Flipping weather forecasters

Silvio Dante · Post by **Silvio Dante** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:08 am

They've been promising us sunshine for nearly a week now and we've had very little. Its bee hot but overcast

They now tell us the next 5 days will be epic! they better be right...

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:31 am

Silvio Dante;1457727 wrote: They've been promising us sunshine for nearly a week now and we've had very little. Its bee hot but overcast

They now tell us the next 5 days will be epic! they better be right...

We've had wonderful weather here in Cornwall these last few days.

Cloudy and warm here today though. Hope the sun comes back soon!

What annoys me with the weather forecasters is that they often stand over Cornwall as the summaries are running through in order to point their fingers at other places in the UK! Use a wand, then we can see Cornwall :rolleyes:

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:02 am

Overcast. I've heard of that. Isn't where those things called "clouds" cover the sun? I wouldn't know about that....I live on the 5,500 feet up the high plateau of New Mexico.

Weather forecast: Sunny and pleasant. Every day. Forever.

Silvio Dante · Post by **Silvio Dante** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:37 am

Saint_;1457736 wrote: Overcast. I've heard of that. Isn't where those things called "clouds" cover the sun? I wouldn't know about that....I live on the 5,500 feet up the high plateau of New Mexico.

Weather forecast: Sunny and pleasant. Every day. Forever.

Great pic.

We've got warm sunshine today so I'm off to our roof garden...

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:44 am

Saint_;1457736 wrote: Overcast. I've heard of that. Isn't where those things called "clouds" cover the sun? I wouldn't know about that....I live on the 5,500 feet up the high plateau of New Mexico.

Weather forecast: Sunny and pleasant. Every day. Forever.

Best the keep it to yourselves.

Success can ruin a good thing.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:51 am

Silvio Dante;1457727 wrote: They've been promising us sunshine for nearly a week now and we've had very little. Its bee hot but overcast

They now tell us the next 5 days will be epic! they better be right...

Well it does like to rain in Ireland that's for sure. I've lived and worked there a few times. It couldn't be as green without all that rain.

I lived in Dublin for nigh on a year back in 2001/2 and the summer was glorious. Went back several years later, further south and it was a constant downpour. It was running out me elbows every day :wah:

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:53 am

You know what I love about where I live? No, and I mean no humidity. It's 5% today, which is kind of high.

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tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:17 pm

Saint_;1457759 wrote: You know what I love about where I live? No, and I mean no humidity. It's 5% today, which is kind of high.

Rub it in.

Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:42 pm

I'm reminded of the old joke where the sun peeked through the clouds in Seattle and thousands of people called in UFO reports about a big glowing orange orb in the sky.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:52 pm

I'm ideally suited to the majority of Brit weather, as I have a very low tolerance for heat. I had to pop over to the other side of town today to take the bike down to hte shop, and it was ideal weather for me. Overcast, but dry, and nice & cool.

TÃ½r · Post by **TÃ½r** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:54 pm

Cool is good. Cool stops when the mercury reaches 60 degrees. And I do mean Fahrenheit. Above 60 degrees is correctly termed unpleasantly hot.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:40 pm

It's HOT here

110 degrees today & climbing

It's not Summer yet

I need to run away to New Mexico...:wah:

Patsy

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:31 am

There is an unusual habit in the UK when referring to temperature.

When referring to high temperature, it is given in Farenheit (eg. "Phew, it's hot. It must at least 100F"), but when it's cold, it returns to Centigrade (eg. "It's bitter out there. It must be -3C").

I wonder if this is unique to the UK or if it happens anywhere else.

TÃ½r · Post by **TÃ½r** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:08 am

FourPart;1457901 wrote: I wonder if this is unique to the UK or if it happens anywhere else.There's a wording common across the English-speaking world that, for example, there will be ten degrees of frost overnight. Those degrees are invariably Fahrenheit. In America it's also expressed as "temperatures overnight will reach as low as 22 degrees" since no self-respecting American has heard of Celcius or his Centigrade scale, whereas we Brits would mostly say "a low of -6 degrees" instead. Unless we're pensioners or part of the lunatic "keep Sunday special - say no to Metrication - wogs go home" fringe.