Mark Bayley

mike57 Indeed - 70mm by the 19th if GFS 6z was taken at face value. Though hopefully not pushing close to 100mm as per some of the recent months!

Copied from the Yorkshire thread. Another a wet day here. Using Church Fenton as a proxy for an average here. To date every month since June last year has seen above average rainfall. July 2023: 150.2mm vs average of 52mm. 188% more than the average August: 72mm vs average 62mm. 16% more than the average September 65.4mm vs average 56mm. 16% more than the average October 144.6mm vs 58mm. 151% more than the average November 101.2mm vs 58mm. 74% more than the average December 150.2mm vs 58mm. 158% more than the average January 2024 78.2mm vs 48mm. 62% more than the average February 86.5mm vs 42mm. 104% more than the average March 65.6mm vs 41mm. 58% more than the average April 59.4mm vs 43mm. 38% more than the average Lets hope May breaks the current cycle.

Another a wet day. Using Church Fenton as a proxy for an average here. To date every month since June last year has seen above average rainfall. July 2023: 150.2mm vs average of 52mm. 188% more than the average August: 72mm vs average 62mm. 16% more than the average September 65.4mm vs average 56mm. 16% more than the average October 144.6mm vs 58mm. 151% more than the average November 101.2mm vs 58mm. 74% more than the average December 150.2mm vs 58mm. 158% more than the average January 2024 78.2mm vs 48mm. 62% more than the average February 86.5mm vs 42mm. 104% more than the average March 65.6mm vs 41mm. 58% more than the average April 59.4mm vs 43mm. 38% more than the average Models suggest it turning more showery as we head into the second half the month, so hopefully a little drier. Will May finally break the cycle?

Saturday looks nice though, albeit windy!

A rainy start to April according to the GFS - but at least it will be mild / close to average, so nice in any sunshine. If anything close to the 0z, we may at least be the least wet part of the country! On the plus side i can feed and reseed parts of the grass without having to worry about watering..

9.7c please

Has been an okay week so far - tomorrow to Sunday also looks quite nice away from the showers. The strength of the sun means it still feels pleasant. More in the way of cloud and rain for Easter Monday. We seem to be doing better than other parts of the county!

I have booked next week off for garden maintenance - weather looks pretty horrendous.. Still, i won't need to water any of the new plants in!

7.9c please

My hopes for a drier February never materialised. Just shy of 85mm currently. GFS suggests I might hit 90mm by months end, so at least not another 100mm plus month, but still above average. Lets hope for something drier in March..

Reminents of snow on the grass and cars this morning. No doubt gone by lunchtime. Rather miserable with light drizzle

Definitely for high ground - I'd think 250m to 300m plus (somewhere like Queensbury!). Temp over 1c now and drizzle.

Thawing now with temperature rising to 0.8c. With the rain it should have at least melted from pavements by the morning...

Coming down a bit heavier again. Now up to 5cm with 6cm on the car. Temperature risen to 0.3c!

Turned to snizzle now. Temp still at 0.2c. Ended up with about 4.5cm, which is 4.5cm more than I expected yesterday evening! Shame it will be gone by tomorrow. Not the best snow event but given the crap winter better than nothing!