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 14th February 2008: Fade to Grey. Melton Mowbray 06:30hrs 4.4'c During the commute home yesterday evening the fog had once again begun to set in around Melton Mowbray. But this morning it had lifted to low cloud. This morning it was dry wit
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. 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. Monday 11th February 2008: Northern Fog. Melton Mowbray 06:30 – 0.5'c Cold and clear in Melton Mowbray this morning, with a heavy frost on the car. The drive to Grantham along the A607 was made so much better with a spectacular dawn breaking in 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. Friday 8th February 2008: It's always better up North! Melton Mowbray 06:30 – 7.4'C It's been a week of contrasts during the daily commute from Melton Mowbray to York. Leicestershire has always been grey and overcast, but by the time the train gets
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 7th February 2008: Cloud that comes and goes. Melton Mowbray 06:30 – 6.1'C An overcast dry and mild start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning. The cloud cover continued throughout the drive to Grantham. During the train ride to 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. 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. Tuesday 5th February 2008: All clear by morning. Heavy rain and high winds woke me up at 05:00 this morning, about an hour before I was due to leave home for work; but by the time I left the house all was calm and quiet. The temperature in Melton M
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 4th February 2008: Mr Blue Sky. Ummm well the predicted cold snap last Friday and through the weekend didn't materialise in anything; unless you count the three snow flakes that fell in Melton Mowbray on Friday evening. Saturday was bright an
Just popped out into York for lunch and it's VERY cold now. The wind has really picked and its an icey wind that really cuts you in two. It was sunny when I was out and about, but having just got back into the office it's gone overcast. Will the white stuff start to fall; I'll keep you posted..
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 1st February 2008: Watching Out for the White Stuff! So today is the day for this expected chill to set in and may be some snow. The weather forecasts on TV last night were full of the warnings but contradicted each other on the detail. For 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. Thursday 31st January 2008: Getting stronger, heading north. Dry and cloudy with a gusty wind over Melton Mowbray this morning. It didn't feel that strong during the drive to Grantham along the A607. Precipitation started as light drizzle around 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 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. Tuesday 29th January 2008: A Damp Start. A damp morning in Melton Mowbray this morning caused by a heavy build up of dew. Apart from that overcast and feeling cool but no wind. Pretty much similar conditions throughout 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 28th January 2008: Everything Changes En-Route… It was one of those commutes this morning that makes the journey so interesting when it comes to weather watching. This morning in Melton Mowbray the town was blanketed with fog, there was also
The wind in York is really getting up at the moment, started getting breezy around 10:00 getting strong gusts now from a West/South West direction. It's making the windows rattle here on the second floor. 12:50. Gusts have dropped in the last hour or so.
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 25th January 2008: The Red Dawn Vanishes… Mild and breezy in Melton Mowbray first thing this morning with a covering of high cloud. On departure from Grantham I could see a dramatic dawn was starting to break over the town. The clouds were 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. Thursday 24th January 2008: A Case of Déjà vu in the Sky. The same weather conditions in Melton Mowbray this morning. High patchy cloud, dry and although not really mild it was certainly not cold. Similar conditions throughout the commute to York w
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. 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. Monday 21st January 2008: Getting Heavy the Further North... Very heavy rain fell across Melton Mowbray early on Sunday evening but by 20:00 it had cleared through. This morning in Melton it was damp with some drizzle with a light to moderate South
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 18th January 2008: Water Levels a Changing! This morning in Melton Mowbray it was windy and cloudy with light precipitation blowing in the wind. Similar conditions throughout the commute to Grantham by car and to York by train this morning.
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 17th January 2008: The Forecast Changes Overnight. Last night the local TV weather forecast predicted a band of "moderate to heavy" rain to be falling by the morning in Melton Mowbray; never trust a TV forecast! This morning in Melton it w
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. 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
