The Weather Thread 2024

[sunnyshoes]

In West Yorks met office said heavy showers at 2pm then it changed to 3pm. Now its 4pm and still no sign of the said heavy showers. In other thrilling news I've been putting my heating on.  It's always a bit warmer down south and us northerners will be there in our shorts whatever the weather. 

[Jacko45]

Just now, sunnyshoes said:

In West Yorks met office said heavy showers at 2pm then it changed to 3pm. Now its 4pm and still no sign of the said heavy showers. In other thrilling news I've been putting my heating on.  It's always a bit warmer down south and us northerners will be there in our shorts whatever the weather. 

 

Yep heating on here in Haworth, West Yorkshire for 2 hours today.

 

Temp inside the house was 11c :/ 

 

 

[sunnyshoes]

Just now, Jacko45 said:

 

Yep heating on here in Haworth, West Yorkshire for 2 hours today.

 

Temp inside the house was 11c 😕

 

 

It'll feel tropical for us down there no doubt. 

[4AssedMonkey]

2 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

 

Yep heating on here in Haworth, West Yorkshire for 2 hours today.

 

Temp inside the house was 11c 😕

 

 

 

Reporting in from Denby Dale.  Freezing earlier (12 degC) but warming a bit now.  Showers earlier but nothing to write home about.

 

The forecasts for the site have been saying unsettled/showers/cool for the middle of June fairly consistently.  The build won't be too badly affected if that's the case - certainly no 2016.  End of June seems to be swerving more towards warmer/drier and long may that continue.  But as @briddj says "Too Early!".

[gherkin8r]

15 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

 

ITS THE RUN IN AND ITS LIVEEEEEEE

 

 

 

[Jacko45]

[gherkin8r]

Just now, Jacko45 said:

Haha you're better at this than me!

[briddj]

Absolutely no idea why I chose Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky as my avatar many years ago....

[4AssedMonkey]

2 minutes ago, briddj said:

Absolutely no idea why I chose Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky as my avatar many years ago....

 

It's class though.

[devonhammer]

5 minutes ago, briddj said:

Absolutely no idea why I chose Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky as my avatar many years ago....

 

I always assumed everyone used a photo of themselves

[Jacko45]

2 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

 

I always assumed everyone used a photo of themselves

 

Made me genuinely LOL

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

Right, this is getting serious now. 8 degrees only during the day here today! Windy, blustery, full on winter coats weather.  DISGUSTING.

 

So i'm coming here to say: you all need to stop compromising with this "I'll take cold as long as it's dry" nonsense. NO. Stop that, the weather gods are listening. There's too much of it. STOP IT! Start making your sacrifices instead. We're running out of time.

 

*off to bury a sausage

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, Alison C said:

We all need to start burying our sausages.

In parts of the UK, especially Scotland and northern England, there's a quirky tradition of burying a sausage to bring good weather 🤣🤣🤣

Try it out and see if it helps?

[charlierc]

Given how crap summer temps were for a lot of 2023, is this just a sign we're now going to have spring and autumn all year long?

[Drew3232]

Just asked my girlf if she wants to help me bury a sausage and she told me she's not in the mood.

 

I'll wait till the morning and wake her up by slapping her round the face with it.

[Ayrshire Chris]

9 hours ago, Alison C said:

We all need to start burying our sausages.

In parts of the UK, especially Scotland and northern England, there's a quirky tradition of burying a sausage to bring good weather 🤣🤣🤣

Its Glastonbury, we have to bury a twix

[bennyboi]

3 hours ago, rlandy95 said:

 

Completely disagree, nothing more than a week away is locked in. 

 

Theres a few positive signs out there that we could get some proper heat and dryness - but its only eye candy at the moment. This time last year we were all panicking but look how that turned out. This pattern is bound to break up sooner rather than later.

 

The picture will only get clearer once we start reaching the end of next week.

That’s an excellent point, I remember dubbing my boots and didn’t even take them with me in the end. 

[4AssedMonkey]

3 hours ago, devonhammer said:

 

I always assumed everyone used a photo of themselves

 

Me too.

[mikeyb123]

There’s been no sustained spell of hot weather in this country since the last Glastonbury… apart from a couple of days last September where it was 30 degrees plus and the odd day where it’s got over 23degrees this year.

 

I know this because due to the absolutely wild heat of 2022, I bought a sizeable air conditioner in May 2023…

 

I’ve used it twice.  One was to test it was working.  Other 1 was that 2 days of 30 degree heat.
 

 

[kemosabe]

6 minutes ago, mikeyb123 said:

There’s been no sustained spell of hot weather in this country since the last Glastonbury… apart from a couple of days last September where it was 30 degrees plus and the odd day where it’s got over 23degrees this year.

 

I know this because due to the absolutely wild heat of 2022, I bought a sizeable air conditioner in May 2023…

 

I’ve used it twice.  One was to test it was working.  Other 1 was that 2 days of 30 degree heat.
 

 

Are you saying you cursed it Mikey? Have you considered selling it in approximately 2 weeks time? 

[mikeyb123]

7 minutes ago, kemosabe said:

Are you saying you cursed it Mikey? Have you considered selling it in approximately 2 weeks time? 

Will swap it for a ticket tbf. 🙂

[Cooter]

Over the colder months I occasionally use an electric blanket for content fluffy nesting cozyness. I'm not 95 quite yet but it's the best thing I've ever bought. Anyway, the last couple of years I've put this thing into storage about late March time.

 

This year I'm still powering it up mid June 3-4 nights a week ffs! Am wondering if there's a 12v model I can plug into my campervan!

[TheDayman]

I must be the only one who enjoys this temperature. T’is shorts weather!*
 

*it’s always shorts weather

[Jacko45]

She's a lovely morning.

 

 

[gherkin8r]

For those of you who know about such things - is the amount of rainfall the most difficult things to predict? ie 5 days ahead do we have a higher level of confidence around temperatures but less around rainfall?

 

Considering revolutionizing the forecasting game by building my own models in excel

Edited June 11, 2024 by gherkin8r