Winter Weather

[angie]

Maggi I hate lighting, our first house was struck by lighting, we were lucky but the farmhouse next to us took the full force. I still remember the mess. Luckily they weren't hurt.
I never knew that Germany was having these storms. I knew England was getting some bad thunder storms. So sorry for the folks that lost their lives.

Angie 

[Anthony Darby]

The storms have been on the news here in New Zealand. http://www.dw.de/deadly-summer-storms-hit-western-germany-after-heat-wave/a-17694401

[Yann]

What a storm today, since this morning it's only electrifying wind and rain. We got gal at 64Mph. I saw some bbc reports on tv during dinner, it also seems to be stormy in UK & Scotland.

[TC]

Quite windy on the Clyde coast.  A friend of mine took these at Ayr harbour yesterday morning.

[David Nicholson]

Looks a good blow Tom, we mist the worst of the storm.

[Maggi Young]

Looks a good blow Tom, we mist the worst of the storm.

That makes a change , David - I thought for sure you'd be out looking for your garden fence again.

We had plenty wind yesterday but the rain didn't come till much later.  Cold and miserable now  - feels pretty like winter to me - Moan Moan !

[Maggi Young]

Great photos, Tom - makes one concentrate on the beauty rather than the ferocity of the storm.

[David Nicholson]

Looks a good blow Tom, we mist the worst of the storm.

Cor, it must be an age thing, now I can't spell 'missed'

When I saw the early weather maps Maggi they showed the curl of the storm passing West of us, maybe just catching North Cornwall, and  Ireland, Wales, Northern England and Scotland getting a pasting. Been dry here today managed to get some stone shifted and bedded in to my version of a crevice bed. More rock pockets than crevices.

[Chris Johnson]

We had our roughest weather yesterday with gust over 70mph. Today is just miserable with torrential rain and strong winds.

Chris

[Hoy]

Been windy but not more than normal at this time. However the temperature is quite high and so is the accompanying rain!
Some places at the coast here have had their worst floodings for 130 years!


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[François Lambert]

Definitely not winter weather over here, the weather forecast tells they expect maximum temperatures close to 20°C in the next days !  I remember first of November when i was young and it was freezing.  Anyway, if the weather holds on to these mild temps and if there are no strong winds in the coming weeks I may for the first time have the opportunity to see my Dahlia Imperialis flowering.  That's twice an 'if' but I'm optimistic 

[Maggi Young]

Here in N. E. Scotland the temperatures are changing widely - one day mild and the next  real frost.
I can only hope your  hopes are rewarded with your Dahlia in  wonderful flower, Francosi !

[johnstephen29]

I was in Boston in South Lincolnshire yesterday with my wife and our youngest two, shopping at Asda, it was throwing it down, while we were in there the sun came out and this loverly rainbow seen here over Boston stump(St Botolph church) greeted us when we came out.


Rainbow over Boston stump by johnstephen29, on Flickr

[Hoy]

The rainbow is almost double too! You can see a faint one to the right. The colours are opposite also.




I tried to take a picture of this Agapanthus in the drizzle yesterday. Today we had a little sunshine but I wasn't at home!

Agapanthus praecox minimus I think. It has been in flower all summer.

[johnstephen29]

Lovely agapanthus hoy