IanR

I hope we get a baking hot month like July 2013 Another disgusting day here, of many , this winter needs putting out of its misery , and made to rest in peace , it's like a tormented spirit that will not rest that just wants to carrying on haunting , Get the exorcists in to banish it

Sorry to butt in, but check your grammar, I will give you a clue , it should be used as a singular not a plural

my issue is with contrails, more and more aircraft are in the sky, on clear morning you can see the aircraft activity increasing and more and more contrails criss crossing the sky , eventually becoming cirrus clouds and then turning into a huge canopoy veiling the sun shine , factor in the possibility of more clouds due to a so called warming planet , we will have to learn to live with more cloud in the sky , when you see clear blue skies , treasure them

My god , today is VILE, cold pentrating sideways rain and drizzle , grey leaden skies , just rotten to the core , this predicted warm settled stuff cant come soon enough, even warmer rain will do, as long as its convective well scattered showers , and this ..........can be consigned to history for another 9 months

hehe I am of to Malaga in the third week of april for just a week visting a freind who now lives near there, at least I should feel some pleasant warmth, and hopefully warmed a little here by the time I get return, sick to the back teeth of the vile persistent below average temps that just refuse to move out of single digits for any decent amount of time , apart from the odd 10 or 11c day

14 c here for a time this afternoon, felt warm in the sun , falling back to 12c now ,

winter is coming back , hopefully on its last swansong after this latest pester and spring can begin once we are a week or two into April , that sun feels warm today , lukewarm though , but getting stronger each passing day,

Its usualy that time of year for guessing Is it too soon with another cold blast due ? , and possibly another in mid April ? Could it be as late as May this year or even June hopefully April , although I think it will be in the last week of the month, somewhere in the home counties

Could this turn out be the coldest Feb-April period on record , or are we well short ? it will be interesting how it compares , we will see by the end of April I suppose

Oooo that last sentence hehe, but seriously I can understand why people want cold ice and snow in winter , and then want warm in summer, pretty normal, but there are some who like sub zero temp for 365 days of the year in the uk , they must be mentally sick, yes I mean that, Dont they understand the consequences of that , Nothing growing , collapsed economy, basically the UK would be a uninhabitable wasteland , the irony is they wouldn't even be around to enjoy their forever beloved sub zero temps and snow , they would have died off , no food , no milk ,no corn and wheat growing for bread and cereals the all the staples, no vegetables , They would have to move to somewhere warm.... ouch

Getting sick to the back teeth now of winter , its had its last say, nothing is growing , all the countryside looks drab and monotone, mostly dead wood with little sign of green appearing , Dirty roads with dirty grass verges from tons of environmentally damaging salt thats been spread day after day, economy starting to be hit, its time to say goodbye. I don't mind cold shots in January, as long as they dont last too long so the salt can be washed away With no sign of any real warmth and just 'meh' 8c temps in the models its bleak

We had a run of generally below average months leading up to that record cold March 2013, the following July was a protracted hot and sunny period for weeks on end , and it was like a switch being flicked , the following months where all above average, and the the following winters where all mild , perhaps this year the the switch been turned off again

very cold in the wind , but if you are sheltered from it and when the sun comes out, it feels quite pleasant

I hope the same pattern of 2013 plays out until autumn, as 2013 was a good summer here, particular July, which had a protracted spell of sun and heat , I remember getting the ray bans out just looking at the charts , august was a bit more tame, but still fine and usable , then again it could be just meh, or even cool and damp

I remember during the nineties and early millennium March was almost guaranteed to give an early taste of summer , I remember having a BBQ in one of these spells . cant see that this year ! although doesn't the long range point to a warmer than normal April and May after a cold March ?

This all reminds me of watching thunderstorms move up from the south only to shift or fizzle before they reach this area, what is it about the lowlands of the NW that are so devoid of interesting weather ? , however if you love light rain , its great

Hardly any snow in Wigan from this beast , cant say I am bothered though, its just an unrelenting bitter cold howling gale that been going on for 36 hours , sick to the back teeth of it now , roll on warmer days stronger sun , convective heat showers , cant wait

So, where and when will that first 20c be

Cold spells here usually mean 3c and cold rain , vile, repugnant , grim, whats the point ? if its going to rain it might as well be mild ! thats why I am dreading this so called cold February thats been forecast, not good for my SAD, roll on spring and get us out of this dark , god forsaken season

just heard thunder !

I am so happy we missed it all , yes, like mushy I hate it

yes, nothing here , all green, maybe some flakes in the next couple of hours as the edge of the snow band scrapes past south, we will see

you can keep the damn stuff

I mean locally , dont care about 4 inches up in Skipton

Seems some are getting touchy because I happen to hate snow ,I find it an annoying nuisance , whats wrong with not wanting a particular type of weather ! I dont mind cold crisp clear weather with blue skies , and I like rain and gales in the winter, but not in summer , but snow,no thanks , you can keep it Cant see the difference between that, and people on here wanting grey cool rainy weather all through summer , and constantly gloating when it does so Seems it was all too much to hear for some , pathetic oh well