Grand stretch in the evenings

The Raptor

Isn't it great. Bring on summer.

Yourself isit

5 or 6 weeks until it's sunset at 8pm.

Fr_Dougal

Cortina_MK_IV

You wont feel it now till Easter.

The Raptor

Yourself isit wrote: »

5 or 6 weeks until it's sunset at 8pm.

Almost another month before the time changes. YAY

The_Valeyard

Time for sandals yet?

The Raptor

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Time for sandals yet?

Almost, it's not too bad for t-shirts now.

EndaHonesty

aaronjumper

Sunburn, hayfever and wasps. Wake me up next winter.

DanielODonnell

A quare wee stretch meaning "a big stretch"

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I've a theory that this stretch happens every year. I must put a paper together on it to claim priority.

Mountainsandh

It is not cold so it isn't.

Harry Palmr

Is it me or does the stretch happen more in the evenings afternoon than the morning? Anyway I love it and the fact it's basically dry and mild as well.

super_furry

Won't be long now until it's too warm!

Del2005

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Time for sandals yet?

With socks, too soon for without socks:D

Boom_Bap

Be grand drying as well soon.

Harry Palmr

super_furry wrote: »

Won't be long now until it's too warm!

It'll be perving temp very soon at this rate!

JupiterKid

Yep, bright till 6pm now. Love the bright evenings getting longer.:)

Mountainsandh

JupiterKid wrote: »

Yep, bright till 6pm now. Love the bright evenings getting longer.:)

Still feels dark with the weather though. This year more than other years I'm aching for even more brightness in the evenings.

Meh. Never mind my grump. I'll go grump elsewhere with my little cloud following me.

Butters1979

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Wouldn't moving to the arctic circle make it much worse if you don't like bright evenings?

K.Flyer

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

You wont feel it now till Easter.

Then it won't be long 'till Christmas again, sure may as well have left the decorations up the year will be that quick.

Your Face

I can't wait for the warm rain.

Well, warmish.

4068ac1elhodqr

There's a village in Norway (Rjukan) that doesn't have a stretch at all until after March,
They've (In the spirit of Easter Island, Chile) installed 'giant tracking mirrors' so townsfolk can give praise to the Sungod in the meantime.
Sure might be a good idea to for every town around the 53oN and above areas, to get 'better stretches'.

h7nlrp2v0g5u48

I love the stretch in the evenings seening the first snowdrops and daffodils bud more people making the most of the extra daylight and tne fact that Summer isn't very far away even if it is going to be dull and dreary.

Arcade_Tryer

Summer? We still haven't entered Spring yet. And it's dark, damp and cold.

Patience is a virtue.

Junkyard Tom

I intend to get into the sea more frequently this summer despite there being things in there that want to nip and sting us.

Capt'n Midnight

Hadassah Tender Oak wrote: »

I've a theory that this stretch happens every year. I must put a paper together on it to claim priority.

Ha Ha !

Too late , I've already submitted mine :P

You see I've discovered that things expand when they get hot and contract when they get cold, and there's a good correlation between how warm it is and how long the evenings stretch.

Capt'n Midnight

Charli Teeny Senselessness wrote: »

https://s2.postimg.org/z7c1pzhm1/sunny_2.png

Love the top left picture.

Solar powered mirrors, what will they think of next ?

alchemist33

Damn. I'll have to start mowing the lawn soon.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

alchemist33 wrote: »

Damn. I'll have to start mowing the lawn soon.

Did mine yesterday

bazz26

Only 312 days to Christmas.

Yourself isit

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Is it me or does the stretch happen more in the evenings afternoon than the morning? Anyway I love it and the fact it's basically dry and mild as well.

The sunset gets later from Dec 12th, the sunrise gets earlier from Dec 30th.

4068ac1elhodqr

Yourself isit wrote: »

The sunset gets later from Dec 12th, the sunrise gets earlier from Dec 30th.

Does the Sun(god) not die on the 22nd (solstice) for 3 days, then arise on the 25th? Hence the 'borrowing' of these dates by some religions... So apart from those few days and again in June, it's either moving up or going downwards.

Mountainsandh

It's all over the place as far as I can fathom.
Well at least around solstice time, I checked it last winter solstice, and it was a case of gaining 1 minute in the morning, 2 in the evening, then 2 minutes in the morning, nothing in the evening, ...
It was obvious that things pretty much stagnated for 2 or 3 days, but tbh even after checking it out I'm still confused.

But if you look at today, sunrise was 07.49, sunset 17.42
Tomorrow sunrise 07.47 , sunset 17.44
Friday sunrise 7.45, sunset 17.46
Saturday sunrise 7.43, sunset 17.48
Sunday sunrise 7.41, sunset 17.50
(took Athlone as an example)

So we're gaining as much in the morning as in the evening, thank f*ck.

Check it out for yourself ? Here http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=53.423295,-7.923682&center=53.1529,-7.4148&z=8&spn=1.10,5.11&dt=20170219235600%2B0000
Great app, donate if you can.
edit : I'm linking to desktop version but all other versions available just google tpe

allthedoyles

A thread with good news at last ....................I've been listening to and reading bad news all day .

Mountainsandh

JupiterKid wrote: »

Yep, bright till 6pm now. Love the bright evenings getting longer.:)

Technically, not quite yet for us in Ireland, unless you're in Mag Mell off the Galway coast

But soon, sooooon !!!

Saturday for West Cork and Kerry peninsular people. Lucky sods.
http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=52.107193,-10.456031&center=52.1667,-10.3042&z=8&spn=1.13,5.11&dt=20170218235600%2B0000

Yourself isit

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Technically, not quite yet for us in Ireland, unless you're in Mag Mell off the Galway coast

But soon, sooooon !!!

Saturday for West Cork and Kerry peninsular people. Lucky sods.
http://app.photoephemeris.com/?ll=52.107193,-10.456031&center=52.1667,-10.3042&z=8&spn=1.13,5.11&dt=20170218235600%2B0000

Well he said bright til, not sunset at.

There's 30 minutes of civil twilight after that, which is fairly bright.

dd972

Another Northern European Summer, a slate grey cloudy sky with an invisible sun boiling away above it nowhere to be seen, off to Spain later this year for some proper weather.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Ha Ha !

Too late , I've already submitted mine :P

You see I've discovered that things expand when they get hot and contract when they get cold, and there's a good correlation between how warm it is and how long the evenings stretch.

I published a disproof of that theory last year. I discovered that water expands when frozen.

Winterlong

Its nice to be able to have daylight before and after work. To be able to see the garden on a day other than saturday/sunday.
I would not survive in a northern outreach in winter time.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Winterlong wrote: »

Its nice to be able to have daylight before and after work. To be able to see the garden on a day other than saturday/sunday.
I would not survive in a northern outreach in winter time.

I remember, a few years back when I worked, going out on a Saturday morning and wondering when a tree in the garden had blown over. Every other day the garden was in darkness for me.

Junkyard Tom

Fiercemildforthistimeoftheyear.

andekwarhola

It's a bit of a cliche but it really is a great feeling when the visible signs of Spring arrive like hearing the birds outside or the sound of kids playing out in the lengthening evenings.

misstearheus

I don't know where ye weird fuppers are all livin, but there ain't no grand stretch where I am these days at all! P1ssin' out of the heavens, dark as a Winter's day. Think yez are all tellin' porkies.

The Raptor

andekwarhola wrote: »

It's a bit of a cliche but it really is a great feeling when the visible signs of Spring arrive like hearing the birds outside or the sound of kids playing out in the lengthening evenings.

I love the daffodils.

Arcade_Tryer

misstearheus wrote: »

I don't know where ye weird fuppers are all livin, but there ain't no grand stretch where I am these days at all! P1ssin' out of the heavens, dark as a Winter's day. Think yez are all tellin' porkies.

Mostly people working inside all day who will do anything to convince themselves that the weather is drastically different outside than as you have described, usually due to the utter despair of their equally dull working day.

Capt'n Midnight

Hadassah Tender Oak wrote: »

I published a disproof of that theory last year. I discovered that water expands when frozen.

:eek:

learn_more

It's a bit of a stretch to call it a stretch.