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"Severe weather warning"

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  1. chdot
    Admin

    Might rain all day tomorrow -

    https://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/hour_by_hour.html

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. Klaxon
    Member

    The storm missed Edinburgh and went to Kirkcaldy instead.

    I hope we get some persistent rain soon, the dry ground is very sad.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

    Yeah it's supposed to rain for about 24 hours starting at midnight. My kids' sports day tomorrow: maybe it will be called off...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2644641

    Posted 7 years ago #
  4. fimm
    Member

    Hammering it down again here (ten past four).
    Hopefully it will stop before I have to cycle to the station (though I have my comedy red cycle cape if it does not).

    Posted 7 years ago #
  5. SRD
    Moderator

    @klaxon heavy enough for you now??!

    Posted 7 years ago #
  6. Rosie
    Member

    Ah, timed for 5pm. Well done.

    Pleased though that my waterproofs stood up to the flow this morning.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  7. SRD
    Moderator

    I have never seen hail descending like that.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  8. Ed1
    Member

    Its dry and bright again in Livingston

    Posted 7 years ago #
  9. wingpig
    Member

    In the time it took to go up two floors from a meeting it changed from pelting-down-sleet to bright-sunny. I shall still be putting my phone in a nappy bag on the way home, just in case.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  10. gembo
    Member

    Waited until the deluge ended. Was still wet going home but the WoL path has absorbed most of it, just a few big puddles and only one that is tricky to avoid

    Posted 7 years ago #
  11. bill
    Member

    I cycled through steaming tarmac paths in Livingston around 2:30pm. The paths were still wet from the earlier storm/hail and it suddenly got very sunny. The steam was going about 1-1.5m high up and looked very cool.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  12. gembo
    Member

    As it has rained all night I think it is safe to say the WoL path has more puddles. My early tatties also have started to flower

    Posted 7 years ago #
  13. amir
    Member

    Wow those tatties are early!

    No need to water the garden now :) And I got to try out my waterproof socks bought at Aldi a long time ago

    Posted 7 years ago #
  14. fimm
    Member

    Raining steadily here in Livingston. At least it isn't windy, and the comedy red cycle cape did its job.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  15. chdot
    Admin

    1/2" of rain overnight -

    http://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/weather-station/readings/24hours

    Posted 7 years ago #
  16. chdot
    Admin

  17. Min
    Member

    According to my rain gauge we had about 8mm in very short order yesterday and another 15 overnight. Cor bloimey guvner.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  18. steveo
    Member

    Brand new decathlon water proof leaked on second properly wet outing...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  19. HankChief
    Member

    Kids enjoyed the bike splashing through puddles this morning, me less so - might have been connected to dryness of footwear :-(

    Posted 7 years ago #
  20. minus six
    Member

    on this rain-lashed morning

    no surprise that our pampered moton pals

    remain dumb all over

    and a little ugly on the side

    Posted 7 years ago #
  21. amir
    Member

    @bax yes - and speeds seem to go up despite the conditions (much longer braking distances and lower visibility).

    Posted 7 years ago #
  22. jdanielp
    Member

    I enjoyed my best night's sleep in some time accompanied by the soporific drone of the rain falling. Full winter waterproofs today and I still arrived at work partially damp around the edges and somewhat sweaty on the inside. Some of the vegetation is drooping dangerously low over the canal towpath west of the Bridge 8 Hub, and some of the towpath is almost indistinguishable from the canal.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  23. steveo
    Member

    Genuinely take getting a periodic soaking to a car commute all year.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  24. All 3 commutes this week have been absolutely soaking, but I still wouldn't swap them for the car.

    Different kind of rain this morning. Yesterday I was caught in some deluges but today was steady and heavy. Both resulted in similar levels of drowning.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  25. steveo
    Member

    I was stuck with other traffic yesterday in the worst of the rain, had to turn the radio up to it hear over the pelting rain on the roof. Still would rather have been walking.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  26. Klaxon
    Member

    I think until yesterday I'd worn my waterproofs to work once since Christmas, and that was about 2 weeks ago.

    Not even joking.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  27. Rosie
    Member

    Rain, no wind, don't mind it at all.

    Waterproofs totally sound. Wet hair, dry clothes.

    Fountainbridge lived up to its watery name with lochs and rivers.

    Quite exhilarating sneaking up the sides and dodging the juggernauts.

    Brakes though noticeably less efficient.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  28. unhurt
    Member

    ...I need to get some actually waterproof waterproofs. Suggestions welcome! Note I am very prone to overheating so if it doesn't come with vents I'll end up about as wet from my own mobile greenhouse effect as I would have done from rain.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  29. chdot
    Admin

  30. Min
    Member

    1" in 12 hours -

    Matches my wee jug in the ground pretty well. B-)

    Posted 7 years ago #

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