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In Absence of True Seasons You got a point. What would it take for these so-called forecasters to get fired, I wonder? Posting an xxx on their social media? Wimbledon88 Southern Spain or Greece are the places to be...

We are eating deep into what is typically the Lake District 'drier season', its going to need a 2018 to redeem itself, but no signal for any substantive dry spell, though we are seeing much drier synoptics, heights look set to position themselves too far to the west, and we remain at the mercy of the euro trough. Whilst not unprecedented, it would be extremely exceptional to see the wet theme hold through to June. We shall see. 1998 is a good comparison year, we did manage a long dry warm spell in May at least, the less said about the summer the better though.

There's been little to get excited about in the models this week, but suddenly on its last couple of runs, the Euro is swinging a low down from the NW and parking it in Biscay, close enough to throw up unstable conditions from the southwest next weekend. These sorts of scenarios seem more likely to deliver in Spring or early autumn, so one to watch. Still a little bit in FI but hopefully it's still showing in a few days.

Hardly surprising it's so nippy given the temps in Scandinavia last night and the UK under a NE breeze. Pretty extraordinary low temps up there given how late in Spring we are.

Morning All, an overcast one this morning, I suppose it's levelling up for the glorious day yesterday, oh well. The overnight low of 7.7°C at: 03:15, has climbed up to 13.4°C, RH74% and the freshening breeze in from the NNE, with scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,600 ft. From Above a fair amount of cloud flowing in from the N. On Golden sands

Friday 19th April 2024 Cloudy overnight. A short spell of light rain this morning clearing mid morning. A few brighter spells developing late morning. 24-hour maximum 12.1c 24-hour minimum 8.0c Minimum temperature on grass 8.0c Maximum wind gust: Midnight to Midnight) 18.3 mph NW Rainfall total = 0.6mm Conditions at 09:00 GMT 7 Oktas Stratocumulus. Visibility >10 miles Temperature: 10.1c Humidity 88.3% Wind Direction NNW force 3-4 Barometer 1015.4mb falling Yesterday. Good clear spells overnight, widespread frost. Sunny spells through the morning, though high cloud and haze increasing late morning, making the sunshine weak and watery. The afternoon much the same. A little light rain evening.

Floatylight Your interpretation. It shows a 11°C max for your location.

10.5 and 100mm please.

May 2020 by some distance. May 2018 had some very warm and humid weather, but there were also storms around whereas 2020 was pretty much bone dry with loads of sunshine.

May 2018 was amazing and thundery but May 2020 has to take it here just because of how crazy it was to see over 300 hours of sunshine in one month. Cloudless on like 2/3 of the days that month! I'd also like to mention May 2023 which down here was exceptional. Warmer than both, sunnier than 2018, and a bone dry second half in which every day hit 20c. All three had a handful of poor days in the first half but followed by 2-3 weeks of outstanding weather.

Depressingly wet last night when Mrs FLT and I had to go out. Very damp this morning but signs of it drying and brightening up, with glimpses of blue sky and a gusty wind. Hopefully it will be dry for the weekend.

Especially if it's just the stock iphone or android weather app you're using. I get why the layman may use those, but weather nuts like us shouldn't go anywhere near those!

danm I need to use the Met more! The apps on the phone are just woefully inaccurate

We were meant to have showers this morning, so i'm sat inside house instead of sealing the patio. But it's 'kin dry with sunny spells and some cloud. So, do i wait another hour and see what materialises OR do i just get on with it? If it showers later the stuff will run or go white spotty.

12.5mm picked up this morn for previous 24hrs. April so far 131.7mm. Year so far 683.1 mm. Record wet April measured here was 181.9mm in 1970. but that followed a very dry March and then we had a dry May and June. Jolly bleak unless sun pops out. Very glad I made a batch of Xmas puds just before Easter. Still 2 left.

The Met Office forecast from yesterday (see below) looks pretty bang on. Cloudy, chilly, damp morning to be replaced by showers in the afternoon:

ANYWEATHER As of yesterday, today was meant to be sun and cloud here but now raining most of the day and cloudy later, so I wouldn't bank on anything re tomorrow's weather. The forecast can and does change even just hours ahead of time! Wouldn't surprise me if tomorrow is cloudy and showery also. Yes, I'm being pessimistic admittedly, but it's hard not to be after the last; 12 months of weather.

SunnyG lols , probably not the weather!!!

Looking forward to some nice sun surprises the weekend. Had enough of this permi-cloud now. Even if it’s not raining it’s virtually cloudy all the time! I don’t want wall to wall sunshine but a 50% chance of sunshine through the day will help lift the gloom on peoples faces

Cracking morning here, bit chilly but no worse than to be expected at the time of year. A beautiful fresh spring morning. Hopefully the first of many.

Metwatch Definitely an improvement, but still not great, especially considering another wet spell could easily push back the drying-out that's being achieved. Sunshine hours has been poor this April and will continue to be poor throughout the remainder of the month, looks like. Going to have soggy, saturated ground into May, it seems! Our garden is still ridiculous spongy and wet. Not something I've ever seen in my lifetime this late in the year.

SunnyG Getting paid triple figures per year for a job where you can have a ridiculously low success rate and not be fired? Or getting paid triple figures per year for a job where you can say to everyone "it's going to be some degree of cloudy, and also some degree of wet" daily and then put your feet up. Probably a combo of both. Either way, I'd be smiling too!

The day started off ok here, if chilly, but the howling wind is again in full blast. Eff off already, come back when it’s hot!

Good grief, the weather today is far more dire than forecasted. Dull, gloomy, windy and chilly. Looking to be showers later too, lol. It was showing as 13c and mostly sunny when I looked yesterday. So much for "high pressure".

BTW 127.7 mm for the month (that's gone up a lot since I last checked), 401 mm for the year!