Dear weather

Can you guess which days I am spending in a very sunny part of the world, known for its good weather? 

Wednesday to Sunday, of course :-)

Crazy weather

I cannot go past the crazy weather we're having.

Not my home town - but not that far either:

15. 4. at 14:00: 27 C

16. 4. at 16:00: 0.2 C

An almost 27 degree difference in one day.

My hometown was not much better, from 25.3 to 0.5.

Oh well. 

Brittany!

I've always had a soft spot for Brittany, especially since I visited it with my parents almost 30 years ago.

So reading the news and seeing the images from the most intense storm ever hitting Brittany, well, my heart goes out to you, guys. 

So, with you in mind, I am eating Breton biscuits, reading Commissaire Dupin, listening to Nolwenn and Yann Tiersen, and sorting photos from this summer, when we were there.

If anyone can survive this storm, it's Breton people. Even if is was 207 km/h on Pointe du Raz (141 km/h 10 min average) and a maximum wave of 21m!!! 

I kind of wish I was there...

Pointe du Raz in much much calmer weather

Weather 2

I remember writing about the upsides of the absolutely insane weather we're having this year. But I never got around to writing the downsides. 

In August, we've had the worst floods (probably) ever. Our family wasn't hit but a lot of other people were not so lucky and it's impossible to imagine what they went through.

I also can't remember if I ever had to wear jeans in August before! And drink a cocoa to get warm! Yes, this is the same August that gave us super heat three weeks later. 

It's the end of October by now and the weather is still bonkers.

This, for example, is a 24-hour lightnings map on October 28th (from Lightningmaps.org). 

Half of the sky was clear with full moon and Jupiter shining bright - the other half of the sky was one lightning after another.

I loved it :-D

Weather 1

This summer is defined by the extreme weather. Extreme heat, extreme humidity, extreme rain...

So let's first talk about the positives. One can cook outdoors, for example this paella (by Mr. Mojček and a friend).

One can have wonderful garden parties and eat delicious food, for example these cakes (by my cousins).

And I managed to do seven rounds of laundry in one day, as they were drying super quickly in the hot weather.

Updates ...

Wow, I knew I was behind with the blog - but two months behind? That is a lot.

Mostly because I was away. 

But let's talk about the weather first. 

So many stormy nights and orange/red alerts and heavy rain and hail and flooding and strong winds and even tornadoes in our vicinity ... plus an earthquake.

Even statistics shows what a crazy month July has been: practically the same amount of sunshine but 2-3 times the amount of rainfall compared to an average July.

Should we get used to it?

Oh well...

On the road again, but this is going to be so so different from my recent trip to Côte d'Azur:

 

Luckily I'm travelling for work so there shouldn't be a problem focusing.

Oh well, can't have it all, can I?

Ahmmm...

I am not a fan of business trips just before Christmas, but sometimes I don't have a choice. 

So now that my mind is set to Christmas, I might actually enjoy this:

No, it's not the north pole. 

But not that far either ;-)

Update:

this is the current webcam panoramic view of the city ;-)

Hmmm...

Something scary on Halloween

You want to hear something really scary for Halloween?

Almost 29 degrees in my country.

On the 31st of October.

 

But then again, if life gives you good weather, make the best of it, right ;-)

More crazy weather

I wasn't the only one who noticed the huge temperature differences within one day:

Image from ARSO twitter.

Not where I live, but they went from -8 in the morning to 22 during the day. 

Another interesting trivia (and super worrying) is that there was not a single drop of rain in March so far. Likely to remain like this. 

Not good. 

Not good at all.

Update: we finally had some rain! A little bit on the 30th, but a whole lovely rainy day on the 31st. My garden is happy.

How?

How do you dress for a weather like this?

Screenshot taken from ARSO.

 

22 degrees difference in one day. 

Seriously?!?

!!!

 Oh, I'll see your gray and stormy skies and raise you this beauty.

Yes, we were wet. 

No, I didn't care.

!

There are blue skies, which I like.

And then there's this:

Which I love :-)

Winter is here!

Don't you just love the weather?

Temperature is -7 at 1000 m and +6 at 1300 m above sea level.

13 degrees change in 300 meters!

It's just too bad that I am stuck down there. Yes, down there.

Data, image and photo all taken from ARSO webpage.