorrow with wintry showers possible late on. Even a warning out for N Downs. Going to be a few ice rinks out there after all the rain. The first real taste of winter appearing after solstice - as the days grow longer, the cold grows stronger. Looks a v. interesting month ahead & hopefully memorable with snow. Maybe even Glenn will quieten down until next solstice rolls around 😆
On 07 Jan 2024, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Wk1 2024 has been blowy overcast+wet. Out of a max 8hrs, 3 was the best effort usually far less. Max/min C varied little ranging c.5-13C (c.40-55f) for 5.5 days with DPs similar. Was reasonable when it wasn't raining. Ground was saturated from months of above av. rain (drought next anyone?). 40mm ~2/3 of Jan av. so far w/25mm on Thurs alone which also had a gust of 50mph as we sat under an Amber warning but it was a bit meh tbh. Few things blew about but all minor inconveniences. They called it Henk because everything needs to have a name - I'm not sure if I'm losing track or the will to live with all this naming weather like an infant. I feel that way reading the model comment threads. Blaming Climate Whatever for a UK Winter storm is grasping. The coverage is hysterical. Anyway Henk the Honk brought a noticeable drop in T+DPs in its wake so on Sat the sun shone again as it did today. 5 glorious hrs of it.....
On 07 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, still and quite frosty with icy roads, a mostly sunny day with some cloud and a max of 3˚, down to 0˚ again by 8pm under a starry sky with no moon.
On 06 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, frost in many places, light NW’ly breeze, sunny for most of the day with a max of 3˚, more cloud by evening, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light S’ly wind, light rain off & on all day with few dry intervals, max temp 5˚, a few stars peeking through the cloud cover by evening, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 04 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overnight rain again, SE’ly wind only few dry interludes today, max temp 7˚,down to 4˚ by 10pm.
On 04 Jan 2024, Glenn wrote:
I've noticed that it says exciting forecast. I'm guessing that means very mild temperatures, storms with winds ripping people's house roofs off and floods damaging people's homes. I'm sorry but I find that exciting. Let's face it, this has been another mild winter, third in a row now. And every mild winter push Britain one step closer to Net zero.
On 03 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overnight rain followed by more mostly light rain all day in a fresh ESE’ly wind, 4˚ at 8pm, still raining. All the usual fields, ditches, streams are full to overflowing.
On 02 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, fresh ESE’ly wind, raining all morning, dry and grey in the afternoon with rain again later, still 5˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Jan 2024, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, still with clouds on the eastern horizon, so the sun rose later than usual, very sunny day contrary to the Met O forecast, max temp 2˚, back down to 0˚ by 8pm, the frost never lifted in most but the sunniest places. Jekyll & Hyde weather at the moment, more rain on the way for tomorrow. == Craig: same by return from double bass to viola :-). HNY All!
On 31 Dec 2023, @CraigM350 51N wrote:
From Spaceweather.com >> MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Mere hours after emerging over the sun's eastern limb on Dec. 31st, big sunspot AR3536 erupted, producing a major X5-class solar flare...This is the strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25 (so far) and the most powerful eruption the sun has produced since the great storms of Sept. 2017." === Models all over the place regarding the upcoming hemispheric pattern change inducing more meltdowns than a gathering of The Dark Green Triad (Narcissism, nihilism, and fanaticism) aka Just Stop Oil. Winter looks to be starting for us === Paddy back at ya === Suspicious0bservers dropped a paper in today's update - Long-Term Changes in Main Trajectories of Extratropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic and Their Possible Association with Solar Activity ==> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0016793223070265 <== Happy New Year all 🎆🎉🎊🍾🥳
On 31 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, lots of overnight rain, variable very light winds, very humid all day, 6˚ max, quite foggy by evening and raining, 4˚ at 10pm.
On 30 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, overcast in a sharp SE’ly wind which really got going strong by midday, rain after 3pm continuing in the evening in varying degrees of heaviness, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 29 Dec 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
10C today plenty of sqauly showers in the strong West wind.
8C at 2100hrs. Supposedly will get much colder st the weekend.
On 29 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cold enough for frost in the usual places, sunny all day after a somewhat cloudy start, sharp NW’ly wind making it feel much colder than of late, max 3˚, clear moonlit evening, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, overcast and quite windy from the SW, dry though with a max of 6˚, light but no sun, less windy by evening, 5˚ at 8pm, several trees down in our wood, fortunately we planted a lot 30-odd years ago, so it’s a kind of natural thinning.
On 27 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast and raining hard in a strengthening SE’ly wind, really wild around midday and only abating after 7pm, max temp 8˚, down to 5˚ at 10pm with a still noticeable SW’ly wind.
On 26 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, ground frost, light NW’ly breeze, beautifully sunny all day, max temp 2˚, down to -1˚ by 8pm in a hazy moonlit sky, full moon just after midnight tonight.
On 25 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, hard ground frost, overcast in a light SW’ly breeze but warming slightly soon enough, dry morning but light rain off & on in the afternoon, max 4˚, down to 0˚ by 8pm with light drizzly snow creating a bit of white on the ground.
On 24 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy start in a WSW’ly wind, feeling mild and almost springlike, sunny for most of the day thereafter, max 9˚ with the wind strengthening and turning into the WNW, clear moonlit night, 4˚ at 11pm and still windy. Quite a few nacreous clouds in the afternoon, though not as spectacular as some of the images show online at the moment.
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On 23 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, about 2 cm snow lying on ground and trees in black and white tracery, still snowing but turning into rain and making a wet-fest, light SE’ly breeze and foggy to boot, rain until mid afternoon, temps rising to 5˚ at 8pm.
On 22 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, overnight rain, overcast with a light NW’ly wind and light rain from time to time, somewhat brighter later in the morning and for the rest of the day, max temp 4˚, a few showers in the afternoon in the colder wind, 2˚ at 8pm, with the moon & Jupiter just visible through the hazy clouds.
On 21 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, mild but very windy from the NW and getting stronger through the morning, reaching a max sometime after midday, after which it calmed somewhat, some sunny breaks during the morning but getting colder as the air feed became more arctic, scattered light showers for some time, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite overcast with a fresh WSW’ly wind, light rain until midday quite contrary to the official forecast, sunny afternoon and temps slowly rising to reach 8˚ by 8pm.
On 20 Dec 2023, Glenn wrote:
Would someone please tell me how I'm not supposed to believe in warming when it hasn't snowed for 3 years. The forecast a decade ago was for cold snowy winters. Where are they?
On 19 Dec 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England
Very wet all day here in West Sussex. 13c light west wind.
Rather drab kind of weather. 8c at 2100hrs. Looking forward to some dry sunny weather.
On 19 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, good frost which stayed all day in shady places, very sunny morning, less so in the afternoon, dry with an occasionally fresh WSW’ly wind, max temp 5˚, starry sky with clouds at night, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 18 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, overcast & mild with only a hint of a SW’ly breeze, this gradually powered up so that by midday we had quite a wind; this was counterbalanced though by sunshine which arrived before midday and kept going in varying intensity until sundown, max temp 11˚, down to 6˚ by 8pm in a little light rain.
On 17 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, a mostly overcast day but with some breaks in the clouds which gave them a nice blueish colour rather than uniformly grey, pretty beefy SW’ly wind into early afternoon and slowly abating towards evening, feeling quite mild, 10˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, sunny morning, cloudy afternoon, fresh SW’ly wind all day but feeling mild, 10˚ at 10.30pm.
On 15 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, some early brightness in a light SW’ly wind, mostly cloudy though with the wind strengthening in the afternoon, some late sunshine and temps rising, reaching 9˚ by 8pm and still windy.
On 14 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, clear sky with Venus visible after so many days without her, great sunny morning but cold SW’ly wind, which didn’t stop the bees from flying a bit, max 5˚, cloudy afternoon & evening, 4˚ at 11pm. == Craig, nice to hear from you :-)
On 13 Dec 2023, @CraigM350 51N wrote:
Ronan - having a check. Google has known issues with may sites, wven official and .gov sites with the same problem but it'll be looked at. As an aside I use Brave as it doesn't track you and Chrome (and Google) have become a vehicle for The Message rather than actual performance which it used to be good for. If weatheraction.com is causing issues try a different browser which isn't subservient to the woke Silicone Valley elites. // Just a quick hello to everyone. I still moderate but been so busy irl I rarely get time to comment. End of year weather summary is in the works tho. All I will say is the extremes we have seen are well forecasted by Piers a decade ago. Nothing is remotely a surprise snd it will get 'worse' - completely unrelated to CO2. Remember you are the Carbon they want to reduce. They are desperate snd craven but like a cornered rat extremely dangerous. COP28 is 100% performative and nothing else. Like Covid. Same playbook.
On 13 Dec 2023, Ronan Carroll wrote:
Hello There appears to be a problem the https://www.weatheraction.com/ url and the associated https links from it. I have only been able to get on the site by forced removal of the https:// with is quite tricky. Anyone else seeing this problem. Also tried from my work pc and that has same problem.
On 13 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, a lot of overnight rain and still showery for much of the morning, variable wind starting out NE & later turning into SW, some nice sunshine in the dry afternoon poking through the clouds, 0˚ at 10pm.
On 12 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast in a fresh E’ly wind which blew until late afternoon, frequent showers again into the night, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, fresh ENE’y bringing frequent and heavy showers until early evening, calmer by 8pm and very very wet.
On 10 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, overcast & grey with a fresh & cold SE’ly wind, heavy rain overnight, dryish morning but again continuous rain all afternoon & into the evening, some of it quite heavy, 5˚ at 10pm with some stars peeking through the clouds.
On 10 Dec 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Climate change is natural.it happens. The only heat there is the hot air given out by our Government.
On 09 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, copious overnight rain and continuing all day with only a few dryish interludes, fresh SE’ly wind, 6˚ at 10pm, dreich in a word.
On 08 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, fresh SE’ly wind, rain pretty much all day and into the evening, 7˚ max, more rain to come overnight and tomorrow, still 7˚ at 8pm, wind calmed down.
On 08 Dec 2023, Glenn wrote:
Just heard that temperature record could hit 1.5c in 2024.
On 07 Dec 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
10c East wind feeling cold. Wet pm. The cold spell has gone.
Bear trees now. Think there is a change in weather coming.
9c. 2300hrs. Feeling colder.
On 07 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, light rain off & on during the morning in a strong SE’ly wind that really picked up after midday along with the sometimes torrential rain that lasted into the night, max temp 6˚, back down to 5˚ by 11pm. Still icy this morning but all gone by night.
On 06 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-5˚c at 7.30, hard frost, sunny morning in a light SW’ly wind, temp at 0˚ through the day but warming up & thawing by late afternoon, cloudy from midday onwards; snow, sleet & rain showers, 2˚ by 10pm.
On 04 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, overcast with frequent rain showers at first in a raw E’ly wind that later turned into the NE and weakened as it did so, we still had snow & ice on our hill whereas 30 metres further down it had all gone, quite slippery but the white stuff has now mostly melted away even with us. == Glenn: stop whingeing and move to Scotland :-)
On 03 Dec 2023, Glenn wrote:
Another winter, another spectacular snow failure. It seems while the rest of the entire country is blanketed in snow here in Norfolk it's raining. You really couldn't make it up.
On 03 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-5˚C at 7.30, somewhat cloudy in a sharp NW’ly breeze, sunny until midday, driving to Aboyne through a wintery hoar frost landscape, max temp during the day -2˚ but then rising to 0˚ by 8pm. Coming back from Aboyne we met snow, sleet and rain; on our hill it snowed.
On 02 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-6˚C at 7.30, clear, hard frost, sunny from the start with only the lightest of a N’ly breeze, max temp -2˚, clouding up by mid afternoon but clear again by nightfall, -5˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Dec 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, quite still and cold with hard frost, sunny all day with very little cloud, 0˚ at the ‘warmest’, clear starry evening, -3 again by 8pm. Proper winter weather.
On 30 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, a mostly sunny day in a light N’ly wind, long snow shower by end of morning but only about 1cm lying, max temp 1˚, down to -3˚ by 11pm under a clear moonlit sky.
On 29 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, good ground frost, light dusting of overnight snow, N’ly wind bringing frequent snow & graupel showers during the morning but no serious accumulations, max temp 1˚, fewer showers in the afternoon, overcast all day, 0˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, light NW’ly wind, sunny morning and early afternoon, showers setting in after 3pm, some of the of very wet snow, not sticking though. Quite cold and clear by evening with a bright moon just past being full, 0˚ by 8pm, car roof well frosty.
On 28 Nov 2023, Jurassic Coast wrote:
Late November, and already masses of snow in Scandinavia and right across Russia. Blocking HP across Scandinavia.
Synoptic MO chart for Saturday shows the 528 line stretching from Newfoundland right across the pond, to the south of the UK, and then up into Scandinavia.
Never seen that before this early. And it’s not even official winter yet!
On 27 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a fresh & cold N’ly wind which later turned into the NE, sunny spells during the morning but then several heavy showers in he strengthening wind, max temp 5˚, drier late afternoon, cloudy and cold for the rest of the day, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 26 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, very slight frost and quite still and cloudy, brightening up during the morning, max temp 3˚, cloudy again in the afternoon, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, only light NW’ly wind, quite cloudy and brightening up quite a bit from time to time, good sunny spells in the afternoon, max temp 4˚, clear early evening and feeling like frost but cloudier again later, so no frost, 0˚ at 10.30pm.
On 24 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, still very windy from the NW, evidence of snow flakes on some lying leaves in sheltered spots, sunny morning, cloudy afternoon with a couple of showers and a max of 4˚, clear evening, 2˚ at 8pm. First really bracing early winter’s day.
On 23 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, reasonably bright with a fresh but mild NW’ly wind, though coupe of hours later the temperature dropped and it felt much more like November, sunny morning with occasional light showers in the strengthening wind, some powerful gusts in the afternoon, more cloud & showers, dry evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 22 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, fresh but mild SW’ly wind, cloudy morning, brightening up after midday and feeling mild in a max of 12˚ - still same temp at 8pm, moon & Jupiter visible through the clouds. We’re appreciating the mild & dry weather to get grounds & garden ready for winter, no lasting hard frost yet.
On 21 Nov 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
8c. At 20.00hrs. Has been a fresh North wind all day.
Waiting for that much talked about cold snap from the North.
All that snow? Geoff I also would like a forecast from Peires.
On 21 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, quite still and not much cloud, sunnyish morning but clouding up by midday with a max of 5˚, lightest of SW’ly breezes, colder afternoon, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, foggy, mild & still bar a light N’ly wind which strengthened in the afternoon, overcast all day with occasional drizzle, max temp 10˚, glimpse of the half moon through the clouds, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Saturday 18.11.: 7˚C at 7.30, raining for much of the day with occasional dry interludes, grey and mild with hill fog, S’ly light wind, 8˚ at 8pm. Sunday 19.11.: 7˚C at 7.30, colourful sunrise followed by a mostly cloudy day with a few showers around midday, light SW’ly wind and feeling mild in a max of 11˚, still cloudy by night time, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, white with frost, temps on our hill not more than 3˚, a couple of degrees warmer further down, light WNW’ly breeze, sunny morning but clouding up in the afternoon, no frost by evening in anticipation of the next wet episode tomorrow, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy but brightening up through the morning and then clouding up again for the rest of the day, light NW’ly breeze, max temp 7˚, starry and misty evening, 1˚ at 9pm, quite cold as such but because of an absence of wind it didn’t feel really properly cold.
On 16 Nov 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
A mild but wet autumn here in NW London - the ground was recharged with moisture to 50cm depth by the end of October, when I dug a pit to put pollarded branches into, along with immature compost, horse manure/straw etc. Excellent crops of celeriac, fennel and radicchio now in storage, along with autumn king carrots. Swede and beetroot to come in the next week or so and the Winter Radish, Brussels Sprouts and winter cabbage will be good/good/satisfactory.
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On 15 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, showers to begin with, light NW’ly wind, brightening up towards midday and leaving us with a sunny afternoon, max temp 7˚, clear starry evening with 0˚ at 8pm, protected our remaining outdoor lettuce with a double fleece as frost in the offing.
On 15 Nov 2023, Geoff wrote:
Any thoughts on the coming winter, Piers?...Everybody else had had their say online and I'm always interested in your seasonal take!
On 14 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, fresh SE’ly wind blowing all day, occasional showers, max temp 7˚, steady rain setting in by 8pm, 6˚ again. Been a while since we’ve had such a wet autumn, not cold though, and we’re still eating lettuce from the garden, corn salad bulking up nicely for the winter.
On 13 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy and pretty windy from the SE, rain starting around 9.30 and keeping going all day though to my perception not as copious as previous rain episodes, wind shifting to the ENE by afternoon, 7˚ by 8pm & still raining.
On 12 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, light N’ly breeze, grass crunchy underfoot, sunny morning, clouding up in the afternoon, rain by evening, 7˚ at 10pm. Yellow rain warning for tomorrow.
On 11 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a light but cold NW’ly breeze, quite a sunny day with intermittent cloud, nice autumn day with a max of 7˚, clear sky at night, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 10 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, harder frost than yesterday, light NW’ly breeze, sunny until mid afternoon, max temp 6˚, light rain from 4.30pm onwards, 5˚ at 8pm. Nice pic on Craig’s twitter feed of the moon about to occult Venus yesterday.
On 09 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, frosty, very light SW’ly breeze and promising to be a sunny day, which it was for the most part, max temp 6˚, glorious clear end to the day, starry night, 0˚ again by 8pm, real autumn weather.
On 08 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a strong SE’ly wind, rain from 9.30 onwards, keeping going steadily until 12 noon, then very sunny for the rest of the afternoon, max temp 8˚, clear & still evening with many stars out, 1˚ at 10pm.
On 07 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, cloudier than yesterday but still quite sunny at times, light NW’ly wind, max temp 8˚, clear starry evening, 4˚ at 8pm. Great to have a few days without rain. == Sou’wester, I meant “where from?” yesterday about the bees finding pollen, I don’t know how the doom slipped in; that’s what happens when you let auto correct rule your life. We’ve had plenty of wasps here, though not as many as in drier hotter summers.
On 06 Nov 2023, Sou'wester/Devon coast wrote:
Paddy, that is good news about the bees in such a northerly clime. Afraid they have had a very sparse presence around here, even though as Istvan noted on Oct 28, there were, and still are down here, a lot of green leaves on the tree in the South,- then there is the overgrowth of weeds that the councils have simply left there in order to help insects I see fewer and fewer bees as the years progress. Ditto wasps,but this has been a big year for spiders. // So Storm Ciaran was certainly nasty in the SW last week, and not just for us on the coast. Many businesses and houses flooded, but with our exceptionally high spring tides, some slipways and sea walls got damaged. The torrential rain was almost horizontal at times. And we didn't even get to see the predicted Northern Lights,, although someone in Ivybridge captured a shot of them two days ago. //Today brought colder temperatures - 47F in my office when I opened the door at 08:45.It's about 47F outrside now at 21:15.
On 06 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, quite still and humid all day with barely a breeze, fairly cloudy but good sunny spells and a max of 8˚, bees still out and bringing in pollen (where doom?) around 2pm but cooling rapidly after 2.30, cloudy evening with only few stars peeking through, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast & still, which it remained for the rest of the day, bar a very small NW’ly breeze, sunnyish afternoon with a max of 9˚, only a few stars visible through the clouds by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 04 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, promising to be a bright day, still and humid and turning out quite sunny for the most part, max temp 9˚, hardly a breath of wind, no rain, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 03 Nov 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Wed 1st Nov: 5˚C at 7.30, strong W-NE wind, rain from 7.30 onwards until around 5pm, max temp 9˚, wind calming somewhat by evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
Thurs 2nd Nov: 5˚C at 7.30, dry until about 10.30, after which we had intermittent rain right through until the evening, 9˚ at 10pm.
Fri 3rd Nov: 8˚C at 7.30, rain from the start and through the day in varying quantities, stopping only after 5pm, not as much as we expected in spite of the yellow warning, max temp 9˚, down to 6˚ at 8pm under a starry sky.
On 31 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cold with only a light N’ly breeze, mostly cloudy but some good sunny spells during the day, wind picking up in mid morning until early evening, max temp 8˚, down to 2˚ by 5pm but then warming up to 4˚ by 8pm. Yellow rain warning again for tomorrow.
On 30 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Away for a few days up north near Banff, howling gales and lashing rain but at least we were staying in a cosy bothy, temps between 5-8˚C, occasionally warmer on Saturday. Wild day yesterday, from the sea front at Gardenstown we could see several oil-related ships sheltering in the lee of Troup Head, in the almost ghost village of Pennan the pebbles had washed up on the road over the 10ft sea wall. Back home tonight, 5˚ at 8pm, cloudy sky and fairly still. More rain forecast for Wednesday & Thursday.
On 30 Oct 2023, Maria ( Ireland ) wrote:
To be sure, I'm still delicately trudging through a ten ton of soggy *#i@e!-)
On 28 Oct 2023, Sou'wester/Devon coast wrote:
Yep, Paddy, a repeat performance of last week,almost day by day. Beginning cold, then temperatures up and down, rain on and off, cloudy with sunny spells, harsh winds, some foggy mornings, and then towards the end of the week, intervals of torrential rain and flooding, sandwiched in between moments of warm sunshine. Today, after a muggy Saturday's shopping trips, being repeatedly splashed by inconsiderate drivers going through puddles, I found it cleared up enough after dark so that I could view the partial lunar eclipse. Suddenly it was still and bright.
On 28 Oct 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Mixed bag of weather as usual. Rain sun wind mild. 14C today at 1400hrs. Heavy rain this evening at 2000hrs.with one or two clapps of thunder as well. Still have a lot of green leaves on many trees. Whist Autumn started early here in Wst Sussex its now looking late for the trees to loose their leaves. They are hanging on all the branches looking dead but still there.
On 26 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, fresh but not cold SE’ly wind, off and on light rain throughout the day but nothing for which a yellow warning as put out was justified, wind strengthening a little towards evening, 10˚ at 8pm and feeling mild.
On 25 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, fresh E’ly wind and persistent drizzle which occasionally turned into a heavy shower, this went on all day and the next three days look like a repeat performance of las week with yellow rain warnings in force until Saturday, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 23 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, first proper frost on grass and roofs, bright & still start, sunny until mid afternoon, light SW - SEly breeze and a max of 10˚, still feeling mild at 8pm with 8˚, looks like we might get another serving of wet by Wednesday.
On 22 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, bright and sunny by 8 and for the rest of the day in a light SW’ly breeze, max 9˚, lovely clear evening and starry night, 4˚ at 8pm. == Interesting report, Sou'wester.
On 21 Oct 2023, Sou'wester/Devon coast wrote:
What an up and down week! Starting last Sunday 15th with a light morning frost, the day was chilly and breezy, but sunny throughout. Monday brought the landlord to turn on the central heating for the winter, only for it to turn calm and mild. Tuesday and Wednesday though had Storm Babet's yellow weather warnings, with cold, strong gale force easterlies, and plenty of hard rain. Then Thursday was pleasant and warm in short spells when the afternoon sun came out, Yesterday morning hosted the eerie stillness of an all-enveloping fog that lasted until noon, followed by an almost windless afternoon- and yet the rains came, and they were surprisingly torrential, resulting in flooding in places. Gusty again today, dry, and mild with sunny spells It's as if someone was given a weather toy set and is playing with it. . '
On 21 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, copious overnight rain leaving big puddles, strong NE’ly wind at first which eventually weakened and turned into the SE, continuous rain until 6pm, occasionally heavy, max temp 10˚, dry by evening with a couple of stars showing through the few breaks in the clouds, 6˚ at 8pm and quite calm.
On 20 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, cold & still wild E’ly wind with occasional light rain, max temp 8˚, some powerful gusts but not as much as yesterday, short sunny spells in the afternoon, showers again by evening, 5˚ at 8pm. Tonight, another red warning for the area around Brechin where people had to be evacuated yesterday and today.
On 19 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, still dry in a wild ESE’ly wind, rain starting after 10 but mostly light at first, then intermittently heavy in the strengthening wind, very strong gusts from time to time and raining off & on for the rest of the day. The worst rain was/is to the south of us, we merely have an amber warning, tomorrow looks like less fiercely windy but still quite wet.
On 18 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, strong ESE wind from the start, max themp 11˚, dry all day as the HP north of us seems to be holding off the impending rain, which can of course also mean that the progress of said rain could be very slow and thus give us massive amounts of water, time will tell. 10˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, some light grass frost in sheltered spots, bright day with variable light wind, max temp 11˚, cloudy evening which may be the harbinger of the heavy rain forecast for Thursday, we have an amber warning, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, brightness in the offing but feeling very fresh in the light and cold SW’ly breeze, sunny morning and into early afternoon with a max of 11˚, clouding up again towards evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 15 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a biting WNW wind which kept going pretty much all day, abating only in the evening, short sunny spell early afternoon with a max temp of 10˚, cloudy again thereafter, 5˚ at 10pm.
On 14 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, dry and sunny but with a strong cold NW’ly wind with some powerful gusts from time to time, max temp 8˚, a couple of heavyish showers by mid afternoon, wind calming down by evening, 3˚ by 8pm.
On 13 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a cold SW’ly wind that gradually turned into the W-NW strengthening steadily into afternoon & evening, sunny for most of the day, max temp 13˚, blowing harder by evening, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30 after a clear night, still at firs but then a fairly blustery W’ly got up and kept blowing all day, max temp 13˚, clouding up in the afternoon, 7˚ at 10.30pm and still blowing.
On 11 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, strengthening W’ly wind with some beefy gusts, sunny for most of the day and dry, max temp 11˚, clear starry evening, 7˚ at 10pm.
On 10 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, cloudy and mild with a SW’ly wind which later strengthened and gradually moved into the W, good sunny spells in the morning and early afternoon, max temp 18˚, clouding over later with drizzle in the evening, 14˚ at 9pm.
On 09 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy to begin with but feeling mild in the light S’ly wind, good sunny spell during the morning but then turning cloudy again with occasional light drizzle, max temp 14˚, 12˚ by 8pm. == Sou’wester: yes, I’ve seen worse than this in terms of water quantity - 12 August 2020, day of the Stonehaven rail accident, for instance - , but two days in a row of relentless heavy rain doesn’t happen very often.
On 09 Oct 2023, Sou'wester wrote:
Istvan, there certainly were unusual clouds on Friday the 6th down here. Yes, we too had some mare's tails but also some really weird what I will call tiger stripes in the sky I couldn't make out whether they were natural or the product of the airplanes. We didn't get any rough weather after that - it was the north of Scotland that did over the weekend. Paddy you didn't have it as bad as some of your compatriots, luckily. //Down in the South West today, it started off quite chilly, with dark threatening clouds in the morning which later dispersed, uncovering a glorious autumn afternoon.
On 09 Oct 2023, steven wright wrote:
without buying a forecast just want to know what the headline for uk weather in december is and will be a white christmas espesially for the home counties thanks
On 08 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain and still pouring hard, fresh SE’ly wind, in effect raining all day, sometimes very heavily. The little stream at the bottom of our land is a raging torrent no. The last heavy downpour happened around 6pm, followed by a mostly clear spell with occasional drizzle, 11˚ at 8.30pm.
On 07 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, very wet from overnight rain, rain from the word go, though not nearly as much as further inland, we’re in the squeeze zone between two HP areas, max temp 9˚, continuous rain all day, 9˚ at 22.45, lots more rain forecast for tomorrow.
On 06 Oct 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
South East England.
Cool morning, 12deg.C 17deg.C max.high whispery Mares Tails . encroaching weather front? Brisk West wind all day.cooling again around 19.00hrs. Clear evening.
On 06 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, mild with a fresh SW’ly wind turning into the W later, some sunny spells in the morning but cloudy for the rest of the day, max temp 16˚, so feeling quite mild, light rain setting in by evening, 10˚ by 8pm. Yellow rain warning fro tomorrow and Sunday.
On 05 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, bright morning with a fresh S-SW’ly wind, sunny until midday and warming up to 13˚, then rain for most of the afternoon but feeling relatively mild, dry evening with breaks in the cloud, still 13˚ at 11pm.
On 04 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, very humid and raining lightly occasionally, fresh SW’ly wind at first but feeling mild with midges out in droves in sheltered parts of the farm, steady rain setting in by 11 and continuing into early afternoon, wind changing into the W and feeling cold with a max of only 13˚, calming down by evening, 10˚ by 8.30pm.
On 03 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, fresh W’ly wind and quite cloudy, some bright sunny spells with quite a bit of heat out of the wind, though max on thermometer was only 16˚, cloudier in late afternoon, dry all day, 10˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a fresh SW’ly wind that strengthened quite a bit during the day, some sunny spells in the morning and early afternoon, altogether a mild day with a max of 17˚, cloudy end, wind abating, 11˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Oct 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine for the whole day in a mild SW’ly wind, max 20˚, cooling down to 10˚ by 8pm. We still have some of our resident swallows here, the geese started arriving just over two weeks ago.
On 30 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, light SE’ly breeze, overcast all day, dull and damp, max temp 13˚, down to 11˚ by 8.30pm. Takes a little of getting used to again after a couple of weeks mostly in Lenk, Switzerland where we frequently had temps in the mid 20s and blazing sunshine, though there was one morning with grass frost and new snow on the mountains down to just over 2000 metres.
On 27 Sep 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
I'm from South East England, Istvan. We've had a good downpour late last week, but the soil below the surface is still not fully recharged. Still good growth happening down the allotment, particularly for winter radish. Mustard green manures all germinated beautifully the past 10 days and the second set of outdoor chillis are starting to mature, turning yellow the past few days. Started harvesting Autumn King carrot and Robuschka beetroot, just on an as-needed basis at the moment as it is too early for winter storage, but both are already ready. Scrabbling around at the base of parsnip plants shows the crop will be super - already large roots formed. Wish we were getting a bit more of the rain that Maria is getting - mostly it will miss us this week, I fear.
On 26 Sep 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Wow some more torrential rain for us, after a dry start Sunday we had some hefty downpours and a lil windy too, Monday some respite to get outside and prep empty beds with a layer of homemade compost ready for garlic planting, the odd shower with a breeze later too, heavier showers overnight and into this morning was literally soaked after feeding chickens and Turkeys. Another dry spell to pick last Borlotti and French bean seeds for drying after school run, showers again by lunchtime so back to processing last mix of plumb tomatoes in the tunnel for making sauce & picking and canning Jalapenos for winter 😋
On 24 Sep 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Is there anyone out there?
It would seem that our Bloggers have left? Give us a shout!
On 18 Sep 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Glenn Don,t worry. There have been hotter September's than this.
The Arctic is the direction to look. It will change, and the Lefties won t know what's hit them! Last night was a light show down here in West Susex. Still humid but it,s on the change.
On 18 Sep 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - hotter days were recorded in September over 100 years ago, but don't expect the MSM to tell you that as they only ever run 'climate boiling crisis' stories. Here's a 2016 BBC story link for you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37345436 - the temperatures in 2016 were hotter than this year, but 1911 was hotter.
On 18 Sep 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Down at the allotment this morning pulling out the single cucumber plant I grew in the soil - quite the most productive plant and summer I've ever had. I have kept 15 fruit to make seeds from and the total harvest this year from 1 plant on 1.5sqm was about 80 fruit. Yes, 80. I neither watered it nor fed it most of the summer. Mustard seeds being sown on cleared beds to protect the soil and hopefully to turn into compost after frost kills it over the winter. 10sqm sown already with another 4sqm to sow tomorrow as the sweetcorn plants are removed.
On 18 Sep 2023, Glenn wrote:
Don't usually write at this time of year as I'm a winter fan but with the seriousness of the weather this September something needs to be said. It's never been this hot in September before and we all know what a warm September means for winter. So I'm going to make a prediction that nothing even remotely cold will happen between December and the end of february. I just can't believe that no one else is finding this September a problem. How much longer can things like this be swept under the carpet, the climate is in a serious state now.
On 16 Sep 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
A few good days didn't quite make the heatwave headline here recently but 1 or 2 days reached higher 20's just to let us know that the kids were back to school unfortunately and if only nice long enough to get some catch up done outside before the next installment of rain, it was handy to pick a good amount of kuri and crown prince squash and last potatoes out of the ground, we did get a lot of rain in a 24hr period and with it cooler temperatures, feeling almost time to light the fire as a bit chill indoors. Paddys warm anyways despite it being a bit frosty, always good to get some free heat :))
On 16 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, cloudy to begin with but then brightening up and mostly sunny for the rest of the day, light N’ly wind, max temp 16˚, clear evening, 9˚ by 8pm & feeling quite cold in the stillness.
On 15 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, cooler feel with a variable wind from SW - NW, sunny morning, overcast afternoon and cold with a few light showers, 12˚ at 8pm.
On 14 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny with a fresh W’ly wind, overnight rain, so everything dripping wet, max temp 18˚ on a nice autumnal day, wind abating by evening & quite still, 12˚ at 8pm. We’ve had a very good ‘crop’ of swallows on the farm this year, haven’t seen so many for years. == Rhys, there was ice just on the car roof Wednesday morning with us, though I have no doubt that there will have been grass or even a bit of ground frost in the glens.
On 14 Sep 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
The heatwave is over, we had a short shower yesterday to bring a bit of moisture to the soil, but no sign that September will be cold down here, even as Paddy experiences a ground frost in Aberdeenshire.
I would be happy to see significant rainfall come our way this month, as cabbages, sprouts, turnips, fennel, winter radish, swede and beetroot all do well with autumn rainfall.
On 13 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, first frost on the car roof, W’ly wind at first and turning into the SE, sunny morning with a high of 14˚, cloudy and windy by afternoon, rain from 7 onwards, 11˚ by 10pm.
On 12 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, wet from last night’s heavy shower and feeling considerably colder than yesterday in the fresh NW’ly wind which kept going all day and only slowed down by evening. Max temp 15˚ and pretty sunny for most of the day with flat-bottomed cumulus clouds that yielded no rain, lovely early autumn day, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, heavy rain last night and still raining lightly this morning, quite still, so the rain was not moving along much, mild early on but then a NW’ly wind got up and cooled everything down, summer gone, yet later on we actually had some sunshine and it felt really warm with a max of 18˚, rain and stillness again by evening, 12˚ by 9pm. == Piers, great to hear you today on Red Pill Day! == Welcome back Maria! Red in the Face in Scotland from so much flattery :-))
On 11 Sep 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
"Talent picked up via many failures and experience" I like that one Paddy I may have to pinch that saying for my Bullet Journal :)
Well what a summer!-) Hope you all enjoyed it too :-) The reason I like Paddys line above there is to gain rewards of pivoting through the seasons natural variations, to be as self sufficient in nutrient dense food as are able Is all about using what you have and the experience gained year after year through failing and succeeding each year in trying to work with nature and all it has to offer, I've heard the saying real food comes dirty and love that too and would like to add real work makes you dirty as this season I have spent most days covered in muck in the rain dodging thunderstorms or sweltering in the sun using every trick learned to keep our harvests coming, so nearly waved the white flag but each time looking at what I had processed and seeing the joy it gave spurned me on, so onto Autumn are we nearly there yet :)
On 10 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, sunny & mild but with a slightly fresher edge, light SW’ly wind, warming up to 23˚ by midday but the cloud moving in from the W began to cool things down, even though it felt muggy into the evening, rain slowly starting after 7 and gradually increasing in quantity, still raining at 10pm, 16˚ & feeling warm.
On 09 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, very sunny with a light S - SW’ly breeze which picked up during the morning, giving an agreeable cooling effect during what turned out to be a hot & humid day with a max of 28˚, patchy cloud moving in from the W in the afternoon but not dampening the heat at all, lovely balmy evening with still 20˚ at 8pm.
On 08 Sep 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. Very warm week indeed. Today 30deg.c
East to South East wind all week. Today West wind. Very humid today all day. A sub tropical feel. Tonight at the moment 24deg.c
At 20.oo hrs. More cloud today.
On 08 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, and yet another superbly sunny day from start to finish with a max of 26˚, nice cooling (don’t often say this in our location) SE’ly sea breeze, 18˚ at 8pm, no complaints.
On 07 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, sunny with a light NW’ly breeze at first and then turning into the SE as temps ratcheted up to a a glorious max of 25˚, a degree or two hotter in town, clouding over from the W in the afternoon but still feeling quite muggy, 17˚ at 11pm, which is quite rare. == Interesting perspective, Rhys; while we’ve had a rather cool & slow summer, we’ve not had the rain you’ve had and the present Indian summer is an absolute boon.
On 07 Sep 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
So the past 12 months have seen a mild, sunny yet wet autumn; followed by sharp frosts both at the start and end of winter; followed by a cool damp spring; a warrm and sunny early summer but wet and cool later summer; and now at the start of autumn we are having an Indian summer.
I've enjoyed the changing seasons the past 12 months, I've not seen them as a crisis in any way.
On 05 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, very sunny in a light but cool N’ly breeze which later changed into the obligate SE’ly sea breeze, max temp 23˚, wind changing into the NE and bringing cloud off the sea by 5pm and making it feel much cooler, 15˚ at 8pm, grey day forecast for tomorrow.
On 04 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny with barely a cloud all day, variable breeze, heating up to 27˚ by afternoon, down to 20˚ by 8pm. Now we are having our summer!
On 03 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, another sunny and warm day with hardly any cloud, fresh but pleasant S’ly wind, 28˚C here on the farm, feeling even warmer in town, still 20˚ at 8pm and the warm weather looks set to continue for the week.
On 02 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and warming up to a max of 23˚ by early afternoon, still at first with a S’ly wind setting in by mid morning, high clouds moving in from the W in the afternoon, cloudy but mild evening with 15˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Sep 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, misty for a couple of hours, then bright sunshine all day with a max of 20˚, light and cool E’ly breeze, 11˚ at 9.30pm, another great autumn day.
On 01 Sep 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. Fog this morning. Rain midday. 20DEG.C
Very humid all day. 17DEG.C 2100hrs. Lots of trees turning to Autumn colours.
On 31 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, bright early on when it was possible to observe both Venus and Jupiter, still and sunny all day, bar a short cloudy spell around midday, max temp 20˚, cooler by evening with 12˚ at 8pm. Real autumn day with coolness at both ends and sunny & still in the middle, long may it continue. == Rhys, agree with you, there is no such thing as wrong weather or wrong kind of leaves or snow as per the propaganda parasites. It’s actually not been a bad growing season at all in the end and it’s not even quite finished, grapes in one of our tunnels are actually ready earlier this year, witloof chicory is looking big & good, so winter crunchy salads are assured.
On 31 Aug 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
First sign of the end of summer: the outdoor cucumber plants are showing mildew on the leaves. The watering season for tomatoes is over, now I am drying them out and removing lower side stems to promote September ripening. The bountiful apple harvest this year is in full swing and the turnips and winter radish have already been thinned once.
|'d take a growing season like this one most years. Wavy jet stream or not, warming/cooling or neither, solar maximum or minimum, nature has said: 'we like this kind of spring and summer!'
On 30 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, drizzle & light rain until 9 in a cold N’ly wind, heavy downpour on the coast road but dry with us just a few miles inland, warm late morning and afternoon with a max of 19˚, bright but cold evening, 12˚ at 8pm.
On 29 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, somewhat cloudy but then brightening up and turning sunny in a light WNW’ly wind, warming to 19˚ by midday, cloud cover moving in from the W early afternoon, rain by 4.30, heavy for a while but then sunny again till the end of the light, 11˚ by 8pm.
On 28 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚c at 7.30, sunny early on in a W’ly wind, clouding over by 9 an turning into a day of mostly light showers with a few sunny intervals and a max of 17˚, cooler by evening with 14˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, wet from last night’s rain, cloudy, light NW’ly wind, very little sunshine today but still enough to give us 19˚ max, cooler afternoon with a couple of light showers, 16˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, our courgettes had the opposite experience: cold in May & early June, so very slow growth and only setting fruit in early July, so nowhere near the abundance we had last year. We freeze most of them for soups in the winter, to give them a bit of body.
On 27 Aug 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
4 squash plant (Crown Prince) harvested yesterday and yielded 43.51kg of fruit (10 fruit), just under 96lb. Not bad for only 3 months in the ground. I attribute this to the warm, dry late May/June, which meant that the plants grew to full extent much quicker and hence fruit growth started during longer days. barely any extreme heat, so the plants were only watered 3 times in three months: the day of transplantation, three days later and toward the end of June.
On 26 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, light NE’ly wind, mostly cloudy and again some impressive cumulus towers around us, clear out to sea, but we only got one shower late afternoon, warm sunny spells with a max of 21˚, cloudy evening, 14˚ at 8pm. == Istvan: me, talented? Talent got picked up along the way via many failures and experience :-)
On 26 Aug 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
I have been browsing through recent blogs. Thank you Paddy and Rhees. You two are talented Horticulturalists. I can only grow Weeds!. Autumn calling early this year. Will plant some Spring Bulbs tomorrow, subject to passing thunder from France.
On 25 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, cloudy in a light NW’ly wind to begin with but later turning into a SE’ly sea breeze as there was a good bit of sunshine, max temp 21˚, great cumulus towers building to the north of us with dark rain clouds underneath but we never got a shower, whereas a few miles to the south they had a short flash flood on the dual carriage way, cooling down by late afternoon, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, heavy rain early on, S’ly wind, overcast but brightening up by 9, sunny with clouds and mostly warm with a max of 21˚ until around 5 when we had a heavy shower, which cooled things down for the evening, 14˚ by 8pm, light NW’ly breeze by then.
On 23 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind and feeling a bit cold, sunny morning though max temp 20˚ but then getting cloudy by midday and a bit cooler, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 22 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, warm and sunny day with quite a bit of cloud, max temp 24˚, fresh SW’ly wind that only calmed down by evening, 17˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, actually I can say that we’ve had a reasonable summer as well, if cold and slow to start at the beginning. All of our early and second early potatoes are harvested as we always have blight, except for Sarpo Mira main crop which resists blight completely, chicory coming along nicely for harvest in October, leeks fab - Bulgarian giant & Long de Mézières, both from Real Seed Co -, fewer courgettes because of lateness, toms & cukes galore in tunnel, climbing French beans almost finished, probably harvested 60kg+ for freezing as well as those we ate fresh, no fruit year apart from berries, hardly any apples.
On 22 Aug 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy, whether autumn is in the air or not (and the next week's forecast down here is certainly for a 4-5C drop off in temperature), I've harvested wonderful sweetcorn already in the middle of August, which says that the summer did its job (the tomato harvest from the ground is complete too and the cucumbers have been unreal). I could already harvest the Crown Prince and Red Kuri squash, in fact I may do so if we get this cool damp weather coming. The butternuts can stay in place. Apple juice production also in full swing from the tree in the back garden - 5 litres enjoyed already and another batch ready to be made today.
On 22 Aug 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Last August, Death Valley apparently had a '1000 year rain event' with 1.7 inches in a day. The past 24 hrs, Death Valley recorded 2.2 inches. Obviously, these events don't occur every year, but it does suggest that 'folks who know' don't know how to define a 1 in a 1000 year event, if two happen in two years. Far more likely that the data sets are so poor historically that less than 200 years of reliable data exists. To me, it's pretty impossible to define a 1000 year event without having 1000 years of data.....and preferably 10,000 years of it.
On 21 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, SW’ly wind picking up & blowing all day, mostly cloudy but with good sunny breaks that drove the temps up to a max of 21˚, feeling quite hot out of the wind but the minute the sun disappeared it felt markedly cooler, cloudy evening, still 17˚ at 8pm. == Yes, Istvan, autumn is definitely in the air.
On 20 Aug 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Warm midday 23DEG.C pm 17DEG.C evening cooling off 15DEG.C looking misty in the distance. Trees now showing a Autumnal look. Seems Autumn is approaching.
On 20 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, sunny morning in a fresh SW’ly wind, warming nicely but with a cloudy spell early afternoon, sunny again by 4 with a max of 23˚, still 18˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, copious rain in the early hours, foggy with a strong SE’ly wind, still raining until after 9, fog lifting slowly to midday, then sunny and warm if windy afternoon with a max of 21˚, sun into the evening, a bit cloudy, 17˚ at 8pm.
On 18 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30. overcast in a fresh SE’ly wind with occasional drizzle, actually feeling quite cold for a while, windy all day, no sun at all, max temp 16˚, foggy by evening, distinct autumnal feel here too, Istvan, 14˚ at 8pm and feeling milder even in the wind. Yellow rain warning for tomorrow along with higher temps.
On 17 Aug 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
Warm 22De.C fresh East wind. Cooling this evening 15De.C
Dew most mornings. Late summer feel.
On 17 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast and still before the rather cool SE’ly breeze got going, staying that way for most of the day, sun only coming out around 5pm when we had a max of 18˚ for a short while, grey thereafter again, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, bright & still start, cloudy during the morning but brightening up towards midday with a SE’ly sea breeze starting up, great sunny afternoon with a max of 21˚, a little more cloud by evening, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 15 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast in a cool NW’ly wind, brightening up only after midday and turning quite warm in 22˚ max, staying dry all day, bright evening, 16˚ at 8pm. If you know anyone who wants to buy an EV, this is guaranteed to put them off https://twitter.com/ravee_ahuja/status/1685857143470342144?s=20 I hope the people managed to get out.
On 14 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast with only a light S’ly breeze, brightening and warming up during the morning to a max of 22˚, great cumulus towers to the N of us but no showers, sunny till early evening, cloudy thereafter, 16˚ at 8pm.
On 13 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, fresh SW’ly, cloudy day with plenty of sunshine in between and getting really warm with a max of 23˚, some light showers in the afternoon, balmy evening, 15˚ at 9.30pm.
On 12 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, sunny start but clouding up after 10, fresh S’ly wind that gave the day a cooler feel than yesterday, occasional light showers end of morning, sunny intervals in the afternoon with a high of 20˚, cloudy & slightly showery end to the day, 17˚ at 8.30pm, still, so the midges were out.
On 11 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Yesterday Thursday was a great summer’s day with a max of 24˚C, today15˚C at 7.30, another warm day with a mixture of clouds and sunshine, max temp 25˚, agreeable SW’ly wind, still 21˚ at 8pm, light shower later on, cloudier and cooler outlook for tomorrow.
On 11 Aug 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
I have great difficulty understanding the effect of the approaching El Nino this Autumn/Winter. Can anyone enlighten me? Does it mean a warm and wet upcoming Autumn/Winter, or a cold one like 2009/10 winter?
On 09 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, overcast with a cold NW’ly wind, some sunshine now and then when it got up to a max of 19˚, wind slowly diminishing, quite still by 10pm and 14˚.
On 08 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30 (8K overnight), blowy cold NW’ly wind lasting for most of the day, wall to wall sunshine at first but then clouding up with flat bottomed cumulus clouds but no showers, max temp 19˚, really warm when the sun was out but immediately cold when clouds moved across, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 07 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Away for a couple of nights in the Angus Glens, very wet on Saturday, sunny with clouds on Sunday, max around 16˚C, today sunny in the glens but getting progressively more showery as we approached home, max-min temps in our absence were 9-16˚, down to 14˚ tonight after some pretty hefty showers.
On 04 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny but with a cold NW’ly wind blowing for most of the day, quite a bit of cloud but staying dry, max 19˚ in the sunny spells, feeling cool by evening, 13˚ at 8pm, autumnal kind of feel. ==Rhys, cucumbers & tomatoes on stream with us also now, in the tunnel of course.
On 04 Aug 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
The right sort of rain again on Wednesday 2nd August. The two batches of 'good rain' in the past week saw my Brussels Sprouts plants double in size in a week, ditto young cabbage plants. I harvested 22 cucumbers from one trailing plant this morning and left eight small ones on it: it's only 1.5sqm of soil covered, but I've already had 35 cucumbers with more to come. What a climate crisis!!
Harvested 5lb of tomatoes off nine bushes as well: now making tomato ketchup with 2.5lb of them. No protection from the elements - planted out May 10th and harvesting late July/early August. Terrible.
The biggest Crown Prince winter squash fruit I've ever seen - already probably 4-5lb in weight and plenty of them. Same with the Red Kuri.
Corn will be ready to harvest the next two weeks. Tell Barry Gardiner to come visit my allotment!!
The chances are this year will be absolute bumper for carrots and parsnips - a six week dry spell after germination, leading to long tap root formation.
On 03 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast, drizzle for a time, fresh NW’ly wind that strengthened and kept going all day, some sunshine in the afternoon, max temp 20˚, down to12˚ by 10pm, still windy.
On 02 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚at 7.30, short & heavy shower before that but dry for the rest of the day, mostly overcast in a light NE’ly wind, max temp 19˚ thanks to a few sunny intervals in the afternoon, overcast again by evening, 14˚ at 9.30pm.
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On 01 Aug 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, cloudy at first but brightening up soon enough to give us a bright warm day, albeit with fresh NE’ly wind, max temp 21˚, bright evening, 14˚ at 9pm.
On 31 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light NW’ly breeze which later changed into a E’ly wind, a few sunny spells during the morning which pushed the temp up to 19˚ but rain setting in around midday, getting heavier and going on all afternoon and into the evening, still raining at 8.30pm, 13˚.
On 30 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, cloudy in a fresh SW’ly wind, which later abated and turned into the NW, gradually becoming sunny with a max temp of 23˚, great cumulus towers in the afternoon but only light rain by early evening, 15˚ at 9pm.
On 30 Jul 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
More of 'the right sort of rain' here in NW London today. Four hours or so of steady, pretty heavy rain without it ever being a downpour or torrential. Just the sort of rain that seeps easily into the soil, doesn't cause major run offs and doesn't cause flash flooding.
Temperature remains resolutely just below July average - about 2C under both at maximum and minimum. You can go outside in a t shirt and shorts, but you wouldn't sit about for half an hour dressed like that.
I look forward to the BBC's assessment that July in the UK was 'cooler than average'. I'm sure it will be a banner headline at the top of the website.
On 29 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light S’ly wind which strengthened through the day, mostly sunny here on the coast but cloudier & cooler further inland, max temp 22˚, cloudy evening, 15˚ at 9pm.
On 28 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, cloudy & foggy at first but then turning into a great sunny day with a fresh SE’ly breeze which was agreeably cooling in the max temp of 23˚, bright evening, 17˚ at 8.30.
On 27 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast and dry with a light SE’ly breeze, light rain & drizzle starting up around 10, and going off & on until past 4pm, very foggy along with the rain which was never heavy, max temp 16˚, down to 15˚ by 10pm.
On 27 Jul 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. Has been a strange July so far. Below average temps, plenty of rain. Windy. Not a summer month that I would call it. The heat in southern Earope is typical. Nothing new there.
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On 26 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, bright start, bright sunny day quite contrary to the conventional forecast, though with a cold NW’ly breeze at first which changed into the SE in the afternoon, max temp 20˚ and hotter in shelter, rain now creeping Nwards and forecast to be heavy tomorrow, 13˚ at 10pm. Today made up for the cold and grey days we’ve had recently.
On 25 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, bright with a blustery & cold NW’ly wind, mostly sunny morning, afternoon somewhat less so, max temp 20˚, feeling quite hot out of the wind at times but immediately colder when clouds moved in. Most of today’s rain bypassed us further south but we still had a couple of showers at the end of the afternoon, 12˚ at 9pm. == Rhys, I have to say that despite the cold July most crops are doing reasonably well, apart from early blight in all our potato varieties bar Sarpo Mira main crop, which is well resistant.
On 24 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, bright but with a cold NW’ly breeze making it difficult to get warmed up even while working, intermittent warmish sunshine, max temp 17˚, quite a bit of cloud cover under which it felt cold again, sunnyish evening, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Jul 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy - down here in NW London, we've not had above average temperatures throughout most of July - the odd day of 24C, but that's a rounding area compared to the average July max. We're now in a run of cooler weather with regular showers,
The 'hottest ever' month of June was merely consistently warm with a few days of not outlandish heat (27-30C). What that month was, though was incredibly sunny and dry. If every day has a max of 24-25C and a minimum of 13-16C, you easily get an average of 19C through the month, once you add in the few hotter days. It was a magnificent month for growing crops, in total contrast to the doomsters saying 'it will damage crops'. A below average month with 2 days of 38C might do that, but consistently 24-25C and pleasant nights is just what my vegetables love.
On 23 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, quite sunny but with a strong & cold NE’ly wind that is still going now, sunny morning & impressive cumulus towers to the north of us which eventually led to an overcast afternoon, max of 20˚ during the sunny morning, cooling down markedly in the afternoon, dry though, 12˚ at 9pm.
On 22 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Back from a few days’ holiday in deepest Aberdeenshire, mostly cold and showery with a max of around 16˚C, the only warm morning we had was today when we were about to drive home. Here it had apparently been pretty similar, min temp 8˚, max 22˚. The afternoon today was quite sunny with puffy cumulus clouds and a coolish E’ly wind, veg have grown a lot in our absence, climbing French beans galore in the tunnel, cucumbers coming on stream soon. Here’s hoping for a glorious August. == Rhys, I’m sure you’ve seen all the comparisons on Beeb & European TV temperature representations, how they’ve upped the colour hype. Good image on French TV, screaming headline “47˚ in Corsica!” with a live image of a Corsican pharmacy’s thermometer reading 32˚. They’re desperate.
On 22 Jul 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
A day of 'the right kind of rain' here in NW London. Steady continuous drizzle for 6hrs so far of the kind that no climate catastrophist could possibly complain about.
Of course, 'average July weather' in the UK is not to be mentioned by the BBC, nor anyone else. It's only the heatwave in Greece that matters, since that one place represents 'Global Climate'.
I do wonder whether the documented weather events in the 1930s were 'made up' by 'climate deniers', since 'climate change' was not an issue back in the 1930s. Dust storms were, but no-one was blaming wicked human beings for them.
As for record temperatures in Death Valley three generations ago, that must have been a faulty thermometer, eh??
On 18 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a cold NW’ly breeze, long stationary shower around midday, not much sunshine but dry enough to do some weeding, max ten 18˚, cloudy end to the day with occasional showers, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cloudy after some overnight showers, not much sunshine but we did make it to 20˚ in early afternoon, showers again later, cool and cloudy evening with 14˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, bright start in a fresh but mild W’ly wind, getting quite warm to a max of 21˚, showers in afternoon & rather cloudy & cooler, 12˚ at 10.30pm. == Rhys, same here food-wise :-)
On 16 Jul 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Finally some decent rain on Friday 14th - but even then it only soaked through to about a depth of an inch. Some more heavy showers yesterday and today, but the strong wind is also causing drying out to occur.
Good to see the focus on where it is hot in the news and not where it is normal - it tells us that the Great Reset monsters are fully on climate message.
Now harvesting dwarf beans, cucumbers, first few tomatoes, courgettes and early potatoes. The climate crisis has failed to prevent me having lots of lovely food to eat.
On 15 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, cloudy with some showers at first and a fresh & cool SE’ly wind, brightening nicely during the morning though and giving us a warm 20˚ max for quite a while, no more showers & bright end to the day but as soon as the sun went down it got markedly cooler, 12˚ at 10pm.
On 15 Jul 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
A windy day with showers. 18Deg.C partly cloudy a poor summers day. Dark early due to low cloud cover.
On 14 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light SE’ly breeze, light showers every now and then, max temp 17˚ in the occasional warmer spells, dry slot in the afternoon, rain starting up again by 8pm in 15˚.
On 13 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overcast and dry for a couple of hours, just enough to get one outdoor job done, then showers off & on all day in various strengths, no wind so they stayed stationary for some duration, max temp 17˚, still showery at 8pm in 14˚.
On 12 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, quite sunny with a light W’ly wind, flat bottomed clouds gradually moving in from the N through the morning, eventually giving a few short showers, max temp 20˚, quite cloudy by evening, 16˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, heavy rain overnight, SW-NW wind, dry morning & quite warm with a max of 20˚, showers starting 3.30pm and continuing into the evening, some of them quite heavy, 13˚ at 10pm. Looks like a showery week but good growthy weather nevertheless.
On 10 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, feeling warm, S’ly breeze, sunny day with some impressive cumulus towers N of us, max temp 25˚, colder spell late afternoon, 15˚ at 8pm, heavy rain making its way to us as per radar info.
On 09 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, thick fog but feeling warm, S’ly wind all day, brightening up before midday, possible to eat lunch outside, then cloudy for a couple of hours, then sunshine again to the end of the day, max temp 24˚, still 22˚ at 8pm.
On 08 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, sunny and not a cloud to be seen, cooling SSE’ly breeze all day, max temp only 23˚ on account of that, much warmer inland, clouding up by mid afternoon, overcast but mild evening, 15˚ at 8.30pm.
On 07 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, some overnight rain, quite windy from the S, bright and warming quite quickly to a max of 23˚, somewhat cloudy but with good lengthy sunny intervals, mild evening, 17˚ at 9pm.
On 06 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, sunny morning and warming quite quickly, nice flat bottomed cumulus clouds appearing by midday, felt like it could rain or thunder but didn’t, max temp 20˚, mostly S’ly wind, light rain late evening, 13˚ at 11pm.
On 05 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.3, overcast in variable winds, a few heavy rain showers morning & afternoon, temp rising to 20˚ in the few sunny intervals, cloudy evening with further showers, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 04 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine in a cold NW’ly wind, staying that way for most of the morning and warming up to a max of 19˚ but then clouding over and getting much cooler, wind changing into the SE and brightening up again, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 03 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cool W’ly wind, kind of bright but not very, dry though until about 4pm with a max of 17˚, rain setting in after 4pm and still going now at 10pm, 11˚.
On 02 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, very bright but also quite windy from the NW, max temp 20˚ and more in sheltered places, showery afternoon round about us but nothing to speak of here apart from a 20 second hail shower, 14˚ at 8.30pm.
On 01 Jul 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, quite bright with a light but not cold NW’ly breeze, showers starting up by 10 and continuing throughout the morning with very warm sunny intervals, max temp 20˚, somewhat cooler in the afternoon with a fresher wind, dry and cloudy with sunny intervals, cloudy evening and still quite windy, 14˚ at 9pm. == Rhys, we have zero apples this year, if the weather isn’t clement during flowering time, there will be nothing, we only have intermittent apple crops here, different in town where there is more shelter.
On 01 Jul 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
With the six week period of pretty uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures mostly in the mid 20s Centigrade (with warmish nights too), it can safely be said that the following vegetables have benefitted hugely from it: sweetcorn, tomato, cucumber, courgette, winter squash, parsnip, dwarf bean. The broad bean harvest has been very good and spring onions now ready for harvest.
Onions, garlic and shallot have done less well, as have early potatoes. High quality of the crop that has emerged, but yields not particularly brilliant.
All the berries are now ripe - blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry and raspberry.
Maincrop potatoes, celeriac, maincrop carrot, celery progressing fine.
In the home garden, the apple crops may be a special vintage this year, barring high summer catastrophe.
No evidence that 'climate heating' is adversely affecting the ability to grow vegetables in NW London.
On 30 Jun 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England.
We have had a mixed bag of weather this week. High temps 27deg.C rain storms cool days15degC strong winds high humidity 80%. My wild flowers I planted from seeds now grown,have been blown over by the early morning storm.
On 30 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, dry after some overnight rain, overcast all day with a max of 15˚ and a mostly S’ly wind; we went down to the Angus foothills, where there was quite a bit of rain falling after midday but as soon as we went back north we left the rain behind and found that it had been quite dry at home for most of the day, 14˚ at 8.30pm.
On 29 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, sunny morning in a light S’ly wind, occasionally quite hot in the sun, max temp 22˚, dry until 4pm and then about an hour’s rain, mostly overcast evening, 14˚ at 9.30pm.
On 28 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, still and overcast, variable breezes later and then settling into the NE, max temp 20˚, rain holding off until 2pm, then going steady until about 4, brightening up thereafter with a reasonably clean evening to follow, 14˚ at 8.30pm. Heat gone for the time being, ground quite wet, so veggies are growing visibly, as are the weeds of course, we’re likely to have our first meal of early potatoes next week.
On 27 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, still, sunny start with temp rising to 20˚ quite quickly, light S’ly wind getting up, but then clouding over from the west, rain starting around 2pm and steadily continuing right into the evening, 14˚ at 9pm.
On 26 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, dripping wet from overnight rain, brilliant sunshine, fresh W’ly breeze, cumulus clouds soon bubbling up and then organise into shower bands, some thunder N and E of us and some heavy downpours for us, max in the sunshine 22˚, wind turning into the SE, especially when the sky darkened to the north, showers abating by evening, 15˚ at 9pm and quite still.
On 25 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
18˚C at 7.30, hazy sunshine, fresh S’ly wind, gradually clouding over from the W during the morning, max 24˚, no thunderstorm bar one or two distant rumblings, dry until 5pm when rain started & kept going to 8pm, 14˚ by then.
On 24 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
20˚ at 8, haven’t had that for a long time, light SW’ly wind which eventually got a bit stronger, a blessing as our max today was 30˚, not had that either for quite a while, lovely sunny day with few clouds, still 28˚ at 8pm according to the thermometer, not quite as warm tomorrow but yellow thunderstorm warning.
On 23 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, a little sunshine for a start but clouding over pretty quickly in a fresh S’ly wind followed by some intermittent light rain, brightening up for the afternoon with a max of 22˚, cloudy and cooler again later, 17˚ at 8pm. More rain forecast overnight, well visible on the radar, but warm if not hot tomorrow. == Rhys, yes, certainly going better than expected after a cold & foggy may; I did irrigate tatties & vegetable garden because it was very dry but now we’ve had and are having rain, so a good general harvest looks more likely.
On 22 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, bright and sunny with light NW’ly breeze, warming up quickly to 22˚ but clouding over for a few hours late morning, sunny again thereafter to the end of the day, 17˚ at 8.30pm.
On 22 Jun 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
The warm June means that the warmth/heat-loving crops are doing beautifully: masses of cherry tomatoes set on 9 soil plants; 27 corn plants growing beautifully; a cucumber plant with 4 fruit set already; plenty of flowers on courgettes; and the squash plants already starting their massive expansion of leaf/stems.
Broad bean harvest now in full swing, allowing bed clearance to replace with winter cabbage and brussels sprouts. Garlics about to be harvested, leaving future space for beetroot, fennel. Early potatoes coming out to be replaced with swedes.
It's never a perfect growing season, but this one is going better than many.
On 21 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, bright start with a light NW’ly breeze, muggy & clouding up soon from the NW with cumulus towers which didn’t take long to produce several thunderstorms just to the S of us, we did have one heavy downpour after 1 but rest of afternoon was sunny & warm, max temp 23˚, and no more rain, 18˚ at 8.30pm.
On 20 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, quite sunny in a fresh S’ly wind but clouding over soon after 9, quite a muggy morning with a max of 19˚, rain starting after 1pm and continuing intermittently into the evening, feeling markedly cooler, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain & strong E’ly wind, still some heavy showers along with thick fog but brightening up by 11, lovely warm afternoon with a max of 22˚ albeit with a somewhat fresh S’ly wind, still by evening and 16˚ at 9pm. The rain was much needed, I have to say, forecast is saying more tomorrow. ==Istvan, I heard on the radio the there were some delays on the trains because of the rain, probably the wrong kind of rain. Rhys, I hung a pile of washing early afternoon, all dry by evening; up here you never leave washing out overnight, balmy dry nights hardly ever happen, always cool & damp. Yeah right, the Vimtobeeb mediocrities can be quite accurate 100 years ahead, pfff!
On 18 Jun 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Marvellous TV weather forecast last night at 7pm predicting sunshine until noon, then thundery showers PM. So I left the washing to dry on the line overnight.
Awoken at 7am with a downpour.
The Establishment can't get a weather forecast right 12 hrs in advance but we are expected to believe their forecasts 100 years ahead?!
On 18 Jun 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
18th.June
Sleepless in Sussex, 21deg.C during the night, thunder storms and very heavy rain. It lasted most of the night . This morning 25deg.C at 10.00hrs. 80%humidity. How was it up there Paddy ?
On 17 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
18˚C at 7.30, sunny & hot morning, max temp 24˚, high cloud slowly moving in from the west in the afternoon, wind mostly SE’ly but quite still by evening, feeling quite thundery and still 18˚ at 8pm. Some heavy rain forecast for Monday but we’ll see whether it comes to anything, we certainly could do with it.
On 16 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, sunny & still, SE’ly breeze getting up by 10, another practically cloudless and warm day with a max of 25˚, down to 17˚ by 9pm.
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On 15 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C overnight, 16˚ at 7.30, yet another splendidly sunny day with absolutely no clouds, quite rare that, not as hot as yesterday with “only” 25˚ max, still 17˚ at 9pm according to the thermometer, felt somewhat cooler though.
On 14 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and turning into a real scorcher with a max of 27˚, which is quite an ‘achievement’ in terms of May and the first week of June, the refreshing SE’ly sea breeze was most welcome, bright all day with very few clouds, still 18˚ at 9pm.
On 12 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, one light rain shower earlier, light W’ly breeze to begin with but turning into the S soon enough, sunny & warm all morning, getting up to a max of 24˚, cooler & cloudy spell early afternoon but bright again by early evening, 17˚ at 8.30pm.
On 11 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, warmest morning so far this year, sunny start but clouding over from the west by mid morning, mostly SE’ly winds, some light rain in the afternoon, max temp in the morning 20˚, cooler later with a bit of late sunshine though, cloudy again, 15˚ by 8pm. == Istvan, mid 20s further inland and in the W yesterday from what I gather. As long as we still have HP to the W & N of us we’re not yet in for real summer, ash trees only now coming into leaf with some vigour. Week ahead looks warmer.
On 11 Jun 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. 1430hrs thundery showers, 29deg.C humidity70%. West wind. 2100hrs. 20deg.C overcast, humidity80%. West wind.
On 10 Jun 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. 30deg.C today, fluffy clouds some more East wind. 20deg.C at 2200hrs.Paddy, how warm was it North of the border?
On 10 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cloudy to begin with but brightening quite quickly to give us a mostly sunny day with appreciable temps to a max of 19˚ out of the persistent SE’ly sea breeze, cooler by evening, 14˚ at 8.30pm.
On 09 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast with the obligate SSE’ly wind, brightening up by late morning & leading to a sunny afternoon with a max of 17˚, cooler windy evening, 11˚ at 8.30pm. == Equally dry with us, Istvan, though still reasonably damp about 4” down.
On 08 Jun 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. Sunny day, 18deg.C still East wind blowing.
My garden is now dry. Lot of dust around.cool tonight. We are now no dought going to have a drought warning. Hose pipe ban?
On 08 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, bright start in a light SE’ly breeze which strengthened after 10, cloudy interlude before extensive sunshine, albeit with passing cumulus clouds, max temp 20˚ (always out of the wind, of course), 15˚ at 8pm & less wind.
On 07 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with a SE’ly wind, brightening up by midday & turning into a very sunny afternoon with a max of 18˚, clear evening, 10˚ at 10pm.
On 06 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast, still & cold but the N’ly breeze got up soon enough and then changed to the SE’ly sea breeze by midday when it also brightened up a bit, max temp 16˚ but we got no real sunshine, totally overcast again by evening, 11˚ at 8pm. Veg are growing because we’ve got long daylight but nothing like what it usually is at this time of year.
On 05 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, N’ly breeze, grey all day and cold, 10˚ at 10pm, roll on global warming!
On 04 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast & grey with barely a breath of wind, some weak sunshine in the afternoon, nothing like yesterday, max temp 17˚, down to 11˚ again by 8pm.
On 03 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, sunny for most of the day with some clouds, cool N’ly breeze to begin with, later turning into the obligate SE’ly cold sea breeze, max temp 20˚, less windy by evening, still sunny at 8pm with 16˚.
On 02 Jun 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C overnight, frost on the car roof early this morning (flaming June & all that), 7˚ at 7.30, well to wall sunshine from the start and for most of the day, light NW’ly breeze at first, then the obligate sea breeze from 10 onwards, in spite of that max temp was 17˚, clear evening to 9.30pm before clouding over, 11˚ at 11pm.
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On 31 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cold, grey and still, overcast and even foggy from time to time until around 4pm when the sun finally came out, SE’ly sea breeze got going later than usual, max temp 19˚ by end afternoon, 16˚ at 8pm, clear sky with a soon to be full moon.
On 30 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast with Northeast grey and practically still, brightening up by mid morning along with the SE’ly sea breeze getting going, really sunny and warm out of the wind with a max of 18˚, greying and cooling again by 6pm, 12˚ by 9pm.
On 29 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C overnight, 8˚at 7.30, cold N’ly wind but bright with thin high cloud which eventually dissipated and left us with a splendidly sunny day, though tempered by the SE’ly sea breeze we still got to a max of 18˚, still very sunny by 8.30pm, 13˚. == Istvan, yes, great gardening weather, we’re way behind in terms of cultivation and growth but almost there now. Still cold here but lots of light day length, even when it’s not sunny.
On 28 May 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Southeast England. 17deg.c brisk East wind. Sunny and dry.
We have had an East wind all week. Lots of dust settling on cars parked. Good gardening weather
On 28 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C overnight, 9˚ at 7.30. sunny start but with a cold NW’ly wind, turning cloudy by mid morning and thus not feeling warm at all today, max temp 15˚, wind changing into cool SE’ly sea breeze, 11˚ at 8.30pm. Ground pretty dry now.
On 27 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start with only a light W’ly breeze before the SE’ly sea breeze got going. However, quite a bit warmer during the morning than yesterday with a max of 22˚ out of the wind, high cloud late afternoon, 9˚ at 11pm.
On 26 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, sunny in a light W’ly breeze, which later turned into a rather cold SE’l sea breeze, overall a sunny day with some intermittent cloud, max temp 18˚ but feeling much colder in the wind, cloudy evening, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 25 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C overnight, 8˚C at 7.30, bright but with high cloud and no wind to speak of, warming up during the morning, more blue sky with puffy white clouds and a rather cool SE’ly sea breeze, at an 18˚ max not as warm as yesterday but still very pleasant, bright evening, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 24 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, light but cold W’ly wind and cloudy, warming up fairly quickly though and the wind gradually changing into the SW, so by midday we had 20˚, cloudy & cool interlude, then quite warm again, fresher evening with 14˚ at 8pm.
On 23 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, very sunny in a light SW’ly wind, warming up quickly to 18˚ but then clouds moving in after midday and cooling things down considerably, some sunshine to finish the day, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 22 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast with cold but light NNW’ly breeze that gradually turned into the NE, bright after midday until 4 with a high of 18˚, very pleasant, but then clouding over and much cooler, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 21 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast & drizzly with a cold NE’ly breeze which kept going all day, max temp 13˚, intermittent drizzle & light rain for much of the morning, foggy by evening, 10˚ at 8pm.
On 20 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast all day in a cold SE’ly sea breeze, feeling mild only in sheltered places, max temp 17˚, light rain by early evening, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 19 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚ Ca t 7.30, overcast with hardly any wind, brightening up around 9 and then we had the first real spring day with wall to wall sunshine all day and a max of 20˚, SE’ly sea breeze after 10 and for the rest of the day, rather cooler feel by evening and sheets of what looked like HAARP generated patterned clouds, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 18 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, practically still and cloudy, occasional bright spells, later variable winds mostly from a SW’ly direction, not as warm as yesterday with a max of 18˚ under the clouds, feeling milder by evening, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 17 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind and brightening up to some real warm sunshine, so much so that the thermometer actually rose to a max of 20˚ - at the back of the tunnel and out of the wind, so that wasn’t the real uniform temp around the farm, but it was still the warmest day so far this year. Clouding up and cooling quite a bit in the afternoon, milder again by evening, 12˚ at 8pm, dry bar a few drops in the afternoon.
On 16 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, strong W’ly wind slowly moving into the N during the day, cloudy but bright to begin with before thicker shower clouds moved in, first downpour after 10 and off & on to midday, dry & sunny afternoon with a max of 16˚, cloudier evening with 10˚ at 8pm. Another hot & cold day.
On 15 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, quite sunny but with a cool NW’ly breeze, clouds bubbling up which eventually led to showers, though we had only one notable one but in Aberdeen there were some very heavy ones with hail mixed in, max temp 16˚ but whenever the clouds obscured the sun it got markedly colder, the whole day was a contrasting hot & cold affair, managed to get a good amount of work done though and when it got quieter by evening the midges came out, 11˚ by 8pm.
On 14 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, bright and blue with a light S’ly breeze, probably the balmiest morning so far this year. However by 10, hazy cloud started moving in and by 11 we had the first drops of rain; nevertheless, temps went to a staggering 18˚ before having the edge seriously taken of by the cooling effect of two pulses of rain, wind into the NW by evening, 7˚ by 10pm. So far, May is going pretty much as predicted by Piers back in January.
On 13 May 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Usual rollercoaster Spring since last (hopefully) frost on 25th April, we have had a good dumping of rain some sunny spells and dry cloudy cool days, some thunder and hail chucked in for good measure, Thursday I think it was we had a few cracks of thunder & torrential downpours but it moved through quickly to Wales I believe :) Trying to remember what I typed as only hit the refresh button instead of submit, what a *!# where was I.. oh yeah sun appeared yesterday 22.5⁰ showing on the weighing scales and a 2nd beautiful day today Sat. 21-22⁰ May is a crazy month trying not to burn out and stay focused, did stop long enough to see the first swallow I thought I saw one last week but I know I did today, love that sight never gets old :)
On 13 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, grey start but brightening up after 9 and getting quite warm to a max of 17˚, the fresh S’ly wind, however, was quite cold so made for a peculiar contrast & mixture, sunny until evening though with a bit of haar rolling in from time to time 10˚ at 8pm.
On 12 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, quite still to begin with, then mostly NE’ly breeze, overcast & dull but at least not foggy, sun coming out early afternoon, max temp 15˚, and a very clear end to the day, 9˚ by 10pm.
On 11 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, overcast all day bar a few lighter interludes, light but cool wind moving from NW-NE, max temp 14˚. Although the trees are beginning to go green it doesn’t feel very springlike yet, 9˚ at 9pm.
On 10 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, foggy again and quite still to begin with but later the SE’ly sea breeze started and kept temps down until the sun came out after midday when it got to 16˚ max, fairly bright evening but mist rising later on, 11˚ at 10pm.
On 08 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, foggy again, fresh S’ly wind but not as cold & biting as of late, rain from 9 onwards to after midday, max temp 15˚, fog lifting somewhat & then returning but eventually we got a bit of late sunshine by evening, 12˚ by 8pm.
On 07 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
06.05.23= 8˚C at 7.30, very foggy all day with only a light E’ly breeze which got stronger later, max temp 10˚, back down to 8˚ by 11pm, drizzle.
07.05.23= 8˚C at 7.30, another densely foggy day in a light SE’ly wind, lifting only a little bit in the rain around midday, max temp 10˚, dryish afternoon, 8˚ at 9pm.
On 05 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, raw E’ly wind, dry until around 10, then light rain for a couple of hours, followed by more copious amounts and listing all afternoon, drier by evening, thoroughly dreich day, oh well…
On 04 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, fresh SSE’ly wind, overcast but bright, not as much sunshine as yesterday and feeling quite cold in the wind, max temp 12˚, a little brighter in the afternoon & evening, 6˚ at 10.30pm.
On 03 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a fresh SSE’ly wind, some spells of sunshine during the morning, warming up to 14˚, cloudy again by afternoon, dry all day, 9˚ by 8pm.
On 02 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at7.30, brightening up in a NW’ly breeze but mostly cloudy morning, sun out after 1pm with a max of 13˚, quite springlike but wind turning into a cold SE, cloudy again by evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 02 May 2023, Not supplied wrote:
sometimes when your thermo says a dif temp to mets one, you tend to doubt it. this morning the town was 17 the airport 17 and here in the country 13 so l wondered but then as the dawn broke to sunrise it dropped to 11.no heatsinks here just lots of grass,and freeflowing air
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On 01 May 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny with a few light drizzly showers, some nice spells of sunshine interspersed with light showers, max temp 11˚, more cloud by afternoon & feeling cooler in the fresh N’ly breeze, overcast by evening, 5˚ at 9pm.
On 30 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, foggy & overcast with a fresh S’ly wind and continuous light rain until after midday, wind losing strength and beginning to feel mild with a max of 13˚, mist finally lifting at end of afternoon, pleasantly warm & still, 10˚ at 9pm, haven’t had such a mild evening for ages it seems.
On 29 Apr 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Down here in Southeast Suburbia it's been warm 16deg C. Wind a bit kean at a brisk Easterly. No rain today. Waiting for a bit of dry and warm weather.
On 29 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast & cold all day with a light N’ly breeze which turned into a cold E’ly quarter by late morning, max temp 9˚, down to 6˚ by 8pm & still cold & grey.
On 29 Apr 2023, claude wrote:
winter is a approaching with the first light frosts and in the high country the winter look and feel is everywhere.down in the low parts the GWs will be glad to see their fudging is still happening with the city temp this morning at 12C the airport 10C and out in the real world away from heatsinks it is 7.5C.
On 28 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, misty and overcast in turn all day, with only an occasional bright spell, light rain late afternoon, max temp 12˚, clearing slightly by evening, light mostly SW’ly wind, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast with a mostly light but cold SE’ly wind, light rain starting up after 9 and keeping going all day in various degrees of intensity, max temp 8˚, still raining at 8pm, 7˚ by then. Not much of a spring so far but I don’t mind as I’m always behind with things, only planted potatoes today before the rain, having prepared the ground yesterday.
On 27 Apr 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Did a service to family members in east London on Tuesday, pruning their neglected apple tree. The ground was so soft that every time I stood on the ladder, the base just went one inch into the turf below! So there's been plenty of rainfall leading to plenty of soil moisture even in drier areas of the UK this winter/early spring.
Apple blossom at home now well underway but won't fully flower before the start of May, I suspect. So slightly later than recent years.
First asparagus spears through so first pick likely to be first week of May.
On 26 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, frost again but no wind to speak of and quite sunny until about 10, light NW wind after that and getting cloudy, max temp 11˚, wind changing into SE by afternoon and quite overcast, 5˚ by 8pm.
On 25 Apr 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
-1⁰ Overnight a widespread grass frost, glad I covered as much as I could last night as it helped avoid too much damage, gave strawberry plants and a few Rose and peonies amongst other perennials that I didnt cover a watering before the sun hit them its def. a great hack that works if you can get to them before the sun. They looked miserable but perked up by afternoon. Some nice sunny spells with cloud by afternoon and a cold breeze. 4⁰ 11.34pm
On 25 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚ at 7.30, roofs white with frost and a few snowflakes, sunny from the start with a sharp NNW wind, showers starting up after 10, same mixture of rain & graupel , feeling very cold in the wind, max temp 9˚, fewer showers in the afternoon, bright end to the day & less windy, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Brighter today than yesterday, been away to Perthshire for the last four days, where we’ve had two very sunny and really warm days - out of the strong E wind, of course, cloudy on Sunday, bright & showery today with alternating rain, graupel & even a little snow. Strong & cold NW wind today with frequent showers of rain, graupel & occasional snow, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Apr 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Hi I got my name mixed up
I am the one from Southeast Suburbia
Istvan.
On 24 Apr 2023, Stephjen@blueyoner.co.uk wrote:
Hello from Southeast Suburbia.
A mixed bag of weather here today. Wet cool partly sunny.
Looking forward to some warmth and dry weather
My lawn partly cut. Need to clear my garden of weeds
Hopefully tomorrow.
On 21 Apr 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Remained dry for the majority although not as warm as when I last posted, temp dropped by a couple ⁰ each day the mostly E'ly wind made it cooler and harder to work in esp last few days but despite was so happy it remained dry with some sunny spells to get the last potatoes planted, couldn't believe how well our rhubarb had taken off as had divided it for the first time into 4 to a new no dig plot I made last summer, tulips just about to open hopefully after this wind. Adding leaf mould to my flower sowings as Rhys suggested some time ago and so chuffed was worth waiting 2 years to use as it is amazing material and good germination rate with it. 9⁰ at 10.50pm
On 20 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, slight grass frost in places, clear as a bell from the word go, sunshine and a cloudless sky all day, 16˚ max in spite of the cold NW-NE breeze, still a couple of sunny days to come apparently, 7˚at 8.30pm.
On 19 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, very foggy, taking longer to clear than yesterday, but clear it did by 10, cold E wind, bright sun all day, 16˚ max, clear evening, 6˚ at 9pm. If we have fog again overnight we’ll be saved from any frost.
On 18 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, very foggy start again in a light SE’ly wind that strengthened somewhat later on, lightening up and turning into a very sunny day with a max of 16˚, the wind taking the shine off it a bit but still very pleasant, clear evening, 8˚ at 8.30pm. Repeat performance forecast for tomorrow, Scandinavian HP pretty intense at 1041, stable if cold conditions for the next few days.
On 17 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, very foggy with a strong SSE wind, lightening up slightly after midday as the fog slowly cleared, 12˚ max, cloudy evening, 7˚ at 9pm. If it wasn’t for the gorse flowering it could have been a November day.
On 17 Apr 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
An oddish start to the year, what with all the rain and cooler temps in the SE of England. Broad beans and peas way behind milder springs, but all that rain has meant the Comfrey and the Rhubarb Champagne are miles ahead of normal. Already pulling 8 huge portions each time I'm down at the plot. Seed-sown onion and shallots now planted out are not progressing too fast, but the onion sets sown at the Equinox are firing beautifully. The garlic look fantastic but the beetroot are less keen on all the rain. The fruit trees seem to progressing like any normal spring. Nature is complex.....
On 16 Apr 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Thankfully the plug has been pulled on the wind and rain and with it the majority of the cooler air and replaced with warmer temps for now, finally removed the straw from around the garlic and watered in a seaweed feed, tshirt and suncream on happy days around 15-19⁰, plant growth is slow this year, making some 2nd sowings as some got hit in my plastic seed starting greenhouse with the recent cold. First Asparagus on new 2 year plants so we ate a couple of them :) Japanese Acer leaves really coming out now so pretty. Thanks Istvan, we are so lucky to live in the country, we had to move across the water to do it years ago but was worth it and still working at it slowly, managing to fit in a fair bit on a little more than half acre and I grow intensively to feed us the majority of the year, it's worth going without other things to have this for sure, I hope one day you can get out of the town and into the countryside if that is your dream too.
On 16 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, strong S wind, sunny for a few hours then clouding over with only occasional brightness, max temp 15˚, brighter evening, 8˚ at 10pm. Lots of sun forecast for the coming week but not warm as HP area over Scandinavia recirculating cold air up from the S.
On 16 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start but with a cold S’ly wind that didn’t allow temps to rise beyond 14˚, cloudier evening, 7˚ at midnight.
On 14 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, fresh S wind that kept a lid on temperature, bright all day though with cumulus towers building to the N of us but no showers, max temp 13˚, down to 6˚ by 10pm.
On 14 Apr 2023, Andrew Bevan S Wales wrote:
Has been a wet month for March 208 mm with below average temps, April 57mm so far with next 10 days looking to be drier. Garden very slow so far.
On 13 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, drizzly start followed by a good hour’s worth of rain around 10, fresh E’ly wind, brightening up by afternoon with a max of 12˚, wind turning into the SW and becoming lighter, cloudy evening, 7˚ at 10pm.
On 13 Apr 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
A mixed bag of weather. It's just April showers. Looking forward to some warm dry spell. Maria, good to read your blog. Hope you are feeling better. I admire your Country style way of living. It's would be great to work outdoors with animals. I live within the town.
On 12 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, remaining heavy overnight rain slowly fizzling out, strong SSE wind only slowly lessening over the day, sunshine by late morning, max temp 11˚, clouding over by evening, heavy rain late on, 4˚ at 10pm.
On 12 Apr 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Logged in a few times in the last 5 weeks just to read but been too lazy to type due to flu irritating compacted wisdom tooth causing abcess & such a painful neck too, so been feelin sorry for myself...ahh...In pain planting onions and getting most urgent garden things sorted and soup made to freeze so I can go and get this wisdom tooth out, after potato planting!-) sucks being wise :-) Despite we had a nice spell followed by a wet spell turned into a stormy mess yesterday into today, some wet snow on the upstairs windows and outside on the car this morning and raw wind chill making me feel like wanting to be a turtle as I trudged around feeding animals & collecting eggs watching beautiful spring flowers doing yoga in the wind. Gees picking purple sprouting was an experience in it too, still gusty tonight hoping for warmer bare feet weather soon..
On 11 Apr 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
I live down here in the Southeast of England. Where it has been said that we have less drinking water than in Ethiopia and the Sudan put together. We have had the usual wet winter 22/23.
Today, it's been dry AM, then heavy rain in PM. 10deg C. West wind., strong at that.
On 11 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, sunny start with a light W wind that increased gradually and by evening turned into the SE, sunshine all morning but cloud slowly increasing from the west, a couple of beefy showers after midday, dry with clouds & sunny intervals all afternoon, max temp 14˚, quite cloudy by evening, 6˚ at 8pm, high winds & heavy rain in the offing overnight.
On 10 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, last of the copious overnight rain, sunny thereafter with a strengthening SW wind that abated somewhat by early afternoon, really warm with a max of 16˚ - 10˚ warmer than yesterday - first real spring day, quite clear by night, 7˚ at 8pm. == Hi Istvan, yes I know, it’s lonely up here in the frozen wastes of the North, thank you for reading. I write every day also for my own records, but if at least I’ve got one reader for sure I’m ecstatic :-). Well, at least two I suppose, counting whoever administers the blog. What happened to Craig?
On 10 Apr 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Whatever has happened to all the regular WA Subs? It's a shame that we only read from Paddy. Hi Paddy! But where are all the rest?
On 09 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, continuing strong & cold SE’ly wind and uniformly grey, typical Easter weather, first drops of rain by 10pm, more coming later.
On 08 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast with a SSE wind, occasional brightness in the morning, uniformly grey otherwise, max temp 10˚, down to 6˚ by 10pm.
On 07 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, very sunny start with a few light frost pockets, NW-NE wind later turning into the SE, clouding over by late morning, much less to no sunshine and feeling colder, max temp 11˚, occasional drizzle, cool end to the day with 7˚ at 8pm.
On 06 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, heavy rain early on, light NW wind which beefed up later in the morning, max temp 10˚, sun coming out late afternoon, clear evening under the full moon, 5˚ at 10pm.
On 05 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, dry earlier on but rain starting up around 7 and going off & on until 11 then drying up but grey for the rest of the day with fog late afternoon, max temp 10˚, clearing up somewhat by evening, 8˚ at 9pm.
On 04 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, frost on the car roof but nowhere else, sunny from the start, still windy from the S though less fierce than yesterday but still cold enough to warrant a jacket, max temp 12˚, hazy cloud moving in after midday but still sunny, 6˚ at 8.30pm.
On 03 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strengthening cold S wind, brightening up though and giving us a very sunny day, albeit tempered by the wind, so a max of only 10˚, clear evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, grey & overcast start, light S breeze which got stronger and colder later, not as sunny as forecast at all until about 2pm when the clouds cleared and we had an almost balmy afternoon with a max of 11˚, quite clear and cold in the evening, 4˚ at 8.30pm.
On 01 Apr 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
April 01: 4˚C at 7.30, overcast, cold E wind and staying that way all day, max temp 7˚, down to 5˚ by 8pm. Supposedly sunny tomorrow.
On 31 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 31: 7˚ at 7.30, foggy, light E breeze, drizzle with intermittent rain all day, max temp 8˚, down to 5˚ by 9pm. A dreich day after yesterday?s burst of spring.
On 30 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 30: 5˚C at 7.30, very wet from overnight rain but already very bright and turning into a very warm & sunny day with a max of 18˚, light SW-S wind, clear evening and still 8˚ at 8.30pm. Colder again tomorrow & for the weekend.
On 29 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 29: 6˚C at 7.30, overcast & foggy with a light S wind which later strengthened and turned into the SE, drizzly from mid morning, proper rain starting up around 4pm & keeping going into the evening off & on, 8˚ at 9pm.
On 29 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 28: 0˚C at 7.30, overcast with a fresh & cold S wind, ground still quite frozen, warming up only slowly to a max of 7˚ and contrary to the forecast actually very little rain, still windy & wet by evening, 6˚ at 8.30pm.
On 29 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
The cameras show snow to at least 1000m on the central nth ls road this morning while down here it is 3.8C at 0700,fine with cloud along the ranges
On 28 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 27: -2˚C at 7.30, hard frost & clear as a bell with a sharp NW breeze which later turned into the SW, warming to a max of 8˚ and mostly very sunny, 2˚ at 8.30pm.
On 28 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
Another quick blast from the Sth this next few days with snow fforecast to 500m down the lower Sth ls and along the ranges and mtns Nth, Road snowfall warnings in place for passes. . Thinking is, all temps halved. 13 here this morning and a few shs but nothing much yet.
On 27 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 26: 1˚C at 7.30, thin ice on some ground level water, overcast & still, biting wind from the NW by mid morning, calming down only by evening, frequent snow flurries during the morning and eventually quite sunny for much of the day, max temp 7˚, clear end to the day, 2˚ by 8pm, frost feels likely.
On 26 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 25: 5˚C at 7.30, cloudy with some sunshine during the morning, cold wind from the NE gradually turning into the N, overcast after midday, max temp 8˚, clear patches of sky by evening, 3˚ at 8pm, see whether we?ll get any frost.
On 25 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
March 24: 5˚C at 7.30, cloudy but bright in a light SW wind that gradually shifted into the NE, sunny until 11, after which we had showers until evening, there were two thunderclaps around 2pm, max temp 13˚ in the sunshine, cooler under the clouds, 5˚ at 8.30pm.
On 24 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, quite bright and still fairly windy from the SW, a mostly sunny day, cold when the clouds hid the sun but still a max of 13˚, light rain shower in the evening, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 23 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain, bright and sunny with a strong SW?ly wind that frequently produced gale force gusts, warm in shelter from it, max 12˚, wind abating in afternoon, clear starlit evening with 6˚ at 8.30pm.
On 22 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30 with a fresh SW?ly wind and quite sunny for most of the day, max temp 15˚, possibly the first time since last year, dry apart from one very light shower, clear evening with 6˚ at 8pm.
On 21 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30 cloudy with a cold SE?ly wind, max temp 9˚ and dry until 4pm when rain started up seriously, not heavy but enough to make working in it not very agreeable, continuing into the evening, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 21 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
winter is on the final approach,with snow forecast to 900m down the bottom of sth ls.and the 3 day fc showing a dusting on the nth mtns, so weather pattens back to normal. Ive got many pics of early snow on Ruapehu mtn from past years ,mostly late march, early april. we will be in real trouble when we return to heavy snow in mid May. will we be prepared ? course not ,were getting warmer, havent we been told.
On 20 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
well theres an interesting comparison,usually i can mock the met for dodgy data,because of heat sources,today all 3 temps are the same,around midday.Why?. we have cloud cover,and a weak NW breeze,so the normal heat sinks are cancelled out.
On 20 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, sunny with a fresh NW?ly breeze but clouding over by end of morning, max temp 9˚, light rain by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 18 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, sunny morning with a mildish SW’ly wind, max temp 13˚, a few light showers towards evening, 7˚ at 9pm. Nice to get a change from cold :-)
On 18 Mar 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
The predicted severe wintry weather by WA, does not seem to have happened. Now in mid March, we are now past the worsed of our UK winter. Certainly down here In the southeast.
On 17 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, light rain in a fresh SW’ly wind, some heavier bursts, lightening up after midday with some good sunshine for the rest of the afternoon, 12˚ max, cloudier again by evening but still feeling mild at 8˚ at 8.30pm.
On 16 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, cold, mostly S’ly wind all day, sunny first half of the day with a max of 8˚, slowly clouding up from the SW in the afternoon, dry until about 8, slight drizzle from then on, 3˚.
On 15 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
even tho it was warmer here ysdy am there was ground frost everywher at 700 m asl. 7 here at 0600,8 at airport 11in town and up to 23 yesty. rain promised for tomo.morning. Seems we can count ourselves lucky again that the massive solar flare tues.was on the far side of the sun rather than this, or we would all be walking for the forseable future and no commuications either nor power,no shopping, just trying to exist.
On 15 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, very bright, cold N’ly wind, couple of beefy but short snow showers during the morning, though not sticking much as the sun was too bright & warm. Max temp only 4˚ due to the wind, starlit evening between the patchy clouds, 0˚ at 8pm.
On 15 Mar 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
So 5 months after the relentless fear porn suggested that California would never see rain again, the reservoir levels in that state have now past beyond their historical average levels: https://engaging-data.com/ca-reservoir-dashboard/
It does behove Californians to grapple more seriously with how they successfully harvest and store the rain they get in wet years, because they are going to go from drought to floods regularly, just like parts of Australia. That way, they might not be fighting the other states that truly need water from the Colorado river basin.....
On 14 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
seems the fridge effect took over yesterday and the temp continued to drop to a low of 3.8 here and as i drove up to 700m asl there was frost on the shady parts. A little warmer this morning 5 at the mo here, 6 at the airport, 10 in town. So use the town temp if you want a warming world,otherwise be sensible and use the country temps and be normal,rather than deluded.
On 14 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, bucketing down with rain in a cold N’ly wind for most of the day, drying up only by end of afternoon, no snow, same temp all day but going down to 1˚ at 8pm.
On 13 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
must be cool down antarctica. we got a SW after a N and when they took the fluffy blankets away, the temp dropped to 5.C. winters early warning .
On 13 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cloud & damp after some light wet snow overnight, light S’ly breeze which beefed up a bit during the day, good sunny spell mid morning to early afternoon, max temp 11˚, cloudy for the rest of the afternoon & evening, 5˚ at 10.30pm, all quite a change from last week & snow all gone.
On 11 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, sunny with a light N’ly wind that blew for most of the day, changing into the SE by evening, max temp 5˚, 2˚ by 8pm, change to warmer and wetter overnight.
On 10 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, bright, sunny & blue sky with little cloud all day and a light NW’ly wind, getting to a ’warm’ 5˚ max; helping an elderly neighbour untangling the mess left from Arwen and alternating between too hot from working & too cold in the wind, very little cloud, clear starry evening, -2˚ at 8.30pm.
On 10 Mar 2023, Alistair wrote:
Glen. If you think you are hard done by. Try living here in Hull. Even though we live in a low lying area, I remember seeing regular quite thick snow falls during the 60s 70s 80s and even 90s. Plus of course the memorable winter of 2010. The last decent snow even we had here was 10 years ago in 2013/14. During the past 9 years we have only manged about three very light dustings of snow, not even enough to make a snowball. I really do not know whether this is down to global warming or not. Or its simply a brief cycle we are going through. I've heard a lot about the MIA and winters getting progressively colder from around 2021/2022. But I really do not know what to believe or think at the moment.
On 10 Mar 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - emigrate to California, they just had the first blizzard advisories in Southern California in 30 years, the Sierra Nevada have had almost 600 inches of snow this winter and if they get one more decent storm cycle after the current one, the all time records at stations which have recorded since 1970 may well be broken.
Of course, you will have the perennial worry of 2 dry years putting the state back into Exceptional Drought with all the lifestyle restrictions that is increasingly bringing. But right now, come next week, a majority of the state will be officially out of drought.
On 10 Mar 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Hmm maybe the met orange warning for overnight into this a.m was a day late !-) No more snow this morning after yesterdays & the cat water bowl wasn't even frozen at 7 a.m though some frozen snow remains, not complaining as a beautiful sunny morning and as they said on Twitter they would say in Scotland, just a wee bit nippy oot :-)
On 09 Mar 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Looked out at 6.05 this morn. A covering of snow! Crawled back into the once warm cave of 13.5 tog heaven for 30 mins to pretend I haven't recently sown "a few" seeds in the g/house with reckless abandonment (well almost they have their fleece tog version) Thankfully the sweet peppers and chilli seeds placed in a propagator only 2 days ago and 20 chicks under a brooderplate in the garage I was glad to see made it through last night, yeah the last one was the most premature in hindsight, should have bought the forecast. Our pre schoolers face was sheer delight, even with the sniffles she wrapped up insisting on helping feeding hens & all at 7 a.m and then the snow day commenced, a fair bit built up in places and school cancelled for the big kids today and 2moro, they were gutted :) Partial melt wet snowy rain in the afternoon, wind picked up too all in all a bitter cold but sweet day, possibly more overnight as upgraded to an orange warning from yellow. Also thanks Paddy for links :)
On 09 Mar 2023, Glenn wrote:
There is no more opportunity now ever again. I'm convinced the winter climate had changed in last 2 years and not for the better.
On 09 Mar 2023, Glenn wrote:
And why is Norwich the only part of the entire UK that hasn't had a cover of snow this winter. I see once again that London have had snow and not for the first time this winter either.
On 09 Mar 2023, Glenn wrote:
This has turned into another mainly rain event for Norwich. I really wish I knew how we could have had heavy snow in 2021 but not in 2023. Its just not normal to have a winter without laying snow.
On 09 Mar 2023, claude wrote:
back to N warm air here with a4mm band of rain to keep the grass growing . A ? .did the Ice age cover all the obvious parts at the same time or was it patchy,ie. did nth am get some areas the last iceage ,and europe the prev. etc we had glaciers in the bottom part of our nth ls at some point but when ?.the moraine deposits are still there. hanging valleys suggest multiple ice ages??
On 09 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-6˚C at 7.30 again, sunny morning with a light NW’ly wind, warming up to a max of 5˚, dramatic clouds blowing in off the sea in the afternoon as the wind changed into the NE, fairly clear sky in the evening with a light snow shower, 0˚ at 9pm.
On 09 Mar 2023, Dave wrote:
Has the SSW now run it’s course, or could there be more later in the month? Down here in the SW we were never going to see big snow with a northerly arctic flow. An easterly beasterly would have helped.
On 09 Mar 2023, Glenn wrote:
Well we had snow flurries last night that didn't really settle and a day of mainly sleet and rain here in Norwich. So, it's sad to say that this cold spell was a bit of a let down. If only the SSW had of hapenned a month earlier we might have had a beast from the east like february 2021. That month still remains the last snow cover for me so from an LIA perspective I'm far from happy.
On 08 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-6˚ at 7.30, splendidly sunny all day with a max of 4˚, much less windy today, the meltwater of the snow freezing again quickly as soon as it got into the shade, lovely clear moonlit evening, -4˚ at 9.30pm.
On 08 Mar 2023, M Lewis wrote:
Glenn - you finally got your snow in Norfolk this morning Wednesday 08/03/2023.Don't worry be happy!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-64872895
On 07 Mar 2023, Glenn wrote:
So far no snow for me in Norwich. Looks like I'm finished.
On 07 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, 3 inches of snow lying with snow showers continuing until 10 in a fresh & cold NW’ly wind, very sunny day with no further showers, max temp 2˚, down to -3˚ by 8pm. Who said winter was over?
On 06 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, overnight rain, sunny start, NW’ly wind but temp rising to 5˚ for a short while until snow showers started and kept going all day and into the evening, temp dropping to 2˚ even during the frequent sunny spells, 0˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, lighter NW’ly breeze than of late, quite bright for parts of the morning but then greying over again, max temp 6˚, 2˚ by 8pm. Overnight rain forecast & then some snow showers tomorrow. == Maria, try https://www.realseeds.co.uk/celery.html or https://seedcooperative.org.uk/collections/celeriac Not sure that they send to Ireland though because of Brexit regulations, you might have to get a friend in Blighty to get them for you. BEWARE of Jerusalem artichoke, they’re very difficult to get rid of once you have them, get globe artichoke, also a perennial when looked after and much easier to prepare, we stuff our faces with them every year :-)
On 05 Mar 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Had some great days to get back into early morning walking and jogging but the last few days have been harder with the air getting cooler each day and legs have been pink with cold, today 4th just couldn't face it as was chilled to the bone just doing daily jobs and was 6/7 deg. but just felt colder, since last post we had cold frost or 2 then milder then now cooler again, short sunny spells then mostly cloud and grey towards recent days until a few breaks again today. 2⁰ now at midnight. Thanks for celeriac tips Paddy, can't get seeds this year as sold out and I already have my seed order sorted this year but look forward to trying them next time, also wondering what Jerusalem Artichoke is like..
On 04 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, overcast with the obligate NW’ly wind, brightening up by 9 for about an hour, then back to grey again; it’s remarkable how many days of little light we’ve had lately, max 7˚, somewhat less cloudy by evening, 3˚ at 8.30pm.
On 04 Mar 2023, Ron Greer wrote:
GLENN,
Looks like snow for Norwich this week. I aint done yet.
On 03 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, still grey, still windy from the NNW, though not as strong as recent days, max temp 6˚, down to 4˚ by 9pm. Cold forecast for next week, we’ll get our winter yet.
On 02 Mar 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, another grey overcast day with only few glimpses of the sun and a N’ly wind, fewer showers than yesterday, max temp 7˚, dry evening, 4˚ at 10pm.
On 20 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚ at 7.30, light rain for a short while & quite overcast but brightening up during the morning, giving us a warm and sunny day with a fresh W’ly wind, max temp 11˚, clouding up towards evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚ at 7.30, a little frost only, sun shining for a short while under the cloud blanket as it rose & disappeared again, light SW’ly wind that beefed up towards evening, temperature rising to 9˚ by 8pm, short glimpse again of the sun as it set.
On 19 Feb 2023, Fred wrote:
The SSW is a monster. Be prepared as the troposphere response will be explosive. Stormy, Warm, freezing? Get Piers March forecast to see the response that is coming.
On 18 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain, light N’ly breeze and quite cool, sunny from the start until mid afternoon, max temp 6˚, clouding over thereafter, light rain by evening, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 18 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
A beautiful autumn morning,with low,misty, ground fog, lifting and scattered mid cloud, all backed by an orange/yellow/purple tinged sky and the thinest cresent moon, hanging high in the Eastern sky.
yesterdays Low of 7 was followed by a High of 24 and at the mo,its down to 9.
On 17 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, very windy from the W & turning into the NW and strengthening for a short while early on, fairly calm by early afternoon, max temp 9˚ and quite a lot of sunshine, quiet by evening and overcast, 5˚ at 8pm. == Maria, celeriac likes heat & a well compost-stocked soil; the seed is small, so you only need a tiny quantity to arrive at 30 or so successful plants.
On 17 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
will someone please enlighten the greens that if co2 is warming the planet,its missing NZ cos it doesnt do it at night. Down to 7 last night after a 20* day,and a clear sky,just hope it wasnt as cold over the E side after all the rain.
On 16 Feb 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Well that was a fib, pulled back into the garden for a couple of hours more like a 3½ week garden bender!-) Achieved a lot outside inbetween and around the normal routine, the weather mostly mild, 8⁰ at 7.30a.m this morning though felt warmer running after a rogue cockeral, never a dull moment :) Good dry days with most rainfall at night/early a.m mostly the last couple of days, some sunshine here & there between the grey, great to see a stretch in the evenings, free light! Though it has resembled more like false spring the last few weeks but have taken full advantage to get in gear. Paddy I must try celeriac as I'm a huge fan of coleslaw and mayo, I have grated small kohl rabi into coleslaw b4. It's great when u find food in the garden you thought was gone.
On 16 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, bright but cloudy & quite still to begin with, light wind later from a mainly S’ly direction, max temp 9˚, completely overcast by evening, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Feb 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Glenn.
Calm please, our seasons have moved somewhat. Winter can still hit us all. Ignore the Left-wing deluded. What climate change?
On 16 Feb 2023, Glenn wrote:
Who else thinks that Britain's winter climate changed last winter. Only 2 years ago, it was possible to get snow in Norwich. Now its 100% impossible. We simply don't get the beasts from the east anymore which allows Norwich to get snow. I was right about winter what I said back in late December. Now 16th February and still no change. With 12 days left there is zero chance now. As I predicted winter has been a complete failure, don't know how much more I can take. It makes me feel like committing suicide.
On 15 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite bright with a fresh & cold S’ly wind, some good sunshine in between cloudy bits, max temp 8˚, overcast end to the day, 6˚ at 10.30pm.
On 14 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, white with hoar frost & quite misty but bright, the emerging sun making fairly short shrift with the whiteness and warming up to 9˚ max, not that warm though in the fresh SW’ly wind that blew all day, clouding over in the afternoon, complete cover by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 14 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
Gabrielle is finally say goodby and wishing us all the best in the cleanup. Nephew got 170mm o/n monday but hes at foot of ranges so all the rivers on this side are racing the water back to where it came from,mostly to keep the greens happy that sealevels are supposedly rising.Our deluded cc min.was bleeting and angry that not many were listening to the bs of CC and just accepting it was nature, doing what it always has,storms today fine tomo and if we are stupid enough to get in her way ,put up with it.Hard to be sympatetic when the govt waste money on bs, instead of sensible preventative measures,all because someone got greedy for quick cashflow. Every $ spent on CC is a $ wasted,because most thinking folk already know the climate has always changed and always will.Now the $ wasted have to be found to clean up. Stupid is Stupid and always will be.
On 13 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, fresh & cold S’ly wind, mostly very sunny, max temps 7˚, a little more cloud in the afternoon but still followed by a clear sky in the evening, Venus now visible in the W, a good distance below Jupiter, 2˚ at 9pm.
On 13 Feb 2023, Stephjen@blueyoner.co.uk wrote:
Now half-term, it's looking less and less unlikely of winter coming. There are no sighn,s of any change back to freezing snowy weather heading towards the UK. Have the Lefties got it their way?
On 12 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, clear sky, no frost, very light SW’ly breeze all day, quite sunny & not cold, max temp 10˚ but a bit more in full sun, 3˚ at 10pm under a very starry sky without any moon.
On 12 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
we bleet about the damage storms do and forget we bring most of the damage upon ourselves then go sobbing to the councils and govt cos a tree falls over and cuts the power. Now our Power Comps have wised up and if your tree falls over and takes out the power you get a bill for $40000+, any damage caused by your tree is your resposibility.folks forget that a small tree today will be a big tree in 10y. The normal places are flooding again but there hasnt been too much rain yet ,125mm in one place and a 160k gust ,so really so far just annoying weather.
On 11 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Away in Paris for family reasons where it was bright but very cold, even during the day temps did not rise much above 0˚, except yesterday when it was cloudy but much less cold. 7˚ when we arrived back home around 11pm, it had been up to 12˚ in our absence. - 6˚C at 7.30 today, bright day with quite a bit of sunshine, light W’ly wind and a max of 12˚, full cloud cover by evening, 7˚ at 9pm.
On 11 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
it is always good to see others backing up what Piers has been trying to say. the climate models are wrong.check out .''''.Data shows theres no clinmate catastrophe looming -Climatologist Dr J Christy debunks the narrative. '''' youtube.
Those who support the mainstream narrative also hate humans.and want us to forget that every cent /penny spent is wasted.
. In the meantime we down here are battening down everything as cyclone Gabrielle pays a visit to places already sodden from a bit of rain, wet places that ought never have been built in anyway.Why? why? do we continue to build in daft places and then blame nature for our stupidity..
On 09 Feb 2023, Fred wrote:
There is a SSW about to happen (80% likelihood according to the MetO, Piers saw it coming months ago). There is movement in the MJO and the favourable part of cycle is going to co-incide with the lag effect of the SSW. Winter is far from over, get the March forecast.
On 06 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚ at 7.30, light SW’ly wind blowing all day, quite sunny at times with a max of 7˚, cloudy evening but with plenty gaps for the moon to shine through, 5˚ at 8pm. Gone for this week, back on Saturday, y’all will have to be without my turgid prose :-)
On 05 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, frosty in lower lying parts, light & cold SW’ly breeze and quite bright if cloudy, wind strengthening towards midday, quite sunny by then, max temp 6˚, high clouds by evening, full moon shining bright even through the haze, 4˚ at 8pm. == Nice to see you back, Claude.
On 05 Feb 2023, claude wrote:
Been off line for awhile due to someone trying to hack. Tony dont dispair,lve dendroed 5 full disks of different trees,hundreds of years old, and many partial disks and even more, smaller hunks of wood,old timber from houses,and the common theme is we are colder for twice the time we are warm,above what we would call an ave year so enjoy the warm while its here.It wont last no matter what anyone says or tries to enforce crazy idiological ideas..We can grow more when its warm.
On 04 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with a fresh SW’ly wind, max temp 8˚, one short and heavy rain shower after 4pm, then clearing up and bright with a nearly full moon, 3˚ by 8pm.
On 03 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, quite overcast with a light wind mostly from a SW’ly direction, no rain, max temp 8˚, still overcast by nightfall, moon partially visible through cloud breaks, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, some overnight rain, very light WSW’ly wind and quite cloudy, some sunshine in the morning, cloudy for the rest of the day, wind strengthening considerably in the afternoon and temps rising to 11˚ by 11pm.
On 02 Feb 2023, suzy dorset wrote:
Lovely day today, saw a Bubble Bee rolling around feeding on snowdrops.
On 01 Feb 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite windy from the WNW all morning but with really good sunshine and no showers, max temp 6˚, clouding up by end of afternoon, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 31 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, very windy from the W, spotted a couple of slightly nacreous clouds when out with the dog but didn’t have my phone on me to take a pic, mostly quite sunny except for a couple of light showers which even had a bit of snow in them, wind lessening in the afternoon, max temp 5˚, high cloud by evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 30 Jan 2023, Tony ex sub wrote:
Well followed this site for many years now ,did sub a while ....sorry to say been disappointed with the forecasts and thd constant every year thus is the year start of lia.....nothing I've seen over the last few years has convinced me. .... here in northants we have had a fair few frosts ,1st time in years but no snow .....no sign in the next 2 weeks of any snow here.....yes winter still weeks from ending but surely people can understand when 7 years ago at.keastbthere was talk of imminent lia and nothing has happened .......
On 30 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Been away to Forfar & the Angus glens for a couple of days, Sunday was bright in the morning but cloudy in the afternoon as well as very windy from the WSW, today it was 5˚C at Forfar, still quite windy but very sunny, max temp 7˚ but at home the thermometer shows a max of 10˚, somewhat cloudy with 5˚ at 8pm.
On 30 Jan 2023, Glenn wrote:
And now february is going to be mild, wet and windy. Something is, seriously wrong now. We were told over 10 years ago that the LIA would bring more cold winters. It has done the complete opposite. Looking likely now that I will never see snow again and that February 2021 will go down in history as the last time ever.
On 30 Jan 2023, Glenn wrote:
January 30th and still no snow for Norwich. By February it will have been 24 months (2 years). We need a beast from the east and we need it fast to come to the rescue what little bit that there's now left of this winter. Come to the conclusion that a beast from the east is the only way snow can actually happen in Norwich. The good old 80s (best time in human history) up until 1988, february 1991, November 1993, February 1994, the Great winter of 95/96, the 08/09 and 09/10 winters, November 2010, January 2013, February 2018 and february 2021 were all beasts from the East. Each time deep snow fell in Norwich. No beast = no snow for norwich and without one forecast to happen in February another snowless lies in store for me rounding of 2 winters without snow.
On 29 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, mostly sunny day with a max of 7˚, light W-SW’ly wind, 0˚C at midnight under a fairly clear sky.
On 28 Jan 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Geoff: there still time for sudden and nasty winter. Anyway. It would be awfull for all of us if we did have what we are asking for
This zero carbon nonsense would certainly take a step back along with their deluded followers. But could we survive a hard winter all be it late in our season
On 28 Jan 2023, Geoff wrote:
I'm inclined to agree with Glenn! Winter is happening around the world and the UK is having it's usual 'Nothing-Burger'.
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On 27 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, all white with frost as there was no wind overnight, light SW’ly during the day though with a max of only 3˚, pretty sunny all day, clear sky at night, 1˚ at 8pm.
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On 26 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, NW-N’ly wind all day, sunny beginning to the day but then some light showers towards midday, dry afternoon, max temp 5˚, cloudy by evening though the young moon and Jupiter could be seen quite close, 2˚ at 8pm, still windy so we’ll see whether it’s going to be frosty tomorrow.
On 25 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a few bits of rain in a light NW’ly wind, then sunny from 9 onwards for the whole day, getting a bit cooler by end afternoon, 4˚ by 8pm under a partly clear sky.
On 25 Jan 2023, Ron Greer wrote:
ISTVAN: aye, GFS going for a bit an east beast from the end of the 1st week in February. GLENN--take heart.
On 24 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚c at 7.30, fresh but not cold SW’ly wind, very sunny day with not too much cloud, max temp 12˚ but feeling at least a couple of degrees warmer in full sun, cloudier by evening but still a few stars peeking through, still 8˚ at 8pm.
On 23 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind, overcast all day, rain by 7pm, 6˚ at 9pm. == Maria, we grew some celeriac in the tunnel last year, I forgot to harvest it in the autumn and it got hammered by the -8˚ we had in December, but I hadn’t looked well enough, quite a few have survived after all, delicious grated raw with a good mayo sauce. I have somebody better equipped than me starting tomatoes for me but I will sow lettuce in the propagator in Feb.
On 22 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Mostly cloudy today and back to mild, it was actually really nice albeit strange after being cold to have it 10-12⁰ I found myself getting pulled back into some gardening for a couple of hours, good to get moving again and clear some debris, still some good Swede in the ground and some brussells that need to be picked, looks like the leeks took a hammering again a few more lost to cold temps and re-freeze like the last cold spell. When I get the compulsion to grow seeds in January with a month of winter to go, I reach for the micro green seeds and peas for shoots its more successful :)
On 22 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, overcast all day with a light SW’ly wind, ice finally melting and will be gone by tomorrow, goodbye ice rink after a whole week.
On 21 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, fresh but cold S’ly wind, still very slippery, some sunshine but quite a bit of cloud, thawing starting in earnest only by afternoon and the going slowly getting easier by evening, max temp 3˚, still quite windy at 8pm and still 3˚, can’t wait until the ice rink is gone, all gone at the bottom of our hill already in the morning.
On 21 Jan 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Piers - as a keen vegetable grower, the most valuable forecast I could get from you would be a spring forecast covering Mar-Apr-May, coming out preferably in early February so that my sowing season (including indoors from mid February) can be adjusted accordingly.
Can you tell me if the 5 month ahead forecast is the right one for me in that situation? And does it come out covering the period I describe by the beginning of February?
On 20 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Beautiful sky early this morning, everywhere looked so lovely but everything worse to walk on with another harder freeze over previously partially melted ground, thankful for a thaw by this evening and slightly warmer temps after a week of swollen neck glands from fighting a previous virus and the cold feeling like a bunch of knives through my scarf, I'm glad that for this week both have concluded.
On 20 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, less windy than yesterday but still from the NW, very sunny day again with hardly any clouds, still very slippery, frustratingly so as the going is so slow and complicated, max temp 3˚, some clouds by evening, less windy and 0˚ by. 8pm.
On 20 Jan 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
British Airports are now aware of a imminent Beast from the e East. De -Icing is now being operative as of now, since there has been a lack of trained staff due to the Pandemick trying to up-Skill Ground Handlers.
On 20 Jan 2023, M. Lewis wrote:
Meteo Group / BBC Weather are still hedging a polar vortex in their forecast. I wonder why?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/outlook
On 20 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Well before I went to bed on the 17th I noticed we had around just over an inch covering of snow, some partial melt by morning but still a majority light covering remained and our littlest one had a huge amount of fun with me with the smallest amount of snow, late morning a few random flakes then just remaining cold. Re-freeze made for tricky roads but not the worst and some remnants of snow still around today 19th despite some sunshine -2 now at 12.34a.m.
On 19 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, cold WNW’ly wind all day, very sunny for most of the day, max 3˚, very slippery underfoot, especially after it rained on top of the frozen thin layer of snow late afternoon, managed to fall on my backside once again in spite of being very cautious, fortunately I was wearing a hat, 2˚ at 8pm. Awkward to work in these conditions.
On 19 Jan 2023, Glenn wrote:
January 19th today and still no snow for Norwich. Further proof that it will never snow in Norwich again. Does anyone else think the government in conjunction with the met Office are controlling the weather in Norwich?
On 18 Jan 2023, Sou'wester (Devon/Cornwall border) wrote:
A strange day. It snowed overnight again, and after sunrise it was colder and snowier than yesterday, Some cars and boats were covered with the stuff, and piers and pontoons had gone all white and still in a winter wonderland. But there was black ice too, and I did slip once on my way in to work. At lunchtime, still cold, the sky looked almost angry for awhile, but then the sun came out briefly, and there was a thaw. The temperature, however, dropped again - but this was followed by warmer air and heavy rain for a spell. The plants outside my office, which started spurting in growth last week, have stopped doing anything and look,, well, confused.
On 18 Jan 2023, Sou'wester (Devon/Cornwall border) wrote:
Alistair, I haven't seen the Met Office forecast, but my weather almanac gives an interesting commentary on historical patterns in early winter (Nov 20 -Jan 19): " This season typically sees an alternation between long periods of mild westerly weather and drier anticyclonic conditions. Roughly half of the years see this pattern, usually with the westerly episodes being wet and windy, with a succession of depressions arriving from the Atlantic. Short cold periods, generally lasting less than a week, occur in between the westerly episodes. Very cold conditions rarely arrive before the very end of January,and generally become established in early February." So,Alistair, what does the MO mean by "current likelihood"? Has the MO failed to observe an SSW pattern yet, hence their analysis of a low probability of an SSW leading to snow? If they observed evidence of one now, we'd generally then be getting snow in a few weeks - as per the historical pattern described above.
On 18 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, ice rink round about from last night’s thin layer of wet snow having frozen, cloudy with a sharp NW’ly wind that strengthened with every snow shower throughout the day, a few sunny intervals in the afternoon, max temp 1˚, down to -1˚ by 8pm and still quite windy.
On 18 Jan 2023, Alistair wrote:
I see the Met Office are saying the current likelihood of an SSW is considered low (20-25%). I'm not sure how much credibility I give to the met . But does anyone with more knowledge than me think that they are spot on? Plus do we really need a SSW to have a chance of something in the way of a more prolonged snowy period in the UK?
On 17 Jan 2023, Sou'wester (Devon/Cornwall border) wrote:
Much of Cornwall and West Devon awoke this morning to snow, but here along the banks of the river Tamar, we only got a dusting. A mostly sunny day, with northerly, and lighter winds, so pleasant.outside today.
On 17 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, sharp WNW’ly wind blowing, very sunny morning and early afternoon, wind increasing and bringing increasing amounts of cloud, ‘warming’ up to 1˚ by 8pm with a few tiny snowflakes whirling about in the now much stronger wind, looks like we might wake up to whiteness tomorrow morning, snow warning has just been switched up to amber from yellow overnight.
On 17 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Prefer this cold spell than last weeks wet n windy weather, we had around -1/-2 @ the weekend, -3 last night, tonight feels colder, days have been quite nice dry with sunshine after frosty starts lingering all day, great weather to organise garden seeds and rest inbetween normal workload. Snow in some parts of the country, not sure we will get anything much here this time around, but it's pretty nonetheless and something nice about walking in crispy weather and seeing beautiful starry nights.
On 16 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, clear as a bell with a sharp WNW’ly breeze which blew all day, very sunny & pleasantly cold, max temp 0˚, down to 2˚ at 8pm under a clear sky.
On 16 Jan 2023, Sou'wester (Devon?Cornwall border) wrote:
According to my weather almanac, we are in early winter until January 19th. So it's the end of the beginning & brrr! Well it was 40F in my office this morning when I arrived- it's only about 5 feet above sea level too - whereas the local paper showed photos of the snow that had fallen overnight on Dartmoor. I checked a webcam on Plymouth Hoe, and it was showing 3 Centigrade and sunny even at 10AM. It's been really chilly all day, and we're in for colder weather tomorrow. Depressing. Still, I saw the first clump of daffodil buds today in a very sheltered spot - looking forward to seeing more .
On 15 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, fresh NW’ly wind, a little overnight rain, very sunny morning, somewhat less so in the afternoon, max temp 3˚, down to 0˚ by 8pm, cold night and cold day forecast for tomorrow, the long awaited turnaround?
On 14 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain continuing until 9.30, SW’ly wind gradually turning into the W, bright day overall with good sunny spells and no further rain, warming slightly to 6˚ by 8pm.
On 13 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚c at 7.30, quite wet and cold in the NW’ly wind but brightening up by 9, sunny morning with the wind gradually changing into the SW by afternoon, max temp 5˚, clearing sky by evening, 0˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, frozen ground but bright & sunny until about 10, SW’ly wind, clouding over thereafter with a couple of hours of rain starting up around 11, bright and sunny again after that with a max temp of 5˚, another short pulse of rain by evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, clear start in a fresh to strong SW’ly wind and once the sun had risen above the clouds over the sea we had sunshine all day - always happy to notice how the day gets longer at the end much quicker than in the morning at this time of the year - max temp 5˚, clear starry sky at 10pm with 1˚.
On 10 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, overcast all day with a fresh SW’ly wind that also kept going all day, rain starting up around 9 until early afternoon, temperature slowly going up to 6˚ by 8pm, sunny day in prospect for tomorrow.
On 09 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, frost in parts, fresh SW - W’ly wind which blew for most of the day, max temp 3˚, down to 2˚ by end of afternoon but then rising again to 3˚ by 8pm, more rain forecast for tomorrow.
On 08 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, strong & quite cold S’ly wind, sunshine and clouds all day, max temp 6˚, down to 3˚ again by 10pm.
On 07 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, quite windy from the SW - S all day, cloudy at first and sunny by afternoon, max temp 8˚, clear sky at night, 5˚ at 8.30pm.
On 07 Jan 2023, Glenn wrote:
All the headlines at the moment are literally full of global warming BS because of all this mild wet windy weather. Very much guaranteed that I'll never see snow again. February 2021 will probably remain the last time that Norwich will ever see snow. Winter 2022/23 has officially gone wrong, I bet this was not in the weather action forecast.
On 06 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, sun coming out once it lifted out of the clouds over the N Sea, quite windy from the SW, a mostly bright & dry day with intermittent clouds, beautiful moonrise, full moon at 23.08 tonight, hazy high cloud coming in by evening so it looks rather fuzzy, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 06 Jan 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - I worked in the Alps in winter 1989/90 and I am telling you that the whole of the Alps were green until February 10th after rainfall up to 3500m just before Christmas. That was on the back of two other season-long high pressure disasters the two winters before. The winter sports industry survived that and it will survive this one, assuming that the globalists don't continue to try and ban travel for ordinary people.
On 06 Jan 2023, M Lewis wrote:
The Meteo Group / BBC Weather are hedging their forecast for late January / February 2023.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/outlook
On 05 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, quite still and sunny for an after 9, then mostly grey for the rest of the day with some rain by late afternoon, strengthening S’ly wind from midday onwards, max temp 8˚, down to 5˚ at 11pm.
On 05 Jan 2023, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Glenn.
The bad winter of 1946 started on the 25th of January.
It was one of the most notorious winters in living memory
Standby!
On 05 Jan 2023, Fred wrote:
Glenn, December globally came in 0.05c above the clamactic norm. All the Alps aren’t bare btw, record cold has swept Canada, US Russia, Korea and China….with burying snow. We are just the ‘mild blob’.
On 05 Jan 2023, Glenn wrote:
As I predicted a few days ago, winter is now over with zeto chance for snow. Has anyone else heard about the climatic disaster with the ski resorts in Europe, they are having the warmest winter ever. I think that maybe it's time to raise the white flag and surrender to the warmists because they have clearly won.
On 05 Jan 2023, Ruairí (East coast of Ireland wrote:
The horrible mild weather has got the warmists in a frenzy. A few weeks of hot weather and it's a bloody crisis! Hoping winter returns with some snow soon.
On 04 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Breezy SW'ly winds yesterday with occasional showers some heavy, temp.between 9-12⁰c Mild with W'ly wind & passing showers today 9-11⁰c with low of 5-9⁰ this eve.
On 04 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a fresh W’ly wind that blew for most of the day, some sunny breaks in the clouds, max temp 6˚, almost clear sky by evening, getting up to the highest full moon in the year (in Gemini) at 11.08 on Friday night, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 04 Jan 2023, Alistair wrote:
I have been lookin at the net weather forums regarding the models of late. I have to say they present a depressing picture if cold and snow is what you are looking for. Having said that. I'm old enough to know that the models can flip as quick as a pancake in a pan on a shrove Tuesday. One thing that is glaringly obvious on that that website is.many of them are very fickle and naive. Especially when they come out with claims that winter is over etc. When in reality its only just begun.
On 03 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, overcast with a cold S’ly wind, ground still frozen but it started raining from about 9.30 to midday, some of it heavy, drier afternoon and temps rising to a max of 6˚ by 8pm.
On 02 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
-2 at 7.30 a.m Nice fresh frosty morning with some good sunny spells developing later in the morning, remained dry cold and icy in places all day with only a partial thaw, a great day outside to re-charge in the garden and clear the head. Another freeze early tonight -1 but temp. warming up a bit after 11pm with S - S'Ely winds increasing with rain due in a while overnight. Looks like a wet & windy mild day with s'wly winds ahead.
On 02 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, sunny all day with only a few clouds over the North Sea, max temp 2˚, moonlit night but with high cloud filtering out the stars, -1˚ at 10pm.
On 02 Jan 2023, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
I must say that a series of nights of good hard frost like we had in December is great for ridding fruit trees of pests. It's part of the heritage of apples, after all, being derived from Continental climates in Eurasia. Garlics love it too, ensuring they split well into cloves before growing away in spring. The rain since September 1st has restored the groundwater pretty well, just as it did in autumn 1976.
Finally a sunny morning on the 2nd.
On 01 Jan 2023, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
I must admit I've not really paid as much attention to the weather this past week, from what I recall mostly unsettled windy @ times occasional bright spells, oscillating from mild to cooler one or 2 light frosts towards the end of this period and 1 deg feeling like -1 tonight at 11.33pm Last night I was warm only for the sheer volume of alcohol I consumed like you do when it's a rariety!-) Happy New Year all :-)
On 01 Jan 2023, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, light rain on frozen ground in a light W’ly breeze, altogether a wet, grey and occasionally misty day with a max of 4˚, breeze turning into the NW in the afternoon, moon visible early evening but then veiled by high cloud, 1˚ at 9pm. == Craig, agree with you, it’s going to get more difficult before it can get better, but we have been steeled by our experience of the last three years.
On 01 Jan 2023, Ron Greer wrote:
Happy New Year, everyone from our snow covered winter wonderland scene we woke up to this morning in Highland Perthshire
On 31 Dec 2022, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Well that December spell was memorable. A whole cm of snow that lasted remarkably well despite it's paucity, with 3 subzero days & a succession of -6-8C nights! A proper killing frost. Many of the plants in the garden + locally reminding me of the 09-13 spell as they collapsed. Sub -5C is a fair rarity here the past 2 decades. Since then wet + often mild. Winter is certainly far from over and I have a feeling even Glenn will be surprised come April. Expect records - at either end of the spectrum as Piers foretold. Our eyes are open & we are growing...just beware of false prophets bringing hope. Know them by their fruits. I see a lot of depraved ones, far more than I ever believed, but we are many they are few. It's not going to be easy but the rats are going to be trapped in the hold of their own mental filth as they go down with their ship. With that Happy New year everyone. All the very best for 2023 🎆 🍻
On 31 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, hazy high cloud and quite a bit of sunshine during the morning, light WNW’ly wind, max temp -1˚ and still that at 11pm, rain showers from 9pm onwards, strange mixture of still frozen ground & water. Happy New Year everyone, let’s see what it brings and what we’ll make of it, the rats are getting desperate.
On 31 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
GLENN, this appears to be your annual post at this time of year--with only one month of winter gone with another two to go (and in Scotland perhaps 3). We have just had a top 10 coldest December in a century. Since 1988 we've had the very cold Xmas period of 1995, the cold winters of 2009-2011 and it was quite nippy in Scotland in 2017. It aint done yet.
On 30 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain and continuing through much of the morning in a strong SW’ly wind, max temp 6˚, dry afternoon, wind picking up some more by evening and turning into the W, 4˚ at 10pm.
On 30 Dec 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Glenn.
The point to remember is that we are an Island Nation. Therefore we are stuck between the North Sea and the roaring Atlantic.
Also the Continental Air Mass, that gives us the typical Westerly mild weather. Just standby, Glenn. It's on its way.
On 30 Dec 2022, Glenn wrote:
Looking very much like a, write off for this, winter now. Only 2 days to go until New year's day this winter is well and truly over. As with so many other winters since 2014 it's America that's had all the glory again while I get nothing. This winter will be remembered as another one for all the wrong reasons, above average temperatures, destructive SW winds and flooding,certaiy not an LIA one but another one to make the WARMISTS position in society even stronger.
On 29 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, WSW’ly wind, bright sunny morning, ground soft again with us but still frozen hard near Inverurie where we visited friends, getting overcast by midday, max temp 4˚, clear starry night with the first quarter moon close to Jupiter, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, quite still and overcast, ground still frozen hard in quite a few spots, rain in late afternoon and into evening, max temp 6˚, feeling really mild with 5˚ at 11pm.
On 28 Dec 2022, Alistair wrote:
I must admit that I'm beginning to doubt the claims of a MIA.
If I remember correctly. It was claimed that we would start to see a gradual cooling down by around 2018 or thereabouts. Its now almost 2023 and I see no evidence of such a thing happening. There may be climate change happening but I don't believe it's man made. However, my question would be. Is it actually getting warmer or is it really cooling down? After all the conflicting claims and counter claims. I really do not know anymore.
On 28 Dec 2022, Glenn wrote:
Does anyone else remember the good old days before 1988 when when it used to snow every single year? If the LIA is actually real then why hasn't Britain seen any evidence of it. 7 winters out of the last ten including this one have been mild ones.
On 28 Dec 2022, Glenn wrote:
Another failed winter here in Norwich with no snow. We were promised a white Christmas this year but that didn't happen once again. Is there likely to be any this winter now or is it genuinely another write off?
On 27 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light SW’ly wind which beefed up quit a bit by the afternoon and then calmed down again by evening, hard frost, a few snow flakes late morning but then a prolonged period of not very heavy rain in the afternoon, max temp 4˚ with a certain amount of thaw, 3˚ by 8pm. Thanks, Maria:-)
On 26 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
23rd A dry breezy late morning to get all the animals cleaned out and fresh bedding then we had some heavy rain in the afternoon. 24th More showers but some nice sunny spells too milder with temp around 10⁰ 25th A mix of showery and sunny intervals but noticeably cooler in the afternoon with frost after midnight beautiful starry night some frosty icy patches remaining this morning max 4-6⁰ today. Merry Christmas Paddy and everyone :)
On 26 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C, very bright once the sun got over the clouds above the North Sea on the horizon, sharp WSW wind in strong contrast to yesterday’s mildness, sunny all day with variable amounts of cloud, max temp 2˚, down to 0˚ by 8pm under partial cloud cover.
On 25 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy start with a bit of sunshine coming in only at the end of the morning, mild in a light W’ly breeze, max temp 8˚ and quite still, starlings singing away at times in this mildness, light rain by evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, mostly overcast except for a few bits of brightness in the morning, fresh S’ly wind all day & getting stronger by evening, temps rising slowly to a max of 7˚ by 10pm, light rain by then. Merry Christmas all!
On 23 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strengthening E’ly wind, 4˚ by afternoon, rising to 5˚ by 8pm. Even though the E’ly wind blows across the sea it is very drying wind, but that said, we have rain coming up from the S not very far off, so wet night ahead according to the radar.
On 22 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Drizzly showery start with a gradual clearing max 9⁰c dropped cooler before evening with incredible fog creeping in before dark 2 deg at 11.32pm yellow fog warning in place.
On 22 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, dry day, albeit very humid, with intermittent sunshine, light NW’ly wind, max temp 5˚, down to 4˚ by 9pm.
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On 21 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with a fresh SW’ly wind, dry all day though with a max of 6˚, down to 2˚ by 11pm under a starry sky.
On 21 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Cool light breezy start some sunny spells as the day went on, not as warm as the previous day actually feeling a bit parky again, some amazing cirrus clouds late afternoon before the light faded. Max temp 7⁰ - lows of 3⁰
On 20 Dec 2022, C View wrote:
Despite this December likely to be in the top 10 of coldest Decembers on record and dozens upon dozens of cold records falling across North America and record cold in Australia over their winter and a cold start to their summer the UKMO have today confidently predicted that 2023 will be hotter than 2022. It’s the classic behaviour of doubling down on your POV despite being wrong. With their track record I think I will invest in some new waterproofs for summer.
On 20 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Standard models, especially the BEEB one are getting hum-hawing and hedge betting down to a fine mythic art, over the relative incursion of Polar Maritime southwards air and Atlantic northwards over the next 5 days. Were all those millions spent on the latest techno fixes well allocated?
On 19 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Some showers overnight, my partner he said the wind got up around 5 a.m for a short time (outside) Some showers this morning but a mostly dry mild breezy afternoon with short sunny spells, nice enough to get our 8 wk chicks out on the grass. Think I'm going to save for Feb/March forecast after xmas if I can, as hearing Paddy talking of Spring I think that ones going to be the most important & going by Piers front page. Max temp 7⁰ today feeling cooler tonight but not cold still breezy with stars out.
On 19 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, snow gone, what a turnaround, fresh S’ly wind with a whiff of spring (dream on), rain showers throughout the day, max temp here 9˚, 10˚ in town, continuing wind, drizzly by 8pm and 8˚.
On 19 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Aye Fred, GFS backtracking on early incursion of PM air, but now more in agreement with BEEB on it arriving 24-26. Norwegian Met Office going for a very sharp period 25-27, with double figure frosts in my area.
On 19 Dec 2022, Fred wrote:
Watch the models, look at the growing support for a switch around Christmas Day. Get the winter forecast, Piers is very approachable….I highly recommend it. Bang on so far, even with this current mild incursion.
On 18 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Took off the mukluks and put back on the flipflops.. not :) 13⁰ but feels like 6⁰ @ 11.37pm So the ice has retreated and the great wet is back with a lil wind for the time being. Let the battle commence, I'm not subscribed at the moment but I'm beginning to think I should be, though with the way we are being squeezed with the narrative right now I may have to rely on my weather instincts. Going to be an interesting winter for sure. Will also be interesting to see how improved satellites speed up the mainstream forecasts and improve overall accuracy and maybe even allow for earlier preparedness, I guess its watch this space !-)
On 18 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30 but quite a change in the air with a strengthening S’ly wind, trees beginning to drip and temps gradually rising to 4˚ by 8.30pm, gentle melt but still quite rapid with only big heaps from off the tunnels and some slippery patches remaining by evening.
On 18 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
It's almost funny watching the oscillations and gyrations of both GFS and the BEEB forecasts for the Xmas period.
GFS going for quite an extensive outbreak of Polar Maritime air from Friday onwards whilst the BEEB flutters and procrastinates.
On 18 Dec 2022, C View wrote:
I see there is a Sunday paper headline warning again of power cuts and having a go at the UKMO
for underplaying the cold snap which meant insufficient gas was stocked up prior to the cold snap. I saw one forecaster deliver the line “ of course with a warming climate we don’t expect to see these sort of temperature “ at the start of their forecast. If you are held hostage by modelling. that denies reality then you will always get it wrong. As a wise person once said “ it’s hard to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it”
On 17 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Continued cold and frosty since last post, a slight thaw for a time last night with a short shower or 2 followed by a re-freeze that made this morning slippery as in every direction, some huge frost ferns on the car window really beautiful but everywhere was treacherous with black ice, thaw began with slightly milder temp with some nice winter sunshine for a short while, by afternoon I was able to get water from a tap attached to a shed and get fresh water in all the drinkers and stuff washed out. Ground still frozen in parts.. Yes Paddy hopefully a good clear up of bugs we don't need in the garden and the mealworms too :))
On 17 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, cloudy but quite bright, light & cold SW’ly breeze, some good sunny spells in the forenoon, cloudy afternoon with a max of 1˚, nice sunset though and -2˚ at 8pm. Temps set to rise tomorrow with a strong SW’ly wind and heavy rain by evening and Monday temps up to 11˚, that’ll make for a lot of water floating about.
On 17 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Alistair ( Yorkshire ) Aye standard models highly variable regarding distribution of cold/mild air over the Xmas. Had 10cms of snow here yesterday with hard frost overnight and below freezing most of the. Still clear and frosty here at almost 8PM. Tomorrow looks miserable with potential flooding by Mon/Tues.
On 17 Dec 2022, Alistair wrote:
Wet and drizzly here on the East Coast of Yorkshire. It looks like the mild spell has come a few hours earlier than predicted. I'm not sure what is going on up there at the moment. Yesterday they were saying that it would be mild for two or three days . But the models at least now seem to be predicting the mild weather to last right up to Christmas. They do seem to change their minds very quickly. I think I'll just look out of the window at the end of next week and wait and see.
On 16 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-6˚C at 7.30, light W’ly wind gradually turning into the SW, cloudy start but good periods of sunshine during the morning, clouding up by midday with temps very slowly rising to give us 0˚ at 9.30pm. Change appears to be in the air for a warmer spell, max for Monday forecast at 11˚; it’s been a good frosty week though for killing all sorts of bugs in the soil.
On 15 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, a little more overnight snow, less windy than yesterday, another sunny day, max temp 0˚, clear starry night, .3˚ at 10.30pm.
On 14 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-3˚C at 7.30, about 10cm of new snow overnight, less cold but fairly windy from the NW, bitingly so in full exposure, another sunny winter’s day with a few snow showers but nothing major, 0˚ at 8pm. == Maria, same here: the last winter with major snow was 2010/11 when our big double tunnel collapsed.
On 13 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Having a cold/man flu in the cold is not fun :)) I usually love crunching around the frost in my snow boots early in the morning
but this last few days especially the cold whilst out feeding animals is painful in the head and can't wait to get back indoors after. Makes me think about people that have no choice but to live & sleep in these conditions and that makes me man up. The last time we had icicles hanging off our roof on the north side of our lil house was back in 2010 slightly warmer tonight -2/-3 at 11.20pm yellow low temp warning back to amber again forecast for wed. night. Like Ron said met uncertainty re Sun. onwards..
On 13 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-8˚C at 7.30 under a crystal clear sky, light NW’ly breeze, cloud moving in by midday, followed by a very intense snowy 1 hour that gave us an extra 1 cm of fresh stuff, have to watch our step as it is very icy underneath, max temp -2˚, down to -3˚ by 8pm under a clear sky again, lots of snow forecast for tomorrow, perhaps that’s why it’s less cold tonight.
On 13 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
BEEB now admitting that the mild spell on Sunday will be short lived and we;ll be back in polar maritime air by Mon-Tues. GFS going for quite a sharp incursion of PM from 21st.
On 13 Dec 2022, Fred wrote:
The beeb won’t go beyond 20th because they haven’t a clue. Piers does, folks he’s been right up to now…I mean very right bearing in mind the lead time its been incredible. Get yourselves a Xmas prezzie and get the forecast…..
On 12 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-7˚C at 7.30, we haven’t had this for at least a decade, barely perceptible NW’ly breeze, sunny all day from the start, max temp -3˚, clear starry evening, -6˚ at 8pm. Some of the snow has melted, our paths and tracks look pockmarked and are very slippery in places. == Ron, when did you last have temps like this?
On 12 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Minus 11C here last night and looks like another chilly one tonight. GFS forecasting a return to Polar Maritime on 20-22nd after a milder spell from Sunday, but current run stops there, Beeb still not mentioning beyond the 20th.
On 12 Dec 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Woke up to a covering of snow in NW London. Not as much as seems to have fallen in East London suburbs, but still makes for a nice white vista.
On 12 Dec 2022, M Lewis wrote:
SNOW and ICE cause UK Travel Chaos!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-63940636
On 12 Dec 2022, M Lewis wrote:
The UK National Grid has asked DRAX to fire up the coal power stations!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63940390
On 11 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
A continuation of hard frost and ice around, no snow showers here and despite some nice winter sunshine at times any thaw has been minimal, putting water drinkers inside chicken shed has paid off to save dealing with completely frozen ones and hosepipe inside greenhouse has worked too as turned off all outside hose points just incase. Frozen spider webs do look pretty as too the landscapes around, I believe some parts of the country have seen snow here.
On 11 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, quite still with only the slightest NW-W’ly breeze, cloudy but brightening up by late morning, fairly sunny afternoon with a max of 1˚ but the ground never thawed, clear moonlit evening with -3˚ at 8pm. == Ron, we a r e in the coastal strip, approx 3 miles from the sea as the crow flies, so we did have rain some of the time yesterday.
On 10 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
GFS and Beeb all over the place after the 18th with, a mild spell near Xmas, but then changing back to a colder prediction and now going for mild again. Didn't see anything about rain in your area Paddy apart from coastal strip. Photos on Facebook showing snow scenes from the upper Dee area. Just a dusting here and only a slight covering above 500 metres. Both models going for a sharp spell this Sunday and renewed arctic blast from Wed.
On 10 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, winter wonderland slowly melting away as frequent and sometimes heavy sleet and snow showers came in from the relatively warm sea on a strong NE’ly wind during the morning, max temp 2˚, some breaks in the clouds by evening and still a few showers, 0˚ by 8pm. There was more snow further inland and also in the North.
On 09 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, NW’ly wind, snow showers until about 10 followed by a bright and quite sunny day, temperature was the same all day here, about 1˚ in town, frost never left, bright moonlight tonight, still 0˚ here but actually feeling slightly milder, the forecast is actually saying rain later in the night and quite wet tomorrow, if true this will have been a short winterlude.
On 09 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
GFS and the Beeb models can't make up their 'minds' about the 'Xmas mild' but some agreement about the current cold period lasting until the 17/18th
On 08 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, roughly 5cm of snow on the ground which appears to have fallen early this morning, light NW’ly wind which occasionally gusted a bit more powerfully, quite sunny after about 9.30, max temp 1˚, quite windy by 8pm but still only 0˚ by then, lovely full moon close to Mars. So we got proper snow after all, but it did melt quite a bit during the day.
On 08 Dec 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
West Sussex 1200hrs 8/12/22
West wind blowing, 1deg. C, wonder if the wind direction will bring snow. No Easterly at the moment.
On 07 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Frosty foggy start today, I'm sure our son was trying to get stuck in as his skill at defrosting our gate re-frosted it and then the cool water I said to leave by the car until I got it running he chucked over the screen before I got there and a pickaxe would have been preferable to the scraper !-) roads not too bad on the way to school, good job we only have lil cold snaps we def. not Alaskan trained :) Some nice winter sunshine today though still frost on the northern side of our place all day max 3-4 deg -2 at 9.48pm
On 07 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30 and for the whole day, cloudy but with a good number of sunny breaks during the morning, cold NW’ly wind, cloudy after midday, snow showers starting up after 3pm but not amounting to much, more showers in the evening and accumulating to about 1cm depth by 8pm with 0˚ by then, not exactly our-children-won’t-know-mageddon just yet.
On 07 Dec 2022, claude wrote:
our warm summer continues with more rain than normal,farmers are cutting and baleing their baleage same day before it gets wet,by the next lot of rain ,def not good for haymaking..
this morning temp is down to 8,with scatered high cloud,and calm
On 07 Dec 2022, ron greer wrote:
So far, no snowmaggedon, not as cold as the Beeb have been warning and it looks like from GFS that the 'Xmas mild' will turn up almost as usual. Lots of cold air to the north though and winter is yet young.
On 06 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
2⁰c to start early this morning a few brief sunny spells by late morning but mostly cloudy with a light wind max 6⁰c dropping cold by late afternoon, made some good chicken stock this morning so rustled up a hot and sour soup to warm us up. Cold tonight with a beautiful halo around the moon. Paddy, blueberry jam sounds good, I've made strawberry and raspberry jam before so I'm looking forward to hopefully enough blueberries in the future to make it. Fresh homemade bread and jam 😋
On 06 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a stronger NW’ly breeze than yesterday, quite sunny from about 9.30 - 3pm, max temp 4˚, wind picking up somewhat, the nearly full moon was visible late afternoon, rain by evening, 1˚ by 8.pm. Still yellow snow warning for tomorrow and now Thursday as well. We’ll see how much of that will materialise.
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On 05 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, light NW’ly breeze, cloudy but intermittent sunny intervals mostly during the morning, max temp 3˚, cloudy afternoon with a few light showers, clearing up by evening, great moonlit scene, 1˚ at 8pm, definite change in the air today.
On 04 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, cloudy with a fresh & cold E’ly wind, striking rays of the sun through cloud openings in the SE at first, frequent blue sky holes in the clouds along with frequent showers. == Maria, wild blueberries or blueberries as they are called in Scotland, taste different and likely have more active ingredients than the American ones and jam made from the wild native ones has a stronger flavour.
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On 04 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Today was mostly cloudy with a little short spell of sunshine later in the day, temps declined from around 7⁰ to 3 slowly during the afternoon with that feel of winter in the air, had the chicks out in a
moveable pen for a couple hours but by 3pm it was cold enough to put them back in their indoor pen. Yeah Ron it has been too wet here too this Autumn, I love some rain but prefer it when its dry enough to be outside even if it's cold it beats the rain running down your neck too often.The weather is beginning to look interesting, will the cold flirt with us and get beaten back by the Atlantic or will we get some more entrenched cold, there is possibility arising, I'm sure you and Paddy are in for winter first though. Also do wild Blueberries taste nicer than regular Blueberries? I've heard before that they are healthier for you..
On 03 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, cloudy but brighter than yesterday, sun almost visible in the SE at the beginning, cold SE’ly wind all day, max temp 6˚, holes in the clouds showing some hazy blue sky and a few stars in the evening, 4˚ at 8pm. The SE’ly makes me think it could be the first sign of a beast from the east but that’s just a guess.
On 02 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, another dull and drizzly morning in a light SSE’ly breeze, drier but consistently grey in the afternoon with a max of 7˚, 6˚ by 8pm. == Ron, they’re mair blue than blae as they are the tall American variety :-).
On 02 Dec 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Maria, no real winter yet and it's been WET. look like a dramatic change from today onwards. Standard models unsure about cold severity and snow amounts. Could be interesting if a low develops in the polar maritime air stream
All the best with the Blaeberries, Paddy
Ron.
On 01 Dec 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, grey and drizzly with a light S’ly wind, dry by midday and brightening somewhat, 6˚ all the way through 10pm. == Ron, thanks for that advice, I might try both the ericaceous compost & the pine needles, we have an abundance of the latter in our forest. Maria, they were in pots when we got them and had been standing around for a couple of years before that. Hadn’t heard about removing flowers from newly planted apple trees before.
On 01 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Ps Ron how ye doing these days? What's the weather at, any snow yet? 👀 :-)
On 01 Dec 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
This week the weather has been around 6-10 deg. A mix of cloud with the odd sunny spell cool and mild up n down, Monday was chilly fresh.Tuesday less so Wednesday milder today mild with underlying chill, like I thought it was mild whilst processing last 2 turkeys until I realised my feet were freezing in my boots, need to dig out the hiking socks soon. Thanks Craig, you are right about education too, I was only saying to my partner that night b4 you posted how lacking in practical life processes education is these days & you would think there was more interesting information to learn than the same narrative we were taught :) Paddy yeah you could pot them up though I'm sure with top dressing & feeding they will pick up, I didn't realise like I did with the apples this yr I should be picking the flowers off blueberries the first couple of years oops!-) Also after a few yrs old lightly pruning & the dead wood is good too they say. So quick ? can I let my apple trees fruit next year yr 2?
On 01 Dec 2022, Not supplied wrote:
PADDY: most Vaccinium plants have shallow rooting systems so getting the top layer of the soil right for them is a key point. These days using peat is disparaged, but a periodic top dressing of ericaceous compost is enough or a mulch of conifer needles if you require a lower cost, larger scale system.
On 30 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, grey all day also in a light S’ly wind, very humid but no rain.
On 29 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30 and quite still, I had occasion to be out in the car by 6.30 and the thermometer read -2˚ at the bottom of our hill. Great sunny early winter day with a max of 3˚, frost persisting in shaded places, tonight open ground is quite hard under the starry sky, 0˚ again by 8pm.
On 28 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with a light SW-W’ly wind, tuning quite sunny by mid morning and for the rest of the day, max temp 7˚, cooling down considerably by evening under a clear starry sky, we had some mist on our hill and I had to scrape ice off the windscreen when going out around 7pm. Driving up the hill by 9pm the car thermometer read 0˚, 2˚ on our own one at the back of the tunnel, looks like it could be white tomorrow morning. == Maria & Craig, thank you for your advice/stories. This is exactly where we went wrong, i.e. soil not acid enough. We got the bushes in plastic growing bags from a commercial grower (in tunnels) who was changing variety, I even wonder whether we shouldn’t put them back into pots so that we have total control over the soil composition. This is beginning to get like Gardeners’ Question Time, except that our survival might well depend such skills in the not too distant future.
On 28 Nov 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Craig - my experience in NW London this year was that pretty much all fruit were very good - cherry, plum, pear, but especially apple. I think we have a microclimate here as we don't seem to get frosts which others do two miles away. Autumn crops have been miraculous, particularly sprouts, cabbage, turnip, winter radish, maincrop potato. The celeriac and swede which survived the drought did well. I just planted three fruit trees last week at the allotment. Peas and beans were rubbish this year, but spring and autumn was very good.
On 28 Nov 2022, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Our blueberries were doing the best ever, last year's being victim to our resident blackbird couple (a favourite of theirs despite much else on offer), but despite being in very large pots succumbed to the summer heat and lack of soaking skies and lost their sweetness there and then. I top up the dressing with coffee grounds and for our heather which was happier than many a year. We have plenty berries frozen at least but nowhere the bounty we could have had. Apples were poor by virtue of the spring cold, but the limited fruit was fine. In other years our varieties held us in good sted. Overall tho berries did very well. Having a shift around for next year including putting things in the ground. We have to cope with both extremes as most here have known for years, maximising and making opportunity where we can. The time for Victory Gardens, sharing knowledge is vital. There's a lot of basics missing from education, which is why so many fall for weather hoaxes.
On 28 Nov 2022, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Good to you all! Firstly Maria, lovely to see you back & glad the babies are doing well. Ron, stop lurking 😉 === As we have discussed on here so much over the years, when there's floods expect droughts to follow & when there's droughts expect floods! Speaking of which. The rains returned mid to late Aug contemporaneous with our sun spluttering rather than going with the concensus of surging. On twitter there's been discussion querying if is this possibly the first peak of sc25, coming as it is ~11yrs after 2011's? Either way as the sun has splutter so has the skies. It's been on & off mostly son the ground is nourished with weeds yielding which is useful because they've gone bonkers. I had the last cherry tomato at the beginning of the month. 2 frosts in Sept, the only other last week. The ground is workable where in early Aug a pickaxe bounced. Things are rotting down nicely, hastening jobs I couldn't complete in summer, as it would with 4.5in this month so far. 3 is av.
On 28 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
the end of the first row of 4 so fingers crossed more fruit in years to come (they tasted great our littlest let me try 4 this year:) Planted 3 dwarf apple trees last Autumn too and removed this years blossom so really excited about first apples too if the weather & children allows !-)
On 27 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Yesterday was very mild & breezy with occasional scattered drizzly showers but on the whole mostly dry enough to work outside and still enjoy it with the rain returning late afternoon, max 11-12⁰ Today after a damp start it was quite sunny with some beautiful blue sky for a short time and cooler air by this afternoon, nice day to play outside with the kids. 6⁰ tonight with starry sky. Paddy, yeah Ron is right plenty of ericaceous compost, when I made the bed for the blueberries last autumn I mulched the bed first with a really thick layer of soil that I had dug out from a pathway that we edged our grass with containing all our leylandii clippings from one hedge and leaves from trees nearby, deep down under composted from years of trimmings is some amazing soil, I mixed in a lil plain wood chip topped with some shop ericaceous compost and planted them in that and lastly mulched with leaves, fed them in the spring, not lots but we got fruit off all 4 so just planted 2 pink on
On 27 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, the strong S’ly overnight wind having abated it was quite calm, sun rising above the N Sea clouds soon enough to give us a pretty sunny & dry day with some clouds, clouding over properly by evening with some light rain, 8˚ at 8pm, again feeling mild.
On 26 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, grey & windy from the S all day, quite blustery by afternoon, dry but very humid most of the time, rain by 9pm & 9˚, feeling very mild. == Thanks Ron, I’ll try that.
On 26 Nov 2022, ron greer wrote:
Paddy, give your Vaccinium plants a good top dressing of ericaceous compost.
On 25 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30 with a fresh & cold SW’ly wind, mostly cloudy in the morning, sunny afternoon with amazing winter sun and a max of 7˚, clear early evening but then cloudy again & less windy, 4˚ at 8pm. == Maria, we have been given a couple of blueberry plants which we put into our veg tunnel because they were throwouts from a professional grower, also in tunnels, but they have not done very well, lots of foliage but not much fruit, so I’ll be interested how you get on eventually. I know they like acid peaty soil, so that’s maybe where we’ve failed.
On 25 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
The last week has seen a good amount of rain again, some wind at times with showers quickly moving into dry sunny interludes, took advantage of a drier spell yesterday to get raspberries planted and a couple more blueberry plants in, felt cold in the wind but today milder again although the 8deg tonight feels more like 3 deg. Hopefully less rain next week..
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On 24 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, strengthening SSW’ly wind, a couple of hours of bright sunshine and then clouding over from the SW, max temp 8˚, staying dry until around 3pm, then some beefy downpours until about 5pm, after which it dried and cleared up to give us a starry evening, still 6˚ at 8pm, so maybe no frost tomorrow.
On 23 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, cloudy and dark, strengthening S’ly wind which only died down by evening, dry until midday when we had a couple of hours of heavy rain & then brightening up for a short while but staying dry, max temp 8˚, a few stars between the clouds by evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 22 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with occasional glimpses of the sun in the morning, light wind from variable directions, max temp 8˚, showers setting in from midday and turning into a long heavy downpour in the afternoon, brightening up from the west only by late afternoon, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 21 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30 after a clear night, surface of the ground frozen, ice on puddles and waterbutts, light NWly breeze even though the clouds were moving in a SE’ly direction, quite sunny for a couple of hours but then heavy showers started up and kept going all day, 3˚ in the afternoon, 6˚ by 9pm.
On 20 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, raining hard in a light SW’ly breeze, going on until around midday when we finally had some brightness again as the clouds parted, max temp 8˚, sunny afternoon with amazing high towering cumulus clouds over the sea, clear starry evening, 2˚ by 8pm and frost on the car roof, but more rain forecast for tomorrow.
On 19 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Yesterday was breezy & cold with sunny spells and occasional showers temps 6-9⁰ felt wintery in the & air more so today after a good widespread frost with -1 Today scattered showers after a bright morning and just feeling chilly all day. 1 - 6⁰ forecast for tonight. The chicks are getting good feathers now after almost 4 weeks but they were all half out with their butts under their brooder heat plate this afternoon!-)
On 19 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚ at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, overcast and still a strong SSE’ly wind, though not as wild as yesterday, occasional showers and feeling raw in the damp air, still showery by 8.30pm.
On 18 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30 and for the rest of the day, another wild one with a non stop SE’ly gale and some very heavy downpours in the morning, less and lighter rain in the afternoon. A less wet day in prospect for tomorrow but forecast max temps dropping.
On 17 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
The last couple of days have been dry mostly and chilly a light frost last night with an almost frost the morning before, refreshing after all that rain, nice starry sky tonight and cold 4 deg at 9.11pm
On 17 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight rain, very strong SE’ly wind which blew all day, frequent heavy showers throughout the day with a max of 9˚, still raining now at 8.30pm, 8˚. Yellow rain warning for tomorrow, amber warning for Saturday.
On 16 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light SSE’ly wind that strengthened gradually, max temp 9˚, showers from late afternoon onwards, quite blustery by evening with some heavy showers, 8˚ at 8.30pm, quite a bit of rain forecast for the night.
On 16 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Mostly dry today, lovely start cold air some mist but beautiful sky as it started to get light, the water temp outside stinging the hands so winter is coming despite the milder autumn. Some nice sunny spells, remained dry and then short showers on our way home, brightened up again so jumped out and walked the last 40mins had a lil jog but roads very slippy with grease from leaves and such so walked remainder soaking in the cirrus clouds and scenery around. Max 10/11⁰ around 4/5⁰ tonight.
On 15 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strong SE’ly wind, dry morning with even a bit of sunshine around midday, heavy rain setting in by 2.30 and lasting into the evening, dry after 9pm, 9˚ at 11pm.
On 14 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
We averaged a few deg. warmer this weekend not quite the hype, but it was welcome mild dry respite by morning to be outside and then disappointment with some showers by afternoon Sat. Fairly heavy rain especially Sunday afternoon when the pattern repeated though the sunny spells Sunday morning were quite nice, warm almost for a short minute before cloud stopped play again. Breezy also. Today was a surprise as I expected wind and rain earlier but actually the day held out dry until early evening so was great to get a Raspberry bed ready for plants to go in, temp dropped right off just before dark and the wind is blowing a hoolie, still good for the grid the next bill should be cheaper :))
On 14 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast & grey all day with a fresh SSE’ly wind but no more fog, max 11˚, down to 9˚ by 8.30pm.
On 13 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Saturday 12th: 7˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light SW’ly wind, brightening up by midday and followed by a very sunny afternoon with a max of 13˚, fairly clear evening, 9˚ at 8.30pm.
Sunday 13th: 10˚C all day, foggy all day, fresh SSE’ly wind all day, the end.
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On 11 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, drizzle for a couple of hours, still quite windy, dry for the rest of the day with a couple of hours of sunshine around midday, grey afternoon, 15˚ at 7pm and 14˚ at 8pm, one of the warmest November days I can remember.
On 11 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Tropical.. well almost @ 11 - 15 ⁰ mild windy with showers :)
On 10 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a strong SW’ly wind which kept going all day and is still blowing now at 8.30pm in 14˚, amazingly mild and no rain. == Maria, the cucumbers were kept since the middle of October when we pulled the plants out, and managed to remain firm, hence the apparent miracle :-)
On 09 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
A bit chilly early this morning, some nice blue sky quickly emerging out of the grey, even before coffee the washing had to go out as I could see the promise of sunny spells, might have been achieved quicker if had been done the other way around. The morning stayed dry enough to prep 2 of the 4 Turkeys for winter, a sad but necessary journey. SW'ly breeze all day some scattered showers in the early afternoon and again by evening. 8 deg at 9.30pm.
Paddy.. Cucumbers still..that's amazing ours finished around the middle Oct. We on our last bowl of tomatoes too :( :)
On 09 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, still and cloudy but quite bright, then turning into a really sunny morning with a fresh SW’ly breeze; again, working in full sunshine made us sweat, max temp 10˚, cloud moving in by afternoon, no moon out tonight, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 08 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, quite a bit of overnight rain again, overcast with a fresh SW’ly wind which beefed up quite a bit for most of the day, a few moments of sunshine during the morning but otherwise quite grey and windy, max temp 11˚ and thus still feeling mild, 8˚ at 8pm. We ate our last cucumber tonight along with some tomatoes on the vine that we had taken into the house from the tunnel still quite green about three weeks ago, putting them in with apples did the trick to make them nice and red; this is not bad for early November.
On 08 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Saturday 5th was the better day of the weekend some fairly decent sunny spells & dropping cool by eve. Sun. 6th had the time I didn't have Sat. to harvest maincrop carrots but although the weather started promising it quickly changed to breezy with intermittent showers, wearing my sons anorak & looking like something out of south park I was glad I got a good harvest out of and me off the ground before Mon. 7th as that day was the worst of the wind and rain, really windy around and after lunch time I was surprised we were not included in the yellow warning up on met. Wind eased by eve. Today 8th some nice sunny spells @ times, more of an autumn day mostly dry after morning, breezy some showers again this eve. 8 deg. @ 8pm
On 07 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast, SW’ly wind, light rain from 9 onwards and into the afternoon, temps gradually rising to 11˚ by 8.30pm, still raining off & on.
On 07 Nov 2022, claude wrote:
one has to laugh at the mainstream wally's who ave data to hide the reality when it suits them .The ozone hole grew this year to 26m sq km on the 4/5 of oct, but when aved out from 7 sep-13 oct the size drops to 23m sq km so doesnt look as bad.Now one must ask if they take the ave of sea level too, or just a particularly high tide to uphold their belief that sea levels are rising,and all the other data that is aved to hide the real facts.
lve just begun looking at a hunk of Kauri someome gave me,that they bought from a woodturner who had it c14 dated to 45000+/-y old and strangely the growth rings look similar to modern ones ,wide one with good yrs narrow ones for bad. nature really does go in cycles..so follow the money when it comes to climate change,esp when claimed to be man made.
On 06 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy for most of the morning with some occasional light rain, light S’ly wind, brightening up by afternoon, max temp 9˚, clear moonlit evening, 5˚ at 10pm.
On 05 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C on the thermometer at 7.30 but frost on grass, roof, open soil etc and quite still to begin with, clear sunny start but beginning to cloud over from the SW by 8, light rain between 11 and 1pm, drier thereafter and windy from the SE, max temp 9˚, clear again by evening, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Nov 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Since the drought broke in late August in NW London, we have had over 300mm of rain which has collected in a pail on our back patio (now needing to be emptied as it is full!) If all we were to see at years end were a picture of the grass and the annual rainfall totals no-one would believe that we had a major drought this summer. The eagle-eyed may spot damage to conifers (which are still much browner than normal), but my great hope now is that the rain stops for a week so I can mow the grass one final time before winter, as all this rain has made it grow long again, even at the end of October!
On 04 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, bright start with a light NW’ly breeze, grass frost in sheltered places, another great sunny day, max temp 9˚, a few clouds in the afternoon, 6˚ at 8.30pm. Digging out our chicory today for storing and forcing in succession during the winter, breaking quite a sweat in full sun.
On 04 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Some scattered light showers yesterday to start then a bonus dry afternoon followed, 10 deg. Fixed up and secured down that which was broken by the wind previously, clear and starry night feeling chill around 3 - 4 deg. Today some nice sunshine at times & stayed dry all day so planted some spring bulbs I picked up cheap to brighten up the place next year, cloud increased by eve. Guessing maybe some more rain later!-) 7 deg. This eve.
On 03 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, sunny from 8 onwards with blue sky all day, max temp 8˚, light wind from the SW at first, eventually turning into the NW by evening, clear starry & moonlit night, 3˚ at 10pm.
On 02 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, fairly clear sky and a touch of frost on the car roof, light but cold WSW’ly breeze, an hour or so of sunshine, then clouding over and the wind strengthening to gale force during late morning and keeping on ferociously all afternoon along with some heavy downpours at the same time, brightening up by 4pm but still blowing hard, max temp 9˚, some more heavy showers by evening alternating with moonlight, 9˚ at 11pm.
On 02 Nov 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Mixed day yesterday, the morning dry enough to continue outside a lil breezy, rain by the afternoon and then after a clear starry night this morning started with a huge amount of rain and wind increasing in intensity until a midday lull, the Turkey shelter was destroyed and thankfully all 4 birds were unhurt. Rain continued on and off all day with the wind easing and temps dropping noticeably cooler. Bring on a dry spell..
On 01 Nov 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, still raining after very heavy rain overnight which turned the little stream we have at the bottom of the farm into a raging torrent, it was down to a mere trickle in the summer. Light SW’ly breeze, brightening up after 10 with some good sunny spells, max 12˚, mostly cloudy though and getting cooler towards evening, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 31 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Back to grey dark and wet today some heavy prolonged showers with the temp dropping, around 10 deg. More rain on already saturated ground, worked a short while in the polytunnel this morning at least dry and mild in there and all autumn crops green and vivacious, autumn onions popping shoots now too. Squidged around feeding animals in the rain then back indoors for plenty of green face paint while the littlest tried her hand at being a witch for the first time as shes over princesses now, so plenty to brighten the dull day!-)
On 31 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, quite cloudy with a strong S’ly wind, a few bright spells during the morning but grey for the rest of the day with a max of 12˚, no rain but very humid, 11˚ at 9pm. == Rhys, I watered our potatoes twice, which really paid off, we had a huge crop. Cosmos produces very big tubers but the champion by far was Sarpo Mira with some 7” long tubers, this variety is also blight resistant, it never took off commercially though because the tubers are very variable in shape and size. Our favourite is Charlotte 2nd early. == Maria, we’re also using leaves to mulch some of our beds, a good thing to do to keep them clean and preserve nutrients.
On 31 Oct 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy - one quirky thing I've noticed harvesting maincrop potatoes in October is that several of them look as if they were planted three weeks ago - new sprouts on them! Must have been the two months of drought then finally some rain that stirred them from slumbers. Huge numbers of potatoes but more akin to a first early crop in a way - lots of smaller ones. Still a good weight, but rather unlike a normal maincrop harvest. I'm also harvesting celery two months later than normal - they barely grew between early June and mid August, then they raced ahead in the autumn mildness and rains.
On 30 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Yesterday dry to start with a few sunny periods some showers by midday, the odd dry spell inbetween showers during the afternoon but mostly rained off to the plastic greenhouse max 13 deg. Better today mostly dry except for one shower of rain during the day some nice sunny spells 12-14 deg. Great day for clearing up beds in the garden, leaves really starting to fall now so looking forward to collecting them up setting some aside to compost for leaf mould and using some to mulch garden beds.
On 30 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, cloudy with intermittent sunshine and a moderate S’ly wind, max temp 13˚, cloudier in the afternoon but no rain, 11˚ at 8pm.
On 29 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, overcast at first with a light S’ly wind, sun coming out mid morning for a few hours, max temp 14˚, then clouding over again with light rain at night, 11˚ at 10pm. == Yes Maria, 2nd Dec 2010 was when we lost our big tunnel to the weight of snow, the ridge pole was on the ground.
On 28 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
A lot of rain overnight mostly early hours, around 3 inches of water in a normal black bucket left out on the grass, sounded windy for a time too though rain passed through quickly leaving it mostly dry albeit still a bit windy for most of the day, some sunny spells for a short while earlier in the day, was good at least for mostly drying the washing, cloudy for the remainder. Max 14 deg. Thinking back to 2010 didn't we have mild with bucket loads of rain before the mid/late Nov. cold & snow kicked in. First year I'm actually hoping it stays mild though for everyone to lessen the stress of costs, please dont let us have a repeat of sorts of 2010 that would be sods law..
On 28 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, rain setting in around 9 and lasting until midday, strengthening SW’ly wind to sub gale force by early afternoon, by which time we had bright sunshine that lasted until 5pm, wind abating by then, cloudy evening with openings for the stars, 9˚ at 8.30pm.
On 27 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, overcast in a light S’ly wind which occasionally got a bit gusty, we didn’t get any sunshine but no rain either and max temp was 12˚, very damp overall, still 12˚ at 8pm under the clouds. == Maria, yes, better to be cautious and let them out only when you’re around, that should keep predators at arm’s length, especially in spring when the fox needs food for its cubs and also when there are lean times in winter; whenever we have snow, we see fresh fox tracks every morning. We haven’t kept pigs since way back in the 70s, they really need to be kept well in; good if you have enough land to rotate them, they don’t half dig up & fertilise the ground.
On 27 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Mostly cloudy with a few brighter intervals, 14-16 deg. With a mild southerly wind, we had the odd shower today but mostly dry. Orange thunderstorm and rain warning up for tonight, Piers is it an R period? Only our littlest is having a bad hair day the last 2 days, a couple of turkeys have been trying to get out their fence, hens trying to pull at the cockerels tail all day and even the cats got the hump & they don't even read the news :) in the past days like these used to co-incide with your R3 - R5 periods more than they didn't so was curious...
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On 26 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
We have had some really heavy showers on n off but short in duration, the early hours of this morning a short sharp downpour that sounded so loud I was surprised no thunder with it as a real storm type downpour. Sunny spells for a short time at times too. Still mild 11 deg slightly cooler tonight. .. Paddy, that's a good idea, i'm free ranging chickens in the fence but they could roam after midday when I am outside, we do get Pine Martins and Foxes so a lil cautious. It is great to have room to grow food and has always been a necessity for us but even more so now. We started with 1/4 acre in UK and now just over half an acre here, we have to box clever but amazing what we fit in and grow for the year. My Nan and Grandad were from Spain originally & grew tomatoes and peppers so they had me hooked as a child !-) Do you graze any pigs in your woods or on your farm? We would love a pig but it would be a bit of a squeeze here, thankfully our friend is hopefully raising a pig for us soon.
On 26 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, copious overnight rain again and still going, fresh S’ly wind, brightening up only by midday, max temp 13˚, a few light showers in the afternoon, clear night with many stars out, 9˚ at 9pm, feeling really mild.
On 25 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, nice sunrise followed by a lovely sunny morning, warming up nicely to 12˚ but feeling much warmer in the sun, a little more cloudy in the afternoon, very light SW’ly wind, overcast by evening, 10˚ by 8pm. == Maria, we discovered years ago that by letting our chickens out of their enclosure by midday, when they have finished laying, to roam all over the farm and even into our forest gave us more eggs & happier hens, especially in the winter when greenery is sparse. I think food growing skills (and a bit of land, of course) will very soon be not only all the rage but also an urgent necessity.
On 25 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Sunday some heavy showers clearing to dry spells in the early aft. Still mild. Shower or 2 early morning today Mon. Then dry for the rest of the day with some nice sunny spells, 9 deg now before midnight. Lovely starry night back and forwards watching our first chicks hatching in an incubator in a shed since 5pm, the last time we had chickens years ago we hatched one group of chicks naturally with our hen. Both a lovely experience seeing new life enter the world...Paddy what you said is the truth for sure :) Rhys we are finally improving our grass by moving new laying hens and a cockerel around every 6/7days in a mobile coop with fence.This summer also took on for the first time some meat chickens, they did the grass wonders and we didn't use the amount of feed we thought we would, they taste so much better grass reared too. Now finishing up with 4 turkeys in a separate area to the chickens and they too have their benefits we couldn't believe how well grass recovered & improved.
On 24 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, thick fog, light SW’ly breeze, sun coming out by 10, mild & mostly sunny day with a max of 13˚, brighter end to the day than of late, some stars peeking through the clouds, 10˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, this late mildness is throwing up some quirky things, we still have lots of cultivated blackberries ripening as well as quite a few raspberries that I planted as young suckering shoots in spring; and right enough, the grass has taken off again where it had been quite brown in the summer. The soil is getting properly wet again but is by no means saturated yet, still a while to go.
On 24 Oct 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy - if I could post a picture of our grass on this site, it would be an amazing demonstration that, if you didn't know that we'd had a hot dry summer amounting to drought, you'd think everything was absolutely normal. The grass is now lush and green again.
Of course, the soil still has some way to go to being fully recharged, but the heavy showers the past 48hrs have helped a lot in that regard. Should be interesting popping to the allotment this afternoon to see how this mild wet weather is progressing my cabbages and Brussels Sprouts.
The lesson of droughty years is that trees with root systems crop better than most annuals, particularly if you don't have taps to water with.
Down in the New Forest the locals use the wise approach of fattening up their pigs on the acorns dropping from oak trees. Out in the fresh air, costing nothing, mopping up the excess seed on the ground. All good non-PC carnivorous farming practices...
On 23 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, quite bright until 10, after which time the fog rolled in from the S, wind mostly SE’ly, quite a grey day again with a max of 13˚, rain by late afternoon, 11˚ by 8pm. ==Maria, well said. We have to reorient ourselves completely because life as we knew it will never come back; and I don’t think we want it back the way it was because that was before we found out big time what is really going on. This shitstorm is awakening abilities in us that we didn’t even know we had, it is mentally draining but we also have to learn to recognise that [their] empire is crumbling, that’s why they’re in full frontal attack against us. The next few years won’t be fun but the motto is: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger :-)
On 22 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Another mild day starting with sunshine followed by a small amount of drizzle then dry & pleasant for the remaining majority, around 13 deg... To be real, Paddy the reason I popped back in was to get back to talking about the weather, without prejudice or fear of being oppinionated, the reality of the continuous crescendo of crap ensuing in the theatre of what all of us awakening wonders / human beings can see clearly unravelling, is more than a disgusting disturbing demonstration of cause and effect at its highest and it cannot be countered with aggression or ignorance but being constantly awake and empathic is draining to the soul so to talk weather is refreshing !-)
On 22 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
A mild 12˚ C at 7.30, foggy and drizzly after heavy overnight rain, still at first, light SW’ly wind later. Clearing up by midday, sunny & warm afternoon with spectacular cloudscapes and a max of 17˚, not bad for latish October, still feeling mild with 12˚ at 8pm. == Maria, yeah, still droning on about the weather as if nothing else mattered, but I do know very well what’s going on in the human world, instigated by the motherWEFers.
On 21 Oct 2022, Maria (Ireland) wrote:
Yesterday misty to start with a little drizzle but turned into a good dry day 12deg with sunny spells later. Soggy about the place but was good to be outside, the worst thing about winter is less light hours outside, even my partner he's like oh hello who are you !-) Back to lots of rain today some heavy downpours around 12 deg again.. Thanks Paddy, good to see your still here :)
On 21 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C, foggy, still & feeling mild, copious overnight rain, a few showers during the morning, light NW’ly wind which turned into the S by afternoon when we had a few hours of sudden brightness, 12˚, then going cloudy and dark again very abruptly with quite a number of showers, drizzly and foggy again by evening, very dark, an amazing 12˚ by 8pm. My wife is in Paris just now, 22˚ there after some beefy thunderstorms overnight, underpasses are flooded.
On 20 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C T 7.30, overcast with a cold E’ly wind, occasional drizzle in the morning, dry afternoon with a max of 12˚, drizzle again by mid evening, 10˚ at 8pm. == Hello Maria, nice to see you back!
On 19 Oct 2022, Maria ( Ireland ) wrote:
Some nice lightning and thunder on n off today/this eve. nothing like a good rumble :) Mild for the moment around 12 deg. Hefty torrential downpours at times & looks like some more thundery showers likely yet tonight. We have been fairly lucky with the temps this autumn nothing too cold yet, wetter autumn this year but mixed with dry days too & only one patchy slight grass frost so far this month. Yesterday was dry enough to plant the garlic for next year and leaves starting to fall in the wind now just recently which is good because as much as I love looking at the colours I'd like to chop them up and throw them over the rows of garlic soon.
On 19 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, overcast with what felt like a biting E’ly wind after the hot summer, a bit of drizzle morning & night, but dry and grey in between, max temp 10˚, down to 8˚ by 8pm. My wife is visiting family in northern Catalonia at the moment where max temps have been 25 - 27˚ this week, so she’ll get a bit of a shock on her return.
On 18 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, cloudy start but brightening up to another mostly sunny autumn day, light W’ly wind to begin with, then gradually turning into the NE during the day, max temp 13˚, cloudy evening with a few stars peeking out, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
A mild 10˚ at 7.30, strong SW’ly wind and everything very wet from heavy overnight rain, sunny morning, max temp 12˚, afternoon was showery with many short light showers, no heavy downpours, stars out tonight in between the clouds, 9˚ at 8pm.
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On 16 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, cloudy to start with, a little frost on the car roof as there had been clear spells through the night, but then turning into a sunny and somewhat windy day from the SW, max temp 12˚, a bit cloudier by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 15 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, raining in a strong SW’ly wind, some heavy bursts, but brightening up towards midday, sunny afternoon, max temp 10˚, another pulse of rain again by evening, clearer thereafter, 6˚ at 8pm.
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On 14 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy at first in a light SW’ly wind, brightening up to some spells of warm sunshine which caused temps to rise to a max of 15˚, some heavy showers by mid afternoon cooling everything down, clear sky in the evening with 4˚ at 8pm, frost to be expected by tomorrow morning.
On 13 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, frost on car roof & grass frost in places, bright with very little cloud and quite still, though in the afternoon we had quite a blustery SW’ly wind. Sunny day with some clouds later on, feeling warmish in a max of 13˚, still spotted some passing swallows heading south yesterday and today, cloudy evening with a few spots of rain, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast & drizzling in a light SW’ly wind which strengthened during the morning, very sunny for a short while early afternoon with a max temp of 16˚, then sudden showers for a while, fairly sunny & quiet end to the day, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, a mostly sunny day with a W’ly wind that was not too strong, max temp 13˚, cloudy evening but moon & Jupiter visible nevertheless, 10˚ at 8pm.
On 10 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 6.30, first grass frost under a clear sky with a fresh W’ly wind - we still saw a few swallows yesterday, “our” young ones having left around Friday last week - , very sunny morning but the wind ensured less warmth than recently, cloudier afternoon but then a clear sky by 8pm with 7˚.
On 09 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a strong S-SW’ly wind, only a hint of sunshine at the beginning of the day, still under a relatively warm regime with a max temp of 13˚, wind strengthening in the afternoon, light rain from 5pm onwards, 9˚at 10.30pm.
On 08 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, another sunny autumn day with a light SW’ly wind, max temp 14˚ at the back of the tunnel but much warmer in full sun, calm evening, 8˚ at 8pm. Jupiter right above the almost full moon tonight.
On 07 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, really bright day with a max temp of 15˚ in a mostly SW’ly wind, some big clouds in the afternoon but now showers, 6˚ at 9pm under a clear moonlit sky, Jupiter just above and to the left of the nearly full moon. Mars in Taurus very visible due south high in the sky early in the morning.
On 06 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Wednesday 5th: 9˚C at 7.30, cloudy with occasional light showers in a fresh SW’ly wind, max temp 12˚, drying up by afternoon with some brightness by early evening, 7˚ at 10pm.
Today: 7˚C at 7.30, fresh W’ly wind and an almost cloudless sky, lovely & bright until late afternoon with a max temp of 16˚, somewhat cloudy by evening, moon out, 12˚ at 10pm.
On 04 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
A very mild 14˚ at 7.30, fresh SW’ly wind and overcast with occasional showers for most of the morning, max temp 16˚, brightening up somewhat for the rest of the day, 9˚ at 10pm.
On 03 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Yesterday Sunday: 7˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start, light W’ly wind, max temp 17˚, clear evening, 8˚ at 8pm.
Today Monday 7˚C at 7.30, cloudy with occasional sunshine during the morning in a SW-S’ly wind, which strengthened during the day, max temp 15˚, cloud building up in the afternoon to give us a few hours of moderate rain into the night, 11˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Oct 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, quite bright with a light SW’ly wind, a mostly sunny and warm day with a max of 16˚, so warm that at the end of the afternoon the midges were out in force, clear evening with a few clouds, 8˚ at 8pm. The young swallows mentioned above started flying yesterday and could be seen over the farm feeding & presumably working up flying skills for the long journey. That’s the latest we’ve ever had swallows here in the 30 years we’ve been on the farm.
On 30 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, still dry but with a ripping S’ly wind already which strengthened by the hour to a proper gale, rain setting in slowly from 9 onwards and beefing up considerably until about 3pm when it abated & the sun came out, 13˚ max, sunny & clear end to the day, stars out by 8pm and 7˚. == Rhys, I am of a similar bent of mind, insufficiently au fait but at the same time knowing that [they] will try anything because they can and have the means to do so. As many posts on Craig’s twitter account point out, there have been similar catastrophic events like Ian or the Pakistan floods before.
On 30 Sep 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Some perhaps paranoid US folks claiming that deliberate geoengineering of Hurricane Ian was undertaken by USAF to stall and intensify the storm to maximise the impact. All of course at at time when the Great Reset needs Climate Catastrophe events to justify global autocracy.
Piers: I'm not enough au fait with those technologies to know if cloud seeding and HAARP could do that, and I'm perfectly prepared to believe that it can't.
But if the USA is now terrorising its own people using hurricanes, I think it needs to become a pariah state very very soon....
On 29 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30 with a light N’ly breeze, cloudy start but brightening up during the morning and turning into a beautiful sunny autumn day with a max of 17˚, wind gradually turning into the NE - SE - S by evening, cloudy again but still 11˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast with a cold NW’ly wind, dry for most of the day with a max of 13˚, light rain late afternoon & evening, 11˚ at 9pm, feeling milder.
On 27 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, fairly strong NW’ly wind, dry cloudy morning with sunny spells bringing temps up to 12˚, showery afternoon with some beefy ones into the evening, Jupiter shining bright in the SE (Mars overhead early in the morning), 7˚ at 8pm. We still have a pair of swallows on the farm, which is unusual this lat in September, because they have a late 3rd brood, 2nd one fell out of their nest for reasons unknown to us, and are waiting for the youngsters to be fit enough for the long migration.
On 26 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, heavy overnight showers continuing throughout the day, interspersed with sunny spells, strong NW’ly wind, max temp 11˚, still showery by nighttime, 5˚ at 9pm.
On 25 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind and fairly cloudy but with intermittent sunshine, quite mild with a max of 17˚, short heavy showers around 5pm and remaining cloudy for the rest of the day, 11˚ at 8pm, cooler tomorrow according to the forecast.
On 24 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, quite sunny with a gentle & cool NW’ly breeze, variable amounts of cloud during the day but no showers. Max temp 16˚, feeling warmer out of the wind, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 23 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Quite sunny as we left Crieff this morning but feeling somewhat cooler again, around 13˚ at 9am, visiting friends in Angus where it was really warm with 18˚ but then the heavens opened with quite a number of really heavy showers as we drove homewards, fresher feel, 12˚ at 8pm.
On 22 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen south wrote:
Reporting on two warm days here in Crieff, yesterday was mostly sunny with a good SW'ly wind and a max temp of 20°C. today we had a bit of rain early on but brightening up by midday, followed by a warm and windy afternoon with a max of 18° & a gloriously sunny end to the day. Back home tomorrow..
On 20 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen south wrote:
A much milder feeling day here in Crieff, quite cloudy for the most part but feeling very much milder than fhe last seven days with a max temp of around 17°C in a few sunny & warm spells that allowed being in shirt sleeves, still feeling quite mild by 8pm.
On 19 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen south wrote:
4°C at 7.30, coldest this side of Christmas, but clear as a bell, very slight NW'ly breeze. Setting off for Crieff where we'll be staying for the next few days, amazingly smooth drive with hardly any traffic (gee, I wonder why?), gradually getting less cold as we approached our goal, around 14° by evening, just making it up from the car thermometer. Funny that a week ago we were gallivanting about in shorts.
On 18 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚ at 7.30, overcast with rain off & on until about 10 in NW’ly wind, slowly brightening up thereafter, some glimpses of the sun in the early afternoon, max temp 1˚, more cloud piling in again & slightly less windy, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy but bright with a still fresh NW’ly wind, intermittent showers and sunny spells for much of the day, max temp 14˚, somewhat drier by evening, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 16 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, coldest so far this side of winter, strong NW’ly wind with occasional even stronger gusts, sunny but with numerous showers throughout the day, a few heavy ones, max temp 12˚, sunny end to the day with 8˚ at 8pm. The temperature contrast with the beginning of the week takes a bit of getting used to. == I blithely report on the weather as if nothing else mattered but I’m quite aware of what’s going on and concur with what I find on Craig’s and Piers’ twitter page (and many others’, of course). I’m taking in so much information and I’m also fully occupied with practical work, so I don’t engage in any online dialogue, just stick to the weather.
On 15 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, sunny but with a fresh NW’ly wind that brought increasing amounts of cloud during the morning, max temp 14˚, showers all afternoon and into the evening and very few sunny spells, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 14 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, cold NW’ly wind blowing, quite cloudy for a good part of the day with a long sunny interlude from midday to mid afternoon, max temp 17˚, cloudy end to the day with a couple of light showers, 10˚ at 8pm.
On 13 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and warming up even in the light WNW’ly wind, max temp 19˚, looks like the last really warm day for a while and chances of a ‘heatwave’ diminishing for us this year (last time we had one of those was in Oct 1985 which lasted for 3 weeks, so in theory this could still happen), great sunny day, cloudy evening with 13˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13 ˚C at 7.30,light WSW’ly wind that gradually turned into the W, sunny until mid afternoon with a max of 19˚, showers thereafter, some quite heavy, feeling cooler towards evening but quite clear by 8pm with 12˚.
On 11 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, quite bright with a light and fairly sunny until mid afternoon, max temp 17˚, cloudy after that with light and steady rain setting in by 6pm, 14˚ at 10pm & still raining.
On 10 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start with a light N’ly breeze, warming up nicely to a max of 19˚ out of the wind, cloudier by late afternoon, 13˚ at 8pm, the cooler nights are beginning to arrive.
On 10 Sep 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
The big drought in NW London has broken, with 4 inches plus of rain in the past 14 days, mostly in the past 7. There's still plenty of soil recharging to be done, but this should ensure that the autumn crops, notably cabbage, turnip and winter radish, do really well.
The apple crop has also been really excellent, showing that tree crops are better able to resist droughts than smaller annual plants.
Amazing how what was a brown lawn is now almost completely restored to deep green in under 14 days.
On 09 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, overcast with a fresh NE’ly wind, some sunshine early on but then back to cloudy and grey, no rain though and the washing managed to dry, 18˚ max, cooling down markedly in the afternoon, 13˚ by 8pm, definitely an autumnal feel.
On 08 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, overcast & foggy for much of the day, low swirling clouds producing quite a number of short but heavy showers, max temp 16˚, back to 15˚ by 8.30pm, quite remarkable how long this Low has been sitting above the BI.
On 07 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
06.09.22: 16˚ at 7.30, overcast and foggy in a fresh SE’ly wind but feeling mild, rain off & on throughout the day, temperature not moving except by 10pm when we had 15˚.
07.09.22: 15˚C at 7.30, bucketing down all night and until 9 this morning, ground now properly wet down to the first 12 inches anyway, quite a few roads flooded around Aberdeen this morning, sun coming out after 9 until around 4pm, then cloudy again, max temp 16˚, fresh but not cold SE’ly wind, 15˚ at 8.30pm.
On 06 Sep 2022, claude wrote:
maybe the extra co2 they reckon is around has been condencing into snow.Had a low drop in from the north and collide with a high from the south so theres been a bit of weather.Ski fields got a min of 250mm so ski bunnys can do their thing ,and yest morning we watched a cloud blow thru the gorge area and travel up along the ranges leaving a trail of snow down to abt 300m.looked to be abt 20mm on low parts so melted by afternoon.higher up lasted a bit longer and further along they got a good dumping.had closed the roads across the middle. 2C at airport yest so flakes fell to abt 100m.
On 05 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚ C, overcast & variously foggy with a fresh SE’ly wind but feeling mild all the same, a couple of hours light rain in the morning but dry thereafter, max temp 18˚, still quite foggy by evening, 16˚ by 8pm.
On 04 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, boatloads of rain overnight and still going strong until 2pm, strong SE’ly wind all day, no sun at all, max temp 18˚, foggy evening, 15˚ at 8pm. Great, at last the leeks can put on some girth!
On 03 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, fresh but not cold SE’ly wind, overcast with a little bit of sunshine in the afternoon, max temp 20˚, clouding over more seriously late afternoon, wind strengthening but still 15˚ at 8pm, amber rain warning for tomorrow, won’t come amiss, and a showery week ahead.
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On 02 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overcast and feeling quite mild in the light SE’ly wind, which strengthened from midday onwards, bright & sunny afternoon with a max of 19˚, cloudy by late afternoon, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Sep 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30 but bright sunshine and warming up nicely to an eventual max of 20˚, the S’ly wind putting a bit of a damper on the temperature, still a great sunny day though, quite still by evening, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Sep 2022, claude wrote:
our headline news on rnz Most co2 in nearly a million years. it has to be stated that way otherwise if they said the hottest theyd be shot down cos 1540 was warmer,they just manipulate the news by saying that last year was the 6th warmest since records began ,which is meaningless,cos weve only been here since 1840s.Does any one know how much methane is released when they open up a lithium mine or cobolt etc??since they go on about all the increase in methane.Ozone is made from electic arcing what other gasses are produced?
down to 6 o/n and now a warmish 9 outside with cloud 90% and the promise of rain tomorrow.
On 31 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, still overcast with a cool NW’ly breeze that later turned into the SE, brightening up by afternoon with intermittent sunshine, max temp 16˚, somewhat less cloudy by evening with some stars out, 9˚ by 10pm.
On 31 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
winter is officially done and dusted today,spring flowers and other spring things are finally allowed to be. Any rain now is spring showers/rain and since the forecast is for iso showers we will see what transpires ..had a light frost yestdy then a fine day managing 15c after 18c tues.
On 30 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light but distinctly cool NE’ly wind, some short brighter spells early on but mostly quite cloudy, max temp 16˚, 12˚ by 8.30pm.
On 29 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overcast all day with occasional drizzle, E-NE’ly breeze, max temp 15˚, sown to 12˚ at 9pm, great contrast to the last couple of days.
On 28 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast and quite still, again feeling like autumn but then the sun came out by 11 and we had another very sunny day, though with an E’ly wind off the sea which kept temps down a bit. Out of the wind, however, we got 23˚ max where the thermometer hangs, still quite clear by evening, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
Not a lot happening this week with weather ,spring is in the air and the daffs and jonquils are nearly done.The showers have gone and left some fresh snow on the mtns, just as they begin closing for lack of it ,after the rain washed most of it off. 7C at moment and maybe a slight frost tomorrow otherwise a mostly fine sunny week.
On 27 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, high fog and a cool N’ly breeze, felt like autumn had begun with a bang, but by midday it suddenly brightened up and we had lovely sunny afternoon with a max temp of 21˚, quite still & cloudy by evening, 13˚ by 9.30pm.
On 26 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light W’ly breeze, definite hint of autumn in the air but still turning out to be a fine sunny day with a max of 20˚, got quite hot digging 2nd early tatties Charlotte, one short heavy shower by early evening, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind, quite sunny & warm all day after the cool start with a max of 21˚, down to 14˚ by 8.30pm.
On 24 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
down to 6 today with the cloud blanket gone for a few hrs,before the next front drops some more rain.dont think we will complain or the weather gods might turn off the taps like they have in parts of europe.=yep Andrew some will think its GW and CC,but like Tyler Durden says in a post on ZeroHedge, the weather people will only go back 500y and so he asks what was before that? only temp 5-7 deg C, above what we have now,with 500,000,deaths and carbon was 30% lower. no wonder they wont go back to 1540.If we look round at all the flood plains we had far more rain in the past,we just forget to look at ALL the evidence,and just report someone who has only lived in the area for 20y. and splash the headline '' Worst I've ever seen .''We had a bad drought in 2009 so maybe its time for another and we're getting our rain now.
On 24 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly breeze, rain setting in around 9 & continuing steadily for a couple of hours giving the garden a reasonable soaking, brightening up after midday with temps rising steadily to 22˚, not overly sunny but nice and warm, 14˚ by 8.30pm.
On 24 Aug 2022, Andrew Bevan wrote:
Claude, La Nina and Tonga seems to be giving NZ hell this year
On 23 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast but bright and very damp, fresh S’ly wind, soon after 9 the sun started to come out quite seriously and we had a lovely warm day with a max temp of 24˚, even warmer than that in out of the wind spots, clouding up by end of afternoon with a light short shower, still 17˚ at 8.30pm, nice Scottish summer’s day.
On 23 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
total rain since sundy now 41mm,and not much forecast till thurs.just odd showers.temp 10c at 5am..one funny to look at ,but not for the owner is a pic of a house sitting in the middle of the main road,moved there intact by the deluge of soil and mud,from one of the many valleys inundated by the rain last week. nature can be amusing. have to wonder if the council will send the owner a 'notice to remove'.
On 22 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast & cold with a light N’ly breeze, dry all morning and actually warming up to a max of 19˚ in spite of the clouds, with the wind turning into the S, light rain and drizzle however, from 2pm onwards, then foggy by evening but still surprisingly mild with 14˚ at 8.30pm.
On 22 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
temp dropped to 8 yestdy then climbedup to 15 and now back down to 10. had showers most of day then from abt midnight the weather gods have been emptying the remnants of the Low on us so have had abt 24mm in the last 6hrs,and still raining so will be interesting to see how big the puddles are come daylight .
On 21 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine in a fresh W’ly breeze, many flat-bottomed cumulus clouds for much of the day, max temp 22˚ with the wind keeping it very agreeable, more cloud cover by evening, 16˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, blustery & cool SW’ly wind, short spell of light rain, brightening & warming up thereafter, max temp 21˚, clear cool evening, 11˚ at 9.30pm.
On 20 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
Finally the system is moving off,having dragged down quite a lot of tropical moisture and dumped it in a few spots that arent used to it,because we havent been here long enough to know .so many got 1-200mm others 400mm+ and a couple of mts were above 1000mm of rain over 3 days or so.Hard to keep up with that much rainfall. Even harder to dodge the runoff downstream ,so now its cleanup time again. We missed out again luckily cos we are sheltered by hills and mtns so the leftovers barely got to 40mm,and temps rarely got below 11c and ystdy a H of 19
On 19 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚ at 7.30, sunny and quite windy from the SW but that didn’t stop temps from rising as we had quite a lot of sun in spite of the many clouds racing across the sky, occasionally quite dark but no rain at all and feeling really warm with a max of 24˚, rather more cloud by evening but still dry & mild with 16˚ at 8pm.
On 18 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, milder feel than yesterday, cloudy with a fresh S’ly wind which got stronger during the morning, getting warmer after midday to a max of 20˚ even without much sunshine, the latter appeared at the end of the afternoon for a short couple of hours, then cloudy again and still 16˚ at 8pm.
On 17 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, brrr!, we’ve forgotten a bit what that feels like, especially after last week’s heat, cold E’ly wind that kept going all day and even though we had really good sunshine after a cloudy start it felt cool throughout, no shorts & t-shirt, max temp 18˚, down to 11˚ at 8pm under a cloudy sky.
On 17 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
Another 10mm since yest.unlike other parts that got a few more drops.Nelson is flooding,a bit too much water for the riverbanks .It is always interesting at times like this, to hear the bleating from those who have built, or live on an old flood plain.They try to blame nature rather than themselves cos they like living on flat ground and their brain cant fathom that the ground is flat cos a river made it so. Then you get others that the media latch onto who say theyve never seen anything like it for 20 yrs. Big deal go back a 100 yrs or 200y . wallys
On 16 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, good bit of rain overnight and continuing off & on for most of the day, cold N’ly wind, complete reversal of last week’s heat, 13˚ max, down to 11˚ by 8pm and still windy. Tomorrow looks pretty cool as well but at least the garden has got a decent watering.
On 16 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
0.9mm overnite here,and temp hovered round 12/13c. can hear the rain now but we're not promised much,unlike the Sth Islanders in parts .They are expecting a big one and preps are already in place. At least one school is prepd to close for 2 days in the worst area likey to flood.,Old flood plains dont make a lot of sense to build on,our memories dont go back far enough to make any wise decisions based on where the rivers have been for the last 200 y..A flood plain, is just that. But humans are inteligent.... Not.
On 15 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, distant thunder at 4.30 and some heavy bursts of rain, SW’ly breeze at firs but soon turning into the N, warm and muggy with a max of 19˚ under the overcast sky, cooler by afternoon with wind strengthening somewhat, feeling quite cool by 8pm even with 14˚.
On 15 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
3 outside today,8 yst.and a high of 12..forecast maybe a drop or 2 here later .lots of drops on the S Is west coast where theres some thought of flooding from 3-500mm over the next 3 days esp in hills. This winter has been quite mild and at a mates in the higher country they run their ram with the ewes all year and,so already have lambs. Animals generally know or sense what the next winter will be like,dont they,and breed accordinly if left alone .
On 14 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, quite misty but clearing up by 9 and then wafting in & out off the sea several times during the morning on the SE’ly breeze, quite sunny in the afternoon with a max temp of 22˚, slowly clouding up towards evening & quite overcast from the W by 8pm, 18˚ then. We still have a yellow thunderstorm warning but nothing happening so far.
On 13 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, misty & overcast but sunny again by 9 - according to the Vimtobeeb we were going to have a cloudy/foggy day - so, contrary to expectation it was not the end of summer yet. Very sunny day but with a cool E’ly wind for most of it, max temp 22˚, fairly clear sky by 10.30pm with 15˚.
On 13 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
-0.1 out ,12.2 high yest but a nice sunny day.and ditto today maybe.
On 12 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, sunny all morning with a coolish E’ly wind but temps still got up to 24˚, just before midday, clouds & occasional haar moved in off the sea and that was the end of summer, much cooler afternoon, 15˚ at 8.30.
On 12 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
cold start again today -0.7 at moment 0 yest. some Ac cloud in patches.didnt get above 10 yest but was a nice day. Suzy,its all unravelling enjoy the show.
On 11 Aug 2022, suzy dorset wrote:
Talk tv was talking to a chap called Brian Catt, he was saying the same as Piers that man made globel warming is rubbish and had the proof. So good to see someone saying it without getting rubbished. GBNews has been questioning all this to. Is it unraveling?
On 10 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, cloudy start but brightening up quickly in a light SW’ly wind, really quite hot of our latitude with a max of 29˚, highest temp so far this summer, lovely full moon rising in the SE, 18˚ at 10.30pm.
On 10 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
we had 3mm over the past few days and now the clearer skys have lowered the night temps to 3deg and we can look forward to a few days of fine but cold nights
On 09 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚at 7.30, light SW’ly breeze all day, mostly cloudy but very warm with a max temp of 27˚ in the afternoon when the sun also finally came out, spotted some nacreous cloud in the evening, 18˚ at 9.30pm.
On 08 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚ at 7.30, cloudy but bright start, sun out by 8.30 and warming steadily to reach a max of 27˚, variable breeze but SE’ly dominating and not cool as it usually is from this direction, 20˚ at 8pm, probably the warmest evening this year.
On 07 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, cloudy start followed by a bright day with lengthy spells of sunshine and varying amounts of cloud, light and warm NW’ly wind, max temp 26˚, one tiny shower in the evening, 15˚ at 10pm. Cracking day, more warmth to come.
On 06 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overcast for most of the day with a light WSW’ly wind which made it feel a bit cooler, despite that we still got a max of 19˚, quite growthy weather as the soil is now well wetted, 15˚ at 8.30pm. Out picking wild blueberries today with our French rake device which is now apparently banned in France, huge crop as another indication of the fruit year we’re having.
On 06 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
Looks like we had 11mm of rain ovanite ,mostly since 3am,by the radar pics.temps have been up to 14 and down to 11, now back up to 12.
On 05 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, light NW’ly breeze, cloudy and feeling rather cold, some sunny intervals during the morning but also showers, getting to a max of 19˚ though in the sunny bits, showers off & on into the evening, 14˚ at 8pm. Warmer forecast for tomorrow & the next few days, as per Piers’ predictions.
On 04 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, light NW’ly breeze, a good amount of overnight rain judging by the size of puddles & still raining, sunny morning with a max temp of 17˚, shower clouds bubbling up and by 2pm we had a short heavy downpour and another one an hour later, dry evening with some fabulous cloudscapes in a fresh but not unpleasant wind, 10˚ by 9.30pm & feeling like it would go below that later on in the night.
On 04 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
another day and once more ,town is 9c the airport 7c and mine in the paddock is 5c. but we're all used to false info and only the believers and converted listen to mss anymore..yestdy was a nice spring day mostly sunny and managed 15 .warm in the sun, cold when a cloud floated across it
On 03 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, mild & gearing up to be sunny, SW-W’ly wind, warming very quickly after 9 to a max of 25˚ by late morning, then clouding over with only a few sunny intervals, wind gradually turning into the NE, light rain by 7pm, quite dark by now and 16˚ at 8pm, cooling down again before the weekend.
On 02 Aug 2022, Piers Corbyn wrote:
THANKS ALL especially Craig, Paddy and Rhys for comments. Yes the Climate bandwagon is utterly insane and diabolically dishonest. and my brother has now joined in with them. They're the "Left(?)" cover for Starmer and the New World Order / Tyranny. ==== All please see my comments on main page on the July hotspells themselves as part of the 19 yr cycle. I have to admit I wasn't paying enough attention to that when I first did the July forecast back in April. Nevertheless the noting of the 19 yr signal adds to the evidence that what we see is natural and nothing to do with CO2 produced by man or anything. === ALL! Renewal Subs very much appreciated btw!
On 02 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, feeling warm from the start in the S’ly wind which blew all day giving us a bit of freshness, max temp 27˚, a great summer’s day for us but not so much fun for people sweltering in 35˚, more cloud towards evening, still 24˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Aug 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, cloudy at first with a fresh S’ly wind that kept going all day, brightening up by 8.30 and warming to a max of 22˚, blue sky with fluffy cumulus clouds, stratus moving in by late afternoon, rain starting up by 8pm, judging by the radar we might get a good soaking overnight, 14˚ at 9pm.
On 01 Aug 2022, claude wrote:
Our cold start yestdy turned into a 13 d nice day till abt 5pm when a rogue mini shower said hi.dropping the temp to round 8 where it stayed all nite. a mate was passing mtns yestdy and said snow was down below 800m and had been as low as 500 in some spots.funny stuff snow,when i did obs we had snow on our ridge but not the next abt 5ks away, then next fall they got 75mm and we got none.
On 31 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, grey and drizzly with variable light wind, quite cool but gradually brightening up to a fairly sunny day with a max of 20˚. At 8pm the thermometer read 18˚ but it felt rather cooler than that. == Rhys, we have a similar big apple crop here, happens about every 5 years, and some of the cherry plums (prunus myrobalan) are laden with fruit, wild cherries also but we never get the benefit of them as the blackbirds always eat them, we’re likely to find much riper ones inland quite soon.
On 31 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
while you folk up N swelter we are cool again with yesterdaybarely getting above 8 and a shower or two befor dawn adding 2mm , not a bad day just cold .and today begining at 1 with dew point -0.5 ,so when its briht enough to see there will be white paddocks again. on the 27 the forcast was wet for most of the next week but that has now changed to fine for most so maybe we will just look for our selves each day ,might be more accurate. No doubt those same wallys who believe in co2 being the devil will believe in something else when this warm spell ends and we return to cold. Cold has always been for longer and colder than any warm period
On 30 Jul 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Craig - 2022 in NW London will go down as a year of great fruit harvests (cherry, plum already complete, apple will be stellar), excellent spring and early summer harvests (those things planted out in March, April and May) and a real bummer for anything planted from early June onwards. Even the parsnips, carrots and beetroot are struggling right now.
But the apple trees are laden with fruit, the branches are all bending down - it explains why Kent is the orchard of England but why the wetter west is a safer place to grow annual vegetables which need more water....
On 30 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, S’ly breeze, some overnight rain, mild & brightening up by midday with temps rising to a max of 26˚ but also quite a lot of cloud which brought a few showers, in fact we had a remarkable mix of hot & cooler weather with varying wind strength and direction, wind eventually settling into the N - NE but still feeling agreeably warm by 8.30pm, 17˚.
On 29 Jul 2022, @CraigM350 51N wrote:
We do look on for the driest July on record, with the caveat records means nothing in the grand scheme. As Piers warned us over a decade ago, extremes of heat & cold, lack & excess precipitation were what to expect. I said myself, here, that alarmists were going to seize upon the extremes as proof of the existence of their god (okay I didn't say that last bit 😅). We are not dealing with the sane or the rational. It's a sickness. It's a narcissistic, messianic perversion of self belief. Such is the power of the trace gas deity they worship & fear, it is capable of anti-miracles. Carbon dioxide is the gas of life. Our planet breathes it. On every time scale, temperature leads co2, yet they demonised it because cheap energy is what allowed us to thrive. By controlling co2, they control us. Martin Lewis said 10m or more will be thrown into fuel poverty come autumn. Piers has been howling like a banshee, as he saw what was coming. We were warned.
On 29 Jul 2022, @CraigM350 51N wrote:
We easily hit a record here during the pump & dump heatwave, which thanks to the low dew points & humidity. 28, 36, 38 was the order. The 38 was quite pleasant as the wind picked up in the afternoon. The next day graced us with steady light rain, enough for a few puddles which lasted until the next morning. I really miss the rain, probably as much as the garden does. The lack of moisture at depth has taken it's toll on growing. We never had a autumn/winter recharge & it's telling. Since then the air has stayed pretty mobile, some smaller branches down & an early autumnalesque leaf drop & look to the trees. Temps are flitting between low to high 70s F (21-25C), except today which reached 80F (27c). Nights are high 50s, low 60s (14-17), dew points in the 50s (10-14C). If I'm honest bar the lack of rain it's been a very usable, pleasant summer.
On 29 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, high level fog, light S’ly wind which strengthened later on, sun out by 9 and warming everything steadily to a max of 22˚, the wind taking the edge off the heat, cloudless sky for a good portion of the day, then cloudier again but still pleasantly warm, 17˚ at 8pm.
On 28 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, light wind from a generally SE’ly direction, not feeling quite as cold as yesterday but practically no sunshine, one short heavy shower around 2pm, max temp 18˚, staying cloudy throughout the day, 16˚ at 8pm. Another not very summery day.
On 27 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast & drizzly and quite still, not feeling very summery at all, only brightening up by 2pm but then it got very much warmer to a max of 20˚, light SE’ly wind, 12˚ at 9.30pm.
On 27 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
13 H and 9 o/n L,showers occasionally. forecast changed now to no fine days till at least next sat now.Radar showing patchy areas of heavier rain,slowly coming from NW
On 26 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a cold NW’ly wind though less strong than yesterday, a few light showers during the morning, brightening up in the afternoon, giving us a max temp of 18˚, cloudier again in the evening, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 26 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
And it was full and oerflowing today after more rain yestdy and over nite.13mm.and no real break till next tues..just saw an article where the Greenland icecores show the warm was abrupt in the past and much warmer than now,over the space of a decade both ways so by the time mss has finished with the data it will be much colder than now .haha ,or hidden out of sight
On 26 Jul 2022, Piers Corbyn wrote:
Hi guys. Ive put some comments on main site about the fake claims of so-called man-made climate change and dodgy data and posted a leaflet on climate fakery in all access boxes. Please pass on this information. Thank you. We've also resumed USA forecasts and koaded them for late July to Early August. Thank you Piers
On 25 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, relatively mild & slightly sunny start but clouding over soon with drizzle & light showers but still warming up a little to a max of 17˚, W’ly wind turning into the NW however and strengthening as forecast so we were left with a rather cool day with no sunshine and a number of light passing showers, nothing substantial though, 12˚ by 8pm.
On 25 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
wild windy E-NE weather continued all night ,but not a lot of rain in the system 11mm since it arrived around midday,and o/n temps rose to12.6 at 0600. more rain forecast most of this, and next week.The pond across the road is locally called Lake Sinclair, after the farmers who have owned the land since it was first cleared 100+y ago.Mostly drains away,till only about a 100sqm remains, but ought to be full again this morning,and abt 600sqm+
On 24 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
18˚C at 7.30, feeling warm from the get go, quite sunny but also cloudy and with a strong SW’ly wind, getting warmer towards midday to a max of 25˚ out of the wind, light rain by evening which looks like turning heavier according to the radar, 16˚ at 8pm. Cooler forecast for tomorrow as the Atlantic High will move in, bringing NW’ly airflow.
On 24 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
Forgot to add yestdy the snow on the ranges to NE looks deep esp on those on the Eastern side .looks more on them than the mtns.tho one side of mtns got 12cm down low. 12 Hi yestdy and 6 o/n back up to 8 now with a warm N flow bringing a new Low from the tropics.If the long forcast is right we've got rain for the next week.
On 23 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Back from our break in Highland Pertshire where we had two days of amazing temps, swam in Loch Tay, but as expected, the cooler temps & clouds were back by Wednesday and accompanied us all the way home. We noticed quite a number of big sprinklers in potato fields used by those farmers along the river Tay & others; we’ve also watered our tatties twice so far, might have to give them some more; we have our own water supply, a godsend as everything is desperately dry. == Rhys: most veg planted earlier are doing well though as they had access to moisture then and now have a deep root system. Climbing French beans & cucumber beginning to yield in veg tunnel, toms won’t be far behind. Good fruit year, lots of apples & some cherry plums are also laden, happens about every 20 years, not a business proposition. = Temps today 14-18-15˚, overcast with a strong SSE’ly wind, a little rain at 8pm barely wetting the surface.
On 23 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
Nice day yesterday,then down to 1 o/n,after an 11 high .was only 8 by midday,with a lazy E.back up to 3 now
On 21 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
18mm yestdy,and now back to sunny days and cold nites till tues.2.2 outside and scattered cloud..some snow to abt 800m up country,so skiers will enjoy a great weekend.others will just be cleaning up the mess left by the rain in areas that ought never have been built in. Why do we so often build on flood plains or close to rivers ,then build stopbanks to reduce the impact of our folly. then blame nature.
On 20 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
what was left did arrive and so far 16mm to top up any water tanks needing it,8deg outside and managed 14 yestdy
On 19 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
The rain they thought may arrive last nite has skirted by and now the rainshadow of the mtns N-NW looks to be diverting any rain passed for the next few hours anyway. 8 outside and not a lot of wind.Sth l took a beating last couple of days with 411mm in one place, 267mm in another over 24 hrs ,so little wonder some are trapped where they are and some bridges are no longer crossable and roads cut.At least one river burst its banks.
On 19 Jul 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Temperature in the shade in the back garden in NW London, Tuesday 19th July: 37C.
On 19 Jul 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy - interesting to hear your perspective on how summer 2022 is panning out for Scottish agriculture/horticulture.
Down here in NW London, we had excellent spring/overwintering crops, but the drought and the heatwave is not much good for summer crops. Fruit has been excellent so far (gooseberries, raspberries, cherries, plums) and apples/pears looking good for the autumn.
Does make me understand why Kent is the orchard of England but leeks do better in cooler wetter places like Wales, NW England and Scotland.....
On 18 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen south wrote:
On our way today for a break in Aberfeldy, Highland Perthshire (Hello Ron!), driving via Braemar & Kirkmichael for the scenery, 30 deg C in Pitlochry as well as aberfeldy on arrival, just fab! Won't last of course but make hay when the sun shines as many farmers were doing along the way. == Claude, when we get horeseflies here it means that summer really has arrived, they only appear when the weather gets really hot, relatively speaking for our latitude. I don't know how many dozens I have swatted, it was just a bit unusual to get stung in the hand :-)
On 17 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, moderate to heavy rain until 11, giving the ground a reasonable soaking, warming & brightening thereafter for about 4 hours with a max of 24˚, light S’ly wind bringing cloud back in, muggy & still 18˚ by 8pm.
On 17 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
9 deg most of the nite and very warm inside .N'ly sposed to be all day so wont cool much,then rain for a few days.
Paddy, dont be fooled by odd, weird stuff.I caught a moth back in the 80s from oz,had flown over with a oneway ticket.Remember the Romans grew grapes up your way ,but no one has since,and all the treerings lve looked at, show over their lifetime ,some 700y or more that the temps peak, for only 1/2 yrs,then crash to cold,slow growth,for longer periods than it was ever warm. The stats for one tree,744rings-68y grew 60 Tracheids or more, 361y grew 30 or less.ie 30/y= just over 2/month,60 = 5/mth and this tree has a known bark date so is anchored.Strangely it shows reduced growth, since the industrial revolution, than before.,most do.
On 16 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, cloudy start but sun not long in coming out, NW’ly breeze moving into the S by mid morning, warming up nicely to 24˚, lovely day for a family bbq, clouding over from the SW only by evening with a little light rain, still 18˚ at 9pm. Just got stung in the palm of my hand by a horsefly, unprecedented, absolutely must be global warming :-)
On 16 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
frosty this morning,air -1.4, grass -2.4 clear sky and sun about to peek over the ranges
On 16 Jul 2022, Piers Corbyn wrote:
HELLO GUYS! GREAT NEWS === We've issued a special Mid July to end August Br+Ir update following hotter than expected weather. Its loaded in all relevant places. Please use it and pass on this news. Thank you, Piers
On 15 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast and still a W-NW’ly wind, though less strong than yesterday, one short heavy shower before midday, only occasional sunny spells until it began to brighten up properly by early afternoon, temps eventually reaching a max of 21˚ , but every time the sun was hidden it got markedly cooler, sunny evening, still 19˚ by 8pm at the thermometer site; I always point that out as I only have one thermometer instead of several in different locations to take an average.
On 14 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overcast & cool for most of the day in the fresh NW’ly wind, no difference as it turned into the SW in the afternoon, occasional sunny spells with a max of 21˚ but whenever the sun disappeared it felt cold immediately, one sharp shower early afternoon was all we got, grass in the fields looking really dry & the ground is rock solid, 14˚ at 8pm. == Craig: my pleasure; I keep these records for myself but I’m happy if they occasionally help understanding the whole picture of the BI. Really appreciate the breadth of comments on your twitter feed, I read it every night once I’ve posted this :-)
On 14 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
Well we dodged that one.it came but is sliding down the E side of top of Nth I, so they are used to it now.3rd or 4th this year. The cold following is abt to kick in for a few days. A Hi yestdy of 14 then down to 7 o/n and a bit of rain, 2.7mm since midnight ,most is over the otherside.
On 14 Jul 2022, @CraigM350 51N wrote:
Paddy thank you for your updates. It gives a real sense of how the different air masses cold are pushing through these Islands. Today has been a lovely summer day. High 70s, a breeze & just perfect this evening in the low 60s with movement in the air. Some buildings held the heat from yesterday's low 90s. The next few days are pretty ideal except for one slight issue down south. Rain. We are at one of those periods, as in the early 2010s when the period of deficit is a bit worrying. It could change fast of course, drought usually preceeding or following flood. But crops need sun & rain. I don't want thunderstorms, they're too erratic, too variable over short distances. // Who knows what next week holds in terms of heat records. Keep an open mind to heat because that is exactly what Piers predicted. Extremes of cold, heat, drought & flood.// The Atlantic has been strong but subdued. Hurricane season cometh. Might bring a drop or two our way? 🙏
On 13 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, cool NW’ly wind with clouds drifting in and out of view but with good sunshine in-between which gave us a max of 22˚ by early afternoon, 13˚ at 10.30pm.
On 13 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
Thats the end of the first Low ,now they say another from the tropics is gearing up in the nth Tasman to pay a visit fri/weekend. .Being cold up higher it may bring snow on the NI mtns to catch up to the Sth ones who got a good dumping over the last few days 90cm i one place.we managed 15 yestdy and down to 10 now with shw lurking around.
On 12 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
20˚C at 7.30, definitely the hottest morning this year, light winds from a SW’ly direction, later switching to the obligate SE’y sea breeze, heating up to a max of 29˚ in spite of the clouds in the morning, afternoon was hot but tempered by the sea breeze to an agreeable level, still an amazing 20˚ at 8pm in the area around the thermometer site, cooler in the shade and in full wind of course.
On 11 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, hazy but bright & quite still for the whole morning, staying mostly cloudy and muggy with lengthy spells of sunshine so that we got a max of 28˚ early afternoon, then more overcast again but still 20˚ at 8pm in a mild SW’ly wind.
On 11 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
waking up to a wild, windy, morning, temp 10 ,wind gusting 78k at the airport,light rain. If the neighbours pines succomb to the wind well be without power for a day or so and he'll get a huge bill. They do that here now.One guy got a bill for 30000 cos one tree took out the power. This is what is left of the ozzy system that finally made it across the Tasman.
Maybe the fruad squad of climate science will take notice if we call them by the correct name Climate Science Perverters,since that is what they are doing ,perverting the course of true science.
On 10 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, sunny and warm from the start, heating up to a max of 25˚ by midday, many interesting cirrus clouds but also chemtrails (Piers, your opinion?) spreading out in weird formations, grey clouds rolling in from the sea in the strong SE’ly sea breeze making for a cool end of the day, 15˚ at 10pm.
On 09 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, overcast & cool for most of the day bar a couple of hours of sunshine in the morning, NW’ly breeze at the beginning which then turned into the S, during the sunny spell we got 20˚ but that just lasted till midday, cool & grey afternoon, 15˚ at 8pm. == Piers, the best we can do is make a contribution wherever we can, somehow keep cheerful and smile the bastards into the ground; ‘Cheerfulness gives elasticity to the spirit, spectres fly before it’ - Samuel Butler. They want violence so they can clamp down hard but we’re not going to give that to them. The few of us with our placards on the beach front every week notice that the reactions of passers- and drivers-by are changing.
On 09 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
25mm yestdy/o/n ,so 52mm for the week most of ystdys came with 3 thunderstorms that passed by within earshot.Temps hovered round 13/15,down to 7 now as the S-SE arrives. Showers are not done yet and the forecast isnt wonderful for the comig week.
On 09 Jul 2022, Piers Corbyn wrote:
ALL HELLO. NEWS EUROPE JULY IS NOW LOADED. Sorry for delays. Pass on this news, please, to any who may ned Europe forecasts and ALL SUBSCRIBE ASAP to what you want if you are overdue or realize the need. ==== PADDY yes thanks for comment. We don't know what the new world tyranny is up to on weather experiments but it's undoubtedly bad. Climate drivel is now massively stepped up and attacks on farming in Europe in the name of ClimateChange lies but the farmers fightack is now MASSIVE. See latest. in MARCH4MORECO2 (July23) Telegram Group. ==== Apparently BILLGATES OF HELL landed in UK at a military base on 7 July, the day Boris resigned. What is that about? ==== ALL REMEMBER supporting WeatherAction forecasts helps the campaigns we're doing against the New normal / new tyranny. It's all money! Top thanks Piers.
On 08 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
17˚C at 7.30, cloudy but warm & muggy, some good sunshine in bits throughout the day but always with quite a lot of cumulus clouds and a fresh wind mostly from the NW taking turns with the obligate onshore breeze, this made the max temp of 27˚ (highest so far this summer) more bearable; getting a bit cooler by late afternoon but still 17˚ at 8.30.
On 08 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
The wild weather has arrived and its blowing gustily out there .13mm o/n... temps 12 + and yestdy pm rose to 21. after the first front moved across and the N kicked in .some roads closed in deep S due to snow so will see what transpires today
On 07 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cool N’ly wind & quite cloudy, but by 9 the wind changed into the SW, the sun came out properly and temps rose pretty rapidly to a max of 22˚, sweltering (for our latitude) out of the wind, clouding up again by early evening but still 20˚ at 8pm. == Piers, thanks for your comments, actually reassuring because I have no technical knowledge of electrical weather modification, still evil of course. I remember listening to Lauren Moret years ago, it was she who said that [they] can’t totally control the huge energies involved in global weather but that they can amplify to a degree, by whatever means they have, if an existing system is already going in a certain direction. Doesn’t mean that they won’t try to get better at it until we’re all wiped out. I’m optimistic for us in the long run though, as people are waking up in the thousands and [they] are exposing themselves ever more because [they] need to hurry, the balance is tipping in our favour every day.
On 07 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
The ozzies finally conceded to part, with their current, pet weather system,and it has arrived.with wind and rain.not much of either yet but met say more is coming. Dropped to -1.1 by sunup yesterday so a good frost,and a nice day tillpm when the clouds a.thickened.==Rhys,Piers, ive been watching some current vids on the UAP presence in USA and the thinking scientists are baffeled by what they observe and concluded there are two sources ,one terestial, one ET .The local one,from my obs, comes across as evil,and seems to be the inspiration for all the crap going on, Haarp,,included. .They want absolute control of everyone,and everything.But they are earthbound so not a problem ,except to us humans. At the moment most govts are being controlled and directed by the evil ones.,hence the supression of democracy..
On 07 Jul 2022, Piers Corbyn wrote:
HELLO ALL. Thanks for all great info and comms. ==== ALL See the new updated RHS of home page. It's made some info on the climate con, presentations and vids going back to 2019 more prominent and worth a look. ===== Carry on promotions please. ===== PADDY, RHYS There are new HAARP machines in Wiltshire but I don't think they can do much. The energies involved in a typical weather system are huge so unless a situation is hyper-critical nothing substantial can yet be achieved. (They are experimental and ionospheric in aim. There is a relationship between ionospheric electric currents and the Jet stream but its not simple). As an example of what they cannot do: - Presumably they would have liked the Red arrows fly-by on Sunday 5 June of the Platinum Jubilee to be free of low cloud; but it wasn't so there was no fly-by. They couldn't clear the sky. That having being said their intentions are totally evil and these projects must be terminated. Thanks Piers.
On 06 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚ at 7.30, fresh SW’ly wind, rain from 8-9.30, then dry and warming to a muggy max of 22˚, not much sunshine, wind gradually turning into the NW and feeling cooler at the end of the afternoon, the wind also strengthening, 15˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, I’ve known about the Haarp shenanigans for a long time, I’m not sure what the magnitude of it is but I’m pretty sure they can nudge what exists in nature towards their nefarious Malthusian agenda.
On 06 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
Weve hopped from the pot into the freezer to cool down.-0.5 outside, dewpoint -1.3,,due to the cold E-SE breeze from yesterday. Once again the airport is saying 1, and the city 4.normal for those wanting warming temps.
On 06 Jul 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
The lack of rain the past 5 months means that the pumps down at my allotment site, which stands above a water table near the Colne river, are now only capable of pumping 2 gallons a day, hardly going to be sufficient to cover 185sqm of plot.
There is a real danger that swede, celery, sprout, cabbage, courgette, cucumber, squash, even maincrop potatoes could suffer terribly in the next two weeks when temperatures are predicted to top 30C for ten days straight.
Awfully convenient for the genocidalists this Europe-wide drought, isn't it?
On 05 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, quite cool in the fresh N’ly wind, a fairly cloudy day though with some very warm sunshine in parts and a max temp of 19˚, we felt too hot in the sun and not very agreeably cold under the clouds, the kind of Jekyll & Hyde weather we’ve become used to over the last few years, wind turned into the S by late afternoon and still rather fresh, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
As they say Paddy, your summer is like our winter. 10.5 temp 0600, 13 H yest. 4.5mm rain the ozzy leftovers havent left yet,so are still thinking about whether or not to cross the ditch. Just looked at the sat pic and the cloud is sucking moisture from way N of briz so unless it moves off the coast they will get a bit more water to add to their misery
On 04 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cool W’ly wind gradually turning into the NW, a mostly cloudy & fresh day with some sunny spells and one short shower, max temp 18˚, down to 14˚ by 8pm. Typical July weather, haha.
On 04 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
5.7 this morning, with a Nly due sometime today after the big ozzy bros send more of their leftovers our way. The Tropical cuzzies didnt want it either. They had heard that oz was a dry place, but then the ozzies complained about how much water they got, esp round sydney, so we wait to see how much they left in the tank for us.
On 03 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, sunny with clouds and warming nicely until 11 when the SW’ly wind strengthened, brought more clouds and a number of showers for some hours, 19˚ max in the sunny spells though and when the rain stopped after 3pm it turned pleasantly warm for the rest of the afternoon, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30 but clouding over pretty quickly, light rain by 9 which kept going until 4pm with some heavy bursts occasionally, light, mostly S’ly wind, showers again by evening, max temp 18˚ but no sunshine, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Jul 2022, claude wrote:
""Where have all the others gone,long time passing.""........has everyone got covid again?.Some of us who like weather like to hear how it is in your area too.
was clear last nite but must have clouded over with an o/n low of 6,after a mild H of 15, 9.6 now..-- Paddy ,l watched a TCu one day where the updraught was so strong it was like a nuke had gone off in the cloud and looked so awesome thru the binocs, with just a sheer sided collumn of white cloud rushing upwards.Must have been quite warm on the ground under that area.We used to report the dif cloud direction at dif heights for the pilots.Spose they didnt want to find out at 10000ft the wind was opp what it was at take off,and then from the side at 20000ft.too much excitment maybe.
On 01 Jul 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, grey overcast start but brightening up during the morning and quickly getting up to 22˚ max, short rainy and cold spell after 2pm, then returning to good warmth again. As so often in recent years, when the sun is out it can get hot, but the minute clouds move in it can get quite cold. Winds variable from NW - SE, 16˚ at 8pm. == Claude, no I haven’t but will make a point of it; I like to watch the clouds just over head how they swirl, form & dissolve in a constant dance & sometimes move in opposite directions at different heights.
On 30 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
Gota love those Towering Cumulus clouds ,esp in the distance.Have you ever watched them growing thru binocs. Looks awesome.
13 here O/n then dropped after sunup to 7 with some showers. forecast sunny but clouds winning for now
On 30 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, light rain and quite still, then some heavier rain until 10, after which it dried up and got bright and sunny by midday with a max of 21˚ which even the fresh S’ly wind couldn’t dampen, sunny end to the day with some gigantic cumulus clouds towering over the northern horizon, 16˚ at 8.30pm.
On 29 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, overcast with intermittent rain until 10, cool to cold SSE’ly wind, warming up for a time at the end of the morning to a max of 16˚, dry & overcast for the rest of the day, 14˚ at 8pm. Quite a contrast to the recent warmth/heat, rain most welcome though.
On 29 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
We had your rain Paddy,or some of it .3mm.light rain/drizzle all day,and just like the met said, it cleared off just before dark and our o/n low was 2.4.
On 28 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strong S’ly wind keeping things decidedly cool all morning, dark clouds but the rain never came until late afternoon and then not very much of it, Sunny after midday with a max of 18˚, dry evening, 14˚ at 8pm. Supposedly wet tomorrow, we could certainly do with it, but whether that actually happens is another matter.
On 27 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, cool S’ly wind all day keeping temps down, especially when there were large slow moving clouds overhead, the afternoon was brighter though and quite warm with a max of 21˚, lunch on the patio was ok but by evening it was too cold to eat outside, 14˚ at 9pm and still quite sunny. == Claude, thanks for your info. Coldest we’ve ever had was around -15˚, that was back in the mid 90s, we had just started our cell-grown tree nursery and lost around 5K trees as they are in containers on tables; hottest we’ve ever had was 31˚. We’re about 4 miles from the sea and its moderating influence, it can get much colder and also hot further inland.
On 26 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, very sunny but with a fresh SSE’ly wind that strengthened and kept going all day, max temp 18˚, cloud increased after midday and it felt rather cool in the wind, sunny again later but still very windy, 14˚ at 8pm. The rain in the west passed us by completely.
On 26 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
When we have enough rain in the ground its nice when the met say it will rain, then change to maybe.We will take maybe, happily,and run with the scattered light showers. Gota love this warmer spell in winter grass still growing a little and spring flowers thinking seriously, about life above ground. Been cutting some rouge, sucker poplars and the sap is just starting to move up......Paddy,the coldest lve recorded here is -4 and warmest 32. we are inland but only 30/40 m asl,where as the coldest l recorded at 600m in a wide valley was -7 and the highest abt 32. Depends on amount of wind too, as to how stiffling even 20 can be in a valley.. In the 70s we all had a good suntan by end of august, working in a valley but that same valley was the coldest lve ever been...l can understand in treerings the warm/no winter stop,as being like this winter so far,,just a slow down but no actual stop..Cold/Stops show up as flattened, dark, traceids,some yr, one line, others 5 lines,long cold ones..
On 25 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, quite bright with a strong SSE’ly wind that strengthened and kept going all day, very sunny for most of the day with nice cumulus clouds building up over more inland areas, amazingly cloudless sky with us near the coast for most of the afternoon, max temp 21˚ in spite of the wind, more cloud by evening and feeling markedly cooler, 15˚ at 8pm. == Claude, so what is your highest summer/lowest winter temp then? 27˚ is our recent highest, more the exception than the rule. Being about 4 miles from the North Sea, our temps are moderated by the latter in most seasons, it gets much hotter/colder 30 miles inland.
On 24 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16˚C at 7.30, some overnight rain, cloudy for most of the morning but feeling warm & muggy in the SE’ly wind, sunny afternoon though with a max temp of 23˚, almost cloudless sky until late evening, 15˚ at 11pm.
On 24 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
Paddy your Lows are our Highs these days . Abit warmer start today 4.5 .and the promised rain may just be imagination or a light sprinkle, cloud rolled in ystdy and all the frost was gone by 9am except in the bottom of deep valleys. has anyone informed the Met people that cloud does a much better job of warming the planet than anything else.
On 23 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚ at 7.30, still and sunny from the start, heating up quickly again to a max of 27˚, blue cloudless sky all day like we rarely have, SE’ly breeze starting up during the morning and turning more S’ly later, very sunny evening good enough to have supper outside, still 21˚ by 8pm out of the wind.
On 23 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
.another day is arriving along with its frosty start. -0.5 air, grass -1.3,so when dawn arrives and the sunpeeks over the ranges, to see if its worth getting up, the temp will drop more. we will enjoy the sun,for tomo, more rain is forecast,and the ground hasnt dried out yet.. l can hear the proffs who do dendro, clamering for my skin but l do just the basic max growth of each ring and graph that, and do the same on every bit of conifer wood i get be it a bit of 100x50 old stud from a building ,or an old post,or a branch fallen in the wind, and many of our old fences have posts with 300 + rings..but they all say the same, weather and climate, just go in cycles,governed by that yellow ball of heat floating out there . some really old bits have 1100 or more rings but we dont know much about when they grew, just, a long time before now..
On 22 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, warmest morning temp so far, somewhat cloudy to begin with but then bright & sunny with temps rising fast to a max of 27˚ out of the agreeable SW-W’ly breeze, so that again is the hottest so far this year, cloudy by late afternoon but still very warm, lighter evening, still 17˚ at 10pm.
On 22 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
Weatherfinally gaveusa couple of better days ,probly depending on where you were. l was up the high country and it was frosty but sunny mostly think we got to a high of 6.backdown here its -0.7, gress-1.1 so when it get to be light the paddockks ought to be white since it rained 0.3mm.
If anyone says to you the climate is changing tell them to go read a tree cross-section and see that it has always changed.Just finished dendro on a old 400 ring totara of unknown vintage and all it shows is the climate has cycles. Brief periods of warm followed by longer periods of cold and ask them to find an old tree that tells you different.so enjoy this short time of warm.it wont be lasting long.. The longest warm period on any trees is about 20y and still is broken by cool yrs..and in the past it has been much wetter and warmer than anything now..Tell Science to stop chasing money and tell it how the trees tell it from cross-sections not cores.
On 21 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, quite still & mild but overcast, light E’ly breeze after 10 with the only spell of sun we had today, bringing temps up to a max of 21˚ but when the clouds returned an hour later it got cooler rather quickly and pretty much stayed that way all afternoon & into the evening, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine and practically still but a fresh SW’ly wind got up soon enough to take the edge of what was otherwise a hot day with a max of 22˚, clouding up late afternoon with the wind disappearing, supposedly raining tomorrow but we’ll see whether that happens, we certainly could do with it, still 18˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
our long spell of rai is almost done and shws only forecast along the ranges,but being in the firing line of S E sneaking thru the george we may still get the odd precip. temps managed 8 yesty afte a o/n low of4.4 and a cruel E kept everyone rugged up.4 again this morning so some winter frosts on higher ground.Mt Ruapehu cant make up its mind whether to clear its throat or not so just growling away inside,with a bit more grumbling over the laast few days.
On 19 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast all day with a cold NW’ly wind and occasional drizzle, max temp 13˚, down to 11˚ again by 8pm. Flaming June, haha.
On 18 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, very sunny with a fresh W’ly wind, which blew all day, keeping temps no higher than 20˚ but still an agreeable day, some nice cumulus clouds and feeling quite summery in spite of the wind, 16˚ at 8pm, things are getting quite dry now, just like last summer.
On 17 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, overnight rain, overcast start with a light SW’ly wind that gradually turned into the W and strengthened during the morning, some more rain but not enough to make a big difference to soil moisture, brightening up after midday and warming up considerably to a max of 24˚ by mid afternoon, the wind providing an agreeable cooling, still sunny by 8pm with 20˚ on the thermometer anyway, probably 2˚ cooler overall.
On 16 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, relatively mild with only a light SW’ly breeze which picked up a bit later in the day, quite cloudy with only limited bits of sunshine, still got to a max of 24˚ though, short spell of light rain around 4pm but brightening up thereafter, mild evening, 16˚ at 9pm.
On 16 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
the rain continues with a blob of rain arriving from the west to add to what has already fallen.Temps are hovering in the early -mid teens,as the N-NW-W continue. .The resident low was so large it is taking a lot to move it, before the next one catches up and joins the rain party and shoves any lurking High pressure up N..
On 15 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, some overnight rain, quite cloudy in a light SW’ly breeze but brightening up by 9 to give us a very warm sunny day with a max of 25˚, highest so far this year, clouding over again only by mid evening, 15˚ at 10.30pm.
On 14 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, another mostly cloudy day with a light SW’ly wind, temps picking up during the morning and getting to a max of 20˚ despite the cloud cover, much milder altogether, one very light shower in the otherwise dry afternoon, 17˚ at 8pm, warmest evening temp so far this year.
On 14 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
Paddy ,sorry , Cbs= Met speak for Cumulonimbus, thunderstorms. get used to using abreviations and forget others wont know.Get told off at home, to speak proper english..Our wild windy weather is continuing,not much rain but can hear the wind roaring in the pines up the road.an abundance of snow down sth.1.5m on one ski field so very happy ski bunnies. watertables are high so very soggy ground,with more rain to come tomorrow,but next week is pos going to be better
On 13 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, light W’ly wind of variable strength throughout the day, a few sunny and warm spells but mostly coolish, max temp 20˚ all the same, totally still for a while early evening, so the midges were out with a vengeance, 14˚ at 9pm. == Craig, it is something of a consolation that wet and cold years like 1954 do happen and we survive nevertheless, so even if this summer turns out to be below average, we’ll still come through it :-) == Claude, what’s a Cb?
On 13 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
had a great day sunday,our time,lots of sun but not much warmth ,and was only the lull before the storm.. Most Cbs had been skirting round till last nite they finally moved more N and took out our power.Love it when it does cos you can be ready but never, really ready.. you know where the torch and matches and candles ought to be but in the dark are they???? in our age if LED lighting and every thing has a small light to show its on ,BUT only while the power is on. off its very dark.and heatpumps dont seem to work with no power either..So our temp dropped to 7 o/n and we had 11mm since midnite,other places got flooding snow to low levels roads closed, trees toppled,all the normal stuff with storms .A prolonged storm like this will barely show in a treering,probly not at all, so those thin rings must come from hideously cold wild years.
On 12 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
14˚C at 7.30, feeling mild but still with a fresh W’ly wind that blew all day, max temp 20˚, a few light showers in the evening, 9˚ at 10.30pm.
On 11 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚C at 7.30, very windy from the start, blustery SW’ly, but still a mostly sunny day without the showers predicted by the Metobeeb and with a max temp of 20˚, down to 14˚ by 11pm, wind almost completely gone.
On 11 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
the Met is forecasting 2 more days of Cbs and heavy showers ,today severe Cbs so will see. Had over 20 mm yesty ,temp down to 9 again . Forecast for Snow to sealevel down the lower Sth ls,so ski bunnys will be happy.
Ground so soggy cant walk anywhere without leaving boot impressions
On 10 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
13˚ at 7.30, some overnight rain, feeling milder but the strengthening SW’ly wind was taking the edge off that, a mixture of sunny breaks and cloudy intervals with the occasional light shower, much brighter and warmer afternoon with a max of 23˚, then a thunderstorm with a few rumbles appeared from the west and we had a good downpour in two stages, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 10 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
some have had an exciting few days this week others just normal winter blues. had a 3deg start early on but once the N kicked in nothing below 9 and managed 17 one day. Lots of thunder as front followed front and not finished yet had 20000 lightnig strikes yest in 24 hrs so natures nitrogen fixing service has been active and busy.Some unfortunate ones got houses damaged by small tornadoes and a couple of business's had trees do a burglary act via the roof .One caryard was glad it missed the Ferrari. Not as glad as his insurance co l bet. We only were allowed 24mm so far this week so the soggy ground is now waterlogged,and one skifeild is opening having had a 38cm dumping and more to come. Winter has arrived
On 09 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚c at 7.30, overcast with a light E’ly wind at first, which changed into the SW by midday, foggy off & on but gradually warming and becoming sunny by afternoon, getting to a max of 20˚ by late afternoon but then clouding over and feeling much cooler as the wind picked up somewhat, 15˚ at 8pm. == Craig, yes, blaming humanity for any catastrophic weather is as old as history and usually the speaker apportioning such blame is excluded from it and they carry on much as before, eh Klausie?
On 08 Jun 2022, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Paddy you are very kind. That thread started as I found out the Dec 1954 T7 tornado (we've not had one as strong since) hit West London which I know well. I've popped it into thread reader which makes it easy to view and you don't need to go to Twatter. I won't spoil it for anyone but man was blamed for the many inclement weather events of 1954 by putting things in the atmosphere....and it wasn't CO2 ====
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1533961017188818949.html
On 08 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light E’ly wind but not feeling too cold, rain holding off until midday and not amounting to as much as forecast, max temp 13˚, quite still by evening, 11˚ at 8pm. == Craig, much appreciate the thread you did on 1954 on your Twitter feed, just goes to show that all this “unprecedented” stuff has happened before, with the exception of the tornado perhaps which I presume to be a rare phenomenon in Britain, at least of that magnitude.
On 07 Jun 2022, Not supplied wrote:
After a dry spring where the soil became quite dry and unworkable after being soft in late Mar, we've had some decent rain - not heavy but persistent and regular. Garden is doing great as a result although the bindweed is a conatant battle. Temps have been pretty average but some cold nights and the past week has been cool warranting layers. The dry spring would forewarn a wet summer which if we miss the humidity is fine by me. // I noted the WHO have made climate a health concern, or rather started pushing it in relation to the treaty, no doubt so they can lock us down again in the name of Gaia. I know where they can shove their authoritarian claptrap and the sun don't shine there! // PIERS - Get on Gab they won't censor you there
On 07 Jun 2022, @CraigM350, Berks 51N wrote:
Geoffrye Hood welcome and thanks for your comment. To answer your question, I think your being given fake news. If you go to === http://solen.info/solar/images/comparison_similar_cycles.png === you can see SC25 in comparison to Sc's 24, 12,13,14 & 16. Then look at SC's 21-25 here === http://solen.info/solar/images/comparison_recent_cycles.png === you'll see it's not a major cycle at all, though it's above SC24. Now SC25 may well peak early, the opposite of SC24 which had a higher 2nd peak (2014) compared to the 1st peak in 2011. However, I think it will be similar as it's a completion of the 22y hale cycle so will be like a mirror rather than replica of 24. Basically I'm not concerned. I may well be in the cycles ahead, although if our magnetic shield continues to weaken then the last thing we want is a strong cycle.
On 07 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, overcast, cold N’ly wind continuing, brightening up by 9.30 and by midday the wind had changed into the NE’ly sea breeze but with the abundant sunshine we did get a max temp of 20˚. The garden soil is very dry but that does help with keeping the weeds down, reducing the work load. Sunny end to the day, 14˚ at 8pm.
On 06 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, grey and overcast, feeling cold in the NE’ly breeze, sun only appearing after midday, getting to 19˚ max in the longest sunny spells, wind keeping temps down especially in the otherwise sunny evening, 12˚ at 8.30pm.
On 06 Jun 2022, geoffrye Hood wrote:
so National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) prediction that Solar Cycle 25 will be one of the strongest on record. is on current SSN could be right and that we are not going into Maunder for cycle 25 . I Assume that is due to the theory of two overlapping rather than one 22 year cycles How does this affect Piers predictions?
On 05 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny from the beginning with hardly a cloud in the sky and not a breath of wind until the E’ly sea breeze started up, max temp 20˚, some cloud rolling in off the sea but still quite sunny by 8pm, 12˚. Overall definitely better to have sunshine and put up with the wind than no sun.
On 04 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚ C at 7.30, bright from the word go and really sunny all day, albeit with the obligate sea breeze that kept things rather cool, though we still got 21˚ out of the wind, 12˚ at 9.30pm.
On 04 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
one really does have to wonder how much the official temps would show any warming if they excluded all the temps taken close to, or down wind of any heat source. this morning its frosted and the temp is 0.0. At 3 45 we were -0.7 , now we are 0.4 and the airport is showing 3.0 and city is 5.0 so even if they ave the temp it still is warmer at 4 than the real temp out in the open away from heat sources, that is 0.4 ..follow the money.
On 03 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, grey cloudy start with a cold N’ly breeze, brightening up after 9 to give us an amazingly sunny day though with a continuous cold NE’ly sea breeze, temps got to 20˚ nevertheless, sunny end to the day 12˚ at 9pm.
On 03 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
The rain may have ceased for a couple of days and no one will mind ,still a bit of corn to harvest in very soggy padocks.we got 8mm ystdy and the temp rose to 17 after a L of 8 and now back down to 7.5. Rivers are all flowing upside down ,as we say,full of runoff silt and other junk,due to the saturated ground, un able to take anymore ,so the slightest drops gravitate to low points .
On 02 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and for the rest of the day, still to begin with and then SE’ly sea breeze keeping it slightly cool but we still got to 18˚ max, clouding up towards evening, 10˚ at 10.30pm.
On 01 Jun 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, bright start and turning into a really sunny day with flat-bottomed shower clouds looking threatening but never releasing their load, light wind from a generally E’ly direction, max temp 19˚ but rapidly turning cooler when the sun was behind a cloud, sunny end to the day with a very reasonable 16˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Jun 2022, claude wrote:
the Tc remnants arent in a hurry to leave and teamed up with a L the ozzies didnt want anymore so it is still raining every so often,so the weeks total has reached 19.3 with Cbs pos today ,down the road a bit they got a couple of small tornadoes pay an unwelcome visit with abit of damage.The media are still too focused on rubbish to report real stuff. Temps managed 18H and 12 L so far with cooler SE promised on fri/sat.
On 31 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 5.00, frost on car roof, bright but misty start, 5˚Cat 7.30, cold N’ly breeze later turning into the NE, rain from 10 onwards until 2pm with some quite heavy bursts, sunny thereafter with a max of 16˚, cold wind turning E’ly but sunny into the evening, 12˚ at 8pm.
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On 30 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, rain off & on all morning, some of it heavy, not much wind until afternoon when it brightened up and a light S’ly wind kicked in, some sunshine then with a max of 14˚, down to 9˚ by 8pm under a fairly clear sky. == Claude, we’ve had the same max temp as you, global solidarity? We should have it rather warmer at this time of year :-)
On 30 May 2022, claude wrote:
we had a visit from the remnants of a Tropical storm yestdy and it gave us, here, 18.6mm of rain,warmer weather and a bit of wind.some parts were forecast to get 100+ mm but nothing is reported as yet of any flooding anywhere,but another arm is forecast to go over today,with a smaller bucket of showers.Temp is down to 12.2 after a hi of 14 yestdy.
On 29 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, bright sunny start but with a strong cold NW’ly wind that blew all day in various degrees of strength, clouding over by 11, followed by showers all afternoon, occasionally heavy, max temp 14˚ and down to 8˚ by 8pm, feels like early March; no wonder since we are under the eastern flank of a HP wedged up close to the LP over Scandinavia, doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.
On 28 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C overnight (4˚ at Aboyne the previous night), 9˚ at 7.30, hardly typical May temps, still fresh NW’ly wind with some very strong gusts, mostly cloudy with showers and only occasional sunshine, max temp 14˚, sunny towards evening but still blowing, 10˚ at 8pm. It will have been a cold May for us, whereas our relatives in France & Switzerland are roasting, drought there, vegetable growers struggling. Also quite dry with us, normally wet bits of ground are rock solid.
On 28 May 2022, claude wrote:
We will assume winter has arrived at least for now, with the temp at 0530 0.0. grass -o.6..clear sky no wind. One does wonder if and when ms met and msclimate,and msm finally get round to admitting they got it all wrong who they will blame. Al,greta,david.theyll have to pass the buck to someone,cos if they admit it was them think of all the lawsuits of those who have spent millions preparing for something that isnt going to happen and have no prep for what does. Anyone with half a brain, knows the sealevels arent rising ,its the land sinking with all the infrastructure weve built,close to sealevel where the base ground has to be soggy anyway....85% of the worlds pop live less than 100m above sealevel. One day.they may suprise us with some true figures.
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On 27 May 2022, claude wrote:
weather is Nuts but just we dont have good memories nor does our memory extend beyond our present life or we would remember those wickedly cold yrs when trees only grew 2 traceids all yr as opposed to a normal yr when they put on 50/60 or more .hard to imagine a yr that cold /dry. today is another frosty start 1.1 deg frost all round and a sunny day forcast.
On 27 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, bright & sunny with clouds racing across the sky in the very strong & cold NW’ly wind, strong enough to rip leaves off the trees, going all day & even strengthening, so max temp only got to 16˚, a number of short showers, some of then longer & heavy, sunny end to the day with the wind slowly abating, 12˚ at 8pm. Planted out our cabbages yesterday, leeks & parsley earlier in the week, we’re quite behind compared to other years.
On 26 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, bright & sunny but with a cold SW’ly wind which blew all day, 19˚ top temp nevertheless, wind still going in the evening, 9˚ again at 10pm.
On 26 May 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Three months now of much less than normal rainfall in NW London: it does mean my tomatoes in pots have progressed in a stellar fashion but trying to grow peas in such a situation is futile. Should be harvesting the first broad beans before the end of May; have already harvested a dozen spring turnips from a March direct sowing; I could have planted out many of the warmer weather crops significantly earlier this year than I have done, notablly sweetcorn, courgette, squash, cucumber and climbing beans. The rain this week has helped, but it wasn't in any way transformational. Just some steady rain for a few hours, a few heavy overnight showers. We could do with 3 days of steady heavy rain to give us 4 inches or so.
On 26 May 2022, claude wrote:
had 9.3 mm rain this week and yesterday was the cold one withan E wind that stopped the sun pushing the temp above 10.8 ,so it didnt have far to drop o/n to 1.1 with grass o,1 so ice on vehicles again.maybe we'll get a sunnier day after the broken cloud of the last few days
On 25 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, raining in a cold SW’ly wind, drier and sunny by late morning, wind beefing up considerably to the point of beginning to rip leaves off trees, feeling much milder though even as the wind turned into the W, max temp 20˚, down to 9˚ by 10pm.
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On 24 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, fresh N’ly wind, mostly cloudy but with good sunny spells in between when it got quite warm up to a max of 18˚, occasional gusts of SE’ly sea breeze, series of short showers in the afternoon which cooled things down markedly, 11˚ by 8pm & no wind.
On 23 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, sunny morning with a fresh S’ly wind, temps climbing up to a max of 20˚ by midday, dark clouds building up to the N of us and by the afternoon the wind changed into the N, so it cooled down markedly and we had some rain showers, still blowing quite a bit, 12˚ by 8pm. == Claude, I feel for the market gardeners you mentioned as this used to be my line of work.
On 22 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strong S’ly wind keeping it cool in the morning, some sunshine in the afternoon when it also turned milder, max temp 20˚ then, cloudier in the evening again & 15˚ at 8pm.
On 21 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚ at 7.30, bright and warming up but the clouds in the fresh SW’ly wind brought cooler spells in between, max temp 19˚ though and feeling really warm in the sun, cloudier evening, 13˚ at 8pm.
On 20 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
12˚C at 7.30, very bright start in a fresh SW’ly wind, temp rising quickly to 18˚ but cloud moving in from the west by mid morning, keeping it cooler for quite a while, sun coming back in the afternoon, light rain shower in the evening, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 20 May 2022, claude wrote:
92mm rain this week and a few thunderstorms thrown in for fun and a small tornado to give busy builders some more work,on 30-50 houses,and a hailstorm that left up to 150 mm in places and shredded market gardens,uprooting 130 y old trees . so a busy end to the week. the cold front hasnt quite left the country yet, with snow on the central high country and mtns.so winter is almost here.
On 19 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, another sunny and warm day, though with a fresh SW’ly wind which made it less warm in exposed parts of the farm, max temp 22˚ again, huge relief to get a bit of warmth now, 13˚ at 9pm.
On 18 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, sunshine from the start but also a beefy old SW’ly wind which blew all day, various amounts of cloud but altogether sunny with a max temp of 22˚, though whenever the sun disappeared for a bit it got markedly cooler, 13˚ at 8pm & still sunny.
On 17 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, thick fog in a cold SE’ly wind, brightness beginning to creep in only after midday, the haar retreating and coming back in at various times, though we still managed to get a max of 18˚, fog gone by evening, wind turning SW’ly and strengthening, rain on the radar, 11˚ at 9pm.
On 16 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, overcast and dry until 9, after which we had continuous rain until evening in a cold SE’ly wind, max temp 11˚, down to 9˚ by 8pm. In a word: dreich, more like February but with leaves on the trees.
On 15 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, brilliant sunshine in a light E’ly breeze, bringing temps up to 18˚ but clouding over from the sea by 11 and getting perceptibly colder, sun out again by 3pm but staying on the cool side, 11˚ at 8pm.
On 15 May 2022, claude wrote:
our 18mm yest continued till now its 52mm and counting temps just almost flatlined for the last 36hrs, interupted only occasionally by the sun poking its face round the edge of a cloud to see what was happening.
On 14 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
15˚C at 7.30, bright and mild start with a light S’ly breeze, cloudy for a few hours but then bright again and heating up nicely to a max of 23˚, highest so far this year. Later in the afternoon the wind turned into the N and it got a bit cooler but still 15˚ at 8pm.
On 14 May 2022, claude wrote:
Rain we finally got 18mm so far. temp managed 15 yest,and hovered round that all nite. forecast is rain or showers everyday till next sat. we will see.
On 13 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Been away for a few days in Highland Perthshire, many showers, some sunshine and very cool temps, max around 14˚C in sunny spells. On coming home today mid-afternoon, the strong SW’ly wind suddenly turned much warmer
According to the max/min thermometer, we’d apparently had a high of 20˚ here today, unlike in Aberfeldy where it was often cloudy, showery and only around 13˚, except in full sunshine when there was any. 12˚ here tonight at 10pm.
On 12 May 2022, claude wrote:
another cold one -1.1 grass -2.1.frosty as . at least we get a sunny day most times after. managed abt 13 hi yesty. rain now forecast for a few days.
On 11 May 2022, claude wrote:
Not over this covid crap yet but am sure over it. .this morning we are neg 0.2 and grass -1.2 with clear sky.all the higher mts in Nth Is had a dusting of snow on the top tues/wed..If l didnt know better l'd be thinking gw but way back in 70s we were still in shorts in june,we just forget
On 09 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a strong SW’ly wind, rain starting up at midday and growing into some heavy bursts, lasting until about 4pm, max temp 14˚, some late sunshine, 11˚ at 8pm.
On 08 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, cool S-SE’ly wind blowing all day but quite sunny, max temp 15˚, cloudy evening, 8˚ at 10pm.
On 07 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, cooler as we are back to a N’ly regime with the light wind going all day, mostly cloudy but with bits of sunshine in between, max temp only 14˚ but dry, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 06 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, cloudy but bright with a fresh mostly W’ly wind that turned into the N by evening, some heavy localised showers though not with us, warming up enough by midday to eat outside, 20˚ max, sunny afternoon, nice late sunshine, 15˚ by 8pm, more like May.
On 05 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚C at 7.30, rain until around 10 in a light SW’ly breeze, then scorchio sunshine all afternoon with a max temp of 21˚ again, more cloud again later with occasional raindrops, 15˚ at 8pm.
On 04 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
11˚C at 7.30, feeling much milder, light SW-W’ly breeze, very sunny & warm morning with temps rising to a whopping 21˚, hottest so far this year phew! However, dark clouds were gathering all morning to the N of us and we only just managed to have lunch outside before it came bucketing down in a series of showers, cooling the air pretty quickly, intermittent sunshine thereafter but still 13˚ at 8pm.
On 03 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30 but feeling much colder in the chilly S’ly wind, cloudy all morning, sunny after midday but only 13˚ max, clouding over again by evening, 9˚ at 8pm.
On 02 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
9˚ at 7.30, cloudy with a cool NNW’ly breeze, staying that way all day, thou warming to a max of 14˚, down to 8˚ by 8pm.
On 01 May 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, foggy start but bright with a S’ly breeze that gently blew all day, sun coming out end of morning and staying for a good few hours with a max temp of 16˚, cloudier again later but still reasonably bright, a much milder feel to the day, 11˚ at 8pm.
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On 28 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚ overnight, 4˚ at 7.30, sunny & still with a bit of grass frost here & there, splendid sunny morning & midday with a max of 18˚, light S-SE’ly breeze, cloudy stretch in the afternoon with some remarkable mammatus clouds, bright again by late afternoon, 8˚ by 10pm. First swallow arrived today and hung around, we’ll see whether it’ll become resident.
On 28 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
ditto down here Paddy,dropped to 2.4 before sunrise,slowly managed 16 then dropped to 0.8 with ice on vehicles.grass -0.5,coldest nite this year.the promise is warm is coming next week as the resident high moves off.
On 28 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
ditto down here Paddy,dropped to 2.4 before sunrise,slowly managed 16 then dropped to 0.8 with ice on vehicles.grass -0.5,coldest nite this year.the promise is warm is coming next week as the resident high moves off.
On 27 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, frost on car roof, initially still and overcast but by 9 the sun was out full on and the cold E’ly sea breeze started up, so max temp was only 14˚ but it was a fabulous sunny day all the same, 6˚ at 8pm under a clear sky, feels like frost may come again.
On 27 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
winter is slowly making headway and asserting its self, esp at night when CO2 just doesnt seem to work as they say it ought,and temps drop to 3deg after highs of 18/19...cloudy nights do keep it warmer so maybe at night co2 changes color and form..haha, they really are nuts.
must be embarrassing to be a believer in carbon, as the source of globalwarming and climate change. surely winter temps ought to be much higher cos thats when we produce the most co2 to keep warm. oh well.
On 26 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚ at 7.30, overcast with the cold N’ly wind still going, no brightness during the day, so max temp was only 10˚, some sunshine at the end of the afternoon, 7˚ at 8pm. The synoptic situation doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.
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On 25 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, overcast but less of a wind, mostly E - NE’ly, some brighter spells around midday which raised temps to 14˚, appreciably warm in the tunnels, cooler again thereafter, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast with the by now obligate cold N’ly wind, no sun at all today, max temp 8˚, down to 6˚ by 8pm. Although a few trees are beginning to show some greenery, spring still feels far away.
On 23 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, bright but cloudy to begin with, along with a cold NE’ly wind again, brightening up soon enough to give us yet another blazingly sunny day, brilliant but for the wind. We went down south of Montrose where friends and family were camping, in the wind it was so cold but in the sun it was roasting, max temp only 15˚ but ideal for getting sunburn without noticing, 7˚ by 8pm back home.
On 22 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, sharp N’ly wind making it feel cold, some clouds for a while but then brightening up to another very sunny day with a max temp of 16˚ despite the wind, clear evening with 9˚ at 8pm. Saw my first swallow yesterday in the fog for just a few seconds as it darted northwards - spring might still be well behind according to various forecasts.
On 22 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
The S airflow kicked in and a maxof18 yestdy with 4 at moment .Was nearly right with my guess for rain 7.5mm.teaser rain,but welcome anyway.
More selective manipulating by those wanting to push their carbon agenda where on my opening page when l turn on the computer, google or whoever, have put pics from 1986 of l think, mt Killamnjaro in Africa compared to 2020 with less snow .where are all the ones in between and earlier ones that will give a real comparison.Asked factcheckers if it wasnt misinformation and maybe they realized it was cos it seems to have gone..
On 21 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, still foggy with a cold NNE’ly breeze but brightening up by 9.30 into a very sunny day with a max of 15˚, what stopped it from being warmer than that was the wind, feeling quite cold with 6˚ at 10pm under a clear sky.
On 21 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
managed 24 yesterday and now the coldest all nite 15.and our rain has arrived 2.4mm, so far and will be pleasantly suprised if we get more than 5mm. Gizzy is in the firing line for more heavy stuff 3rd time in as many weeks,and rather tired of cleaning up just to do it all again and again. Down Sth there is a cold change with snow warnings on some higher roads.
On 20 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine and still, SE’ly sea breeze after 10 but still we had a max of 14˚, haar rolling in by 2pm so that what had promised to be a cracking day quickly turned into a cold pea souper for the rest of the day, 7˚ by 8pm.
On 20 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
10 this morning after 24 yestdy still clear moonlight sky. no rain for us yet. local contractor did another paddock of baleage .havent seen so much done for ages.so good farming weather,at least here.Down Sth its a bit dry in parts,just not the west coast..Finished the 2nd disk and same story 22y grew more than 20Ts ,104 less than 12Ts.So cool/dry/whatever to slow growth to 1 Tracheid, cell per month,on an already slow growing tree.Glad we live in a warmer climate.
On 19 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
18.04.22. 8˚C at 7.30, cloudy start with a S’ly wind but brightening up soon enough to give us a warm & sunny day with a max of 18˚, cooling by evening, 10˚ at 8pm.
Today: 3˚C at 7.30, frost on car roof but not on the ground, bright from the start in a light but cool SE’ly sea breeze, still got to 16˚ max though in what turned out to be a really sunny day, cooling to 6˚ by 9pm.
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On 17 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
down to 3 this morning after 17 yestdy.E got up a bit now only a slight breath of breeze.someone up N is copping it from another low dropping by from the pacific.forecast was for up to 160mm in 24h.
On 17 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, cloudy but much brighter and feeling mild with the absence of fog, light S’ly wind all day, quite hazy for a time but with good sunshine in the afternoon, max temp 16˚, cooler by evening with 7˚ at 8pm.
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On 16 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, still very foggy & cool with and occasionally fresh S’ly wind, max temp 12˚, lightening up by early evening and the fog disappearing, 8˚ at 8pm. Doesn’t look like the sun is going to put in an appearance soon. Easter full moon tonight, barely visible behind the clouds.
On 16 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
only down to 8 today after 19 .Cool E wind gusty at times .Ive done the graph for one of the bits of old wood and either the wandering cavemen of 120-300,000 yrs ago were guilty of making too much CO2 at times, or the modern science is guilty of fraud.The same patten is obvious the weather goes in cycles esp 100yr ones. and the cooler periods are the longest.Warm peaks are barely 30 yrs long.Growing more than 30 trachs/y was limited to 27 out of 183y.Of that 27,only 6, grew 39 or more and 1y managed 40, whereas there were 81 growing 15 or less.
On 15 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, very foggy for most of the day, max temp here 11˚ but when we went further inland to Banchory we actually had some filtered sunshine and a max of 13˚, light SE’ly breeze, fog lifting late at night, 7˚ at 11.30pm.
On 15 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
yep went down to 0.5 by sunrise with white frost most paddocks, then up to 21 and down now to 8.with NW promised .
On 14 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast with a light NW’ly breeze that later changed into the S, dry all day, max temp 11˚, rain late evening, 7˚ at 11pm.
On 14 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
back to winter,18H yestdy 1.4 now so frosty on vehicles and may drop more before sunrise ,and no wind.
On 13 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, rain all through the night and still going until around 11, light NW’ly wind to begin with but that got stronger and colder, max temp 9˚, dry afternoon and evening but a dark day altogether with clouds not lifting, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast all day, SE’ly wind gradually lessening during the day, max temp 7˚, light rain starting early afternoon and continuing into the evening with occasional heavy bursts, 6˚ at 8pm
On 11 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast with a strong, cold & penetrating SE’ly wind that is still going now, dry all day with a few short sunny spells, max temp 11˚, down to 6˚ by 8pm.
On 11 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
Spring fluctuations ,up to 19 down 10 combined with la nina and lots of small solar emissions. Paddy, no worry,.maybe Lucy may know ,tho i think she was before then too and the Iceman is too young.
On 10 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, wide spread frost, NW’ly wind and bright sunshine which took care of the frost soon enough and continued throughout the day, wind turning into the SE during the morning, max temp 13˚, more cloud moving in by evening, 5˚ at 10pm. == Claude, not sure whether I can remember that particular incarnation :-)
On 09 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, frost in places, quite sunny for much of the day but still with a cold & fresh N - NE’ly wind and a few more light hail showers than yesterday, max temp 8˚, wind lessening by evening, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 09 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
H of 21 yestdy, now 3.4 cos they stole the fluffy blanket again and the CO2 insulation doesnt work, its worn too thin.lt was nice to talk with a couple of mainstream scientists,for a short time the last few days and neither believe the bullshit of CC or GW so must be some of the 97 %, gagged by the 3% control freaks who want communism to have full sway,after everyone is dumbed down .Have of their own will planted hundreds of trees cos they like trees. --Well done Paddy for all your reports for so long,l just need to find someone like you, from 120000y ago to check on my tree records from the swamp..How many lives have you lived?-- Judging by the initial look there were some horrendous cold spells, made worse by much volcanic activity happening.Some rings are so badly distorted, by what, is unknown as yet, I've seen nothing in modern 1200y trees to compare.Need more info, from more sources. if any one has records from back then l'd really appreaciate a look at them.
On 08 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, strong cold N’ly wind, one snow shower early on but then mostly sunny for the day with only an occasional shower, max temp 8˚, wind drying things out nicely, a couple of showers in the evening, 3˚ at 8pm. == Claude, since I’m nominally retired I’m not so sharp on weather/climate anymore in any scientific sense and in the current NWO political “climate” my attention is taken up by so much else that I just participate in this blog in order to keep a record, I’ve been commenting since 2013.
On 08 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
7.5 out at moment clear sky mostly,slight E ,SE forecast with sunny day.. Paddy if your imterested in that side of weather /climate Im on FB with a disk of wood as profile pic. or weather action has Email.
On 07 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, strong NE’ly wind, sleety rain, dog refused his morning walkabout drying up by 10, some good sunshine in between showers, max temp 6˚, clear night, 2˚ at 10pm. == Nice one, Claude!
On 07 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
back to winter for us lotdown to 2.5 from a H of 16 .heat pumps work wonders solong as you also have a bit of wood for when the power goes off.
yep Paddy i did ,was going for a beach walk that i havent done for years,and always checkout the timber strewn along the hiwater line..the hunks of peat had fallen from up the cliff abt 20m above sand and under 5/6m of volcanics..sad part is the sea will have destroyed most by the next time i go.im just a nosey old woodturner,otherwise i would have missed it too.this piece was only abt 300mm long.
On 06 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy but dry with a light SW’ly breeze, snow all gone bar the heaps that had fallen of the tunnels, quite a contrast to yesterdays drenching, occasional sunshine which pushed temps up to 13˚, light rain showers by evening, 7˚ at 8pm. == Claude, did you yourself find that bit of wood?
On 06 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
11C this morning after a H of 20.Weathervane shows NNE radar shows rain from S. 7.5mm so far. An exciting discovery this week, there were cold years and warmer yrs 120000 yr ago.Found a hunk of wood probly a branch in a lump of peat of above age and it is so well preserved even the bark is intact,and clear growth rings ,some wide some narrow,all 200 rings vis,so if can narrow down date ,can almost date the weather back then .was buried by ashfall,or by volcanics washing over swamp .from sea.
On 05 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, light rain at first, heavy wet snow starting around 7, falling perpendicular as there was no wind at all, a rarity, and keeping going uninterrupted well into the afternoon when it turned into rain, light E’ly breeze by then, max temp 4˚, drying up only around 7pm, 3˚ at 8.30pm, everything sodden now. I think this was possibly the most snow we had this winter, except that it melted as it accumulated, so it’ll all be gone by tomorrow.
On 04 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
10˚C at 7.30, feeling mild in spite of the fresh W’ly wind, staying dry all morning under a cloudy sky with a max temp of 13˚, light rain setting in by 1pm and keeping going all afternoon, which dropped the temperature considerably along with the wind changing into the NW, rain slowly petering out by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 03 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, some frost in places, bright with the obligate N’ly breeze, bright sunshine until midday but slowly hazing over, max temp 10˚, wind changing into the W & clouding up with light rain starting at 4pm and carrying on into the evening, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, no frost but feeling cold in the humid air in the light NE’ly breeze, a mostly cloudy day but with some sunshine in between, which lifted temps to a max of 10˚, evening brightness as the sun sank below the cloud cover, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Apr 2022, claude wrote:
crazy weather here too .lot of N-SE flow and the leftovers of what ozzy has been getting along the E coast. down to 9 o/n after a H of 21.misty fog out at moment.very foggy at midnite. the snow you are getting coincides with you finally getting thicker Ozone .l have been watching the O3 maps and all winter the thicker O3 has been around you ,now it is over you ,just like we get down here the thicker the O3 the worse our weather most times..cant figure the connection but just the obs show it.
On 01 Apr 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, some more overnight snow, bright start in a still cold but much lighter N’ly wind, variable amounts of cloud though still a bright and relatively warm day with a max temp of 9˚, cloudier by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 01 Apr 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
Well we've had more snow last 3 days than all of winter here in corby .......been a weird winter ,never that cold ,but a biting wind chill for a lot of it
On 31 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, less windy but still a cold N’ly, sunny in-between the frequent snow & hail showers, another day of amazing cloudscapes, 6˚ max, rain/sleet showers by late evening, 0˚ at 10pm.
On 30 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, a dusting of lying snow and a light frost, soon melting in the sunshine which was as abundant as the snow and hail showers we had during most of the day in the cold NE’ly wind, spectacular towering cumulus clouds at times, max temp 6˚, down to 1˚ by 9pm under a partially clear sky, so not sure whether I’ll see the aurora, Claude.
On 30 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
another warm nite after a warm day 23 and now 14.8 with mostly clear sky. Paddy you may see aurora tonite if clear .predicting as far S as 50 deg lat ,Pennsilvania ,Oregon,Iowa,,depends if it arrives in daylight or dark.
On 29 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, thick fog, cold N’ly breeze, ‘warming’ to 7˚ max but rapidly cooling once the rain started up at 2pm, 2˚ at 8.30, could freeze in theory but unlikely under thick cloud cover. == Claude, same applies here but only for BBQs :-)
On 29 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
warm nite here just reaching down to 15 after a H of 22 yest. misty driz all along the ranges yestdy too ,spill over of wetter stuff the other side..NSW in oz is getting hammered again. Paddy, the local saying here is, the smoke will blow towards wherever you are, regardless of wind dirrection.
On 28 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, cloudy but bright with at first a light N’ly wind, later in the morning this turned into the E and the S, I know these details because we were burning stuff today and the smoke kept blowing in different directions, quite sunny at times with a max of 15˚, out of shelter the S’ly wind felt cold, clear evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Misty early on, 2˚C at 7.30, no frost, mist slowly burning off as the sun rose in the sky, light SE’ly wind, another very sunny day with a max of 16˚ but by mid afternoon it started getting cooler again, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
the cleanups go on, just in time for more La nina rain over the east coast. this side we;ve got better weather but the S ly flow keeps temps down to Hs of 19 and lows of 12 so no complaints.
as for long term, well keep and eye out for what the sun does,.remembering one long burst from it and its back to the stone ages for us all,walking or riding horses,and back i guess, to letter writing,and all the things our great ancestors did,before someone invented this contraption.
On 26 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and for the rest of the day, light W’ly wind to begin with, soon turning into a cool SE’ly sea breeze, 15˚ max nevertheless, went to visit friends in Angus where it was warm enough to have lunch outside for the first time this year, cooler at home with fog at night, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, bright sunshine with a light NW’ly breeze, sunny all day again, max temp 15˚, wind changing into the SE by afternoon, clear starry night, 8˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, still and quite bright but not for long as clouds moved in from the NW which produce several short light showers throughout the day, rain falling straight down because of the practical absence of wind, max temp 13˚, down to 8˚ by 10 pm. == Yes, Ron, you put plants out thinking they’ll be ok and before you know it you get another hard frost, I’ve been caught out many times.
On 24 Mar 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
PADDY: and it looks a very treacherous Spring too, with this unusually warm spell encouraging leafing/ germination followed with a very sharp cold spell. Had massive germination of Aronia over the last two days, but they are usually pretty bulletproof.
On 24 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
and even more rain ,450mm in 24hrs in some parts. the tanker seems to have broken down ....lots of brown snaking rivers over Gisborne way with bridges gone and others damaged .might take more than a couple of days to clear this lot up..here we managed abt 15mm yesterday and its still just light rain but probly all day,temp still above 15..
On 23 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, misty start but warming to a sunny day with a max of 15˚ again in a light S’ly wind, hazy all day, 7˚ at 8.30pm. == Ron, yes, typical Scottish spring, except that we in the eastern coastal strip often have to contend with a cold wind coming off the sea, full heat of the sun can only be felt in shelter. Greatly appreciate the amount of sunshine we are having.
On 23 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
A bit of rain a bit of wind,and lots of rain .gravity works wonders ,esp when water wants to go back where it came from,taking along anything it can.so roads closed ,flooding ,slips .yep we are crazy people .build on floodplains,make roads at the foot of hills or along the sides the go boohoo cos the rain washes down the hillside or floods the plain..we've had 58mm over last 3 days others 300mm +so some moaning is happening from those in lowlying parts. temps are above 15 so not cold rain...we will survive and cleanup again and blame GW instead of ourselves..rule NO 1 always blame nature.for flooding never us for building in wrong places.
On 23 Mar 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
Yup, as usual, GFS now backtracking on severity, extent and duration of the Polar Maritime outbreak at the end of the month/beginning of April. How often have we seen that kind of thing over the years?
On 23 Mar 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
classic Scottish spring here after a mainly mild winter, with sharp morning frosts followed by warm sunshine. A normal amount of lying snow on the Grampian hills.
If GFS is correct,, then it looks like a cold end to the month and start to April. Glenn might even get a late snowfall.
On 22 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, light frost in places but not for long as the sun was out all day again, light but still cold S’ly wind here near the coast which kept the temperature down somewhat - we only had a max of 15˚ (warmest so far this year) whereas further inland and out of the breeze it was more like 20˚, everything was bathed in a fine bluish haze, clear sky by 8pm, 5˚.
On 22 Mar 2022, vincent wrote:
something peaks too late on Wednesday, One day late
Tomorrow is sunny like there is no tomorrow.
Clean your windows early to avoid window cac
On 21 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, cracking frost, cold SSE’ly wind for most of the day but getting to 11˚C in the continuous sunshine, was working in an exposed place, jacket & scarf in the afternoon while the folk sowing trees were roasting in the tunnel, clear sky at night, 3˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚ At 7.30, cloudy and very damp again, with the obligate S - SE’ly wind but quite a number of bright spells throughout, max temp 9˚, still windy by nightfall, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
well they say we will get rain today so we will have to wait and see.looks like a bit of leftovers coming down from the N where the forecast was for Cbs ,heavy rain ,and pos flooding. 15 o/n here following 19.9H yesterday
On 19 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, hazy sunshine & very damp, S’ly breeze that got stronger by mid morning & for the rest of the day, max temp 10˚ under a very blue sky, 5˚ at 8pm & still windy. == Strange occurrence this morning when I took the dog out: there was a dead wild goose next to our garden, half-eaten by a fox, I presume - but how did it get there in the first place? Climate change? :-0
On 18 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚ C overnight, 2˚ at 7.30, some frost but that thawed pretty quickly and we had another sunny day with a max of 11˚, though the sometimes blustery S’ly wind was quite cold, clouding up for a time by mid afternoon, clear again by night, 4˚ at 9pm.
On 18 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
out of the frypan into the fridge..managed 19 yesterday after a 7 deg start down here and a tinge of frost in sheltered parts at 700m. so from the 19 hi we just slid all the way down to 1.7 at 0600 and still dropping so our first frost is awaiting .byebye any frost tender plants..hard ice on all the vehicles out side..winter is knocking at the door.
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On 17 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
16.03. 5˚C at 7.30, overcast & beginning to rain by 8.30, really getting going by 10 and lasting until 4pm, some of it heavy, we haven’t had this amount of water from the sky for quite a while, very little wind for a change, max temp 7˚, only a glimpse of brightness on the western horizon by late afternoon, clearing by evening, 3˚ at 8pm. ==
17.03. 0˚C at 7.30, sunny all day with a strengthening W’ly wind that included some hefty gusts, max temp 10˚, wind abating by evening, almost full moon, 2˚ at 10pm. == Claude, I rarely see auroras, either because it’s cloudy or I go to bed too early :-), last night was cloudy.
On 16 Mar 2022, Glenn wrote:
Well as I correctly predicted winter passed by with no snow. Answers are now needed!
On 16 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
Same old days and nights with just a hint of the ground cooling as our part moves away from the sun.the coolness due mostly to a S/SE/E flow.their computer models show rain that doesnt eventuate by the time 6-10 days go by.wishfull thinking around these parts... Paddy did you get to see any auroua in the last few days .the thinking was they may be seen as far S as newyork in the states.
On 15 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, sunny start with a bit of frost here & there, light but cold S’ly wind, cloudy by 9 and staying that way for most of the day, bar late afternoon when we had a brief illumination from the setting sun, max temp 9˚, less windy by evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 14 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, sunny from the start and throughout the day, S-SW’ly wind, max temp 11˚, cloudy by evening but not enough to block moonlight, 3˚ at 8.30pm.
On 13 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, SSE’ly wind, grey all day with a little bit of rain early afternoon, max temp 6˚, moon visible through the clouds at night, 6˚ at 10pm.
On 12 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, rain with intermittent heavy bursts, strong SSE’ly wind for most of the day, rain stopping midday and turning sunny for the whole afternoon, max temp 9˚, fairly clear evening with moonlight, 4˚ at 8pm, looks like another windy day tomorrow.
On 12 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
Still the dry continues with just teaser light showers .the ground is dry and even the puddle over the road has finally dried up and no real rain is on the horizon for a coupl of weeks unless they find some from the tropics temps fluctuate from 11 to 25 depending on day and had an 18deg night .not pleasant..S/E breeze today gusting 25k
On 11 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, strong SE’ly wind but quite sunny for a time, max temp 9˚, clouding over by mid afternoon, steady rain by 8pm, 6˚ at 9pm.
On 10 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, still a fresh S’ly wind and light rain until 9.30, drying up and brightening up by midday, max temp 8˚, quite a sunny afternoon, still windy by evening, 6˚ at 10pm.
On 09 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, sunny to begin with in a less strong S’ly wind than yesterday but still fresh enough, clouding over late morning but we still had a max of 8˚, overcast for the rest of the day, rain setting in by 7pm, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 08 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a strong and cold S’ly wind not far from a gale and blowing all day, good spells of sunshine in between with some spectacular cumulus clouds, max temp 6˚, a bit more cloudy by evening, 5˚at 8pm.
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On 07 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, another splendidly sunny day with a fairly cold S’ly wind, max temp 8˚, hazy clouds by evening, 3˚ at 8pm. It really is remarkable how much sunshine we have had this winter.
On 06 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, hard frost, brilliantly sunny from the word go and for the rest of the day, max temp 9˚ with us but warmer in certain spots sheltered from the light NW’ly wind, 1˚ at 8pm. == Rhys, we are always well behind you anyway and that much further north, so you could say that most springs are late with us but growth usually catches up later on; 2013 had one really warm spell in mid march and then it all went very cold for a long time and it turned out to be not a very good growing year. Always a bit of a lottery up here.
On 06 Mar 2022, claude wrote:
Autumn,the up and down, cycle cool at night when no cloud cover and not so hot in daytime .beautiful ground foggy mornings.when temps hover round 7-10deg...was just listening to a blog where Nature Communications are saying the warm spell is over and nothing any one says or does is going to change that.just make the cold worse. oh well. nature has been trying to tell those who listen for ages.
On 06 Mar 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Paddy
No signs of a late spring yet in NW London. The Welsh Onions and Wild Lupins have emerged from their winter slumbers and are growing happily in the first week of March. The rhubarb is also growing, although of course nowhere near picking yet. Daffodils poked out in time for St Davids Day (my mother is of course Welsh). Bud formation is starting on the fruit trees, of course nowhere near opening up yet.
We've had an 'early and late rain' autumn/winter here: plenty of rain in November and December; very little in January and much of February, some good downfalls the last two weeks so the ground is nice and moist again.
1990 was a very cool and snowy April in Switzerland.
On 05 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, hard frost and clear as a bell, sunny all day with a cold enough NW’ly wind, max temp 8˚, almost springlike but we know from experience not to get our hopes up too early, 1˚ at 8pm under a clear sky. Looks like a late and cold spring, Sardinia has snow and has had its coldest temperature since records began according to Electroverse.
On 04 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, a lot of rain overnight, still raining lightly in a cold NW’ly wind which kept going all day, rain stopped after midday and it began to clear up from the west, max temp 4˚, down to 2˚ by 8pm under a partly cloudy sky, stars visible. Appreciate that we’ve had a good amount of rain over the last couple of days as the ground was fairly dry for this time of year.
On 03 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, light to moderate rain, SE’ly wind & getting quite foggy, dry by afternoon and still overcast, max temp 6˚, raining steadily again by evening, 5˚ at 10pm.
On 02 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, frosty & cloudy with a strong SE’ly wind that ended up blowing all day, bringing cold & humid air from the sea, a few vaguely sunny intervals, max temp 6˚, overcast afternoon, light rain at 8pm with 5˚.
On 01 Mar 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, a little reminder that winter is by no means over, clear as a bell with a light W-SW’ly wind, brilliantly sunny all day, max temp 10˚, clear evening with 1˚ at 8p, frosty later on no doubt.
On 28 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, overcast with a fresh SW’ly wind, brightening up somewhat in the afternoon and producing a max temp of 11˚, late glimpse of the sun as it set, 5˚ at 8.30pm.
On 27 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, very sunny until mid afternoon, strong S-SW’ly wind again, max temp 8˚, clouding up later but stars still visible through the clouds, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
had a few more days of fine autum weather with a few drops of light rain thrown in to tease the plants. nights are down to single didgets 8 and today back up to 11 ;days are cooler barely reaching into the 20s but tagging along has been a cool S-SE-E breeze gusting 30ks or so, thats made most put on extra layers.
On 26 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, overcast with a blustery S’ly wind that strengthened through the morning and only calmed down in the evening, max temp 9˚, some sunshine in the afternoon, cloudy evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, hard ground frost but less windy than of late, first from the NW, then from the SW in the afternoon, another brilliantly sunny day with a max temp of 8˚, feeling quite springlike at certain moments, cloudy end to the day, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
Autumn seems to have arrived early this year tho most years i find the weather has a slight change com feb .im sure that when i went to school in the 60s feb was the beginning of it then some not so bright spark decided it was the last of summer and changed it .any way tho the days are warm the nights get mostly cool ad this week is classic with o/n temps down to 9 and daytime down to the low 20s when no clouds raise them. still burning sun tho if your out in it, just burns and we dont get a tan just burn,which i put down to the Ozone being so depleted.
On 24 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚C at 7.30, fiercely cold SWly wind, sunny day with occasional cloud, max temp 4˚, some sleet showers by evening, 1˚ at 10pm.
On 23 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, very strong SW’ly wind, quickly turning to gale force all morning, mostly sunny with a max of 9˚, some light rain showers during the middle of the day, somewhat calmer in the afternoon but then windy again by evening and fairly cloudy, though a few stars showing, 1˚ by 8pm. We’ve certainly had our fill of wind this winter, even though also amazingly sunny days.
On 22 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, bright with a fresh W’ly wind and occasional strong gusts, a mostly sunny day with a max of 7˚, clear starry evening, less windy, 2˚ at 8.30pm.
On 22 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
strange how as temps drop slowly the days feel hotter.been going down to 11 o/n and up to 24 in day depending on cloud cover. they promise rain but it fizzes before it arrives or is so little it just teases .at least the main lot a couple of weeks back greened up everywhere..saw some tints on japanese maples and lombardy poplars so the cool nites are taking effect.
On 21 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30 but still quite icy, strong NW’ly wind which only calmed down in the evening, mostly sunny with occasional showers, max temp 7˚, clear starry evening, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 20 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, stiff W’ly wind but sunny all day with a max temp of 8˚, spring-like feeling at times, 1˚ at 9pm.
On 19 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, cold SW’ly wind but a beautiful sunny day. We traveled down to near Forfar and were wowed by the beauty of the snow covered Angus hills, max temp 4˚. The snow around our farm had hardened into crunchy icy stuff, but once we were off our hill there was practically nothing and driving at normal speeds on the main road was no problem. -1˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Feb 2022, out_east wrote:
As usual the massively overhyped storm turns out a mass media dud.
The UK electricity lines as are as fragile and pathetic as 30-40yrs ago.
It seems the UK is held together by the soup dragon and blue string pudding..
It's real weird,out in our so called under developed part of the world we have constant storms this Jan-Feb most of them the same gravity is these last 2 "named storms" ...yea right,snowflake mentality poor darling stuff, as tho we never had wind in the 1970s and 80s.....
In our Eastern Europe so far with force 8-10 gales, never had a power outage, - apart from those stoopid new chinese made wind mills blowing down or burning up...planes fly, buses run, up to 1m of snow falls,but people carry on as normal as tho nothing happened..
Pathetic "whinging poms",they never stop moaning given a chance!
On 19 Feb 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
Well got sent out on the post round ,as it was to be fair ,winds were not as fierce as I was expecting. The door had to be firmly held each time I got out,and a few of the village roads had small branches dotted over them .....unfortunately 1 huge tree did get blown over completely blocking 1 road ,but no injuries ....
On 18 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, some rain at first which turned to heavy wet snow by 9 with big flakes in the strong SE’ly wind, snow/sleet showers all day, max temp 3˚, wind gradually turning into the NE & the NW as the Low gradually passes into the N Sea, 0˚ at 8pm, snow now getting crunchy, it’ll be really slippy tomorrow. We got off lightly, for a change, after our 3 storms so far this winter.== Rhys, as I have learned over the years, any structure you have is only as good as the strongest wind it can stand, that even your wormery got knocked over is quite a feat!
On 18 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
Glenn ,you can travell to snow the animals cant,same as down here.enjoy the snow free winters while they are here .look at any unfudged dendro graph of 100y or more, the good weather doesnt last long and really good weather less. in my dendro i count how many cells/traceids a tree grows each year in the greatest growth area, and since 1320AD on one tree that grew on the sth/cold side of a ridge there were only 67ys where it grew more than 1/week or 60/y as opposed to152ys where it grew less than 24 /y and of those 89 were less than 12/y or 1/month.cold / dry yrs. those are the extremes and dont show all the inbetween yrs we thought were cold cos the others were warmer than the last.or maybe there was less CO2 those colder ys and the trees were starving.
On 18 Feb 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Glenn.
You are not alone. There,s me. I live in the Southeast of England. Likewise I am a snow-lover to. I have no answer for the strange winters we have.
On 18 Feb 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - this weather right now is just like weather I experienced 32 years ago working in the Swiss Alps - winter 1989/90. The February Half Term week was 5 days of storms, including landslides ripping the rack railway track from Grindelwald to Kleine Scheidegg.
Just out of interest, there was an even wilder storm 2 weeks later with winds of 246kph recorded at Jungfraujoch, trees blocked the railway between Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen and we basically cut off in the village resort for 2 days as no transportation mechanisms could operate.
Here today in NW London, our car port roof has been ripped off, an arch growing climbing roses has been overturned and plenty of other pots and garden stuff like a womery have been overturned. The front door bell has been ringing spontaneously and the computer has cut out twice.
You want odd weather, Glenn, go read up on 1988 to 1990 - those three years were seriously, seriously wierd all round.
On 18 Feb 2022, Glenn wrote:
Is there anyone else on weatheraction besides me who's really bothered that we haven't had no snow in southern Britain this winter or am I the only snow fan left in this left-wing, nanny state, politically correct, woke country. It seems to me like no one actually want snow anymore.
On 17 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, bright with a strong W’ly wind that touched gale force quite a few times during the day, sunny for most of the day but feeling cold in the wind, max temp 5˚, clear evening, 1˚ at 9.30pm. == Craig, had a look at your gab, you certainly let rip there :-)
On 17 Feb 2022, Glenn wrote:
What is going on? I need to know. This winter has brought every type of wrong weather you can think off. There hasn't been a single flake of snow, no beast from the east, no SSW, no polar vortex, just nothing. And now we are back to dangerous storms just like we had 2 years ago. I despair about what's hapenned to southern britains winter climate.
On 16 Feb 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
Thanks fir warning Craig, wonder if royal mail will send us out on Friday????......
On 16 Feb 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Don't know if Piers had this period flagged but a V dangerous period of weather for the Sth on Fri. Already under an amber warning ⚠ for wide 60-70mph winds hitting during working hours. Latest output is upping to 70-90, a red danger to life warning looks imminent for large areas (strong winds, heavily populated areas +time of day). Coasts could hit 100mph. News now stay at home if you can. Coronal hole also inbound. This is a high impact event. Please take care // Pls don't put personal details on your comments. Never a good idea online anyway but certainly not in the current climate. // Paddy glad you liked the memes 😂 I often use to avoid censorship. I let rip more on Gab & when we all get kicked off Twatter we'll be on Gab + Gettr. Same user name. Claude glad you liked the vineyards link. The MWP was warm+ ended in serious storms.
https://weatheraction.wordpress.com/2016/02/21/violent-storms-are-evidence-that-climate-changes-it-always-has/
On 16 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C all day, quite a lot of rain overnight, foggy in the morning, light rain off & on throughout the day, wind from a generally N’ly direction, beefing up somewhat by evening but the yellow wind warning had already gone by this morning, so Dudley seems to be leaving us alone this time.
On 15 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, overnight rain still going, fresh W’ly breeze which strengthened for a while, sunny after 9 and for the rest of the day, max temp 7˚, clear moonlit evening, 0˚ at 8pm. I now looks like we won’t have that much wind tomorrow, all further south.
On 15 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
Dovi came and left its calling cards more in some places than others so some are still fixing the mess.Then it got cold 8deg yestdy morning 10 o/n today .auumn has arrived. A few trees are already showing tints as the sap flows down.
On 14 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast with a fresh NW’ly wind, intermittent sunshine & occasional drizzle but overall a dry day, max temp 7˚, clear moonlit night, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 13 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, overcast with the obligate light SW’ly wind, intermittent light drizzle starting around midday and continuing into the evening, max temp 6˚, sown to 4˚ again by 10pm.
On 13 Feb 2022, M Lewis wrote:
Craig - did Piers manage to response to the BBC on the 2 February concerning the climate change Science article they wrote that clearly referenced his work?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60203674
Also the BBC is today highlighting the effect that rain forest destruction has on increasing global CO2 levels. This is simply a case of increasing CO2 levels being an effect of man made climate change (rain forest destruction), not a cause. Perhaps the media is finally starting to wake up?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60333422
On 12 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, SW’ly wind with intermittent light rain showers all morning, brightening up only by mid afternoon, max temp 8˚, sunny & clear end to the day with few clouds, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 12 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
T C Dovi has announced it arrival with a lot of flapping close to the ground .the clouds about 1000ft up are going S while the winds are ESE so i;d rather not be trying to fly today and probly why even the birds arent flying .Not much rain if any o/n and radar doesnt show much coming yet, tho its forecast. Some snow is expected on one pass in S Is to 800m so may be cooler.Watched a Hawk yestdy trying to fly against the wind ,.just rose vertical till abt 200m then got blown backwards.
On 12 Feb 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - you need to take a more global perspective on snowfalls and ask whether other parts of the world have been getting rather a lot of it in 2022. Try going and looking at Japan for a start - they are the UK's oriental equivalent, even though their mountains are much higher: a distinct island group off the edge of the Eurasian mainland.
Alaska has lots of snow, so does the NE USA. Sochi ski resort north of the Black Sea has had plenty and the Alps is certainly not doing badly, particularly in more eastern areas.
This link shows how global snow cover looks: https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_daily.php?ui_year=2022&ui_day=42&ui_set=2 - excess snow in Central China, less snow in USA and Europe.
On 11 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-5˚ at 7.30, maybe the lowest we’ve had this winter, clear & bright, followed by yet another very sunny day with a very light SW’ly breeze, max temp 4˚, clouds moving in only by evening, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 11 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
Rain most of yestdy ,mostly light with the odd slightly heavier shower so only 15mm in 24h .did manage 18C o/n so still muggy.. Now waiting for TC Dovi to pay us a visit,with their models showing a direct hit on the lower Nth Is.Will see what happens
On 10 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, bright & clear with a sharp cold SW’ly wind, frozen ground, clouding up by 11 and melting, rain by 2pm with the wind turning into the NW and powering up to gale force for a few hours, max temp 5˚, down to -1˚ by 9.30pm under a clear sky. == Craig, thanks for that piece on English vineyards, interesting. BTW, I read your twitter feed daily, great info & memes which I often lift to put on our local Stand in the Park telegram group.
On 10 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
Thanks Craig, so the warm period was certainly warm to grow grapes 50 N as your climate in uk is colder than ours down here and we grow grapes as far as 47 S . 50 deg is off the country...
we had another sticky nite with the temp briefly below 20 now up again with a cloud blanket and rain still forecast for later with drizzle earlier.
Sadly we havent learnt from the past and the world keeps repeating the stupidity .WHY? humans seem to be a bunch of nutters or at least those who grease and slime their way to the top so they get control.
On 10 Feb 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
now going into a normal February. Some of my saplings have broken bud after the warm January, wonder how they'll fare.
On 09 Feb 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Fact checkers are now shifting from covid to climate - quelle surprise - I tangled with Lead Stories who do the dirty work for Facebook yesterday. They accused the British Medical Journal of gaslighting me! Paul Thacker, a journalist who worked in the Senate + took Big Pharma to task said they behaved like narcissists & psychopaths which is exactly the vibe I got from my interaction. Now they're doing climate. Know your enemy is a Cluster B personality dedicated to defending the narrative & censoring you - but remember just cos they asked Facebook to punch you it means *they* didnt punch you 🤔 Matt Taibi does a great piece on them === https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-british-medical-journal-story === I'll recount the story on my blog soon and put a link here. This is the next phase in the climate war and if you've been here at WA for a time you should be quite be an "expert" in seeing the propaganda for what it is by now. Don't say Piers didn't warn us.
On 09 Feb 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Paddy - I thought you'd had another power cut when you went missing. I was about to post but you returned. Certainly a stormy period brewing so may not be the last of it. / Feb has brought weather with some frost, sun, wind & rain so far. After months of grey muck, interspersed by a colder & frostier than average Jan here which had its fair share of grey muck - it's a welcome change.
On 09 Feb 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Paddy/Claude not surprisingly I did a post on the subject " cultivation of the vine and on wine making in England, particularly in the Middle Ages when many vineyards were maintained in central, southern and eastern England south of about 53°N, since consideration of them has been used (LAMB 1965) in deriving information about the temperatures then prevailing...Their northern limit parallels but lies about 500 km farther north than the modern limit of commercial vineyards in France and Germany. The success of the English vineyards in the period from about A.D. 1100 to 1310 was such that the French trade sought to have them abolished under an early treaty of peace with England.. Some of these vineyards were, in fact, operated for several hundred years, though decline set in and very few new ones were started after 1310." === https://weatheraction.wordpress.com/2020/09/20/the-english-medieval-vineyards/
On 09 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, strong cold SW’ly wind but sunny for most of the day, max temp 5˚, clouding over by evening, 0˚ at 8pm, rain forecast for tomorrow from the Low that was 928 hPa off Greenland on Monday, might still get a bit windy tomorrow. == Claude, not sure whether grapes were ever grown in Scotland, but certainly in England, still now.
On 09 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
it was even warmer yesterday 31C and hasnt dropped below 20 yet,and 93%Hum..no thunder near enough to hear but some did get the odd clap with rain .our share was 0.3mm..as humans we forget what it was like before,mostly we forget the long hot summers at school where the only cold thing was iceblocks from the tuckshop..we are told the Romans grew grapes in your back yard Paddy so it cant have been just one hot year but prolonged hot summers and therefore one supposes a worldwide hot spell,so this too will pass.and we will want just a little of the warmth back.
On 08 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, less windy than of late, sunny for most of the day, SW’ly strengthening a bit in the afternoon, max temp 8˚, clear end to the day, 2˚ at 8pm. Amazed at how dry everything is, great weather for getting on with stuff, clearing all the fallen trees from the 3 storms we’ve so far had this winter. == Claude, there’s plenty snow in Scotland, you just have to go look for it in the right place :-)
On 08 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
swap ya Paddy,we having another warm night didnt drop below 19C after a Hi of 25ish.muggy as and they think it might rain with thunder afternoon and hot.
wheres everyone else gone,off looking for snow since it hasnt come to the uk.?
On 07 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, cloudy start & morning in a cold & strong SW’ly wind with occasional powerful gusts, frosty at first but melting quickly, sun coming out by midday & temps rising to a max of 7˚, still that at 8pm.
On 06 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, cold W’ly wind again, blowing hard all day, max temp 4˚, sunny all day, a short spell of winter wonderland in the afternoon, barely a few mm, clear evening, 1˚ at 8pm.
On 06 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
another day dawns ,blowing away some of the 111.6mm we had since sat. morning .other parts got more and still others are wondering when it will stop. a bit of flooding around mt Taranaki,but then they expect that much often.,one schoolmate said they would get over 4000mm of rain each yr,so i checked it out and he was right.makes our 900mm almost a drought. temps still hovering around 14C .Autumn/winter is knocking at the door.
On 05 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, cold W’ly wind, another mostly sunny day with a max of 8˚, clear evening and 1˚ at 8pm.
On 05 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
well the weather gods have finally got their aim right and after days of maybe, weve had some rain. 76mm so far and more promised. the Sat. pics. show a pipeline of cloud from below nz right up to the equator with a second one off into the pacific. the ground was dry so the slow warm start yestdy morn was welcome.no drops lost.the East coast is much dryer so we're sending them our leftovers today and tomorrow.temps are a welcome 14-16C so easy to sleep. Not much flooding down south. not much made the news cos covid dominates media everywhere.
On 04 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, sharp W’ly wind that kept going all day, very sunny and cold, max temp 5˚, down to 0˚ by 8pm.
On 04 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
we could do a shoutout cos the rain has come but that would be prem.theres a thin sliver of clear sky way to the N abt 100+ks away otherwise its stratus 360* and 19C so a very sticky night...nothing much newsworthy from the rain down S just a few evacuations and flooding but covid still dominates infact some worked outside yestdy and got not a drop..certainly no sign of widespread rain...IF any of you look at NASA Ozone Watch youll see you are in your own buble of nearly a hole so dont expect much precip of any sort till it shifts off.
On 04 Feb 2022, Glenn wrote:
Well it looks like snow is finally a thing of the past as we were told by Dr. David viner. I just can't believe it after 34 years the warmists have well and truly won. Snow has vanished from our lives.
On 03 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
another hot day dawns down here for some of us anyway.the flooding from the last low that stayed out to sea cant have ammounted to much as the aftermatth is not newsworthy today.they are still hoping we may get wet on sat /sun,but??..would be a nice change from the 30 Cdays and 16C nights.quite unmotivating above 25deg...for those who are on FB there is in my photos if you can get access,the full graph of one of the disks that shows quite well the cycles of weather/the natural variation over 6/700y just as the tree told it,but none of our recent warm/dry/ wet/good growth periods match those in the past,and the same is true on all the full disks i have graphed to date.
On 02 Feb 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
We’ve only just had our electricity back on early this morning, the last thing I wrote on Saturday was “9˚C at 7.30, ferocious W’ly wind”, after that we spent the last 4 days keeping warm, fed & watered, life is complicated & time consuming when the mod cons aren’t available. We’ve had two storms & in both of them lost quite a number of trees, temps have been mostly near 0˚ with accompanying biting winds, except to day when it was relatively mild at 7˚ max. Back to normal reporting tomorrow.
On 02 Feb 2022, claude wrote:
damn the bbc wallies.they will take anything Peirs says, out of context and distort it .maybe hes better just to taunt them by saying "Time Will Tell..one of us will get egg on their face wont they, and it wont be me"...the media are so sure they know the answer to everything.isnt their motto distort the truth at all times.hide the facts.and rubbish those who dare to ? Pity he hasnt got access to a polished old tree disk,where he can just point to the wide rings and the narrow rings over 100s of years. but even then they would distort the obvious..The hole science has dug over CC is so big the media have fallen in too and i doubt theres much anyone can do or say now ,except wait for Old Man Time, to speak. and he will have the final word.
On 02 Feb 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
GFS predicting a really sharp PM cold spell over the UK 12-15th, thereafter back to the mild plug that has sat over us most of the winter, but betcha that cold plunge will either vanish off their chart or just go down the North Sea.
On 02 Feb 2022, M Lewis wrote:
Well it's now or never Piers. You are directly referenced in today's BBC NEWS report about man made climate change. You have a right to respond to the BBC report (as they have referenced you) and you should use it carefully. You will need to set out simply and clearly to the BBC and its readers how the Sun drives climate and temperature on the Earth and other planets in the Solar System.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60203674
On 28 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, overcast, cold SW’ly wind later turning into the W, occasional light rain showers, temps rising towards evening, 7˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, bright start with Venus prominent in the SE sky, sunny morning again, more cloud in the afternoon, max temp 6˚, stars out at night, Sirius always very twinkly, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 27 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
some numbers if you want to do your own graphs.the yearand how many Traceids the tree grew good yrs hi, cold low. 1323-6,1324-43,1325-12,1326-8,1327-7, 1371-6,1391-66,1392-34,1530-14 then it all warmed up till 1788-16,1793-83,1794-52,1795-31,1814-28,tambora erupted,1815-25,1816-13,1817-9,1818-9,1819-6,1820-5,1821-8,1822-9,1823-10.1824-5 1825-5,1826-18,1831-5,1832-5, 1833-5,1834-10,1835-7,1848-34,1861-50. Our modern times,1910-39,1911-26,1912-29,1913-39,1914-24,then down,1921-19,1922-6,1923-5,1924-5 1925-5,1926-6,1927-4,1928-3,1929-7,1930-7.they all show similar pattens fluctuating weather,climate change over centuaries,warm for short periods then cold for longer periods .these are raw data unmodified by the need to uphold some dogma.but only a glimpse of the whole story.
On 27 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
autumn again this morning 6C outside and only a few small clouds vis along the ranges.
Agree with those who say your winter may still come you dont have access to tree rings but surely you do, to odd bits of old timber, old posts or rails from the past.any of them will show many rings if you sand up a cross section.they all show that the weather goes in waves,of irregular crests and troughs, even if overall they look regular.All that ive seen, and i sometimes wish i could post a graph on here so you could see,how there are not many really really good years, mostly ave ,some good ,but mostly normal,that are all diff to the last .rarely do you get 3 yr running with the same growth rate except in cold yrs, with just a few exceptional really standout years.you could do your own graphs if i give you the numbers .enjoy the weather we have .it has never lasted long.
On 27 Jan 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
We still have time for plenty of winter to come. I have seen more white Easters than white Xhristmas,s. Wait until April is out.
On 26 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, another bright morning but cloudier afternoon, temps rising steadily during the day, SW’ly wind strengthening towards evening, 7˚ at 8pm. Ah yes, January… while Greece, Turkey, Syria etc are covered in snow, refugees freezing to death in their flimsy tents.
On 26 Jan 2022, Alistair wrote:
Istvan, I agree that the winter has another month to go realistically speaking. But according to the Met, February isn't looking that good from a snowy perspective either. I am always the optimist but the way things are going It looks like this winter could turn out to be a very snowless one overall in the UK due to that stubborn high that's been positioned over us. I do\t have access to Piers forecasts but it would be interesting to know how accurate he has been to date. I.e. December and January.
On 25 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, bright from the start in a moderate SW’ly wind, sunny morning, max temp 7˚, cloudy from 2pm onwards and into the evening, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 25 Jan 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
Glenn.
Be a little patient. Winter as we know it is yet to come. I also like a cold snowy winter. The winter of 1947 started on the 25th of January. Now that was a winter we could not cope with today.
Certainly the do_gooders would really be upset.
On 25 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
hey has anyone looked at the eldorado clips of the tonga volcano eruption .on the Infared colored one there is a loop of grey cloud pops up to the left of the eruption before the main cloud strange .anyone know why??
On 24 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, bright start with a few frost pockets, another sunny day with a fresh SW’ly wind, max temp 8˚, wind abating towards evening, quite cloudy by then, 4˚ at 8pm.
On 24 Jan 2022, Glenn wrote:
Its now official, winter 2021/22 is a complete failure. As its januray 24th we are now 2/3 through winter. This is proof that it will never snow again in norfolk. Isnt it funny how the climate of norfolk has changed so mujch in just 11 months. Lets face it, British people dont likes snow anymore and they dont want me to have any. I'mthe only snow fan left in this country. Going to make a coffin on March 1st clearly stating that February 2021 is the last snow in norfolk.
On 23 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, clear as a bell but with a fresh SW’ly wind, sunny until well into the afternoon, max temp 6˚ but feeling rather warmer in the sunshine, cloudy later on but still quite a few stars out in the evening, 2˚ at 8pm. Forgot to mention that we had a great Freedom march in Aberdeen yesterday in perfect weather, more people every time.
On 22 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, another relatively balmy day with lots of sunshine and a light SW’ly wind, max temp 9˚, starry evening, 3˚ at 11pm.
On 21 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, sunny all day and warm & still, max 9˚, a kind of pre-spring atmosphere, clear evening, 1˚ at 9pm. Just amazing compared to the cold & snow in Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, Middle East, US & Canada.
On 21 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
Down to an autumninal 8 this morning,under a cloudless sky.and no complaints.gota love autumn and on thurs.saw a poplar already turning golden,but not sure why. 4.5mm rain thurs am.so not dryness.Highs have hovered round 23 so ooling off slowly.
On 21 Jan 2022, Geofff wrote:
So far, this winter has been a bigger duffer than Joe Biden, but if the Beaufort Gyre is really starting to 'give', as some research papers are suggesting, then combined with a solar minimum it will make this winter seem like a golden age of tropical warmth !!
On 20 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, cloudy with a cold NWly wind but brightening up to give us a mostly sunny day, max temp 4˚, cloudy afternoon but clear evening, 2˚ at 9.30pm. == Alistair, I agree, no great weather events so far this month, I can’t remember a January like this without going through my records. The present calm & mostly dry certainly suits me in terms of outdoor work.
On 19 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, showery beginning but mostly bright and sunny with a cold NW’l wind, 2˚ at 8pm.
On 19 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
summer rain has just arrived and very welcome,some managed a shower ystdy morning but we got a few spots of driz.temps were down to a cool 10 at nite till last nites 16 now up to 18 the haymaker up the rd has been very busy,so now all we need is a cold winter to use up his stockpile..
On 18 Jan 2022, Alistair wrote:
The fact that we are seeing Just one or two posts a day probably sums up this month, especially as far as snow expectations are concerned. It looks like that stubborn high is going nowhere fast this month.. I don't think I can remember such a mild January in a long time and such an unusual set up. Perhaps February will signal a change. It will be interesting to see what does develop once the high does eventually move away. There is a lot of cold up there waiting to be tapped into should the weather gods decide to move it in our direction..
On 18 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, quite frosty with a light SW’ly wind that strengthened around midday, glimmer of sunshine on the SE horizon but very soon clouding over completely, gradually warming up to 6˚ by 8pm.
On 17 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
6˚C at 7.30, bright from the start, temp dropping to 4˚ for a while, sunny all day with a max of 7˚ and totally still, which is a rarity, completely clear evening under a full moon, 2˚ at 8.30pm.
On 16 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C, cold & fresh NW’l wind, clear sky followed by a sunny and warm morning, clouding up in the afternoon, wind still fresh in the evening and 6˚ at 8pm. January very mild so far, which is just as well as we have a lot of excavating to do chasing a blocked water supply pipe.
On 16 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
our summer has finally arrived with days of settled weather on this side of the ranges and coolnites,down to 10 again from a 24 h.anyone seen the CO2 blanket at nite..the volcano shouldnt affect the N hemi unless a bigger bang happens.
so many people heard the bang here in nz .i was inside and the windows rattled after the inital bang so i looked up but saw nothing .mate lives on a hilltop and said the whole house shook. son was out fishing and heard the bang then abt 3min later another 5/6 which were probly reverberations from surounding hills in far distance .. probly a good thing if the ash goes up high like Pinatubo did and cools the planet since the O3 is depleted
On 16 Jan 2022, Alistair wrote:
Another day and again that stubborn high seems stuck over us with no change in sight, I can't remember the last time when we were in such a situation in mid January. I don't have access to Piers forecasts but I wonder if the recent eruption will have any bearing on the weather situation moving forward.
On 15 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, clear as a bell, v light SW’ly breeze, splendid sunny morning with a max of 4˚, cloudy by 2pm and for the rest of the day, so not frost, 3˚ at 8.30pm.
On 15 Jan 2022, M Lewis wrote:
Looks like the Kraken Wakes!
Remember he follows the Sun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60007119
Make sure you play the video.
It will be most Interesting to see what happens in the Northern Hemisphere. Will La Palma and Mount Etna also awaken over the coming days?
On 14 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, practically still & very damp, stars out early on but then clouding over during the morning, including slowly spreading hill fog but clear at lower levels, max temp 7˚, fog lifting, veil of clouds in the evening penetrated by the moon which had a big halo, 6˚ at 8pm.
On 13 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, bright from the start and gloriously sunny & mild all day, max temp 8˚ but much warmer in full sun, light SW’ly breeze, clear moonlit night, still 4˚ at 10pm.
On 13 Jan 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Very cold this evening even though it's only just hit freezing now. I always find these high pressure patterns that give frost and fog cut through me. Although it's not snowy it's better than warm grey muck. Glorious to see the sun and stars of late. On that note it has been a particularly grey few months, starting in about July. As for winter, the deep cold is tantalisingly close but remains out of reach for now. However remember how set the models had been on cold for Christmas until the sun became very active and threw a major spanner in the works and set us up with that excessively warm NYE/NYD. That active region is on its way back round and we have a full moon on the 17th some solar/lunar forcing, which models do not account for, may nudge the cold our way via activating the Atlantic. I'd have loved to see the WA forecast for what's coming.
On 13 Jan 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Asim - if you've come here to troll remember the words of the gatekeepers "none shall pass". You do the same on Twitter which I called you out on. For everyone else this is what he said in Jan 2018 before the Beast from the East "Another failed winter down here in the se England I think it is like the 5th one. This winter was the average with wild swings of temperatures. To be honest nothing to ride home about. Will be the same this winter and the next I think I can kind of nail down the patterns forming here". The latest offerings are no different. I'll give you an A* for persistence but not any more of our time here at WeatherAction.
Go away now.
On 13 Jan 2022, Alistair wrote:
With regards to my earlier post in relation to models struggling beyond 5 days. I forgot to mention that the main problem in my view that we have at the moment, appears to be the high that we are currently experiencing, it appears to be very stubborn with no signs of moving... I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, so I'd love to know what other more experienced and knowledgeable posters on here think might happen?. Will it move anytime soon or are we stuck with it for the rest of this month?
On 13 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
take the cloud away and the temps drop..down to 8 o/n with clear sky ,just a ring of clouds around the horizon.a coolday with S SE wind gusty in parts ,but dropped off overnite to take a breath before sunday when ex.cyclone Cody is pos going to come see us with wind and rain forecast for the top 2/3d of the country. Watched an interesting vid last nite that some of you may have seen, from 2016 by, Gerald Pollack, on EZ water. A different take on weather and Peirs may have been influenced by it to be able to forecast so far ahead. One of those vids that needs watching again to take it all in and understand.
On 13 Jan 2022, Istvan ilyes wrote:
I was the name not supplied on the winter of 1947
Istvan Ilyes.
On 13 Jan 2022, Geoff wrote:
As others have said, so far this winter's been a complete non-event...but, I suppose, that's a good thing, given the strain on the NHS and fuel bills.
On 13 Jan 2022, Alistair wrote:
Ron. I love reading these comments and have done for the past 4 or 5 yrs.. I particularly like to read comments in relation to the possibility of a MIA.. Whether it materialises or not I have no idea. If you listen to the GW brigade who, in my opinion have their own agenda, that'll never happen. I'm sitting on the fence at the moment & waiting to see what happens over the next 2 or 3 years before leaning one way or another. I do believe that the sun has a massive effect on the earths climate, a lot more than governments will currently admit. I also believe Piers is way ahead when it comes to forecasting far ahead.,
With regards to the here & now. It is January the 13th The models & so called experts are saying January for snow. is doomed etc. I sometimes take a look at the Netweather forums which quite honestly are like a children playground. They rely so much on models for predicting weather 10 days out which in my opinion is ridiculous when they're very unreliable beyond 5 days.
On 12 Jan 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
I was the 'not supplied' commenting on an expected mild Jan (from standard models). These are fickle as we know. Piers sticks to his guns.
On 12 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
Amazing: 9˚C at 7.30 in a mild SW’ly wind that strengthened every now and then, mostly cloudy with a tantalising strip of light on the horizon that gradually moved around from sunrise to sunset but never came to us, max temp 10˚ and 5˚ at 8pm. Oh so different from the eastern US & Canada right now!
On 12 Jan 2022, Not supplied wrote:
looks like we're in for a very mild January with only the briefest incursions of PM air. Always a worry for plants flushing early and then getting hit by even normal spring frosts.
On 12 Jan 2022, Not supplied wrote:
The winter of 1947 started around the 25th January. There is still time for really hard cold winter. Let's just wait?
On 12 Jan 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Fred - there are two components to the 'brutal winters' you talk about: firstly the heavy snowfall and then the colder temperatures.
It's well known that the heaviest snowfall comes when you have the moistest warmer air hitting a solid bloc of cold air. Or, in the case of lake-effect snow around the Great Lakes, when cold dry winds pass over large bodies of still warm water. So I wouldn't be surprised at seeing the heaviest snowfalls coming during positive AMO phases, as that is when low pressure systems are likely to pick up the maximum moisture from the Atlantic Ocean.
Maybe what's important is what causes high pressures to establish close to the western edge of Eurasia? Are there similar phenomena around Japan and are their timings different to those around the UK?
On 11 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
0˚C at 7.30, hard ground frost under a clear sky in a light SW’ly wind, sunny morning, warming to a max of 4˚, cloudy but still bright afternoon, wind a bit stronger by evening, still 4˚ at 8pm.
On 10 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
3˚C at 7.30, SW’ly wind, very humid but still frozen underfoot, dull all day with a few drizzle showers around midday, dry and dark afternoon, temp rising to 6˚ & still there at 8pm.
On 10 Jan 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
Ty Craig, something I wasn't aware of ,dam ill be near 70 then before I get the sledge out again
On 10 Jan 2022, Mark Hall wrote:
I don't know about that Fred. The heat capacity of the oceans is about 1000 times greater than that of the atmosphere. A little nudge ( in either direction) from this vast store of thermal energy will affect the troposphere in an assymetric fashion.
On 10 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
down here we are having a warm spell up to23/4 daytime and only down to 16 at night due to the fluffy blanket of cloud. the forecast shws yesterday showed on the radar but never reached the ground...have stumbled onto the Electric Universe site and rather suspect they are right that the sun is changing our weather. we too used to get snow every May on the central plateau till the mid 80s when it suddenly stopped and the treerings show it. certainly isnt CO2. and i remember seeing a sunspot one evening so large we could see it just by squinting.if science could bring themselves to be honest and humble enough to look at other less entrenched ideas they would come up with the answer but sadly Egos have blocked their vision and so they flail around getting nowhere close to understanding why anymore."None is so blind as he who will not see."
On 10 Jan 2022, Fred wrote:
Sorry Craigm350, the brutal winters around WW11 and 1962 all came within warm AMO. For me it’s not the AMO.
On 10 Jan 2022, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Glenn - the 1980s were normal for the 1980s. The 1970s were almost completely snowless where I lived - less than 100 miles SW of you, in NW London.
You need to consider that the 1980s were not 'normal', they were just a run of 8 or 9 very cold and snowy winters.
They were followed by 3 years of most unusual winters, with huge high pressures covering the whole of the European continent for weeks on end. Far be it for me to say that those unusual winters coincided with a triple conjunction of large planets...
On 09 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C at 7.30, wall to wall sunshine all day in a light mostly W’ly breeze, max temp 1˚, clouding over late evening, rain in the offing again for tomorrow, -2˚ at 10.30.
On 09 Jan 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
Tony - the AMO. We have very warm waters. The winters of 60s-80s had a cold AMO. Being an island with a vast swathe of water beside us influences our weather. The AMO is due to flip to a cold cycle circa 2027. It doesn't mean we can't have cold winters but they are less likely. Besides this winter isn't done yet.
On 09 Jan 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
No Ron uk is not the world but as its uk I live and this site has been predicting colder winters ,I would really like to understand why we have not experienced the so called heavy snow etc .....is it the jet stream ???I can't believe its because we are an island, I remember the heavy snow of the 60s ,70s the freezing washing on the line ,iced up windows ,pipes frozen ......the uk has not moved so I'm just bemused why we miss it all ????
On 09 Jan 2022, Glenn wrote:
It looks like I was right about February 2021 being the last time it's ever going to snow in Norfolk. This is another winter to add to the list since 1988. What had happened to our winter climate? In the 1980s before 1988 when things were normal we had snow every single winter in Norfolk.
On 09 Jan 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
snow still lying from yesterday morning's fall, but with standard models showing a prolonged run of SW winds with only occasional inroads of polar maritime air and generally a blob of mild air over the UK, we are not likely to see much snow this month even in Scotland. This should not blind us however to noting that much of the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing sharp cold ad heavy snow. The UK is not the world..
On 08 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚C overnight, barely 1˚ at 7.30, raining steadily until 10, slowly clearing to gives some sunshine in the afternoon, light W’ly wind, glorious sunset, evening clearly lengthening, -1˚ at 8pm under a clear starry sky.
On 07 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-1˚at 7.30, blue sky and sunshine all day, albeit with a sharp NW’l wind, ground well frozen, max temp 2˚, starry sky, -1 at 8.30pm.
On 07 Jan 2022, claude grayson wrote:
Hey ,you N hemi guys keep your share of the cold up there .We are in summer mode and dont appreciate night temps down to winter levels of 6,esp when you go to bed and its still 18 and so dont have many bedclothes on.Spare a thought for those who've gone camping unprepared for low temps.
Next youll be frostburning our crops to inflate the price for your products and the carbon footprint will be added to the cost so only the more affluent can afford to eat.
I mean fairs, fair.You want winter, we dont yet.
On 06 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
-2˚ overnight, 0˚ at 7.30, overcast with a strong S’ly wind that brought some heavy rain mid morning, which lasted until about 3, drier thereafter but still overcast, 4˚ at 10.30pm, less windy.
On 06 Jan 2022, Fred wrote:
What I can say is this cold shot now has been forecast to the day by Piers with the synoptic pattern spot on too. The projection forward has to be seen. Get the forecast, the specials offer is great, is there Wild Jetstream LIA weather ahead? Well get it and see, and see how this current cold has started bang on to the day….forecast weeks to months ahead. Depending where you live it could be ‘crucial’ too.
On 05 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
2˚C at 7.30, rain showers on frozen ground made for slippery conditions, mostly sunny morning though, cloudy afternoon, NW’ly wind much less strong, max temp 2˚, down to 0˚ at 8pm under a partly clear sky.
On 05 Jan 2022, Ron Greer wrote:
No prolonged cold spells predicted by standard models, though showing frequent outbreaks of PM air alternating with milder sub tropical air. No signs, this month, of the Greenland--Fennoscandian HPs that gave us the 1963 winter ( which I experienced) Are we in for another bitter spring?
On 05 Jan 2022, M Lewis wrote:
I agree with Craig's diagnosis. Wild Jet Stream swings are well underway in the North Atlantic.
Weather Action supporters please do view Winter Watch 1963 if not already done so. Essential viewing and preparation for the coming extreme UK winters. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01q9d86/winterwatch-1963-the-big-freeze
On 05 Jan 2022, @CraigM350 Berks 51N wrote:
April coldest minimums since 1922 (a century class event) record frosts (since 1960), record warmth NYE and NYD, records smashed for heat in Pacific Northwest, coldest Antarctic winter on record, strongest Arctic ice in 18 years, record snowfall in Japan, record cold in large parts of Alaska Nov followed by record warmth the past week, some of the coldest temps (sub -40c) so early in the season in Sweden. I could go on but you get the point.
Do I have to keep listing this stuff year after year? Why cos it didn't snow? Dec 10 and 17 gave unrealistic expectations of Decembers.
Swings were characteristics of the slide into the LIA in the 13thC. Also during the 1960s and 70s with the ice age scare.
Believe what you want to believe. When the AMO flips much more will be apparent, but always remember the old lessons about not trusting warmth early in winter. The days are only just growing longer, the cold for us has yet to get stronger but it's close.
On 04 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
1˚C at 7.30, frozen ground, sharp NW’ly wind which increased during the day and brought a few light snow showers, quite sunny in the morning, temp dropped to 0˚ occasionally, some very strong gusts in the afternoon with a prolonged snow shower towards evening but then change to rain and 2˚ at 8pm, still windy. Strange day.
On 04 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
A point to remember and ask when records are spoken of ,What was the last/next highest or lowest temp,or record .have just been reviewing the brief climate summary for nz and un less they give the past records then their current summary is meaningless. a record gust of 133km/hhas no meaning if the last gust was 132km/h so to a temp of 29.5 as compared with 29.4,so if we all ask what was the previous record they may begin to report it as it is without reference to climate change ,which we all know happens all the time.
On 04 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
another hot day has past managed 28 but the o/n 17 only just required a sheet due to inside temp not dropping below 21 even with a window open .
bit of a contrast to the us where again they are refusing to share their snow with others and have record falls in places and even snow in florida.maybe you ought to ask boris to do a deal with the usa or canada.
On 04 Jan 2022, Sou'wester, sub, South Devon wrote:
"So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun". That's by way of saying that the white stuff arrived a little north of me, in Princetown, this morning. Not enough to make snowballs, though.
On 03 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
5˚C at 7.30, marked change of weather to a much colder NW’ly regime, the wind was not strong but letting us know what time of year it is. Mostly sunny though and on closer observation one can see the day lengthening a tad every day now when there are no clouds like today. Starry evening, -1˚ at 8pm, yellow snow & wind warning for us until Thursday. Venus visible in the W just over the horizon for another 3 days and then reappearing as morning star already on the 10th, takes a minute to picture how that is possible.
On 03 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
so the O3 depletion does cause temp increase. a paper just out says there is a tropical o3 hole much larger than the antarctic one and 7x as large as the N one and is causing temps to rise..another squeak has been heard that Antarctica had 78 days from 5 jul into sept, with temps below neg 50 and not much can happen when that cold esp with aircraft. im beginning to suspect that the cc rabble is beginning to unravel at last ,so maybe nature will force science to be honest again. someone put on F B ''if it quacks like a duck ,looks like a duck etc then its a squirrel according to the factcheckers''.
On 03 Jan 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
Ty Claude, yes the yanks are as usual hogging the winter .....I guess I want the old seasons back ,and cling on to that hope ....like I've said my figures from my own garden are not encouraging for that but I guess it's a wait n see
On 02 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
4˚C at 7.30, cloudy but brightening up to a sunny morning, fresh but much cooler SW’ly wind than yesterday, max temp 9˚, some light showers in the afternoon, patchworks sky of clouds and stars in the evening, 5˚ at 8pm.
On 02 Jan 2022, claude wrote:
could be forgiven for thinking today was autumn.down to 12.3o/n after a high of 29.3 yesterday.always seems strange to me now ,how,much is made of a point of a degree in a H temp thats a record .is there really any noticeable diff in 29.5as opposed to the prev.record of 29 4yet it gets splashed all over .oh well .media hype sensationalism and the mentality of climate change worshipers. Tony dont dispair,the answers are there just now they take alot of hunting for,and you could ask the N Americans to stop hogging your winter weather and no doubt the callifornians will gladly share some of their snow. Peirs a probly dumn ? but does the rotational force of the earth combined with the gravity of the moon and all the electrical currents they are finding combine to slowly drag the weather systems arround the globe so where once you had cold you now get warmer ie say the jet stream was over the atlantic and now its more over the UK for a bit till its dragged slowly off over Europe etc ?
On 01 Jan 2022, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
8˚C at 7.30, windy from the SW and then really strong wind by 9, dry & quite bright, even sunny into the afternoon, max temp 10˚ on our thermometer but up to 14.5˚ at Inverurie N of Aberdeen, 7˚ again at 8pm, lots of stars but also clouds drifting along on the still fresh wind.
On 01 Jan 2022, Tony ex sub wrote:
If that's aimed at me Mark I find that pathetic ......I question how the weather is not going in the UK how this site predicted a few years ago ......I used to pay for the forecasts but found they were only 25%. Accurate .....yes I know we are an island 100 ,200 miles jet stream will make all the difference but you make out no one shold try and debate ask questions......I'm an amateur who has been fascinated by the weather since a child ....kept records for a while now ,so pick yer bottom lip up and explain to us amateurs a bit more on why the UK is not cooling .....
On 01 Jan 2022, Sou'wester, SW Devon, sub wrote:
Happy New Year All! Paddy, I think some of those Glaswegians didn't get off at Carlisle but took the train to Plymouth,, as we had a fun and festive New Year;s down here with quite a few Glaswegian accents overheard. Haven't commented in some time, but have still been checking in on this blog now & again while distracted by this unprecedented political situation. Comforting to find reliable Paddy's reports every evening - and Rhys, I have been particularly appreciative of your comments on the weather in California of late, especially the record snowfalls. I see that as of Dec 29, a town in the Sierras has been snowed in and without power -with the outage likely to last until January 10. https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/Pollock-Pines-without-power-crisis-16736591.php. It doesn't help that California has been restricting the use of wood as fuel. Let this be a warning to us all. while we enjoy this mild spell. For details see Piers' winter forecast. Recommended. .
On 31 Dec 2021, Mark Hall wrote:
There's been quite a few mentions on this site over the past couple of years about weakening solar activity affecting the jet stream patterns. The movement towards a meridional set up from a zonal circulation.
So what is it with this obtuse attitude? Are you unable to process any information at all that challenges your preconceptions? You've been given plenty of answers, loads of pointers and you have obviously not bothered to explore them. Please stop coming back and repeating the same witless questions. Really boring now. This, in one ear out the other, pantomime.
Happy new year.
On 31 Dec 2021, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, cloudy and still, some sunshine during the morning, max temp 9˚, cloudier again in the afternoon, 7˚ at 8pm. Craig, I really enjoyed the meme on your blog about the overflowing Indian Railways train purporting to be the Glasgow to Carlisle train on Hogmanay :-), shame we can’t put pictures in this blog. Happy New Year everyone! == Tony, it has to do with the meandering jet stream which during years of low solar activity shows very long meridional, i.e. N & S fetches rather than zonal W to E flows during ‘normal’ solar activity when there are fewer extremes. Personally, I don’t mind the absence of snow but I’m equally happy when it does come, as it likely yet will, up here anyway.
On 31 Dec 2021, claude wrote:
Happy New Year to all of you..ours down here is cloudy, cool ,15c,a slight breeze,and the probability of 24 or so as yesterday was..
I suspect that weather patterns have always been scattered,with only occasional worldwide ,or hemispherical disturbances,even within a small country such uk or nz. We because of our size and surrounded by water will be influenced more by the water so our weather will not be as steady or predictable as that of large land masses.We still have much to learn about the weather ,which makes all their long term predictions laughable.Peirs does best because he uses more perameters,and adds the more relevent data,solar, lunar etc that the others deem pseudo, yet want to use but cant unless they admit he is right, even your 1963 storm didnt cover the whole of uk did it? the weather just doesnt work that way.its variable and the trees show it.
Enjoy everything as it is while it is.remba the Romans must have enjoyed the Medi.warm period growing grapes in Scotland
On 31 Dec 2021, Tony ex sub wrote:
Agree paddy and why is this ????? Surely if we are going into an lia anytime soon ,the whole northern hemisphere should be experiencing cold snowy conditions....14-4 here in my garden northants ,highest I've ever recorded in the 7 years ive been here for 31st December, in fact highest ever for December I believe .....would need to check my records .......bizarre
On 30 Dec 2021, Paddy, Aberdeen South, sub, 130m elevation wrote:
7˚C at 7.30, light SW’ly wind and a bright sunny morning with a max of 11˚ but rather warmer in the sunshine, more cloud in the afternoon but still mild, 7˚ at 8pm. Rather amazing having this mild spell when so many other places around the world are buried in metres of snow: Turkey, California, Mongolia, Siberia etc.
On 30 Dec 2021, Ron Greer wrote:
standard models still struggling over the inputs of polar maritime incursions and Azore type plumes. 5 days ahead accuracy my bahookie--they are struggling for 2 or 3.
On 29 Dec 2021, Rhys Jaggar wrote:
Seven feet of snow and counting for the Christmas storm in the Sierra Nevada - see https://www.mammothmountain.com/mountain/winter-weather.
The drought severity is definitely decreasing steadily there.
Los Angeles has had nearly 5 inches of rain in December 2021, with a final storm to come tomorrow and Friday.
See https://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we13a.php
for the daily rainfall figures.
Rainfall in California since Oct 1 (the start of the 'rainfall year') is tracking close to the 90th percentile: see https://engaging-data.com/california-precipitation-levels/
On 29 Dec 2021, Piers Corbyn wrote:
HI GUYS!
A new long awaited comment blog is opened here. Join in with your usual energy. AND THANK YOU ALL who take care of comments to ensure fairplay.
Please see new special rest of ALL WINTER NOW deals to 12th night. GET IT! PASS IT ON!
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