Spring 2023 - Moans, Ramps & Chat

[lassie23]

1 minute ago, MissGrace said:

The Beast from the East from my window approaching five years ago. I remember being really excited, but scared at the same time. I believe we had four snow days off from work. 

It looks like an approaching monster ready to consume the entire neighbourhood, I would be sheeting myself as well lol

[MissGrace]

Lol. The panic buying was extraordinary and that was just me! 

[lassie23]

Just now, MissGrace said:

Lol. The panic buying was extraordinary and that was just me! 

I remember panic buying pome bears lol

[reef]

44 minutes ago, Scorcher said:

These awful cold springs really are the scourge of the modern British climate.

Springs seem to be very much feast or famine these days when it comes to warmth.

Not often I disagree with you Scorcher but Spring is actually the season that has changed the most in recent times. In the last 27 years here only 6 individual Spring months have been 1C or more below average. That's less than any other season. Its also had more exceptionally dry (<25% rainfall) months and exceptionally sunny (>150% sunshine) months than any other season too.

CET-wise there have been far more 7.5C+ Marches and 10C+ Aprils in recent years and three out of the last 6 Mays have been 13C+.

Edited March 6, 2023 by reef

[Robbie Coldrain]

Very dark here. A cold rain drizzle warning in full effect.  

[KTtom]

3 hours ago, DiagonalRedLine said:

It’s always something we can certainly try for next Winter. I mean there is the Model Highlights thread but, for some, I respect the fact it’s not quite the same as having a relaxed general model output thread to take part in. 

Plus you cant really join the Model Highlights thread if your going to post a mild chart in the depths of winter

[Weather-history]

2 hours ago, Scorcher said:

These awful cold springs really are the scourge of the modern British climate.

Springs seem to be very much feast or famine these days when it comes to warmth.

What awful cold springs? There's hardly been any in the last 25 years. There's been 2013 and the cold of April-May 2021 dominated that spring but other than warmth has overwhelmingly dominated recent springs with any cold periods short lived

6 of the top 8 warmest springs on record have occurred in the last 16 years. 

[Bricriu]

So this is the  place where I can type arrrrrrgh! stained glass window! Grrrr after seeing the latest GFS and UKMO runs for Thursday and Friday. Come on ECM don't  back them! 

[Bricriu]

 

Stained glass WINDOW.  Hahaha. So Father Jack's phrase is filtered out here! 

 

[Freeze]

So for my location this cold spell won't go below 1c according to the forecast. So it's 2 days of rain and 5c then back up to double figures. Just warm up now please!

[ANYWEATHER]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

What awful cold springs? There's hardly been any in the last 25 years. There's been 2013 and the cold of April-May 2021 dominated that spring but other than warmth has overwhelmingly dominated recent springs with any cold periods short lived

6 of the top 8 warmest springs on record have occurred in the last 16 years. 

What about 2018

[Summer Sun]

South-west back into double figures by Thursday according to the beeb elsewhere around 3c to 7c then a little less cold for more further north by Friday

[Weather-history]

34 minutes ago, ANYWEATHER said:

What about 2018

Remember May 2018? 

Only March was below average, April and May were well above average

[MissGrace]

Confused. At a loss. Absolutely no idea. This is all just too ridiculous. 

[ANYWEATHER]

11 minutes ago, MissGrace said:

Confused. At a loss. Absolutely no idea. This is all just too ridiculous. 

If there has been a cold spell which has been overhyped it's this one  Yes there will be some snow especially North, but nothing unusual given the time of year...

[AderynCoch]

Meanwhile I'm in the wrong place yet again - mild and rainy forecast here, more like autumn than spring (and like most of "winter"). This is the extended winter that keeps on not giving. Every roll of the dice comes up snake eyes.

I'm beyond sick of it now.

[Penicuikblizzard]

1 hour ago, Updated_Weather said:

The fact Scotland always get snow in a northerly! Whilst us down south, struggle.

The North of Scotland does well here in the South of Scotland we haven’t had a single flake 

[DJ Fart]

1 hour ago, Updated_Weather said:

I think potentially no model has this right. 

I say expect the unexpected. 
This is going to be a nowcast situation! 

The models can't agree what to do with this low. It does as explained by Met Office in their video, all depend how it interacts with the Jet stream and they do tend to be further south than what is currently being shown. 

Will be interesting to see where we are in the morning with the radar and what is actually falling! I had sleet/snow showers today at 65m in North east Essex. When everything was saying rain.

Where abouts in North East Essex was this?

[cobbett]

So after all those exciting snow laden charts being posted from all of 14+days ago - come t24 its all turning into a vile few days down here of cold with the added bonus of sleet/rain, the north may get some transient snow for a day. Thankfully I never believed one pixel of them

[snowray]

1 hour ago, Updated_Weather said:

The fact Scotland always get snow in a northerly! Whilst us down south, struggle.

Problem is we hardly ever get a true northerly or a north easterly in the SE, if we did and it was cold enough then we would get snow.

 

1 hour ago, Aiden2012 said:

All good aslong as we get some up here aswell haha 

Think you may get a fair bit.

Edited March 6, 2023 by snowray

[Jacob Gamer]

1 minute ago, snowray said:

Problem is we hardly ever get a true northerly or a north easterly in the SE, if we 

 

Think you may get a fair bit.

I am also in the SE but we could get some snow soon

[snowray]

5 minutes ago, Jacob Gamer said:

I am also in the SE but we could get some snow soon

yes, hopefully....fingers 

[Updated_Weather]

20 minutes ago, DJ Fart said:

Where abouts in North East Essex was this?

Colchester, that’s where I am. This morning had few wintry showers.

[DJ Fart]

Just now, Updated_Weather said:

Colchester, that’s where I am. This morning had few wintry showers.

Must've missed those where I am! 

[andreas]

Sadly the type of synoptics which when I watched the weather thirty or forty years ago would have almost definitely brought snow in the southeast appear now set to deliver us cold rain and sleet. I may be wrong - and I hope I am - but at the moment that's what seems most likely.

Edited March 6, 2023 by andreas