The official NerdZoner's weather zone! How's your weather today?

[Tiffany]

@Retro That's a unique process to engage the public in naming storms. That is a new factoid for me about the UK weather, cool!

@Mars Your rain sounds rather tropical in nature by the way rain can come in a few minutes, be gone and come back in a downpour all within a short time period. That does makes sense though, since you are right there at the Atlantic ocean and sometime subject the gales and some tropical weather when a storm works it's way back over to the UK from the US coastal area.

We are feeling autumn too, which is a little weird for September. It's usually very hot in September with some relief in the temps, but this September is unusually mild and in the 80'sF.

Your park experience sounds nice. More people should get out and away from their desk and keyboard and enjoy the world around them which includes the little things like birds, squirrels and rabbits and watching them in their world.

 

[Mars]

@Tiffany, never thought about that temperamental rain as being tropical, until you mentioned it.
It happened again couple days ago, weather forecast was grim, so golf was called off and I was pleased because got a lift to the dentist.
When finished there, did some shopping in the High Street: not a drop of rain, all clear and bright. Rained again in the afternoon though.
But now I know: tropical.
Yeah, the birdies in the park, you know, however much you give them, it all disappears in 2 minutes flat. Some call pigeons 'vermin', call squirrels 'vermin' I mean, just look at that bushy tail, how can you call that 'vermin'.
In comparison to our complicated and two faced world, the natural world is simple and predictable.

 

[Retro]

Indeed Mars, no animal is ever vermin, it might simply be in the wrong place. For example, if I see rats in the street, I don't freak out. I simply watch them run past.

 

[Tiffany]

@Mars Sorry you had to call off your golf game because of the weather but it sounds like you were meant to go to the dentist that day and then enjoy seeing some cute animals in the park.

In the southern states and Mexico, there's a fair amount of "tropical" weather during the late summer since there's is so much moisture coming from the Gulf of Mexico. If you're in Mexico, you usually wake about to spotty showers in the morning and then some clearing unless there's some disturbance affecting the weather that day. The UK is unique in the way it's surrounded by ocean and certainly feels tropical in nature with your rain showers at times.

I took a picture of a squirrel this morning on top of my fence. Animals are peaceful to watch... vermin no, agree @Retro.

 

[AllThingsTech]

@Tiffany yet the UK feels far from tropical in the Winter!

 

[Tiffany]

@AllThingsTech I'm sure it gets really cold and damp in the winter, doesn't it? I can't imagine a winter with lots of cold rain.

 

[AllThingsTech]

Rain tends to be more in Summer and Autumn tbf, but yes very cold winters!

 

[Mars]

@Tiffany oh no, it was not me had to call off the golf, oh no, golf is hubby's game, and the lads came to a decision to call it off because of the weather forecast, which then turned out to be wrong, the sun shone, no rain, you know the drill: Tropical.
Anyway, worked ok for me, because got him to give me a lift to the dentist.

Chilly again this morning, soon warms up, 'him' off to golf, me off to the park, pigeons fed, and all is fine with the world (I wish....)

That squirrel you took a photo of, was it a grey squirrel? if it was, it is the same we have here, non-native. The native squirrel is the red one with the pointy tufted ears. Nowhere around these parts though. Mainly in the North and on islands, where it is lucky to have escaped the non native Grey, which sadly carries a virus deadly to the reds.
They all deserve their place under the sun, and yes, it is lovely to watch their little antics.