What's the weather like where you are?

[Which Tyler]

UK weather: warnings of snow and ice as temperatures plummet

Thermometers forecast to fall to -2C in London, -1C in Cardiff and -3C in Edinburgh and Belfast

www.theguardian.com

Higher UK energy bills here to stay, warns oil company boss

Equinor chief says bills won’t return to levels seen before Ukraine invasion given windfall taxes and move to greener energy

www.theguardian.com

NB, I have NOT verified the information here; and the source has bias

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Got a smart metre so I'm always vaguely aware of how much I'm spending,
Was thinking over the weekend that it feels a lot better than pre-Christmas, but think this week might change that

 

[Which Tyler]

Got a smart metre so I'm always vaguely aware of how much I'm spending,
Was thinking over the weekend that it feels a lot better than pre-Christmas, but think this week might change that

it's amazing what a 20* difference to the ambient temperature can make to the heating bill

 

[Which Tyler]

NB, I have NOT verified the information here; and the source has bias

Revealed: Brits are paying the highest electricity bills in the entire world

New research reveals that the UK has the highest electricity bills in the world.

www.cityam.com

Presumably, our hands are tied and there's nothing to do - because, now we're free from EU beaurocracy we can be more nimble, with local solutions to local problems, and not have to bow down before big business and felate them.
Yay, Brexit! Yay Tories!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Went for a bike ride today and it was bitterly cold on the face and ears. Thankfully had a mask to put on to keep the face and nose from going numb.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Woke up to a winter wonderland this morning

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Northern lights seen across the UK – in pictures

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, appeared in the night sky across Britain on Sunday in a display that reached parts of southern England

www.theguardian.com

Anyone able to see them where you live?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-64789261

Apparently there’s a chance to see them tonight as well.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Hot weather: New health alert as weekend temperatures to hit 30C

The first Heat-Health Alert of the year is issued across large parts of England.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scorcher this weekend. Remember your sunscreen!

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Air quality alerts due to forest fires in Canada. Stretching far down east coast. I can see but we still have warnings. Last weekend was hot; mid 90s and super humidity. Felt sick when I got inside from my ride.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Hot weather: New health alert as weekend temperatures to hit 30C

The first Heat-Health Alert of the year is issued across large parts of England.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scorcher this weekend. Remember your sunscreen!

Going to be 25 degrees...but cloudy/rainy here, so that humidity is going to be brutal

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Air quality alerts due to forest fires in Canada. Stretching far down east coast. I can see but we still have warnings. Last weekend was hot; mid 90s and super humidity. Felt sick when I got inside from my ride.

Canada wildfires: Tens of millions under air quality warnings as fires burn

Toronto and New York briefly ranked among the metro areas with the worst air quality in the world overnight.

www.bbc.co.uk

yep, was just reading that on bbc. Only time I have experienced that air quality was when in Australia and forest fires in the Blue Mountains blanketed Sydney with a thick smog. Pretty horrible to breathe in.

Keep safe.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Things were fine til this about 50 minutes ago. Pretty heavy campfire smell but apparently air quality is still good.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Things were fine til this about 50 minutes ago. Pretty heavy campfire smell but apparently air quality is still good.

Are peeps masking up? Wouldn’t trust what they say about the air quality.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Are peeps masking up? Wouldn’t trust what they say about the air quality.

No, I think after Covid everyone is tired of it. I checked again and apparently only ozone is measured where I live. Nearby the particle measurements aren’t that great.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun

Storms, droughts and record high temperatures lie ahead as US scientists confirm that El Niño has arrived.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Too hot to sleep.

Down pours expected tomorrow will just make it more humid.

A month’s rain could fall over UK but it will still be hotter than Monaco

Met Office issues new weather warning for thunderstorms and rain on Sunday and Monday

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Anyone else have flooding where they live after the severe downpour? Led to an almighty stench where I lived - from the manure in the field opposite to the drains getting flooded.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis

Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive

www.theguardian.com

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Longer heatwaves driven by ‘turbo-charged’ climate change, say scientists

Record heat in Europe is part of a pattern of more intense heatwaves made more likely by climate breakdown

www.theguardian.com