Squirrelhumper Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Toepoke said: Widespread in Scotland, probably 1976? Must be after that as I can remember them as a kid in the late 80s/90s but maybe not widespread across full country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: When was the last hosepipe ban? I said to the wife about 3 weeks ago that if this pattern does not change then we might be heading for a hose pipe ban, maybe a bit dramatic but I haven’t seen the Atlantic so quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Must be after that as I can remember them as a kid in the late 80s/90s but maybe not widespread across full country. I think it was 1995 that was a real scorcher. At times, Scotland was the hottest place in Europe, tarmac melting etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Fucking boiling again in Glasgow, we're into uncharted territory here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 16 hours ago, Mox said: Fucking boiling again in Glasgow, we're into uncharted territory here. I've shorts on at work, never thought I'd do that but work eventually gave in as long as we've not got client meetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: I've shorts on at work, never thought I'd do that but work eventually gave in as long as we've not got client meetings! ffs, what will you wear on Dress-down-Friday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 29 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: I've shorts on at work, never thought I'd do that but work eventually gave in as long as we've not got client meetings! The last staff meeting I suggested that we could ‘dress accordingly’ for the weather as we are not client facing. Everyone nodded eagerly in agreement. Longest spell of hot weather in years and women are still turning up in 100 denier black tights and men in long trousers and long sleeved shirts . Air conditioning on at freezing cos they are roasting and still they refuse to take their cardigans off , whilst the rest of us either freeze to death or revert to winter clothing. Why can folk not just embrace the nice weather, its not like it happens often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 52 minutes ago, Grim Jim said: ffs, what will you wear on Dress-down-Friday? We've got a smart casual dress code anyway, not really got a dress down day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 A wee bit of science about some potentially interesting things to do with weather. It's a really interesting time to be a solar physicist (high up amongst the sentences I thought I'd never say). The solar cycle, which is the variation in the magnetic field of the sun, has been a bit funny recently. It usually has an 11 year cycle, which is most obviously measurable by sunspot activity. The start of the current cycle was very odd, basically the number of sunspots got to the minimum and then instead of starting to increase again, stayed very low for about two years, then started to increase. The cycle which is just coming to an end was also very weak compared to the cycles for the last couple of hundred years. A solar minimum doesn't really change the amount of energy the sun is pumping out in a significant way (i.e. it doesn't have an effect on global climate), but it changes the solar wind and in particular seems to affect the amount of ultraviolet light reaching the upper atmosphere at the north and south pole. Every few hundred years, there is an extended period of the Solar Cycle being at a minimum. Examples of this are the Maunder Minimum, the Sporer minimum and the Dalton minimum in the last five or six hundred years or so. There seems to be a correlation between these minima and colder winters / warmer summers in Northern Europe. For example the Maunder minimum corresponds with the period known as the little ice age, where winters in Northern Europe were notably harsher. Whether there is a causal relationship is unclear. Some physicists have put forward a hypothesis that the change in UV at the north pole affects the strength of the polar vortex (upper atmosphere weather pattern at the pole) which normally helps to drive the jet stream. So an extended minimum of the solar cycle correlates with a weakening of the jet stream. That means there's a tendency towards our weather coming from the east a bit more often - so colder weather in the winter and hotter weather in the summer. The Solar Physics community is currently split about whether we're entering another multi decade minimum or if we'll go back to normal solar cycles. The next few years will tell all.... This is all more correlation and hypothesis at the moment, but it's based on some fairly solid stuff and is really interesting (to me at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 20 minutes ago, biffer said: A wee bit of science about some potentially interesting things to do with weather. It's a really interesting time to be a solar physicist (high up amongst the sentences I thought I'd never say). The solar cycle, which is the variation in the magnetic field of the sun, has been a bit funny recently. It usually has an 11 year cycle, which is most obviously measurable by sunspot activity. The start of the current cycle was very odd, basically the number of sunspots got to the minimum and then instead of starting to increase again, stayed very low for about two years, then started to increase. The cycle which is just coming to an end was also very weak compared to the cycles for the last couple of hundred years. A solar minimum doesn't really change the amount of energy the sun is pumping out in a significant way (i.e. it doesn't have an effect on global climate), but it changes the solar wind and in particular seems to affect the amount of ultraviolet light reaching the upper atmosphere at the north and south pole. Every few hundred years, there is an extended period of the Solar Cycle being at a minimum. Examples of this are the Maunder Minimum, the Sporer minimum and the Dalton minimum in the last five or six hundred years or so. There seems to be a correlation between these minima and colder winters / warmer summers in Northern Europe. For example the Maunder minimum corresponds with the period known as the little ice age, where winters in Northern Europe were notably harsher. Whether there is a causal relationship is unclear. Some physicists have put forward a hypothesis that the change in UV at the north pole affects the strength of the polar vortex (upper atmosphere weather pattern at the pole) which normally helps to drive the jet stream. So an extended minimum of the solar cycle correlates with a weakening of the jet stream. That means there's a tendency towards our weather coming from the east a bit more often - so colder weather in the winter and hotter weather in the summer. The Solar Physics community is currently split about whether we're entering another multi decade minimum or if we'll go back to normal solar cycles. The next few years will tell all.... This is all more correlation and hypothesis at the moment, but it's based on some fairly solid stuff and is really interesting (to me at least). Interesting indeed. I think we'd all take a bit more snow if it meant getting regular spells like now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee-toon-red Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 22 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Interesting indeed. I think we'd all take a bit more snow if it meant getting regular spells like now. It can snow from November to March if we get this weather all summer as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, wee-toon-red said: It can snow from November to March if we get this weather all summer as far as I'm concerned. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 FFS, the temperature in the west coast of Scotland barley creeps into the low 20s and folk start melting. WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 58 minutes ago, Orraloon said: FFS, the temperature in the west coast of Scotland barley creeps into the low 20s and folk start melting. WTF? Who's melting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 6/3/2018 at 11:48 AM, Mox said: I've nothing to back up this assertion, but in the last 10 - 12 years, it has always felt as though May has been the best month for warm weather and then it takes a nose dive for the rest of the summer. I've thought that for 20 years - not the warmest month, but most consistent for nice weather - was always at exam time, so I was sitting inside looking out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 This is warm enough for me. (That's me not moaning about the heat ) I think Biffer's confirmed my old wives tale about cold winter = warm summer. So far. Those thunder showers missed here the other day. Just a wee dribble. Could do with washing down the pollen. Just a one-day hose down like. Guy at work used to get the bbq out about now and jinx the rest of the summer. Every year without fail, so he's to blame for drookit Julys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 5 hours ago, biffer said: A wee bit of science about some potentially interesting things to do with weather. It's a really interesting time to be a solar physicist (high up amongst the sentences I thought I'd never say). The solar cycle, which is the variation in the magnetic field of the sun, has been a bit funny recently. It usually has an 11 year cycle, which is most obviously measurable by sunspot activity. The start of the current cycle was very odd, basically the number of sunspots got to the minimum and then instead of starting to increase again, stayed very low for about two years, then started to increase. The cycle which is just coming to an end was also very weak compared to the cycles for the last couple of hundred years. A solar minimum doesn't really change the amount of energy the sun is pumping out in a significant way (i.e. it doesn't have an effect on global climate), but it changes the solar wind and in particular seems to affect the amount of ultraviolet light reaching the upper atmosphere at the north and south pole. Every few hundred years, there is an extended period of the Solar Cycle being at a minimum. Examples of this are the Maunder Minimum, the Sporer minimum and the Dalton minimum in the last five or six hundred years or so. There seems to be a correlation between these minima and colder winters / warmer summers in Northern Europe. For example the Maunder minimum corresponds with the period known as the little ice age, where winters in Northern Europe were notably harsher. Whether there is a causal relationship is unclear. Some physicists have put forward a hypothesis that the change in UV at the north pole affects the strength of the polar vortex (upper atmosphere weather pattern at the pole) which normally helps to drive the jet stream. So an extended minimum of the solar cycle correlates with a weakening of the jet stream. That means there's a tendency towards our weather coming from the east a bit more often - so colder weather in the winter and hotter weather in the summer. The Solar Physics community is currently split about whether we're entering another multi decade minimum or if we'll go back to normal solar cycles. The next few years will tell all.... This is all more correlation and hypothesis at the moment, but it's based on some fairly solid stuff and is really interesting (to me at least). I wish I knew stuff like this. When I see the sun the first thing I think is ‘ more freckles’ 🙁 Mr Tdyer bought me a book a few years ago called ‘ Chasing the Sun’ , I had asked for it as a christmas present, but it has lay in the cupboard gathering dust .He moans every so often about it haven cost him 30 quid. I will need to dig it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: I wish I knew stuff like this. When I see the sun the first thing I think is ‘ more freckles’ 🙁 Mr Tdyer bought me a book a few years ago called ‘ Chasing the Sun’ , I had asked for it as a christmas present, but it has lay in the cupboard gathering dust .He moans every so often about it haven cost him 30 quid. I will need to dig it out. That's amazing stuff. That you asked for a book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 41 minutes ago, Flure said: That's amazing stuff. That you asked for a book! 😂 aye, you are very brave when I am over here in Ibiza with Stevie G. It’s a hard back book too, I would bring it to Israel to impress you but it would take up too much of my weight allowance. I dont have room for the book AND my square sausage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 4:35 PM, Mox said: Fucking boiling again in Glasgow, we're into uncharted territory here. Normal weather resumes next week the Gulf Stream as started to shift into its normal position I.E pishing rain and winds summer is over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 28 minutes ago, wheres the pies said: Normal weather resumes next week the Gulf Stream as started to shift into its normal position I.E pishing rain and winds summer is over Does anybody know or could make an educated guess that it will shift back to the position that results in lots of dry weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, Mox said: Does anybody know or could make an educated guess that it will shift back to the position that results in lots of dry weather? I use the met office 30 long range forecast it’s not to bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheres the pies Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Just now, wheres the pies said: I use the met office 30 long range forecast it’s not to bad Should have read 30 day long range weather forecast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/yr-2018-2-3 In South Africa the Norwegian Weather Forecasting is being used by around 3Million folk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Mox said: Does anybody know or could make an educated guess that it will shift back to the position that results in lots of dry weather? High pressure will be close by for the next three weeks according to the GFS charts, the weather look decent, or at least thats how I am reading the charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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