Scotland & The Far North Of England Regional Weather Chat

[A.J]

Please carry on here

 

 

 

old thread here --------> http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/79228-scotland-regional-weather-discussion-270114/page-70

[Cheggers]

Shocking afternoon yesterday, and another dreich start to the day today, but at least the weekend is looking good.

[A.J]

please carry on here

 

 

 

old thread here -------> http://forum.netweather.tv/topic/78307-far-north-of-england-regional-discussion-281013-%EF%83%A0/page-44

[Summer Sun]

After 3 days of warm sunshine in London I return to a cooler and drizzle conditions

 

Currently just 7.5c

[4wd]

5.7C here, The wind and patchy cloud should keep frost away tonight, but tomorrow need to watch anything tender outside as it will widely be frosty.

[Hairy Celt]

Crap since Tuesday (Tuesday was seriously crap), but blue sky this evening, and pretty chilly - even the gentle breeze (oh Mandy, where are you ) cuts through. As Ravelin wrote, lets just have some sun, even if it's cold.

[Northernlights]

Almost a few light wintry showers showing up to NE across the Firth in the setting sun. Not a strong enough flow to give a few better cloud photos.

 

Spot the deliberate miss in the spring barley which was caused by a  faulty low seed sensor. It has been resown!!!

 

Cattle out today full time, great no more feeding and bedding till September.

 

Temperature dropping  this evening from a maximum of 9c at 5.00 pm   to currently 4.5c

[Northernlights]

-0.5c this morning at 6.00am  but blue skies and sunshine.A nice fresh cap on Ben Wyvis photo to follow. 

[Ravelin]

Started off the day here with a temp of -1.1C at 7:15am and a patchy frost on the cars and grass (at least the bits not in the sun). A fair bit of broken cloud around now but started off with virtually none.

 

NL, answer me a question please. On my drive home last night I noticed one of the fields just outside the village, of what was almost certainly grass, being rollered. Definitely being rollered as the tractor was still there pulling large twin concrete rollers behind it. Looked very pretty what with it's 'football pitch' stripes but what's the benefit of going to that effort? I've lived on the edge of the countryside most of my life but I can't remember ever seeing that before.

[Northernlights]

Started off the day here with a temp of -1.1C at 7:15am and a patchy frost on the cars and grass (at least the bits not in the sun). A fair bit of broken cloud around now but started off with virtually none.

 

NL, answer me a question please. On my drive home last night I noticed one of the fields just outside the village, of what was almost certainly grass, being rollered. Definitely being rollered as the tractor was still there pulling large twin concrete rollers behind it. Looked very pretty what with it's 'football pitch' stripes but what's the benefit of going to that effort? I've lived on the edge of the countryside most of my life but I can't remember ever seeing that before.

There are several reasons for rolling grass in the spring.The primary one is to push down stones and level the ground in  preparation for cutting later with a mower which would be damaged by stones or uneven areas and nowadays these self propelled forage harvesters which chop the grass into 1 inch lenghth  especially as they cost up to half a million pounds new and you don"t want any stone damage hold ups as grass is only at its best digestibility for about 10 days .

 

Also grass  as it mostly roots near the surface of the soil also benefits from compressing the soil near its roots especially after a frosty winter where soil heave/ expansion has seperated the soil and roots(not this last winter!!) It helps also  to flatten some mole hills where soil contamination can be a problem in silage setting up the wrong type of fermentation which can make livestock ill. 

[Northernlights]

-0.5c this morning at 6.00am  but blue skies and sunshine.A nice fresh cap on Ben Wyvis photo to follow. 

A couple of photos of light showers and Ben Wyvis this morning at 7.00 am

[Ross Andrew Hemphill]

 

Keep moving north!! Keep going!!

[4wd]

Glad I have no petunias, -3.6C at 5am

Just getting above now.

[Hawesy]

Disappointingly cloudy start to the day - was expecting sunshine as per the forecast. Been three chilly (sub 10c maxes) days so hopefully some sun and a little warmth before the day is out.

[Boro Snow]

the temp hovered just above 0c last night, current temp is 9.4c and a lovely sunny morning this will change during the day with cloud rolling in from the west

[claret047]

Hello There,

I normally post on the SE/EA regional thread, but would appreciate your advice. On Monday my wife and I travelling up to near Loch Lomond for a five day coach holiday. What is the weather likely to be up until close of play Friday. The wife is not sure what she needs to pack. wll it be thick coats and rainwear or shorts and flip flops or both? Looking at the BBC 5 day forecast was not very helpful.

Many thanks

Kind Regards

Dave

[ANYWEATHER]

Hello There,I normally post on the SE/EA regional thread, but would appreciate your advice. On Monday my wife and I travelling up to near Loch Lomond for a five day coach holiday. What is the weather likely to be up until close of play Friday. The wife is not sure what she needs to pack. wll it be thick coats and rainwear or shorts and flip flops or both? Looking at the BBC 5 day forecast was not very helpful.Many thanksKind RegardsDave

Unsettled and rather chilly ,sums it up. Maybe some short lived sunny spells, but also some cold rain. Yuck ,sums it up really! I wanted to go camping to Mid Wales next week, but unfortunately going to have to cancel that idea, due to some rather miserable weather...    

[Hairy Celt]

Unsettled and rather chilly ,sums it up. Maybe some short lived sunny spells, but also some cold rain. Yuck ,sums it up really! I wanted to go camping to Mid Wales next week, but unfortunately going to have to cancel that idea, due to some rather miserable weather...    

 

Just been past several campsites around Loch Ness, busy weekend with kayaking, cycling etc. Plenty of hardier folks than me & thee out under canvas!

[JP1972]

Typical.

 

A brief light snow shower in Newcastle as May arrives!

 

A very light covering nonetheless.

Edited May 3, 2014 by JP1972

[Summer Sun]

Doesn't look too bad a week coming up for the NE temperatures by day should be in the mid teens with some decent sunny spells on most days overnights will be cloudy with most of our rain coming during this time so no chance of any frosts

[Northernlights]

Wet dreich night with mist/fog and steady moderate rain washing in the fertiliser we applied last week. Absolutely first rate weather for the farm.Currently 12c

[Hairy Celt]

Wet dreich night with mist/fog and steady moderate rain washing in the fertiliser we applied last week. Absolutely first rate weather for the farm.Currently 12c

 

Yes, I was surprised as to how mild it was today - our northerly incursion just fizzled to not much at all - there were a couple of air frosts further north but not here as far as I've been able to find out.

 

First potatoes are poking their noses above ground - an indication of warm soil I guess as they've only been in 2 weeks. Also we seem to have far more set fruit on trees this year - I have told the cats to look out for Bullfinches as I know they're increasing in numbers in these parts.

[Boro Snow]

Bbq today should reach 17/18c later on let the beer flow

[Summer Sun]

Hazy sunshine in Darlo at the moment but rain isn't due till this evening which in turn will clear to leave a sunny day tomorrow (probably sunnier than today unless this high level cloud shifts) although some scattered showers may develop during the afternoon another warm one tomorrow especially in the sunshine

Edited May 5, 2014 by Summer Sun

[Summer Sun]

As expected much more sunshine today than yesterday with highs around 17c possibly 18c if we are lucky