Weather programme on now about London's microclimate

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

bbc 1.

Must be regional - ours is about the NW

we in the East have our regional microclimates

Ours is about the NE!

oh, that is clever :)

Our is about Yorkshire's wild weather

we're currently hearing from an American who is storm chasing around Cambridgeshire

so we have done the coldest spot in the uk one year (-16C) and flooding with the thames barrier. now on ash crisis and proving there was volcanic ash in the airspace.
what is yours saying?

MaMo - really? whats his name?

ermm - missed it - I have a 3yr old watching with me.

We've had the wettest part of our regioin - Northamptonshire, Wettest - Cambridgeshire, Windiest bedfordshire.

Talking about the 1987 storms right now

looking at Reading Unis met centre now. It is very good there.

he was American bloke, fairly stocky, got very excited chasing a tiny little thunderstorm near Huntingdon - only to get there and the sun came out and a gorgeous rainbow - although he did at least get to show us the different parts of it

out at sea here for the most unpredictable weather

We've had coldest spot here of -26 or something.
Bet that was fun.

how funny MaMo!
East midlands are supposed to be getting Stuart Robinson who has done a lot of storm chasing in the States. Good bloke. very keen on his weather!

talking about long term weather patterns and diff between climate and weather.

I'm sure this is very interesting - I keep missing the key points because of a very bored 3yr old wittering - shame really as DS1 and 2 are quite interested in it

ahh - DS1 informs me that they're in the Brecks (Brecklands?) talking about the microclimate there and the extremes of temp.

London officially declared hottest part of England (no surprise there) urban heat island etc.
Shame for you MaMo

Hey MaMoTTaT your area's the wettest and my town is the windiest lol.

On the school run I have to walk past a park that sits virtually right at the bottom of those downs(westerly side), when you reach the park if its a gusty day,and a westerly wind it can almost knock you off your feet.

Its not a good idea to use a brolly here if there's even a small breeze.

yes - I was always interesting in the weather and stuff at school (should have gone to Edinburgh to Study Geography actually )

hey ho.........

ahhh we have the driest place in the UK apparently - St something or other.

20inch of rain a year!

ooooo yes the Downs are hellish windy at times - used to go their with my parents years ago and nearly got swept off my feet many a time.

It would be funny to collate these hottest wettest etc stats to see what each region reckons about themselves and other areas.

Good Lord we've got that dreadful Kaddy Lee Preston for Kent etc, coming out with such classics as "floods can be dangerous".