Old Weather Forum

The first frost here was a few nights ago, much later than usual. The first frost usually comes late October. One of the plants in my backyard that usually blooms in Spring just bloomed again.

I'm worrying about those of you in the UK and BC; I hear "Red" warnings are out. Am I doing one of those "these are large disparate areas an outsider squeezes together" things? I had heard of snow in "Southern UK."

We're fine here, in our corner of Vancouver Island. Sadly that's not the case for thousands of others who have lost homes and/or their livelihoods.

The UK had Storm Arwen last night and into this morning and there was a red weather warning for wind along the NE coast of England and SE coast of Scotland with some areas getting gusts up to 98mph. I'm over near the west coast so we only had a yellow warning. There has also been snow in some areas but I've also missed that but it has been very cold as the wind was from the north. Its been 3 or 4C during the day with the wind chill making it feel like -3 or -4C.

There is a gale warning for Puget Sound and a flood watch. I'm on high ground. So flooding is not an issue here, although streets a few blocks downhill tend to flood. I'm a bit inland where winds are usually not so strong, unless they come in at just the right angle so that they blow up the valley.

Here we are having a bit of snow.

We had 5 cm of snow in the southeast of The Netherlands yesterday.
Rather unusual this early in the season, it isn't winter yet.
Global warming, hey?

Snowing here now. Not heavily, but it's only 1C so it may stick.

We had a 'skittering' of snow last night. In the direct sunlight it has melted but in the shadows it is still there. Nice bright day but COLD for the time of year - maybe it's the Gulf Stream affected by global warming

The ground was completely coated with snow last night, but it is all gone now.

What's snow?

Good, as long as everyone wears their their thermals, I will quite worrying. We have been having 16 degree diurnal swings in temp and mid-day humidity of 14%.

Had a bright and sun-shiny day. Then it clouded over, then it got cold, now it's dark and snowing. Oscar says 'perhaps my moggy friend won't miss me tonight' and has removed himself to bed. Don't blame him!

What we have to look forward to this week in Sunny wet Australia. I must be good for someone, but with crops ready to harvest (if the farmers can find them) it is not good for them.
https://www.facebook.com/bureauofmeteor ... 7668905485

And at the other extreme we had Bushfires.



And just for a bit fun and an Australian perspective I offer you this link.
https://www.happylogic.online/australia ... erspective

From the ABC.net.au web site.



There has been plenty of rain about over the past few days, including over Arlparra Country in the NT on Monday. (Supplied: Niamh Geoghegan, Arlparra Country, NT)

I hope the flooding isn't too bad. Nice picture, though!

Ditto!

Stuart, You make my perspective of the world so much bigger, deeper, personal and obviously colorful! I really enjoyed the link to the maps. I often wonder if Australians might dismantle their globes and reassemble them south end up.