Southeast England & East Anglia - Weather Chat >> 1st March Onwards

[Captain Shortwave]

Sunny again today, but much much cooler, just 12C at the moment.

[alexisj9]

Sun with high cloud about today, only 12.6 so far today.

[alexisj9]

A high of 12.8 today, a few light showers about.

[Captain Shortwave]

Just 14C, but a respectable day with good sunny spells. A lot of high/mid level cloud has built up so maybe a spot of two of rain will come later.

[alexisj9]

Chilly breeze, sunny with patchy cloud about, temp 10.6

[Captain Shortwave]

There were a few quite heavy showers last night. Today it is bright with sunny spells and some high level cloud. Just 11C at the moment.

[alexisj9]

High of 11.3 and windy. Surprisingly strong. Max gust 50mph.

[Captain Shortwave]

Fine but cool day here with sunny spells and some fair weather cloud.

[Jax]

Not a bad day for a spot of gardening

[Bogman]

Lovely day in sun.

30 degrees under my covered patio.

[Captain Shortwave]

I lot of cloud outside, but still some bright or sunny intervals. Not as bad as I thought it would be.

[Captain Shortwave]

A lovely sunny day today, which is nice after the rather cloudy picture of yesterday.

Temperatures should reach 15-18C.

[Captain Shortwave]

ground frost here this morning, temperatures got down to around 1C.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Wow its dead in here! Beautiful day! How lucky we have been over the last few weeks !!!! Change is coming though but how long it will last before High pressure comes back in is anyone's guess

[Mark wheeler]

Lovely day here and feels pleasantly warm in the garden. It makes a change for me to pick a decent week to have a holiday even if things do go down hill on Friday. Here there is a possibility of a few wet flurries of snow next week in heavier showers. What a shock that would be. !!

[Captain Shortwave]

A pleasant 17C again outside with clear blue skies. Bournemouth the warmest place today at 21C.

Tomorrow looks cooler and cloudier with cloud coming in from the north east. Friday look warmer again though with temperatures possibly scraping to 20/21C in places again.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Captain shortwave

[Captain Shortwave]

After some early low cloud the sun is out again. Looking at the radar the main bank of low cloud is still out in the north sea with patchy stuff affecting the norfolk coastlines and still some bits over Essex and Kent which formed last night.

[Daniel*]

Blizzards are round the corner!

(If we was in DEC/JAN/FEB)

Bloody weather does play with us to think in the heart of winter I used to stay up till 4am hoping to catch a snow shower with crap synoptics and then we head towards Summer with wintery pattern how sad am I? still an addictive business - our time will come. Hopefully 15/16 season is generous.

[Steve C]

Can't believe people are getting so excited about the chilly spell coming up, in the normal ramping place... Okay, there will be some nice cloudscapes, but the potential for sharp frosts is not good at all for growers, especially commercial growers. I'm hoping the winds don't drop out too much at night...

 

In terms of temperatures this late in the year, it should be borne in mind that we've only had the grand total of 5 CET days, with temperatures at or below zero celsius, in April, since 1772. Four of those days were in the first three days of April. In terms of CET maximum temperatures, well we've had the grand total of 10 of those days in April, since 1878, where the temperature has not exceeded 4C. The last time was in 1968.

 

Realism needed I think (and I'm not saying there's no chance of some of us seeing wintry precipitation early next week)

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Hyping about a cold spell now is not only stupid but MEGA STUPID.

 

It will mess up the blossom, bees you name it.. 

 

Ludicrous idea to have cold now! But some people on here are selfish backwards people.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Surrey

[Captain Shortwave]

I can't see anything wintry down here, the cold air just warms out as it moves south, so probably 9-11C being the temperature range next week.

The stratus has returned this afternoon, so it is cloudy with a few chinks of sunlight getting through.

 

Actually the most interesting weather could be this weekend with the potential for thundery showers to break out as low pressure develops through the UK. As I said in the mod-thread, you don't need cold temperatures to get these showers going.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Captain shortwave

[Daniel*]

As the saying goes: 'Ne'er cast a clout till May be out'

I assume any wintery precipitation will be reserved to nightfall, although when showers rattle though there can be quite a big drop in temperature, factor in cold seas less moderation you never know.

[Captain Shortwave]

As the saying goes: 'Ne'er cast a clout till May be out'

I assume any wintery precipitation will be reserved to nightfall, although when showers rattle though there can be quite a big drop in temperature, factor in cold seas less moderation you never know.

Or the cold spell could still fall flat on its face, the UKMO has binned it and has high pressure building back in next week. 

[Daniel*]

Or the cold spell could still fall flat on its face, the UKMO has binned it and has high pressure building back in next week.

Indeed ECM/GFS still seem keen on a short northerly blast 850s not spectacular this far south, quite an good outlook, differing from the norm. I think squally rain showers will be on the agenda but we need every ounce considering how bone dry it has been, so can't complain. Eventually cold trough is shunted out by Azores high protruding in come early May, turning more settled and warmer as May gets kicking is my take.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Daniel*

[Captain Shortwave]

Well it's pretty gloomy here and looking at the satelite images, well I think this sums up the entire region. Very little wind today so it is up to the sun to break this cloud down.