The forecast  for rain this morning seemed to start correctly, but as I write this the rain seems to have stopped, and the sun is trying to break through the clouds. Maybe it will never break through because the sky seems to be a very uniform grey colour. Maybe the rain will continue intermittently until 5pm when it is forecast it should stay dry for the rest of the day. This morning started at about 14° C (by my reckoning) and it should peak at 16° C by midday. It looks like the cloud will continue into the night, and that will keep the temperature up a bit. Tomorrow is forecast to start at 11° C. It will probably be like today with light rain or drizzle until 4pm, and then possibly dry until the end of the day. The day should reach just 14° C.

   I guess yesterday was a fairly good day, or perhaps good and bad in equal measure. I don't think I did anything yesterday morning except the usual writing, reading and snoozing. Apart from having a shower, just after midday, there was little I had to do until mid afternoon. As usual, my day, plus my night, and this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

  The forecast said 9° C after daybreak, but I reckon it was only 8° C, and two of my thermometers said closer to 7° C. As far as I am aware, there has not been a single hint of the sun so far this morning, and as I type this the sky is a very depressing grey. Maybe the sun will eventually break through, but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe with the help of possibly imaginary sunny spells, the temperature will reach 14° C this afternoon. After sunset we can look forward to more rain, although it is forecast to be just light rain. Tomorrow will start a bit warmer than today, maybe 14° C, but it will be because of heavy clouds that will start the day with heavy rain. It could change to light rain at 9am, and stop at 1pm. By as early as 11am the temperature may reach 16° C, and stay that way until 3pm when it will slowly drop to 13° C by midnight.

   I can't decide if yesterday was a good or bad day. I did do a couple of useful things, and so I guess I better call it a good day......but it wasn't a good, good day. I have similar indecisions about the evening. That too was good and bad, although the bad was not apparent until this morning. As usual, my day, night, and this morning, is described in more or less detail in my complete archived page for today.

  Clear skies in the night meant a very cold start to today. The forecast said just 6° C, but two of my thermometers said it was closer to just 5° C. We only just avoided a frost by a couple of degrees !The good news is that the sky is still clear, and while it is very cold outside, full sunshine shining through my bedroom windows is already warming the room up. The full on sunshine may only last until 11am, but the afternoon should still see plenty of sunny spells. The temperature should peak at 14° C, or even possibly 15° C.  Tomorrow may start at 8° C, and there should be sunny spells during the morning. The afternoon may be mostly dull, but the temperature should rise to 14° C. From 5pm onwards it will probably get wet, although on from light rain.

   Almost my entire morning yesterday, was dedicated to waiting to hear when my box of beers would be delivered. I really did very little except read and wait after I finished writing. I actually got the notification that the delivery would take place between 14:54 and 15:54 before I had finished writing. My day, what there was of it, plus my night, which was good for a change, and the start of my morning, is all described, with pictures, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today's forecast is both right and wrong. It is most definitely raining this morning, and so fat the BBC forecast (screenshot above) is closer to the truth than the Met Office forecast. The Met Office predicted a lot more heavy rain, but at the moment the only heavy rain has just finished - The BBC said at 9am, and that fits. It is the afternoon where there is some unknowns. The BBC says the rain will continue all afternoon. The Met Office says the afternoon will be bright and sunny. The BBC say a max of 12° C, and The Met Office say we could see 14° C.  It is probably going to be quite a cold night, and tomorrow may start at just 6° C, but it will warm up after a possible very sunny start followed by sunny spells until sunset. The temperature may still only rise to 14° C, but at least that might be 2° C higher than today.

   Like most days, yesterday had it's ups and downs, but most of the day was fairly good. The late evening was a total disaster, but I'll come to that later. I think I felt mostly OK despite my health indicators suggesting otherwise. In theory I did all the right things to improve my blood glucose level and weight. My day, and why the evening was a disaster, is all described, along with my night and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  Today's forecast has got off to a fine start. It was wet outside, but not raining, at daybreak, and since then it has been sunny outside. The sky is still nice and blue, and the sunshine should continue for a while yet. Even the latest revision to the forecast still says the first rain will fall at 11am, and maybe this will happen. Maybe there will be non stop thunderstorms from midday until 6pm, but I find that unlikely (and the Met Office agrees with me). The met Office predicts a high of 18° C today, but the BBC, as shown above, says just 16° C.  Tomorrow could be quite damp all day with lots of mostly light showers, and with a max of just 12° C it is going to feel very wintry.

   Like many days, yesterday was both good and bad. Maybe most of the bad was actually the result today, and it didn't seem bad at the time. More about that later. My shave, shampoo, and shower the day before meant I just needed a shower before going out yesterday. As usual I went to The Jolly Farmers for my Wednesday Guinness for lunch. This and the rest of my day is described, with my night and this morning, in my complete archived page for today.

  The weather forecast for today has changed beyond recognition over night, and not for the better. It seems today will be completely dark grey, and it is going to be very damp. The road is very wet outside from some earlier rain or drizzle, but it doesn't seem to be raining as I type this. Until 6pm the forecast shows a mix of light rain or drizzle, but 6pm may see heavy rain - perhaps for just the one hour. It is going to feel quite chilly in the grey light, and a temperature forecast to only reach 15° C.  We are truly in Autumn now !  Tomorrow could be a lot like today, but much of the afternoon could see 16° C. It is also possible that we might see a few short sunny spells, and because this is a BBC forecast, there could be a thunderstorm at 9 and 11am. The Met Office forecast for tomorrow doesn't mention thunderstorms, and says the day might even get off to a dry and cheerful start. Tomorrow the truth will be revealed.

   Yesterday was not a great day. As well as the weather being grey and horrible, I felt sort of depressed and/or unmotivated. The weather was the cause or catalyst for this, but there was another reason I'll mention in a paragraph or two. Curiously enough, the legacy today of yesterday being bad was rather good. All this, and more, including about my night and this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

  One of both forecasters predicted heavy rain in the small hours of this morning. It did look slightly damp when I opened the curtains, but I was never aware of any heavy rain. This morning it is very dull, but it is not raining (although the damp appearance may have been drizzle at 7am). It will stay very dull until maybe 2pm when it will change to just ordinary dull ! It is going to be another cool day. One single hour of 17° C is predicted, but generally it will only be 16° C.  There could be mostly light rain from 3pm onwards tomorrow, but before that it should be dry, and mostly dull. Tomorrow's temperature may only see 16° C for two hours, and most of the day could feel quite chilly.

   I think I seemed to feel fairly OK yesterday, but it was another day when not a lot got done - and anything that did get done had nothing to do with computers, my new M2 solid state hard disks, or anything like that. I did do some laundry though. My day is described in my complete archived page for today, and it includes some notes about my night, sleep and morning.

  There was heavy rain during the night, and it didn't finish until about 7am, although there is still a bit of drizzle even now. The BBC forecast, in the screenshot above, is pretty pessimistic, but the Met Office forecast says it will be dull, but dry from 11am to 5pm. After, just when the BBC says rain will stop for a while, it will probably rain until the end of the day. The afternoon temperature should reach a slightly cool 17° C, although the Met Office says 18° C. Tomorrow may be a generally dry day, but the chances of seeing any sunshine at all seem to be just about zero. It will be another coold day with just 17° C predicted.

   Yesterday was a day that was probably boring because I didn't really do anything, and yet it was a successful day. After writing I had my usual rest, laying on my bed reading, and then I had a shower. I could have done a bit of laundry after that, but I didn't. All I did in the day, how well I slept, and how my health is this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office predicted heavy rain at daybreak, and there was. It then went on to predict mostly light rain, and even an occasional dry hour, until 9pm when very heavy rain could resume. On the other hand, the BBC forecast (in the screenshot above) shows not a single pause in the rain, and while most of it is shown as light rain, every single hour includes a Thunderstorm ! There were even thunderstorms forecast from midnight last night to 7am this morning, and yet I heard and saw nothing. As I type this, the rain seems to have stopped, and I could almost imagine it is brightening up a bit. Maybe the only bit of the forecast we can rely on, and agreed by both the BBC and the Met Office, is that the temperature will peak at 19° C mid afternoon. Tomorrow is shown as mostly wet, but only light rain, and there may be sunny spells from mid afternoon. Of course it wouldn't be a BBC forecast without one thunderstorm, and they reckon it will be at 6am tomorrow.

   Yesterday featured a small disaster of my own making, but I almost recovered from it by this morning. Another "disaster" that I have been meaning to post a follow up to is regarding the leak from the thermostat on my water heater. I am happy to say that the drip once a second, or possibly even faster for part of day one, is now down to drip about every 7 seconds. It could be a week or less now until the leak if once again sealed by limescale. Yesterday's disaster was more minor than I thought. You can read about that, and other stuff in my complete archived page for today, and which also includes notes about last night and this morning.

  The forecasts from both The Met Office and the BBC are almost identical, but only the BBC shows rain and a thunderstorm for 3pm ! Neither forecaster acknowledges that as I write this it is rather grey, and the chances of a sunny spells at any time in the near future seems very unlikely. However, it could be warm with a high of 23° C predicted.  The Met Office predicts that tomorrow will be damp, but mostly from light showers, until the last shower at 4pm. The BBC says thunderstorms from almost dawn to dusk, and if it is not a thunderstorm it will still be heavy rain. Both forecasters agree that tomorrow will be just 19° C by early afternoon.

   Yesterday can only be described as a bland day. It passed by easily enough, but I found I was not in the right frame of mind to do much with the day. Probably my greatest achievement was eating unwisely, although maybe it was going out to get some assorted shopping from Poundstretcher. All I did yesterday, including an interesting bit late in the evening, my sleep, and this morning, are described in my complete archived page for today.

  It comes as no surprise that this morning has started very murky, but maybe the surprise is that this morning it has been correctly forecast. One difference is that there could be some light rain before the sky clears, if indeed it does clear, by 1pm (the clue may come at midday when sunny spells are forecast). It is going to be a little cooler today, but 21° C should be nice in the sunshine. The balck bar with "Weather Warning" in it refers to tomorrow, or maybe the day after.  Tomorrow should start with sunny spells (yeah, we've heard that one before !), but there could be a few showers between them. The maximum temperature should be 22° C. From 9pm there could be thunderstorms. Curiously, the Met Office don't seem to have a weather warning, and don't seem to mention thunderstorms at all ! Their forecast says tomorrow night should be dry, and Sunday only mildly damp (the BBC say loads of thunderstorms).

   Yesterday featured an interesting paradox. It one respect it was an awful day, but this morning it turned out that what I thought was a disaster was actually a good thing, somehow. The bad was the result of boredom and frustration (a bit like most of life), and somehow, in ways I can't fully understand, that was also why it was good ! My day yesterday, my night (or what I remember of it) and this morning is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  Once again it is a very murky morning despite the forecast saying sunny spells. Hopefully the sun will eventually break through, and like yesterday, it will be full on, non stop, from about midday. It should get the temperature up to a short peak of 24° C. Tomorrow may almost be a replay of today, except the forecast says that it will be a murky start, and the maximum tempeature may only be 21° C. The day after tomorrow may see the return of rain, and the BBC have even thrown a few of their beloved thunderstorms into their prediction.

   Yesterday sometimes seemed like hard work, and sometimes painful, but looking back it did seem to be quite fulfilling. It was a shame I didn't get to see Angela, but that was more hope than expectation. On the other hand it is a bit annoying that she didn't update me on her hospital appointment as I thought she would do, albeit probably via text instead of face to face. All I did yesterday, how I slept, and notes about this morning, can all be read in my full archive page for today.

  The forecast sunshine for this morning has now become rather murky looking cloud, but there is still a chance of sunny spells at 11am, and full sunshine from 1pm. By 3pm the temperature may rise to 23° C. A clear night means tomorrow may start rather cool, but it should be another dry day, and with the temperature rising to 23° C again.

   I didn't hear any more from Angela yesterday. I was hoping that she would say her hospital appointment was at least OK, and maybe that she might reveal something about her diagnosis of cancer. I think I was very lucky that she messaged me in the first place as she obviously wants to keep it all very private. What I did do yesterday, how I slept, and some notes about this morning, can all be read in my complete archived page for today.

  The sky is not actually clear yet, but the sun has been shining for maybe the last 20 minutes. The forecast says it won't stay sunny for long, and fom 10am we may just get sunny spells until one final hour of full sunshine as the sun is setting. Once again the temperature should reach 20° C this afternoon. Tomorrow may see 23° C after sunny spells at the start of the day, and then full sunshine, but a clear sky will mean a slightly cooler start.

   A very unexpected thing happened yesterday after that made me feel very happy, very sad, and very worried. more about that further down the page. I am unsure if I felt good or bad yesterday morning. I was certainly a bit concerned about my blood glucose measurements - they were mildly high, and I felt that was too high. My full day, such as it was, plus my night, and the start of this morning, is all described in my complete archived page for today.

  The Met Office and BBC weather forecast (BBC shown above) look almost identical, and both have not got off to a good start. We should be having sunny spells now, but there is not a hint of the sun in the sky. Some of the sky looks grey enough for possible rain. The only good thing is that the thick cloud during the night meant it was not so cold this morning. Maybe the sun will break through later, and maybe there will be full sunshine from 3pm, but I feel quite pessimistic about it. The temperature may still reach 20° C, but without the sunshine it won't be any warmer indoors, and my comfort threshold is about 22° C at this time of the year. A colder start, and a lot more sunshine are forecast for tomorrow, but the temperature should still only reach 20° C.

   Yesterday morning I was having fantasies that I might go out for another walk to the top of Blythe Hill Fields, but that idea very quickly evaporated, and barely made it past the time when I finished writing. I did go out, but only as far as Tesco where I bought some good and bad stuff. The good and bad of yesterday, last night, and also this morning, is described in my complete archived page for today.

  My observations are that this morning started a little cooler than 10° C, and closer to 8° C thanks to clear sky. Today should be another great sunny day with the temperature peaking at 19° C - a whole degree warmer than yesterday. From mid afternoon there will only be sunny spells, and the cloud that causes it may bring a tiny chance of rain, but no bigger than a 21% chance. Tomorrow is shown as completely dry, but only sunny spells until almost late afternoon when non stop sunshine should continue until sunset. It should be another degree warmer tomorrow with 20° C predicted. It should feel like summer has returned.

   Yesterday turned out to be a very good day thanks to some inspired madness, or braveness, or something like that. After my normal morning writing (this electronic diary) I had my usual rest, and then went and washed my hair and had a shower. With that done, and my hair dried, I took some painkillers, got a camera ready, and ventured out into the sunshine. You can read about my day, and see the pictures I took in my complete archived page for today, and which also includes notes about my night, and the start of this morning.

  Once again it is a bright sunny morning, and once again the temperature was at least as low as 7° C according to my three thermometers. However, today rthe strong sunshine should raise the temperature to 18° C by mid afternoon. That could feel quite warm in direct sunshine, but still a bit cool in any shadow. Tonight is shown as another clear night, but the temperature may not fall so low by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow could start at 10° C, and non stop sunshine until 3pm, when, like yesterday, and the day before, it will give way to sunny spells, should see 19° C. I still maintain it has to be 20° C to be officially warm in my book, but it should still be very pleasant compared to the sometimes almost wintry days we have seen recently.

   I think I could describe yesterday as peaceful, That could be another way of saying that not a lot happened, but it was not a boring day. Although "not a lot" happened, some useful things did happen, and it all happened after I finished the patch on my cracked and leaking bathtub. My day is described in greater detail, along with some notes about my sleep, and the start of this morning in my complete archived page for today.

  It has been bright and sunny since sunrise. That was because of the sky being clear, but that allowed the temperature to fall to near 6° C. It is possible that some more sheltered areas in the south east could have seen frost this morning ! Frost in September !!!! If the forecast holds, it should continue with full sunshine until 2pm. By then the temperature should rise to 16° C. Tomorrow morning could start a fraction less cold at 8° C, but once again there should/could be full sunshine all day long, and the afternoon should warm up to 17° C, but even that seems a bit cool for mid September. Tomorrow should be the end of this cold spell, and it should warm up a few degrees for at least a few days.

  Curiously enough, the forecast for today is very similar to yesterday's forecast, and that includes the afternoon temperature only reaching 14° C. By my reckoning it was very slightly below 8° C at 7am. It is very sunny as I write this, and it is warming up a little bit (and hopefully more in my front rooms). The sunshine will give way to sunny spells, and then it is a gamble as to whether it actually rain, or if the sunny spells continue (like yesterday). Tomorrow may start at just 7° C (just like in November), but the full sunshine could last until 2pm when sunny spells should last until sunset. Not a single drop of rain is forecast for tomorrow. It could even be a little bit warmer with a maximum of 16° C possible.

  It is nice and sunny this morning, but if the forecast bears any relation to reality it will turn to just sunny spells by 10am, and grey sky by 1pm. From 2pm it might rain....or like yesterday, it could revert to more sunny spells. It is almost certainly going to be cold with just 14° C predicted. Tomorrow may be bright with lots of sunny spells, but once again the best we can hope for may be just 14° C.

  It looks like today is going to be pretty grim. The entire sky is looking light grey at the moment. Rain is forecast between 11am and 1pm, but at worst there is a only 40% of it happening. It could be the case, like it was a few days ago, when instead of rain we had sunny spells. There is a much bigger chance of rain from 5pm. There is an 80% chance of heavy rain at 8pm, but only for the one hour. The temperature may briefly touch 18° C, but 17° C, like yesterday, dominates the middle of the day. Tomorrow could be bright and sunny until 4pm when rain is expected until 7pm. It is going to be even cooler tomorrow, and while it may not feel too bad in sunshine, just 14° C is more suited to November I think.

  The dark grey clouds originally predicted to start at 1pm today seem to have started already. It is very dim outside as I type this, but I suppose the clouds are still grey, and not black !  6pm should see the clouds break up, and 7pm should see full sunshine - just as the sun sets. It seems the best we can hope for today is just  17° C . Most of tomorrow will be dull, and there could be a few showers. The evening is most definitely shown as very wet. Once again just 17° C is all we can expect.

  There was supposed to be a sunny spell at 7am, and there nearly was. The cloud seemed thin and broken, but maybe the sun was still too low in the sky to be seen. It should have stayed dry until 11am, but we have already had a few showers. It is looking like today will be a terribly grim, grey and depressing day. Rain could fall from 11am until sunset, and the last rain could be a thunderstorm. Today's temperature may only reach 18° C. Tomorrow could be mostly dark grey, but apparently it may be a dry day. It will also be a cold day. Just 17° C expected. It can only get worse, and it will, Look at the minimum temperatures for next Wednesday and Thursday mornings - just 6° C !!

  There was quite a lot of mist in the small hours of this morning. After getting up to pee at some time in those small hours it almost looked foggy when I peeped behind the curtains. Once the mist cleared most of the sky looked blue, and we had some sunshine. So far it followed the forecast, but in the last half hour, maybe a bit longer, it has clouded over, and it looks quite dull outside. It is not looking like the cloud will blow away any time soon, and so the chances of seeing the forecast sunny spells seems slim. Maybe the evening rain will fall much earlier than nthe forecast 8pm. Just 21° C is forecast for today, but that may rely on the sunny spells that may not happen. It is notable that the Met Office forecast says the sunny spells will finish at 10am. Tomorrow was once forecast to be a nice day with sunny spells. The latest prediction shows lots of showers, and even a thunderstorm or two. Maybe 18° C is the best that tomorrow may bring.

  More rain is forecast for today, but as I type this the road outside seems to be drying. It seems to have got a bit duller in the last 10 or 15 minutes, but I came close to saying it seemed close to bright (but not sunny), but that has now changed. It is definitely dull now, and it could be this way for the rest of the day. While rain is shown for most of the day, for most hours the likelihood of rain is shown as less than 50%. There could be a lot less rain that the forecast shows. It is definitely going to feel cold with two highs of just 18° C. Tomorrow is currently forecast to feature mostly sunny spells, but with a low chance of a shower between them - except for the evening when rain looks more definite. It may be a little bit less cold than today with 21° C expected.

  This morning seemed extra chilly. It seemed like winter was just around the corner. It is a grey morning, and although the road outside looks damp, I have not seen any rain yet. Almost the whole day is forecast to see light showers, and so I guess they are going to happen sooner or later. A few may be heavy showers. It doesn't seem likely, but a maximum of 21° C is forecast for today. The peak should be around 5pm. One notable thing is that the humidity is forecast to reach 93% by 10am. That seems awfully high, but it is a figure I don't usually follow. I may keep an eye on it for future reference. Tomorrow may be cold and wet. The day may start at 18° C, but only rise to 19° C.

  Recent forecasts have not matched reality that well, and I don't really trust the weather forecast for today, as updates at 6am. Nothing obvious has changed in the 8am update. The weather warning shown refers to expected heavy rain later in the afternoon, and yet only light rain is shown in the forecast. Once again, like the recent warning of thunderstorms, I suspect it refers to somewhere else in London or Kent. It is not going to be very warm at just 19° C, although I realise that back in January we would have thought that as like a heatwave. It looks tomorrow will be very wet, but maybe only in a persistent drizzle sort of way, although the mysterious heavy rain from the weather warning might materialise. Tomorrow temperture will only rise very slowly to a brief peak of 20° C around 5pm.

  It seems like today will be very similar to yesterday. None are shown on the forecast, but we have already had some drizzle this morning. Light rain is shown for midday, 1pm, 3pm, and 6pm, but I think there may be more than that in reality. On the other hand, we did have a few minutes of sunshine just now, and that wasn't shown on the forecast either. The Met Office forecast does show sunny spells from 10 to midday (when it is in agreement about a light shower), and more sunny spells from 6pm and 7pm. Both forecasters agree that today could see 21° C, or even 22° C. Tomorrow may start with sunny spells, but there will be light rain later, and it will be cooler at just 19° C. 

  It was quite a mild night, and it was still 19° C at 7amthis morning. The forecasts for this morning seem very vague. As per the screenshot above, the BBC say there will be drizzle at 8am, or now as I type this, but it seems dry for now. The Met Office predicted the first half of the morning would be misty, but it seems clear to me. It is most definitely rather dull and gloomy, and so rain doesn't seem unlikely. It is possible we will get a single sunny spell at 2pm, and that will be the second hour of it reaching 22° C. After 3pm the temperature drops slowly to 18° C at midnight. Tomorrow may see some light rain in the morning, and a few sunny spells later in the afternoon. It may only be 21° C maximum.

  There is quite a lot of cloud at the moment, but the sun occasionally peeps through. From 1pm we may get full sunshine. It should help raise the afternoon temperature to 26° C. The weather warning bar in the screenshot above refers to tomorrow, or at least it did. Last night's version of the forecast for tomorrow included a few lightning bolts. The latest forecast for tomorrow just shows a mostly very dull morning, and start to the afternoon. It does include drizzle at 11am, and sunny spells in the afternoon, but no lighting bolts. The temperature could rise to a fair 22° C.