[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A mixed bag today after a decent couple of days. A few showers, some heavy. Temperature only reached 9.9C, well below average for the time of year.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A decent couple of days here after the damp weather on Monday. Depressed temperatures for the time of year, but pleasant enough in sunny breaks, reached 11.6C today.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

It's turned out to be a really decent weekend here. Plenty of sunshine both yesterday and today. The airmass is cool, but it's been pleasant in the sun both days.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A superb day today, plenty of sunshine, not a drop of rain and feeling pleasant in the sun even though we didn't get that far into double figures, a max temp of 11.2. More days like today would be great.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A lovely sunny evening here. It wasn't too bad today, one or two April showers and some pea sized hail this afternoon accompanied by a few rumbles of thunder, but lengthy spells of sunshine in between the showers. Much lighter winds than yesterday. Tomorrow is looking to be a reasonably nice day.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Just had two more rumbles of thunder.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Hail storm here and just had a rumble of thunder.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Well it's certainly been an interesting day of weather, some really potent gusts of wind, particularly around showers. Squally rain and hail showers on and off. Sadly, no thunder and lightning here, but looks like quite a few strikes elsewhere in the region. Definitely into the convective season now, which provides some interest.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Some squally showers this morning and really quite vicious gusts of wind recently.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

No thunder heard here. Mind you, it could have easily have been drowned out by the hail and rain that was lashing against the window.

Now we are into the perfect mid winter setup, showers feeding in from the WNW in a polar maritime flow, shame it's mid April.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

 Rush2019 Yes, same here, gusty winds and heavy rain with hail mixed in, lashing against the window.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A nice start to the day with plenty of sunshine. Dry at the moment, but showers are forecast.

Sunshine has been limited in recent times, but it has felt springlike in sunny breaks we have had. It's going to feel decidedly chillier than of late tomorrow.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Some very short lived heavy rain just before lunchtime, but been largely dry since aside from a brief shower just now, the sun trying to make an appearance every now and again.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Looks like I spoke too soon, the shadow has suddenly broken, raining steadily.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A few sporadic bits and pieces of rain here, but the Welsh Hills are doing a good job of gobbling the worst of it, and then its developing again as it hits the Peaks/Pennines.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

It's not the bright start we had yesterday. Dry at the moment, but showers not too far away by the looks of it and a bit of a murky damp day in prospect.

At least there seems the potential for a settled spell of weather in the longer term outlook.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A reasonable day again today, dry and better described as bright than actually sunny, temperature reached 17.7C. I would definitely take more days like this.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A new day has dawned and we have sun, might be another reasonable day here.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A mini drought here today and I thought we would escape with a dry day during daytime hours, but just got clipped with a hefty shower an hour ago.

Still, it's certainly been a much better day than of late with plenty of sunshine this morning, though has been quite cloudy since mid afternoon. A warm feel in the sun, reached 17.6C.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A bit of a drab day today, overcast and some outbreaks of rain at times. Not the torrents we had yesterday, but another 5.2mm of rainfall to add to the totals.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

A chilly start to the day, but overcast now and awaiting the next serving of wet weather.

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

An absolute deluge of rain here for several hours this morning through to early afternoon, dried up for a bit this afternoon, but just had some more torrential showers move through  with gusty winds. Another 25mm of rain added today. Rinse and repeat tomorrow by the looks of it, as if we needed a forecast to know that...

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

 Scuba steve Certainly feels like it. I seem to recall concern over the depths of reservoirs at the time and that we could do with some rain. That aged well

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

 Rush2019 Yes, the NW fared very well during that spell, a few weeks of predominantly settled weather. The weather gods certainly made us pay the price for that settled spell.......and then some

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

 Joe Snow A similar May to last year would be great. That was a nice prolonged dry and settled spell that set in during May through to early June, pleasant temps by day and still cool enough at night for sleeping.