FairImogen Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Made for an extraordinarily ride on my Motorcycle through Oxfordshire today. Warm wind, blue skies, then blood red sun through clouds, debris everywhere. The feel of the wind and the autumn colours reminded me of when we lived in Notthern California. Hope everyone in Eire is safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairImogen Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Sun is now bright pink. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 It has gone very pink/orange outside, it's really spooky. Like an eclipse, last time I popped out there was no visible wildlife and no bird sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) No sun here foggy, murky and very dull, street lights on at 2: 30. Blackpowder Edited October 16, 2017 by Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Im in London today. Very spring like. No wind at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Orange red sun, perfect circle that ye can look at without fear of blindness. The end of the world is nigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 It's sand from the Sahara, very odd here and the wind is picking up hugely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Everything bathed in orange here in MK. All spider webs were abandoned this morning, and there are hundreds of them around here. Eerie stuff. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Weird light and deep orange Sun first thing in Cumbria. Am sat in the Moss Trooper in Timperley now and clear blue skis and a lovely day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 It's sand from the Sahara, very odd here and the wind is picking up hugely My car is covered in it, warm and sunny here, windy but not as windy as they forecast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairImogen Posted October 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Guess this phenomena will be all over MSM and Internet, tonight. Genuinely weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Im in London today. Very spring like. No wind at all. Ignore that. London has just become er orange. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 I’m at the moment in Kilkenny Ireland and can tell you it’s extremely rough here everything is shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Very orange subdued light at the top of Cambridgeshire, quite spooky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Repent! Its the rapture 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister22 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 windy here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Sky looked dull yellowish and misty all day until half hour ago when the sun went from pink to orange and is now blazing away. Quite pleasant outnow, wind is just starting to pick up a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Weird light and deep orange Sun first thing in Cumbria. Am sat in the Moss Trooper in Timperley now and clear blue skis and a lovely day. Same here first thing and it's cleared up nicely now. Except we've got the wind. Quite exciting really.They're redoing the domestic properties' gas supply pipes and every few yards there's a gurt big 'ole surrounded by plastic barriers. Well, that was the plan. Just been to do a recce on the farm and had to dodge countless barriers which have left said 'oles unguarded and are doing their version of a Scottish Reel in the roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 light is a bit pinky here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Odd orange light here too until about 20 minutes ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just checked the forecast (XC) to see what to expect. It seems saturday could be worse wind wise. Is there the remains of another storm on the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Made for an extraordinarily ride on my Motorcycle through Oxfordshire today. Warm wind, blue skies, then blood red sun through clouds, debris everywhere. The feel of the wind and the autumn colours reminded me of when we lived in Notthern California. Hope everyone in Eire is safe. My son and his family live in Tip Town Eire .... No buses ...Schools closed .... Dunns store closed ( They must be worried ). Here on the Wirral Red Sun and most unusual light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) The reason we have this odd light redish/orangy/pinky stuff....is not because of the colour of the dust from the sahara...it is the ammont of particulates that are in the air blocking the white light wave length ...but letting the red shift wave lenght thro.......... best explained..... if you shine a torch thro a small fish tank full of clean water the torch light will appear white light as normal...................then introduce a handful of flour stir it up and shine the torch thro again....and the light from the torch will become red/orangy...the particulates deflecting/refracting the light... many of you that are in their late 50's and 60's and beyond will remember the truly stunning sunsets we used to have....where folk used to put down what they were doing and go outside and wonder at the colours.....the sky would look to be onfire....red gold blue violet orange...white black streaks across the sky...............used to make the northern lights look pathetic.............. many of the industrial revelotion painters would paint / include these vistas in their canvases................. all this disappeared with the advent of the clean air act....thus removing the majority of the particulates sorry im being boring.. Edited October 16, 2017 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Just checked the forecast (XC) to see what to expect. It seems saturday could be worse wind wise. Is there the remains of another storm on the way? I use XC, but find that their forecasts beyond 3 days are wildly either optimistic or pessimistic; I have often seem forecasts for very high wind, or many inches of rain 6-8 days away - only to have it revised to 'normal' limits as the day approaches. Edited October 16, 2017 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 XC is probably the worst weather app known to mankind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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