I'd imagine the same would have been true at Heathrow earlier too, albeit the squall line has passed through there now.

The wind's still whomping along here (it sounds like repeated "thump" noises as it bangs into the upstairs of my house) and I suspect that'll be the case for a couple more hours yet: the squall line is now over central London and moving slowly eastwards (slowly compared to Ciara, anyway, more like 50mph than 70 or 80 mph).

There have been a couple more brief power cuts, but it's still on for now. My postcode is showing as being without power on the UK Power Networks map, so I'm lucky!

It hasn't lifted again overnight so fingers crossed. 

Of course, that is just yet another example of why I always say that the weather is usually always more "interesting" elsewhere in the UK, other than here in Edinburgh where our weather is usually always "boring" in comparison although I still wouldn't take anything from the fact that Edinburgh is a great city to visit for other reasons.

As yet it hasn’t been as bad as last weekend in terms of wind strength and rainfall, unless I slept through it which is unlikely.  However, our local river is much higher and is currently in danger of flooding the main through road but I think that’s more to do with the amount of water that was already there.  Last weekend’s storm came after a few dry days, whereas the past week has been quite wet. 

It would be interesting to see if there was any evidence to actually back up this claim. Is Edinburgh really less prone to extremes, weather that we tend to call 'interesting', than other parts of the country? I think we can all sit there (I know I've done it) and think that the weather is always more interesting elsewhere but do the stats back this up?

Here is the Wikipedia page which goes in more detail about the climate here in Edinburgh. I will now leave it to others on this forum to study the data which is quoted on that page, compare that with the rest of the rest of the UK and then come back to me with a detailed response to whether or not, they believe that Edinburgh is the most boring part of the UK (or at the very least, one of the most boring parts of the UK) on average when it comes to our weather.

intuitively, I would agree that we are less prone to extremes, with the exception being 2010, where it was worse here than other cities.  Topography must have something to do with it as the surrounding hills offer some protection from both Westerly and northerly winds.  Again, this is not based on anything more scientific than experience of living here and watching the weather!

But I was asking you, you're the one making the claim.

Yes, but I also want to hear from others about whether that is true or not. There are after all, members of this forum who have far more knowledge on the subject than what I have and if from the evidence that they feed back to me from the resulting data, they tell me that my claim isn't actually correct, I will then be more than happy to admit that I am wrong in this case.

I think we are looking for the answer to an anecdotal claim/subjective opinion so I am not sure you will get any statistics to prove or disprove the claim. 

Anyway back to the situation in hand and it looks like parts of Wales are currently being impacted by severe flooding.

In that case, I will continue to make my claim as before since technically speaking (as you have said), there is nothing that anyone on here can do to disprove that.

EDIT:

Whilst I'm at it, I will block any future posts from any member of this forum who then disputes with that, or argues with that in any way.

Looks like the squall line pretty much died a death in the 10 miles from Grain to Sheppey, not that I'm complaining! The wind speeds have decrased noticably from earlier and the temperature and dewpoint are falling slowly. I guess that's it for the first cold front!

The second cold front is more interesting, in that it should be across Wales and the Midlands... right where all that heavy rain is. I know some of the models were showing a "wave" developing, i.e. it effectively becomes a warm front for a time, leading to a much greater rainfall amount (as it's moving along that much more slowly).

This is what's pepping up the rain over southern Wales, I'd wager, along with orographic enhancement; it's like squeezing water out of a sponge.

Hopefully those in Wales will have taken heed of the warnings and will be in a safe place... unlike the naked bloke in a tent on a boat who had to be rescued by the coastguard last night here!

I think what we need to determine is exactly what you are claiming. Those statistics for Edinburgh are averages and of course there are warmer/colder/wetter places than Edinburgh. But what do we mean by 'extreme'? Edinburgh may have an average of 700mm rainfall per year but how much does this vary year by year compared to somewhere else that has the same yearly average, Is another location that also averages 700mm per year likely to record higher individual daily totals than Edinburgh? What I am getting at is whether within the averages that Edinburgh has, it is less 'variable' than other places.

indeed Jim I was suspicious of grade used normal folk put to much trust in these people but to be fair most people don’t know without a lot of research but then they should not do it my thoughts when I Zoomed in on Brian first photo much clearer here

Squall of moderate intensity around 0700 (I've seen worse) but now much quieter; maybe a second batch to come as heavy rain forecast until 1600 with winds pepping up as it clears.

The main action south of London seems to be on the Wey at Guildford and the Mole at Leatherhead, about 30 miles north of here, where emergency flood barriers were being put up in a hurry last night and this morning.

if you look at 0700 date stamp fax then most likely

https://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm

I’d say most definitely - and it’s on the current 06Z fax chart. E4 has at least five more hours of rain across S Wales to Suffolk and areas south.

As had been said it is all subjective. 

However from the wiki page what is striking (if corrrect) is that the wettest year ever only recorded 992mm which isnt that extreme and not that much more than the mean . 

However on the other hand Edinburgh has recorded -6c this winter and some snow away fron the coast, more interesting from my point of view than many other UK cities. 

Overall i cant see how the weather is less interesting as many other lowland places especially given its coastal location.

I go by my own personal experiences and the experiences from others as that is the best guide to me, as regards to what is actually happening. Since that is something can't be proved or disproved in any way by actual data, I believe that it is always better to just take the word of whoever is making the claim.

I will add though that averages do balance themselves out over time which means that if two different locations have the same average rainfall but with one place having more wetter extremes than the other, that place which has the greater number of wetter extremes would need to also have the same number of drier extremes in order for those same overall averages to be maintained in the longer term.

From this reading the various posts on this forum over the years, it would appear that just about everywhere else has more drier extremes and more wetter extremes than here and that in turn, is what leads to my claim what Edinburgh is therefore, probably the most boring part of the UK as a result when it comes to our weather. That is where my claim lies, but I do recognise that I could also be wrong because the evidence which I have seen so far, only covers those locations where TWO members are actually located.

There are of course, a vast number of locations throughout the UK but there are are only a certain limited number of those locations where TWO members are located and so, who is to say that the story won't be different in locations which haven't been covered by any TWO member? I therefore take that point in that way but I still think that a large enough proportion of the country is covered here on TWO for my claim (of Edinburgh being the most boring place on average when it comes to our weather) to be a valid one.

The squall line has arrived here . . . and it was rather weedy with just a spell of moderate rain, even the wind has died down now . . . seemingly earlier than forecast.

4.2 mm so far today, however, a properly wet day now faces me. A good excuse to just stay in my nightgown watching Star Trek DVDs and not feel guilty for it.