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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

It's 10.30am and there's such a weird, hazy, pinkish half light at the moment it's almost as though i've woken up on another planet. There's little sound to be heard save for the rushing of the wind through the trees, all the sheep are layed down and the birds are almost all silent. It's a bit freaky.

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over a year ago

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

The calm before the incoming storm

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm out on the levels, you're not that far away. Is it the same in Bristol?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s just the same up in Lancashire, so suspect it’s most of the country? There’s a very strange atmosphere

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Reminds me of a total eclipse of the sun. Everything is strangely still. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

love autumn mornings

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Reminds me of a total eclipse of the sun. Everything is strangely still. X"

That's it exactly, last time i experienced anything close to this was the eclipse in 1999.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's only because we're about to have some bad weather.

Great for kite surfing....if you're in to that sort of thing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A little weird up in the Cotswolds too, although the wind is getting up now, it's warm. The cloud cover is strange and you can look at the sun unprotected. teotwawki!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's dark and eerie oop north.

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By *wFunGuy4YouMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

Winters coming

Do like GOT

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's only because we're about to have some bad weather.

Great for kite surfing....if you're in to that sort of thing "

I've spent my entire working life outdoors, i've seen the prelude to bad weather umpteen times. This feels different.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's only because we're about to have some bad weather.

Great for kite surfing....if you're in to that sort of thing

I've spent my entire working life outdoors, i've seen the prelude to bad weather umpteen times. This feels different. "

It's not so common. We are on thecedge if a decayed hurricane. They don't normally make it this far east..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/sun-turned-red-amazing-weather-632324?service=responsive

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Very red sun here.....looks weird!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm going outside.......I may be gone for some time....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's dark and eerie oop north.

That's up north for you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m feeling the weird atmosphere too in North Wales..everyone at work is laughing at me but I don’t like it! It’s windy and warm and the sun is a strange colour! I’m expecting to see one of those tripod things from war of the worlds any minute!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm in the midlands for work.... Just seen the red sun.

Spooky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m living on the West Coast of Ireland and the storm is headed right this way. We should feel the brunt in the next couple of hours

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

I live in scotland ...we dont get to see the sun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a punky sun here and so very calm with pink tints to the clouds hits a surreal wander with pooch today it was like being in Bowie's ashes to ashes video

Stay safe chums and and extra hunker down for my Irish friends

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It's a punky sun here and so very calm with pink tints to the clouds hits a surreal wander with pooch today it was like being in Bowie's ashes to ashes video

Stay safe chums and and extra hunker down for my Irish friends

Ditto to that, i'm glad i don't live there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The sky is a wierd yellow here too!

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By *unguya2zMan
over a year ago

coventry..ish

"It's 10.30am and there's such a weird, hazy, pinkish half light at the moment it's almost as though i've woken up on another planet. There's little sound to be heard save for the rushing of the wind through the trees, all the sheep are layed down and the birds are almost all silent. It's a bit freaky.

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o tell you what,it was like that about 8.00 am here in the Midlands,I thought it was my eyes.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Gorgeous here in the saaarf east still, has been a fabulous sunny weekend - I've still got my shorts on today!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was still dark here at 10.30

brightening up now but the wind is getting stronger

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"It was still dark here at 10.30

brightening up now but the wind is getting stronger"

Think i'm going to have to knock the hedgecutting on the head, the wind is trying to blow me off the ladder.

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Argh! She's a cruel mistress!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably dust thrown up by the hurricane.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's the end of days, that bloke off the Internet said so!

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By *ieman300Man
over a year ago

Best Greggs in Cheshire East

Yeah brain is right. It is dust that apparently has been dragged up from the sahara. Don't ask me about the science behind it. Just saying what I have heard.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Yeah brain is right. It is dust that apparently has been dragged up from the sahara. Don't ask me about the science behind it. Just saying what I have heard."

I thought it came across the atlantic?

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

"Yeah brain is right. It is dust that apparently has been dragged up from the sahara. Don't ask me about the science behind it. Just saying what I have heard.

I thought it came across the atlantic?

But this warm air has been dragged up from the South.

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By *he-Hosiery-GentMan
over a year ago

Older Hot Bearded Guy

"Yeah brain is right. It is dust that apparently has been dragged up from the sahara. Don't ask me about the science behind it. Just saying what I have heard.

I thought it came across the atlantic?

The track has been different from more normal Atlantic systems we tend to get. More southwesterly as opposed to westerly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its the same here in South Yorks. Strangest light quality, light breeze and not a bird in the sky.

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

"I’m feeling the weird atmosphere too in North Wales..everyone at work is laughing at me but I don’t like it! It’s windy and warm and the sun is a strange colour! I’m expecting to see one of those tripod things from war of the worlds any minute!"

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said.

Cue music: Der der der... Der der der

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

Odd sky here, almost orange grey..

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

The wind is getting up here,but I don't think it will get that bad here where I am.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The wind is getting up here,but I don't think it will get that bad here where I am."

If you're amillionmilesaway i think you'll be ok.

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

"The wind is getting up here,but I don't think it will get that bad here where I am."

Fingers crossed!

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By *unguya2zMan
over a year ago

coventry..ish

"It's the end of days, that bloke off the Internet said so! "

I met him years ago down the pub.

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

Well the sky has gone black here now the street lights,are all on .feels like 7 pm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Funny colour sky here to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bright and sunny here in Norwich

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

"The wind is getting up here,but I don't think it will get that bad here where I am.

If you're amillionmilesaway i think you'll be ok.

Oh yeah fair point

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weird sky in Northants too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have been working under a red sun all morning has been amazing light

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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago

ST. AUSTELL, CORNWALL

"It's a punky sun here and so very calm with pink tints to the clouds hits a surreal wander with pooch today it was like being in Bowie's ashes to ashes video

Stay safe chums and and extra hunker down for my Irish friends

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that's exactly what it reminds me of too well put

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok I spoke to soon! It's come over a funny pink colour now

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By *elloIntrigueMan
over a year ago

North West UK

Bright sky now...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we had the reddish cloud cover over the sun earlier - now blue sky and white clouds but it is very windy

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"we had the reddish cloud cover over the sun earlier - now blue sky and white clouds but it is very windy"

Same here on the Levels now. Have had to put the hedgecutter away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a dust plume from the Saharan desert brought up by the jet stream, if nobody has posted about it already

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Whether or not it's to do with Storm Ophelia I don't know, could be coincidence as it's happened before

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By *iking67Man
over a year ago

BP Auckland

very dark here in county Durham streetlights on not a breath of wind birds acting strange grouping up quietly

very foreboding feeling.

still got the horn though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cast - Sandstorm

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's a dust plume from the Saharan desert brought up by the jet stream, if nobody has posted about it already "

Ah no, it's magic surely

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Ooh the sky has just changed colour here now!!

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!"

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side. "

Yes this is not forecast - it's still supposed to be sunny here, but getting very windy!!

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

West coast Scotland, very dark all day here, threatening winds, blueish colour to sky.

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

durham

It'd brightened a bit now sky gone back to grey

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side.

Yes this is not forecast - it's still supposed to be sunny here, but getting very windy!!

It depends on how much you trust your ride but all it takes is one plastic bag.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side.

Yes this is not forecast - it's still supposed to be sunny here, but getting very windy!!

It depends on how much you trust your ride but all it takes is one plastic bag."

Oh he'd be fine, but the one left behind might be too stressy today and there are a lot of trees on my routes.

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By *onnie And Clyde9070Couple
over a year ago

Leeds

Apparently it's all down to a connected chain of events.

Hurricane Ophelia is the main cause. In its journey it's picked up large amounts of dust from the Sahara. It's also brought across smoke and ash from the Forrest fires in Portugal and Spain. All this has led to the sights we've all witnessed today.

It was eerie in Leeds this morning though. We had fog, and when that lifted we were presented with orange/red skies.

Possibly a once in a lifetime experience.

As an aside, it's exactly 30 years ago today that Michael Fish told everyone there wasn't a hurricane on the way!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Apparently it's all down to a connected chain of events.

It was eerie in Leeds this morning though. We had fog, and when that lifted we were presented with orange/red skies.

Possibly a once in a lifetime experience.

As an aside, it's exactly 30 years ago today that Michael Fish told everyone there wasn't a hurricane on the way!"

Uh-oh!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's dark and eerie oop north.

That's up north for you."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's been beautiful colours today...deep dark greys...hazy burnt oranges....watching from my window....

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By *G LanaTV/TS
over a year ago

Gosport

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said.

Cue music: Der der der... Der der der"

I was expecting to hear Max von Sydow chuckling followed by dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum FLASH arhhh arh.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side.

Yes this is not forecast - it's still supposed to be sunny here, but getting very windy!!

It depends on how much you trust your ride but all it takes is one plastic bag."

I survived lol, was rather lovely to be out and about and watch the light keep changing!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Bloody heck I'm supposed to be riding - don't fancy it in this!

I think you should give it a miss today, just to be on the safe side.

Yes this is not forecast - it's still supposed to be sunny here, but getting very windy!!

It depends on how much you trust your ride but all it takes is one plastic bag.

I survived lol, was rather lovely to be out and about and watch the light keep changing!

It's good to know you made it back ok. I'm not the cautious type but i thought you were taking a bit of a risk. It all sounds worth it thougb.

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