Day Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Forecasters can barely get the next day right without looking into next week, like those ITK twitter rumour wannabe boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 My mate is a meteorologist and she reckons we have the hottest day of the year tomorrow followed by some serious storms tomorrow night. Sounds wicked to me. Proper sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 All this heat and blazing sunshine - I've had to up my protection and break out the factor 2!!!! Edit: after 14 hours in the sun I look as though I've gone nuclear and I darent go near a naked flame in case my hair goes up like a Greek hillside ? Factor 4 tomorrow, ,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 5 hours ago, David said: Forecasters can barely get the next day right without looking into next week, like those ITK twitter rumour wannabe boys I can guarantee that it will rain and be cooler next week in Padstow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thar be a storm brewing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 ETA 1am up here, supposed to be a good’un, hope so, needs freshening up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Love the heat - feeling the sun on your skin. I think a lot about whether to move to Mars once it becomes an option, but even on a good day the temperature doesn't rise above 10 degrees, so I would miss times like these. And of course you'll need some serious life extension treatment to be there when people can walk around outside. For now I say make the most of this! You'll be sad when it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Love the heat - feeling the sun on your skin. I think a lot about whether to move to Mars once it becomes an option, but even on a good day the temperature doesn't rise above 10 degrees, so I would miss times like these. And of course you'll need some serious life extension treatment to be there when people can walk around outside. For now I say make the most of this! You'll be sad when it's gone. I would say you might have more concerns than the temperature if you moved to Mars. Be a nightmare to get 4G even with a Pixel 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 18 hours ago, David said: ETA 1am up here, supposed to be a good’un, hope so, needs freshening up a bit. No storms in my area last night or today (yet). Car was saying 33.5C just now. Going to knock off a bit early this afternoon and enjoy the weather. Absolutely lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Just now, Angry Ram said: No storms in my area last night or today (yet). Car was saying 33.5C just now. Going to knock off a bit early this afternoon and enjoy the weather. Absolutely lovely. 27c up here, bloody horrible. Lightening last night around 11pm, no rain. Lightening and a few rumbles around 5am, no rain. Few spits around 9am, seen more come out a South American footballers gob though. Bloody suns back out and the apps now saying storms arriving at 7pm. Never trust a weatherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 1 hour ago, David said: I would say you might have more concerns than the temperature if you moved to Mars. Be a nightmare to get 4G even with a Pixel 2! Am writing a short book on the future at the moment, and the publisher just deleted my section on Interplanetary Internet! Though of course it'll happen. Mahybe not quite central London speeds, mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highgate Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 29 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Am writing a short book on the future at the moment, and the publisher just deleted my section on Interplanetary Internet! Though of course it'll happen. Mahybe not quite central London speeds, mind... Communication between people on Earth and Mars would take some patience, with a 4 to 20 minute delay at least between every message, depending on the relative orbital positions. I wonder how far into the future we are talking here....all going well that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 37 minutes ago, Highgate said: Communication between people on Earth and Mars would take some patience, with a 4 to 20 minute delay at least between every message, depending on the relative orbital positions. I wonder how far into the future we are talking here....all going well that is. Interesting to see how that changes the dating text protocol, even though you’re sat by your phone waiting for them to reply, you’re not supposed to reply back straight away, looking to eager early on can make you look desperate and have no life. The idea is to make them wait, let them think you’re out there snowboarding or travelling the world, something exciting that meant they have only just had chance to look at your phone. Don’t wait too long though as they think you’re not interested. It’s a really tricky phase in the early stages of dating, get it wrong and you’re out of there. Would you reply instantly to allow for the delay, but 4 to 20 minutes is a wide time frame, 4 minutes and you’re looking desperate, 20 not bothered, so do you wait 5 minutes and hope for a 4 minute delay, just under 10 minutes is the middle ground, the acceptable zone. Then you have to consider the time difference with the rotation of the earth, without looking are we facing Mars in the day, or night? Do long distance relationships even work, I mean this isn’t a 2 hour trip on the train, we’re talking about a journey that could take years depending on transport options to Mars, with Richard Branson and Vigin involved you can guarantee delays there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 A useful website for storms... https://www.lightningmaps.org You can set your own location, set map resolution - even gauge how long after the strike you will hear the thunder. Worth having a play with if you are using a laptop (not sure about mobile phone though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, eddie said: A useful website for storms... https://www.lightningmaps.org You can set your own location, set map resolution - even gauge how long after the strike you will hear the thunder. Worth having a play with if you are using a laptop (not sure about mobile phone though). On it’s way North then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, eddie said: A useful website for storms... https://www.lightningmaps.org You can set your own location, set map resolution - even gauge how long after the strike you will hear the thunder. Worth having a play with if you are using a laptop (not sure about mobile phone though). Yeah I was watching that site last night. Works on mobiles. Also this one is good for seeing where the rain is: https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar It updates every 5 minutes & you can track the rain back in time, so you can gauge if you're going to get wet or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Tracked down the main storm in Fakenham, quick look on Twitter and Internet is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 18 minutes ago, David said: Tracked down the main storm in Fakenham, quick look on Twitter and Internet is great. That one was peaking at about 50 lightning strikes a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 1 hour ago, David said: Tracked down the main storm in Fakenham, quick look on Twitter and Internet is great. Fake news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Highgate said: Communication between people on Earth and Mars would take some patience, with a 4 to 20 minute delay at least between every message, depending on the relative orbital positions. I wonder how far into the future we are talking here....all going well that is. And it's roundabout tonight that I think Mars is closest to us. Well worth checking it out in the southern skies. I think humans will land in either 10 or 12 years. Every launch window after that (every two years) will start to see a lot of cargo and people making the journey. The ambitious goal is to have a million people living on Mars before the end of the century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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