Yorkshire and E England regional discussion

[RebsAbbo]

4 minutes ago, mat43 said:

Well, today the forecasts have been completely wrong. Beautiful blue sky and sunshine so far all day. Feels lovely out in the garden, cleaning up and planting a few veg. Popped to Scarb to order a cake, and it was surprisingly quiet, I suppose it’s cloudy further west, reducing tourist traffic.  Reached 11.6° earlier and still no sign of any clouds  

Totally agree. I posted snapshot of the forecast page onto Winter Moans, which showed cloud all day but we have wall to wall sun & it’s still going strong. A lovely day out of the wind.

[reef]

I think we've done best for sunshine today compared to most other places in the UK. It clouded over here a couple of hours ago but it is still clear to the north of us.

Up to 51 hours of sunshine this month already. It seems we picked a good time to get solar panels. It has been saving us about £3 a day recently!

[mike57]

Yes sunny, warm and light winds today. Been doing some woodwork in my workshop this afternoon and its the first time for a while that I haven't needed to light the pot belly stove, and was even able to work with the door open.

[Wold Topper]

Gorgeous day in these parts, been in the shed in a jumper with door open all day, Niece's quad now rebuilt ready for summers and cut up some old fencing, abit more free heating

[mike57]

Well after Saturday yesterday was uninterupted greyness. Not cold but lack of sun makes it feel chillier. Nephew and family are visiting Bridlington yesterday and today, a shame they were not here Saturday.

Yet again we seem to be heading into a dry spell, very little rain here this month so far, and not much showing in the forecast. I hope the coming summer isnt going to be a rerun of last year, too hot and too dry.

[mike57]

Well today was a rerun of yesterday, but a bit cooler, I dont know where the BBC weather man got his forecast from this morning, 10c??? was about 6c when I went out. Wind S force 3-4 and an all over greyness. Not cold, but chillier than I was expecting.

[mat43]

Agree, today has been c.6°, in fact it has been almost constant since 6pm yesterday. No rain here since January 29th. Tomorrow is due to be sunny after an overnight mist/fog… I hope we receive the sun.  
 

 

[RebsAbbo]

Wow, hadn’t checked this thread or tonight’s forecast earlier in the day, so quite a shock just now putting the dogs out before bed….from a lovely clear starry sky this evening to thick frosty fog at 1am! 

I’d recorded 8.3c in the garden during the day but it felt nothing like that. It’s been cold & overcast all day to the point where I felt nithered this evening & couldn’t wait to curl up under a blanket. Looking forward to the sun again if it comes tomorrow

[Beverley Lass]

Yes, went to bed noting a ground frost.
Woke to +2 C and fog (as per the M.O. yellow warning)
Hoping for a nice sunny Valentine's Day later.
:)

[Summer18]

Gorgeous winters morning today, scraping the car at 0615 wasn’t much fun though! 

[mike57]

Mist and fog finally starting to lift when I went out, giving way to sunny intervals. Winds light SSW force 2-3 temperature 4c. Light winds are a bonus, typical anticylone weather.

Yet again BBC weather this morning was predicting double digits, I dont know where they get their data, but it obvviously is rubbish. Predictions on here were a bit high but much nearer the mark.

[A Face like Thunder]

Mrs FLT and I are paying a flying visit to N Yorkshire tomorrow, and indications are that the weather will be changing just in time for our visit, although with not much rain east of the Pennines.

[mat43]

Fog / mist all morning. All forecasts wrong, took far too long to (sort of) clear, so temp here didn’t get above 6.4°. Mist was coming/going all afternoon. Disappointing day. 

Edited February 14, 2023 by mat43

[The PIT]

Lovely spring day here T shirt weather in sun after the early frost had gone temperatures peaking at 12.9C.

[Beverley Lass]

Woke to zero temps and a freezing mist.
Now at 8am it has cleared already.
Be nice to see some sunshine.

B.

[Beverley Lass]

Looking very windy for our parts on Friday.

[Wold Topper]

7 minutes ago, Beverley Lass said:

Looking very windy for our parts on Friday.

You beat me to it BL, i was just going to post similar

[Beverley Lass]

And the Met Office have a Yellow Warning out for those forecast winds on Friday.
I did think they would cover right to the east coast of Yorkshire.
 

[mike57]

1 hour ago, Beverley Lass said:

And the Met Office have a Yellow Warning out for those forecast winds on Friday.
I did think they would cover right to the east coast of Yorkshire.

Looking at the set-up I think we may be just outside the track of the strongest winds here, but its very marginal, and slight variations in the track of the low could make a big difference to the wind. I suspect the Vale of York will be affected by the lee effect issues that have caused problems (and damage) in the past, e.g. Ferrybridge cooling tower collapse in 1965

Today has brought sun, more wind, force 4 S and 9c, warmer than yesterday for my lunchtime ride.

[A Face like Thunder]

I enjoyed my day in N Yorkshire. A few spots of rain mid-afternoon but nothing else as the front decayed over us, and the rest of the day was quite passable for mid-February. Looking forward to returning to NY more frequently after Easter.

[Love Snow]

Let’s see what the Morning brings so little warning about the high winds luckily it’s the schoool holidays here this week with the lack of coverage about it. 

[mike57]

8 hours ago, Love Snow said:

Let’s see what the Morning brings so little warning about the high winds luckily it’s the schoool holidays here this week with the lack of coverage about it. 

So far nothing of note at the coast, but we are outside the warning area. However seems much worse further west, with 59mph at Leeming, so yellow warning so far seems to be about right, NE scotland looks to getting the worst of it

Edited February 17, 2023 by mike57
Update

[RebsAbbo]

Wind is currently 31mph with gusts up to 43mph here.  Nothing too extreme so far, let’s hope it stays that way. Got a Humber bridge crossing today so that’ll be fun

[Summer18]

Absolutely wild here (Leeds Bradford airport) worst than many of previous years “named storms”. 

Edited February 17, 2023 by Summer18

[mike57]

9 minutes ago, Summer18 said:

Absolutely wild here (Leeds Bradford airport) worst than many of previous years “named storms”. 

Leeds Bradford Airport showing 59mph gusts and Leeming 66mph on xcweather so forecast predicting worst to the east of the Pennines, down to the Vale of York is correct.

Unseasonably mild when I went for my early walk.