Saturday 7 January 2012

Friday Forecast....week 1.....7/1/12....and yes it's a day late!!

Well this is my first post of a new year and already I'm running late. I had already decided to change my weather updates to a Friday but then computer problems made things a little problematic.

Anyway I am writing this on the laptop which I'm not so familiar with and doesn't have the same facilites as the main computer so please bare with me until we get our main system fixed.

There may be a few spelling errors and I'm not sure I know how to get photos on but I will try on my next post.

So enough of the excuses...lets get on with the weather!

Well 2012 was certainly seen in with a bang this week as storms swept across the UK....I'm in the east midlands and we actually saw the lowest gusts...but living through them I can tell you they were in excess of 80m.p.h. ......even though they weren't given as being that. With that came the torrential rain and hail stones. These lasted for three days and nights but I am glad to say that for now they have abated and the rain has held off for a couple of days to leave us relatively calm days of gusts up to 30 m.p.h. Temperatures throughout the week have been changeable with the days between 10 and 4 degrees and the evenings between -1 and 9 degrees.

Fortunately the winter solstice came and went before the new year and we are seeing later sunsets...the light disappeared over the horizon tonight at nearly 5pm this evening.

Luckily we came through the winds unscathed although there were lots of trees down and many people suffered damage in our area. Great damage was suffered in Scotland and there were many casualties and a few deaths due to accidents and falling trees/debris. My heart goes out to all those who weren't as lucky as us.

I have no idea if I had any damage on the allotment as I haven't managed to get down there since the winds subsided...hopefully I will get the chance tomorrow.

That'a all for right now. Wishing you all a calm week of weather to come.

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12 comments:

  1. It was certainly wild here too but thankfully all is now well.

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    1. Here's hoping the turn of the new year isn't a taster of the weather for 2012

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  2. Wow! That is some pretty bad weather. I've been lucky this year. I've had a very mild winter so far in my new place. Last year in this place everyone tells me the winter was very bad.

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    1. We have been really lucky this year too really Ratty...it is only the recent winds that have been so bad...though honestly I think I prefer the sub zero temperatures!!

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  3. that sounds like some nasty weather and here I was whining about a little bit of snow.
    Hope you don't have to suffer through computer issues for too long. I know what a headache that can be

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    1. Oh I don't know Ann...in retrospect we didn't have a tsunami...so technically here I am just moaning about a little wind....I suppose things can always be put into perspective!!

      And yes...computer is back!!

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  4. Back to calm again and looking very mild for the next few days.

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    1. Calm is good....the wind is the one weather that really bothers me....the strong ones anyway!

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  5. We've had a very windy week, though luckily no damage at home. I haven't been to the allotment either so I don't know if any damage has been done there.

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    1. Glad you had no damage at home...hope that luck carries through to your allotment.

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  6. I hope your allotment is OK. I just found a huge sheet of hardboard in my garden, with wallpaper on it, someone somewhere has suffered. Also the roofing felt is off my shed but considering I'm 500ft above sea level in an exposed Scottish Garden I think I got off lightly.

    I was wondering if you might add your allotment to Folia the online gardening website (it's free). I'm always looking to encourage more gardeners to join and am having an extra push this week while the weather is keeping most people indoors.

    It's a great resource for gardeners and has helped me keep on top of my 800+ plantings with photo's, notes, journals, milestones etc. They have an extensive plant wiki and a seed stash section where people can also list seeds for swapping. Here's the link to my Folia page so you can see how it works: www.myfolia.com/gardener/CDfolia/invite.

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    1. Hi Cally...I definitely felt for all of you up in Scotland last week...glad you didn't suffer too much damage personally.

      I will be sure to check out Folia some time this weekend.

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keep it clean...keep it relevant...I look forward to reading your comments!!