severe snowstorm

Today not as nice as yesterday, quite a bit of cloud around and a few showers earlier depositing another 2.6mm of rain. Perhaps the chance of one or two more showers today, but that should hopefully then be it for rain for a few days.

Yeah, a week of dry weather is badly needed after the very soggy last few weeks and actually would be quite enjoyable. Great for getting out and about. As usual when a decent cold spell looms, some people in the mod thread already fretting about it being dry and little in the way of snow showing, micro analysing charts several days away.

What an improvement to the weather today was, glorious sunshine, dry and a slight chill to the air. Looks like we have a few more days to enjoy like this with temperatures creeping down day on day. Certainly beats the rain.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Not the washout we had yesterday during today, but we had rain on and off this morning. It dried up a bit this afternoon. 40mm of rain so far this year. Confidence now high for a drier spell of weather as we head into the weekend and into early next week, which will be very welcome.

We ended up with around an inch of rain yesterday in the end. It's raining again this morning as well. The start of 2024 is certainly continuing the wet theme from the back end of 2023, but at least some colder, more settled conditions are on the horizon.

A truly miserable day here once the rain set in this morning with flooding in many places on local roads and plenty more to come.

A soggy end to the year here with frequent heavy showers streaming in. Anyway, happy New Year to all.

A bright start here, but once again, showers/rain waiting in the wings out to the West.

Proper cloudburst now, torrential rain. Wind is relatively light though.

Squall line has arrived, absolutely lashing it down now. Think I'll delay my wander down to the corner shop.

Looks like a squall line is about to hit here.

Overcast and a bit damp here this morning, the Welsh Hills once again doing a good job of gobbling up the worst of the rain, so could be a lot worse. Just a bit gloomy and damp really.

A bright start today, then clouded in around the middle of the day with a couple of short lived showers this afternoon, but bright to end the afternoon again, so not too bad a day really, although the showers did coincide with outdoor activities this afternoon. We went to Go Ape for the first time as a birthday treat for my daughter, was great fun. Will definitely be going again.

After a bright start it has clouded in here. Dry at the moment, but for how long? Plenty of showers out West, but so far are being gobbled up by the Welsh Hills.

A dry start to the day here with just a few clouds, 6.3C. A showery day is forecast, but nothing showing on the radar anywhere near here at present. It's another year that has absolutely flown by as we approach the new year. Encouraging signs of the potential for some more sustained colder conditions and risk of snow as we head through January, but some settled weather with some crisp cold days and frosty nights would also be most welcome after the wet conditions over the past few weeks.

Some hefty showers this morning through to early afternoon, cleared through to leave some dry bright weather to end the afternoon.

A nice bright morning, but clouded in by lunchtime with a couple of showers early afternoon. A cooler feel than the last few days.

Yes, very sad times around the world at present. We like to have a moan at times about the state of affairs in this country, but seems extremely trivial compared to the plight of others around the world right now.

Merry Christmas all! Just tucking into a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel to start the day for breakfast. Overcast, but dry to start the big day, but rain is gathering out to the West, so no doubt a wet afternoon to follow.

Ridiculously mild to start the day following more rain overnight, 12.9C. A little breezy, but nothing that significant compared to the past few days. I'll just take this opportunity to say best wishes to all for Christmas.

Much lighter winds today and dry so far, so not too bad a day in comparison to the previous two days.

The wind has finally abated somewhat here, though still a bit blowy at times. A rather mild and at times wet few days coming up, but at least a glimmer of hope for some colder weather as we head towards and into January.

Yeah, likewise, I'm certainly not a worshipper either. I remember getting burnt quite badly as a child, sometimes to the extent that skin would later peel off. This was when holidaying back in the late 80s/early 90s in the Western Isles of Scotland of all places! It's not that we didn't have sun cream on, it is just that 30 years ago, sun cream wasn't so readily available in high factors, nor as long lasting as the sun cream around today. Nowadays, I avoid the sun in the middle of the day all together if I can help it and use factor 50 if I have to venture out.

Another turbulent night here with very gusty winds at times coming through with squally showers. I was fairly knackered yesterday as I hadn't slept much the night before, so was asleep by around 21:00 yesterday evening and have finally woken up properly just now so feeling much more refreshed, although I occasionally stirred when the big wind gusts and squally showers rattled through in the early hours. I heard the sound of a bin crashing down at one point in the night. The bins are full as it's bin day, so demonstrates the ferocity of the gust of wind.