Wiltshireweatherwatcher

Today has been an almost carbon copy of yesterday. Dry morning, wet and windy afternoon and evening, no break in the rain and 5c at 3pm this afternoon. Folks, weather wise for April it doesn’t get much….well, choose your own word…than that. I really feel for those who have paid to have a holiday this week. Awful weather.

Managed to get away with a fairly dry and sunny morning here on the coast. Pretty windy, but nothing too exceptional so far. Looking at the radar, I think the afternoon will be very different to this morning.

How I wish. Friday looks pretty rank as well sadly.

Wet and wild on the Dorset coast this evening.

Managing to hold onto the sun here on the coast making it feel pleasant. Been a nice morning to enjoy a long walk. Can see the cloud off to the West mind.

A couple of windy warnings for Tuesday and Wednesday: UK weather warnings WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local weather warnings. UK weather warnings WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local weather warnings.

Was expecting more rain than we have seen so far today. Moved my afternoon walk to the morning. I needn’t have bothered.

You don’t say…. Wettest March in over 40 years for England WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK England has had its wettest March since 1981, with Wales and Northern Ireland also seeing one of their wettest Marches on record. And though it’s not been the coldest of months, with all the cloud and rain, it hasn’t exactly felt very warm either.

What a complete and utter **** month March has been weather wise. Far from being a spring month, it’s been a continuation of a pretty bleak winter. Storm Mathis rounding it off nicely. As for putting the clock’s forward. The only change I’ve really noticed this time was that it’s darker in the mornings! Yet to see the benefit in the evenings because the weather is so poor. To end on a positive, it looks like an improvement is on its way, just in time for Easter.

And here it is: UK weather warnings WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local weather warnings.

Just popped out to the supermarket and it’s absolutely raw out there. Wouldn’t mind if there was a few cm of snow.

So we have another 3 days of grey and cold to look forward to. Bit milder Sunday, before more rain comes in. Parts of the North took an absolute pasting last night.

Looking at the regional threads up north, they are finding the same issue as was experienced at lower elevations across our region, it snows and snows but just doesn’t settle.

Looking at reports yesterday, the further west you were the better the snow fall with parts of Somerset doing well. Meanwhile, temperature heading up nicely and we have sunshine!

Temperature finally starting to rise. Forecast 11c later will feel positively barmy after the last couple of weeks of cold. Really longing for Spring now. Some sunshine would be nice too. March is turning into an extension of winter this year and not the start of spring.

Raining here now. Temp 1.9 dp 1.6, so hardly surprising.

I'm surprised we're still in the warning area Andy, so technically still in the game. Though I don't like being on the edge of a warning area. Just been up to the top for a walk. Good few inches up there with a few areas where the snow has drifted a couple of feet deep.

If the forecast is to be believed what we have now is it, nothing but cold rain tonight. Expecting the warning over the south to be removed this morning.

Looks about that here in Westbury, which isn’t much considering it snowed most of the night. Though lookimg back over the radar mainly light so not surprising. We did better back in December in a similar time frame and intensity from that narrow band though it was much colder. Might go for a walk out in it this morning before it disappears later if UKV is anything to go by. My concerns last night of things heading in the wrong direction appear to be happening with tonight’s second band nothing but cold rain. I’ll stay out of the MAD thread today. I don’t think I can cope with another day of the rampant ramping of a certain person from the East Midlands.

Yes, it has to say the least become somewhat obnoxious in there since this afternoon despite the best efforts of the mods and some of the more learned posters. From my extremely amateur perspective the models look all over the place at the moment; even at such short notice. It’s like pin the tail on donkey. One minute further north, then further south. Though I must say I’m not liking the trend this evening.

So the latest run of UKV has delayed the main period of snow from during the day Wednesday to the evening. That could all change on the next run mind.

What’s this bright thing I see in the sky? Wasn’t expecting to see it today, even if for just a few minutes.

Back in Dorset today and was greeted with a lovely sunny morning before the cloud we left behind in Wiltshire finally caught up with us. Little change for the next few days after a lovely sunny day yesterday. Things are getting pretty mad in the MAD thread at the moment as the will we won’t see snow next week saga takes on a further dimension of uncertainty with the models looking to follow ECMs earlier lead. Best keep out of there later if the ECM continues to stick to its guns and shows the Atlantic making more progress than hoped for. Feel a bit for the mods. It’s March, if it snows then great. If not, there’s always next winter. PS Get well soon Mapantz.

The hunt for the elusive cold as a result of the recent SSW continues in there and it’s not going well. It was interesting to note a post from someone earlier that some of the regulars appear to be missing. Perhaps they know this hunt isn’t going to find the hallowed treasure of a severe winter spell so are best off out of it.

Yeah, nice of the sun to drop by just as it’s setting. Looking like an absolute cloud fest for the next few days at least.