wrote:

Pity about the aborted easterly. Hope Friday's event will be worth
the 'pest from the west' returning. Could this deep 'low' end up
developing a little like 8th December 1954? That occasion brought
torrential rain (45~50 mm locally), heavy snow in northern areas,
hailstorms, thunderstorms (10 hours of thunder at Reading -
1400~2400) and the Acton tornado.

Synoptics are a little similar!

Sounds like quite an event!
If that happened today the media would be full of stories about
how GW was turning our weather weird.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Joe Egginton wrote:

Joe
Wolverhampton
Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

24C inside in summer is fine on a warm evening with the windows
open and a gentle balmy breeze blowing, but in winter I would
find that unbearably stiffling.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Will,

I ran the Cornish Marathon on November 25th with 2 men close to 70. It was
my first (and very hilly) Marathon but one of them was on his 195th
Marathon. Put me to shame doing my first at 43

Stan

"Eskimo Will" wrote in message ...


"Joe Egginton" wrote in message
...
On 11/12/2012 08:30, Eskimo Will wrote:
Well the developments later this week (strong winds, torrential rain,
snow and possible thunder and tornadoes) will soon be in the time range
of the higher resolution models. Going to be very interesting. Not much
snow for me on Dartmoor, apart from some light stuff on Thursday and
perhaps some showers tomorrow, but further north maybe a different story
as warm tropical air glides over a very cold sub-zero surface layer.
Possible freezing rain and ice too of course. A fascinating end to the
week after some gorgeous sunny dry frosty days. Speaking of which,
....... the great outdoors beckons, time to relax, put on my walking
boots and go for a 12 mile stroll in the sun with my dog.

Eskimo Will
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Will you're an excellent meteorologist, but personally you’re barking! 12
miles stroll! LOL That's like walking from Wolverhampton to Birmingham
along the Stour valley railway line. I find it amazing you call it a
stroll as well. I can manage about 5 miles and that it, at my age.
(Coming up to 51 years old).


Yeah fantastic scenic walk. 2.5 pints of real ale in the pub at Postbridge.
Dog loved it (the walk). Most invigorating - super day. Nice to walk on
ground that is not boggy too, being frozen solid. I guess I'm lucky as
walking is my main hobby/sport now and I am quite fit. Mind you at my age
(60.5) you just have to keep going as it takes longer to start again after a
break. Also, don't beat yourself up Joe, I know many folk for whom 5 miles
would be a marathon!

Cheers,
Will
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On 11/12/2012 19:09, Col wrote:
Joe Egginton wrote:

Joe
Wolverhampton
Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

24C inside in summer is fine on a warm evening with the windows
open and a gentle balmy breeze blowing, but in winter I would
find that unbearably stiffling.


Not with a humidity of only 25%

No wonder my house plants need watering all the time . LOL

Joe
Wolverhampton
Indoor 23C 24% humdity
Outdoors -1.5C 95% Humidity

In article ,
Joe Egginton writes:
On 11/12/2012 19:09, Col wrote:
Joe Egginton wrote:

Joe
Wolverhampton
Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

24C inside in summer is fine on a warm evening with the windows
open and a gentle balmy breeze blowing, but in winter I would
find that unbearably stiffling.


Not with a humidity of only 25%

No wonder my house plants need watering all the time . LOL

Joe
Wolverhampton
Indoor 23C 24% humdity
Outdoors -1.5C 95% Humidity

I wouldn't have thought that a humidity that low would be very healthy
over a prolonged period.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

On 12/12/2012 10:58, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Joe Egginton writes:
On 11/12/2012 19:09, Col wrote:
Joe Egginton wrote:

Joe
Wolverhampton
Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

24C inside in summer is fine on a warm evening with the windows
open and a gentle balmy breeze blowing, but in winter I would
find that unbearably stiffling.


Not with a humidity of only 25%

No wonder my house plants need watering all the time . LOL

Joe
Wolverhampton
Indoor 23C 24% humdity
Outdoors -1.5C 95% Humidity

I wouldn't have thought that a humidity that low would be very healthy
over a prolonged period.



Thanks John, I didn't think low humidity would've health problems.
According to various websites, low humidity causes dry skin, recurrent
sinus infections and colds.

I've placed some containers of water on the radiators.

Joe
Wolverhampton.

In article ,
Joe Egginton writes:
On 12/12/2012 10:58, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Joe Egginton writes:
On 11/12/2012 19:09, Col wrote:
Joe Egginton wrote:
Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

24C inside in summer is fine on a warm evening with the windows
open and a gentle balmy breeze blowing, but in winter I would
find that unbearably stiffling.


Not with a humidity of only 25%

No wonder my house plants need watering all the time . LOL

Joe
Wolverhampton
Indoor 23C 24% humdity
Outdoors -1.5C 95% Humidity

I wouldn't have thought that a humidity that low would be very healthy
over a prolonged period.



Thanks John, I didn't think low humidity would've health problems.
According to various websites, low humidity causes dry skin,
recurrent sinus infections and colds.

I've placed some containers of water on the radiators.

Good idea. Low indoor humidity must be even more of a problem in winter
in places like Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, where it might sometimes
be necessary to heat up the outside air by 40 degrees or more.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

On 11/12/12 11:36, Joe Egginton wrote:

Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

At the other extreme, I'm experimenting with keeping the house at 10C
and wearing extra clothing and seeing if this is a practical way of
keeping the central heating requirements down.

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
...
On 11/12/12 11:36, Joe Egginton wrote:

Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

At the other extreme, I'm experimenting with keeping the house at 10C and
wearing extra clothing and seeing if this is a practical way of keeping
the central heating requirements down.

Good on you. At present my room where I am typing this is at +10.1C and I am
comfortable in sweatshirt and thick fleece. I'll whack the heating on again
soon to stop it getting too chilly.

Will
--

http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Eskimo Will" wrote in message
...

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
...
On 11/12/12 11:36, Joe Egginton wrote:

Inside temp 24C nice and toasty.

At the other extreme, I'm experimenting with keeping the house at 10C and
wearing extra clothing and seeing if this is a practical way of keeping
the central heating requirements down.

Good on you. At present my room where I am typing this is at +10.1C and I
am comfortable in sweatshirt and thick fleece. I'll whack the heating on
again soon to stop it getting too chilly.


A few weeks ago I tried an experiment, just left the heating off to
see what would happen. Down to about 15C or so, it's not too
bad, I was wearing 'proper' clothing though, that is vest/T-shirt/jumper.
I got down to 11C and by then I'd had enough. It was getting quite
uncomfortable, but hardly intolerable.
Jumpers & vests and fine, but I really don't want to be sitting around
the house in a thick fleece!

This is how the vast majority of people would have lived only a few
decades ago, though. A couple of rooms (probably kitchen/living room)
kept warm downstairs, the bedrooms would be bloody freezing!
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl