A Face like Thunder

More rain and heavy showers to come until Friday it seems, but with signs of it drying and brightening up for the Easter weekend. I hope so anyway!

Cheerless and chilly here although the rain has finally stopped.

At least this morning's steady rain was forecast, unlike yesterday morning's showers.

Showers with hail and thunder mentioned by Chris F on the BBC forecast for the week ahead, mainly later in the week in southern regions of England.

Significant snow for the upper regions of Central and Northern Scotland tomorrow night, rain for the rest of us tomorrow and Wednesday, with showers at other times as low pressure dominates in the lead up to Easter.

A decent afternoon after the showers of this morning. BBC forecast for the week ahead is far from promising, with rain tomorrow and Wednesday and showers on Thursday as low pressure dominates our Region's weather. Not good in the runup to Easter.

severe snowstorm fully agree, I was expecting blue skies and sunshine this morning and what did we get, showers on and off interspersed with a few bright intervals. Hopefully moving away now to leave a dry and bright afternoon, if a tad chilly in the wind.

TheOgre yes, 23rd March 2013 was cold and snowy in Chester, and Easter Saturday 2008 had thick snow in Sheffield where I was watching a football match. We couldn't see the last minute equaliser because of the snow. Add Easter 1975 (Easter Sunday 30th March) which was bitterly cold and snowy throughout in the South East of England and I imagine elsewhere. The omens are not good!

Metwatch I remember Dec 1990 well. I was due to travel home from S London to Blackpool and got stuck in London for 2-3 days because of snow chaos in the West Midlands. My boss in snow-free Blackpool was not amused and I ended up taking annual leave when I got back to cover my absence..

5th - 6th February 1996 near Blackpool. No idea how much but thick on the ground by the evening of 5th and stuck around for a day or two before disappearing as quickly as it came. S London / Surrey (to1989) - several contenders including late Dec 1961, Dec 1962 to March 1963, Dec 1978 to Jan 1979, Dec 1981 (probably the deepest overall) and Jan 1987.

And it all started four years ago today.

Thank goodness it's not 23rd March 2020, the first day of lockdown!

Surprisingly still dry and quite bright here and not as chilly in the brisk wind as I was expecting. Sat 23rd March 2013 was spent in Chester and the snow lay thick on the ground, although surprisingly there was none back in Crewe. In the N Wales hills, there was a disastrous loss of sheep and lambs to the cold and snow. It was also the last full weekend before Easter. A sign of things to come perhaps? I hope not!

On the patio every day. getting my ancient bike out of storage and it worked (more or less) to give me my daily exercise, walking round admiring the blossom in the sun, 8pm Thursdays on the doorstep applauding the NHS in the evening sun, waving at the dustmen (sorry, not pc) as they did their early morning rounds in the sun, sitting outdoors with the others in the close to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, getting my hair cut on the patio, on line meetings, dance lessons and even church services. A completely different and (in my case) unique world which I shall always remember. And, no disrespect to those with different views, thank goodness the start of lockdown coincided with the great weather. I hate to think what would have happened with peoples' mental health, including my own, if we had had the usual dross in March and April, with the better weather reserved for later in the year when our levels of permissible activity (outside of Downing Street) were already being extended.

Gorgeous day here today and no sign of the Northerlies which are arriving for the weekend. No moans from me today!

What a gorgeous day it has turned out to be and not too chilly despite a brisk wind

Dry and bright, even sunny, this morning and not particularly chilly...yet, just how I like it

WillinGlossop that's the Saltburn I know in 'Spring'! I don't imagine the miniature railway was running, but were you able to take a ride on the Cliff Tram? Seaview Fish restaurant has certainly gained considerable popularity since it opened a few years back, and there are long queues for takeaway fish & chips during the summer holiday months. I've loved going to the town since my early childhood.

CongletonHeat Couldn't agree more and far from amused in this part of Cheshire! Bits and pieces of hail or sleet in the rain this lunchtime (a cold front moving through perhaps?), signs of it brightening up now.

I spoke too soon! Forecast - dry and cloudy, Reality - wet since 10am although it has stopped now + signs of it brightening up a bit. Heavy blobs in the rain bordering on hail or sleet but nothing more.

damianslaw I wish we'd been dry yesterday, with persistent rain until 4pm. At least it's dry this morning!

Rain has stopped at last but very wet underfoot. 1-2 signs of it brightening up a bit but I'm not holding my breath on this.

I was in South Cheshire at the time but don't particularly remember this gale. Highest windspeed (100mph) was near Caernarfon, so the N Wales mountains may have protected us from the worst of the wind.

Weather-history I was in Surrey at the time and whilst I don't remember this snowfall, I do remember the unexpected snow two weeks later on 5th April 1989 when I was caught out on Kingswood golf course whilst trying out a group walk, and the resulting and totally unexpected whiteout was a bit scary, despite my proximity to the village. Definitely the heaviest April snowfall I've seen and I must have smiled when we safely negotiated the golf course a few weeks later on the actual walk. No such problems today, just steady rain which, hopefully, will clear away this afternoon.

damianslaw late March 2013 saw a disaster in the N Wales hills with the loss of many sheep and lambs due to snowfall. I was in Chester Sat 23rd and the snow was thick on the ground in the city. Remarkably there was no snow in Crewe.