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Weather guide for the week ahead and a retrospective too. I enjoy comparing where I have lived of late (West Wales) with where I was born and bred (Midlands)

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Weather guide Monday 18th to Sunday 24th February 2013 (West Wales and the Midlands specific)

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Headline: Mostly dry with sunny spells; quite mild at first, turning much colder with hard frosts from mid week,[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] Most of us have enjoyed the mild and at times bright spell of late, quite a contrast to the very cold and snowy picture over much of the Midlands until Wednesday. Temperatures have been as high as 10c widely, and even 11c in places. Still on the mild side early in the coming week, but it turns co

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TonyH

Weekly weather guide for West Wales and the Midlands (Monday 11th to Sunday 17th Feb 2013)

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Rather cold with rain, and chiefly hill snow at times; milder, especially for SW Wales, from mid week[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A chilly, rather than cold week gone, with maximum temperatures mostly only a little below the February average of 8c here in Ceredigion, and only the slightest of frosts on a few of the nights, with too much peristent cloud cover acting as a warming blanket. It has though been quite a cold week for the Mid

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 4th to Sunday 10th February 2013 (West Wales and the Midlands only)

[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial][b]Headline: Mostly cold with wintry showers and night frosts; possible snow events later in the week.[/b][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]Rain amounts this past week were not high enough to give more than localised flooding. A mild week gone with no frosts until the slight ones this weekend. For the month of January temperatures averaged out a little below normal, while rainfall was close to average for both West Wales and Warwickshire, with 120m

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 28th Jan to Sunday 3rd February 2013 (West Wales and the Central MIdlands)

[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial][b]Headline: Very unsettled and windy, spells of rain and showers, heavy at times, localised flooding, cooler later[/b][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]What a wintry week! Not especially cold for West Wales, surprisingly, with all the snow about, here at Lampeter there were no 'Ice days' and no hard frosts or windscreens to scrape. It was a very overcast spell, the cloud blanket preventing temperatures from falling below -4c here. However the 9cm s

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 21st to Sunday 27th January 2013

[size=3][color=#000000][font=arial][b]Headline: Continuing very cold with more snow at times, snow cover persisting. Thaw possible next weekend[/b][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial]The snows duly arrived on Friday, for most of us. Carmarthen and some other spots somehow remained green oases in a white West Wales landscape, neighbouring Pembrokshire, Llanelli and all surrounding hills received at least a cm or so. Depths of snow heard about incude: Llanwnnen 9cm, Llanelli 4cm, Aberyst

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TonyH

Weather guide (severe weather update): Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th January 2013

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Headline: Disruptive heavy snowfalls, very cold.[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] Due to popular request and in view of the upcoming interesting and most probably severe weather here is a mid week update:[/size][/font][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] Warwickshire had around an inch of snow on Monday, but so far this Winter the snow has missed West Wales, bar a few flurries. A weak front over the Irish Sea is giving some very light snow

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TonyH

Latest weekly weather guide: Monday 14th to Sunday 20th January 2013 (west Wales and the Midlands)

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Very cold with persistent hard frost, snow for many places[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]The anticipated change to colder weather has happened and looks set to last throughout the coming week. Another relatively dry week gone, especially for the Midlands, just 2mm falling at Coventry, and merely 11mm here, near Lampeter, a chance for the rivers to drop to more normal levels and the fields to dry out somewhat. The very mild star

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TonyH

Weather prospects for the Midlands and west Wales: Monday 7th to Sunday 13th January 2013

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Changeable, turning colder, night frosts. Very cold with snow threat later.[/b][/size][/font] [b][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]2012 was a very wet year, the second wettest year of the past century for the UK averaged out overall.[/size][/font][/b] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Llanwnnen: 1526mm wettest year since 2008 Coventry, Bablake School: 894mm, wettest since 2007 Rugby:874mm, wettest since 1882 (916mm)! These figures show that C

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TonyH

Weather prospects for west Wales and the Midlands New Year's Eve to Saturday 6th January 2013

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]More rain and wind at first, then becoming mostly dry and mild [/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]The floods in the Midlands receded through the past week, as rainfall lessened, however there was still a substantial 40mm during the past week at Rugby. West Wales has had another very wet week with just over 3 inches (77mm) falling back home at Llanwnnen. All this rain has made 2012 one of the wettest years on record, Llanwnnen needs 2 inches

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TonyH

Latest weekly guide: Christmas Eve to Sunday 30th Dec 2012 (west wales and the Midlands)

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Continuing very unsettled, further spells of rain and localised flooding. Average to mild temperatures[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A very wet wet week gone- totals of 50mm for Coventry and 79mm at Llanwnnen, 41mm of this falling in the 24 hours to midnight last night alone at the latter. Coventry and Warwickshire in 2012 has had double the rainfall that fell in 2011, 800mm or so against 400mm or so. Llanwwnen has had a thor

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd December 2012 (W Wales and Midlands only)

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] [b]Headline: Unsettled with rain and wind at times; rather cold to mild temperatures[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A decent cold snap last week. The Midlands was especially cold due to persistent freezing fog, this meant that Coventry failed to top 0c on both Tuesday and Wednesday, while at least west Wales enjoyed plenty of albeit chilly sunshine.[/size][/font][b] [/b][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Night-wise, Llanwnnen got down to -7.4c

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TonyH

Weather outlook for west Wales and the Midlands Monday 10th to Sunday 16th December 2012

[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Cold, sunny and frosty to mid week. Unsettled and turning less cold, with rain at times from Thursday (outside chance of snow in places)[/b][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A mixed, unsettled and quite cold week gone, almost two inches of rain falling here. Few places saw more than a few flakes of snow during the week, and it looks as though this theme SHOULD continue. However, were I typing this guide last Thursday I would have been

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TonyH

Weekly weather guide Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th December 2012 (west Wales and the Midlands)

[b]Headline: Rather cold, rain or showers at times; frosty at times, snow less probable.[/b] A reprieve from the rain last week, only 4mm falling since Monday here. As the models predicted it turned cold from mid week, and on Thursday morning Llanwnnen was colder than anywhere else in the UK getting down to -7.5c and only managing 1.8c during the day - very cold for November. Church Lawford, Warwickshire, had a minimum of -5c on Saturday morning. Turning milder early this week briefly, then g

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 26th November to Sunday 2nd December 2012 (west Wales and Midlands centric!)

[b]Headline: Wet start , turning cold later, snow possible next weekend[/b] An exceptionally wet week with flooding in many areas. Warwickshire having an inch of rain on Wednesday flooding the Avon and other rivers, while it was west Wales turn for floods on Thursday, Llanwnnen getting 30mm. Another deluge in the past 24 hours, Coventry has just had it wettest November day in the 120 year record, and Llanwnnen and most of west Wales picked up another inch! Total rain fall figures for the past

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 19th to Sunday 25th November 2012 (cf. west Wales and central Midlands)

[b]Headline: Unsettled, rain and strong winds at times; average to mild temperatures[/b] Most places reached 13 or 14c mid week, well above the mid November average (10c). Llanwnnen saw the highest reading of the month (13c) on Tuesday afternoon soon followed by the lowest (-1.6c) on Thursday morning. This was due to the importation of less mild Continental air late on Wednesday bringing clearing skies which caused all the fog and local frost on Thursday. It was notable how thick was the fog

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TonyH

Week ahead for west Wales and the Midlands: Monday 12th to Sunday 18th November 2012

[b]Headline: Fairly dry and mild with some fog[/b] A mostly dry week gone for the Midlands, but still wet weather to start and end the week here in west Wales giving one and a half inches in total. Rather cool, but never cold and with a few slight frosts too. Quite a lot of dry weather in the week ahead, especially for the Midlands once more, with west Wales more likely to see some rain at times. No day has reached the early November average of 12c thus far at Llanwnnen, so a fairly mild week

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TonyH

Comparing west Wales with the Midlands Monday 5th to Sunday 11th November

[b]Headline: Some rain at times with dry spells too; fairly cool. Wet by next weekend.[/b] A cool, wet week gone, especially for west Wales, with well over 2 inches falling at Llanwnnen. There has even been a little sleet and wet snow in the showers, along with hail, thunder and lightning for some! A cool week too, on Thursday temperatures for many did not better 8c. This week will be somewhat drier, still some rain on some of the days but not all, and with some fairly decent dry interludes

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TonyH

Weather guide Monday 29th October to Sunday 4th November (comparing west Wales with the Midland's)

[b]Headline: Cool with spells of rain, heavy at times mid week onwards, especially over west Wales[/b] West Wales experienced some warm Autumn sunny intervals on Wednesday with highs of 17c here - it may well be the last time it gets this mild until next Spring. The Midlands was also in the very mild air, but never got above 14c last week, the NE breeze coming off the North Sea kept it cloudy and sometimes misty with drizzle. However, we all experienced very mild nights staying above 11c u

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TonyH

Weather guide for the west Wales and central Midlands for the week: Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th October 2012

[b]Headline: [/b] [b][b]Mostly dry and very mild; much colder by Friday and next weekend[/b][/b] Quite a wet week gone, 2 inches of rain for Llanwnnen, although under an inch for Coventry. Temperatures around the average last week, each day reaching between 12 and 15c here, although the Midlands reached a mild 16c on Wednesday and Thursday, while parts of west Wales also managed 16c on Saturday (except the Lampeter area!). Even warmer into the new week as we get a drag of very mild Cont

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TonyH

Weather Guide Monday 15th To Sunday 21st October 2012

[b]Headline: Becoming very unsettled, rain or showers, heavy at times; rather cool. Milder weekend.[/b] The Lampeter area still has not reached 60f (16c) this October which is most unusual, a very cool start to the month - last year we reached almost 80f (27c) on the October 1st! Localised flooding for parts of Wales last Thursday, including Cardigan where over an inch of rain fell during the afternoon. The Aberystwyth area had almost an inch falling from frequent heavy showers on Saturday.

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TonyH

Weather Guide Monday 8th To Sunday 14th October 2012

[b]Headline: Mixed; some rain, but dry spells too. temperatures around average[/b] This weekend's dry weather has been welcome, after rain falling on every day for almost 2 weeks here in west Wales. The Midlands on the other hand had a reasonably dry week until Thursday. A cool start to October, following on from the coolest September for almost 20 years. No real warmth again in the coming week, although as we progress through October we should not expect this really, as Summer rapidly recede

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TonyH

Weather Guide Sunday 30th September To Sunday 7th October (west Wales And The Midlands)

[b]Headline: Mostly cool and unsettled, further rain or showers at times[/b] A cool, even very cool week gone, on both last Sunday and Tuesday temperatures stayed below 11c here at Llanwnnen, 6c below the late September average figure. A wet week too, many of us getting close to 2 inches of rain, although our areas much less affected than the parts of northern England and Wales which saw 4 to 6 inches and flooding. All this rain has still failed to bring us up to the monthly average of 4 in

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TonyH

Weather Guide Monday 24th To Sunday 30th September 2012

[font=verdana, sans-serif][b]Headline: [/b][b]Cool a[/b][b]nd very unsettled: showers or longer spells of rain; windy to mid week.[/b][/font] [font=verdana, sans-serif]Last week's guide underestimated the showers that streamed off Cardigan Bay into Ceredigion from Monday to Wednesday and which gave a quarter of an inch of rain at Llanwnnen during this period. However other areas such as Warwickshire and Carmarthen saw very few showers and stayed mainly dry. A decidedly cool week, the highest

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TonyH

Weather Guide Monday 17th To Sunday 23rd September 2012 (west Wales And Central Midlands Compared)

[b]Headline: Mostly dry but quite cool; some rain weekend[/b] As anticipated rainfall amounts during the past week were small in spite of the rather unsettled weather pattern. Rainfall totals for the first half of September just.4mm for Coventry and 14mm here at Llanwnnen - so a very dry month to date (why not this during Summer!). Last weeks guide bore hope for a fine and warm spell from this weekend, however this has not really materialised (especially here in west Wales!). Weather foreca

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TonyH

Weather Guide Monday 10th To Sunday 16th September (west Wales And Central Midlands Compared)

[b]Headline: Unsettled with some rain at times, and often windy; cool to average temperatures. Fine prospects next weekend[/b] A virtually bone dry week just gone for a change, and a warm one too. Temperatures reached 25c in Warwickshire and 22c at Llanwnnen, very respectable levels now we are into September. Sunday is the day of changeover to cooler and more unsettled conditions that will predominate in the coming week. Occasional rain, although not with especially large amounts, along with

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