Daily Express claiming July & August both to be terrible

Raffles

I am absolutely gutted. I was so looking forward to the summer season to really pile on the miles. June was dreadful and July has kicked off even worse. It appears the jetstream is down as low as northern france and is the reason for the unbelievably bad weather as the continental high pressure cant move upwards and its atlantic low pressure all the way. I did a bit of reading into the road melting summer of 1976 and it appears the jetstream was way up and allowed an abundance of continental high pressure to sit on top of the UK for an entire summer season. I remember that summer and the heat and its never been prolonged like that since unfortunately.

How was saturday riding in your area today ? At 8 am it was absolutely pouring down for me, but by 1 pm the rain had stopped, although it turned windy sadly.

ShutUpLegs

Thanks Mr Fish

squibnocket

On holiday in croyde bay for 10 days got out yesterday but not today, you have just get up and go .....sometimes in the rain, the joys of cycling in the UK. I'll be out tomorrow, rain or shine, getting some training miles in for 2 weeks in France at the end of July.

bails87

Wow, well if the Daily Express said it, it must be true....
http://expressweather.tumblr.com/

jameses

First sunburn of the year yesterday 8)

ShutUpLegs

JamesEs wrote:

First sunburn of the year yesterday 8)

What about those 2 weeks at the end of March when it was hot & sunny :?:

sungod

it is indeed the jet stream, a few years ago i found this...

http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html

...which is worth a look if you want to estimate chances of decent uk weather, use the north atlantic analysis, when the jetstream is over/south of uk, and is wavy/fragmented (as it has been for weeks), the weather is likely to be total cack

jameses

ShutUpLegs wrote:

JamesEs wrote:

First sunburn of the year yesterday 8)

What about those 2 weeks at the end of March when it was hot & sunny :?:

Wasn't hot enough to burn, apparently! Or perhaps I was riding more shaded routes then.

wishitwasallflat

Form all I've ever heard any forecast beyond five days ahead is guesswork - the probability of the modelling is very poor on that time frame

smidsy

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Form all I've ever heard any forecast beyond five days ahead is guesswork - the probability of the modelling is very poor on that time frame

All forecasts are guesswork. If you want to know how confident they are just go onto the bbc weather site and click the 'yesterdays weather' tab - the only time you can get an accurate forecast

MattC59

Well I'm claiming that the Daily Express is terrible !

and why is this in 'Road Beginners' ?

choldy

put on your coat and think sunny thoughts, bugger the weather

daveski12

At some point you just have to get out on the bike in the rain, then you realise its not that bad after all.

macleod113

Well Saturday was great for me. Left Annesley (Notts) at 6:50 and it was dry but foggy untill Lincoln where the sun put his hat on all the way to Skegness when i arrived at half 11. Sadly the slower riders did get soaked as it started tipping it down about 12:30.
but wont it be excellent when summer arrives... even if it is only half of September?

CambsNewbie

What is it with the Daily Express and weather? Every week they seem to run an extreme story. Remember last winter seeing a headline stating temperatures were going to plummet to -30 degrees. Did it happen? No. Then whenever we get 2 sunny days (remember the sun?) it's going to be a heatwave and the country is going to melt.

cougie

Have they finally run the Diana well dry and they're just left with weather stories ?

If it is a crap summer - just think of the advantages. A saving on sun block and a chance to buy more wet weather gear. Hurrah !

simona75

cougie wrote:

Have they finally run the Diana well dry and they're just left with weather stories ?

If it is a crap summer - just think of the advantages. A saving on sun block and a chance to buy more wet weather gear. Hurrah !

They've still got illegal immigrants, benefit scroungers and Pippa Middleton to write about- the well for shoddy journalism is still full :-)

BoydD

I'm so sick of waiting for the sun I'm riding the rain. waterproof socks and a good waterproof and I'm really enjoying it. You see, despite the rain it is actually quite warm. I get a few mystified looks from car drivers mind.

dindi_boy

BoydD wrote:

I'm so sick of waiting for the sun I'm riding the rain. waterproof socks and a good waterproof and I'm really enjoying it. You see, despite the rain it is actually quite warm. I get a few mystified looks from car drivers mind.

I've decided to adopt the same approach. I did 40 miles this morning and it didn't stop raining once. Think I'm going a bit mental because I still really enjoyed it. I'm determined that the weather won't beat me!

wishitwasallflat

dindi_boy wrote:

BoydD wrote:

I'm so sick of waiting for the sun I'm riding the rain. waterproof socks and a good waterproof and I'm really enjoying it. You see, despite the rain it is actually quite warm. I get a few mystified looks from car drivers mind.

I've decided to adopt the same approach. I did 40 miles this morning and it didn't stop raining once. Think I'm going a bit mental because I still really enjoyed it. I'm determined that the weather won't beat me!

I find that as long as I don't imagine I'm going to be dry and just accept I'm going to get wet and give in to it - it really doesn't matter (unless it very cold or on a long fast descent!).

Defyand

What about the house prices in London?

izzy Eviel

Defyand wrote:

What about the house prices in London?

Nothing to worry about for us multi-millionaires.

This weather is annoying. I can't work on my tan! It's July and I've had to go and buy arm warmers. I can do the cold and the rain, it's the wind that I can't stand. I'm a lightweight and whenever the wind is over 20kph I worry I'm gonna do a
Mary Poppins and get blown across London :?

nbuuifx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18868494

bails87

Hmmm, who to trust more, the BBC and the Met Office, or Dirty Desmond's Daily Express and the one man band 'Positive Weather Solutions' or whatever they're called now....