Stormy Weather

[Anna]

Seems to be milder today, thankfully!

According to the BBC Wales weather report yesterday this area at lunchtime was the hottest spot in the UK at just under 14° Even now it's 11° but unfortunately a very wet morning although I can see brightness coming in from the West.
I've noticed how suddenly the trees are greening up with new leaves

[BBMmk2]

Lucky you Anna! We managed 11C! :( Rather overcast, infact, drizzle right now.

[DracoM]

In Ultrima Thule, it is 4C, dreech, damp and drab.

[Serial_Apologist]

In Ultrima Thule, it is 4C, dreech, damp and drab.

As it appears always to be!

I can't claim much better for here, mind; everything appears to have slowed to snail's pace, though I can just see the roll cloud on the cold front appearing as a long dark grey line approaching ominously from the NW. I think I'll wait and do my main groceries provisioning tomorrow.

Sunday looks like it's going to be one heck of a windy day everywhere.

[Nick Armstrong]

I can't claim much better [dreech, damp and drab] for here, mind; everything appears to have slowed to snail's pace, though I can just see the roll cloud on the cold front appearing as a long dark grey line approaching ominously from the NW.

We were promised that the rain would clear away during the afternoon, on which basis I scuttled into work on the bike just beating the rain, in the hope of a dry ride home later. Was my faith in the BBC weather forecast for the day misplaced?

[Serial_Apologist]

We were promised that the rain would clear away during the afternoon, on which basis I scuttled into work on the bike just beating the rain, in the hope of a dry ride home later. Was my faith in the BBC weather forecast for the day misplaced?

No Cali - you'll be all right: the cold front passed across here 15 minutes ago, and I can just about make out brigher skies on the NW horizon. You might have a bit of a surprise inasmuch as the temperatures have taken a tumble from 11 C to just 7.5 now, and will probably fall still further as the afternoon proceeds.

[Anna]

No Cali - you'll be all right: the cold front passed across here 15 minutes ago, and I can just about make out brigher skies on the NW horizon. You might have a bit of a surprise inasmuch as the temperatures have taken a tumble from 11 C to just 7.5 now, and will probably fall still further as the afternoon proceeds.

That is exactly what happened here on Thursday, we were over 11° at 11.00am and then, half an hour later, it tumbled right down to 7.5°. How spooky! Do you always get my weather secondhand, I mean, 3 hours later? Then it went up a bit, down a bit and overnight landed just above freezing with a consequent thickish frost. More or less same scenario yesterday. Today is horrible, not cold but so windy, gusty, that it's shaving around 3° off the temp. So, my plans for an hours digging were abandoned, hopefully tomorrow will be better?

Was surprised to see this morning some lovely little tete-a-tetes blooming - I had quite forgot I'd planted them last year when they'd finished their indoor flowering, - just in time for St. David's Day tomorrow!

[Serial_Apologist]

That is exactly what happened here on Thursday, we were over 11° at 11.00am and then, half an hour later, it tumbled right down to 7.5°. How spooky! Do you always get my weather secondhand, I mean, 3 hours later? Then it went up a bit, down a bit and overnight landed just above freezing with a consequent thickish frost. More or less same scenario yesterday. Today is horrible, not cold but so windy, gusty, that it's shaving around 3° off the temp. So, my plans for an hours digging were abandoned, hopefully tomorrow will be better?

No chance, unless you don't mind working in strong winds while dodging passing showers. Sorry Anna: it looks like it'll be around Thursday before things start to calm down: Brummie Simon is predicting high pressure building in from the west, which will mean frosty nights but clear bright days.

Without impediments such as blocking highs in advance or wave depressions forming on it, it would take about 3 hours for the standard eastward-bound winter cold front to get here from where you are.

Was surprised to see this morning some lovely little tete-a-tetes blooming - I had quite forgot I'd planted them last year when they'd finished their indoor flowering, - just in time for St. David's Day tomorrow!

Our smaller varieties seem to have come out more-or-less concurrently with the snowdrops. The latter are putting on a big show this year; crocuses less so: maybe they're out of fashion!

[BBMmk2]

Happy St David's Day, Anna! :)

[mangerton]

Happy St David's Day, Anna! :)

Yes indeed. Not a daffodil to be seen here yet - and Dundee has millions of bulbs planted; I exaggerate not!

Still, there are plenty of leeks in my soup.

[Anna]

Well, thanks for the best wishes but it's not been a very Happy St. David's Day here! Weather got increasingly windy - not gale but gusting around 38mph, so very squally and then - the rain - absolutely tipping down. Temps plunged from about 9° right down to 4° However, it all cleared up about half an hour ago and is quite bright now.
Mangerton, I'm impressed, that's the second week running you've made soup!

[Serial_Apologist]

Well, thanks for the best wishes but it's not been a very Happy St. David's Day here! Weather got increasingly windy - not gale but gusting around 38mph, so very squally and then - the rain - absolutely tipping down. Temps plunged from about 9° right down to 4° However, it all cleared up about half an hour ago and is quite bright now.

The advance cloud from that line squall is just reaching us now, Anna, bearing out what I wrote earlier about the two-hour time gap.

I now see it is St David's Day, thus explaining this morning's service on R4 from said cathedral, and presumably tonight's Dyfed-located Countryfile.

[Petrushka]

Just gone as black as night and is now thrashing it down, big style! I'm sure that was a rumble of thunder just now!

[Serial_Apologist]

Just gone as black as night and is now thrashing it down, big style! I'm sure that was a rumble of thunder just now!

Lightning and thunder - 3 flashes directly overhead just now - but with clearance skies already visible to the west there hasn't been nearly as much rain as I would have expected. Temperature down just a couple of degrees. Quite disappointing, really!

[DracoM]

An hour of intense snow in Ultima Thule. Clouds coming in for a second assault. Wet snow - if it stays and freezes, trouble.