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Post by ronk » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:02 pm

It’s 14.00 hrs on the 16th Oct 16 and it’s so dark I need the lights on in the house. The street lights have come on as well - We are on the edge of the impending storm.
It’s as dark as it was on the eclipse - like a sepia toned photograph!

It’s all due to dust from the Sahara.

Quite sinister looking!
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Post by Marlon » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:12 pm

Yeah, same here - I keep thinking the blinds are drawn in the office
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Post by ric19 » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:17 pm

Due to forest fires in Portugal according to the weather man on Look North

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Post by Crazy Harry » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:22 pm

ronk wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:02 pm It’s 14.00 hrs on the 16th Oct 16 and it’s so dark I need the lights on in the house. The street lights have come on as well - We are on the edge of the impending storm.
It’s as dark as it was on the eclipse - like a sepia toned photograph!

It’s all due to dust from the Sahara.

Quite sinister looking!
Photo? PHOTO? :worthless:

Assuming you're not in a storm shelter or holding the roof on yet :o

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Post by Buckz » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:24 pm

nice and bright here in surrey ;)
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Post by ekimj10 » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:27 pm

Weird colours around here and the cars are covered in sandy dust marks after a shower earlier.
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Post by ronk » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:46 pm

Crazy Harry wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:22 pm
Photo? PHOTO? :worthless:

Assuming you're not in a storm shelter or holding the roof on yet :o
Tried - but it didn’t really show the true colour.
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Post by Crazy Harry » Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:50 pm

Know what you mean - we had a big storm come over when I lived near Northallerton looked like the sky had turned green

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Post by flimper » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:06 pm

Buckz wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:24 pm nice and bright here in surrey ;)
Plenty of orange tint here
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Post by BRC » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:14 pm

Just turned the lights on and the garden solars have just come to life. Very, very dark at 15.13 hrs.
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Post by maxman » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:41 pm

Sunny, but very windy on the welsh marches.

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Post by mcbeee » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:45 pm

Aren't you folks getting the edge of the Hurricane that's hitting Ireland?? It's a Level 2 so not real crazy but it's still a nasty storm. A lady just got killed when a tree blew over on her car... be careful.
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Post by Buckz » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:01 pm

flimper wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:06 pm
Buckz wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:24 pm nice and bright here in surrey ;)
Plenty of orange tint here
yeah, 30 minutes made a massive difference :) Turned pretty dark, getting a bit better again. Sand/dust in the air.
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Post by ben g » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:12 pm

Strange here too in the south east. As you said, it's like being in a sepia photograph :o

It started off as a blood red sun, and now the entire sky is orange and it's very dark in the house.
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Post by Crazy Harry » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:13 pm

Been a good day over here in East Anglia went into town earlier with the top off - 21.5C and dry. Even managed to cut the lawn but its starting to get a bit gloomy now; we've had the red/orange sun and starting to get a little breezy now

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