[Misc] Rainfall

[jakarta]

Pulborough Brooks now Pulborough Lake...

 

[Eric the meek]

I've been doing a bit of reading regarding the jet stream. It's too complicated a subject to cover in a few comments on here, but here are a few links for the long evenings before Brighton v Liverpool.

What is the jet stream?

The jet stream is a core of strong winds around 5 to 7 miles above the Earth’s surface, blowing from west to east.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events? - Carbon Brief

The past few months have seen some remarkable weather, from the UK’s sunniest spring on record to Siberia’s dramatic heatwave and “zombie wildfires”.

www.carbonbrief.org

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Is "Rainfall" the least successful of all the Bond films?

no, that was Question of Sport

 

[Goldstone1976]

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

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100m seems a bit more than normal

 

[Acker79]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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.
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Can you give us the x

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[Papa Lazarou]

100m seems a bit more than normal

It is for September, but not for October

 

[zefarelly]

November was exceptionally wet 295mm here

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

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

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We have a galanised bath tub in the garden ( times is tough) It was empty early December, and full by new year, its at least a foot deep

 

[Coldeanseagull]

We have a galanised bath tub in the garden ( times is tough) It was empty early December, and full by new year, its at least a foot deep

When you can get both feet in the bath, it's time to worry

 

[Coldeanseagull]

A very rough explanation, is the North Atlantic Oscillation. It's a measure of surface pressure in the Atlantic. At the moment, we have a positive NAO. This is why we're experiencing so much wet and windy stuff coming up the Channel.
This is more favourable than a weak or negative NAO, which could allow easterly or northerly winds to whip down from the Arctic or Northernmost Europe.
I'm still learning about these weather patterns, so I know when to cover up me tenders!(Gardening stuff like bananas and cycads)

 

[BrightonCottager]

It's been a good winter for local surfing with all these low pressure systems battering us. The rain has meant we've had loads of untreated sewage discharges though. Although Southern Water had more ' dry' spills than any other water company.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

It's been a good winter for local surfing with all these low pressure systems battering us. The rain has meant we've had loads of untreated sewage discharges though. Although Southern Water had more ' dry' spills than any other water company.

I have to have some sympathy for people suffering from dry spills.
Oh, sorry. Off topic.

 

[Icy Gull]

Can’t be arsed to read the whole thread so apologies if this “back of the net” song has already been posted

 

[abc]

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

Data collected near Chichester FYI since Oct 2018. Not an unusually wet winter in truth. Very difficult to draw conclusions about global warming from this. There is little doubt that we are seeing more extreme events globally due to warming and this will feature in the UK as well. However, we have always had very variable rainfall quantities in any year due to or maritime climate. One feature is that when we have an extreme period (eg april 2021) the weather eventually balances (may 2021). The impact of global warming will be (or is already) devastating in some parts of the world but will be relatively benign in the UK. That doesn't mean that we can ignore it, simply that we are lucky living here.

Yearly rainfall (mm)​

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Yearly Ave

Yearly total

2018​

46.8​

77.6​

118.2​

80.9​

242.7​

2019​

21.7​

47.6​

43.3​

12.1​

18.2​

61.2​

47​

61.2​

97.5​

100.3​

104.7​

114​

60.7​

728.8​

2020​

50.3​

106.9​

41​

42.8​

2​

34.4​

20.2​

72.6​

33​

190.2​

61.8​

110.5​

63.8​

766.0​

2021​

78.5​

49.2​

24.8​

1.4​

69.7​

44.2​

39​

54.8​

59.8​

68.8​

4.8​

22.6​

43.1​

517.7​

2022​

44.2​

34.2​

29.2​

16​

54.2​

31.9​

5.8​

36.2​

76.6​

35​

99.2​

64.8​

43.9​

527.3​

2023​

5.3​

Monthly Ave​

48.7​

59.5​

34.6​

18.1​

36.03​

42.93​

28​

56.20​

66.73​

88.22​

69.62​

86.02​

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

 

[B-right-on]

Been working outside for 15+ years in a profession connected to rainfall on property.

Without specifics, I would agree with the posters saying that the weather is more extreme than I can remember. Overall over a year we may have about the same amount of rain, it just seems to come down over a shorter period of time.

Only based on my recalls as it affects my ability to get some jobs done.

 

[Weststander]

Well our summer’s just broken with a typical August electric storm, after 2 days of torrential rain.