Summer Sun

The ECM Birmingham ensemble continues its steady rise over the next 2 weeks The minimum temperature also begins to rise after holding steady to the 6th Precipitation shows a 3 day spike next week 9th, 10th, 11th before it begins to fall to average and then below average again

The met office have reveled that Buteshire (western Scotland) is the UK's windiest location with an average wind speed of 14.8 knots 17.03mph Also making the top 10 is Carnarvonshire - 13.3 (15.30mph) Inverness - 12.9 Argyllshire - 12.3 Anglesey - 12.3 Ross and Cromarty - 12.0 Peeblesshire - 12.0 Merionethshire - 11.6 Selkirkshire - 11.5 Perthshire - 11.5 (13.23mph) http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/wind/windest-place-in-UK

Up-to 2.6c to the 3rd

Already posted at post 113

What a difference 24 hours makes sunny and pleasant yesterday windy with hail now this is why I don't like these NE'ly winds yes it was nice yesterday but this is a stark reminder of where its coming from. Anyway something to look forward too next week Cloudy, mild and wet but with sunny intervals possibly by Thursday

Lovely 00z run from mid month for a time I not sure where the snowy breakdown could occur next week GFS doesn't show it away from the far north of Scotland Come mid week we hit a barmy 15c

Indeed the above goes to show that despite all of last years rainfall droughts are not out the question for 2013 if this drier than average weather keeps up into the summer who knows it doesn't take long for Reservoirs to down

The GFS ensemble run at t96 doesn't develop that low to the SW Op The trend to milder conditions is clear to see from the 9th in western Ireland and then the 10th onwards for the UK

Heavy rain across Spain Strong gales in Mediterranean Issued: 0530hrs Thursday 4th April 2012 Duty forecaster: John Ejdowski Driest across Scandinavia Today Cold and windy with snow flurries across England. Wet across France with outbreaks of rain though the rain will be light and patchy in the north. Very unsettled across Iberia with frequent and heavy showers across Portugal and Spain. Cloudy but dry across the Balearics with rain into Corsica and the far north of Italy. Most of Italy should have a fair dry day. Dry as well across Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Just a few widely scattered showers are expected across Greece and Bulgaria. A wet day across Turkey with heavy rain and heavy showers. An area of rain is expected from the Ukraine into Romania with heavy snow likely across The Baltic States, Poland and Belarus. A good deal of dry but cold weather to come across Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Some snow today in the east of Germany with the west fair and dry. Very windy across the Mediterranean. Friday Dry across England with rain moving into western France. Cloudy but dry across eastern France, Belgium and Holland. A wet day across Spain with spells of heavy rain with showers across the Balearics. A dry, sunny day for Portugal. Colder with snow expected across Germany into Poland and will be very heavy across the Baltic States into northern Russia. Dry with sunny spells across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. More rain to come across northern Italy into Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Austria and Hungry. Lots of warm sunshine today across Greece and western Turkey along with Bulgaria,Romania and the western Ukraine. Showers are forecast across eastern Turkey. Another windy day in the Mediterranean with strong gales east of Italy to the Greek Isles into the Adriatic. http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=204&FILE=eus&DAY=20130404

ECM at t240 has ensemble support for milder south to south westerly winds around mid month Op

Low to the west high to the east the result? warm up getting pumped up from the south to south west Wet and windy in the north west driest and probably brightest in the east and south east where your closest to the high

Met office standing firm that it was the 2nd coldest march only 1962 was colder http://www.bbc.co.uk...atures/22021114

Me looking for cold?! Anyway t216 sees the next deep low in the Atlantic Less cold uppers for all feeling warmer with the winds coming from the south west

Milder weather on the way? Is there an end in sight to the unseasonable weather? Matt Taylor has more on what we can expect over the coming days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/22021114

As one LP system clears its possible another will follow on

ECM and UKMO pretty much in agreement at t120 ECM UKMO

12z ensembles continue the rise not many cold members now thankfully A return to some seasonal temperatures is just days away now the cold is finally on its last legs

GFS short london ensemble Members hit average by the 10 precipitation remains low to at least 11th

Yes he's posted this

After a wet Tuesday Wednesday is shown to have a drier interlude for many in the south and east By early Thursday the jet stream is over the UK Once that low pulls away at the end of the week pressure starts to rise behind it

GFS shows the first area of rain from the Atlantic low during the early hours of Tuesday This could be proceeded by some snow on high ground in the north and Scotland on Tuesday morning Milder air edging into the south west and west Wales Extends further east by Tuesday afternoon Rain spreads across the country a bit of snow for high ground in Scotland but thats it else where wet and windy with the snow melt continuing from the rainfall

A look at the ECM Birmingham ensemble continues to show temperatures heading in the right direction The maximum temperature from the 5th to 17th goes from 7c to the dizzy heights of 13c on the 14th and 15th before dropping to average out to the 17th The minimum temperature has a sharp rise from around -1c on the 7th to +4c on the 10th which is bang on average afterwards it hovers around or just below average to the 13th before going above average from to the 17th Precipitation is below or at normal out to the 8th it then runs above or just above average to the 12th (with a peak on the 9th) 13th to 17th is average or below average

A lovely day here in the north east dry, sunny with a light breeze 8.7c 11 days and counting without rainfall

Lovely isn't it so nice to be able to get in the garden with out a jumper on got the lawn cut today, I'm getting 8.7c currently

UK Outlook for Tuesday 16 Apr 2013 to Tuesday 30 Apr 2013: There remain signs of more typical conditions for the time of year becoming established by mid-April. This would leave the rest of the month with nearer average temperatures, albeit still with a risk of overnight frost. Meanwhile, in the absence of any strong signals for trends in precipitation later this month, the most probable scenario is for rainfall to be nearer average. Updated: 1221 on Wed 3 Apr 2013 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html