Shipping forecast

[j.sabourn]

Des if the uk had stayed in the EU that is just what the UK was lined up for. Would be a good answer to a question asked what does Fc stand for. Could have been London. JS.
Re. 1957 I finished my 4 years shall ye labour bit as the Good Book should say,never did find the rest bit. JS

[Bill Morrison]

I suppose people who have never bee to sea listen to the weather forecast, and imagine the areas mentioned as little foreign parts of the UK, but not as much as when one is on a little coaster like the Leadsman; up and down the East coast, that North sea can have some big storms. But I had a dream time between March and April 57 on my last UK ship, more like cruising.
Des

Hi Des. Can remember listing to the forecast at about 5mins. to midnight with the Skipper on the bridge. After the main forecast come the inshore forecast some great names as I recall, Dowsing L/V Golloper L/V and Royal Sovereign L/T and many more.
Bill.

[happy daze john in oz]

So then we had the weather forecast for Oz this summer.
El Nino is coming, hot dry weather be ready for the bush fires.

Then yesterday the CSIRO made their statement.

No El Nino , La Nina is still having an effect.
An effect, that is the understatement of the year so far.

Rain non stop for over 48 hours now, floods all over the place.
But fine weather later in the week, but how much later they did not say.

[j.sabourn]

#5 For the double Plymouth take one away and think the area between plymouth and portsmouth was designated with the title Royal Sovereign this list was to my knowledge correct in 1990. I left uk waters in 1991 so maybe different today. Took some figuring out so hope the 31 is now correct. JS

[j.sabourn]

#13. Ref. El Niņo and La Niņa John, maybe they should get in touch with our El Fouro who could put them in the picture of the weather woes in Scotland and maybe come to some agreement about sharing the weather problems. Like give us La Niņa/El Nino and we”ll give you 80 mm of rain and we”ll give you 70% of Cumulus Nimbus cloud coverage to go with it. JS.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

This has been the most peculiar Summer I have experienced in Aus, I am still having to wear a jumper, at least one shower of rain every day sometimes for three days of heavy rain, no bronze weather, at least down here , in Sydney they have the usual skin cancer patients on the beach. And the light has been very poor, have to put on the lights during the day to read, I thought it was old age but everyone I speak to about it says the same young or old.
Mind you if we get total darkness it would make war very difficult for politicians they are in the dark now.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Des, most of them are always in the dark, no idea at all of what goes on.
But as it is now summer the rain is warmer so the shower every other day could save you some water, just remember the soap.

[Doc Vernon]

Ei sat the Least this Weather we are having is just Crazy!
Cheers

[James Curry]

2023 has just been declared the warmest year since records began.
I think today is the first day it has not rained in my area for nearly 2 months. The ground is absolutely water logged.

[happy daze john in oz]

You must understand how they come to this number.
Said to be from the 1800's.
Fine but in those times there was no way to measure heat in the upper atmosphere as there is now.

Two different scientists today here in Oz gave different views on it.
One said it is the effects of El Nino, while a member of the CSIRO said no, El Nino has not the normal strength this year and is just about done.

So who t believe, depends on which 'church' you belong to. 'Those of the Al Gore' chapel say they have the only true figures.
More intelligent 'priests' say no we are correct.