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 Monday 7th January 2008: When the Wind Blows... Started the day having to move the dustbin back in place and re bagging the rubbish as high winds in the early hours had tipped it over! Very windy in Melton Mowbray this morning with a strong Westerly
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. Friday 2nd May 2008: Not a cloud in the sky. Melton Mowbray at 06:30hrs 4.4'C; overnight recorded low 2.5'C A clear, bright, fresh and sunny morning in Melton Mowbray this morning. Conditions throughout the commute to York have been the same, what a
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. Monday 21st April 2008: A little brighter Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 5.5'C After the gloom of the weekend today broke a little brighter in Melton Mowbray with the disc of the rising sun just visible behind the light cloud cover. It became much brighter
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. Thursday 3rd April 2008: A Cool Grey Day. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 8.1'C A grey start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning and despite the temperatures being up on yesterday it feels cooler without that spring sunshine. The commute to Grantham
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 1st April 2008: The North South Divide. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 9.1'C Weather wise a definite case of a North South divide today on the commute to York. Melton Mowbray was wet and windy with heavy rain when I set off at 06:30 this morning. 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. Monday 31st March 2008: Summer; don't be fooled… Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 1.2'C So the clocks went forward on Saturday night and Sunday was a warm sunny day. It brought out plenty of my neighbours busy cleaning their cars and mowing their lawns in sh
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. Thursday 27th March 2008: Fog? Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 5.4'C Well, where did that come from? I thought more rain was on the cards this morning, but I started my commute from Melton Mowbray in fog. It was quite thick driving to Grantham past the Wal
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. 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
Good Morning, Temperature in Melton Mowbray at 0830 is 2.5'C, lowest overnight temperature -1.7'C, pressure 987 hpa. The snow band arrived in Melton around 05:45 this morning and has now cleared. Around 2-3cm has fallen here and its is already starting to thaw. Have a great Easter. Rob
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. Thursday 20th March 2008: Getting wet in Yorkshire. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.9'C This morning in Melton Mowbray it was overcast and quite mild I as I started out on my last commute of this shorter week. The grey cloudy skies continued through 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. 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. Tuesday 18th March 2008: Cold and Grey. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 2.2'C A grey start to the day in Melton Mowbray with a good cover of cloud keeping temperatures above freezing. There were some brighter interludes during the commute to York this morni
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. Monday 17th March 2008: Dry morning at last! Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 2.8'C It's been a weekend of very heavy rain in Melton Mowbray. Saturday afternoon through to Sunday afternoon it just poured! This morning it was bright, sunny, cool and frost fr
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. Friday 14th March 2008: Cool Sunshine. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.2'C Bright and sunny this morning and feeling cool with the same conditions apparent throughout the commute to York this morning. It feels cool out and there is a bit of a breeze. Temp
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. Thursday 13th March 2008: Cool, Calm and Disrupted. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 3.8'C Yesterday afternoon the high winds caused damage to the overhead power lines on the rail line between York and Doncaster. I was the wrong side of the problem and didn'
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. Tuesday 11th March 2008: Blue sky start. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.8'C A clear bright sunny morning in Melton Mowbray today, the ground was still quite damp though following yesterday's rain. There were strong winds through the town last night aroun
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. Monday 10th March 2008: I'll stay at home in this... Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 6.3'C The storm arrived over Melton Mowbray around 0530 this morning with a strong gusty wind. I have the day off work today so no commute to York; probably not a bad thin
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. Friday 7th March 2008: Sunny weather breaks through. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 6.7'C Overcast and dull in Melton Mowbray this morning with a fresh breeze and evidence of some overnight precipitation. During the drive to Grantham there was a much dull
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. Thursday 6th March 2008: Grey Day. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 7.8'C Today has been one of those commutes where the weather has remained the same throughout and can be summed up in one word – GREY. This morning in Melton Mowbray it was mild, overcast an
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. 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. Monday 3rd March 2008: Rouge Snow. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 0.9'C The first commute of the new month started clear, sunny and cold in Melton Mowbray this morning. The conditions were the same during the drive to Grantham an on board the train. South
