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A cold and wet start to month is always ominous for October. Gonna be a bad winter :D
Mild here. And dry. That's unusual for August let alone October.
Going to be very windy tomorrow especially in north. Batton down hatches folks
Going to be very windy tomorrow especially in north...
Wot - you making one of yer famous botty-roasting Vindaloo's again? :D
Marco.
Wot - you making one of yer famous botty-roasting Vindaloo's again? :D
Marco.
Wrecked a lot of back gardens, as it was a powerful blow :eyebrows: Came in early and left early
walpurgis
03-10-2017, 08:43
Bright, with lots of blue sky. Bit on the cool side yet though.
Exactly the same here, so will be going out for a nice long walk later, passing through Acton Park and enjoying all the glorious autumn colours! :)
Marco.
walpurgis
03-10-2017, 09:00
Exactly the same here, so will be going out for a nice long walk later, passing through Acton Park and enjoying all the glorious autumn colours! :)
Marco.
Guess I could go out and admire the dumped settees, potholed roads, litter and dollops of spit on the deck. :rolleyes:
Guess I could go out and admire the dumped settees, potholed roads, litter and dollops of spit on the deck. :rolleyes:
yeah, but dont forget the bad bits too:eyebrows:
sunny at moment but lots of heavy dark clouds around so guess it will rain
been very wet here.. dismally wet.
walpurgis
11-10-2017, 10:35
It's not anything much here. Overcast but not too dark. Not raining and not windy. Just yer average miserable non-summer day.
ever so slightly brighter in last 10 mins but you still need a light. this time of year is so depressing up here... cold, dark, windy, wet and depressing:rolleyes:
Blowing a gale here. Forecast to be a warm weekend though, 18 degrees.
walpurgis
11-10-2017, 10:50
According to yesterday's forecast we could see 24C (75F) here by Sunday. Very unusual for mid October.
walpurgis
15-10-2017, 10:28
There's some 'fancy' weather arriving tomorrow. Hurricane Ophelia is due to hit the UK, they are not sure how strong the wind may be. It'll affect the whole of the UK, but predicted to be strongest to the north, so batten down the hatches!! :eek:
think its hit here.. very windy this morning, and now gone a bit calm and dark
walpurgis
15-10-2017, 10:38
Looks like Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland will get a hammering.
wind is gusting to 32mph at moment but will go higher in next few days. fed up with winter already. I'm moving;)
There's some 'fancy' weather arriving tomorrow. Hurricane Ophelia is due to hit the UK, :
Hurricane Hamlet will be the one to keep an eye on...
There's some 'fancy' weather arriving tomorrow. Hurricane Ophelia is due to hit the UK, they are not sure how strong the wind may be. It'll affect the whole of the UK, but predicted to be strongest to the north, so batten down the hatches!! :eek:
I think we'll be missing the bulk of it, as it's predicted to hit us at only 50mph... Anyway, getting all of the outdoor jobs done today, as it's like a sunny spring day here at the moment, and really mild [in fact we still haven't lit the wood burner yet, even at night].
When the storm hits tomorrow, I'll be indoors sanding the ceiling in the kitchen, and getting all the walls nicely smooth and prepared for the top colour - that is, once we've chosen it! :)
Marco.
Calmed down a bit here for now. a short spell of sun but its very dark clouds all around still.
walpurgis
15-10-2017, 13:09
Sunny and mild right now. Will go out and do more bonfiring shortly! :)
Best get it done while all the rubbish is dry, we're bound to get rain with the incoming weather.
walpurgis
15-10-2017, 15:05
Pretty nice out there today. It's been hovering around 22C (72F). Can't remember it being that warm mid October before.
Anyway. Got the rubbish burned and I smell like a bonfire again! :)
Audio Al
15-10-2017, 15:16
Wall to wall sunshine today :)
walpurgis
16-10-2017, 10:30
Bright and sunny here, mild too. But the wind is beginning to pick up and no doubt will get stronger. Unfortunately, there'll probably be rain following it in.
rain has stopped for now and slightly brighter but still ghastly.
jandl100
16-10-2017, 10:40
Dry here, but everything looks a very dark and creepy yellow. :eek:
Edge of the hurricane.
Spectral Morn
16-10-2017, 10:52
Wind picking up here, dark skies, clouds flying across the sky very fast.
Its coming :(
jandl100
16-10-2017, 10:55
NI - batten down the hatches.
Hope all goes well, Neil.
willbewill
16-10-2017, 11:09
Dry here, but everything looks a very dark and creepy yellow. :eek:
Edge of the hurricane.
Same here, windy but warm though and a layer of dust being laid on everything - wind from the desert methinks.
Spectral Morn
16-10-2017, 11:51
NI - batten down the hatches.
Hope all goes well, Neil.
Thanks Jerry, prepared as well as I can be.
They are getting closer to controlling these winds apparently, or at least steering them. Soot and dust particles being seeded to tops of the hurricane etc. Trouble is someone else cops it and it is no longer an act of God then. Morals eh?
walpurgis
16-10-2017, 13:20
The wind is getting stronger and blustery. The sky is sort of overcast, but the sun can be seen as an orange blob with haze around it. Humid and warm though.
Sky s gone a weird orangey grey in nth london, wind really picking up also but nought I suppose compared to
some areas. Were Dooooomed
Audio Al
16-10-2017, 14:57
Yes the sky here is the same and nearly dark at 15.30 , weird :eek:
hifi_dave
16-10-2017, 15:06
Warm and very windy. Since midday, the sky has been a weird brown/grey colour and the Sun is visible as an orange glow. Quite dark now at 1605.
Spectral Morn
16-10-2017, 15:20
Dark and very grey here, winds gusting very hard now. The eye is still hundreds of miles away over Galway.
House has shook a couple of times :(
Storm isn't here yet :(
Three dead in the South or Ireland, so far, please God no more.
Windy here, although not excessively so, and bright and sunny - has been for most of the day. Hope it calms down soon for anyone experiencing serious high winds, and that your property and you remain intact!
Marco.
dead calm here at moment. not a breath of air...spooky for here
Got to venture out in it now.
Meeting your boyfriend again? :eyebrows:;)
Marco.
Spectral Morn
16-10-2017, 16:31
Much, much worse now. I can see damage to folks roof around me now.
This light’s weird
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171016/ed60648397101b79a322b28c40ae1104.jpg
Meeting your boyfriend again? :eyebrows:;)
Marco.
No, Friday nights for the boyfriends, Saturday night for the wives... anyway made it home completely unscathed. Essentially, it's just a bit windy. Did see a cyclist get blown in front of a bus: he was unhappy but unharmed.
No, Friday nights for the boyfriends, Saturday night for the wives... anyway made it home completely unscathed. Essentially, it's just a bit windy. Did see a cyclist get blown in front of a bus: he was unhappy but unharmed.
how was the bus?
how was the bus?
Buses here are never bothered. They'll drive into you, crush you under their wheels, hear the lamentations of the women.
met office says its blowing 20+ mph with gusts of 40mph here... well it isnt...yet still pretty calm and grey
I know that some areas have had it bad, but here the 'hurricanes' have been a case of 'much ado about nothing'... I've experienced far worse 'wind' from fart gas! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Starting to blow a bit now here.
jandl100
16-10-2017, 18:41
Much, much worse now. I can see damage to folks roof around me now.
How are things?
Has it passed on by now?
Spectral Morn
17-10-2017, 04:16
How are things?
Has it passed on by now?
Hi Jerry
Yes it has now. It was very bad for a few hours in the afternoon, and during that period properties around me and behind were damaged. I think I made it through ok, but it was too dangerous to look while it was light. I was outside during a lull in the evening but couldn't see well to know if I am ok or not.
The wind returned for a bit in the later evening but not as bad. Lots of folks down south had a very bad day, three people died. I woke early I had left the radio on, still a bit windy outside.
I appreciate your asking, thank you.
Glad you've got through it ok, Neil. I hope when you get the chance to have a look at your property in daylight that there hasn't been any damage, or certainly nothing significant. Hope everyone else got through it ok, too.
Around here, it was more of a 'storm in a teacup' than anything else. There are a lot of leaves to clear up, though!
Marco.
Was windy overnight here. Still quite windy and wet but gotta go out for the monthly hospital trip lol
Don't think I see any damage at front. Not been out back yet
The wind won't calm down til late afternoon here. still gusty and very wet. Can see this trip far enough.:doh: Neighbour's trampoline hasn't blown over the fence this time so it couldnt have been as strong as last storm
walpurgis
17-10-2017, 08:20
Nothing out of the ordinary going on here. Blue sky and sun, light breeze and fairly cool so far. Looks a nice day.
hifi_dave
17-10-2017, 08:57
Calm and sunny here.
Spectral Morn
17-10-2017, 14:16
Glad you've got through it ok, Neil. I hope when you get the chance to have a look at your property in daylight that there hasn't been any damage, or certainly nothing significant. Hope everyone else got through it ok, too.
Around here, it was more of a 'storm in a teacup' than anything else. There are a lot of leaves to clear up, though!
Marco.
No signs of damage :)
Nice one, mate :thumbsup:
Marco.
Had a call from a flustered owd lad who told me the road was blocked by a motorhome that had been blown through the gates of my neighbours:rolleyes:
My lad and I were asked to call the Police (which we didnt ) but we went down for a larf!!
There it was parked across the road after taking out the recycling boxes:D
No hand brake on or in gear either . We pushed it back 4 ft and put bricks behind the wheels , (so peeps could get past )and buggered off:lol:
https://i.imgur.com/QadRtS5h.jpg
Today its back in its pen but no one came to say thanks ! Never mind :scratch:
walpurgis
18-10-2017, 08:55
Raining and gloomy. Back to normal for Autumn then!
Gloomy here too.. 9c and although not raining everything is sodden.
Can do no better than to quote Keats:
TO AUTUMN.
SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
Drows’d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
walpurgis
21-10-2017, 09:16
We had a passing shower earlier. It's sunny now and the broken cloud is whizzing by pretty rapidly. The wind is definitely getting up! Seems 'Storm Brian' has arrived.
Minstrel SE
22-10-2017, 10:24
Heating on this morning for the first real session. Its been raining for several days now and its 8 degrees outside.
Although october has been mild so far I just feel that winter is creeping in now
walpurgis
24-10-2017, 10:59
It's gloomy and overcast, pretty windy too, but mild at 18C. Could get a shower I think.
They say we are due for a warmer spell in the next few days with temperatures maybe up in the twenties once the wind turns and comes from the south.
walpurgis
25-10-2017, 08:43
Looks like it could be a decent day. It's mild with a bit of hazy cloud and a hint of blue sky. I think it should be sunny later.
walpurgis
28-10-2017, 11:24
Bit of a fresh start today at 6C. 12C now and won't get warmer I think, as the wind is from the N/E. As usual, when the wind is in that direction, I can hear the skeet shooting five miles away at the West London Shooting Grounds. Load of shotgun bangs. Must be a busy day there.
walpurgis
30-10-2017, 09:18
4C this morning. I'm expecting the first frosts here soon. I don't like the cold, but I don't like the heat either. April and September suit me. The rest of the year is either too cold or too warm! I need to emigrate!! :eek:
4C this morning. I'm expecting the first frosts here soon. I don't like the cold, but I don't like the heat either. April and September suit me. The rest of the year is either too cold or too warm! I need to emigrate!! :eek:
very frosty here this morning. one of those vapour from the mouth when you talk days so far.
4C this morning. I'm expecting the first frosts here soon. I don't like the cold, but I don't like the heat either. April and September suit me. The rest of the year is either too cold or too warm! I need to emigrate!! :eek:
Nah, the cold is great! It's dampness (damp air) that's bad... Cold, crisp, dry sunny days like this (at least it is here) are very healthy.
If you're outside, then simply wrap up well and enjoy a lovely brisk walk in the park (such as I'm about to do soon) :cool:
Marco.
prestonchipfryer
30-10-2017, 12:45
It's really lovely here today with just a light breeze. Temperature around 7c this morning but expected to peak at around 12c later this afternoon. A few people on the beach.
https://s1.postimg.org/8lr837k62n/oct30_a.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
crept up to 6 c now and still fair with light cloud coming in.
Spectral Morn
30-10-2017, 13:14
It was dry but cold out this morning. Yesterday was nice.
It's really lovely here today with just a light breeze. Temperature around 7c this morning but expected to peak at around 12c later this
Bloody hell, John, it's 12°C here, 240 miles north of you! :eek:
Nice pic though... Looks the same here, but without the water :)
Marco.
prestonchipfryer
30-10-2017, 17:51
Bloody hell, John, it's 12°C here, 240 miles north of you! :eek:
Nice pic though... Looks the same here, but without the water :)
Marco.
It was. by far, the coldest night last night here since last winter. As an update the temperature this afternoon was 14c so it was really good for our afternoon walk. :)
Ah, that sounds more like it! Hope you enjoyed your walk :)
Marco.
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