Wetterfrosch

Quite frankly, any wind direction will do for me as long it's not a moist SWly. Looking forward to some drier days ahead and the chance to get cracking in the garden. Seems to have been quite a wild day for some, especially along the coasts - Aberdaron 70 mph, Aberporth 69 mph, Capel Curig 68 mph, Mumbles 61 mph, St Athan 60 mph, Pembrey Burrows 58 mph. By contrast, it's largely been a reasonable day round here, just a light shower at dusk and not more than a fresh breeze.

Hope so!!!

Boy, do I know about it! Being stuck under persistent low cloud and fog with intermittent drizzle and a moderate breeze full of dampness, it feels more like November here at the edge of Eryri/Snowdonia - that's the price one has to pay for living between the sea and mountains, I guess. All this talk of warm air everywhere else seems to refer to a far distant planet from my back garden. Barely 10 C here atm and just 11.3 max yesterday! I much rather exchange the current air mass for something colder as it's likely to bring with it brighter spells and, with the sun being quite strong now, will at least feel more pleasant even if the thermometer says otherwise. Rant over!

Lucky you! Here, all I got was a couple of brief spells of hazy sunshine but mostly thick low cloud, managing no more than 11.3 C max. Getting tired of seeing people on TV enjoying spring like weather in so many parts of the country whilst still stuck in seemingly eternal autumn conditions. The joys of living between the sea and the mountains, eh!

Now who's a wally?Turns out that my extraordinary wind speeds are actually in km/h which took some coincident to reveal itself. Why didn't i think of that before? No idea when or how the units got changed and now i feel so embarrassed to appear so brain dead. Anyway, i still don't look forward to even the 60 mph gusts still consistently forecast for Saturday.

The plot thickens! While the laptop version now offers me 96 mph, the same page on my smart phone 'only' tops at 60 mph at exactly the same time. All wind values are much lower there while everything else is absolutely the same. Therefore it must be a technical issue (or are Russian hackers are at work?) which explains the volatility of the laptop version. Mobile phone: Laptop:

What is wrong with the MetO computer? Over the last few weeks their numerical output has on several occasions been coming up with some astonishing wind speeds that luckily never materialized. The latest corker projects 86 mph gusts this coming Saturday for Penygroes less than 2 miles away. For the same time the BBC reaches 48 mph and NW model 56 mph, both are plausible looking at the corresponding fax chart, but 86mph??? Also notable has been the frequent drastic up and down of wind speed from update to update. Is the poor computer suffering from dengue fever??? Having a less than perfect roof I could do without such an excitable machine!!

Not the first time during this season that the Met Office have been caught out by developments and had to rush to send out a warning as things are already happen. This one came as an update to another one that never arrived at least in my inbox. What's going on, snowflakes on the ether??

That promises snow even down to my modest elevation and is actually reflected as temporary sleet in the MetO output for my location which happens seldom enough so there must be convincing reasons behind it. Yr Wyddfa was already covered this morning.

Very top of Yr Wyddfa has also got a dusting of snow.

Can't help thinking that MetO were a bit premature, especially at such short notice, in cancelling their rain warning for North Wales. Although more rain fell in the south, my own rain gauge still collected 33 mm in 24 hours to 9 am, as did Capel Curig (34 mm - no surprise there!). Lake Vyrnwy also got 21 mm, Bala 14mm and even Aberdaron still 13 mm, all within the range of the original warning text. Can't wait for drier weather to arrive! Updated: 10:12 (UTC) on Sat 17 Feb 2024 Further details Rain will move east across England and Wales during Saturday afternoon and night before clearing southeast England on Sunday morning. With this rain falling on already saturated ground, impacts are more likely. Many places are likely to see 10-15 mm of rain, although 30-40 mm is possible over higher ground in western areas. There is a small chance that rain hesitates as it clears east on Sunday morning which may allow these higher accumulations to fall in a few places across central, southern and eastern England. What should I do? Check if your property could be at risk of flooding. If so, consider preparing a flood plan and an emergency flood kit. Give yourself the best chance of avoiding delays by checking road conditions if driving, or bus and train timetables, amending your travel plans if necessary. People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It’s easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items. Be prepared for weather warnings to change quickly: when a weather warning is issued, the Met Office recommends staying up to date with the weather forecast in your area. View full warning details and map view Reason for update Whilst rain is still expected across all of England and Wales later Saturday into early Sunday, the warning has been cancelled for much of north Wales and northern and western England as impacts are now less likely. The warning end time has also been brought forward.

Seems west is best, and north west possibly even more so as the southerly track of the jet stream still affects South Wales much more than us up here, just as has been the case for months now. Yes we did have rain most days but often only fairly small or moderate amounts or even just unpleasant dampness. No wonder then that all I've got so far this month is 54.3 mm which is in line with my long term average of 118 mm for the entire month. By sheer observation I have found that the middle of February is often the time that winter deluges start to give way to spring dryness which can then last into June, notwithstanding the odd wet or very wet month, such as March last year or May 2021. Today is another of those dull, dreary days with thick cloud right down close to the valley floor but mostly just cloud drifting in the air, hence only 8 mm over the last 24 hours. Have a good Valentine's Day all!!!

Yes, absolutely - what a damp squib it's been once again. With those upper temps already rising before any wet stuff even arrived I never held out much hope. Just perplexed at the MetO sending everyone up the garden path. Wondering if Flintshire Council may sue them for that or did they close schools after reading the Daily Express?

Snow? What snow?? Just cold rain here with blustery winds at 4 C and set to rise. Even from what I can see up Crib Nantlle, there's no sign of snow. It's been going that way for the last 48 hours, so it's not really a surprise and quite frankly, it would have been a very brief snow cover anyway if it had come off. Even the rain has only yielded a few mm's so far but with the centre of the low sticking round for a while and seemingly 'turning on it's heels' so to speak, that might still tot up by tomorrow. Quite agree that it's time for something more springlike to arrive!! Just surprised about the MetO missing rain warnings twice now in my area but going gang-hoo now and I fail to see compelling evidence for them. Maybe it's just my location (as usual!) or something is still to come that only they can see??

I wondered myself why there was silence yet again from the Metoffice, had obviously their eyes on the expected snow event and lost short term sight. With 38 mm at Capel Curig, 27 mm at Bala and 25 mm in my own front garden in less than twelve hours it's no wonder flooding has been reported in places like Ruthin for example. My own chances of snow remain marginal. Although temperature spot forecast has come down, all sleet symbols have turned to rain which is rather weird in itself but with up to 47 mph easterly gusts and a feels like temperature of minus 4 there might be enough evaporative cooling to produce snow, even if it's transient.