The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2022/2023 thread

[ruggedscotty]

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/major-incident-le...

The wind caused a few problems up here today

[Puggit]

Squirrelofwoe said:

I have a garden log cabin workshop to get assembled & treated / weather-proof, ideally by mid April or I'm going to start running into bother with storage- I reckon 3 consecutive calm, dry days should be enough to get it done... I don't even mind if it's cold! Unfortunately it's looking like a complete impossibility at the moment. Each time I check the weather it just continually shows rain for the next 14 days

It was delivered in Feb just at the end of the last cold spell and since then I don't think we've had a single 24hr period without either a downpour or high winds or both here in Oxfordshire. Winter can officially do one.

Rant over!

As the wind swings to the North, should be plenty dry enough in Oxon

[Squirrelofwoe]

Puggit said:

As the wind swings to the North, should be plenty dry enough in Oxon

I hope so! Moving the TVR out of the garage at the weekend so i have somewhere dry to start organising the bits.

[mcelliott]

Didn't bother with my usual morning coffee stop today.

[Bannock]

My magnolia is about to unfurl its plentiful and magnificent petals, so this can only mean one thing, there will shortly be a hard frost which will immediately kill the petals and ruin the spectacle.

[Puggit]

Solar storm tonight - not a hope in hell of seeing anything with our current conditions!

[colin_p]

Puggit said:

Solar storm tonight - not a hope in hell of seeing anything with our current conditions!

I always keep an eye on the space weather (I don't really), an X20-class flare would cause mayhem, especially to me as it'd likely stop my pacemaker and me.

[nebpor]

colin_p said:

I always keep an eye on the space weather (I don't really), an X20-class flare would cause mayhem, especially to me as it'd likely stop my pacemaker and me.

Never mind your pacemaker - our streaming internet might be affected!

[Evoluzione]

Bannock said:

My magnolia is about to unfurl its plentiful and magnificent petals, so this can only mean one thing, there will shortly be a hard frost which will immediately kill the petals and ruin the spectacle.

Get something thrown over it on Sunday night.

[Hereward]

Bannock said:

My magnolia is about to unfurl its plentiful and magnificent petals, so this can only mean one thing, there will shortly be a hard frost which will immediately kill the petals and ruin the spectacle.

Every.Frikkin.Year.

[Speed addicted]

Puggit said:

Solar storm tonight - not a hope in hell of seeing anything with our current conditions!

Noticed a lot of chat about the aurora, this was an iPhone pic from my back garden in Aberdeenshire.
I’m hoping it’s still going in half an hour or so when the battery for the proper camera is charged!

[Snow and Rocks]

Another couple of phone pics from Aberdeenshire - bit of cloud floating about but pretty strong at times with waving columns visible to the naked eye.

[Its Just Adz]

Beautiful!

[Puggit]

Speed addicted said:

Noticed a lot of chat about the aurora, this was an iPhone pic from my back garden in Aberdeenshire.
I’m hoping it’s still going in half an hour or so when the battery for the proper camera is charged!

Anyone more fascinated by the lower part of the pic? What is going on?!

[Speed addicted]

Puggit said:

Speed addicted said:

Noticed a lot of chat about the aurora, this was an iPhone pic from my back garden in Aberdeenshire.
I’m hoping it’s still going in half an hour or so when the battery for the proper camera is charged!

Anyone more fascinated by the lower part of the pic? What is going on?!

It’s my hedge being projected onto the road by the lights on the house that I hadn’t turned off yet!

[Bannock]

Just tried to dry some laundry outside. It did not end well.

[jimmyjimjim]

Snowed again last night in Colorado. 23rd of the season - it collected on grassy areas so I'll count it, but only about 10mm.

[djc206]

jimmyjimjim said:

Snowed again last night in Colorado. 23rd of the season - it collected on grassy areas so I'll count it, but only about 10mm.

The residents of Southampton would consider that a blizzard. We’ve not had snow settle here since 2018 that I can remember. In my time living here (14 years) we’ve had 3 episodes of snow settling more than a few mm deep if memory serves. The chaos it causes is a source of great amusement for the rest of the country.

[Evoluzione]

Laundry out at 12.
Back in at 1 all done.
Sunday through to Monday looks fun though with -4 predicted.

[jimmyjimjim]

djc206 said:

jimmyjimjim said:

Snowed again last night in Colorado. 23rd of the season - it collected on grassy areas so I'll count it, but only about 10mm.

The residents of Southampton would consider that a blizzard. We’ve not had snow settle here since 2018 that I can remember. In my time living here (14 years) we’ve had 3 episodes of snow settling more than a few mm deep if memory serves. The chaos it causes is a source of great amusement for the rest of the country.

I was about to reply that I'd expect another snowfall and then we'll be done with it for the year, then thought better of it and checked the weather forecast. Snow due Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Thursday. I doubt that it'll be anything significant on any of those days.

Back to your 14 year comment - we've had about 8 times that amount of snow this season alone, so by that measure Colorado has 112 times as much snow as Southampton....