North West Regional Discussion Feb 2021 onwards

[cheshire snow]

Sun starting to break through and feeling warm when that sun gets on your back a day for tidying the garden up.

C.S

[iand61]

2 hours ago, cheshire snow said:

Sun starting to break through and feeling warm when that sun gets on your back a day for tidying the garden up.

C.S

No such luck here, brightened up at bit late morning but it wasn’t long before normal service was resumed again and today turned into a carbon copy of yesterday.

Just come back from my daily “essential” exercise although after having the vaccine yesterday and so far at least, not suffering any after effects, i didn’t want to push it so kept it to a sensible level.

[Joe Snow]

Pleasant Spring Sunday here in the south of the region feeling warm in any sun. Sunshine  really does make the difference during early Spring as cloudy days rarely feel mild enough for going out without a jacket until early - mid May when those cloudy muggy days that are often a characteristic of Northern summers begin to become more frequent. Quite a coolish spring so far - mild pretty sunny Springs have been common in recent years (we were very lucky in the lockdown spring of last year) but  Spring 2016 I remember being quite cloudy, showery  & cool followed by a mediocre summer but was living in London at the time so it might have been comparably average spring weather for the NW. 

[damianslaw]

7th sunny pleasant dry day on the trot, we are being spoilt! Current temp 12 degrees. Excellent conditions for outdoor exercise, generally for being outside. This time next week the clocks will have gone forward and it will be full systems go - mother nature bursting into life. One more week to go before the first of the two major transitions of the year, the other being when the clocks go back.

[Chris.R]

Meteociel is starting to come back online. The GFS forecast tables are now available but not the WRF yet. Hopefully they will be online by the time this brief cold snap arrives at the weekend. Been lost without the site really.

Will be  posting on here a bit as we go up to the weekend and interesting weather returns.

[Had Worse]

Hi Chris,

I've not really had chance to look at the charts. Family issues are clouding my view at the moment.  

Ironically, I might be required to shift my step son back up here Derby this coming weekend and Simon King has just mentioned the 'S' word.

[A Face like Thunder]

Talk of the 'S' word reminds me of the weekend before Easter in 2013 and the Easter weekend in 2008, both of which were around about this time in March. No such problem this morning and weather is very much as it has been for the past few mornings. Looks as though the weather will start to change on Wednesday and the cold weather kicks in on Friday or Saturday. 

[cheshire snow]

Well after yesterday's sun snow is the last thing on my mind that boat has sailed until I start taking interest back end of November talking about Sun 18c possible Tuesday 30th March now that would be welcome.

C.S

[The Northern Ramper]

March 2018

[A Face like Thunder]

Glorious afternoon after morning cloud.

[Frost HoIIow]

Yes it's not been a bad afternoon. Probably the most sun for a while after a lot of gloomy days. Looking at Met office automated forecast and noticed the first "moderate" UV level on Friday of 3. Which is high enough to make Vitamin D for those of us who are fair skinned. Stays high enough to generate it until about mid September. People who are dark skinned need about at least level 5 hence why they are really deficient in this vitamin after being in this country a while. Those people need supplements about 10 months of the year.

Edited March 22, 2021 by Frost HoIIow

[damianslaw]

Role reversal for the Lake District today, last 7 days we've possibly had the greatest share of sunshine in England, today, with winds backing more to a westerly, its been cloudy. The afternoon was rather dull.

The week ahead will be a much cloudier affair and expect our first dab of rain for 9 days.

Friday looks quite cold, sub 522 dam air, maxima may struggle to get much above 7 degrees, not particularly unusual for late March, but it will be a bit of a shock given the relative mildness of the past week or so. Mind today felt quite chilly 9 degrees and a chilly wind under overcast skies made for an un-spring like day. 

[A Face like Thunder]

Cloudy, dry and mild.....again! 

[Had Worse]

Ive just seen @karyo posting glorious pics on his status update. 

I told hime about the slate grey skys and colourless landscape. It would do his head in.

[iand61]

5 hours ago, Had Worse said:

Ive just seen @karyo posting glorious pics on his status update. 

I told hime about the slate grey skys and colourless landscape. It would do his head in.

Yeah, another day of pretty much wall to wall cloud here.

don’t think we’ve seen the sun at all for the last 4 days up here and even last week it was in short supply.

never mind, at least it’s been dry.

[damianslaw]

A lacklustre day here, spits of drizzle this morning which dampened surfaces lightly, but otherwise a dry day. Cool as well, with a breeze and temps midday around 8.5 degrees, not very spring like.

Friday will be interesting to see how low the snowline ends up, BBC saying snow at 200 metres, yes perhaps a flake at this height, but not expecting much cover below about 600m and that's only if we see enough precipitation, showers don't look like banding together so may just be fleeting affairs with a few hailstones.

[A Face like Thunder]

Some early rain has cleared into a nice sunny morning, as forecast.

[cheshire snow]

Morning 

Can someone remind the computer models that BST starts on Sunday what a vile outlook for the Easter weekend with low single temperatures and snow showers courtesy of a potent Northerly wind this has been a consistent theme over the last few days on both the GFS and ECM and the former suggests this could be a cold spell and not a cold snap what a difference from 12 months ago when most were in there gardens with the first BBQ been lit looking much like this Easter the kids will be playing in the snow rather than cooling down with ice cream.

Looks like this Friday will see snow showers down to 200m before turning milder 18c possible Tuesday before it all goes down hill towards the Easter weekend.

@Day 10 @CreweCold thoughts??

C.S

[weatherobsuk]

Its a little brighter outside this morning than yesterday's cloud coverage and I should have gone on the walk around the lower slopes of Kinder Scout this morning in hindsight, but I managed to get a different change of scenery despite the cloud & cold wind along the Sett Valley Trail-Pennine Bridleway-PF Tramway Trail. On the tops in the exposed wind it certainly felt that winter was hanging on but down in the valleys it was quite pleasant and feeling more like the forecast 9'c, with the first of the spring lambs seen this year.

Edited March 24, 2021 by SNOW_JOKE

[A Face like Thunder]

Ended up a beautiful day, as forecast, a bit like a year ago this week. Pity if it's not going to last this year.

[alr1970]

Lovely here, got two loads of washing drying outside, for the first time this year.

[damianslaw]

Another middling day, cloudy throughout with a bit of a breeze, temps up to 10 degrees, nothing special. Frontal rain has moved in last half hour. A dreary evening.. only 4 more dark ones to go before clocks go forward.

[iand61]

8 hours ago, cheshire snow said:

Morning 

Can someone remind the computer models that BST starts on Sunday what a vile outlook for the Easter weekend with low single temperatures and snow showers courtesy of a potent Northerly wind this has been a consistent theme over the last few days on both the GFS and ECM and the former suggests this could be a cold spell and not a cold snap what a difference from 12 months ago when most were in there gardens with the first BBQ been lit looking much like this Easter the kids will be playing in the snow rather than cooling down with ice cream.

Looks like this Friday will see snow showers down to 200m before turning milder 18c possible Tuesday before it all goes down hill towards the Easter weekend.

@Day 10 @CreweCold thoughts??

C.S

Well just about every chart showing snow this winter has either been downgraded, or disappeared completely.

no doubt this will be the event that comes off.

[damianslaw]

Yes not a very appealing outlook generally, much more unsettled, fluctuations in temperatures, not very spring like. Last week was excellent, dry and mild lots of sunshine, came too early! This evening still feels very much 'winter'.

Edited March 24, 2021 by damianslaw

[Frost HoIIow]

This is pretty impressive for April. Some cross model support for a cold start to the month now with the chance of wintry weather. Not so good for nature if we get some late harsh frosts.

Snow spikes on the up.

Edited March 25, 2021 by Frost HoIIow