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General => News => Topic started by: star on July 15, 2009, 21:35:12
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Just a couple of days ago the weather girl showed a map of Britian with the gulf stream and where it is in relation to our country. It goes around the north of Scotland.
But on her newly reviewed map it was shown to be going through the channel in the south.
I hope someone else saw it as Im beginning to think I dreamt it, but only after telling so many people.....who had heard nothing like that.
Or am I just going / gone mad???
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Perhaps you could put it down to your age...197 according to your profile! ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D.........yeah there is that Flighty, yer cheeky wee wipper snapper!! I guess you didn'y see the weather forecast then.
Oh well, soon be 198 and I shouldn't really worry bout the gulf stream at my age ;D ;D ;D But thanks for replying and making an auld git very happy :D ;)
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;D ;D ;D
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You're not going mad star! All this week they've been explaining on the BBC that at this time of year the Gulf Stream would normally be north of us (which gives us summer weather) but at the moment it's south of us which is why we're getting this weird unseasonal weather.
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And they were saying the same thing last year too :)
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My son flew to Belgium today and his flight was delayed by 5 hours- don't know if it was the weather but seems likely.
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Do you mean the Gulf Stream or the Jet Stream.
The Jet Streams circles the Earth. There are two of them, one in the northern hemisphere and one in the south. The northern travels clockwise, the southern, anti. - its all to do with the planet rotation, like water down plug holes.
The northern jet stream ends over western Europe, its latitude varying on climatic conditions and it carries a great deal of water.
If its latitude is north of Scotland, then we get dry sunny weather - Happy days.
If its latitude is over the UK, then we get depressions across many parts of the country (rain) - Not so happy days.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
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Sorry, you're right - jet stream is what they've been showing.
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Thanks for all the info and so glad someone else saw it Ceres, pretty glad Im not totally bonkers after all. Its quite easy to get confused at my age......gulf / jet, yep easy to mix the two up. A bit like my rights and lefts ;D ;D ;D ;D
;) :D
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Thanks for all the info and so glad someone else saw it Ceres, pretty glad Im not totally bonkers after all. Its quite easy to get confused at my age......gulf / jet, yep easy to mix the two up. A bit like my rights and lefts ;D ;D ;D ;D
Just to add to the confusion isn't there a jet called the Gulf Airstream? :)
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Barnowl there are various Gulfstream excutive jets such as this one
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gulfstream-Aerospace-G-IV/1178211/L/
They are often called flying Rolls-Royces as they're all powered by R-R engines.
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The jet stream shifts about a lot. If it's to the south of us we gat cold weather like last summer, if it's to the north we get warmer weather, and if it goes straight over us we get wet weather. So it's worth watching.
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Too bloomin much for my old brain ;D
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Me too Shirl........lets go have a nice cup of tea and digestive. ::)
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Can I have a custard cream? ;D
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Don't give her a cuppa or she will need the loooo ;D
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Har bleedin' har ;D ;D ;D........I didnt tell ya, did I...........I got a job lot ov Tenar laydeez. They'z written in Arabic or somat but Im sure they work the same. Says somat about camels somewhere. Does that mean they'z made with one hump or two? ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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I saw the weather forcast which showed the jet stream. I also saw a program about the 2 jet streams. They travel half way between the poles and the equater, snaking across from west to east. They occur from hot air from the equater meeting cold from the poles.. As said before they effect our weather. The program also explained why it is quicker to fly from America to England than visa versa. The planes try to get into the jet stream flying west and try to avoid it the opposite way. I was reminded of the joke the Beatles made on American tv about flying to Greenland and taking a left turn to find America.
You can see the jet streams on a map with metcheck weather. It is in the left hand list.
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http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/jetstream.asp
Fascinating. Not sure what it means though? Seems to be predicted to increase in strength during the week. Will be interested in what effect that has.
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Just watched the lunch time news (BBC1) it showed the path of the Jet Stream.
Also talked about how the Met Office had 'promised' a "BBQ summer", but they say they just claimed that the odds were for a hot summer, 65% ::)
Now the Met office are stating the odds are for a wet August and that seasonal forecasting is a new science. :(
If they can't predict a few weeks ahead, how come they claim to know what the weather will be like in 50 years time ? ??? ???
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Just watched the lunch time news (BBC1) it showed the path of the Jet Stream.
Also talked about how the Met Office had 'promised' a "BBQ summer", but they say they just claimed that the odds were for a hot summer, 65% ::)
Now the Met office are stating the odds are for a wet August and that seasonal forecasting is a new science. :(
If they can't predict a few weeks ahead, how come they claim to know what the weather will be like in 50 years time ? ??? ???
Well they can't put a preventative tax on next week's weather can they?
Politics my friend - is it global warming or climate change this week? or bullsh!t?
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For all this long-range forecasting they still can't be anything like sure more than a very few days in advance. The jet stream is important since it forms along the boundary between warm and cold air streams; much of our seather is controlled by turbulence along that boundary. If the jet stream goes straight over us, we're likely to get weather like today's. But they can't forecast it's future position accurately.
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Just watched the lunch time news (BBC1) it showed the path of the Jet Stream.
Also talked about how the Met Office had 'promised' a "BBQ summer", but they say they just claimed that the odds were for a hot summer, 65% ::)
Now the Met office are stating the odds are for a wet August and that seasonal forecasting is a new science. :(
If they can't predict a few weeks ahead, how come they claim to know what the weather will be like in 50 years time ? ??? ???
Weather and climate are two different things. Except here in the UK where it has been said that we dont have a climate, just weather.
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We were brainwashing into thinking the next ice age was coming when I was at school. Now it is warming. Or is it cooling. Sun is giving out less heat. So who left the greenhouse door open?
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Glad it wasn't the gulf stream as my father said we (this country) would be in trouble without it. Correct me if I am talking rubbish.
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Aaaah, I see it all now ---- so what's next week gonna be like ? ;D
floss xxx
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You are right Barlotti, the gulf stream would be very bad news indeed. Which is why it was great to hear the replies saying it was the jet stream......I guess at my age its often easy to get muddled......my friends laugh at me............a lot! ;D
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Theres a program on the Beeb tonight that will hopefully tell us all about the jet streams. I hope Star is watching.
How Earth Made Us - 3. Wind. Tonight, 21:00 on BBC Two
Professor Iain Stewart sets sail on one of the fastest racing boats ever built to explore the story of our turbulent relationship with the wind. Travelling to iconic locations including the Sahara desert, the coast of West Africa and the South Pacific, Iain discovers how people have exploited the power of the wind for thousands of years.
The wind is a force which at first sight appears chaotic. But the patterns that lie within the atmosphere have shaped the destiny of continents, and lie at the heart of some of the greatest turning points in human history.
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Thanks for that sounds fascinating. I still miss the isobars on the weather maps. At least you get them on sunday. I always wished I had become a meteorologist.
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The jet stream is a high altitude wind which forms at the junction of polar and temperate air masses. So if it's north of us we get warm weather, if it's south we get cold, and if it goes right over us we get weather, as it's a turbulent boundary.
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Looks like it is going for quite a wobble this week.
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/jetstream.asp