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I had to get out before the sun melted it all.

Some brilliant walking conditions this morning apart from the sheer depth of snow, almost a foot fell here last night and not a Met O warning in site. made for some good photographs though, although the one of a collapsed outdoor seating gazebo at my local, something repeated at other pubs and restaurants around here is yet another kick in the teeth for businesses already on their knees. as for the farmers, these lambs looked ok but I’d imagine there’s a fair few sheep and lambs out on the tops not so fortunate.

Heaviest single fall of snow for several years here and the heaviest in April since 1981.

Snow yet again overnight. About 5-6cm this time, think this is day 8 now with just a break on Thursday where snow has fallen. Very unusual for us in the Hebrides at any time.

Unexpected snaw.

We had a really nice sunrise this morning, being just on the edge of the overnight shower clouds which allowed some further snowfall overnight but also on the edge of the clearer skies towards Manchester allowing some fog in the valley to have formed. Really dark golden-reds and orange hues as the sun rose which was well worth setting the 5:30am alarm for on a early Sunday.

12 or 13cm of lying snow obliterates my previous record of 2cm for this past winter. In fact the most snow since 2018. Beautiful against the clear blue sky but the strong April sun is already getting to work on it.

Snaw has again fallen this evening and as i type its is falling again everything white over.. thats 6 days on the trott now of snaw laying in some form overnight and into the late morning.. tomorrow will make it 7.. remarkable when in January i could barely get sleet while the rest of you lot were getting buried..

Some photos from this morning courtesy of my wife.

Had another light covering first thing although almost all gone now. Also had a couple of visitors.

A few photos from earlier this evening showing showers over the Firth and on horizon towards north coast. Currently 0c Still a few showers to the NE across the Firth An anvil cloud just at dusk on the horizon on the north coast. Taken at 8.45pm looking north the midsummer sunsets are not far away but this is still a frosty snowy sunset. Forgot to submit last night!

Following on from the above post more showers coming in off the Firth this morning after a -3c start. Another of Ben More. A few showing the hills to the west of Ben Wyvis. Couple of the Cawdor Hills and Bramble. Took a run inland this morning to confirm what Iheard from another farmer that around the Grntown area fields are completely brown after our very cold winter and now this cold spell in April Can confirm there is not a sign of green growth . The excess feed all farmers in this area had built up this last year or two will used up now.

Ended up with about 6 cms of snow here,

Another frigid winter's day with a max of 4.1c, overnight low of -2.1c. Mix of sunshine and generally light snow showers, blown in on a light to moderate NW wind. Archetypical April skies of fluffy white clouds , lovely stuff, just could do with enjoying it without wearing the full winter garb!

Gordon Bennett, today's GFS 06Z say it all: Day 5: meh: Day 10: Bleurgh: Day 16: oh abc!

Covering of the white stuff here too early doors. Was half asleep just nipping for the necessaries out of bed, looked outside and was totally confused as to what was going on for a couple of seconds! -6.7 & -2.3°C last two nights so that's fifty sixth and seventh air frosts.

Morning Snow showers some heavy will be frequent for northern England this afternoon and a local covering is possible particularly if they become more organised and merge. Rain sleet and snow showers in areas south of here, although for most that do get any snow it will be a case of it falling but not settling and accumulating with sunshine in between them. An area of rain separated from a low to the northwest will move into parts of Wales then most likely into western and then into central or southern parts of England later tonight into tomorrow morning. It is a fairly small feature and most of the precipitation will probably be light though a chance some of it could be heavy, particularly for Wales where on high ground there could be 2-5cm. A few other places may have a light covering of snow including to lower levels from this. Any that remains during tomorrow morning turning mostly to rain, weakening and clearing away by the afternoon though possibly a lot of cloud left over for these areas with showers in the southwest.. Temperatures now more likely remaining close to average for most from tuesday with high pressure over the whole country until thursday where it may drift slightly east, mostly dry for many including Scotland and northern Ireland although upto wednesday a few showers is a possibility in some places which is a slight change from previous updates. High pressure probably over much of the country into saturday the exception possibly being the northwest. Most probably remaining dry, a fair amount of sunshine but some areas may have occasional cloudier spells depending on the exact wind direction.. Gfs..

Beautiful photos. You could easily mistake those photos for been taken during December 2010

Starting to stick, proper coming down!!! unexpected

So quiet in here today?...I’ve tried to breathe some new life into it but without much success..anyhoo tonight’s ECM 12z ensemble mean suggests we are going to be saying the words..Scandi and HIGH PRESSURE quite a lot in the days..weeks ahead! even the Azores word may be used!

Yes it looks like HP all the way to day 10. Not warm though as you say Mike. Will have to rely on the increasing strength of the sun to provide any warmth, which, out of the wind is definately noticeable. However do not want this towards the end of April though on the gfs12z This northerly signal keeps coming and going on gfs but as before is at bottom of pack in FI. Still awaiting signs of genuine warm up....

Very heavy snow on just now with half crown flakes easily settling and making it white again. Currently 3c

Just popped in from the south east to say what amazing and beautiful winter wonderland pictures. This April is turning into a real chiller, especially further north. Although we may see a few snow flakes / graupel down here this afternoon...

Morning all Just goes on and on... Another day ahead with snow/wintry showers breaking out inland through the afternoon. Current radar: Here is what the Met Office forecast for later. 15:00 16:00 I remember when we used to get warm days in April! @shuggee risk of frosts continues right through until next weekend (current output) - must be a new all time record approaching for you. (Total number of recorded air frosts - not sure what period you cover? Just Winter and Spring or all seasons combined?)

Still don’t think April 81 is under threat but after a winter of downgrades, this is without a doubt the most unexpected snowfall of recent times.

It sure is! Late on Both clusters go back to heights to the NW and downstream trough. There’s a vague idea on the GEFS too. *maybe* some retrogression hints at day 10 on the GEM too. I doubt day 12 would be overly mild... On the other hand the 18z is different again, with a low in the E Atlantic instead of a ridge and has the W Russian high ridging over us still at day 11... Not much of a match with the 8-14 NOAA? Let’s see if the GFS ops and eps can find some consistency on this over the next few days. Then we can start talking surface conditions. Regardless, the good news is the ECM failed to spoil things so we’re locked in for a dry and settled spell into next week. I’m sure the beer garden folk will happily raise a glass to that.

Amazing day of convective cloudscapes, first to the south I believe that is pileus cloud too in this Stormy cloud bases Best of today a beauty of a cb Graupel shower a few hours ago giving a covering

Snow still lying on conifers to the south . Currently 3c Field in foreground still brown despite being sown 3 weeks ago. Root development is very good but shoots not breaking soil surface yet.Have actually seen it take 6 weeks for emergence in a cold spring so not too concerned yet. Good root development will help it catch up yet. Early sowing usually helps towards an early harvest hopefully in better weather. We will need every day of our 5 month growing season this year. Deleted photo by mistake in last post.

Aye April showers

Embers of a photogenetic day

Great cloudscapes today with snow and graupel showers on and off since Midday. Winds are light so feels pleasant in the sunshine. Currently 4.4c, down from a max of 6.6c.

Woke up to a dusting of snow here this morning as snow showers moved in off the North Sea. Yesterday was absolutely crackers with snow settling on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay and 2 of my weather stations falling to -8.2c overnight. Keld fell to -7c this morning and thick snow lay across parts of North Yorkshire from stationary showers in the west last yesterday evening and snow showers this morning in the east. I missed out on any of the fun yesterday but had to have a ride out this morning to the nearby North York Moors. A few of my highest weather stations have a mean temperature of just 1c so far this April with hard frosts looking to continue over the coming nights. As an extreme weather enthusiast I've found it quite hard to contain myself over the last week or so.

Cricket at Old Trafford players off for ❄

So quiet in here today..ok, back up frosty..done that line already!..anyway, moving swiftly on, the Gfs 6z op is predominantly dominated by high pressure in one form or another..as for temperatures, that’s more problematic, to be frank, it’s a struggle to get far into double digits Celsius and there are some cold frosty nights for sure..but at least it can’t be called unsettled..can it!?

Fantastic pics in here. Yesterday at 0600 dipped to -6c which would beat some recent ‘winters’ down here Snow showers came in during the afternoon with the temp being only 4c at 1700. Lovely start to the day today, -3.5c and sunny. However it’s clouded over and snow is currently lightly falling with the temp at 5c. Quite looking forward to the warmer temperatures in 5 or so days time IMG_3342.MOV IMG_3341.MOV

I must check the figures for up here I think we are in the 60s since Dec first but will have a tot up at some stage.

Going to be rather cold tomorrow but at least no frontal heavy rain or strong winds. Outlook remains mostly dry. The Lake District is firmly in it's annual dry season..April typically driest month of the year here. Had yesterday's or even today's weather happened tomorrow the tabloids would have has field day, people sitting outside with the snow falling!

Hardly the most inspiring of GEFS temperature ensembles. But, anyway: Mustn't crumble, eh?

Yet another air frost last night, easily down to -3 degrees, many a winter month has failed to deliver the number of air frosts we've has this month and we're only 11 days in! Yes a surprise snowfall for many yesterday, not forecast! Would have been classed heaviest in quite a number of winters! This is turning into a significant cold spell for April.

View on the Cat and Fiddle at the moment.

The 18z GFS op, like the 12z, is bringing in a breakdown of the high pressure from the south for next Sunday (+186h), around 1016mb in the rain in the south of the UK. The rain really gets going more widely later in the afternoon over much of the UK and Ireland (+192h). The ECM from 12z is having nothing to do with it, keeping the high pressure firmly in charge over the whole of the UK and Ireland, 1032-1036mb for the same time.

I seem to be missing all of it . Still chuffed that many places around me are getting quite a good snow event.

Me and you got something in common. The desire to start a fight in an empty room. Oh and we had graupel, snow, hail, call it wtf you want, cold white stuff on and off all day.

Fir FS EDIT. Couple of cms lying now. EDIT again. New vid. EDIT 3. 5 cm now WhatsApp Video 2021-04-10 at 21.37.01.mp4 WhatsApp Video 2021-04-10 at 22.19.53.mp4 WhatsApp Video 2021-04-10 at 22.30.45.mp4

A fantastic day for convective cloudscapes First to the south I believe that is pileus cloud in this too Stormy cloud bases Best of the day this stunner of a cumulonimbus And a covering from the graupel shower a few hours ago I have a bit of video from it I will put it on here when I upload it to YouTube

Snowing here,on the edge of the band

Snowing pretty heavy here now.. at least 2 inch built up in past hour.

Yeah it's the 10th April and the best snow of this winter season. Bonkers. 20210410_234237.mp4