Eugene

Excellent as usual Tamara, yes southeasterlies would be our best hope of pleasant sunny conditions and crisp nights, still puzzled why a respected member still insists on southeasterlies being cloudy, as you say they are most likely to bring in a chilly clear undercut though of course solar power will prevent it feeling that cold in March but I do remember some exceptional cold dewpoints on a stagnant southeasterly drift in the past in March but not sure if the continent supports that this March, still think next winter is when we'll have to wait for the next proper cold spell, just doesn't feel right to me for this Spring even with the great winter like synoptics.

A wonderful unmuggyness to this mild, really fresh feeling, turning cooler tomorrow with a night frost sunday night, March beats any summer month.

Been bloody gorgeous all week mushy, just because it wasn't warm earlier in the week doesn't mean it wasn't gorgeous.

Easterlies bring in alot of cloud in Spring for eastern/central areas, shocked nobody has mentioned this.

The Summers of 1985, 1986 and 1987 were alot cooler than 2007, 2008 and 2009, we are long overdue a properly cool summer.

They are so damn rare MP-R, another muggy summer i think, thats the norm nowadays, haven't had a properly cool summer since 1987.

Just checked the UKMO website and for the West Midlands it says its looking rather cloudy next three days with light rain on Sunday and turning cooler with more rain pushing east on Monday, earlier in the week provided much more sunshine here.

Wow ice days on the 20th of March. Same easterly flow trend on GFS 12Z FI. Until then a mild southwesterly flow with pulses of rain pushing through and the odd ridge day, tuesdays wet weather arrives earlier on monday evening now leaving a fresher sunny tuesday before cloudy drizzly weather for Wednesday, i think a mixed picture sums it up.

Yeah we got lucky.

You can see the downgrade in the models by just reading people's lowering of expectations.

Yes the potential is there for some heavy rain next tuesday, sorry you can't see that but i can, also sorry for the caps, i posted that on my Xbox One and was having problems, my caps could have been edited instead of you pointing it out, it was no big deal.

Models firming up on a wet tuesday now, afterwards is very uncertain.

Indeed and the cooler 850's from the northwest on Sunday are moving in much more swiftly than first thought on lots of ensemble runs and UKMO 12Z, GFS 12Z ensembles are all over the place too for next week, confidence must be very low for next week. Anybody seen our friend from the Met Office?... Would love to hear his views for next week.

Again it looks like any anticyclone over the country is pushed back again, ECM 00Z does look disappointingly cloudy after the clear blue skies of the past 3 or 4 days.

Trust me we have. However this doesn't preclude further cold spells this Spring, this anticyclonic spell could be a precursor to a cold spell. Spring isn't one warm season unlike Summer and sees great variation in conditions.

Would love a Spring with no 20C recorded, that would be exceptional and would be newsworthy unlike the first 20C which happens all the time in Spring.

Seems you're in the minority Craig, most people going for middle two options not the rubbish option. Also this winter didn't go out with a mild whimper, Feb was below average and the coldest month of the winter.

I voted for satisfactory, wanted to vote for loved it just what i wanted but that would be lying because i want a severe winter. 7/10 from me, love winter and its long nights, great walking weather.

Voice of reason, similar looking charts in early March before have given chilly days under persistent fog, initialy it could be very mild from the SW but rather cloudy with moist atlantic air but when the high moves over us it will turn cooler esp at night, strange to see charts get praise when just 6 weeks ago they would be called dire.

After an interesting Winter both on and off the forums it looks like a complete borefest most of March and the usual suspects ramping up the warmth when HP is still chilly and can be quite cloudy with stubborn cloud cover esp if the charts allow more of a easterly flow which is a distinct possibility.

The way the models are going we'll be in Wintry Northwesterlies by next weekend.

Very short lived mild snaps, it was so mild last night it felt new and different, all nights seemed to be cool to cold this winter.

I'd rather remember the great legendary easterly of March 2013/early April 2013.

Blizzards on the 10th into 11th on GFS 18Z.