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 14th January 2008: Fizzling Out... A damp start to the day in Melton Mowbray this morning. The rain was quite heavy as I drove through the town. Although it began to fizzle out during the drive along the A607 to Grantham. In the east there 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. Friday 11th January 2008: What a Difference a Day Makes! This morning in Melton Mowbray it was cold and damp, no frost but some mist and low cloud was hung over the town. Driving along the A607 to Grantham the mist developed into patchy fog which 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 Thursday 10th January 2008: Dull & Damp A fresh south westerly wind across Melton Mowbray and the Vale of Belvoir this morning, but apart from that it was dry and overcast. Pretty much the same conditions throughout the commute to work this morn
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 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 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 4th January 2008: White Goes Grey A much milder start to the day today, with temps above freezing. Pretty much low cloud and drizzle all the way to York this morning. Was very evident that the cloud cover was quite thick on arrival into 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 Thursday 3rd January 2008: The White Stuff A dry, cold and frosty start from Melton Mowbray with patchy high cloud. Light snow flurries started north of Newark (Nottinghamshire) becoming heavier around the Retford and Bawtry areas. Light snow cover
