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margaret
20-05-2021, 05:34 PM
Welcome to Maytober.

I've just invented a new month, because it just might as well be October, with the winds, cold and rain, It's awful out there. Heating on again!

rebbonk
20-05-2021, 06:13 PM
I visited the local hostelry with the dog this afternoon, they had their heating on. - I hope the dog doesn't expect it at home!

Lex
21-05-2021, 07:41 PM
Good idea, Margaret. After all, we had our summer in April!

Lex
21-05-2021, 08:05 PM
Apparently, it's all down to the Jet Stream being diverted: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/met-office-explains-weather-rubbish-20652391

margaret
21-05-2021, 09:34 PM
Oh well, well just have to battle on then. :D

Lex
27-05-2021, 06:25 PM
Looks like we're going to get some decent weather over the next few days. Forecast is for 20c+ for the bank holiday.

rebbonk
27-05-2021, 10:48 PM
https://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_web?look=MILE_PER_HOUR%2CCELSIUS%2CMILLI METER&apikey=5838a18e295d&temperature=C&windspeed=mph&precipitationamount=mm&winddirection=3char&city=Coventry&iso2=gb&lat=52.4066&lon=-1.51217&asl=89&tz=Europe%2FLondon&lang=en&sig=72062f710505fbaf8ee95aa34028e1b5

margaret
28-05-2021, 05:13 AM
I've now planted out some flowers, looks like ether are holding up. :)

rebbonk
28-05-2021, 02:31 PM
I've managed to get 3 wash loads dried outdoors this week!

Lex
17-06-2021, 03:15 PM
Looks like rain's on the way over the weekend. That's summer over, then. :(

margaret
17-06-2021, 05:14 PM
Yes, it was good while it lasted, Lex. The rain has started .
The farmers need it I guess.

rebbonk
17-06-2021, 06:25 PM
I got slightly damp walking home from the pub. The cat's gone out and is sat taking the air under a tree.

Lex
18-06-2021, 08:02 PM
The cat's gone out and is sat taking the air under a tree.

A good chance to lock the cat flap & hope the little b***er will take the hint & wonder off.

rebbonk
19-06-2021, 03:26 AM
No chance of that, Lex, she knows where she's well off.

She showed me a new trick this week. She got me to pour a glass of water and hold it whilst she has a drink!

Lex
19-06-2021, 08:18 PM
If the little sod's got you doing things like that, it's a definite reason to get rid of it!

rebbonk
19-06-2021, 09:51 PM
It has to be seen to be believed! The other night she moved to dog's tail so she could lie where she wanted. The dog wasn't overly amused!

margaret
01-09-2021, 02:51 PM
Brief summer it seems, weather is on the turn and I have to wait 3 weeks for a gas boiler check. Roll on shivering winter then Springtime again. :p

rebbonk
01-09-2021, 06:47 PM
The L/R forecast doesn't look brilliant.

https://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_14day_hd?look=MILE_PER_HOUR%2CCELSIUS%2C MILLIMETER&apikey=5838a18e295d&temperature=C&windspeed=mph&precipitationamount=mm&winddirection=3char&city=Coventry&iso2=gb&lat=52.4066&lon=-1.51217&asl=89&tz=Europe%2FLondon&lang=en&ts=1630518187&sig=37d89a6b2b7c04d3860da7c4bfcdcc88

I always used to go away with my mates in this week of the year. Everything used to close down after the bank holiday Monday and there were no crowds. We often used to catch a decent week of sun.

Lex
01-09-2021, 07:14 PM
Autumn's definitely on the way - I've started to notice leaves changing colour on my lunchtime walks over the last couple of days.

margaret
10-04-2023, 09:51 AM
It seems like we get 8 months cold weather in this country, and 4 months summer if we are lucky. What's happened to global warming !

rebbonk
10-04-2023, 11:51 AM
Global warming is a myth, Margaret. Yet another scheme to fleece people. Sadly, many are too easily led and fall for scam after scam devised by TPTB.

I bet when you were at school you were told we were heading back into an ice age? I know I was.

Scientists who claim they understand things are dangerous, as they rarely do, and most of their actions have unintended consequences.

Now, don't get me started on water shortages, over half the bl**dy planet is covered in water!

Mister H
10-04-2023, 05:44 PM
Greenland, and northern climes, may have warmed about 1200 years ago which is how the Vikings came to settle there, where hithertofor it had been too cold. But, if this is true, it seems the climate (which we must distinguish from the weather!) is on a thousand year cycle. We simply don't know whether there were such periods of warming in ancient times, but again this is very doubtful.
What is pure bunk is the crazy idea that the industrial Revolution increased global temperatures by about 2 degrees Celsius. CO2 has half life of 120 years (which is short lived compared with ghastly radioactive isotopes). Oxygen is stable (I think it only has one isotope) so whatever is produced by forests remains, whilst the CO2 is constantly decaying. And even fossil fuels have a vector to sunlight, so even if there were more heat/sun this would increase absorption/Photosynthesis of biosphere, thus more oxygen.

Lex
10-04-2023, 06:10 PM
It's a bit of a myth that the whole planet's going to bake over the next century. Many areas (eg the Indian sub-continent) are experiencing increased rainfall. Antartica is actually experiencing increased ice formation, although it is also melting faster.

In this country, a lot of long-term forecasts predict the British Isles will get colder, due to the Gulf Stream collapsing. Some studies have already shown it is slowing down.

Mister H
10-04-2023, 06:43 PM
I agree, Lex.
An American commentator did a funny take on this a while ago.
He imagines the con artists in a room imaging how they can get the global warming scam up and running.
'we need a gimmick' one says.
'I have an idea, why not show a polar bear on a broken piece of ice that is just floating away?'
'Brilliant, brilliant!' says the other, ' with that photo shopping we can scam millions!'

Lex
05-09-2023, 06:05 PM
Looks like it's going to be a sweaty few days.

margaret
05-09-2023, 08:58 PM
We will soon be hugging our hot water bottles! So I am enjoying the present heatwave, more like summer should have been.

rebbonk
05-09-2023, 08:58 PM
Expect the global warming idiots to be out in force!