South East England & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 13/03/14

[MAF]

Today's maximum temperatures...

 

- No POETS day for me but at least it's sunny and warmed up nicely 

Awww you mean your stuck in all day?

well never mind. i shall send some rations your way. wine and tuna sandwiches ok??

can i ask again?

what's everyone's plans for rest of today/weekend?

Ah....me button's working again and the sun has appeared. And I'm covered in white paint.

sure its paint, and you've not stood under a flock of seagulls :o :lol:

[chilly milly]

It is beeeeautiful here today.  We didn't have any fog this morning and the sun is out and it's warm. 18.5c and lovely.

[Harps]

A lot of high cloud and haze about but another beautiful day in Essex with warm sunshine. Thought I'd go for a walk down in Southend at lunch time but to my surprise when I got to the the sea front I suddenly couldn't see a thing, totally clear just 100ft inland yet the promenade is shrouded in thick fog

[PiggiePalace]

Afternoon everyone

 

Saw the most beautiful sunset yesterday evening driving down the A31 Hogs Back out of Guildford - the sun was a big red ball, the mist was starting to rise and the sky around was a beautiful tapestry of violet hues. It reminded me of a Monet painting (Impressions - Sunrise if anyone wants to google it)

Not sure about fog this morning as I didn't wake up til gone 8am by which time it was lovely and sunny! Very pleased to note from Mr Pike's updates that the recent run of "no rain" will be continuing for a few days yet

 

The lawn is still behaving like a water bed.. ..very unsuitable for delicate paws....so the guinea pigs will have to wait a bit longer before being allowed out.

 

(I hope it will be soon as there is a rumour spreading in the village about a mad woman seen crawling around the grass armed with a pair of scissors and a plastic bowl   )

 

Have a lovely afternoon everyone

 

xxx

[lassie23]

Why are they chasing cold weather in the model thread? I mean just look outside and feel that warm sunshine... WHY!! would you want cold? Don't get it... It would mess up stuff now blossom is coming out DAMN!

Blame the GFS and ECM and some April forecasts. The models keep showing northerly outbreaks and some forecasters are going for a cold unsettled April.

[abruzzi spur]

Brighton webcam still showing fog - will it be there when we arrive (the fog, I mean, not Brighton)

 

Glorious in Reigate but the temperature had plummeted from 17c to 15.9c but has now rocketed back up to 16.2c.  OK, I accept plummeted and rocketed might be a bit melodramatic but what the hell, it's Friday....

 

AS

Edited March 14, 2014 by abruzzi spur

[chubbyfan]

its foggy still here at 3pm   on the coast..i don't see it being burnt off this late if it has not already.

 

.a WNW breeze over the weekend should mean the fog is blown out to see/burnt off. 

[Charltonkerry]

Found out why I don't work from home that often, working away happily upstairs, found I missing some specialised technical information, went downstairs made a coffee, rung someone up who I knew would have the info, he was in a meeting, sat down, bloke woke me up 31/2 hours later, and the coffee was cold. Put the sleep down to the pressure I been under this last week so must have needed it, that my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Thanks for my gold star MK, haven't had one of them for over 50 years :-) weather looked beautiful out there today, but breeze has got up, which might help out with the fog not forming later. Blimey a weather forecast as well, will wonders ever cease?

Edited March 14, 2014 by Charltonkerry

[Tamara]

I mentioned a week back that I went to the New Forest and some pics were taken of the ponies and countryside. Well, fwiw, here a few of them as I have finally got them downloaded. Incompatibilty of camera to computer programmes I will lay the blame at, rather than any technophobe woman struggling to work out how to reconcile the programmes 

 

This was during the early stages of the much better weather and things were still drying out - still, conditions in the forest themselves were a lot better than I expected considering the collosal amounts of rain over the winter season. *Good weather related on-topic bridging to the post inserted here*

 

So we start with a girlfriend/ boyfriend pony couple at the stables I visited.

 

Bobbi, in her stable waiting in vain for peppermints  (I had none to offer her)

 

 

and Sam, her other half, having made his way to the fence in the field to see who the new visitor was

 

 

 

The views from the lovely £1.5 million Farmhouse looked out over an acreage of gardens and towards Southampton on the horizon

 

 

In the forest itself, close to the village of Minstead, we stopped the car for a moment and took a few more pics of the ponies that were roaming in the woodland fields next to the roadside. They also came over to see me and my friend as we sat in the car

 

 

 

Well, most of them anyway

 

 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend and enjoys the sunshine and warm temperatures expected, with the fine weather staying into the early part of next week. As suggested in previous weather pattern update posts, the jet stream is set to flatten out, strengthen and return south thereafter with things becoming colder and more unsettled with wind and rain for us from mid week. The worst of the conditions though should be away from our region in the Northern parts of the UK

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 2014 by Tamara תָּמָר

[Jan_Bromley]

Hi Tams,

 

Very jealous as I've never been to the New Forest and I sooo want to go there. Hope everything is well

[Jax]

Afternoon all

 

Another bright and sunny day after a very dense foggy start this morning, was making driving rather tricky just after 06:00 this morning I can tell you, didnt seem to deter the tailgater I had until I reached the dual and they roared off like it was clear summers day (idiots!).

 

Anyway, for some of us the weekend has now arrived and that includes me , a two dayer this time as well (two sleeps in on the bounce, YES!)

 

I hope you are all well, fine and dandy and your day has been equally as good and it does continue that way.

[Tom Quintavalle]

 

I mentioned a week back that I went to the New Forest and some pics were taken of the ponies and countryside. Well, fwiw, here a few of them as I have finally got them downloaded. Incompatibilty of camera to computer programmes I will lay the blame at, rather than any technophobe woman struggling to work out how to reconcile the programmes 

 

This was during the early stages of the much better weather and things were still drying out - still, conditions in the forest themselves were a lot better than I expected considering the collosal amounts of rain over the winter season. *Good weather related on-topic bridging to the post inserted here*

 

So we start with a girlfriend/ boyfriend pony couple at the stables I visited.

 

Bobbi, in her stable waiting in vain for peppermints  (I had none to offer her)

 

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and Sam, her other half, having made his way to the fence in the field to see who the new visitor was

 

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The views from the lovely £1.5 million Farmhouse looked out over an acreage of gardens and towards Southampton on the horizon

 

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In the forest itself, close to the village of Minstead, we stopped the car for a moment and took a few more pics of the ponies that were roaming in the woodland fields next to the roadside. They also came over to see me and my friend as we sat in the car

 

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Well, most of them anyway

 

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Hope everyone has a lovely weekend and enjoys the sunshine and warm temperatures expected, with the fine weather staying into the early part of next week. As suggested in previous weather pattern update posts, the jet stream is set to flatten out, strengthen and return south thereafter with things becoming colder and more unsettled with wind and rain for us from mid week. The worst of the conditions though should be away from our region in the Northern parts of the UK

 

Great photos Tams, they've come out really well and as you know, I'm a sucker for a horse photo.

Really wish you'd let me call you Tammy though! And to keep the horsey link going, look at this, the result of the Foxhunters at Cheltenham:

16:00 Cheltenham

Full result Result 16:00 Cheltenham Pos Horse Odds

1st 21 Tammys Hill (IRE) 15/2

2nd 3 Carsonstown Boy (IRE) 40/1

3rd 16 On The Fringe (IRE) 11/2

Winning TrainerL Lennon

Winning JockeyMr J J Smyth

Runners 24 ran

Now if the fella had beed called Tams or Tamaras Hill, we would have been laughing, couldnt back it though as it's a form of your name you dislike.

Anyway, really liking the photos, Tammy! Smile!

Tommy!

Edited March 14, 2014 by Kentish CZ

[Daniel*]

Good afternoon all,

During the morning I took a few photos at Russia Dock Woodland,

of the Fog and then returned in the afternoon in the bright warm sunshine.

apologies for it being upside down, unable to go on my PC at this time.

I'm a terrible photographer, but i do enjoy it

edit: Grrr not viewable on forum - any suggestion? Cheers Paul.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Daniel*

[Paul]

edit: Grrr not viewable on forum - any suggestions ?

 

If you upload them direct to the forum they'll show - just hit the more reply options button on the post editor and you'll see the upload bit near the bottom

[chilly milly]

The fields are almost dry!  Woohoo!  Had a lovely dog walk.  Except the farmer decided to plough one of his fields and I couldn't get across.  Very inconsiderate of him, I feel.  He could have phoned me first...checked my plans...contacted me on facebook.  Doesn't he know who I am?  Still was very pleasant nonetheless and I need my weetabix so I'll let him off. :D

[Jax]

The fields are almost dry!  Woohoo!  Had a lovely dog walk.  Except the farmer decided to plough one of his fields and I couldn't get across.  Very inconsiderate of him, I feel.  He could have phoned me first...checked my plans...contacted me on facebook.  Doesn't he know who I am?  Still was very pleasant nonetheless and I need my weetabix so I'll let him off.

Hate to pop your bubble CM, but Weetabix are local here and they source as much (if not all) of their material locally

[Jax]

And the cloud has arrived just been out to the bin and it is dull, cooler and a bit breezy out now, just hope Sunday holds its promise of calm warm sunny conditions so I can visit the local nature lakes that morning.

[Captain Shortwave]

Another lovely sunny afternoon here, warm again too. Even the weekend looks decent for this region. To think after the horrors of the winter just gone, the first half of March has almost been bone dry. Who would have thought it.

[lassie23]

 

Great photos Tams, they've come out really well and as you know, I'm a sucker for a horse photo.

Really wish you'd let me call you Tammy though! And to keep the horsey link going, look at this, the result of the Foxhunters at Cheltenham:

16:00 Cheltenham

Full result Result 16:00 Cheltenham Pos Horse Odds

1st 21 Tammys Hill (IRE) 15/2

2nd 3 Carsonstown Boy (IRE) 40/1

3rd 16 On The Fringe (IRE) 11/2

Winning TrainerL Lennon

Winning JockeyMr J J Smyth

Runners 24 ran

Now if the fella had beed called Tams or Tamaras Hill, we would have been laughing, couldnt back it though as it's a form of your name you dislike.

Anyway, really liking the photos, Tammy! Smile!

Tommy!

I won a satchel load of money from Tammy's Hill, happy days, back to the weather, been sunny too, what a great day!

[chilly milly]

Hate to pop your bubble CM, but Weetabix are local here and they source as much (if not all) of their material locally

 

Perhaps it's going to be shredded wheat?

 

It's getting dark here.

[Steve C]

And the cloud has arrived just been out to the bin and it is dull, cooler and a bit breezy out now, just hope Sunday holds its promise of calm warm sunny conditions so I can visit the local nature lakes that morning.

Hopefully Sunday should be nice. I don't think it'll be calm though (not windy mind you)

[shotski]

Hi All, hope all is well.

 

Can anyone give a home to some frogspawn in the Leighton Buzzard area ?

Garden pond idealy, our pond has been overtaken by the stuff this year and

we had over 80 clumps on the last count.

 

Sorry if a bit random

 

Shotski

[Jax]

Hi All, hope all is well.

 

Can anyone give a home to some frogspawn in the Leighton Buzzard area ?

Garden pond idealy, our pond has been overtaken by the stuff this year and

we had over 80 clumps on the last count.

 

Sorry if a bit random

 

Shotski

Sorry, no can help there.

 

 

Mild evening and trying to encourage my family out this weekend to some local lakes to wander round ( WIP )

[Steve C]

We didn't have much of a sunset here today, as there seemed to be a layer of cirrostratus near the horizon, which killed everything.

 

We've had a couple of 'dusty' looking ones here this week, due to cirrus and lots of contrails - whether low level pollution contributed to the look, I'm not sure, but do suspect it.

 

Not hugely colourful, but different; maybe the sort of sunset you might expect in a settled and warm spell in the Summer.

 

 

[PiggiePalace]

I won a satchel load of money from Tammy's Hill, happy days, back to the weather, been sunny too, what a great day!

 

Begging letter sent!

xxxx

 

Edit: even tonight at 10pm the temperarture is still pretty mild at 12degC

Edited March 14, 2014 by PiggiePalace