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11 minutes ago, raz.org.rain said:

 

Anyone else getting the feeling that a sudden heatwave will hit after this spell has passed?

 

No

[Storms and Convective discussion - April 2024]

Just had a strike & rumble over in the Heathrow direction.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

On my way into London to pick up my job.  Left Bath & it was glorious, sunny & warm enough out the breeze.  Same at Chippenham, same at Swindon.  Didcot was even better, almost clear blue skies & a warm sun shining.

Get to Reading and it’s now cloudy & raining.  Looking east towards London and there are dark clouds and further rain visible.  Makes a change for the SW to be better than the SE.  Take me home please!!!  

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Much clearer skies here, as is often the case with winds from a northerly quadrant.  A bit of fair weather cloud floating about but plenty of clear sunshine.  None of this hazy crap of recent days.

Only niggle is the breeze is a bit nippy, taking the edge of the suns warmth.  However, get out the breeze, into some shelter & it’s fine.

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Amazing the vast differences in both temperature and skies across what is a small country really.  No wonder there is a mixture of both moans & delight in this thread.  What one person has could be the opposite to what another has.

Overcast here now & a little fresher too;

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

After a bright, sunny start it’s turned much more cloudier here again now;

still warm, very respectable for April mind, obviously far from terrible but would be so much nicer to see a more dominant, sunny regime.

On another note, fly season is well underway again!!  Damn meat flies.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Returned to the default here now, a lot more cloudier & not just high level cloud either, more properly overcast;

still warm & bright mind you, so not terrible, far from it.  Just a shame the elusive golden orb can’t be more dominant.

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Sunnier here today, @Alderc 2.0, albeit still hazy but not quite as hazy as yesterday.  Very warm for April though, temperature has been perfect for a while now. 

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A hazy, predominantly cloudy day IMBY today.  Warm, very comfortable & respectable temperature, no complaints there, just would like the cloud that just HAS to be present in some form or another, daily, to just do one for a while.  Would have been an absolute cracker if we had the blue skies to match the warm airmass IMBY.  
 

Admittedly, much better still than recent weeks though, which isn’t really setting the bar very high.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Well, the good start to the day didn’t last too long.  As always feared, we now have a thick layer of high level cloud pretty widespread, diminishing and sunshine to very very hazy levels.  

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Better start to the day here.  Plenty more sunshine than yesterday with just some high level cloud spoiling the party.  Much better though.  
 

Will let the day unfold as I don’t want to speak too soon.

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Still overcast along the Kennett Canal, albeit bright overcast if that makes any difference.  Some hazy, clearer patches here & there.  Feels muggy though.

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3 minutes ago, raz.org.rain said:

 

Just hoping the cooler spell next week gets downgraded into nothing

 

The irony is, any cooler spell of weather from a northerly influence would actually bring clearer skies & sunnier conditions IMBY, with any cooler 850hpa airmass mitigated greatly by a strengthening sun.

There are probably many southerners who would happily exchange a more northerly airmass and potentially clearer airmass for what we currently have now, muggy & overcast conditions.  I appreciate you northern folk may think differently though.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Currently in Southall, West London and;

yep, exactly the same as how I left Somerset a few hours ago.  Cloud follows me everywhere.  Not a fan of SW’rly winds personally, regardless of whether they’re HP or LP oriented.

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Brightening up somewhat now.  Drizzle has gone and we have white clouds more than grey clouds.  Still generally overcast though.

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Drizzle here this morning.  Yay!!!

The wait continues for a drier, clearer spell of weather.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Gone outside, travelling to work.  Drizzle all the way pretty much.  When’s this drier spell supposed to start again??

[Moans, ramps and banter]

45 minutes ago, Alderc 2.0 said:

Could be tough work in the next few days getting much in the way of sun for the south and south west, it’s pretty moist downstream of us. Wouldn’t be surprised to see plenty of drizzle to be honest. 

This is why I just couldn’t get excited about these HP ridging charts.  Yes, drier at least but for us down here, it has gloom fest written all over it.  I’ve gone off the colour grey now!!

Need a cut off HP or HP more towards the east of us, with winds east of south rather than west of south.  
 

Yipppeeeeee!!!

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Whilst it looks drier, I really don’t want more overcast, grey, dull skies.  I want sun.  Lots of it.  We’ve had soooooooo much cloudy, grey, dull crap IMBY, over the last year or so, that the weather needs to do more than just dry up now.  Overcast crap is still crap IMO.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

Outlook for my area looks more of the same, albeit drier at least.  Grey, dull, gloomy, did I say grey?

Need HP more towards the East/South East for clearer, sunnier and warmer skies here.  The ridge forecast for the reliable outlook will just be drawing up more moist, cloudy air from the SW’rly quadrant.

These brief northerlies/NW’erly’s should provide sunnier skies though.  We are sheltered down here from winds from that direction & with a strengthening sun, any chill will be void really.  Should be quite nice, but brief for those odd days.

[Moans, ramps and banter]

I’ve decided to do an amateur forecast for 2024.  Here it is below;

I will evaluate how successful it is come December.

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Twas lovely down on the South Coast this afternoon,

 

Plenty of warm sunshine, hazy at times.  Breezy but comfortable enough.  Travelling home, heading north, once I hit the Sherbourne area and into Somerset, cloud & drizzle returned.

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Currently down on Portland and it’s a cracking day, albeit a tad breezy.  Near clear blue skies though & warm.

I’m emigrating!!  

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Beautiful, sunny start to the day here.  Alas, a quick glance at the radar soon brings a bump back down to earth.  Gloom & drizzle inbound shortly;

[Moans, ramps and banter]

I thought this weekend was supposed to be dry, warm & sunny.  Swear this was touted as a decent weekend all last week.  Yes, it’s definitely been warm but dry & sunny it has not been for my area at least.  Looking at the radar, it’s looks like another grey drizzle fest is inbound shortly;

It seems like, just as in winter with cold/snowy forecasts, we’ve started of the warm season with drier/sunnier forecasts also getting downgraded nearer the time and end up with perpetual gloom that doesn’t differentiate between calendar seasons.  Might as well just forget seasons in this country now, as the weather is just the same regardless of what season we are supposed to be in.