[Misc] Rainfall

[Cheeky Monkey]

Surely our winters aren’t usually this wet? Is this the (globally warmed?) future or what we usually experience?

 

[Is it PotG?]

 

[beorhthelm]

winter is usually wet. it is above average rainfall, though last year was exceptionally dry.

 

[Eric the meek]

Surely our winters aren’t usually this wet? Is this the (globally warmed?) future or what we usually experience?

No, I don't think they are usually this wet.

What we are getting now is weather we would normally associate with the autumn, with a series of Atlantic depressions, giving us mild and wet weather.
I don't know what this means for our normal winter weather, whether it has been displaced or pushed out into the future etc.

 

[Bozza]

This suggests we've been on a bit of a "wet streak" since September.

Regional rainfall - water levels at reservoirs, compared with averages

Recent rainfall levels, including how they compare with the long-term average.

www.southernwater.co.uk

We need @Papa Lazarou, the sage of Sussex weather, to report from the Durrington weather station.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Surely our winters aren’t usually this wet? Is this the (globally warmed?) future or what we usually experience?

A pre-curser to the Liverpool game....

 

[Soton Seagull]

It is been consistently raining since I moved to Worthing at the end of Sept. I feared I may actully have moved to Manchester by mistake. It never rained like this in Hove!

 

[Albion Robster]

Someone turn off the tap upstairs please....!!!

 

[Peteinblack]

It is been consistently raining since I moved to Worthing at the end of Sept. I feared I may actully have moved to Manchester by mistake. It never rained like this in Hove!

In Britain, it is usually wetter the further west you go

 

[Papa Lazarou]

This suggests we've been on a bit of a "wet streak" since September.

Regional rainfall - water levels at reservoirs, compared with averages

Recent rainfall levels, including how they compare with the long-term average.

www.southernwater.co.uk

We need @Papa Lazarou, the sage of Sussex weather, to report from the Durrington weather station.

November was exceptionally wet 295mm here

December was wet, but with a cold and dry spell pre Christmas

January has started wet, but nothing unusual, but there is more to come, including Saturday for the football.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

for completeness, but Sept & Oct had over 100m here

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I can confirm it’s always bloody raining up here. The locals think it’s normal though.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Whose old enough to remember the drought last summer?

It's pissing down here. So much so, I haven't walked the dog and it is giving me evils.

 

[Eric the meek]

In Britain, it is usually wetter the further west you go

Agreed, but you can also get pretty wet if you venture too far south

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Done some analysis for 2022. Brown blobs, below average, Blue = on average, Red = Above.

Overall, 2022 delivered 1026mm here versus the long term climate average of 880mm

November is the BIG outlier, almost 300% of the expcted rainfall.

 

[Bozza]

Whose old enough to remember the drought last summer?

It's pissing down here. So much so, I haven't walked the dog and it is giving me evils.

Got pretty wet at 7am on the Downs with mine.

Accuweather seems to be suggesting it will stop in around 30 minutes, so it might be a dry lunchtime walk.

 

[Weststander]

Climate change scientists long predicted wetter, milder winters for Atlantic fringe land areas.

The reason, warmer oceans generate more humid air. In addition, we're seeing fewer spells of dry, cold air from Scandinavia and Russia.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I’m toying with buying a wet suit for work….not sure about the flippers when driv8ng the van though

 

[Eric the meek]

Done some analysis for 2022. Brown blobs, below average, Blue = on average, Red = Above.

Overall, 2022 delivered 1026mm here versus the long term climate average of 880mm

November is the BIG outlier, almost 300% of the expcted rainfall.
View attachment 155589

Done some analysis for 2022. Brown blobs, below average, Blue = on average, Red = Above.

Overall, 2022 delivered 1026mm here versus the long term climate average of 880mm

November is the BIG outlier, almost 300% of the expcted rainfall.
View attachment 155589

That's a proper outlier.

Do you know of any reason why it happened?

I remember during the heatwaves in July and August, there was a discussion, probably from the Met Office, about the jet stream being locked in place for a while, trapping warm air in heat domes in five places around the globe, including UK/western Europe, US and China. Could November's rainfall be the result of a similar phenomenon, with an Atlantic depression getting trapped over the UK? Note that this is wild guess; I don't really know what I'm talking about.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

The reason, warmer oceans generate more humid air. In addition, we're seeing fewer spells of dry, cold air from Scandinavia and Russia.

Bloody Putin!!!