Peter Gibbs

That's a big tick.

Weather geekery

Boooo

Good news for water resources I guess

The Goring Gap. Oil on board by Anna Dillo

The Goring Gap from Lardon Chase is a spectacular view of Streatley and Goring on Thames, which are picturesque villages on the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
The River Thames runs through the valley on its way to London and cuts between the Berkshire Downs and the Chilterns.
Oil on board.

I like the cloud shadow in the foreground - imagining the cumulus drifting by overhead.

Nothing on the telly tonight? How about a live volcanic eruption

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

“Green farming schemes are a vital lifeline for me, helping build my resilience to these shocks whilst providing cashflow to help buffer me financially.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Might have

Clearing the summer pots and found these little munchers sitting tight waiting for tender spring shoots

Amber warning issued with heavy rain on the way The Met Office has issued an Amber warning for rain for much of south Wales on Monday, with a wet start to the week for many.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

If I had a euro for every meeting in which someone asked if we'd thought about using AI to fill gaps in data, I'd have enough euros to fill them with actual weather stations.

Depends. Is it in large white fivers?

Oh yes, several.

Quite. Interesting to see it flags up severe weather as a growing threat too.

This Dutch government booklet dropped through the door of my son's flat in Amsterdam today. The translated page gives a flavour of the contents. We live in interesting times.

That's gorgeous

Interesting juxtaposition on my feed

Ha! Not your sort of era, but can highly recommend Het Schip museum for an insight into the fascinating world of the early 20thC Amsterdam School of architecture and its part in the social housing building boom in the city.

A wander round the Jordaan district?

Large parts of Sri Lanka are likely to see exceptional rainfall through the coming days, with some areas seeing more than one month's worth of rainfall within 4 days ⤵️

There are several extreme historical UK & Ireland windstorms which are of interest to insurance companies to understand wind risks, e.g. January 1884 dropped to <930mb over Scotland.

Postdoc position in Reading (working with Aon & QBE) to explore these risks: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

I can understand that. Looks like the area of rain was just very localised, from a small shower

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery

What an inspiring story. I do a lot of voluntary conservation work and it's dominated by grey-haired retirees, so it's heartening to see young folk getting involved

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Unlikely I think, as sundogs form by refraction through ice crystals in high cirrus clouds. For it to work here it would have to be just above the far horizon. This appears to be a low-level feature with other low cloud behind it.

The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

Trevor, you're the 3rd person to have reported seeing Hawthorn both fruiting & flowering this week! The other 2 were over on X.

A tatty-looking field scabious clinging on through the first hard frosts of winter, while a freshly flowering hogweed shrugs off the chill #wildflowerhour

Bonkers