ANYWEATHER

Yes ,watched "countryfile" last night at its new time which does seem "unusual "seeing as it been brought to our tv screens late morning rather than early evening for more than 20 years! Its a programme ive followed since it began back in 1988, and really enjoyed its output and of course the weather forecast! Times have changed ,and of course the reason its been moved to a different time..... but I do feel "sadly" that it is the start of the end for Countryfile, with many ,many programmes about the same thing on our now multichannel tv world...and who needs a weekly forecast when there is news 24 and of course the internet with the best "WEATHER" information on the Planet found on "NETWEATHER" 24/7.

As his chart can testify cold air was being dragged from a long way north....Heavy snow on Easterday April3rd 1983 had travel badly disrupted by widespread snowfalls...20cms or 8 inches lay in East Kent

I just love "visible sat pics! todays northsea cloud is clearly seen by late morning across the uk ,but some holes developing and the latest shows northsea cloud still out over the sea, but that front out in the west of the uk has got some deeper convective cloud as can be seen, and a very distintive backedge to that front,,,,,,,...next on the menu will be showers....!

Looks as though it was a cold affair during Easter 1934 according to the Evesham Journal. High pressure was either north or northeast of the UK so most places, if not all ,cold but dry. The journal does not tell me when Easter was that year but my guess was it was either late March or early April according to the charts of that time. Interesting that high pressure was in control at the end of April that year as well to the northeast of Great Britain..... [attachment =80973:ARCHIVE1934XX.gif]

An anticyclonic month for the most part except from 3rd to the 9th and from 25th to the 28th and even then the pressure only fell for a brief time down to[ 982mbs] on the 4th. Some hail ,sleet and snow at the start of the month in the form of showers but the pressure rose to 1036mbs on the 17th. Not a very interesting month for stats and indeed came out to be above average temperature wise and below average rainfall again. Highest temp 15.8c Sunday 22nd Lowest temp minus2.9c on the 6th Highest wind gust 35mph southwesterly on the 3rd Recorded Rainfall 44.9mms [average rainfall 57mms] Average day temp 9.6c [recorded 11.6c] Average night temp 2.7c [recorded 3.1c]

I went last year with you good guys and what a blast! Paul Sherman, Nick Finnis are the best chasers out there, along with Ian Cameron it was so good to be with you guys...Im very sorry I cant be out with you this year, Im not jealous at all[ of course im telling lies!] Its a great passion of mine to see severe weather[ whatever form really!] but to see those extremely powerful storms really puts lifes problems in perspective.! All I can say is stay safe, I hope you see some amazing storms.[im sure you will! ] Im just praying for a great British Thunderstorm so we can compare photos etc!! Ok I will dream about that instead! :lol: Take care all and have a "damn" good ride and looking forward to hearing your reports! Best Wishes IAN [ANYWEATHER]

Nice visible sat pic, shows the frontal system making slow in roads to the west of the uk, with fair weather cumulus over eastern ,southeastern England and some showery activity over the nearby continent associated with that thick blob of cloud [low pressure system] over Switzerland.

Well here is my chart very almost 40 years ago! Mum said that there was some snow showers around at this time, im not sure how true it was as she was still very shocked at giving birth to me! Looking at that chart though it does look just about possible! :lol:

A month of stark contrasts! The first half got off to a very cold snowy start, and then the second half was mild ,cloudy and frost free with no rain. The average daytime temperature for Feb in the Vale of Evesham is [6.9c,] now ,the first half came way below that temperature up to the 14th with [4.3c] now the 15th to the 28th the average day temp was way above the seasonal norm with [11c] recorded.! The average night temp is [1.3c] now the 1st to the 14th I recorded [minus 0.7c] average, then the 15th to the 28th the night average was[ 5.1c] So then ,the stats show that overall Februarys temperature both night and day was slightly above average in my area . Average day temp [6.9c] recorded [7.6c] Average night temp [1.3c] recorded [2.8c] Average rainfall [50mms] recorded [38.8mms] 77% of average Highest wind gust 25mph northwest ..Tuesday 10th Highest barometer reading 1032.3mbs FRiday 20th Lowest baromter reading 986.4mbs Monday 9th Highest day temp...13c Saturday 21st Lowest Night temp ...minus 3.7c Saturday 7th Lowest max day temp 0.1c Monday 2nd Highest min night temp 7.8c Monday 23rd So overall a "FLIPPING" February!!

Nevermind "Ian Curries" predictions for 2009 , I want to see what "Ian Brown" has to say about it!!! :o

Good morning everyone! The models continue to show a "full menu of weather" next week with everything including the kitchen sink thrown in! Also could well be some thunder and lightning in some of those showers next week with a deep cold 500mb thickness and given the strength of the early March sun some showers could well fall of snow ,sleet rain ,and "hail" looks favourable in this situation.Another one to watch is the strength of the wind at some point during late Tuesday/Weds in the southern UK but of course it depends where the centre of the low ends up! Certainly some snow for upland areas especially the north and west ,Snowdonia, the Cambrian mountains The Pennines, The lake district and the Scottish mountains doing picticularly well out of this. Cant wait for some exciting weather , iive had enough of this benign , boring weather! Bring it on....

In the short term still not much changing ie from now to Monday, some rain in the northwest but thats it, but if the models are correct for the bulk of next week it will feel completely different from recent days. Turning very unsettled, ,very windy for some [something to look out for] and much colder with some appreciable snow on some northern and western mountains ie scotland ,lakeland fells and Snowdonia. Some heavy squally showers as well so lots going on next week,!

We managed 38.8mms of rain and compare that to the average for this area of 50mms [2inches] so we have had about [77%] of our normal rainfall , the second half completly dry. The old saying of "February fill dyke" does not actually mean that this month is very wet. In fact its one of the driest months in the uk and the very old saying has come about that farmers ,growers who depended on the rainfall would offer a prayer up to the gods to fill the rivers /streams etc etc, so that they would have enough water for the fourthcoming growing season and as February was notouriously dry they hoped there so called gods would give more rain then what they normally had during this month! :winky: :o

The predicted unsettled weather for next week is still on the cards with low pressure very much in charge but of course differences will occur from the models at this point out. Both ecm and gfs have a very unsettled picture and perhaps very windy as well and the gfs show a good shot of polar maritime air so wintry conditions is possible especially in the north and west. In my view something for everyone next week and there may be a few surprizes for some as well!

Morning ,morning everyone. Not a lot of changes between now and the weekend but we do have indications on a "BIG" change for all during the course of this weekend and for me it cant come soon enough! Looks like the theme will be next week, unsettled, rather cold , with showers and some general rain with perhaps some wintry stuff on the high ground of the north and west.and a trend perhaps later for it to get even colder.... but both gfs and ecm have a similar pattern right up to t216. Ive got a feeling we will all have something to talk about by next week and indeed something for everyone including some wanted sunshine!

Beautiful and thanks for sharing! Makes a nice change to see some colour in the sky, because here in the uk its grey laden, stratocumulus. <_<

What about the curse of the modern summer, spring or autumn??

Stu, just watched it on "4catchup" and may I say excellent stuff! My girlfriend watched it with me too and found it very interesting....Its a difficult choice to make and a fine line between two great passions, your wife and some awesome storms! Felt for you when you had to make the decision to come back when chasing Hurricane Hannah, but fortunately made the right choice.! Looking forward to seeing you at Torro at some point..... Best Wishes.....

Just a few pics to show you that some falls of snow fell in my back garden, and on Bredon hill at nearly a thousand feet [961 feet to be precise"] there was deep snow with drifting .....good for sledging too! and there is still plenty of snow at the top...

snowyowl, could you please tell me how much snow is in the Beautifull Elan Valley and Rhayader and Llangurig, ? thankyou.

Cant understand why folks say there wont be more snow this Winter, theres plenty of time for more snow, just take a look at next weeks chart....

Excellent stuff! Its going to be touch and go here Paul, but a "potential" winter storm is possible, but lots of if and buts!

A few wet snowflakes started to fall in Evesham. Temperatures falling steadily ,currently 3.6c and 0c dewpoint with an elavation asl of 30 meters. Cant say im expecting to much snow here, but the Cotswolds and Malverns will do well again ......with another fresh cover of snow! :lol:

If you look at the latest radar, you,ll see it slowly dying out over the midlands, I think once that front gets over to the London area there wont be much precip left on it!

Heavy snow in Evesham again. Really coming down! Well the forecast was a difficult one to call and I know how hard forecasting can be , especially in these situations, good for some and not so good for others. I dont think I will be looking at the computer models with any sense of accuracy past 48hours as things are subject to change ,very quickly, just like last nights and todays weather.....enjoy the snow!