Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train Wednesday 9th January 2008: The Quiet After the Storm. Last night the rain band associated with Tuesday/Wednesday's storm passed quickly through the Melton Mowbray area, but had a sting in its tail with a heavy and prolonged hail shower around 2145.
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 12th March 2008: Stormy Weather? Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.8'C Last night I had a meeting in Oakham, to the east of Melton Mowbray. On the way back home around 2300 there was a terrific storm with heavy rain, very strong winds, hail, snow
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 2nd April 2008: Patchy Cloud Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 6.3'C The rain band forecast for Melton Mowbray overnight didn't appear as Melton woke to a clear dry morning. The commute to Grantham by road and onto York by train was all under very s
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 16th January 2008: Heading back into the Rain Band. Last night the heavy rain band arrived in Melton Mowbray around 19:00 and travelled north east through the night. By this morning despite there being a heavy cloud covering across the no
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 23rd April 2008: Fog – Fog - Fog Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 6.5'C A grey and foggy start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning and the conditions have continued throughout the commute to York. Temperature at 06:30 was 6.5'C, lowest record
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 26th March 2008: Drizzle. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.3'C A damp morning in Melton Mowbray this morning, with fine drizzle. A pretty damp drive to Grantham along the A607 with low cloud on the Wolds. During the commute towards York on the t
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 19th March 2008: Cool Sunshine. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 0.3'C A sunny but cool morning in Melton Mowbray today with the same weather conditions along the commuting route to York. Temperature at 06:30 was 0.3'C, lowest recorded overnight t
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 30th January 2008: Cool Moon. The drizzle of last night had cleared Melton Mowbray by this morning leaving a clearing sky and cool temperatures. There was no frost but it certainly felt chilly setting off towards Grantham. The almost full
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 5th March 2008: Cold start. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs minus 5.1'C The temperature read a very cold minus 5.1'C this morning in Melton Mowbray, I am not sure if it's gone wrong as temperatures as low as that were not on the cards in the forec
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 6th February 2008: Bright and Blue. This morning in Melton Mowbray it was dry and clear with only patchy high cloud. During the commute to York the high patchy cloud dispersed to leave a completely bright blue sky from about South Yorkshir
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 13th February 2008: All change for the fog. Melton Mowbray 06:30 > - 0.6'c The fog that had been plaguing the Yorkshire section of my commute all week moved south for this morning's journey from Melton Mowbray to York. First thing this
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 27th February 2008: After the Quake! Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 5.8'C Like most of the country I woke up at 00:56 to the tremor, or as the media are calling it, "The Earthquake"!!! In Melton Mowbray it lasted between 10 and 20 seconds and wa
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 23rd January 2008: A Still and Patchy Sky. High patchy cloud across Melton Mowbray this morning. Although not really mild it was certainly frost free. Similar conditions throughout the commute to York with the sun breaking through the hig
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Wednesday 20th February 2008: A pretty winter scene. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 0.8'c Cold with low cloud in Melton Mowbray this morning with no ice on the car, but plenty still clinging to the trees and bushes. Driving to Grantham this morning along t
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 15th January 2008: Wet, Wet, Wet! Constant moderate to heavy rain throughout the commute this morning, the only difference being a fresh breeze blowing across Melton Mowbray. The fields look completely saturated and the flood plain for the r
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 29th April 2008: The Vale of Fog Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.2'C Melton Mowbray this morning was clear, dry and sunny; if a little on the cool side. The glorious conditions continued throughout the commute to Grantham by car and towards York
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 15th April 2008: Still a spring chill in the air. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 2.6'C Another clear and frosty start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning with a much less cloud and wall to wall sunshine. Similar conditions throughout the comm
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 22nd April 2008: Spring Fog on the Wolds. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 5.6'C It's getting warmer I am sure! This morning Melton Mowbray was sunny and I had to consider wearing a different jacket. During the drive to Grantham fog set in along the
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 26th February 2008: Rouge Showers. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 10.8'C After a windy night across Melton Mowbray this morning it was clear and still with plenty of morning sunshine and patchy cloud. During the drive out of Melton to Grantham that
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 12th February 2008: Painting the landscape white. Melton Mowbray 06:30 > - 0.1'c Cold and clear in Melton Mowbray again this morning, with a heavy frost on the car. Very similar conditions during the drive along the A607 to Grantham. Onc
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train Tuesday 8th January 2008: Morning Stars A dry start to the day in Melton Mowbray with high cloud, no wind, not feeling too cold and plenty of stars visible during the drive to Grantham. As the train trundled north the cloud began to build with ligh
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 25th March 2008: Last of the snow. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 1.3'C After the snowy Easter break Melton Mowbray awoke to clear skies and sunny spells, if a little on the cool side today. It was very much similar conditions throughout the commut
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 4th March 2008: It's Snowing! Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 0.3'C Winter arrives in Melton Mowbray at the end of the season with falling snow and a dusting underfoot. This morning in Melton the snow was falling and around 1cm was lying on the grou
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 22nd January 2008: Cool, Calm & Collected… Started the day getting a hard layer of ice scrapped from the car this morning in Melton Mowbray. It wasn't a crisp frost where all the pavements are glistening and the grass white over; but the
Welcome to my Blog, bringing you my weather observations through North East Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and into the City of York during my daily commute from Melton Mowbray, by car and train. Tuesday 19th February 2008: Commuting in Pea Soup Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs minus 0.8'c A treacherous start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning, the pavements were covered in black ice and the car was frozen solid. All over the town a blanket of
