Crap weather for May

[Barry]

Nothing crap about the weather here: 18C and bright sunshine. Might get up to 25C later on.

[dave2010]

Reverted to crapness today. Yesterday was really nice. Dullish - slightly overcast. Thunderstorms forecast - with rain - and around 20C. Seems dry so far.

Tried to go out to see aurora last night - but no show - maybe it's my eyesight! Sadly someone managed to get photos and see it a mile or two from here, but we drove almost 80 miles [round trip] north, and saw nothing.

Did anyone else get to see it?

[Barry]

Reverted to crapness today. Yesterday was really nice. Dullish - slightly overcast. Thunderstorms forecast - with rain - and around 20C. Seems dry so far.

Tried to go out to see aurora last night - but no show - maybe it's my eyesight! Sadly someone managed to get photos and see it a mile or two from here, but we drove almost 80 miles [round trip] north, and saw nothing.

Did anyone else get to see it?

I didn't see it either. The aurora is a capricious beast. Years ago I made a special trip to Iceland to see it, but initially to no avail - I had almost given up when one night I came out of the restaurant, looked up to see the most marvellous display. Had it not been so cold I would have stayed out for longer!

[Macca]

Too much light pollution here. Surprised we can still see the moon, that's about all you can see though.

[dave2010]

Apparently it was visible from Sheffield - I'd have thought the light pollution would be high there - but seems it was visible.

Here is a shot - apparently from Wales - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...wales-29152882

[Macca]

Apparently it was visible from Sheffield - I'd have thought the light pollution would be high there - but seems it was visible.

Here is a shot - apparently from Wales - https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...wales-29152882

In fairness I can walk about half a mile down to the posh end and there you can see Venus and occasionally Mars if it's a clear night. But I'm right on the edge of town so it's lit up like Las Vegas.

They've almost finished building two massive apartment blocks which will have a light in every window and all their grounds and car parks lit up too. Probably be able to see them from space.

[Macca]

where my mother lives in Liverpool, it's the opposite. Hardly any street lights and the few that exist are really dim. This is a 1930s suburb I'm talking about, not out in the sticks.

You can barely see where you're putting your feet. Last time I was there I saw people using torches.

[Alex_UK]

Car thermometer says 24.5c - BBC Weather app says we should be at around 21c but definitely feels hotter than that.

Went out with daughter last night to see the Northern Lights about midnight, but nothing doing (apart from me falling into a ditch full of thorns and stinging nettles!) although people in the village saw them on Friday. News article said the magnetic field dropped last night although did pick up in the early hours, and there may be a chance again tonight.

[dave2010]

Somewhat annoyingly I found this -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weatherwatcher...-5ce7ed2d516c/

We were out at the time, but went north rather than east.

So there was a display somewhere not too far away.

[Alex_UK]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglv53402mko