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I was in North Yorkshire from Friday for the weekend, saw very little rain, was in shorts for all of the weekend and sat out Saturday night - admittedly with a firepit till at least 10, may have been a bit later, but the fog* was a problem by then.
*Beer fog.
Drac, that would seem to indicate that "things" are pretty normal then? 😀
Seems that way.
James Madden, the fauxcaster of inExacta (co-conspirator with Nathan Rao for the "SIX MONTHS OF SNOW, COLD, BLIZZARDS!" headlines) Weather predicted a heatwave. The opposite was bound to happen.
That summary pre-dates the rain we had dumped on us this past week.
You also have to take into account that I live in Scotland and am a miserable bugger at the best of times.
That summary pre-dates the rain we had dumped on us this past week.
But it didn't dump on the whole of the UK.
You also have to take into account that I live in Scotland and am a miserable bugger at the best of times.
I'm not surprised I've heard it rains all the time up there.
In winter low pressure systems track across the British Isles. In summer they track further north. On Friday and Sunday weather systems tracked to the south, through the channel. That is why a. the weather was carp and b. why it was carpest in the south and best in the north. It also explains why the wind wasn't warm and from the south west.
Rockplough, unfortunately I think you may have had the best weather on Sunday as well!
The news story linked to was about London.
where, depending on sources, a whopping 40mm* of rain fell on Friday 25th July.
truly we are experiencing the end of days.
(*probably less)
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Admittedly, its a bit damp today.
Saturday: Getting burnt bobbing on my board off Woolacombe.
Sunday: Evacuating children from a tent disaster. Taken out by the '20mph' winds.
Anyone want to recommend a decent family tent for 5?
and?
You said it's 'perfectly normal' weather. It's demonstrably not. But whatever floats your boat (this rain most likely will).
It demonstrably is. It's been very dry for some weeks down here, we had a months-worth of rain on Friday, and it was pretty wet most of yesterday, but we've had entire summers fairly recently that have been far wetter here in the South-west, with flooding; I bought a Barbour Stockman four or five years ago just after my birthday in July, and wore it out to the car, it was raining so hard.
Last summer was glorious, and it's not been too bad this year, really.
More importantly, is it going to be windy / rainy on sunday for ride london?!?
As Stoner isn't here to post shiny graphs (where's he gone?) here's what he probably would have posted; rainfall near the Malvern Hills:
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From [url= http://www.malvernwx.co.uk/ ]Malvern Wells Weather[/url]
It last updated sometime on Sunday, but suggests that other than right at the end of the month we've not really had much at all...
He's got his top off here in the south today.
slowoldman - Member
I sat indoors in shorts and t-shirt yesterday with the window open watching the TdF. It was freezing.
Plus, of course, you were so bored you thought you might stare at the wall instead, just for the novelty value.
Chilly on the foldie this morning lads.. 6mins I had to endure the bitter wind off the Thames to get to work..
#thermalsout
phiiiil - geographically is that data gathered?
I'm bike packing from Montrose to Skye. Three days of pretty constant rain so far. I'm having a wonderful time. #posting from the pub.
She's back and she's proud down here in sunny Deb'n..
My first off-road ride since winter this afternoon and it was scorchio! 🙂
One notable thing here in south Wales is how astonishingly windy it's been for weeks (months in fact, probably since April). There have only been a few day's gap of calm, normal weather before the wind starts rising again, leading people to feel it's colder than it should be.
Not afraid to say that even for the west of Scotland this summer has, without parallel, been utterly shit. Not one chance for a BBQ so far, feels like winter already.
/abroad
Another fine day here, 31 deg. Been wavering from 28 to 33 all week. Might drop to 28 again when we head home. Looks like we picked a good fortnight for the jollies.
/abroad
Parts of Scotland have seen almost double their normal July rainfall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33695251
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Had a decent surf at Praa this morning and a good dog walk on Crantock this avo! Lovely warm sunny day!
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Not so bad today
Bbc reporting our area has had 225% of average July rainfall.... 🙁
Yup it was chilly last night, slept under the duvet, must have been 20 degrees.
Rain has cooled it down nicely, high of 32 expected today.
If it helps it's utterly bollicks here in Sweden too . Lots of people gets July off work and most have been sat indoors going mad . Well perhaps that's just me.
In contrast , my mum lives in Southern Spain and she can't go out because it's 45c. Ho hum
But it hasn't been utterly bollocks. We Just had a wet and windy weekend.
It depends where you live in the UK awhiles. Where are you?
Sheffield.
Up here in Dunblane we have been 3-5* cooler than the average temp for the last month (or more), with twice the rainfall, according to Wunderground.
Summer has just not started here.
Well at least I got to test my nice new waterproof jacket yesterday. It lasted almost 2 hours before staring to leak in
Rain forecast for tomorrow afternoon, about time!!! It hasn't rained for a couple of months here in Madrid, I've missed it.
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Absolutely biblical rain on the way from Stirling to Glasgow yesterday afternoon. Wipers on full speed were doing absolutely nothing and visibility was zero at times. 99% of drivers reduced speed and stuck to the inside lane. Only obvious **** was 5 series man who came blazing down the fast lane oblivious to the fact he was causing a massive tidal wave that was sweeping the opposite carriageway.
trails are saturated 🙁 Think will head out on road bike tonight rather than the mudfest of the local trails.......not a usual occurence on a light and bright summer evening in Glasgow 🙁
Rainfall map for July
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One of those bright blue blob is right over Glasgow.
Oh, and it rained most of yesterday (the 30th) too!
Here's hoping for a better August
Crikey it's been remarkably dry in the Peak hasn't it?
You should've spent July back home Richmtb, it's not been that wet at all in the shire!. Had a week on Arran last week, third year on the trot we've been there in July, and this year was the best weather yet in terms of stability, a wee bit cooler, but hey ho.
Just been to Pyrenees (no bikes), varies from wet 12 deg to hot 32 deg in a few days.
Bruneep where are your pics from?
Well that was fun! Set off in pissing rain, and it got progressively grimmer. Genuinely cold on the tops, as I was drowned by that point, and couldn't see a bloody thing. Conditions were dreadful. Boggy and slimy! And to add to it, the trend for blocking trails that's become popular over at Rivi looks like it's taking off over here now too.
Brilliant!
Welcome to August!
slowoldman - Member
Crikey it's been remarkably dry in the Peak hasn't it?
Certainly has, but doesn't 'white' on that map mean 'roughly average'?
We've just come back from our local* loop. Warm, sunny, dry, dusty, passing shower. Gorgeous.
(*sheffield)