Damp

Well today could be fun. The Met Office have issued a severe weather alert for London and the South East of England and it seems that we should brace ourselves for persistent thunder and lightning accompanying two months’ worth of rainfall in one day. Various other parts of the country have had it, now it’s our turn.

Two months’ rainfall sounds a lot and the sky is appropriately dull and grey with mist and rain squalls blowing around the place. It is windy and cool but still uncomfortably humid. Pressure must be quite low, too. I have that behind-the-eyes-not-quite-headache feeling. Of course, recent summers in London have been hot and dry, so I assume that we are expecting two months of the seasonal average as two months’ worth of the past two or three summers’ rainfall wouldn’t inconvenience a beetle much less the city.

Part of me is looking forward to the sight of canoes on the streets of London, but moist of me wants to be at home up on the hill when it happens, keeping a – you should excuse the pun – weather eye out for the skylight above the stair well, which leaks at the best of times.

Ah. A brief flash of lightning; it may be starting.

Damp

Well today could be fun. The Met Office have issued a severe weather alert for London and the South East of England and it seems that we should brace ourselves for persistent thunder and lightning accompanying two months’ worth of rainfall in one day. Various other parts of the country have had it, now it’s our turn.

Two months’ rainfall sounds a lot and the sky is appropriately dull and grey with mist and rain squalls blowing around the place. It is windy and cool but still uncomfortably humid. Pressure must be quite low, too. I have that behind-the-eyes-not-quite-headache feeling. Of course, recent summers in London have been hot and dry, so I assume that we are expecting two months of the seasonal average as two months’ worth of the past two or three summers’ rainfall wouldn’t inconvenience a beetle much less the city.

Part of me is looking forward to the sight of canoes on the streets of London, but moist of me wants to be at home up on the hill when it happens, keeping a – you should excuse the pun – weather eye out for the skylight above the stair well, which leaks at the best of times.

Ah. A brief flash of lightning; it may be starting.

Damp (II)

That was spectacular, but very brief; visibility is still low, but the sky is brightening up again.

It looks as though Departmental Sports Day is going to be called off. We have just had an email suggesting that people may wish to avoid disappointment by not making the trip out to Chiswick where events will almost certainly have been cancelled. I wonder what Numpty drafted that email (it is a general, unsigned one from the information section); most people will avoid disappointment by going down the pub and boasting about what they would have done had the weather permitted.

Damp (II)

That was spectacular, but very brief; visibility is still low, but the sky is brightening up again.

It looks as though Departmental Sports Day is going to be called off. We have just had an email suggesting that people may wish to avoid disappointment by not making the trip out to Chiswick where events will almost certainly have been cancelled. I wonder what Numpty drafted that email (it is a general, unsigned one from the information section); most people will avoid disappointment by going down the pub and boasting about what they would have done had the weather permitted.

Joke

It amused me, anyway:

( hidden from the <i>very</i> straight-laced amongst you )

Joke

It amused me, anyway:

( hidden from the <i>very</i> straight-laced amongst you )

Severe Disappointment

I am severely disappointed by this "severe" weather.

I'll admit it looked promising, but it's all clear and sunny, now.

Severe Disappointment

I am severely disappointed by this "severe" weather.

I'll admit it looked promising, but it's all clear and sunny, now.