A very British question - how's your weather?

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We're forecast a little snow for friday - I can hardly contain myself!

Right now it's dull, overcast and showery. A little windy but not too cold yet, it's approximately 10 degrees celsius.

How's your weather - any snow yet?

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Snow? In London?!?!??!

― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Like I said - San Francisco - foggy.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

kentucky-warmish, about 60 farenheit, cloudy and gloomy. the fall leaves are beautiful though.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Windy!

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

it was surprisingly nice and fairly sunny this morning, especially considering how freezing the house was when i was getting ready (boiler, i curse thee). now, i'm not sure. there's some nice pinky-blue streaking in the sky.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Quite lovely down here! Sun, some clouds, perfectly temperate. (These are the months where I start to gloat when I think of the block of dark ice that is most of the rest of the country.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicago - warm and rainy with a chance of lots of more rain for the next week.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Cleveland, OH
CURRENT CONDITIONS
54°F
(12°C)

Haze

Rel. Humidity: 71%
Wind: SSE at 8 mph (13 km/h)
Sunrise: 7:18 AM
Sunset: 5:05 PM
Barometric Pressure: 30.32"Hg (F)

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

tucson - sunny and fine with a mild chance that i may vomit.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

awwww. hello, cleveland.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, weather forecasts are thorough in Tucson (xpost)

― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

it's dark.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

lauren, I'm looking at an apartment on Murray Hill today. I'll tell the Italians you said hello.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

good for you. get some sour cream donuts from the hole-in-the-wall place that used to be presti's while your at it.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

and wet.
but not where I'm sitting.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i vomited.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

not too cold in college park, md.

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't Rumpy in Scotland?

With my brand new double glazing it's never cold in the Markelby/sgs household! We may feasibly be carbon monozided to death, but we won't freeze fo sho.

― Ol' prune face (Mark C), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Stockholm's first snow of the year predicted tonight! (Would be "YAY!" except I wear way too thin clothes today.)

― Hanna (Hanna), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I'm just outside Glasgow. Tres disappointed with the lack of snow for the past couple of years, hope we get some this season to make it feel more like christmas-time.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

It's too mild.

Looking forward to a nice blast o':

WIND CHILL FACTOR!!!!!!

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Late-autumn miserable. In a nice way. Actually not too awful. I was pleasantly surprised on the walk to work this morning.

― Ally C (Ally C), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Cold and windy, with leaves blowing everywhere.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

chilly now, but that is coz its night in the moutains and night

the days have been glorious - sunny, warm clear blue skies, trees slightly swaying in the breeze. perfection.

― H (Heruy), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't think it was too bad for November, but Rumpy has scared me now that I may be battling through blizzards in just-outside-Glasgow-land :(

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Current Conditions for Worcester, MA (01609)

43°F
Cloudy

Feels Like
39°F

UV Index: 0 Low
Dew Point: 32°F
Humidity: 65%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Pressure: 30.24 inches and steady
Wind: From the West Southwest at 7 mph

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Melbourne: yesterday was blazingly hot and sunny, 32 deg C or thereabouts. Today, more overcast and muggo, but its still 24 C according to my intranet weather doohickey.

I like it when its hot and overcast.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

A very British question - how's your father?

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)

9°C
Overcast. Light drizzle and fog.
WIND: SW 13 km/h
RELATIVE HUMIDITY: 100%
DEWPOINT: 9°C
PRESSURE: 102.25 kPa
VISIBILITY: 61 m
CEILING: Null (0)

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:22 (twenty-one years ago)

We never get much snow here - too near the coast. It just rains - horribly cold rain.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Tartu, 'stonia: the first snow of the oncoming winter.
Not cold, though: 'bout 0 C.
November so far has been rather mild overall, 5-9 C up to now.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now: cold, windy, dark and rainy.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 18 November 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Here it's 3°C at 2:10 AM, today's high was almost 12°C (15° above normal), and it's clear with only a light breeze. I could see many stars when I was out walking tonight. Won't last long but I'm happy for now.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 18 November 2004 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

the sky is whitish, it's misting rain. I hate the outside today, barring maybe the beautiful yellow tree in front of the window. Luckily I don't have to go outside to see it.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 18 November 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Trh rolling mist was strangely comforting.

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 18 November 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

My mum rang me to say it was snowing in the peak district this afternoon - a complete whiteout and she never got above 20mph back into Chesterfield from Rowsley

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vader/js/data/jsfiles/images/83e4843d55ff345eaf1cf781a190991a

― Hanna (Hanna), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Chappie on the morning news huddled in a layby in North Yorkshire amidst a mild dusting of snow looked rattled, as if he was about to be brought down by ravening wolves or something. Hah.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 19 November 2004 10:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wolves II - The Ravening"

I got very cold walking over Hungerford Bridge this morning. Please can people suggest me a stylish, uber-warm hat to cover my bald head this winter?

― Ol' prune face (Mark C), Friday, 19 November 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Bitter cold and bright sunshine in Edinburgh

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 19 November 2004 11:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Sun (when you can see it) in Helsinki. A tiny bit overcast, getting colder and darker everyday. A light dusting of snow with more promised over the weekend. Thus, things will brighten up, no doubt. Temperature hovering at -5 or so. I like this weather, actually.

And I'm always meaning to ask: Why do people think any one nation can claim that "talking about the weather" is indigenous to just them? In my experience, it's a global thing, not peculiar to any one place or people. Simple and fundamental gesture of communication, really. Even in Finland, where they claim not to do "small talk," you get it all the time (I think that many of them are particularly proud of their dark and cold winters. Their weather in a sense defines them. It defines all of us. Weather has this curious way of mediating between us and our landscape, wherever that might be, an experience which in turn often takes on a nationalist kind of inflection. Finns always a bit surprised when I announce I'm Canadian and have lived through -50 degree winters. I say it's the dark that's the problem. They often nod in solemn agreement).

― Guymauve (Guymauve), Friday, 19 November 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark, I recommend a felt Chitrali hat, as worn in chilly mountainous Sindh:

http://www.islamicfinder.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/H_C_1.jpg

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

My apologies Geoff, I did believe that 'chatting about the weather' was a stereotypical assumption made of the British and was pandering to it, albeit with my tongue firmly in cheek.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

it's telling that i look at that Chitrali and think 'mmmmmmm pasty'

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

There is a certain Cornishness to it. Very warm though, or so my dad tells me.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Part calzone, part loofah.

Chilly and rainy yesterday in Mississippi, extending through the night, but it's starting to clear up (in line with the local saying "rain before seven, gone before eleven") and expected to reach 70F/21C.

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

No need to apologize. Some people think Canadians have a monopoly on talking 'bout the weather.

― Guymauve (Guymauve), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Anyway - it may snow here, the chance remains. It's been clear all day but I can see some clouds moving in. What they'll bring with them though is anyones guess.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

A torrent of frogs perhaps

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

I note it was windy on 17th November. I knew nothing of wind, NOTHING. 80mph!

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

funder & litening

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

any exploding nuns?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't been looking and am guessing, about the lighting and, I may as well, about the nuns.

yes.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I have just guessed that streetlamps are falling over.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Too darn hot, highs in the low 70s. It's all supposed to turn into violent thunderstorms tomorrow night with cold weather after that.

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Our weird weather

Wednesday
63°F (17°C) | 56°F (13°C)

Thursday
62°F (17°C) | 23°F (-5°C)

Friday
23°F (-5°C) | 9°F (-13°C)

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

record high of 110°F (43°C) in tucson today. as of around 5:30pm it was still 108°.

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 01:57 (twenty years ago)

Dude. Our UK 'heatwave' of 28C or whatever seems so pathetic now.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:47 (twenty years ago)

heatwave = relative not absolute

"it is 128°C in the shade!!"
"that is nothing! imagine being in the centre of the sun!!"

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

If your subcutaneous fat ain't melting, talk to the hand.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

It was okay today, the next cople of days look to be a bit depressing.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

the last two nights have been awful in my room on account of the humidity. where am i find one magical silent turbo-fan?

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

You need a chillow, they sell them on Ideal World, or one of those shopping channels. I'm facsinated by them.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Silent fans--if they exist---are stupid. Half the good of a fan is that it lulls you to sleep.

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Not all that hot, but this is June. There's a little chill in the morning, at the moment the afternoons are around 65°F, maybe 70 in the East Bay. Last month it was in the 80s. Less earthquakes this week.

― Semaphore Burns (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

in northeast tucson it's 116.1°F (47°C). where i am it's 109°F (43°C). it's brutal out there!

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

45+ heat is a killer but not so bad if it's dry and there's lots of water to be had. I had a week of it in Pakistan last year. Fortunately I had places to run and hide from it.

London is OK, today there was a pleasant breeze as i was cycling around after work, bedroom is a little too stagnant and warm right now though.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Current Winnipeg weather:

32°C (89.6°F)
feels like 45°C (113°F) - 67% relative humidity; wind SW 20 km/h (12 m/h)

GROSS

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 23 June 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

washington, dc: 82°F (28° C), 38% humidity, wind var at 6mph

really about perfect, particularly for this place at this time

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 23 June 2005 18:56 (twenty years ago)

22° C, the wind is 10MPH NW.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 23 June 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Nasty smog today, rain can't come soon enough.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 23 June 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

My thermometer reckons it's 28 °C here.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

down to 100 today. much better.

― jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

(psst what are you doing in tucson?)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Today was brutal - according to my sheltered windowsill thermom, not quite as hot as Sunday (max of 32.1C compared to 32.7C then) but the air quality in Holborn was disgusting. Currently 27.7C. Ed and I should do a thermomothon.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 23 June 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

Yesterday really was vile and swampy. Less humid but still hot today, but we're promised a THUNDERSTORM later, yay.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 24 June 2005 08:33 (twenty years ago)

brrrrrr absolutely freezing. bearing in mind that my version of freezing involves it being about 17C. still, in a nation that hasn't embraced central heating, that is pretty bloody chilly. and it has been raining for days and days here! which i'm a bit sick of to be honest. but we're in the middle of a water shortage/drought so i feel churlish whingeing about it.

― gem (trisk), Friday, 24 June 2005 08:35 (twenty years ago)

I suspect we are going to miss the rain/storms here altogether :/

Went swimming in the sea last night for the first time this year. It was fantastic. (NB. swim followed by a nice dry white wine on the beach is tops.)

― Archel (Archel), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

englanders: where are the storms currently?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

They haven't cleared Bristol yet.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

Very loud thunder, bolts of lightning, and lashing it down with rain here in Oxford right now!!

― C J (C J), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

HURRY UP

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

Should be here this afternoon then!

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

Maybe if I nip to the pub at lunchtime, there's a chance I'll get trapped there by a flash flood.

― robster (robster), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:45 (twenty years ago)

*rumble rumble rumble BANG!*

The sky is a weird orangey colour, too. This is exciting :)

― C J (C J), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

JESUS CJ - you need to see War of the Worlds (actually, you re4ally, really don't*)

*see also Flash Gordon

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 24 June 2005 09:50 (twenty years ago)

I didn't bring my umbrella with me on purpose. I am hoping to get drenched.

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Friday, 24 June 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

It's just started to spot with rain here on the East Coast.

― Tech Support Droid, Friday, 24 June 2005 10:07 (twenty years ago)

It's stopped here, as suddenly as it started. How strange.

― C J (C J), Friday, 24 June 2005 10:09 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

It is SO fucking COLD.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

A British friend of mine told me it was 4 Celsius (approx. 39 Fahrenheit) where she was, and I'm envious. It's 33 Celsius (92 Fahrenheit) here and partly cloudy. Yuck.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Saturday, 17 September 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

it's so fucking hot here (D.C.). when are the goddamn leaves gonna start falling off the trees? i want to go out and buy a nice winter coat already. i'm tired of wiping a layer of sweat off my brow every time i step outside. i long for a cool british autumn.

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Saturday, 17 September 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

cool british autumn is just kicking in - cloudless day with a kick in the air, leaves been going orange for a while.

― emsk ( emsk), Saturday, 17 September 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Windy! Up to 90mph this afternoon, according to the Met Office. I'm hoping we'll get sent home from work early.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 November 2005 11:59 (twenty years ago)

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/lib/template/popup_top_curve.gif

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

well that didn't work!

anyway it's cloudy and we're expecting rain in manchester, fancy that!

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:25 (twenty years ago)

'Damaging' gusts of up to 70mph. To get worse as the day progresses. No chance of getting out of here until home time.

― Rumpie, Friday, 11 November 2005 12:29 (twenty years ago)

madchen, are you a steeplejack?

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

It's mad winds up north, but nothing out of the usual down south apparently.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:42 (twenty years ago)

It's all beginning to kick off in Edinburgh now...

― KeefW (kmw), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

madchen, are you a steeplejack?

No, but I work in a tall building on top of a hill and I've been told people were sent home during the storms that happened about five years ago. There is also a building site just outside my window and not much looks like it's been tied down or secured in any way so I'm hoping not to hear breaking glass just before something hits me in the face and knocks me out.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 November 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

Glasgow City Centre = Strong Breeze accompanied with light occasional showers

― JohnFoxxsJuno, Friday, 11 November 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

Pretty much the same in Edinburgh, the really strong winds are supposed to hit us tonight.

― leigh (leigh), Friday, 11 November 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

The windies are rattling in Glasgow's posho park district.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 November 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

Rain coming down in buckets. I'm trapped in the office needing to pee in the worst way. (No plumbing out here.) But if I get wet running to the house I'll melt!

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

Open the door and point it outside?

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:42 (twenty years ago)

This is the most horrible day's weather I can remember. I've known it much wetter and colder but there's something determinedly bleak about today. It almost feels EVIL.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

I agree. I'm having to work very hard at not falling asleep at my desk because I just want to hibernate. I would love to climb into bed just now.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

65 fucking degrees today! where is autumn and the cold weather!

― bingo (Chris V), Monday, 14 November 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

I would love to climb into bed just now.

Me too. Thankfully I finish in an hour so I CAN. I might have a bath first. What a horrid start to the week.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 14 November 2005 15:01 (twenty years ago)

Snow in Gatehead overnight....

Hopefully some snow for Scotland soon....

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

I was going to ask if it really snowed in Glasgow - according to the woman on the bus (who had just journeyed down from Oop Norf) it was!

― Lady Totteringby-Gently (kate), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 08:49 (twenty years ago)

The lady on the bus is an evil liar.

I have been known to tell clients that I had to dig the car out of a ten foot high snowdrift to come to work. But only if they ask. Most of them seem to assume that Scotland is blanketed with snow from October to March.

― Rumpie, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

The weather in Glasgow is absolutely beautiful today. It's one of those very cold days without a cloud in the sky. I hope it lasts because I'm having things done to the stonework at the back of my flat and dry weather will mean it gets finished faster.

I was about to type 'glasgow is absolutely beautiful today', but decided against because this city does look best with a steely sky.