What's the weather like where you are?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 06:50 AM

3 years ago I saw my first and only vertical rainbow. The foot of the column of color as where we were. I haven't seen one of these.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 02:13 AM

At around 2am last night I was awakened by the sound of absolutely torrential rain. It was bucketing down, terrific noise. We've had such a long drought, and I was worried that the concrete-hard earth wouldn't be able to absorb the deluge, and we'd have flooding.
I got up as usual at 5am for my morning cup of tea, and had a look outside. No floods thank goodness,and the water has filtered down nicely. I bet the river Wensum has risen. This sometimes floods the road out of this village. Hope not! But many of the village children have purchased paddle-boards recently, and they may come in useful now!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Sep 22 - 08:25 AM

Rain, rain, and more rain.
Holiday plans may suffer for many people (Labor Day),
but everybody says we really need the rain now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: pattyClink
Date: 02 Sep 22 - 07:09 PM

Splendid. I can strongly recommend Labor Day week on the shores of Lake Superior. It can get a bit windy, but, this week, simply splendid.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 Sep 22 - 05:17 PM

Dry, if nothing else -- dry and windy.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 07:11 PM

Days are still warm in this part of the Northern Hemisphere,
but the nights are cool to downright cold now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 11:24 AM

After a summer from hell it has finally cooled into the 90-degree-range (yes, that is cooler). And rain - we've had it off and on for the last week and a half. It's very welcome, though a lot more is needed to address the ongoing drought in these parts.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Sep 22 - 10:03 AM

It's warm and muggy today, still no rain in sight. The average daily maximum here for August was 24.5°C, which is five degrees above the long-term average. We had 27mm of rain which is just about a third of average and it's been a very sunny month. That's on top of the driest July on record and lots of days over 30°C. It sounds timid in comparison with areas such as parts of the southern US, but we simply are not geared up for it here. Few houses have aircon, for example, and it's by no means universal in public buildings.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 22 - 01:43 PM

Idaho is getting 99-100 F week of Indian summer tropical weather.
Even Canada is hot.
DC is cool.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 25 Aug 22 - 03:11 AM

The drought here has been dire, but last night there were flashes of lightning, and towards dawn torrential rain fell like Niagara Falls. The noise was terrific, and I expect there will be flash floods in places. The ground was so hard and dry that it can't absorb all this water too easily.
I intended to drive over to Fakenham this morning to get my grocery shopping in (Bank Holiday this weekend) but I'm not driving thirteen miles through thunder, lightning and cataracts of surface water. I've also forgotten which button makes the windscreen wipers work. Gulp.
Just shows you: 'Be careful what you wish for as you just might get it' eh?

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Aug 22 - 10:52 AM

more pics

I've only once seen snow, way back in the 90s when I visited a friend who had moved to Cooma in the Snowy Mountains, 120km south of our national capital, Canberra. I wasn't warmly enough dressed so my friend lent me a jacket, inner Sydney residents who don't visit the ski fields don't need heavy snow country clothes! It was a winter wonderland & I had fun.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 24 Aug 22 - 10:40 AM

In parts of the Land of Oz we're having a late cold snap & snow!
In pictures: Late winter snow blast surprises eastern Australia A late-winter blast of cold has seen significant snowfall in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

It was thanks to a large cold front crossing over the south-east, bringing cold air, thunderstorms, gusty winds, hail and plenty of snow.

The snap has seen pictures from amateur and professional photographers alike brave the cold in search of the perfect shot (read on)

more pics! & a video

but not in my part - nearest snow was over 120km to the west

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Aug 22 - 04:17 PM

Heavy rain earlier, now the rain is a light soaking rain.
We're not Texas, however, we need the rain ourselves, so this too is a Good Thing.
Gotta do something about my umbrella, though.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Charmion
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 03:48 PM

Thunder rolling around lovely, leafy Stratford right now, even as I peck away at this iPad, indicates that another Lake Effect storm cell has rolled in across the landscape.

It’s been a dry summer, so this is a Good Thing.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 10:00 AM

The weather folks are gleefully predicting this is the last of the triple-digit days for a while and supposedly a moderate chance of rain every day for the next week. Hopefully some of that will land here; my lawn is straw and my house is ready to crack open from the dry foundation. We had about 2.5 months of most days over 100^o days.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 04:06 AM

It's gone all normal and dreary now, though we still haven't had the rain to put things on a normal footing. The day before yesterday we had a spectacular but brief thunderstorm that yielded 9mm in ten minutes. That's three-quarters of July's rainfall in ten minutes! The mozzies are biting well...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 03:14 AM

Two hours of heavy rain John! Excellent. As I type this, it's raining quite steadily here now, and there are puddles in the road outside my bungalow. Whoopee! Actually, doesn't having to do without something for ages make one thrilled when it eventually arrives? I think many people were suffering from Appreciation Deficit Disorder.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 02:49 AM

We had a rain shower that lasted all of 30 seconds on Monday and another like that yesterday lunchtime. One of the thunderstorms did come our way later in the day and we had a couple of hours of fairly heavy rain before it started to ease off.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 17 Aug 22 - 01:31 AM

The long-range forecast promised us rain here in the East of UK. Yesterday we had thunder rolling on and on to the west, but nary a drop of rain. However, later, sitting on The Bench in my front garden, I felt a drop of rain. After two minutes of a few more stingy drops, everything stopped and the sun came out. It's teasing us.
But later I went over to Lenwade (next village) to play bingo and they actually had puddles (!!) in the streets. Not fair!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Aug 22 - 10:15 AM

I suggest we shop for rain barrels and water testing.
The Yanzee is at historic lows. The Colorado river has stopped flowing before the sea, India has little snow pack for their rivers. Germany has rivers so low shipping traffic is being limited. The Hoover dam water intakes are now above the historic low water levels.
The global effect is dire already.

If we don't hit our target to reduce warming we will lose the same amount of water as current annual usage by evaporation and other causes.

The future of global warming is now here ahead of time.
Avoid the shortage crises and take remedial action now.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 13 Aug 22 - 06:35 PM

We got to 34.2°C today, the second-hottest day ever recorded for Bude, and a full 2°C hotter than the 1976 record. Beaten only by July 18, four weeks ago, in a separate heatwave...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Aug 22 - 02:05 PM

After a heat wave that had Berkshire Mountain natives gasping like fish,
there has resumed the sort of weather for which
the Tri-State (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut) denizens
come to spend the summer:
clear dry days with a breeze to keep flying insects at bay,
bright sunshine that isn't too hot,
and cool -- sometimes, downright chilly -- summer evenings
at mountain-valley (sometimes mountainside) altitude.

It's the weekend, so the landscape outdoor workers are out,
like so many worker bees,
mowing the grassy lawns and verges like there's no tomorrow.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 13 Aug 22 - 07:24 AM

"Wish I could send this to Stilly in Fort Worth, Texas"

I looked for you in DFW but you must have been in Love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 12 Aug 22 - 05:50 PM

Checking your facts and being careful with your spelling go a long way towards setting you free.

We made 33.6°C in Bude today. Had it not been for July 18, that would have slaughtered Bude's all-time record by 1.3°. Instead, it fell 2.4° short of the new July 18 record. We could get even closer tomorrow...

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 12 Aug 22 - 07:35 AM

Its a nice cool almost crisp morning in the 60s.

Just kidding Steve. First and foremost I am about defending freedom of expression and art. Spell with abandon, a love of life and joie d'vivre but its better to live that way.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 07:55 PM

It's raining it's raining it's RAINING!!

A soft, gentle, steady rain, the sort that soaks everything.
And there's a glowing pink sunset at the same time.
Wish I could send this to Stilly in Fort Worth, Texas.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 06:46 PM

No I didn't, and if you ever criticise my spelling you'll simply get my antennae waggling in your direction.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 06:36 PM

you spelled damn it wrong :*/

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 06:33 PM

Ecliptic, dammit, not elliptic! Grr. Its path through the heavens keeps it well to the south of the Sun's path (the ecliptic), therefore closer to the southern horizon.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 05:01 PM

It's not overhead. The dog days start with the heliacal rising of Sirius (i.e., when it rises in the east just before the Sun). Canis Major is nowhere near the elliptic. The dog days run from early July to around the second week in August. I explained this a couple of weeks ago. I can't remember which thread now. Unlike you, I looked it up first.

The temperature here reached 32.2°C here today. We've been here for 35 years and today was the second-hottest in all that time. The hottest (and hottest ever recorded for Devon and Cornwall) was a mere three weeks ago when we reached 36.0°C. In the last month we've had five days above 30°, which is ridiculously unprecedented round here.

Sounds feeble compared to Maggie's reports, I know!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 01:55 PM

The dog days of summer is named after the constellation Canis major since it's overhead right now in the northern hemisphere.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:26 AM

Sorry, I should have spelt that Bylaugh (pronounced 'beeler')
It's 30C here at the moment, and I feel so sorry for all the workers. Various couriers have visited this street today to deliver things, and they all looked half-dead. I always rush out with a freezing cold can of Diet Coke, but once swallowed, how do they survive later?
And the poor wildlife. My bird-bath water evaporates after an hour or two. It's getting very serious, this heatwave and lack of any rain.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:07 AM

The heat has broken here,
although rain is still hard to come by.
The forecast muttered something about
the possibility of hail,
but I will believe that when I see it.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Senoufou
Date: 06 Aug 22 - 02:25 AM

There was a serious field fire yesterday at Belaugh (pronounced bee-lah). It's not far from my village, and the smell of smoke was very strong. Everyone hurriedly shut all their windows. Sirens were screaming as many fire-tenders arrived. Fortunately they put the thing out quite quickly. The farmer had already harvested his crop, but all the straw went up in flames. Rain! Rain! We need RAIN!!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 04 Aug 22 - 05:51 PM

We are getting very worried in the southern half of England. We've been dry for months, and hot and almost bone-dry for six weeks. The forecast is for no rain for the foreseeable future and the weather map shows a huge blocking anticyclone just starting to build in. By the middle of next week we are back in the low or mid-30s as continental Europe heats up again and we get a bit of their hot air. We just don't get summers like this.

A few days ago we got 4mm of rain overnight. Since then it's been sunny and windy, a great recipe for drying us out even more.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Aug 22 - 05:27 PM

Things in DC are very very lush. It is not a brown August. We just had a Sunderstorm of thunder, sunshine and wind that lowered temperatures by 20 degrees.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 02:37 PM

I'm waiting for a rerun in the UK of something I heard of decades ago, seen in (I *think*) California, and reported on the wireless over here:

* A bright green lawn, with a notice on it saying WET PAINT;

* A bright green dog, who clearly hadn't read the notice before rolling on said lawn.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 12:27 PM

We might get a dribble overnight tonight, but after that it's dry and sunny for the foreseeable future and heating up again. Cornwall is bone dry. Yellow grass everywhere.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 11:31 AM

For the next month or more it will continue to be the smoking lands around Mt. Doom in Mordor.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Aug 22 - 10:14 AM

11 inches (27.94 cm) of rain fell overnight in southern Illinois.
Deadly flash floods are expected. Hundreds are still missing in Kentucky.

The US has a fair bill pending regarding global warming but the exponential cost of increased disasters does not seem to be taken into account.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 06:54 PM

Well I've done my numbers, all collected from my garden. I'm pleased that they generally tally very well with the numbers at the Bude meteorological station, three miles away, bearing in mind that the Bude one is coastal at sea level (just about) and that mine is half a mile inland, much more sheltered and is 120 feet above sea level (safe from the worst tsunami that the Bristol Channel can throw at us!)

Our average maximum for July was over four degrees Celsius above the 30-year average, 23.4C as opposed to 19.3C.

The bulk of the UK has had the driest July ever recorded (records go back to the 1830s). We've also had the highest-ever recorded temperatures, with 46 recording stations beating the UK record that was set only three years ago. The UK beat its record by 1.6C and Bude beat its own record (set in 1976) by 3.7C and the all-time Cornwall record by 2.1C (smashing the Devon record to boot).

Every county needs its resident meteorological geek... ;-)

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 06:44 AM

We had 12mm of rain in July (under half an inch), our average being 71mm (just under three inches). Every month this year so far has had below-average rainfall. I haven't totted up my numbers yet, but the average maximum temperature for July was well over 3C above the average. We had three days above 30C, which is a vanishingly rare event here, including our record-destroying 36C on the 18th. I can't record sunshine hours but I give each day a score out of five, five being a day with almost, or completely, unbroken sunshine. I have still to total up those numbers too, but it's been a pretty sunny month. The month fizzled out with two days of murk, drizzle and mugginess. Sun's out again today!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Aug 22 - 05:42 AM

While we have some heat, with heat-related thunderstorms,
thankfully the nights are cool and somewhat dry.
It makes a world of difference for sleeping.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 28 Jul 22 - 07:45 PM

We were on holiday in Suffolk and Cambs during last week’s hot spell. Reached the max on Tuesday 19th when it was 41c in Peterborough. Thought it might be a bit cooler by the coast, so drove to Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast, but it was still 39c there.
On Sunday 17th we had got caught up on the M14 in a gigantic traffic jam, thanks to an accident further up. It took over an hour to move about 2 miles. I was in the front passenger seat with car window down: it was 37c then, so II got a well fried left arm!

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Jul 22 - 01:27 PM

Another severe thunderstorm watch in effect where I'm staying.
Wish I could pass it on to Stilly,
since it is forecast to bring cooler temperatures in its wake.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Jul 22 - 08:33 AM

Here comes some more rain and thunderstorms, and
I will have to drive on the turnpike. Carefully.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 08:22 AM

I will do some spot watering with a wheel barrow today.
The hose won't reach.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 04:32 AM

Well we got a brief shower yesterday morning then the sun beamed out for the rest of the day and we got 29C. In a typical summer of the past that would have been our hottest day. Yesterday, 34 recording stations beat the UK temperature record, and the hottest spot beat it by 1.6 degrees C. That was Coningsby at 40.3C.

We've had less than a quarter of an inch of rain here in Bude since late June, and we've had a lot of hot, sunny, windy weather that has parched everything. It doesn't feel much like our Cornwall climate. There's hardly any rain in our forecast for the foreseeable future.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 01:51 AM

Scratch a cynic and there is a disappointed idealist underneath.
Were pretty good individually but selfish ignorant leaders will be elected or rule over groups of selfish ignorant people.
Nature is going to ultimately win and our species will justifiably lose.
You may as well look at the coming cummulative compounding catastrophes as entertainment at this point. There will be much to amuse you.
The cooperative hope we hoped for will happen but probably on another planet or moon. Earth has grown weary of us. It looks to me like we will go out in a spirit of hopeful rebellion.

Subject: RE: What's the weather like where you are?
From: Donuel
Date: 20 Jul 22 - 01:01 AM

Well thats not a dry heat.