The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024

[popeyewhite]

Remarkably it hasn't rained today in Macc. Well, my part of Macc anyway.

[spikeyhead]

precipitating properly

[S100HP]

leglessAlex said:

It's tipping it down, it's dark and rubbish. God this is depressing.

Yep. Long day at work...time for a nice summer's eve dog walk.....oh wait....what's that? Will need my wellies at this rate.

[thepritch]

Not the warmest day, but not the coldest. Suns been out and it’s been dry. Heading to England next week so I’ll bring some sun down with me!

[Last Visit]

Very dull outside, lights on already and for the past hour its been heavy rain.

What a July eh. I want a refund.

[cliffords]

West Sussex, just closed all windows as the heating set at 16 came on .
Tomorrow forecast 3 degrees cooler than today.

Tennis, Silverstone, Goodwood, family outside party with entertainment all in next week. It's looking like the perfect storm.

Edited to add I just noticed is was dark at 9.25 tonight too

Edited by cliffords on Friday 5th July 21:37

[.:ian:.]

Flew back from Croatia, clear blue skies until approximately Venice, then thick clouds covering everything from there onwards.

Should probably have hijacked the plane with a pair of nail clippers and made them turn back!

Pissing it down in the UK, naturally.

Oh and Friday rush hour on the M25, joy.

[thepritch]

We got a weather warning for heavy rain. I’m sure it wasn’t on the forecast when I looked at lunch? Anyway really chucking it down now. Doesn’t bode well for tomorrow.

[Shnozz]

cliffords said:

West Sussex, just closed all windows as the heating set at 16 came on .
Tomorrow forecast 3 degrees cooler than today.

Tennis, Silverstone, Goodwood, family outside party with entertainment all in next week. It's looking like the perfect storm.

Edited to add I just noticed is was dark at 9.25 tonight too

Edited by cliffords on Friday 5th July 21:37

Grim north for me at present. Bloody nippy but at least it’s still light that much closer to the North Pole.

Taken this minute as I watch the footie.

[Its Just Adz]

We've got a charity walk to attend this morning and of course it's forecast rain.
Seems OK for the moment though, fingers crossed.

[ASA569]

Utterly grim in NE Aberdeenshire and forecast to stay like this until late this afternoon. Had to completely rethink my plans for the day as it's not going to stop raining at all

[Blib]

We're staying with friends in Shropshire this weekend.

Shropshire's weather explains why we live in Suffolk.

[seabod91]

Properly depressing this “summer” is. The most bleak summer I can remember, and it’s having a literal negative affect on my mental health.

[redrabbit29]

seabod91 said:

Properly depressing this “summer” is. The most bleak summer I can remember, and it’s having a literal negative affect on my mental health.

You're not alone. I've posted a few times that the weather has a very significant impact on my mental health. A normal wintery day isn't as bad as it's expected and even then you get odd days of lovely blue skies.

But when it's late spring or summer and there's just miserable weather it makes me depressed. I've got a SAD/therapy lamp which I don't think has worked. I've tried vitamin D

I'm now looking at 2-4 week Airbnb rentals for later in the year in southern Spain or Italy just to get a bit of warmer weather during the UK winter

I'm sat in my car at the gym with the rain smashing down on the car. It's actually really cold out, 11 degrees 😳

[Portofino]

I’m in Morocco at the moment & whilst 38 degrees is too hot for me I’m not complaining, as reading this is already getting me down for our return on Monday.

My wife keeps pointing out that the British summer always starts when Wimbledon finishes so there is hope yet everyone!!

[Digger]

I find a couple of sunbed sessions per week for 3 or 4 weeks helps greatly.

[Composer62]

I'm just back from a lovely week in Mallorca. Over 30 degrees most days . Lovely.

Arriving back in Edinburgh it was 9 degrees.

Currently an even worse 8 degrees and heavy rain in East Lothian. Pretty miserable (Me and the weather)

[Timothy Bucktu]

It's currently 13...1...3...thirteen degrees in Thame, Oxon. And peeing down.
This is ridiculous...although Goodwood was cancelled last year due to the crap weather, and RIAT a few years earlier...so it's not uncommon I guess?!
When does Global warming© or Global boiling© start?

[rossub]

seabod91 said:

Properly depressing this “summer” is. The most bleak summer I can remember, and it’s having a literal negative affect on my mental health.

You have a short memory - it was the same last year!

[redrabbit29]

Been looking at places in Spain or Italy to work remotely from for 2-3 weeks. Looked at Valencia and the weather looks stunning



Also considering torremolinos in southern Spain or maybe Sciliy

I'm sat inside freezing