How's the weather?

[niels]

Another hot day, 86 (30c for the rest of the world).  Am I the only California sick and tired of all this "good weather?"  Seriously, I'm desperate to see rain at this point.

Come and live in the Netherlands (or the UK for this matter) for some time, and maybe you will appreciate the good weather .
In the Netherlands some places already had their first snow yesterday. I think for the whole next week the predictions weatherwise are: cold, windy, cloudy (I think I haven't seen a small piece of blue sky for days now) and lots of rain. It's seriously depressing.

This was yesterday:

 

[A Lark Ascending]

The autumn leaves are at perfection and there's no sun to swoon over them to. No let up in sight - the wind will have blown them all away if we are not lucky. 

Edited October 16, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

Il fait brouillard.

[A Lark Ascending]

The high priests at the BBC who pull out the entrails of chickens to predict the weather are promising a week of....

[jlhoots]

1st snow of the season here this a.m.

[paul secor]

70ish for the past few days. Unseasonable but I'm not complaining.

[A Lark Ascending]

Someone has installed a sheet of steel across the sky for the last week and it's staying there for the foreseeable future. 

I don't think we make steel here any more; must be part of the Osborne deal with China. Could be Corbyn...an alternative to Trident.  

[A Lark Ascending]

Oooh! We have our very own named storm:

"The first storm to be officially named by the Met Office, is set to bring winds up to 80 mph across far north of UK on Thursday."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/

[sidewinder]

As long as it stays 'far North'.. 

[A Lark Ascending]

It's a middle class storm - all show and no substance. Named after Abigail's Party. 

[Tim McG]

Post rain 50s.

I am just loving it!

[A Lark Ascending]

Abigail is really causing disruption in Scotland. Wet and blustery here:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/12/storm-abigail-forces-school-closures-in-scotland

[BillF]

Most depressing weather forecast today, showing rain for the rest of today and continuing all next week. At times like this I'd like to be somewhere else. I receive daily Skype calls from one of my daughters who lives in Zaragoza in north-east Spain. Can't help contrasting Zaragoza's 12" of rain a year with Manchester's 32". 

[A Lark Ascending]

It is depressing...but it's all part of the warp and weft. I'd like a little more reliable sunshine in the summer (memories of putting my tent up in a gale in Cornwall last July) and guaranteed snow from 6.00 pm to 8.00 a.m. on 24th/25th Dec...but apart from that I wouldn't want to be anywhere else for more than a holiday. 

Glad I'm not here:

An ominous picture as Abigail approaches Ellanbeich, Argyll and Bute. Taken by Zim.

Or here:

Wet and windy in Breakish, Highland. Captured by Skye Woody.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/34803702

Edited November 13, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

Blackpool yesterday

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/13/heavy-rain-warning-for-northern-britain-in-wake-of-storm-abigail

[sidewinder]

22 minutes ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Blackpool yesterday

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/13/heavy-rain-warning-for-northern-britain-in-wake-of-storm-abigail

That place and indeed the whole of the Fylde is renowned for its horizontal rain. Every time I'm in the area it has been that way !

Edited November 14, 2015 by sidewinder

[A Lark Ascending]

5 hours ago, sidewinder said:

That place and indeed the whole of the Fylde is renowned for its horizontal rain. Every time I'm in the area it has been that way !

I'm afraid the closest I've been to that coast (apart from the Cumbrian part) is the M6. 

Useful flood warning map on the BBC website. Good for house hunting!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26189096

I'm in the clear; except that I have to drive into Sheffield later and the Don is highlighted. 

Edited November 14, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Tim McG]

Frosty and in the 30s.

Fire going even as I type.

[kinuta]

Nice, blue skies and warm at 15 C.

Frosty & in the 30s threw me off for a second as an oxymoron !

[A Lark Ascending]

Prestwick (near Glasgow).

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/29/christmas-lights-stay-off-as-storm-clodagh-hits-britain-and-ireland

Not quite like this in Worksop but has been wet and very blowy. This one has been called Storm Clodagh. Someone at the met office must have one of those babies' names books. 

Edited November 30, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[BillF]

21 minutes ago, A Lark Ascending said:

 

 

 This one has been called Storm Clodagh. 

One for the "How do you Pronounce?" thread.

[A Lark Ascending]

Not if you remember:

Quite an apt song!

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Not sure how this would cope in the weather:

"Amazon has unveiled a new hybrid delivery drone that can fly both vertically, as a helicopter capable of landing in customers’ backyards, and horizontally like a conventional plane. The drone can travel up to 15 miles at high speed."

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/29/amazon-unveils-hybrid-delivery-drone-prototype

Doesn't say what the drone does if you are not in. 

[Jazzmoose]

There's a heat wave expected towards the end of the week; it's supposed to get above freezing.

[BillF]

1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Not if you remember:

 

But I don't! 

[kinuta]

Windy but warm, over 21C. 

This morning I went out in a t shirt !