What's your favourite weather?

mike65

Okay its a light topic but if its a "wrong sort of weather day" it can get us down...me I love crisp fresh air with sun but not too much of it ie its good to have short cloudy periods mixed in. Ideal shade temp for me is about 18c. Sadly this sort of day only happens about 3 times a year....during late Spring or early Autumn.

Mike.

I actually love Thunder.
About a month ago, my relations were here and an aunt who is terrified of lightning.

A most terrible storm was going on at the time, lightning forking all over the place...
The poor woman was under the table almost with the fright.

Meantime my young cousin who is 10 was really excited about it and proceeded to count between the lightning and the Bang.

Several times he said things , like "Nan it's only a mile away now..." and She nearly went blue when he told her that her necklace had metal in it and was drawing the lightning...she was going to be hit by it...:D

I feel so mean putting a smilie after that story

While nearby or overhead forked lightning can be very scary, I love watching it, and do plan to tornado watch at some point.
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superconor

my fave weather is dry, but cool weather with no sun and no wind, around 15 degrees, wer you are comfortable in a tee shirt and a shirt over it. but not too hot
i get very uncomfortable at temps over and around 20 degrees, so on the way to the home ferry in scotland, 30 degrees. yum yum. :mad: :mad:

Creamy Goodness

Snow simple answer hehe

Gordon

It really depends on the previous weather but I like a good spot of raucus thunder and lightning every once in a while.

I took this picture of a red sky after a thunderstorm not so long ago.

DapperGent

There's something quite wonderful about a really cold dry misty winters morning.

Everyone's breath steaming in the air and you're snuggled in a big jacket and scarf and everywhere is icy.

Plus all the cute girls have rosy cheeks.

ghost of bail

very low temp bot 0 and a huge fog its great snow is a close second its fun snow fights are brilliant

mike65

Nice pic Gordon

Thiunderstorms are grand but only for so long when they hang around the fun factor wears off quickly. Down here - Waterford -
there has been very little activity when only 30-40 miles away in Wexford Thor is raging mad! I had a lightning sticke hit right by me in the van between Rosslare and Wexford two weeks ago. I could feel the air crackling....:eek: I went past an ESB sub-station about
10 seconds later...:eek: :eek:

Mike.

misswex

Basically love any kind of storm eg. gale winds or thunder and lightening etc.

Especially like being by the sea when there is a massive storm in progress - its fantastic to watch





Yeah I know I'm weird

Amz

I like really wild weather... stormy/windy etc. particularly if I'm near the sea or a large area of water then it's great!

Sev

I like that perfect crystal clear sunny calm day that you only get when a high pressure system settles in the area for a week or two. The sky is blue to the horizon (perhaps one solitary cloud or two), there's no wind, and everything just seems so quiet. Above all, Im just a great fan of clear blue skies. But I do love the occasional large nasty thunderstorm.

Lukin Black

I like nice hot days - I can stick the heat!

But my all time favourite are days when it's really windy, but not cold windy, and no rain. I love going out round, walking round a corner and the breath's taken away from you for a second. Feels really refreshing and energising.

Tha Gopher

My fvourite weather has to be like we had recently,the type you normally get in spain and elsewhere. Maybe its because i wasnt cooped up inside a workplace but i never had as good a time in ages as i did during the heatwave. I never found it too hot.

There is something satisfying about a crisp cold winter morning too.

Sarky

Cold, and either dry, or lots of snow. i love the cold. I love snow. A stiff breeze is always welcome too.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by DapperGent
There's something quite wonderful about a really cold dry misty winters morning.

Everyone's breath steaming in the air and you're snuggled in a big jacket and scarf and everywhere is icy

i have to say that is my number 1

i am also a big fan of storms, high winds, thunder, lightening although there was one time when i was out walking somewhere and lightening struck a load of sand about 10 meters away. all i had between me and the sand was a wall. it frightened the bejaysus out of me

ToxicPaddy

Has to be snow... but real powder snow not the slush we get here in Ireland.

I was in Canada in the Rockies last October and it was just starting to snow and the pics I took were amazing and really looked like picture postcard stuff.

Havent had a chance to scan them yet so here's a sample of what it looked like..

Lake Louise

Good pic toxic

If you do get a chance and have any more good snow ones, maybe you could post a link to them up in the weather pictures sticky at the top.

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ToxicPaddy

yeah no probs...

Ill spend sometime at the weekend scanning in those pics that i have..

Got some of them blown up and have them hanging on my wall at home.. Id love to be able to spend the winter in the Rockies just photographing stuff, tis an amazing place and somewhere im definitely going back to..

ando

my favority has to be on a summers afternoon, and you see some really dark clouds coming in your direction, and every so often you hear a clap of thunder from that cloud ! I think it gives a great atmosphere

Then again, I'm one of those people that would love to go to the states and be a storm chaser for a few weeks. I'd love to experance a close encounter with a tornedo

misswex

Originally posted by ando
my favority has to be on a summers afternoon, and you see some really dark clouds coming in your direction, and every so often you hear a clap of thunder from that cloud ! I think it gives a great atmosphere

Then again, I'm one of those people that would love to go to the states and be a storm chaser for a few weeks. I'd love to experance a close encounter with a tornedo

Same here - would love to be a storm chaser!!! It would be fantastic

Originally posted by misswex
Same here - would love to be a storm chaser!!! It would be fantastic

Yeap me too, tiz on my to do list

Wonder what would happen if i organised one on the Boardsie events board:D

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mike65

Originally posted by Man
Yeap me too, tiz on my to do list

Wonder what would happen if i organised one on the Boardsie events board:D

mm

I tell you what would happen - we'd be standing around for days waiting for something to chase!

Mike.

Lexie

Those mornings when you wake up and there is ground frost and the air is crisp and clear.

Really heavy rain and wind, when you are lying in bed and it is pounding off the roof. Very relaxing.

ToxicPaddy

Originally posted by ando
..... I'm one of those people that would love to go to the states and be a storm chaser for a few weeks. I'd love to experance a close encounter with a tornedo

Well now you can.. just have a look here.. they now do storm chasing holidays...

What will they think of next :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Originally posted by mike65
I tell you what would happen - we'd be standing around for days waiting for something to chase!

Mike.

ah but when the tornado did come, we'd have you on top of the van tweaking the instruments for the perfect record of the storm...while the rest of us Ran for cover....:p

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ando

Originally posted by ToxicPaddy
Well now you can.. just have a look here.. they now do storm chasing holidays...

lol, would be fun

kaalgat

A really good thunderstorm makes me sleep sooo peacefully. Unfortunately Ireland is famous for it's LACK of thunderstorms

dod

I love any weather that Karina Buckley forecasts.

Apologies for dragging this otherwise agreeable post down to my level.

Karina, who used have a lovely curly head of hair:D

And here she is with long hair later Just scroll down to the middle of the page

Billy Turdhed

Me I love the hot humid weather

Billy there are other fora on Boards.ie that might help you with the problems you have with hot or humid weather.
Try posting your difficulty in the personal issues forum or in the Gardening forum.
Theres a drop down menu at the top of this page that will browse you in their direction

mm