As a weather lover, I should be lapping it all up thinking "Yes, finally, it's all getting interesting and lively!". But, to be honest, I never really enjoyed it at all. Must be an age thing or/and speaking as a homeowner where damage to my property is the last thing I need.
In terms of "exciting" weather, yes, this winter - or rather, extended Autumn - is up there, I'll give it that, but it was starting to get quite mentally exhuasting towards the end. No, I tell a lie, it was hard work from the start with St Judes and the Post Christmas Windstorm. Doesn't help that even though I've been into meteorology for 35 years, since I've picked up a lot more knowledge regarding the finer points of our climate (upper air pressure, jet stream, etc, etc), it's made it easier for me to get worked up every time I see a deepening low pressure system appear in the 144 hours time frame rather than in 24 hours time!
If I get to experience this stupid southerly gale threatening to rip the tiles off my roof one more time as we go into the rest of this "winter" and into "spring", I'll . . . I'll . . . scream. Still, at least I'm not being flooded out, I have old school friends who live in the Staines area and I know they must be absolutely sick to the back teeth (literally and phsyically) of it all by now.
However, at the same time, because it never really got properly cold overall, it had felt nice and mild whenever the sun does stay out for long enough (eg: today) so it hasn't been ALL bad.
Now, please, North America, stop showing off with the deep cold polar vortex thing thus causing the problem in the first place. As for North Atlantic and the Jet Stream, the both of you calm down! I know you like to flex your muscles once in a while but the poor ol' UK is a bit fed up with being used as a punch bag as well as gettig p****d on. I guess this is the price we have to pay for living in the mid-latitude part of the world.
Still, the daylight is increasing quickly by the day from here on as the sun climbs that little bit higher above the horizon, that'll make it easier to see how rubbish our weather is being.
Oh yes . . . ratings. I'll give it 2/10 simply because I hate strong winds and we've had too much of that in the past three months.
Originally Posted by: idj20