spring Spring 2017 Thoughts, hopes, wishes, forecasts etc...

[Allseasons-Si]

It looks like a cool easter coming up

 

[Summer Sun]

A lot more cloud than forecast so far today

Satellite

08:18 BBC weather forecast online

[Polar Maritime]

Latest from Met blog on forecasting cloud cover.

https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/

[Weather-history]

Cloud cover finally evaporated away this afternoon

 

[Summer Sun]

Easter

Rather cool
Not much rain
Sunniest in southwest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/39535576

[Matthew.]

With a spectacular day ahead a walk in the hills has been ordered

[Captain Shortwave]

Classic spring day, a frost in some places to start but potentially into the low twenties by the middle of the afternoon. I love large diurnal ranges.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

19 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

Classic spring day, a frost in some places to start but potentially into the low twenties by the middle of the afternoon. I love large diurnal ranges.

not keen myself, don't want -1°, winter coat on at 8am, way too hot for it at 11am

[Polar Maritime]

Beautiful weather to be had today, Temp currently touching 19c with not a cloud in sight. Should give for a great sunset later 

[Matthew.]

In the 1st quarter of April we've already had 40% of Aprils average sunshine with maximum temps averaging nearly 13c. 

[Summer Sun]

Unconfirmed high today is 21c at Kew Gardens, London

24 or 25c possible tomorrow somewhere in the south

[Summer Sun]

Easter summary

Rather cool
Not much rain
Sunniest in southwest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/39539312

[I remember Atlantic 252]

20 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Easter summary

Rather cool
Not much rain
Sunniest in southwest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/39539312

looks rather wet for my location, Cheshire Gap

[Weather-history]

 

[Summer Sun]

Current highs

Heathrow 24.4C - Warmest day of the year so far

Holbeach 23.8C

Reading 22.5C

[Summer Sun]

25.0c in Northolt, London

[Relativistic]

Well the 9th April record is 23.9C (Southend, 1969), so that's gone.

[Matthew.]

This must be one of the warmest first half of spring in the record

[Relativistic]

10 minutes ago, Summer 1976 said:

This must be one of the warmest first half of spring in the record

Provisionally, I make the CET mean for 1/3 to 8/4 to be 8.80C. The warmest first half of Spring on record (1/3 to 15/4) was in 1957 at 8.85C. Currently we're in second. Other warm years include 1945 (8.71C) and 1779 (8.49C) (the late 1940s and the 1770s featured a lot of Spring warmth), as well as 1938 (8.67C), 1961 (8.55C), and the more recent years of 1997 (8.66C) and 2014 (8.43C).

[Summer Sun]

To put this April into context with April 2016 it took until the 21st last year to record a month high of 20.3°C this year we've hit a provisional 25.0c on the 9th

[Cheshire Freeze]

10 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

To put this April into context with April 2016 it took until the 21st last year to record a month high of 20.3°C this year we've hit a provisional 25.0c on the 9th

The way it's looking, the second half of spring will be colder than the first. Especially if the forecast cold nights come off as forecast. 

[markyo]

Thankfully the end to this weather will come through over night,much cooler better conditions on the cards and lower flipping pollen levels!! Can tolerate this weather just in the summer months but hate it this early.

[Summer Sun]

Easter summary

Cool NW wind
Sunshine and showers
Chilly nights

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/39547905

[reef]

Ridiculous warmth for so early in the month today. We reached 23.1C in the end, which is 12.0C above the 1981-2010 average for the 9th and only 0.9C short of the warmest April maxima we've ever recorded in 37 years.

Before 2007 we'd only reached 20C twice before April 16th, but since then we've managed it 6 times and two of those days were 22.6C and 23.1C.

 

[Snowyowl9]

Hottest april day on record back in 2003 here.

Made 20c today,then dropped like at stone to 10c when the cloud and wind came this afternoon.