The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024

[Skodillac]

That map is giving me the ook. It shows all the modern Unitary Authority boundaries, as opposed to old county boundaries, except for Berkshire being shown as a whole rather than the Unitary Authorities it now comprises.

[Puggit]

Skodillac said:

That map is giving me the ook. It shows all the modern Unitary Authority boundaries, as opposed to old county boundaries, except for Berkshire being shown as a whole rather than the Unitary Authorities it now comprises.

That's because Berkshire's special

Although I'd prefer not to be lumped in with Slough, if I'm honest.

[Skodillac]

Puggit said:

Skodillac said:

That map is giving me the ook. It shows all the modern Unitary Authority boundaries, as opposed to old county boundaries, except for Berkshire being shown as a whole rather than the Unitary Authorities it now comprises.

That's because Berkshire's special

Although I'd prefer not to be lumped in with Slough, if I'm honest.

Oh yeah, Bucks can have it back. Was never proper Berkshire IMHO. The Thames matters (says he from north of it and wrongly in Berkshire, and is also guilty of treachery as he's Bucks born but identifies as a Berk).

[Puggit]

Skodillac said:

Oh yeah, Bucks can have it back. Was never proper Berkshire IMHO. The Thames matters (says he from north of it and wrongly in Berkshire, and is also guilty of treachery as he's Bucks born but identifies as a Berk).

Ha, wife and I both grew up in Bucks (not born!) and moved to Berks

3 days of weather warnings now - batten down the hatches!
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-...

[Puggit]

Nice big storm tracking from Surrey in to Berkshire: https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

[UTH]

BBC and Iphone app says it's meant to be pure sunshine right now where I am......the sky is nothing but white/grey......not even a slither of blue sky.

I thought I'd be in shorts heading into town today, right now I'm looking for my rain coat and umbrella.

[adccl8z]

Puggit said:

Nice big storm tracking from Surrey in to Berkshire: https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

Was pruning trees in Woking when it arrived.. still slowly making its way westward..

[p1stonhead]

Puggit said:

Torro warning for today - usually means something is afoot!



https://www.torro.org.uk/forecast?fbclid=IwY2xjawF...

This may as well say ‘be lucky’

[JakeT]

Puggit said:

That's because Berkshire's special

Although I'd prefer not to be lumped in with Slough, if I'm honest.

In the case of Berks, West side is the best.

[Puggit]

JakeT said:

In the case of Berks, West side is the best.

No dispute

[Skodillac]

Puggit said:

JakeT said:

In the case of Berks, West side is the best.

No dispute

[JakeT]

Sudden thunder, lightning and downpour in the aforementioned West Berks.

[UTH]

Meanwhile the blue skies and sun are starting to show as my train heads into Waterloo and I'm wishing I'd gone with shorts.

[Skodillac]

Thunder just starting in the area formerly known as the southern extremity of Oxfordshire but now part of (defunct) Berkshire. No rain yet...hold...hold...

Big, big thunderclaps...slate gray sky...

[Puggit]

Directly under the storm. House is shaking, cat is freaking.

[Skodillac]

Sitrep...

[Puggit]

Trying to form mammatus, but not quite there.

[Skodillac]

Biblical downpour begins, rumbles and flashes continue. Glad I fixed a certain downpipe from my roof this summer...

[redrabbit29]

Never seen rain like today, but typical British weather was glorious sunshine before, unbelievably heavy rain for about 30 minutes, and now the rest of the afternoon has been amazing again.

[Puggit]

Possible tornado in Aldershot from that storm: https://x.com/AlexisGreenTV/status/183716164699888...