The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: bamford6 on February 02, 2011, 02:03:44 pm
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http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews11No3.pdf Much of the country has had an extended dry period of weather, but a new month brings a change in pattern as it's now time for low pressure to take charge, for a while at least.
Yesterday, rain moved into Western Scotland and is now continuing to journey southeast with some heavier bursts currently moving down through the midlands and eastern England and this fairly narrow band will continue to move through before finally clearing the south coast later today.
Elsewhere today it's generally dry and milder than of late, but for Scotland with colder air briefly back here there will be a good scattering of blustery and wintry showers moving in from the west during the day.
Overnight tonight the next batch of wet and windy weather moves in from the northwest and it's this system which will provide us with a virtual repeat performance during tomorrow. Another system then arrives into Thursday and it stays unsettled right into the weekend and possibly beyond. as you can see we new the storm was there in January but the government didn't THIS WEEK UP DATE Monday will see the band of rain across northern areas, heavy at first, continue to sink south across England and Wales, weakening by the time it reaches the SE, brighter but colder conditions across Scotland spreading south across northern England, Midlands and north Wales in the afternoon. Still some wintry showers across NW Scotland. Windy everywhere at first but easing later in the day. Temperatures ranging between 6 °C across northern Scotland to 12 °C across southern England. Tuesday will bring a respite as a ridge of high pressure builds in from the south, so it will be mainly dry with sunny spells during daylight hours, though rain returns from the SW later in the day, heralding a wet and breezy day on Wednesday, especially in the west. Continuing wet and windy across northern and western areas for the rest of the week, perhaps drier towards the SE.
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the wind has died down in moray this afternoon, its very warm with the odd patch of drizzle, thanks bamford :wave:
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I wish it would hurry up and move down past me - it's REALLY cold :( and wet and windy :( just miserable :'(
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It's just been banging it down here in Yorkshire - seems to have eased off a bit now.
OH is sat up in Fraserburgh awaiting gale force winds to arrive?
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and again- I'm just glad I don't live in Australia :&>
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its awful whats happening in australia i have been following in on the internet, feel so sorry for them, they are in for a horrid couple of days
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I do feel sorry for Queensland too- been through so much, and now a cyclone!
Nearer to home- we are currently having a huge storm- thunder, lightening and hail ::)
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I've got elderly relatives in Cairns and Townsville. Just waiting to see they're OK.
Snow here this morning - just a skim and wet, but very windy too. Clear sky and sunny now.
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A good inch of snow here - the chooks are not impressed! ::)
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beautifully sunny but very cold wind in North Yorkshire, my Nan would say it was drying up for snow.................!!
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very, very cold here in Fife, blustery gales, a bit of snow came in the night
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a scattering of snow in moray this morning, very windy, its a lazy wind(goes straight through you, rather than round!) very cold, we had blue sky this morning its clouding over now.
Any news on your relatives Rosemary?
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Just got back in in the nick of time. Up here in the Northwest Highlands blowing horizontal rain with speeds up to 70 mph! The loch is covered in white horses.
Time to batten down the hatches as the doors are already blowing themselves open.
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70 mph winds tonight here in Glasgow. My greenhouse has blown apart and someone knocked on my door to tell me my fence was blowing around the street. Just in from clearing up but will be a busy day tomorrow more clearing up and fence re building. Hope all you TAS'ers are safe and well.
JD
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Quite quiet here in the Wee County, hope it stays that way.
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Another tree down here overnight - or rather half of one split and landed behind the back of my house :o Same guy that was out on Monday is here again chopping it up bless him, but there is still half a tree to worry about and now it's split it'll rot so has to come down.. He's going to need his pal to come with ropes for that but meantime is making his way towards it..
I spent most of yesterday morning stacking wood and I guess I've a few more hours to come ::)
Had a worrying moment when I couldn't see any of the 12 ponies in the back field at dawn, none of them near the hay bale :o but when I took a rather brisk trip across the field I found them down the far end where there must have been more shelter.. and all fences intact - phew :)
Hope everyone else is safe and well..
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it was blowing a gale here last night, but i think we missed the worst of it, no snow, and all the buildings are still intact so all is well, i hope everyone else is ok
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Lost our pig ark last night and its a four man lift its so heavy!! Lucky it was on a trailer and nothing was in it.
Its damned windy here which is a right bummer cos I got hepvacs to do this afternoon. grr
Baz
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Just some garden furniture blown about and parts of the kids' slide - the 10 feet trampoline we wisely put upside down last autumn as it had landed once just inches from my car ! More storm coming now , though... :P :&>
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We have wind here in Birmingham but it's a picnic compared to you guys.
Hope you all stay safe and well and that goes for animals and buildings too.
Good luck with all that you have to do.
Ian
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I've just had to eat my words about it being quiet here! Calm before the storm. Rain rain and more rain. Went up to Kelty woods to walk dogs, on way back became more and more concerned about the flooding, and had a couple of nervous moments as I ploughed through. The I came to a bridge over a river just our side of a village, saw it was flooded and was careful going through, it has a bad bend in the road right at the bridge and as i slowed for the bend my car stopped - flooded in 2 and a half feet of water. Called a friend as I didn't have my garage's number on my phone, but she also called the Police and they came with the Fire brigade, pushed my car out of the water, the police took me and the dogs home and now I'm off out to meet Green flag to tow the car back here. Insurance job as the floor is soaking!
Got home to find the front garden flooded, the burn has burst it's banks and the chicken run is flooded too
Never again will I get annoyed at Scottish water for not having any - got plenty now! ;D ;D ;D
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I hope you are all managing alright and that your animals are o.k.!! We can only hope it stops NOW! :&>
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That was a scary evening, sitting in a wet car wondering if the flood waters would invade, have just emptied all but my dog cage out ready for the garage to take it away for assessment - but it is now a lovely day here and I could have taken all my dogs to the woods for a good romp but for that lake of muddy river water over the bridge. So instead I'm going to clear out the chicken shed, put fresh dry straw in there, and try to shovel the muck out of their run back into the stream. Just hope my car isn't a write off as I really like it.
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Gulp! What a horrible adventure. I hope you dry out and that the car is okay. My chickens being blown backward up the field, and looking put out is a bit tame in comparison. Gosh!
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3 trees down, one about 3ft diameter at base - think we are going to be ok for firewood for the next couple of years!
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Just heard from the garage that my car is a write off. Water in the electrics, won't start.
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don't just accept the first offer they make they pay out on the market value not what a similar car would cost but you will get them to increase there offer
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don't just accept the first offer they make they pay out on the market value not what a similar car would cost but you will get them to increase there offer
Yes, I know - but even so it will never be enough to get the same car again, it was a really good car, rarely had anything needed, passed every MOT, ran smoothly. I'll miss her. Not sure how I get my number transferred - do I wait till I get another car? The insurance company will take 5 days to send cheque out I think, and until the garage phones tomorrow I don't even know if I'll get a courtesy car in the meantime so don't know how I get to look at any.
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get your number put on retention right away once they pay out it is theres
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It is wprth stallingand getting quotes for the repair. If the cost oi lower than the market value they will do it! We managed to keep one of our cars this way. :&>
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What a disaster, lots of brilliant advice here though, well done chaps. I hope you can sort it out without too much loss.
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Not sure if I'll bother with the number now - £110 to put it on retention then another £80 to transfer it onto my next car. I could put that £200 towards the car. I don't even know where to start looking fro another car. I just happened to be out shopping and went into a garage on the way home and spotted Zaffy. She called out to me and we fell in love :-* I will miss her so much. This is stupid - how can anyone get so emotional about a bloody bit of metal! ??? ::) ::) ::)
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would the repair cost more than that? Even then, it might be worth paying a bit on top if you love your car. I always get attached to mine, Annie. Even my OH is to his, it's normal! ;) :&>
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The engine doesn't start either!
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The car I have at the moment is the first one I have had without a name, my first van was a Vauxhall Rascal called Red Ken (for driving around London) I adored it and and drove till it fell to bits. Since then I have had Jimbuck the Jumbuck and Cango the Kangoo. Silliest car name goes to my step mum who named her Fiat Panda "Mrs Peek" after the Peek Frean biscuit tin it resembled. Kids at school refer to my car as "The Skip".
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;D ;D ;D
it probably looks like mine then :&>
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Prior to my current 'silver tiger' I had a 'bean tin'. It was an orange ford Ka. Brilliant car. Loved it. A lot of fun and so easy to whiz about in and park. Just why do we get so attached to our cars/give them silly names?
what this has to do with 'wet and sindy spell' escapes me?!!!
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Prior to my current 'silver tiger' I had a 'bean tin'. It was an orange ford Ka. Brilliant car. Loved it. A lot of fun and so easy to whiz about in and park. Just why do we get so attached to our cars/give them silly names?
what this has to do with 'wet and windy spell' escapes me?!!!
Was wet and windy the night Zaffy died - that's what caused it. Wish I'd never bothered to take the dogs out now! Would have saved me a heap of money ::)