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Mean is fine. Probably not a heatwave but will be pleasant in any sunshine ..west is probably best ,actually south west will probs be best. Either way, at long last a change is on the way ...

Scorcher yep ill gladly sacrifice a ' less good ' mid term for an extended dry warm spell longer term,god knows we are due a dry spell.

Scorcher I'm still nervous that it will pan out in our favour,I think after the almost relentless let downs of winter I've kinda developed a semi permanent ' if it can go wrong it will ' mindset,I'm sure it's not just me . That said I'm hoping for the best ,I'm semi retiring next month at the grand old age of 51 and I'd love to see a long warm spell to usher in my 2 day working weeks !

EC 12z even better than the 00z !! A few snapshots..

Scorcher Yes indeed , the North west has endured horrendous weather since October .. It's the talking point in taxis,workplaces and households for a good while. Really hoping things improve

Good news. EC mean a LOT less aggressive with the southerly tracking jet this morning Yesterday 12z mean day 10 00z day 9 mean

Excellent EC 00z this morning .. Bit of a tightrope at times though in fairness..

If only it was ..... On this occasion its a warm easterly ..

Mike Poole thanks Mike I'm afraid I'll breach every NW filter imaginable if I type what I really think of the last 6 months of "weather " locally. As always, in unsettled phases the NW cops for the majority of Atlantic systems but this period has been beyond the pale. Like many others I'm desperate for some warmth and sunshine but I'm struggling to see anything resembling this on the 00z NWP . Late season SSW is disastrous for Spring so I always get a feeling of dread when we see SSW's in late Winter. One year we'll see a major SSW in November and get the benefit HL blocking when most of us want to see it,ala Dec/Jan NOT April/May..

It's raining . I suppose we should be thankful for the odd dry day . I'm in my 50s and I've never seen anything like the last 6 months or so..

It's becoming beyond the joke now. If this is anything to do with GW we are screwed...

It just goes on and on and on...

Thank God the 00z runs are moving towards HP having more influence from mid month. It's hardly stopped raining since October in the North west....absolutely appalling 6 months of Atlantic dominated weather.

After months of rain here comes the snow ( in spring ,as i predicted months ago )..

EC day 8 our climate is a joke at this point.