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Interesting record here. https://twitter.com/TheSnowDreamer/status/1760007597913190455 Interesting summer that followed the previous record though, some hope maybe. https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/philip-eden/Summer-1959.htm

Interesting and depressing record https://twitter.com/TheSnowDreamer/status/1760007597913190455 Interesting summer that followed the previous record though, some hope maybe. https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/philip-eden/Summer-1959.htm

keithlucky snowing here right now. Covering quite quickly

Jeez. These last 2 winters have been horrendous. Maybe it's my age but i'm starting to properly hate this season. And before anyone says "you can't change the weather", i know that but doesn't mean i have to like it. Maybe this year feels even worse because of the dreadful Spring and Summer last year. We desperately need a prolonged dry spell now. The odd dry weeks we've had are not drying things out enough. The 1st downpour, like today, then everything is saturated again and it feels like you're back to square one. We now have a late season SSW to look forward too, i really hope that doesn't mean a cold and dull spring again. Or maybe its the only way we can get a proper dry spell now.

Morning all. Another winter storm is upon us. Just wondering what website/app people find the most accurate for wind speed. I tend to look at BBC (metogroup), met office and XC weather (GFS I believe). What I can see at the moment is XC weather is over playing current wind gusts by and estimated 20mph. It’s also showing the highest maximum wind speed later today around 15mph above the others. Which is pretty standard in my experience.

. You’re spot on there. it does looks like yet another uneventful chilly spell. I’m seriously enjoying the dry weather so not too disappointed this time. Glad I’ve learnt my lesson and haven’t told family and friends to prepare for snowmageddon again

Yes, light snow/graupel here

Met office 2023 summary here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/summaries/uk_climate_summary_calendar_year_2023.pdf Quite a localised picture in terms of anomalies. A dryer Western Scotland shows how weather systems/jet stream took a more southerly track. I do remember quite unusual patterns where we saw several low pressure systems tracking south or actually coming from a southerly direction as apposed to westerly or south westerly. Thanks for the contribution all! some great information. Fingers crossed for a dryer 2024

We really need a prolonged dryer period now. This year has been very wet and dull, a shock to the system after the 2022 scorcher. I won’t be sorry to see the end of this year weather wise. fingers crossed for something a lot more interesting to start 2024

Yes, that’s does make 2023 unusual. The chart clearly shows these periods flat lining. But July onwards has really built up the totals. Unfortunately the link does t take you to the chart. Starlings Roost Weather STARLINGSROOST.DDNS.NET

This is exactly my thoughts. We've had an incredibly wet 5 months. It can't go on. Although a wet December is the form horse for El Nino years i've had the feeling for a while this year might be different due to this long period of above average rainfall.

Yes, same here. I noticed XC weather was the 1st to change the forecast to little or no rain when updated yesterday afternoon. BBC followed in the evening but the met office continued to show persistent heavy rain all morning. I believe XC weather use the GFS model. An interesting comparison with short term forecasting

I've been following a great website - Starlings Roost Weather - which is fantastic for weather data and trends. Its currently showing Central England having the wettest year (up to the 12th November) in a record set going back to 1931 and most other regions top 5. Will be interesting to see where 2023 finishes.

This was the view from my kitchen window. I could see on the radar that the storm was slap bang in mid Wales moving eastwards. A good 100 mile away from me in Monmouthshire. Shows how high the storm rose. A good 2 hours of constant flashing. F05367C5-EFEF-4A83-9483-B15763EA9260.mp4

Cheers! That’s some huge totals. we’re in the Gower this week. Today is an absolute stinker. Heavy rain pretty much constant. My poor pooch had to wait a bit to do her business . Saturday looks a shocker too, hopefully a slow improvement after that as we head towards mid August.