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[jil]

Joan, I'm glad you posted that image. This morning the weather (or the Met Office!) has calmed down and most of the rain and wind warnings have gone, so the link doesn't look as impressive now. Although I think the warnings were originally in effect until noon.

[studentforever]

This is the market town where I grew up and my brother still lives. Fortunately his house is at the top of the river valley so safe from flooding. However, a friend of my late father lives in Weaver Court so I hope he is OK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... e-55750420

[Michael]

That's terrible! Poor people.

[Randi]

And what a mess to come home to

[studentforever]

They're now evacuating people

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... e-55750420

Mind you, I don't remember it but I was assured that when I was a baby the floods were several feet deep in the town centre. The WHOLE town centre was raised by some 3 feet. Because of medieval salt mines (small and unrecorded) subsidence was common so all buildings were built with rafts, including some of the wooden framed ones. So, clear the foundations, jack up building, put in extension to services, connect up and brick up extension. I do remember seeing some of those buildings, including my future bank, being raised. They've now attempted to stabilise things with lots of grout but I await developments. I do remember seeing a mark part way up the stairs of the local cinema marking the extent of the flood.

[jil]

It's bad enough being flooded out in normal times but extra stressful at the moment.

[AvastMH]

My goodness - Northwich looks to be in a terrible state. In the middle of the night, dangerous and filthy water swilling everywhere, then snow, and during a pandemic. Grim - I wish them much luck.

jil I was surprised by the reduced number of warnings this morning too. There was at least one severe warning but it didn't appear on the list. Seemed to be something a bit odd with their web pages.

[jil]

jil I was surprised by the reduced number of warnings this morning too. There was at least one severe warning but it didn't appear on the list. Seemed to be something a bit odd with their web pages.

Perhaps they had put so many on the system it broke!

More white stuff falling from the sky this morning: hail, sleet and now the proper fluffy stuff.

[Randi]

We had just a light dusting of snow overnight.
The high today is supposed to be -3C.

[Michael]

They are calling for snow, but the model suggests it will be rain for us in Victoria, Greater Vancouver and Duncan. I generated these images using CMC's GRIB data and an algorithm for determining whether precipitation would land as Rain (Green) or Snow (White). There are potentially 326,000 data points in the white square, but I had to extract just every tenth of them so Google Earth didn't grind to a total halt.

[Randi]

[Randi]

Noon: -6C and overcast.

[Morgan]

Randi- I have been worried about you. The national forecast says the east coast gets clobbered every night! Our big storm resulted in 0.9 inch of rain in Long Beach. Not all that much, but every little bit helps.
Stay warm.
Morgan

[Randi]

Thank you!
So far, cold, but not much rain or snow here.
I live in a house built in the 1890s that was divided into five apartments. It still has the old steam radiators, although the boiler is new, and they do a great job. Double-paned windows also help. Last fall, when they first turned the heating system on, it shut off. I called the owner and a nice young man came out. The next day the heat was off again. I called the owner and an older, slightly grumpy man came out. He wondered around, spent a fair bit of time on the phone, left, and returned. Luckily, the coldest my apartment got was about 65F. No problems since!

[Morgan]

AH! Steam heat. I remember that from grade school. The radiators would pop and sizzle; very cozy. After recess we put our wet gloves on the radiators to dry. Nothing smells like wet, roasting wool mittens. The crazy things to remember.

[AvastMH]

We had snow today - big flurries of big snow flakes. It didn't lay though. But it was exciting.

[Michael]

For you people living with Boris and Nicola, this is for you. Rain is green, snow is white. The earthquake is an artifact of Google Earth.

[studentforever]

Thank you, I'm 'subject' to Nicola. We've got rain although the higher ground I can see from my bedroom windows is white. I'm over on the West and I think the worst of our weather is over to the East. We rarely get thick lying snow although I can remember some in the 70s and 80s but it rarely lasted for more than a few days. My personal theory is a combination of the Gulf Stream and LOTS of water.

[Michael]

The images don't give any indication of amounts. However, the KML files have the data which can be viewed in Google Earth by clicking on a button:



I can also generate a point forecast for any point on the globe. All I need are the coordinates for the location.

My scripts will download and extract the data with virtually no input from me, other than having to start them up. Generating the images must be done manually, although I have an AutoHotkey to load the KML file into Google Earth, and another to enter the date time for the map and then save the image. It is rather fun, but I do this only on occasion.

If I were more skilled, I would write a program to plot the data on a map image and then the whole system could run more or less automatically. Then I would have dots for the full map area and I could go out to Hour 240 instead of just 72.

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Extended CMC Global forecast for Kidlington
Date        Hour Wx                    TT Dir/Spd  RH   Pcp Max/Min
Fri Feb 05  6 PM Light Rain             8 SSW/011  93   2.1
Fri Feb 05  9 PM Clear                  5  SE/010 100     0
Sat Feb 06 12 AM Light Rain             6 SSE/015  93   2.3 Max  10
Sat Feb 06  3 AM Light Rain             5 WSW/008  93   0.7
Sat Feb 06  6 AM Clear                  3   W/002  93     0 Min   1
Sat Feb 06  9 AM Sunny                  0 NNW/003 100     0
Sat Feb 06 12 PM Sunny                  0  NW/007 100     0
Sat Feb 06  3 PM Mainly Sunny           5  NW/009  93     0
Sat Feb 06  6 PM Very Light Rain        6  NE/009  93     T
Sat Feb 06  9 PM Light Rain             3  NE/015 100   4.7
Sun Feb 07 12 AM Light Rain             3  NE/028  93   4.4 Max   8
Sun Feb 07  3 AM Showers & Flurries     1 NNE/029  93   1.5
Sun Feb 07  6 AM Cloudy                 1 NNE/031  93     0 Min  -2
Sun Feb 07  9 AM Cloudy                 0 NNE/033 100     0
Sun Feb 07 12 PM Cloudy                 0 NNE/035 100     0
Sun Feb 07  3 PM Cloudy                 0  NE/038 100     0
Sun Feb 07  6 PM Cloudy                 0  NE/034 100     0
Sun Feb 07  9 PM Cloudy                 0  NE/031 100     0
Mon Feb 08 12 AM Cloudy                 0  NE/032 100     0 Max   3
Mon Feb 08  3 AM Cloudy                 0  NE/032 100     0
Mon Feb 08  6 AM Very Light Snow       -1  NE/032 100     T Min  -3
Mon Feb 08  9 AM Very Light Snow       -1  NE/033 100     T
Mon Feb 08 12 PM Mainly Cloudy         -1  NE/033 100     0
Mon Feb 08  3 PM Cloudy                 0  NE/033 100     0
Mon Feb 08  6 PM Cloudy                 0  NE/029 100     0
Mon Feb 08  9 PM Mainly Cloudy         -1  NE/027 100     0
Tue Feb 09 12 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/024 100     0 Max   2
Tue Feb 09  3 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/022 100     0
Tue Feb 09  6 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ENE/020 100     0 Min  -4
Tue Feb 09  9 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ENE/021 100     0
Tue Feb 09 12 PM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ENE/025 100     0
Tue Feb 09  3 PM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ENE/025 100     0
Tue Feb 09  6 PM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ENE/028 100     0
Tue Feb 09  9 PM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/027 100     0
Wed Feb 10 12 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/025 100     0 Max   0
Wed Feb 10  3 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/020 100     0
Wed Feb 10  6 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2  NE/014 100     0 Min  -4
Wed Feb 10  9 AM Mainly Cloudy         -2 NNE/011 100     0
Wed Feb 10 12 PM Mainly Cloudy         -1 NNE/009 100     0
Wed Feb 10  3 PM Sunny                  0  NE/009 100     0
Wed Feb 10  6 PM Mainly Cloudy          1 ENE/008 100     0
Wed Feb 10  9 PM Clear                 -1 ESE/005 100     0
Thu Feb 11 12 AM A Few Clouds          -3   E/005 100     0 Max   3
Thu Feb 11  3 AM Mainly Cloudy         -4 ESE/007 100     0
Thu Feb 11  6 AM Cloudy                -3   E/012 100     0 Min  -6
Thu Feb 11  9 AM Cloudy                -3   E/013 100     0
Thu Feb 11 12 PM Mainly Cloudy         -2 ESE/018 100     0
Thu Feb 11  3 PM Cloudy                -1 ESE/023 100     0
Thu Feb 11  6 PM Cloudy                -1 ESE/025 100     0
Thu Feb 11  9 PM Cloudy                -1 ESE/024 100     0
Fri Feb 12 12 AM Cloudy                -2 ESE/025 100     0 Max   1
Fri Feb 12  3 AM Light Snow            -2 ESE/023 100   1.2
Fri Feb 12  6 AM Very Light Snow       -2   E/022 100     T Min  -5
Fri Feb 12  9 AM Showers & Flurries    -2   E/021 100     T
Fri Feb 12 12 PM Very Light Rain       -1   E/022 100     T
Fri Feb 12  3 PM Very Light Rain        0 ESE/022 100     T
Fri Feb 12  6 PM Light Rain             1   E/022  93   3.0
Fri Feb 12  9 PM Light Rain             1 ESE/021 100   1.8
Sat Feb 13 12 AM Light Rain             3 ESE/021  93   3.7 Max   5
Sat Feb 13  3 AM Light Rain             3 ESE/022 100   1.2
Sat Feb 13  6 AM Light Rain             4  SE/019  93   2.5 Min  -4
Sat Feb 13  9 AM Light Rain             5  SE/016 100   1.5
Sat Feb 13 12 PM Very Light Rain        6   S/012 100     T
Sat Feb 13  3 PM Cloudy                 8  SW/017 100     0
Sat Feb 13  6 PM A Few Clouds           9  SW/014  93     0
Sat Feb 13  9 PM A Few Clouds           5  SW/009 100     0
Sun Feb 14 12 AM Light Rain             4 SSW/011 100   0.6 Max  11
Sun Feb 14  3 AM Clear                  3 SSW/011 100     0
Sun Feb 14  6 AM Mainly Cloudy          3   S/015 100     0 Min   1
Sun Feb 14  9 AM Cloudy                 6   S/020  93     0
Sun Feb 14 12 PM Cloudy                 7 SSE/024 100     0
Sun Feb 14  3 PM Cloudy                 9   S/035  93     0
Sun Feb 14  6 PM Light Rain             9   S/047  87   0.6
Sun Feb 14  9 PM Light Rain             9  SW/041  87   4.4
Mon Feb 15 12 AM Cloudy                 7 WSW/029  87     0 Max  11
Maximum:        11 degs C
Minimum:        -6 degs C
Precipitation:  42.1 mm

[AvastMH]

Cheers Michael! The last set of data proved very close to true. We've seen predictions of lots of snow, but I doubted it would make it to us as the Chilterns shadow us from Beasts from the East. And your data show this. A few flurries for Kidlington.