What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Shields Folk
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 03:47 AM

AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET.OFFICE AT 0505 ON TUESDAY 31 JULY 2001

THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN FINISTERRE

THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT 0100 SHALLOW LOW TYNE 1017 MOVING RATHER QUICKLY EASTSOUTHEAST AND FILLING. ATLANTIC LOW MOVING STEADILY NORTHEAST EXPECTED 150 MILES WEST OF SOUTH BAILEY 1014 BY 0100 TOMORROW. NEW LOW EXPECTED SOUTHEAST FINISTERRE 1012 BY SAME TIME

THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE NORTHEAST FORTIES WEST OR NORTHWEST 4 OR 5. SHOWERS. GOOD

SOUTHWEST FORTIES CROMARTY FORTH VARIABLE, MAINLY NORTHWESTERLY, 3. ISOLATED SHOWERS. GOOD

TYNE NORTHERLY 3 OR 4 BECOMING VARIABLE 3. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD

DOGGER CYCLONIC BECOMING NORTHERLY 3 OR 4, THEN VARIABLE 2 LATER. RAIN AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD

FISHER NORTHWESTERLY 4 OR 5. SHOWERS. GOOD

GERMAN BIGHT VARIABLE 3 BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY 4, OCCASIONALLY 5. RAIN THEN SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD

HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT WESTERLY VEERING NORTHEASTERLY 3, OCCASIONALLY 4. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD

PORTLAND PLYMOUTH WESTERLY BECOMING VARIABLE THEN EASTERLY, 3. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD

BISCAY NORTH OR NORTHEAST 3 OR 4, INCREASING 5 IN WEST. THUNDERY SHOWERS IN FAR SOUTH. MODERATE OR GOOD, BUT OCCASIONALLY POOR IN FAR SOUTH

SOUTH FINISTERRE NORTHEASTERLY 6 OR 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8, BECOMING CYCLONIC 5 LATER IN FAR SOUTHEAST. THUNDERY SHOWERS. MODERATE OCCASIONALLY POOR

NORTH FINISTERRE NORTH OR NORTHEAST 4 OR 5. FAIR. MODERATE OCCASIONALLY POOR

SOLE NORTHWESTERLY VEERING NORTHEASTERLY 3. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD

LUNDY FASTNET WESTERLY VEERING NORTHERLY 3 OR 4, OCCASIONALLY 5 AT FIRST. MAINLY FAIR. MODERATE OR GOOD

IRISH SEA NORTHERLY 4 OCCASIONALLY 5 BECOMING VARIABLE 3. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD

SHANNON NORTHWESTERLY BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY 3 OR 4, INCREASING 5 LATER IN NORTHWEST. RAIN OR DRIZZLE LATER. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE WITH FOG PATCHES

ROCKALL MALIN NORTHWESTERLY BACKING SOUTHERLY 3, INCREASING 5 OR 6 LATER. RAIN OR DRIZZLE LATER. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR, WITH FOG PATCHES LATER IN ROCKALL

HEBRIDES WESTERLY 4 BACKING SOUTHEASTERLY 5 OR 6. SHOWERS THEN RAIN. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR

BAILEY WESTERLY BACKING EASTERLY 4 OR 5, DECREASING 3 FOR A TIME. SHOWERS THEN RAIN. GOOD BECOMING MODERATE OR POOR

FAIR ISLE FAEROES WESTERLY 4 OCCASIONALLY 5. SHOWERS. GOOD

SOUTHEAST ICELAND WESTERLY 4 BACKING SOUTHERLY 3. SHOWERS. MAINLY GOOD

The Shipping Forcast

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: sledge
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 08:12 AM

Well since I got back to work out here in North Africa, its been hot, damned hot. Today though its exceeded that and is now chuffing hot. Difficult to say what the temp is cos the thermometer burst a while back. Its often windy as well, the winding is also chuffing hot and contains half a ton of sand in each gust, this mean that we never have to buy overpriced cleansing products that promise to remove dead skin and so on, we just go outside for 5 minutes with t shirt off. Oh yes, no clouds, just perfect blue.

Sledge (done this side flip me over)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,53, Glenda
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 09:12 AM

Half an Hour from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA: beautiful day today, blue sky, not as humid as usual - only 90% today. 70 degrees this morning but warming up to low 90s later.

We've been having some rain everyday lately, but that is better than drought.

Enjoying farm produce like okra, watermelons, cantaloupes, beans, etc. from the local farmers market.

Glenda

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Rowana (at work)
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 09:22 AM

It's glorious in southern New Jersey this last day of July. Very low humidity; early morning temperature of low 60s; expected high is 83; sunny; light breeze. Had fresh Jersey blueberries for breakfast and will have a fresh Jersey peach for lunch. Life is good!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Drumshanty
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 09:33 AM

I am sitting at work looking out on to West Parliament Square in Edinburgh. The tourists are flooding the place and most look quite happy - nice. There is a young man sitting beside St Giles Cathedral playing a clarsach - I think the tune is "Dark Island" - which lends an air of serenity to a chaotic scene.

It has just clouded over after a morning of blue skies and scuddy white clouds. It is very warm but, judging by the past few days, it will rain before dark. Edinburgh seems to have missed out on the heatwave so far.

Tracy

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Jul 01 - 02:54 PM

Here in the north of Scotland, 50 miles north of Inverness that is, the weather is rubbish. Once again it rained to-day for a short time. I don't think that we've had any more than 10 days without rain since end of May, this is without doubt the most miserable summer I can remember. I'm going over to Boston and points north from 6th September for 2 weeks, so it will probably rain there too. Excuse me Mudcatters but I'm feeling paranoid.

You know what they say, "Just because nobody's getting at you; don't mean you can't feel paranoid"

Jock

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 01:55 PM

Weel that sort of killed that one then!!!!!!!!!!! Jock

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: vindelis
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 02:53 PM

Not as hot as it has been and still waiting for the thunderstorm predicted yesterday. 77oF in the shade, on Sunday was too hot for me.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Arnie
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 04:05 PM

Verrrryyyy wet today in Dover! However, off to France tomorrow so hope for a bit of sun - helps the wine go down smoothly!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 04:33 PM

Just came in again to have a look, thanks Shields Folk for that lovely poetry the Shipping Forecast. Used to go to sleep listening and making my way down through the cold North Sea passing Shields on the way and heading south to Plymouth and round into the Irish Sea and I seldom made it to Malin, out like a light. Lovely, better than counting bloody sheep. Slan Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Aug 01 - 04:54 PM

Hot, muggy, steamy, and slightly overcast. Could be worse.

- LH

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,guinnesschik
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:54 AM

Hot! Mostly dry. I have to water every day, and my miniture rosebush is failing. The only thing in my garden that seems to be doing well is the aloe vera. It's been in the low 100's, down to about mid 80's at night. Did I say hot?

In the north Texas area, late summer takes on the smell of dried grass and hot asphalt. We try to do all of our travelling after sundown, and even the the kids have become nocturnal creatures. I'm a mom, so I never sleep, and sunrise and dusk are my favorite parts of the day this season.

Anyone in a northern clime wish to summer in Texas? We'll do a time share thing.....

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Jim Cheydi
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 09:01 AM

Yes please. Last time I was in Texas (early May) my knees stopped hurting for the first time in years. Want to swap now?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: LR Mole
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:02 AM

Cloudy and close in Rhode Island. Chance of big donder and blitzen tonight, with heavy rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: harpgirl
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:21 AM

...we've started a hurricane watch here on the Gulf. 120 days left in hurricane season. TS Barry seems to be going towards Louisianna but recent forcast models indicate a northerly turn. Still too soon to tell. It's hot and sunny but the rain is due tomorrow. I'm going to Gainesville to play autoharps since I can't get away longer for Clifftop...wish I was there....harpgirl

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: harpgirl
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 11:32 AM

...Good News! No hurricane in LaFlorida!!! However....it is a frog-strangler today....hg

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Pinetop Slim
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 11:39 AM

Muggy in southeastern Mass.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: brid widder
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 12:44 PM

wet all day in Hull....but back to sunshine tomorrow apparently

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: guinnesschik
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:03 PM

I am ready to swap now, Jim. Where are ya'?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: bobbi
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:27 PM

Caliente'! Ready for Winter...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:37 PM

It's hot......it's real friggin' hot.......and it's humid........it's real friggin' humid. The word "friggin'" here applies to only the weather 'cause it's too damn hot and humid for the other kind!

I was hoping we'd make it through this summer without one of these episodes, but it's Ohio and in the midwest, this is the way of things. We have now had a 110 degree difference in temperature this year so all is about normal.

I hate the weather dudes on the tube............

"There's some relief coming as the cold front moves through.".......Lemmee ask you if 5 degrees seems like relief? When the humidity is at the 80-90 level, who cares?

or

"We have the potential for some thunderstorms popping during the evening hours and of course this time of year severe weather including flash floods and tornados."........Yeah, great....at least the wind will be blowing.

or

"Thunderstorm activity will be scattered and I hope it doesn't interfere with your fun wherever you are.".........Fun? Sweating your ass off is fun? What did I miss here?

What he's referring to is the State Fair now in progress. I love County Fairs and Ohio has lots along with assorted festivals. My county has there fair in October......cool weather, fall colors, a beutiful od time red roofed permanent fairgrounds...it's a postcard from another era. But the state fair???? It's August, it's hot. It's dry and dusty, but the humidity allows the dust to cake on you like a clay colored "Man-Tan." Then it pours down rain and the place turns to mud. But the sun pops out about twice as hot with the extra humidity and the mud dries quickly leaving you once again covered in dust. I haven't gone to the damn thing in 35 years and I'm still trying to get the crud off from that time!

Still, I'm an Ohio boy and I've lived a lot of other places..................but home is home ain't it?

Spaw

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Shields Folk
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:46 PM

Its not friggin hot in Shields!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Shields Folk
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:49 PM

See for Yourself

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Cobble
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 08:54 PM

WET.

Cobble.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 09:28 PM

What catspaw said, only in New Jersey. And no rain. It's time for the annual drought. At least I have a deep well and really cold water. I can go lie in the tub for an hour. And to continue his gripe about the weather reporters: why do they have to deliver bad news with a smile? HOW ABOUT THOSE TORNADOES IN TEXAS, HUH? HA HA, AND BOY IS IT HOT, A HUNDRED DEGREES HERE IN NJ AND NO RAIN FOR 6 MONTHS!!!!!HA HA HA, BUT IT'S AIR CONDITIONED HERE IN THE STUDIO, SO THE HELL WITH YOU VIEWERS OUT THERE!!!! I checked the Criminal Code book at work, and apparently, weather reporters are not exempt from the laws against murder or manslaughter. Our laws need updating.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: mg
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 10:14 PM

haven't read the rest of the replies..but it is hot and extremely beautiful in Vancouver, WA. I am moving to Long Beach, WA in a week or two for a job with WSU. Kite capitol of at least Washington. mg

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sorcha
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 10:35 PM

My inside thermometer with outside sensor said 118F (47C?) today. I think it was a tad off as the bank thermometer only said 111. No rain, dry as a bone, and fires everywhere. I'm spending a lot of time in the pool.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bert
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 11:15 PM

Bleedin' 'taters! In the Pot that is, not in the Mould.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: guinnesschik
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:19 AM

Ssshhhhh! Don't tell Jim we have tornadoes.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Fortunato
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:30 AM

arlington, district of columbia, southern baltimore, including the cities of alexandria, arlington, baltimore, falls church, washington 330 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001

...heat advisory for today... ...excessive heat watch Wednesday through Thursday...

Today...patchy morning fog...otherwise mostly sunny with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot and humid with highs in the upper 90s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight...partly cloudy with areas of fog developing. Lows in the mid 70s. Calm wind.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 12:39 PM

You wouldn't believe how many 'lower 48' people have come up to southeast Alaska these last two weeks! Here our current temps are in the low 70s, sometimes misty. Just the way I like it.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: ard mhacha
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 03:53 PM

Shields Folk, I spent three winters in sunny Sunderland just a couple of miles south of Shields and it was bloody perishing, but the warmest people you will ever meet. Right now in County Armagh Ireland 9pm it is a pleasant 60. Slan Ard Mhacha

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 12:23 PM

Hotter than the hinges of hell. We had one of those brief "scattered showers" the other day, and everybody felt like the steamed broccoli in a Chinese restaurant.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: DougR
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 12:30 PM

Yesterday: 113degrees.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: GUEST,Jaze
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 12:30 PM

It's 103 in Richmond ,Va.right now!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 12:40 PM

'Fox, I am so sorry that I fouled up our meeting and all 'cause I sure could have used a shot of Goshen right now!!

It's still hot.......no breeze to amount to anything. Word is the weekend may get cooler although I'm waiting to see and not counting on it. We're all living down in the big den which is the only palce that's air conditioned. The main house ventilates well, but it's still way too damn hot. The fans upstairs blow hot air and I've got them all (but one) set to blow the air out of the house, but it's still pretty hopeless. I also notice that folks around town are getting crankier.......I am anyway.

Spaw

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: black walnut
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 04:22 PM

Intense.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 05:09 PM

(speaking of cranky) I'll let you do it this once, 'Spaw, but if I ever catch you apologizing for having an excellent reason to change our meeting date, I'll give you a dopeslap to the head worthy of Click and Clack, the Tappett brothers. OK? Probably just after we meet and hug. *G* Yeah, I guess we'll have to make do with our local brands today.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Grab
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 11:00 AM

Just been to give blood, and I thought after that I'd have some good karma. No such luck. In the car on the way back, it started raining so hard that I had to slow down to 20 so I could see where I was going. Got back to work, still raining. Sat in the car for 5 minutes waiting for it to clear, still raining. So I thought I'd better get into work, rain or not. I was soaked to the skin by the time I'd locked the car door, and was utterly dripping by the time I reached the entrance. Lucky I did make the dash though - it's taken half an hour for that rain to stop!

Graham.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Firecat
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 11:11 AM

I'm just about to look out of the window. Hang on...

The sky's kind of a bluey-greyey colour. There's loads of clouds and no sun to speak of! So basically it's lousy!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Hollowfox
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 11:18 AM

Grab, Firecat, I'm willing to swap, even up, for a day or two.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 11:31 AM

(95°F and 90% humidity)..Hot & Muggy....and Tueggy...and Weggy...maybe some relief by Fryggy

and G.W. Bush left this for Texas....only sense he has shown, at least the humidity is lower and the pollution warnings are not ringing...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Ebbie
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 12:06 PM

Yesterday I spent the day on an excursion boat to Tracy Arm, a fjord about 40 miles from downtown Juneau. My face got a bit sunburnt, I see this morning. It was an absolutely gorgeous day.

We saw whales, orcas, bears, mountain goats; acquamarine water, glaciers piled 800 feet into the sky... They 'calved' several times while we watched, but the most spectacular thing was having a 'shooter' come roaring up from the very depths of the glacier. It was like being present at the birth of the world. It was tremendously big, longer than a city block, tall as a ship, and shiny as a satin wedding dress colored in an unbelievable shade of opalescent blue and silver. When you realize that the top of a glacier has been there for several hundred years, who knows how long it's been since the bottom of it has seen the light of day. As the captain said, I hope you realize this is a very big event!

Incidentally, to bring this back to music, we talked about how neat it would be to 'park' there and have a music party.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 12:26 PM

9:30 am temp, 87 degrees, humidity 70% This is Maine? we already broke a 100 year record the other day.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 12:31 PM

The only reasonable place around is in the shower. Or under the hose outside. One of those kiddie pools is sounding VERY good right about now!

Lets all go visit Ebbie!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 02:48 PM

Guinnesschick, I live in what you might call a northern clime (so do Kendall and Jeri, for that matter- I notice it's taken until now for northern New England to post here!). Believe me, you don't want to swap. Not this week at any rate. The heat index for my region is supposed to reach 115 F today- no break until tmw night. I could use a bloody miserable rainy northern Scotland right about now.
I'm coping like a newborn, tho- I took about the second nap of my life a little while ago- really slept for almost an hour. Later my kids and I are going shopping in the air conditioned stores (way up north here we don't generally invest in air conditioning- most summers there's not much point to it!). Guess I'll go give the dog a bath. At least I'll get wet!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Firecat
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 07:20 PM

Hollowfox, you're on!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: DougR
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 08:22 PM

I wouldn't be too sure G.W. bettered himself. I was raised about twenty miles from Crawford, Texas, and lived in Washington, D. C. for two years. They are both pretty miserable in the summer.

Here in Phoenix, we had a cool front move through today. it only got up to 95 degrees. Humidity probably 25%.

DougR

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 09:18 PM

Hotter than the hinges of Tofit.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: kendall
Date: 09 Aug 01 - 09:20 PM

Saw a dog chasing a cat, they were both walking.