Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and hundreds of homes have been destroyed as wildfires spread through the US state of Colorado.
WEATHER
Oh so warm – but temperatures will drop into the new year to the average for the time of year. Some possibility of frost in the last third of the month. A New Years wish is for better weather for our wildlife, especially butterflies and insects; and favourable winds for migrating birds like the swifts and swallows and martins which seem to need a bumper breeding season.
CLIMATE CHANGE – A PLEA
There are many scientists and others studying climate change. Can we have a monthly bulletin with statistics – I am not sure people understand them but they are influenced by them. Sea level rise, global temperatures, renewable energy generation, electric car sales, butterfly counts, etc. just keep the topic at the forefront of peoples minds.
SNOW
Not likely this year. Dismal weather set for the rest of the year – maybe a bit of sun at times.
Sunday 2 Jan – Sunday 16 Jan
Any unsettled conditions during the start of the New Year are most likely to be confined to west and south-western regions, where longer spells of rain, and perhaps areas of snow, are possible with occasional strong winds. Through January, cold air is signalled to develop and remain in place across parts of Europe. From here, there is a chance that an easterly wind could bring periods of cold weather, and associated wintry hazards, to the UK. Milder spells are still likely, with these potentially bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and potential snow. Overall, the period is slightly more likely to be colder than normal although a lot of uncertainty surrounds this.
TORNADO – USA
CLIMATE CHANGE
Surely we should have weekly or at lest monthly press briefings on the Covid style regarding climate change.What progress has been made, what new threats are appearing? Scientists and experts could support whoever leads the briefings. I suspect not Johnson as his knowledge of the environment is almost certainly less than my grandchildren’s!
CLIMATE CHANGE
STORM ARWIN
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Untangled and put up outside. Lets hope the wind does not blow them away tonight!
WEATHER
Presumably the weather forecasters get their data from the same satellites and weather stations? Yet the forecast for Friday morning varies from 28% chance of rain BBC – to 80% METO. Temps about the same 5/6C. These predictions are for Sandford. Both predict high winds although the METO are 30-40mph whilst BBC is around 20mph. So we can forget the hyperbole here – it is winter folks, but nothing unusual – no Arctic blast or dusting off the toboggans at the moment.