Spring 2018 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[reef]

23.6mm of rain today, meaning this month has already had more rain than April 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

We've had 107.0mm so far this Spring, which is just 4mm short of spring 2017's entire total and 207% of the average to this point in the season.

Looks like more of the same aswell. The only difference is it'll be mild rain instead of cold.

[Summer Sun]

Very mild from around Hull south winter in the north

 

[Summer Sun]

Lucky me I'm just on the right side of the boundary between the colder temps and the milder temps

[Milhouse]

Very noticeable how mild it was today and it was a much more typical April day of sunshine and showers, though it was more bright than sunny. Least there is some interest to be gained from these convective sort of days. More than can be said for the broad rain bands that have affected us recently. 

[cheese]

1 hour ago, Summer Sun said:

Lucky me I'm just on the right side of the boundary between the colder temps and the milder temps

14C here, 3 in Edinburgh. Quite a big difference for the UK.

[Summer Sun]

Winter clings on in Scotland elsewhere it is more typical of early April with temps around average and a mix of sunshine and scattered heavy showers some of which have thunder

[reef]

3 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

Winter clings on in Scotland elsewhere it is more typical of early April with temps around average and a mix of sunshine and scattered heavy showers some of which have thunder

I wouldn't call it average SS. Here the max today was 15.6C which is almost 5C above the 1981-2010 mean for the time of year.

[Weather-history]

12 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

Lucky me I'm just on the right side of the boundary between the colder temps and the milder temps

 

[cheese]

Another day of large temperature contrasts. The cold air is just hanging on to the far north of England, and it's 2C on the north Cumbrian coast.

[cheeky_monkey]

-11c and snowing here..soon be xmas 

[Weather-history]

 

[Summer Sun]

16.9c at St James's Park, London makes it the warmest day of the year so far for the UK

Edited April 6, 2018 by Summer Sun

[B87]

Nothing above 18c on the 14 day weatheronline forecast, combined with extreme cloudiness.

We have never in history made it to May without seeing 18c, but that could happen this year. We could also have a chance of seeing the cloudiest spring on record.

[Nick L]

Actually quite a lovely day today, shame I'm at work. 16-18c widely on Wednesday if the EC is to be believed, but as I'm off work that's not gonna happen

[Summer Sun]

Gravesend has hit 19.4c making it the warmest day of the year so far in the UK

It is also the warmest day in the UK since October 25th when 19.6c was recorded

Edited April 7, 2018 by Summer Sun
fixed typo's

[Nick L]

52 minutes ago, B87 said:

Nothing above 18c on the 14 day weatheronline forecast, combined with extreme cloudiness.

We have never in history made it to May without seeing 18c, but that could happen this year. We could also have a chance of seeing the cloudiest spring on record.

 

8 minutes ago, Summer Sun said:

Gravesend has hit 19.4c making it the warmest day of the year so far in the UK

It is also the warmest day in the since October 25th when 19.6c recorded

Intentional reverse psychology from B87 there?

[B87]

54 minutes ago, Nick L said:

 

Intentional reverse psychology from B87 there?

I was looking at Heathrow which only made it to 16.6c. The average warmest day of March is 17.5c so 16c should've been seen several times by now.

[markyo]

Spring.....that season of the dawn chorus at it's most majestic...no hang on that's just me sneezing and staggering about eyes dripping and itching,can't wait for the next few months of crap to come.  Ticking the days off to proper comfortable weather again this Autumn!

[cheese]

25 minutes ago, markyo said:

Spring.....that season of the dawn chorus at it's most majestic...no hang on that's just me sneezing and staggering about eyes dripping and itching,can't wait for the next few months of crap to come.  Ticking the days off to proper comfortable weather again this Autumn!

Bet you're fun to be around!

[markyo]

1 hour ago, cheese said:

Bet you're fun to be around!

Fully admit i'm the grumpiest old fart you would ever meet for the next 3 to 4 months! Me and this up coming time of year do not go well together!

[Relativistic]

First warm-feeling day today. Even as a hardcore coldie who would happily take snow at this time of year, part of me does look forward to the first warm day. My favourite kind of warmth at any time of the year is that which normally arrives in April, where the air is still cool (10-12C) but where things feel very pleasant in the sunshine. Not hot, not humid, not sweaty, just pleasant. Today's dull, humid feel was not like this at all, and has reminded me why I prefer cold weather.

One other aspect that irritates me about warmth/heat is having to clear insects out of the house. At least at present it's still possible for me to keep my window open at night without having an insect invasion!

Edited April 7, 2018 by Relativistic

[reef]

8 hours ago, B87 said:

Nothing above 18c on the 14 day weatheronline forecast, combined with extreme cloudiness.

We have never in history made it to May without seeing 18c, but that could happen this year. We could also have a chance of seeing the cloudiest spring on record.

1986 didn't reach it until 1st May. The max in March was 14.0C and 17.0C in April. The first 15 days of April only reached double figures twice and from 1st January - 15th April it only reached 10C 26 times. Just to put it into perspective!

[B87]

47 minutes ago, reef said:

1986 didn't reach it until 1st May. The max in March was 14.0C and 17.0C in April. The first 15 days of April only reached double figures twice and from 1st January - 15th April it only reached 10C 26 times. Just to put it into perspective!

And I'd bet on April 1986 being sunnier than April 2018. It managed around 140 hours or so; still poor, but nothing like as bad as our forecast is showing. We won't even reach 50 hours by the 20th if it to be believed.

[Nick L]

1 hour ago, reef said:

1986 didn't reach it until 1st May. The max in March was 14.0C and 17.0C in April. The first 15 days of April only reached double figures twice and from 1st January - 15th April it only reached 10C 26 times. Just to put it into perspective!

You know summer is approaching when the unrealistic expectations start. 

Lovely the last couple of days. 

[MP-R]

Come on Nick, 18C is hardly unrealistic expectations in April lol, just like 26-27C isn't unrealistic in high summer.