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

[colin_p]

Puggit said:

colin_p said:

Back to the UK; looks like we are to get some warm'ish wet and a good blow from the Atlantic this coming week rather than all this blocking pattern boringness.

Portuguese have called it Diana

More serious than I understood then if it has a name.

Is Diana the 4th being "D" and do all countries use the same naming convention? Interested to know how far down the alphabet it has ever got.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Good - we need the rain to wash all the salt off the roads - I hate this time of year, I wash the cars and they're filthy again within a few miles.

[Puggit]

colin_p said:

More serious than I understood then if it has a name.

Is Diana the 4th being "D" and do all countries use the same naming convention? Interested to know how far down the alphabet it has ever got.

This is their own naming convention - but if a storm is previously named elsewhere, we never rename it.

[colin_p]

Puggit said:

colin_p said:

More serious than I understood then if it has a name.

Is Diana the 4th being "D" and do all countries use the same naming convention? Interested to know how far down the alphabet it has ever got.

This is their own naming convention - but if a storm is previously named elsewhere, we never rename it.

Having had a look.....If we had named it, it would be called "Deirdre". The 2017-18 season got to "H" / "Hector".

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2018/st...

[defblade]

If anyone's hoping for more cold weather in South Wales, sorry, my fault... I bought a new, expensive, pair of gloves this morning. It was getting quite warm outside by the time I got home...

[cherryowen]

A very nasty looking low pressure system showing on the chart for Thursday heading for the UK

[HannsG]

I'm off to Finland for Lapland on the 20th Dec.

Love the Snow!!

[MartG]

Yellow Warning e-mails from Met Office arrived last night, warning of strong winds tomorrow and Thursday

[Puggit]

HannsG said:

I'm off to Finland for Lapland on the 20th Dec.

Love the Snow!!

There isn't any in Lapland currently! I'm sure that will change by then.

[john2443]

defblade said:

If anyone's hoping for more cold weather in South Wales, sorry, my fault... I bought a new, expensive, pair of gloves this morning. It was getting quite warm outside by the time I got home...

...and I've probably stopped any chance of snow in the south east by putting the winter tyres on

[PositronicRay]

Not sure it's even got light today, 3pm and all is gloom.

[S1600]

Puggit said:

HannsG said:

I'm off to Finland for Lapland on the 20th Dec.

Love the Snow!!

There isn't any in Lapland currently! I'm sure that will change by then.

They got some in Levi Finland yesterday (Lapland) I'm planning on going February so hoping they get a lot more.

https://youtu.be/5vx2JYDGPdU

[leglessAlex]

PositronicRay said:

Not sure it's even got light today, 3pm and all is gloom.

I noticed this too. Depressing as hell.

[MentalSarcasm]

Bit blustery in north Essex on the walk home from work this evening. Is this a taster of the next few days?

[fttm]

We had a freezing rainstorm overnight and now it's snowing oh the joy it brings .

[S100HP]

Grim here in Southampton for the 2nd day in a row. Looks like day 3 of rain tomorrow. Joy.

[DuckAvenger]

-8°C here in southern Finland.

[RammyMP]

It was 14 degrees in Manchester on my way home tonight.

[PomBstard]

Yesterday was the wettest November day for 35 years, including 73mm in an hour.

[schmalex]

Our village duck pond is still nowhere near full after the summer drought, though