Weather 2016

[nban2010]

14 minutes ago, jparx said:

I was just looking at that too. If you search for Pilton it looks worse though. Is Shepton Mallet closest?

Pilton (the correct one) is the best to look for - or the postcode BA4. 

But there's about one mile in it, so there would only be a difference in forecasts if there was just an isolated small cloud shower, which is probably not even worth talking about.

[richroet]

18 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Charge your phone you maniac!

One of the best posts EVER

[devonhammer]

28 minutes ago, jparx said:

I was just looking at that too. If you search for Pilton it looks worse though. Is Shepton Mallet closest?

Pilton is closest as long as you've got the right Pilton. This is the one: http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Pilton~7292387/long.html

They're not much different really.

[jparx]

...

...yeah I was definitely looking at the wrong Pilton.

Cheers for the responses 

[devonhammer]

Best not to look at the web cam for a while.

[ten2doc]

How is the site holding up at present? 

[bennyhana22]

Just now, devonhammer said:

Best not to look at the web cam for a while.

They're having some...er...weather 

Ben

[richroet]

1 minute ago, bennyhana22 said:

They're having some...er...weather 

Ben

I bit

I looked

Jesus

Better now than in a week though

[alibear]

12 minutes ago, bennyhana22 said:

They're having some...er...weather 

Ben

Christ... 

[jparx]

I've just been for a walk on my lunch break and after relentless rain for the past few days, including a load this morning, the ground was nowhere near as wet as you'd assume. Granted it hasn't had 150,000 people walking on it, but it seems like the ground will dry fairly quickly considering how much rain we've had.

[Junglist1981]

16 minutes ago, alibear said:

Christ... 

That ain't too bad at all, you can still see the tor.

Exposure on that cam is set to look good on bright days, it makes clouds look really moody.

[devonhammer]

18 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

That ain't too bad at all, you can still see the tor.

Exposure on that cam is set to look good on bright days, it makes clouds look really moody.

Yep, not too bad now. For a while it looked like someone had smeared the lens with vasoline. On the plus side, this rain was predicted by the same weather models that are predicting it to be largely dry from Saturday, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

[big__phil]

3 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

Yep, not too bad now. For a while it looked like someone had smeared the lens with vasoline. On the plus side, this rain was predicted by the same weather models that are predicting it to be largely dry from Saturday, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

The most optimistic view on a downpour I've ever heard. Well done.

When's the next run?

Edited June 15, 2016 by big__phil

[Junglist1981]

2 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

Yep, not too bad now. For a while it looked like someone had smeared the lens with vasoline. On the plus side, this rain was predicted by the same weather models that are predicting it to be largely dry from Saturday, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

I've only just realised that the image you posted updates every 5 minutes...

Cor the internet eh? Well clever.

[alibear]

5 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

Yep, not too bad now. For a while it looked like someone had smeared the lens with vasoline. On the plus side, this rain was predicted by the same weather models that are predicting it to be largely dry from Saturday, so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Yep, at the risk of sounding ungrateful to the people setting up, I'm glad it's happening now rather than next Wednesday!

[bennyhana22]

1 minute ago, Junglist1981 said:

I've only just realised that the image you posted updates every 5 minutes...

Cor the internet eh? Well clever.

The pano picture is all I ever use** to look at the site. It's zoom and res are much better than the moving BBC Webcam.

Ben

 

**other than @Wickedfaerie's magnificent pictures...

[wetflame]

31 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

That ain't too bad at all, you can still see the tor.

Exposure on that cam is set to look good on bright days, it makes clouds look really moody.

Just had a look and you can see sky at the right hand side. Flash in the pan! Will brighten up again in no time.

[devonhammer]

15 minutes ago, big__phil said:

The most optimistic view on a downpour I've ever heard. Well done.

When's the next run?

About 6pm. I'll be too busy ferrying kids, but check http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess=

[Yokel Again]

It's probably gonna rain. 

[Bexxxxx]

I really hope that this time next week the weather is better than it is right now. Currently tipping it down here with thunder & lightning (near Taunton).

Hopefully we're just getting the rain all out of the way today.....

[The Nal]

Yr weather behaving today

[bennyhana22]

8 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Yr weather behaving today

The Nal in Non-Apocalyptic Weather Thread Post shocker

Don't go soft on us now, fella!

Ben

[The Nal]

Just now, bennyhana22 said:

The Nal in Non-Apocalyptic Weather Thread Post shocker

Don't go soft on us now, fella!

Ben

Just building up some confidence again. Plenty of time for everything to go completely tits up.

[bennyhana22]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

Just building up some confidence again. Plenty of time for everything to go completely tits up.

Aaaaaaaaand....we're back.

Stand down, everyone. I repeat, stand down..

Ben

[J.B.]

2 hours ago, ten2doc said:

How is the site holding up at present? 

I've just driven home in Bristol through a 2 foot deep flash flood