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Happy New Year everyone!
2025 is starting dull, cloudy and windy here, but not too cold at 11C.
Dull here too. 6C. Forecast says it's sunny with rain showers. Neither is true.
Hard to believe there's still two months of winter left to do. Already seems to have gone on forever.
rmcin626
01-01-2025, 11:04
Happy New Year, a bit colder this morning 3c with rain of course
Happy New Year! We had a good old battering with winds up to 50mph and heavy rain but looks to be easing off on both just now. 9c but set to get colder, down to -4c tomorrow night but no rain for the next couple of days but then wintry showers over the weekend. Still, on the positive side, the days are slowly getting longer as we edge through winter.
Over the next week sunset gets later in the evenings by 1 minute a day!
For some reason I don't really understand, sunrise only gets 1 minute earlier over the same period.
hifi_dave
01-01-2025, 14:50
Hard to believe there's still two months of winter left to do. Already seems to have gone on forever.
Well it has really. 2024, we didn't have any Spring, Summer or Autumn, it's been just one long, dark, cold, wet year.
Well it has really. 2024, we didn't have any Spring, Summer or Autumn, it's been just one long, dark, cold, wet year.
Wasn't so bad here, second half of summer was pretty decent and September was warm.
There's been some years since I lived here where summer never got warm at all.
Starting to rain here now, and down to 6C.
hifi_dave
01-01-2025, 16:09
Yep, that's about it and worse to come if the forecast is correct for the rest of the week. Just more of 2024.
Pigmy Pony
02-01-2025, 09:17
Wall to wall blue skies here and sunny, and more frost than any day of the winter so far. But I prefer this to the relentless gloom we've had for the last 3 months.
rmcin626
02-01-2025, 09:52
0c this morning, clear skies for a change
It's now 3C and the sun is now showing its face.
hifi_dave
02-01-2025, 15:34
Sun all day but very cold. Due to be cold for the next week.
Freezing here. Literally. Not been above -1C all day.
Gets a bit warmer from Sunday but with the return of the gloom and gale force winds.
Just went to the car to get something and the door was virtually frozen solid! Been freezing all day, although sunny. More of the same tomorrow.
Just went to the car to get something and the door was virtually frozen solid! Been freezing all day, although sunny. More of the same tomorrow.
That's the problem with leaving a car outside; it always amases me that those with garages don't use them, preferring to leave them on the drive, or worse on the road.
Pigmy Pony
03-01-2025, 08:27
That's the problem with leaving a car outside; it always amases me that those with garages don't use them, preferring to leave them on the drive, or worse on the road.
If you were to build a garage from scratch, and weren't limited by space you could make it big enough for modern cars and have room to spare for other stuff. But most people will be stuck with what they have. Even if we had somewhere else to store the camping stuff, kids' bikes, chest freezer and three motorbikes, the garage would still be a tight squeeze for the Volvo.
I'd love a big garage - I could make it into a listening room, and the car would still have to live on the drive :D
One of my customers had a garage built a couple of years ago to house his Rover P4, Jag Mk. 10 and two vintage Bentleys, but that's a world I won't be living in just yet.
Pigmy Pony
03-01-2025, 08:35
Last night was frosty with a starry sky, and the gritters came past the house at teatime. But this morning there's no frost, just a lot of cloud. Chilly though.
Looking through the window contemplating breakfast the car is frosty the sun is breaking through the trees ..a good day to be indoors looking out .. but I will have to get out there to finish changing the cars driver door lock motor … oh the fun to be had with a Freelander as Land Rover has been making owners into mechanics since 1948
-1C, but sunny. Have to go out later, so will need to wrap up.
That's the problem with leaving a car outside; it always amases me that those with garages don't use them, preferring to leave them on the drive, or worse on the road.
Unfortunately our garage is the stock room for my wife’s car boot paraphernalia!
Pigmy Pony
03-01-2025, 10:15
Unfortunately our garage is the stock room for my wife’s car boot paraphernalia!
Yeah we have all that stuff too, we just need to get round to doing a car boot. It's been four years now :doh:
You need to be quite firm regarding car boot sale 'paraphernalia'. Admittedly, there is some of that stuff in the garage, but the majority is gardening tools, tins of paint and other DIY gear. But I can still house the car in there, without difficulty.
Ironically we put up a garden shed for all her boot sale stuff, but SWMBO wants a larger shed, yet talks about running down the boot sale activity. :doh:
Pigmy Pony
03-01-2025, 12:24
Do you have a tennis ball hanging on a piece of string to tell you when to stop reversing? And a piece of carpet nailed to the wall to save your door when opening? You have an Audi A1 don't you, I imagine they come with parking sensors. Our car has them, but my van has a camera which doesn't stop me reversing into stuff, including her son's van making a right old mess :doh:
Never reverse into my garage: it would fill it with exhaust fumes. I do have an old washing line hanging from the ceiling, notted at the end, which when it touches the bonnet I have about 4" to spare.
Yes I do have a piece of thick foam rubber attached to the wall so as to prevent my banging it when I open the door to get out.
My old car (a Rover 416Si) had none of the parking facilities that my Audi has, yet I was able to easily park it in the garage.
With the Audi I have to retract the mirrors and use the proximity sensors to help give me a visual sense of clearance. Yet for all intents the Audi is the smaller car. :hmm:
rmcin626
04-01-2025, 10:49
A cloudy 3c , but dry so far, and sadly no. Garage or drive way with this house
1C and dull. Heavy snow forecast for tonight. Kick off at 1900.
Only 2 hours to snow time! Supposed to go on for nine hours, then sleet, and then rain.
So it should all get washed away by morning. Still, not taking any chances, been to supermarket a day early just in case. Wasn't too bad for a Saturday.
2 - 3C. Cold, but no sign as yet of the snow expected. Did some shopping and have enough food for the next ten days.
Put the car in the garage, so it won't get iced up.
we had a bit of sleet earlier that's left a sheen over everything, but so far no snow.
Pigmy Pony
04-01-2025, 23:38
Snow's been coming down for an hour or so, but it's pretty fine stuff, like frozen drizzle. Everything white, but might be gone come morning.
we've had a dusting here but that's all. So much for the 9 hours of 'heavy snow' they forecast.
Maybe it's worse on the high ground or out in the bushes.
Pigmy Pony
05-01-2025, 08:36
We've got about 4" of snow here, and it's still snowing a bit. We were worried about the cat, who'd never seen snow like it. She flatly refused to go out, but after a couple of hours she probably had the 'turtle's head' peeping out and she finally went for it, my brave little soldier. I expect I'll find a turd under the car later, but rather that than a hidden corner of the house.
It snowed overnight sometime between midnight and 02:00. However it is now 5C and raining so most of the snow has gone.
We've got about 4" of snow here, and it's still snowing a bit. We were worried about the cat, who'd never seen snow like it. She flatly refused to go out, but after a couple of hours she probably had the 'turtle's head' peeping out and she finally went for it, my brave little soldier. I expect I'll find a turd under the car later, but rather that than a hidden corner of the house.
My cat was totally unphased by the weather. Rain, snow, wind, bitter cold, he wasn't bothered. I'd see him sat happily on the wall outside with the rain pouring down on him.
He'd come in looking like he'd been swimming and about a minute later he'd be bone dry. I was never sure how that was even possible.
Rain due to start at 1000 as the temp goes up. Supposed to be 6C by 1900.
Tomorrow is rain and sleet all day. Lovely!
We weren’t forecast to have snow but when I went to bed at 1am it was quite heavy. There’s some left but most gone with rain we now have, and temperature supposed to clime steadily to about 11c before slowly dropping again tomorrow before 12 days of cold daytime, overnight frosts but sunny spells and no precipitation.
rmcin626
05-01-2025, 10:54
A cloudy 1c , a bit grey but no snow
No sign of the rain yet, they're not doing very well with these forecasts.
Pigmy Pony
05-01-2025, 11:49
No rain here either, but temperature has climbed a bit and slabs of snow are falling off the cars and van. I might venture out in a bit, there's errands I can't put off any longer.
There may be a big blob of snow on the satellite dish, cos the telly's saying no satellite signal being received, just stuff on the planner. I'm not going out there to clear the dish though, because there's only shite on the box anyway.
Maybe there's snow on the satellite?
Those old Sky dishes where when it rained you got little golden sparkles all over the picture.
First time I ever watched Sky they were showing repeats of 'T.J Hooker'. That was 1991. Still showing them now.
2C and rain showers are forecast. Last night's snow has now completely vanished.
Pigmy Pony
06-01-2025, 08:22
Half of yesterday's snow melted away, but another 2" has been added overnight as evidenced by the car's roof. I have to drive over to Blackburn in half an hour, they always get it worse than us.
rmcin626
06-01-2025, 08:45
Dry just now, no snow but lots of ice about and -1c
2C, currently dry but occasional showers expected.
Light rain, 4c & 40mph winds - glad to be working from home today.
woke up to a shedload of snow this morning. I could tell soon as I opened my eyes as the room was brighter than usual.
Walking to work was like re-enacting a scene from 'Scott Of The Antarctic'.
All melted now except for a few patches on the grass and in corners.
More forecast for tomorrow but I've got the day off so it can do what it likes.
Snowing here, off and on. 1C
Going to get even colder as week goes on.
Bit of a heatwave next week though. Up to 10C by Tuesday.
1c here too and sunny spells but gloomy at the moment.
Sun is out now. It's only 14C in my living room.
rmcin626
07-01-2025, 10:08
1c and dry so far
Sun back in, snow back on.
Pigmy Pony
07-01-2025, 18:06
Shit day today. Sunny, tools out on drive, then suddenly comedy snow (like little polystyrene balls), tools chucked into porch, snow stops and sun comes out, tools back out onto the drive, rinse and repeat. Made a four hour job into a six hour one.
That's enough work for now, I'm doing bugger all till Friday, hopefully things will be better by then.
we had the same - sleet, sun, sleet, sun.
Going to be minus four tonight and barely a breeze so tomorrow will be icy as still a lot of water about.
rmcin626
08-01-2025, 10:06
Dry and clear 0c here this morning
Pavements like glass this morning took ages to walk into work.
Sun tried to come out and failed so all the crappy ice stays there for another fun day tomorrow.
2C. The forecast snow didn’t materialise. Now rain showers are forecast.
0C and sunny. No sign of the snow or of the rain that was forecast.
rmcin626
09-01-2025, 08:56
Another cold frosty day, -2c, no snow or rain so far
snowed here, only for about an hour but enough to put another layer down.
Even colder today.
Pigmy Pony
09-01-2025, 18:53
We had snow for the first hour, followed by freezing fog. But in Preston only ten miles away it was all blue sky. Forecast to go to -6C tonight.
10.2 C in my living room when I got in tonight.
A new record, beating last year's low of 11.1C
Pigmy Pony
09-01-2025, 20:46
10.2 C in my living room when I got in tonight.
A new record, beating last year's low of 11.1C
Well up here in the 21st century Anita got her phone to put the heating on 30 minutes before we got home :ner: But I can't take any credit, I haven't the first clue how it all works.
Well up here in the 21st century Anita got her phone to put the heating on 30 minutes before we got home :ner: But I can't take any credit, I haven't the first clue how it all works.
My phone ran out of charge at some point during the day. I only noticed when I got in and was trying to use it as a torch to see what the temperature gauge was reading...
So even if I had that system I still would have come home to a cold house.
Pigmy Pony
09-01-2025, 22:50
My phone ran out of charge at some point during the day. I only noticed when I got in and was trying to use it as a torch to see what the temperature gauge was reading...
So even if I had that system I still would have come home to a cold house.
Bloody Facebook, eats through phone batteries I'm told.
-3c and now sunny after a bit of mist.
hifi_dave
10-01-2025, 11:41
Bit of cloud but mostly bright Sun. Bloody cold though.
rmcin626
10-01-2025, 14:22
Warmed up to 0c this afternoon
It reached +2C this afternoon, but is now 0C.
Never got above zero today even with the sun out most of the day, it barely melted any of the ice.
9.4C in the house when I got in, breaking records daily now.
I don't think we'll get rid of the ice until Tuesday.
- 4C with fog. Everything covered in frost.
Ice on the inside of my bathroom window this morning.
Last time that happened was winter 2010/11 - even colder then though, the toothpaste froze in the tube.
Probably not going to have a shower today!
Temperature is to rise above freezing later, for the first time this week.
Don't you have any heating in your house Martin?
Don't you have any heating in your house Martin?
Nothing built in, no.
Pigmy Pony
11-01-2025, 09:25
I suppose the Krell helps a bit. But the rest of your system, will it work optimally at the temperatures you're experiencing? Or does it all self-heat while running?
-1 and thick fog. Frost so thick it looks like we had a covering of snow.
I suppose the Krell helps a bit. But the rest of your system, will it work optimally at the temperatures you're experiencing? Or does it all self-heat while running?
The Krell 50S only gets slightly warm as it has plateau biasing so it isn't at full power all the time like typical class A. So it doesn't help. For that I'd need to switch in my old school KSA100 which is a 650 watt fan heater as well as a 100WPC amplifier :)
Speaker voice coils will get cold, might affect the sound a little until they warm through with use. Maybe ten minutes or so.
Sun is out now, clear skies.
Pigmy Pony
11-01-2025, 09:49
Well that's ok then. I think I read somewhere that the suspension in phono cartridges can be affected, but ofc that won't apply in your case.
In some ways my speakers (the original Quad electrostatics) sound better in a cold environment, but such an environment does not suit the listener.
Class A amplifiers can help, but I abandoned my 25W Mark Levinson ML-2 monoblocks, since their constant dissipation of 200W was just too much in the summer.
Well that's ok then. I think I read somewhere that the suspension in phono cartridges can be affected, but ofc that won't apply in your case.
Yes, most pickup cartridge benefit from working in a warm enviroment: 25C seems to be optimal, but YMMV.
with a 2KW fan heater running for a couple of hours now I've nearly got the living room up to 12C
Got a 3.5KW space heater upstairs but you're not really supposed to use that on domestic supply. If you run it too long the plug starts welding itself to the socket.
Can't really listen to music with a fan heater running. Do have a 2.5 KW convection heater which is silent so I'll switch over to that once I get some more heat in the room. Layabout neighbours not out of bed yet so can't really play any music right now anyway.
rmcin626
11-01-2025, 10:14
-2c this morning , very frosty , with snow due apparently
Nearly got the living room up to 13C!
Kitchen is 6C although earlier it was 4C but I think that increase is due to heat bleeding through from the neighbour's kitchen which has fancy things like insulation and radiators. But the wall between us is only about an inch thick.
Been out to the supermarket, still load of ice about despite sunshine all day it just isn't shifting. 5C predicted for tomorrow afternoon, with the sun out as well that might just clear it.
Pigmy Pony
11-01-2025, 14:59
Kitchen is 6C although earlier it was 4C but I think that increase is due to heat bleeding through from the neighbour's kitchen which has fancy things like insulation and radiators. But the wall between us is only about an inch thick.
Shame you can't fit an extractor fan in that party wall, blowing your way without your neighbour noticing.
That's not a bad idea. I could do it when he's out.
I'm surprised your 3.5kW space heater was allowed to be sold in the UK, given it was fitted with a BS1363 13A plug.
I'm surprised your 3.5kW space heater was allowed to be sold in the UK, given it was fitted with a BS1363 13A plug.
Think I got it new off ebay from overseas, but it's a long time ago now so that might be wrong.
Think I got it new off ebay from overseas, but it's a long time ago now so that might be wrong.
That would account for it. I bought a Class D amp that was being heavily promoted here on AoS, only to find the moulded-on 13A three pin plug to fit the UK's 13A sockets did not have a fuse. I of course cut it off and fitted a proper 13A plug.
I informed the importer who said he would get it changed, but I never found out if he did.
minus 5?
I'm looking forward to it getting above zero here for the first time in a week. Not happened yet though.
rmcin626
12-01-2025, 10:09
Moved into plus number for the first time in a week but only just 1c, has been raining
Zero, and beautifully sunny.
Up to 2C here, still no sign of all the crap melting yet though.
minus 5?
I'm looking forward to it getting above zero here for the first time in a week. Not happened yet though.
Was -5C, now up to -2C and cloudy. Expect it will reach positive figures later.
Pigmy Pony
12-01-2025, 12:06
Not as cold today, 5C now. Lots of blue sky criss-crossed with vapour trails from planes heading somewhere better.
4C in my bathroom but decided to have a shower and a shave anyway as can't put it off any longer. That woke me up a bit!
Back in the relative (13.2C) warmth of the living room now, time for some music.
Ice is now melting away everywhere so it must finally be warming up outside.
Now +2C and partially cloudy.
I don't know what the surprise was with my post reporting a temperature of -5C ; it was made at 07:47 this morning - what would you expect?
I said it would warm up later in the day, and it has.
4C in my bathroom but decided to have a shower and a shave anyway as can't put it off any longer. That woke me up a bit!
Back in the relative (13.2C) warmth of the living room now, time for some music.
I hope the shower was not at 4C - that would really wake you up! ;)
Now +2C and partially cloudy.
I don't know what the surprise was with my post reporting a temperature of -5C ; it was made at 07:47 this morning - what would you expect?
I said it would warm up later in the day, and it has.
-5 is pretty cold for down south, that's all!
Pigmy Pony
12-01-2025, 15:28
-5 is pretty cold for down south, that's all!
I read somewhere that That London has underfloor heating powered by Scottish wind farms, but that's no help if you're out in the southern sticks.
+3C and cloudy. A small improvement weather wise.
Pigmy Pony
13-01-2025, 07:34
Similar here, but quite breezy so we have the wind chill. So all in all not much better than before.
rmcin626
13-01-2025, 08:54
A grey 9c this morning
Sunny spells and 2c currently. Looks like we’ve seen the last of the really cold weather for a while.
rmcin626
13-01-2025, 10:15
Now very windy and chucking it down
Dull all day, not too bad otherwise, most of the ice now gone.
Looking forward to 8C tomorrow - going to be like Barbados - except without the palm trees and the Carib beer girls.
Back to 4C at the weekend though.
3C, with a clear cloudless sky.
rmcin626
14-01-2025, 09:15
Currently 9c and dry
9C don't even need to fasten your coat up.
Fantastic sunset tonight, the whole sky was a sort of tangerine colour.
Pigmy Pony
14-01-2025, 18:26
I didn't get out on my planned walk today, due to the incessant heavy drizzle. That was the reason. I did however walk to the Asda to buy some flowers. By which I mean I walked from the car park to where the flowers were, which unhelpfully weren't near the entrance.
If you're not going to walk due to drizzle that's going to rule out about 150 walking days a year.
Pigmy Pony
14-01-2025, 22:55
If you're not going to walk due to drizzle that's going to rule out about 150 walking days a year.
:eek: That leaves 215 walking days a year! I'll never cope with that. I'm working tomorrow so the walking will have to wait till Thursday.
Another cool (8C), but clear day.
Pigmy Pony
15-01-2025, 09:21
Same here, and with no wind. Much better than yesterday. Forecast to get a bit foggy later.
rmcin626
15-01-2025, 09:22
Dry and. Clear this morning 9c
Pigmy Pony
15-01-2025, 18:06
Same here, and with no wind. Much better than yesterday. Forecast to get a bit foggy later.
Well the fog arrived this afternoon and it was a proper pea souper. Worse than I've seen it in years. Been a lot of fog and murk since autumn.
Been mild and very sunny here all day. As good as summer really. Got up to 10C with barely a breeze.
Went a bit nippy after dark but it was beer garden weather while the sun was up.
Haven’t spun a record for 10 days, but there are compensations. A few Brits here feeling grateful.
https://flic.kr/p/2qFAFHy
rmcin626
16-01-2025, 08:56
7c and dry this morning
Pigmy Pony
16-01-2025, 09:08
Chilly start to the day' about 0C. Looking much better now.
A dull day: 7C and overcast. It has been foggy in the mornings but disappears once the sun is up.
Snow here is forecast for the end of the month.
Just back from visiting a client in Lowestoft - along the East Coast North from Southwold it was lovely and sunny, but back inland all grey and dank again. 8c.
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Sunny again but a 10C temperature drop from yesterday. Frosty start.
4C and an overcast grey day.
rmcin626
17-01-2025, 09:12
A damp 9c this morning
hifi_dave
17-01-2025, 16:12
I pray we don't have another year like 2024. I hate this relentless dark gloom, cold and damp all day.
dull all day, cold but not freezing.
Going to be the same all week according to the forecast.
Pigmy Pony
19-01-2025, 08:52
Yet another grey, chilly day. Don't want to leave the house but I have to - my daughters are buying me a posh breakfast to celebrate my being 67 years and 19 days old. Better late than never, and as my elder daughter had pneumonia over Christmas, I'll let her off.
Cold and dull.
Think that's going to be my report for the next few weeks too, looking at the forecast.
At least we're over half-way through winter now and it's not getting properly dark until it's almost 1700.
hifi_dave
19-01-2025, 10:24
This is depressing the heck out of me. Wake up, put on the lights and try not to put on the heating till the afternoon. Day after day it's dark, cold and damp. I desperately want to get out and do some work in the garden but it's just not good enough. Even wrapped up it's horrible out there and set to stay like this for at least a week.
Weather-wise, we seem to be stuck in 'Groundhog Day'! For days now it has been the same: 3C, cloudy, grey and dull.
Going out for lunch today with a former travelling companion. At least that will distract me from what will happen later today across "the pond".
rmcin626
20-01-2025, 09:22
5c dry at the moment after a wet night
Pigmy Pony
20-01-2025, 09:50
Yet another grey 2C day, but with added rain today. I have to leave the house for an hour or two shortly, then back home to spend the day avoiding the news.
Dull and cold.
Same. Miserable. But at least dry.
Same. Miserable. But at least dry.
I'd swap for rainy but mild. We don't get that here though, the only options are dry and cold or raining and cold.
Actually it's 4C out, which isn't that bad, considering, but rain is forecast for tea-time.
hifi_dave
20-01-2025, 15:27
Not quite so dark and depressing, just a tad lighter and do my eyes deceive me ??? looks like a break in the cloud where the Sun goes down. Too F'ing late..:finger:
Pigmy Pony
20-01-2025, 16:05
Been lashing down for the last hour, and set to continue.
rmcin626
21-01-2025, 08:49
A grey and damp 5c, rain not far away
rmcin626
22-01-2025, 09:27
Dry and cloudy 3c this morning
cold but sun did come through occasionally.
Warms up a bit Friday but gale force winds with it. You don't get something for nothing, not in this game.
Only 9 more days of this crappy month left though. As usual seems to go on forever.
rmcin626
22-01-2025, 19:18
Forecast not so good for the next couple of days, especially Friday
rmcin626
23-01-2025, 18:09
Just received my first emergency alert on the phone, along with everyone else in Scotland, everything is closed and cancelled tomorrow.
Just received my first emergency alert on the phone, along with everyone else in Scotland, everything is closed and cancelled tomorrow.
You're supposed to be getting the brunt of it then?
We have wind up to 53 MPH forecast which is almost a 10 on the Beaufort Scale, meaning it's officially a 'Storm.'
However in the last one they forecast wind up to 45 mph here and I looked back at what it actually was and it never got above the low 30s. Since that 1987 thing I think they always go for the worst case prediction.
rmcin626
23-01-2025, 18:20
You're supposed to be getting the brunt of it then?
We have wind up to 53 MPH forecast which is almost a 10 on the Beaufort Scale, meaning it's officially a 'Storm.'
However in the last one they forecast wind up to 45 mph here and I looked back at what it actually was and it never got above the low 30s. Since that 1987 thing I think they always go for the worst case prediction.
The forecast is for winds over 90 mph, hopefully they have over estimated
Pigmy Pony
23-01-2025, 18:57
Just received my first emergency alert on the phone, along with everyone else in Scotland, everything is closed and cancelled tomorrow.
You should cancel tomorrow too Robin. Stay safe, stay home, play tunes :) Sounds like something Boris would have said five years ago.
rmcin626
23-01-2025, 19:15
You should cancel tomorrow too Robin. Stay safe, stay home, play tunes :) Sounds like something Boris would have said five years ago.
Thanks Steve, will be going nowhere tomorrow
The forecast is for winds over 90 mph, hopefully they have over estimated
Must be a worse case surely? 73 mph is hurricane force. At 90 you're onto the extended scale designed to grade tropical cyclones.
Just had a look, according to Met Office Belfast gets up to 85 which is monumental, Oban is 92!
Just had a look, according to Met Office Belfast gets up to 85 which is monumental, Oban is 92!
Jeez! Stay safe everyone. We get only up to 50mph, and should be cleared by 10, so I guess run out of steam by the time it hits the East coast.
The Northern Ireland record is 124mph in Kilkeel in County Down on 12 January 1974.
rmcin626
23-01-2025, 22:14
Just had a look, according to Met Office Belfast gets up to 85 which is monumental, Oban is 92!
Hopefully they have looked at worst case
11C, showers with wind forecast.
Windy last night, but not too strong. This morning I found a garden chair had blown over, but that was all.
Hope all our friends here living north do not experience any damage.
rmcin626
24-01-2025, 09:42
6c and wet so far, due to increase from 10am, wind currently in 30’s gusting to mid 50’s, no damage so far
85 mph wind forecast for 2pm near Glasgow here.
rmcin626
24-01-2025, 13:58
Lots of damage locally, trees down, tiles off roofs, power issues, one of the neighbours lost his fence, a few more hours of the red alert to go
Pigmy Pony
24-01-2025, 15:28
Today is bin day. Almost everyone's bins had blown over and the street looked like a landfill site. I'd wedged ours against the holly bush, so we were ok. Still didn't keep me from clearing neighbours' plastic bottles and cereal boxes from under the van and car this morning.
According to BBC Weather, wind speeds where I was working peaked at 58mph. We made a bonfire with a load of cardboard boxes from a kitchen delivery. Probably not a good idea, it looked like Los Angeles in miniature.
Lot of rain in the night and very windy this morning but not silly strong.
It died down after lunch. A few wheelie bins got knocked over and someone I know lost a couple of fence panels, but that seems to be it for us.
rmcin626
24-01-2025, 18:50
Been a wild day, don’t want to say too much until tomorrow, lots of damage in the town and where we used to live a couple miles away. Weather can be total different here as we are closer to the river, previously we were a lot higher up and suffered the worse of the weather.
3C, calm with bright sunshine.
rmcin626
25-01-2025, 09:49
3c grey and damp but the wind has disappeared, will inspect for any damage later , everything looks ok apart from the bbq cover
Sunny here today but a bit chilly.
Just had a look, according to Met Office Belfast gets up to 85 which is monumental, Oban is 92!
Had a look at what windspeed was actually measured at Oban yesterday - max was 107 mph.
Here it was 63.
hifi_dave
25-01-2025, 10:44
Hardly a cloud in the sky and it's not cold, maybe 10c.
All Winter's days should be like this but I believe more crap is coming our way tomorrow.
rmcin626
25-01-2025, 10:51
Had a look at what windspeed was actually measured at Oban yesterday - max was 107 mph.
Here it was 63.
Thankfully didn’t reach 107 mph, probably in the 80’s here at times
Beautiful winters day, sunny but only 5c, just had a lovely long walk with the dog and didn’t want to come back home! More wind and heavy rain forecast for tomorrow afternoon, but should be nice for another walk in the morning.
6C here not a cloud in the sky and just a slight breeze. It's quite pleasant if you're not in the shade.
hifi_dave
25-01-2025, 15:12
Sun is still shining though with some haze building. Much nicer than the gloom though and I have managed a couple of short sits out.
cold - 4C - and dull.
Heavy rain forecast to start soon and last most of the day.
rmcin626
26-01-2025, 09:25
Dry and 1c so far
9c and high-ish (48 mph) winds - rain due at any time. Similar predictions for tomorrow.
Rain has started here, had to go to the supermarket again to get the things I forgot to get yesterday.
On the plus side I've mopped the kitchen floor this morning so I have that feeling of accomplishment.
Pigmy Pony
26-01-2025, 12:27
Rain has started here, had to go to the supermarket again to get the things I forgot to get yesterday.
On the plus side I've mopped the kitchen floor this morning so I have that feeling of accomplishment.
I have the same feeling when I lift my feet out of the way to help with Anita's hoovering. I don't think she always appreciates how lucky she is.
I have the same feeling when I lift my feet out of the way to help with Anita's hoovering. I don't think she always appreciates how lucky she is.
The lengths we go to, and as you say, they rarely notice.
Now 5C with blustery showers. All in all pretty miserable.
Pigmy Pony
26-01-2025, 16:05
Same here. No plans to leave the house. Apart from going to pick up our Sunday Chinese.
7C and partially cloudy. There was a bit of wind last night but not too bad.
rmcin626
27-01-2025, 09:44
After a very wet night, now 4c and currently dry
Wasn’t expecting snow today! Neither was the BBC..
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wow snow!
Nothing like that here, bit of sunshine and a bitterly cold wind.
Tomorrow not so bad, sunny and gets up to 7C
Pigmy Pony
27-01-2025, 18:51
Wet and windy here. Not felt like going anywhere today, I'll get out and do something tomorrow. It's always a shit-boring time of year, but at least the coming weekend is something to look forward to, with a trip to sunny Hartlepool :)
Has actually been sunny there for NEBO the past few years. Plus dry and mild.
Until the sun goes down. Then you realise there's nothing between there and the Urals.
Pigmy Pony
27-01-2025, 22:28
I'll be keeping my Urals warm with some long johns I think.
8C, cloudy with some rain.
rmcin626
28-01-2025, 09:30
4c and clear this morning
Pigmy Pony
28-01-2025, 11:57
Another rubbish rainy day. I was going to turn out today, but I've moved it back to tomorrow now.
Wet and miserable here in N London. Managed to get my gardener Vasiliev to come over and do a clean-up and cut back some stuff in advance of a lawn treatment tomorrow. I sure as hell wasn't going to go out and do it.
hifi_dave
28-01-2025, 15:01
It's stopped raining...:yay:
hifi_dave
28-01-2025, 15:21
Spoke too soon.......it's chucking it down again..
chilly and with that fine rain that soaks you through. All day, still going now.
Still, it's better than snow and ice. Supposed to be dry and sunny tomorrow.
Managed to avoid getting too wet this morning. The rain cleared this afternoon.
Miserable day today but I was mostly in the office so no drama really. Mild though, still 7c now, although brighter weather and colder nights are on their way back.
Just when we could really use an unseasonable heat wave.
Still, we're nearly into the last lap of winter. It's almost daylight now when I leave for work.
Yes, it's light by 08:00. My car has automatic headlights - today when I left the house at 08:15 they switched off once I had backed out of the garage.
4C and cloudy. Not expecting any rain but you never can tell. :doh:
rmcin626
29-01-2025, 09:41
A bright and sunny 4c morning
hifi_dave
29-01-2025, 10:04
Sun and about 9c. Long may it last.
Dry, chilly, sun did come out but only for about an hour in the morning.
Must have rained quite a bit in the night as the flood at the end of the street is back.
Well it stayed dry today, though heavy rain is expected Friday.
rmcin626
30-01-2025, 09:15
A sunny and frosty 3c this morning
Frosty start, but beautiful sunshine and had a lovely walk with the dog, well wrapped up and enjoying the fresh air. Still sunny now and 5c.
Now 7C and still sunny. It's turning out to be beautiful day. All change tomorrow though.
Frosty start here, too. Then sunny but with a bitter north wind.
Pigmy Pony
31-01-2025, 09:07
Back to grey skies after a chilly but sunny Thursday. Last day of January :yay: Good riddance.
rmcin626
31-01-2025, 09:38
5c and clear so far
Back to grey skies after a chilly but sunny Thursday. Last day of January :yay: Good riddance.
It's taken forever but we're finally there. Just crappy February to do now. At least they haven't tacked an extra day on it this year.
5C and cloudy. Rain was expected this morning but did not materialise - possibly it will rain later.
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