The Midlands Regional Weather Discussion 11/03/14

[picog]

What a lovely day for a birthday day having a picnic down the park this afternoon and I'm sure the ducks will have a bite to eat as well lol ... I couldn't of picked a better day for it if I tried

Happy Birthday Dancer! Enjoy your picnic — I am truly envious!

[Polar Maritime]

Happy Bday Dancer, sat outside having lunch in warm sunshine and blue sky's here, no idea what the temp is as at work but feels like low 20s in direct sunlight, glorious!

[Costa Del Fal]

Glorious! Crystal clear blue sky and warm esp in the sun.

[Bishop Brennan]

What a lovely day for a birthday day having a picnic down the park this afternoon and I'm sure the ducks will have a bite to eat as well lol ... I couldn't of picked a better day for it if I tried

 

Happy Birthday Dancer! 

 

I might be in Solihull Park a bit later - save plenty of grub for me.

 

Bish

[Terminal Moraine]

Happy Bday Dancer, sat outside having lunch in warm sunshine and blue sky's here, no idea what the temp is as at work but feels like low 20s in direct sunlight, glorious!

Yes, it's certainly warm in the sun. However, I've just looked in the screen and the shade temperature here is only 10.6c.

[Costa Del Fal]

Some small cumulus about right now but really warm in that sun. Should be even better tomorrow with warmer temps by 2 or 3c.

[Dancerwithwings]

One packed park here! You would think winter has just ended or something lol Anyway as some have mentioned great in the sun but not so in the shade !

Edited April 15, 2014 by Dancerwithwings

[Summer of 95]

Beautiful sunny day, does feel warm again despite only being 14C in the shade. Feels more like 18 or 19 though, comfortable T shirt and shorts weather. Strange how the temperatures are struggling to climb in this sun, just like they keep struggling to fall overnight under the clear skies.

 

PS Why is the Metoffice reporting Shawbury as cloudy at 1400? It certainly isn't!

Edited April 15, 2014 by Summer of 95

[Costa Del Fal]

Looking forward to tomorrow being exactly the same but somewhat warmer. Will be great. Plan to spend the evening watching the stars and have the chiminea on the go too

[picog]

An unexpected frost here! Just scraping in at -0.1C, but plenty of white grass on show. Hopefully now, it will be as sunny as yesterday.

[Polar Maritime]

Yes a slight ground frost here to, another lovely morning with blue sky's and a little haze which should burn off later, the sun already feels warm but as yesterday cool in the shade.

[Summer of 95]

Still no airfrost this month, never got below 2C last night. Sunny again but a bit more wispy citrus than yesterday, similar temperatures. 

[conor123]

Easter Bank Holiday weather not looking quite so awful now, tomorrow and Saturday look decent enough around 13/14c providing the North Sea grot stays away, then Sunday's storm is gradually being pushed further south so fingers crossed.

 

In the meantime, a mostly clear start though milder than recent mornings at 7.7c

[Terminal Moraine]

Still no airfrost this month, never got below 2C last night. Sunny again but a bit more wispy citrus than yesterday, similar temperatures. 

The last air frost here was on February 12th although there have been a number of occasions when it's been very close to one.

The previous earliest date for the last air frost of the season is March 8th in 2011  and  this record could well be under threat as air frost is looking unlikely ( here) in the rest of April, and air frost in May is about a once in 10 years occurrence at this location.

[Polar Maritime]

Gusting 47mph just now here.

[Dancerwithwings]

Good Friday .... And pretty good it looks! What a cracking start... Deep blue skies here, not expecting the temperatures to go up much though.... 7c atm

[Summer of 95]

Was crystal clear at 6am but now totally cloudy, satellite shows the worst example of Shropshire cloud I've ever seen. Literally everywhere else in Britain is clear!

[conor123]

Yup after a clear start reached 50% coverage of statromuck by 9am and 95% by 10am, thought it was going to be clear everywhere away from the East Mids/East Anglia today but the Telford Sun Shield is clearly back in full force :lol:

[CongletonHeat]

Lovely and sunny here, off for a walk along the canal and a couple of pints and lunch in the pub, perfect.

[Summer of 95]

Much sunnier now but still a few patches of cloud around. Once again nicely warm but only in the sun.

[Costa Del Fal]

Exceptionally nice day if a little cool out of the sun. But warm otherwise and perfect blue skies.

[conor123]

Cloud dissolved after earlier rant :lol: felt lovely and warm in the sun this afternoon, crystal clear skies the past few hours, max of 13.1c, now 11.9c

[Terminal Moraine]

Unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned, it's looking unlikely that tomorrow's rain will reach here before early evening, if at all.

The GFS consistently modelled this to be the case, contrary to the Met' Office who, a couple of days ago, were confident the rain would reach Derbyshire by early afternoon.

My only crumb of comfort is that the GFS continues to show an area of fairly heavy rain setting in during tomorrow evening as it moves painfully slowly from the south.

[conor123]

Dipped to 1.0c in the end last night, around 85%-90% cloud coverage at the minute with brief spells of sunshine and an easterly breeze picking up, quite chilly at 8.7c

[Costa Del Fal]

Unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned, it's looking unlikely that tomorrow's rain will reach here before early evening, if at all.

The GFS consistently modelled this to be the case, contrary to the Met' Office who, a couple of days ago, were confident the rain would reach Derbyshire by early afternoon.

My only crumb of comfort is that the GFS continues to show an area of fairly heavy rain setting in during tomorrow evening as it moves painfully slowly from the south.

Good for the rest of us. http:////d321955.r.worldssl.net/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.png

 

Not too bad here, quite cloudy but some sunny spells. 11.5c so much warmer than Telford!

Edited April 19, 2014 by Blizzards