Spring 2018 - Moans, Ramps, Chat etc

[cheese]

The cloud and rain have been the real killer this spring, but thankfully the past 20 or so days have been pretty decent. The ground has dried up very quickly and is now rock-solid.

Edited May 10, 2018 by cheese

[BlueHedgehog074]

Pretty decent this morning with lots of sunshine, although with a cool wind. 

The ground’s become pretty dry here too - the generally more settled theme of recently has I feel certainly helped!

Edited May 10, 2018 by DiagonalRedLine

[reef]

Up to 106 hours of sunshine here already this May, meaning we've averaged 10.6 hours per day so far.

If we can average 6.9 hours for the remaining 21 days (the norm is around 6.5hrs) then it would be the sunniest month since July 2006.

Edited May 10, 2018 by reef

[weatherguru14]

Lovely evening out there.should be an half decent day tomorrow

[draztik]

Northern Blocking... oh dear. The main thread will be going into meltdown*... little talk of record breaking temps, for a while!

*wont be the heat causing the melt 

Edited May 10, 2018 by draztik

[draztik]

18 hours ago, cheese said:

The cloud and rain have been the real killer this spring, but thankfully the past 20 or so days have been pretty decent. The ground has dried up very quickly and is now rock-solid.

I've ordered you more rain. It will be arriving soon.

[Evening thunder]

It doesn't look too bad really, a relatively average mix of conditions.

[cheese]

On 10/05/2018 at 21:52, draztik said:

I've ordered you more rain. It will be arriving soon.

Fortunately, the outlook looks fine and dandy with plenty of dry and usable weather, as is typical for this time of year. Even this weekend which was supposed to be poor has turned out to be quite nice - especially today. 

[Summer Sun]

6 minutes ago, cheese said:

Fortunately, the outlook looks fine and dandy with plenty of dry and usable weather, as is typical for this time of year. Even this weekend which was supposed to be poor has turned out to be quite nice - especially today. 

 

Absolutely was expecting rain well into this afternoon today it stopped before daybreak and this afternoon has become very pleasant with lengthy spells of sunshine 

[Matthew.]

Theres only 4 May’s since 1929 to record over 240 hours sunshine for England. Could this be the 5th?

Edited May 13, 2018 by Matthew.

[MP-R]

Still lots of May left but we might actually achieve a dry May here - something of a rarity in my lifetime, and a welcome change after a wet first half of spring!

[Matthew.]

Of the 356 months of May to August periods since 1929 only 23 have broken the 240 hour sunshine mark for England as a whole. Just to put this month into context how good it has been so far for eastern, central and southern areas with more to come in the forecast

Edited May 14, 2018 by Matthew.

[cheeky_monkey]

26c and sunny today with Humidity of 15%..sheer perfection..how often would you see that in the UK?

[cheeky_monkey]

On 13/05/2018 at 11:26, Matthew. said:

Theres only 4 May’s since 1929 to record over 240 hours sunshine for England. Could this be the 5th?

Edmonton averages 290 hours of sunshine in May which is nearly 9.5hrs/day

[reef]

We're on 136hrs of sunshine now just 14 days into May. An average of 6.6hrs of sunshine per day for the remainder of the month will make this the sunniest month since July 2006 and second sunniest month of the last 17 years.

[stainesbloke]

2 minutes ago, reef said:

We're on 136hrs of sunshine now just 14 days into May. An average of 6.6hrs of sunshine per day for the remainder of the month will make this the sunniest month since July 2006 and second sunniest month of the last 17 years.

Very nice too. After that ghastly April, barring a few nice days, it feels amazing. Hopefully the start of a trend that reverts the persistently below average sunshine amounts recorded in the warmer months of many recent years. 

[weatherguru14]

The amount of what I consider summery days are mounting up (I know its still spring officially)  had  5 days in late April. 5 days in early May and 3 days if you add in tomorrow.. I hope this continues to be the scenario for the next few months... 5 days  in a week that's nice and 2 poor days. Rather than in previous years where we have  2/3 decent days a week and rest  dreadful.

Today was such a lovely day. very gentle  I don't want  30+c  , plenty of more days like today would be satisfactory

[cheese]

Leeming is on 129 hours now, an average of over 8 a day. I suspect it would be a bit higher here (Leeming's about 40 miles north). This month is shaping up to be very nice actually.

And most importantly, it's been largely dry - the ground is basically rock solid now. We're on 16mm half way through the month. Average for May is around 42mm.

Edited May 14, 2018 by cheese

[cheese]

2 hours ago, cheeky_monkey said:

26c and sunny today with Humidity of 15%..sheer perfection..how often would you see that in the UK?

Heatwaves in the UK are usually accompanied by low humidity, though not often as low as 15%. Does happen from time to time.

Edited May 14, 2018 by cheese

[Matthew.]

6 hours ago, cheese said:

Leeming is on 129 hours now, an average of over 8 a day. I suspect it would be a bit higher here (Leeming's about 40 miles north). This month is shaping up to be very nice actually.

And most importantly, it's been largely dry - the ground is basically rock solid now. We're on 16mm half way through the month. Average for May is around 42mm.

The website I’ve looked at said Leeming was on 107 hours to 6pm to the 14 th. where do you receive the 129 data from? Thanks

[Nick L]

17 hours ago, reef said:

We're on 136hrs of sunshine now just 14 days into May. An average of 6.6hrs of sunshine per day for the remainder of the month will make this the sunniest month since July 2006 and second sunniest month of the last 17 years.

Except in west London where it's probably been the dullest in a century?

In all seriousness, May has been a cracking month so far.

[Nick L]

16 hours ago, weatherguru14 said:

The amount of what I consider summery days are mounting up (I know its still spring officially)  had  5 days in late April. 5 days in early May and 3 days if you add in tomorrow.. I hope this continues to be the scenario for the next few months... 5 days  in a week that's nice and 2 poor days. Rather than in previous years where we have  2/3 decent days a week and rest  dreadful.

Today was such a lovely day. very gentle  I don't want  30+c  , plenty of more days like today would be satisfactory

Yep, 100%! Everyone is happy in this weather.

[cheeky_monkey]

weird spring here so far...first half was very cold and snowy..second half has been very warm and sunny so far...

[B87]

25 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Except in west London where it's probably been the dullest in a century?

In all seriousness, May has been a cracking month so far.

On course for our first sunnier than average May since 2011. If our forecast is correct then we will end up with around 240 hours, which would be the sunniest since 1998.

Hopefully this pattern continues for a well overdue warmer and sunnier than average summer.

Edited May 15, 2018 by B87

[cheese]

10 hours ago, Matthew. said:

The website I’ve looked at said Leeming was on 107 hours to 6pm to the 14 th. where do you receive the 129 data from? Thanks

Ogimet, though I think I accidentally included the last day of April. Oops.