Category Archives: weather

4 am on a misty morning

4am on a misty morning
It is 4 am on Saturday Morning. There are still people going home after parties or Christmas work does. There will not be a bus until 6 am.
4am on a misty morning
There is a taxi on the rank, but not the queue of taxis you would have seen earlier in the night.
4am on a misty morning
A council street cleaner is clearing up litter further up the High Street.

The Town Council Christmas lights are off at this late hour. Only the lights in Bury Street ( run by an Asset Management Company) remain on all night.

Supermoon over Abingdon

Supermoon
This year, the full moons of October, November and December all take place when the moon is at its closest point of approach in its orbit around Abingdon — a so-called supermoon
Supermoon
It clouded over later but it looked very bright when I took this picture

Hot September Days, Thunderstorm at Night, and Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon
After three hot September days, there was heavy rain last night with lightening and thunder. The gap between the lightening and thunder was first thirteen seconds and then eight seconds. It did not get any closer. As a rule of thumb there are five seconds for a mile.

This evening the clouds are lit up by a Harvest Moon – the full moon nearest the Harvest Festival.