Winter Weather

[Yann]

We had a second gales episode this morning, but it was short and wind were less severe.

[David Nicholson]

Pretty bad here too. Luckily local damage confined to missing dustbins, fences, most of a garden shed (none of which were mine) and the remains of a Christmas jumper that we couldn't get anyone to claim, and that wasn't mine either! Local travel not good between fallen trees and flooded roads.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Another day, another storm....
Posting this from my new Kindle Fire tablet - Christmas gift from my wife. Amazing bit of kit!

[François Lambert]

Since no really noticeable frost has hit us (yet) nature continues to surprise us with unusual behavior.  Right now I have this wild carrot flowering in my lawn.  Makes me think of the winter 2006/2007 where I counted only 2 days with sub-zero temperatures, quite a contrast with the next winter that gave us from mid December on maximum day temperatures of -10°C.

[David Nicholson]

Worst of last night's storm cleared us around 10am leaving us with a bit of watery sun and a gusty wind. Good washing day said Mrs N and she's just hanging out the first batch. Bet it doesn't last though! Meanwhile the communal fence party have been fully employed yet again and with another three barrow loads of shredded fence ready for the local tip.

[David Nicholson]

............. and it didn't! Much "cussing" going on at the minute, most directed at the weather gods, some directed at me as I couldn't find my shoes to go out and help get the washing in. Have suggested appropriate New Year's Resolution but that only  produced more "cussing"

[Yann]

 

[David Nicholson]

An absolutely horrendous day here (first New Year's day since we married we never stepped out of the house) torrential rain blowing in horizontally from the Atlantic from dawn to dusk, with more promised later this evening and tomorrow, and gale force winds too. Dread to think what it must be like on local roads further down the hill. Luckily we live around around 400 feet above sea level so it would need floods of Biblical proportions to affect us apart from the vast amounts of gravel and rubble washed down from Dartmoor streams in spate.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Same here, New Year's Day walk cancelled, only ventured out to see if anything had been blown away. And more to come apparently.

[David Nicholson]

Local tele news promises us worse than ever weather tomorrow here on the South West peninsula. Strong winds (very strong-structural and tree damage likely! ) torrential rain (used to that) and those nearer the coast than I am (around 14 miles for me) can expect storm surges with exceptionally high tides.

Just checking for deals in Tenerife, surely a month should crack it

[Neil]

Look on the bright side David they did forecast that it would be a winter full of snow and below zero temperatures.  Have yet to see a frost here were I live.  And having just read my meters the other day and i have used about a third less than last year.  But it will probably cost the same

Now all I have to do is clean the windows again due to all the salt on them.

[GordonT]

Winter blizzard warning here in Nova Scotia. Yesterday the daytime high temperature was -18C. Thankfully there is snow falling, to insulate the plants against this cold though I may regret this last comment in a few hours. Areas just north of Boston Massachusetts have received up to 53 cm of snow! At least there's no need to travel anywhere today

[art600]

This was the sight that greeted me when I ventured out on Christmas Day.

Luckily the greenhouse suffered no broken glass.  The 3 fence panels were undamaged - think my insurance will cover cost of reinstating them £100 material plus labour.

Constant rain or threat of it makes repair a problem.

And I am still clearing remains of the 60ft Ash that was brought down in the St Jude storm end October.

[Yann]

During the end of afternoon we got a 10mn storm with gales at 77mph, hails, the sky tainted to violet, orange and black in 2-3 minutes, it was so powerfull, never seen something like that in our area.
Temperature was 14°c, after the storm 1°c in no time at all.

The meteo station fixed on the greenhouse didn't resist, sowing and bulbs polytunnels are now ruined

Really impressive, just to remind you're nothing on earth.

[Margaret]

So sorry about your bulbs and seed, Yann.

Here my allotment and greenhouses are flooded and the front fence at home has blown into the neighbour's garden. Quite scary.