The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024
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S100HP said:
Blib said:
S100HP said:
Morning from the South Coast.
Heavy rain. Again.
Rain too in NE Suffolk. Not to worry, as it's meant to relent at 3pm. Heavy rain. Again.
Or 5pm.
thepritch said:
Not gloating. Not at all.
Bluebird skies. 24 degs on the Mercury. I’ll make the most of it while we can. It is Scotland after all this is peak summer.
I really don't understand how there can be such a difference withing a relatively small area. 12 degrees here with hardly a sign of blue sky all day here near Edinburgh. Bluebird skies. 24 degs on the Mercury. I’ll make the most of it while we can. It is Scotland after all this is peak summer.
Composer62 said:
I really don't understand how there can be such a difference withing a relatively small area. 12 degrees here with hardly a sign of blue sky all day here near Edinburgh.
Some people have suggested it’s the big ridge (Cairn O Mount etc) that extends from Stonehaven west that literally stops some of the weather crossing over to Deeside. Don’t know if that’s true, but my father took the train from Hull to Aberdeen today and said it brightened up a bit in Edinburgh, but past Stonehaven it was like a completely different day. 
Low pressure was dragging the warmth from central Europe in an arc across the North Sea to hit Aberdeenshire, missing the rest of the UK. Lucky sods.
That said, it's really been ok in this part of the world. Hitting 20 degrees occaisonally and very little rain. I'm aware that just a couple of miles to our NW got pummelled by a slow moving storm last night.
Met Office pressure maps show an improving picture with slack pressure instead of low. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-char...
That said, it's really been ok in this part of the world. Hitting 20 degrees occaisonally and very little rain. I'm aware that just a couple of miles to our NW got pummelled by a slow moving storm last night.
Met Office pressure maps show an improving picture with slack pressure instead of low. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-char...
I drove between "home" in Leeds and "home" in Southampton last night and encountered the most horrendous weather until South of Birmingham in terms of absolutely torrential rain and dark cloud at 7pm that felt like a winter's day. After a short respite around Gaydon way it then turned back to s
t from Oxford down to Newbury again.
Just fookin dreadful. That said, woken to blue skies here this morning.
t from Oxford down to Newbury again. Just fookin dreadful. That said, woken to blue skies here this morning.
Puggit said:
We have a high of -50 and 40% chance of rain. Anyone in to thermodynamics who could tell me what pressure would be required? 
It's been 36 years since I sat a thermodynamics paper in my finals, but this phase diagram...
...would indicate that there isn't a liquid phase for water available below about -45C, and you'd need atmospheric pressure of ~200 MPa (or roughly 2000 atmospheres) to keep it runny. On the plus side, a nice spell of high pressure might bring some sunshine.
Shnozz said:
I drove between "home" in Leeds and "home" in Southampton last night and encountered the most horrendous weather until South of Birmingham in terms of absolutely torrential rain and dark cloud at 7pm that felt like a winter's day. After a short respite around Gaydon way it then turned back to st from Oxford down to Newbury again.
Just fookin dreadful. That said, woken to blue skies here this morning.
We were right on the edge of the Oxford/Newbury storm - got a couple of drops only but the sky looked amazing. Radar just showed it sitting there, totally stationary. t from Oxford down to Newbury again. Just fookin dreadful. That said, woken to blue skies here this morning.
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