Moans, ramps and banter

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Methuselah How are temperatures going to rise when we are going to get snow after easter lol. I'm trying to pack for mil house! ANd don't know WHAT to pack!!!

[Methuselah]

 *Stormforce~beka* A Pakamac and some galoshes? 

PS: This outfit should do it!  

Edited March 25 by Methuselah

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 Methuselah perfect!

[raz.org.rain]

 Methuselah seems we're going to see a pretty distinct southerly breeze going into April, which I'd imagine will at least be dry at this time of year. 

[B87]

 raz.org.rain Sounds like a recipe for the dullest summer on record.

[raz.org.rain]

 B87 I can see the potential for a record duration of hot days, but as you say with it being consistently humid and overcast, it would be rated as a pretty poor summer.

Meanwhile, more positive signs for April.

[B87]

 raz.org.rain I couldn't deal with yet another poor summer, after a record wet autumn/winter/spring. 

We don't live in Norway.

[raz.org.rain]

 B87 as far as I know, years such as 1995, 2003 and 2018 are still close analogues so far. I believe GavsWeatherVideos even suggested 2022 as an analogue. But years such as 1998 and 2016 are also suggested as analogues, so the analogues seem to be split on either a legendary hot and dry summer or a dull and wet (but still warm) summer. Personally I'd rather have a crossover of 2018 and 2022, but I'm not holding my breath. Knowing our luck, at some point in spring we'll see a flip and end up stuck in a persistently dry pattern for a year.

[B87]

 raz.org.rain Every single one of those analogue years had a dry and sunny August.

[SunnyG]

 B87 It's worse than Norway probably at this point.

[Methuselah]

 B87 I guess that's why I pay analogues no attention whatsoever: they're about useful as an igloo in the Sahara! 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

 B87 make that spring summer autumn winter and now almost half of spring again ...

[Don]

 Methuselah There was a time when analogues were useful (although hardly bullet proof).  However, I think with CC skewing things somewhat, has made them less reliable in recent times.

[Methuselah]

 Don Absolutely agree, Don!

[TwisterGirl81]

 danm  MP-R

This was our stats in Exeter for May and June last year, comfortably warm temperatures and lots of sun from mid May onwards, the first part of May was cool and fairly dull, the later half of the month really boosted the sunshine stats up.

The heating is well and truly on tonight, it’s feeling chilly, looked at the latest gfs run and it’s unrelenting rain the next 2 weeks, we can only hope the models change their tune. This surely must been one of the wettest periods since records began the past 6 months or so surely?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 25 by TwisterGirl81

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 Methuselah I haven't watched the video yet but all I know is that this is the face of a man who is not best pleased with the news he has to share!

[danm]

Looks like the SW has taken a pounding today. Must be soaking down there. 

[TwisterGirl81]

 danm  

it has been raining all day but lightly here, windy though and very cool, according to Exeter airport it’s recorded 7mm so far

[baddie]

The first time in rained on my birthday today in 10 years. At least the afternoon was dry although rather overcast. Felt more February-like rather than Autumnal, with the SE winds rather than SW

So many news headlines are saying Easter could be a washout. Reality is some showers and sunny spells on Good Friday and Saturday, and looking like Easter Sunday could be a dry and bright E'ly day. When they say "washout", doesn't that translate to band after band of rain or a Storm Babet repeat????

[danm]

 TwisterGirl81 looks like the heaviest rain is west of Exeter. Cornwall looks bad. Plymouth area too. 

[Bristawl Si]

 danm no rain here; it was just dull, with the odd break in the cloud. 12c max, but the air felt colder. Grim.

[In Absence of True Seasons]

 baddie it's just a term for clickbait news article title. In this instance meaning - "it'll rain over the Easter weekend". 

Same as when we get a couple of days in summer that go above 25c it's "Brits to bake this weekend in Saharan scorcher!" 

The Easter Weekend does look pretty grim though, imo!

Edited March 25 by In Absence of True Seasons

[TwisterGirl81]

 danm it usually is, Exeter seems to have a rain shadow around it hence why our annual rainfall figures are quite a lot lower than surrounding areas, I can only presume Dartmoor to our west has something to do with it  

[danm]

 TwisterGirl81 today looks like a stationary front has plonked itself just to the west of you. Non stop rain just from the west of Exeter to the tip of Cornwall. 

[cheeky_monkey]

 TwisterGirl81 when i lived in Exeter i worked for 3 years in Plymouth..often the weather would be utter garbage in Plymouth but when i got home it was fine and dry in Exeter esp in summer..have to say Plymouth can be pretty grim in the winter..often wet drab and grey and the weather is none too special either