The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2018/2019 thread

[Puggit]

Went for a 3 mile walk. Reached the pub, all tables booked, so sat outside. Drizzle started!

[colin_p]

Wishlist for 2019;

Hopefully the fabled SSW will produce some white stuff
A cool summer
A goodly number of thunderstorms

[Scabutz]

colin_p said:

Wishlist for 2019;

Hopefully the fabled SSW will produce some white stuff
A cool summer
A goodly number of thunderstorms

Yes to 1 & 3. No to 2. Want another scorcher.

We never seem to get many thunderstorms where we are though.

[jimmyjimjim]

It snowed for most of the day yesterday... And put down a couple of inches.
Still, it was good for some amusing drifting on the way back from the shops.
I'd actually put the car through the wash two days earlier, so I attribute this for the snow.
Next time there's something forecast I'll splurge for polish....

[Paul Dishman]

Wishlist for 2019

1. Mild, wet winter to top up reservoirs and aquifers
2. A dry warm spring.
3. A long hot summer.

[jonnyb]

Just had a BBQ and toasted marshmallows in the fire pit.

Not bad for New Years Day! Cool and clear here in the Midlands.

[Stan the Bat]

Paul Dishman said:

Wishlist for 2019

1. Mild, wet winter to top up reservoirs and aquifers
2. A dry warm spring.
3. A long hot summer.

Sounds just about perfect.

[kuro]

Paul Dishman said:

Puggit said:

Blue sky

A beautiful still New Years Day down here in Devon, blue sky with some haze and bright winter sunshine.

Agree, it was almost like an early spring day in the South Hams.

[Puggit]

Current pressure is around 1041/1042 mbar in the NW. Highest for around 20 years.

Also explains why you appear heavier on your scales after Xmas

Edited by Puggit on Tuesday 1st January 21:15

[Flibble]

Scorchio here, 20C in the shade yesterday, even hotter in the sun.
I am in the med mind.

[MentalSarcasm]

Very chilly this morning here in north Essex, but still no frost. Netweather suggesting the rest of the week will be chilly too, and warm back up a fraction on Tuesday.

[RTB]

MentalSarcasm said:

Very chilly this morning here in north Essex, but still no frost. Netweather suggesting the rest of the week will be chilly too, and warm back up a fraction on Tuesday.

Quite a hard frost up here in the Peak District this morning. Car needed scrapping. Nice and still though, so didn't feel really cold.

We get snow up here every year and it's nice for the first few days, after that the novelty wears off and it's a pain. I've been enjoying the mild winter so far.

[ElectricSoup]

RTB said:

Quite a hard frost up here in the Peak District this morning. Car needed scrapping.

Wowee, that's what I call a frost.

[p1stonhead]

ElectricSoup said:

RTB said:

Quite a hard frost up here in the Peak District this morning. Car needed scrapping.

Wowee, that's what I call a frost.

RTB this morning

[RTB]

ElectricSoup said:

Wowee, that's what I call a frost.

Took me a second.

It wasn't quite that bad

[Puggit]

[leglessAlex]

Puggit said:

Um... Could you provide a translation to those of us that have been following this thread for ages, but still have no idea about the lingo or the effects of this kind of stuff

[deckster]

leglessAlex said:

Puggit said:

Um... Could you provide a translation to those of us that have been following this thread for ages, but still have no idea about the lingo or the effects of this kind of stuff

I think it means there's a big red whale over the Arctic that's going to be impregnated by a sperm that's coming in from Russia. Although that might just be the plot of the new James Bond come to think of it.

[DuckAvenger]

And more snow...

[Scabutz]

leglessAlex said:

Puggit said:

Um... Could you provide a translation to those of us that have been following this thread for ages, but still have no idea about the lingo or the effects of this kind of stuff

Yeah glad you asked that, I'm in the same boat. Google translate doesn't have a science -> pleb option yet.