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  1. BBC weather for next week Staying very cold Bitter winds Wintry Flurries Roll on April and the hints of it turning less cold
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  2. Summer 1998 was one of the less impressive summers of the 90s but for me it was nowt compared to the summers of 2007 and 2012, in terms of badness. Here is a BBC news report on the summer and an improvement
    1 point
  3. From the album: North Wales

    Looking down on Y Lliwedd from the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
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  4. 1879 managed a yearly CET of 7.42*C.Still it looks highly likely now that we will record the coldest March since the 1960s - notably cold Marches have not occurred at all since 1969/1970. The coldest since then was 1987 (4.1) and 2nd coldest was 1996 (4.5). Even these although cold were by no means outstanding. I do not like to get carried away before a notably cold month reaches its end - all we need is cloudy nights next week to prevent any severe frosts and a much warmer last three days and the final CET may not be as cold as looks possible in the current output. It certainly looks as though the rolling 12 month's CET will dip below 9.1 by this month's end - but sub 9*C looks very unlikely. So where do we go from here - if the rest of the year was to mirror 2006 (not saying that this is likely), then the upper limit for 2013's annual CET would be around 10.55*C. Having said that, given how the first three months of 2013 have been, there certainly is a good chance of another sub 10*C CET year, and a decent chance that this year's annual CET will be below last year's 9.70*C. Certainly now as we are now up against a coolish April last year, there is little chance of any more falls in the rolling 12 month CET.
    1 point
  5. Thanks for the info. The cold March and the exceptional Winter that followed were situated perfectly together to bring that really low rolling value of just 7.63C. That is very chilly.
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  6. UK Outlook for Saturday 6 Apr 2013 to Saturday 20 Apr 2013: Southern parts of the UK are likely to be unsettled with rainfall amounts possibly above average, especially at first. Temperatures starting off around average, but may fall below normal towards the middle of April, although it will probably be less cold than recently. Further north, and particularly in the north east, colder than average conditions are likely from the start, with a risk of overnight frosts. Around average precipitation here, and perhaps further snowfall at times, mainly on hills and mountains. Sunshine amounts are likely to be close to the seasonal average in the west of the UK, and just below average elsewhere. Updated: 1212 on Fri 22 Mar 2013 http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html
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  7. UK Outlook for Wednesday 27 Mar 2013 to Friday 5 Apr 2013: Many places will start dry with some sunny spells by day, particularly towards the west. Some sleet or showers are still possible in the east but these will tend to ease. Staying generally cold or very cold with widespread overnight frosts and bitter winds. Rain, locally heavy, probably spreading into southern areas from around Saturday next week and turning to sleet or snow as it moves northwards, giving further snow accumulations in places. Cold or very cold at first, but temperatures recovering to nearer normal across southern areas during Easter weekend. Thereafter, conditions look likely to turn less cold across most parts, but with rain or showers, particularly in the south and west. Windy at times with a snow risk continuing in the north, especially on high ground. Updated: 1205 on Fri 22 Mar 2013 http://www.metoffice...st_weather.html
    1 point
  8. just before the end of the world ...
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  9. Yep, quite the contrast from last year thats for sure! Going to be a very below average March to go along with the below average start. Too early to tell how this years annual CET will go, afterall the first 3 months of 2006 were a little below average overall.
    1 point
  10. Ah right, I wasn't reading properly - I did wonder why the months were divided as they are.The rolling annual CET should surely be plummeting as we take record warm CET days out of the equation and replace it with near-record cold.
    1 point
  11. Yes but the list above are consecutive months below the 1961-90 average. Both March and May 2012 were above the average.
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  12. There was also April 2012, which was 0.7c below the 61-90 average at 7.2c
    1 point
  13. Consecutive months that were below the 1961-90 average since January 2001 Feb 2013: 3.2 Jan 2013: 3.5 ---------- Oct 2012: 9.7 Sep 2012: 13.0 ---------- Jul 2012: 15.5 Jun 2012: 13.5 ---------- Aug 2011: 15.4 July 2011: 15.2 June 2011: 13.8 ----------- Jan 2011: 3.7 Dec 2010: -0.7 Nov 2010: 5.2 Oct 2010: 10.3 ------------ Feb 2010: 2.8 Jan 2010: 1.4 Dec 2009: 3.1 ----------- Jan 2009: 3.0 Dec 2008: 3.5 ---------- Oct 2008: 9.7 Sep 2008: 13.5 ---------- Aug 2007: 15.4 July 2007: 15.2 ---------- Mar 2006: 4.9 Feb 2006: 3.7 ---------- Dec 2005: 4.4 Nov 2005: 6.2 ---------- Apr 2001: 7.7 Mar 2001: 5.2 Notable how consecutive below average months have increased recently and against the 1961-90 averages at that. If the trend continues than we must expect to return cool or cold seasons more often than recently. We already had the coldest winter since 1978-79 and the joint coolest summer since 1985. Feel we are due for a notably cool/cold spring. The last one was 1996.
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  14. Its funny how peoples perception of the same season differs...i remember 1998 as being a non descript summer..not as bad as 1992 or 1993 and definitely better than 2007..in fact i think 1998 was probably the least interesting year of the 1990s weather wise (apart from a warm February)...still with regards to summer the 1990s was the best decade for warm summer months in my life time.
    1 point
  15. From the album: Ice melting on a car rear window

    Was just about to scrape the ice off the car this morning and noticed how pretty it was.. so turned the engine on and photographed it melting on the rear window (-;

    © © 2013 Pete Stevens

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  16. From the album: Ice melting on a car rear window

    Was just about to scrape the ice off the car this morning and noticed how pretty it was.. so turned the engine on and photographed it melting on the rear window (-;

    © © 2013 Pete Stevens

    1 point
  17. It has been subject to really strong wave number 1 activity: leading to an upper warming and lower vortex displacement to Siberia:
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  18. Funnily enough the CET of summer of 1998 was the same as 2007 and 2012. 1998 summer was very similar to last year as it had the strong -QBO component and a negative AO too. It was certainly the worst summer of the 1990s and I was on a D of E hack in the new forest as part of the expedition and it rained non atop. Putrid summer conditions.
    1 point
  19. I think of Summer 1998 as a fairly typical example of a "westerly" summer- a succession of lows bringing a lot of cloud, rain belts interspersed with some brighter showery interludes, and the occasional short-lived ridge from the Azores High bringing dry cloudy weather to the north and sunshine to the south. Having said that, June 1998 was notably wet in many places and July 1998 was unusually wet in Scotland. July 1998 contained a fair number of active "convective days" in Tyneside from the showery westerly flows in between the rain belts, but these were mixed with a large number of cloudy days with the odd bit of drizzle- the latter must have been particularly prominent over eastern and southern England as statistically July was rather dry but dull in those areas. August was memorable in Tyneside for its distinct lack of "weather"- mostly dry, quite breezy, a fair amount of cloud, the odd bit of sun and the odd bit of rain, but it was very much a north-south split month and Heathrow Airport had 40% above average sunshine thanks to the persistent ridges from the Azores High.
    1 point
  20. The heat starts to crank up, 7th August 1998
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  21. Finally a decent spell of weather at least in the south
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  22. From the album: North Wales

    Looking southwest to the Nantlle and Moel Hebog, with the sea glimmering beyond
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  23. From the album: North Wales

    Looking across Moel Eilio with Ynys Mon (Anglesey) forming the background
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  24. From the album: North Wales

    Looking down on Crib Goch with Glyder Fach in the background from the summit of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
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  25. From the album: North Wales

    Ice climbing on the walls of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), spot the climbers
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  26. From the album: North Wales

    High on the backwall of Cwm Glaslyn the Blizzard clears, Crib Goch forms the background with Moel Siabod in the distance in the sunshine
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  27. From the album: North Wales

    Deep powder and large Icicles on the flanks of Crib Goch
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  28. From the album: North Wales

    Looking across Cwm Glaslyn to the thre summits of Y Lliwedd
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  29. From the album: North Wales

    Cwm Glaslyn below the imposing east wall of Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon)
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