Stormy Weather

[alycidon]

Make the most of it, alycidon - the jet stream is supposed to be moving back north next week!

Not so far, SA. We are having lovely days just now.

[BBMmk2]

SA, that should be better, then?

[amateur51]

A lovely sunny early Spring morning here in the Southern Metrollops. Lots of new greenery in my tiny garden, clematis at the forefront. It's certainly very mild too, tho' I see that there's a bit of a breeze shaking the greenery.

[Flosshilde]

Dreary & drizzly could sum it up here. Buds are breaking though, Crocuses out though, even if there's not enough sun to get them to open up fully.

[Anna]

Perishing cold here today, was only 5° when I went out, struggling to get to 7°, nasty heavy cold rain in squally showers, wish I'd remembered my gloves as wind is icy. However, blue spells now and again but more rain coming. Overall not a bad week though, more sun than rain, reached 12.8° yesterday (warmest so far this year) Tomorrow is promised to be good, Sunday (here) we are in for a deluge and more strong winds, Monday not much better Surprised no-one has commented on the perfectly clear starry nights with brilliant moonlight (it was full on the 14th), very good for stargazing.

Lots of catkins, some hedgerow white blossom (Blackthorn?), carpets of snowdrops, some primroses, daffs very slow, they'd better get a wriggle on to be ready for March 1st!!

[Serial_Apologist]

Those showers haven't got here yet - in fact as it drifts across the sky, borne on the fresh SW-erly like a flotilla, the cumulus is flattening out, indicating an inversion at around 8,000 feet. 8 degrees C. Nature seems to be at about the same degree of progress as in your part of the world, Anna. Great weather for my afternoon strolls, but unfortunately I'm on Day 5 of an exceptionally tenacious and unpleasant cold.

Brummie Simon's new prediction of a bit of a delay in that much heralded high pressure build-up to the south reminds me of similar postponements we had to endure from that quarter last October-November, remember?

[gurnemanz]

Celandines out. Invasive weed but very pretty bright yellow in the sunshine.

[DracoM]

Temp in Ultima Thule currently 3C, wild westerlies and great billows of freezing rain. Dreech plus.

[amateur51]

Strolling along Marylebone Road past Madame Tussauds tourist entrapment area, heaving during half-term (heraving at most times it seems) i noticed miniature daffodils, croci, and best of all magnolias in bud, with a few starting to show the first sings of flowering.

I think I saw a cherry tree in full blossom yesterday but this was from a bus.

It's enough to cheer anyone up

Still mild here when the breeze isn't blowing and beautifully sunny

[BBMmk2]

We had a few showers, as it turned out, later on in the afternoon. Short, sharp ones. Clear skies, for the most part and The Golden Orb shone brilliantly! :)

[Beef Oven!]

Clear blue skies over London, but taters!

[amateur51]

Full-on warm sunshine now and a definite breath of Springtime in the air, a few trees full of blossom, much burgeoning going on, squirrels racing around in trees, magpies & pigeons on a playing field investigating what lies beneath, strangers acknowledging each other on the bus .

[Flay]

Hope spring's eternal

[amateur51]

Hope spring's eternal

She's a walking advert for Tena ladies

[Nick Armstrong]

Hope spring's eternal

Nice punning apostrophe, Flay!

I concur with ammy in re: the springlike atmos. the last couple of days - blue skies and crocuses going crazy in the parks a particular source of pleasure