Stormy Weather II

[oddoneout]

Indeed. Winter is highly likely to make a return.

Snow at Easter isn't uncommon. An orchestra I played in that used to come together during academic holidays could always reckon on having the Easter rehearsal schedule disrupted by people from outlying areas(including a couple of the hilly suburbs) being unable to get through snow.
Last night was freezing fog, not nice for those who had to be out, although the bright moon made all the frosty surfaces wonderfully glittery. The sun is very much 'there' but we are going through that frustrating stage where its presence makes the murk worse for a while, but before too long it will be sun, blue sky and rather chilly with it again.

[DracoM]

Light frost overnight. Cloudless now.

[Petrushka]

Snow at Easter isn't uncommon.

Especially if Easter falls early. I can remember snow falling in June on two occasions. Once in early June 1962 or 1963 and again on May 31/June 1 1975, the latter leading to abandonment of a cricket match and, later the same week, the start of a scorching heatwave.

[Bryn]

Light frost overnight. Cloudless now.

Similar here. I went out into the back garden just after 5 o'clock this morning to make what turned out to be a binaural recording* of the dawn chorus. The downhill next-door neighbours have those damned garden light-polluters scattered around so a robin or two had been up all night, singing. The other avian residents, however, were sound asleep.

* The intention had been to make an ambisonic recording, but bleary-eyed, I had set the H3-VR to record in its binaural format.

[cloughie]

Similar here. I went out into the back garden just after 5 o'clock this morning to make what turned out to be a binaural recording* of the dawn chorus. The downhill next-door neighbours have those damned garden light-polluters scattered around so a robin or two had been up all night, singing. The other avian residents, however, were sound asleep.

* The intention had been to make an ambisonic recording, but bleary-eyed, I had set the H3-VR to record in its binaural format.

Was the dawn chorus also early because of the Snow Moon? 5am is long before sunrise!

[Bryn]

Was the dawn chorus also early because of the Snow Moon? 5am is long before sunrise!

The dawn chorus did not get going until around 6 o'clock. A Tawny Owl was still calling a few minutes before that.

[Pulcinella]

What a difference a day makes.
From brilliant warm sunshine yesterday to thick mist/fog this morning, though the sun is trying hard to break through.

Which it now has done.
22.5C in the living room (though that is with the windows shut, but I didn't crank the thermostat up!).

[BBMmk2]

Still rather cold!!!

[DracoM]

Hard frost overnight, temp now about 3C, but looks like another peerless Spring day ahead - that's THREE in a row up here!

[LeMartinPecheur]

Quite mild (c.6C), not much wind but pouring with rain on t'edge of moor down here!

[Pulcinella]

Cold (phone app says 1C, maximum 4C today) and depressingly completely overcast here.

[oddoneout]

Grey and murky as the forecast says, and very chilly - the kind of raw damp cold that always feels worse than the actual temperature would suggest, as it seems to seep into and through every pore of outdoor clothing. Doesn't help my joints either.

[Bryn]

Grey and murky as the forecast says, and very chilly - the kind of raw damp cold that always feels worse than the actual temperature would suggest, as it seems to seep into and through every pore of outdoor clothing. Doesn't help my joints either.

Apart from putting out the refuse, and retrieving the wheelie bins, I refuse to go out today.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Quite mild (c.6C), not much wind but pouring with rain on t'edge of moor down here!

Stopped raining now and even some sign of sunshine!

[Serial_Apologist]

Apart from putting out the refuse, and retrieving the wheelie bins, I refuse to go out today.

Yes, I was hoping for a stroll over to Camberwell to meet up with a friend I haven't seen for a couple of months, for an afternoon wander around Ruskin Park. Temperatures won't be meeting the 12-13 C forecast, any more than they did yesterday; but, should the sun penetrate the fog now lifted into stratus clag, we might be afforded a view of the elevated convection anticipated to bring showers later on. This, should it happen, will be the first occurrence of high-base, potentially thundery activity this year.

Edit: the rain has arrived - and quite heavy it is.