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Posted
  • Location: manchester
  • Weather Preferences: Summer
  • Location: manchester
12 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

I think that’s nonsense it reached almost 20C in Northolt on Saturday with much less inspiring warm air advection for warmth compared to later this week. It will reach at least 25-26C very warm mid week in London area with unbroken sunshine the temperature will shoot up with ease. Warmest weather in the east and southeast, standard stuff. Urban areas warm up quickly and retain ‘heat’ much better than rural green areas, night temps will be notably warmer. Very unusual summer warmth to come for some.

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14 minutes ago, mb018538 said:

Where exactly are you getting 23c as a max from?? BBC are forecasting 26c on Thursday at 3 days away, you think they are going to be that wrong??

 The PTs are really not high enough as they were being forecasted a few days ago and I think BBC are overcooking maxima. This is ECM for London on Thursday.  https://weather.us/model-charts/euro/greater-london/temperature/20180419-1500z.html

I'd say GFS is overdoing it too on maxima.  

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
11 minutes ago, 38.5*C said:

 

 The PTs are really not high enough as they were being forecasted a few days ago and I think BBC are overcooking maxima. This is ECM for London on Thursday.  https://weather.us/model-charts/euro/greater-london/temperature/20180419-1500z.html

I'd say GFS is overdoing it too on maxima.  

Predicted temperature? Wrong. It started off with predicted highs of 23C on beeb then to 25C now 26C. GFS is notorious for being 1-2C under with warm weather, it consistently under-does it years of experience. It upgrading the temps I’d say are more in line with the actual outcome. 

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

Looks like a more typical spell for April into next week with temps around average away from the far south and SE where you could hang on to some warmer air for a bit longer a mix of sunshine and showers for most with occasional longer spells of rain

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  • Location: Manchester
  • Location: Manchester
2 hours ago, Chris.R said:

 16.1°C here now.

I would say Wednesday maximum 25°C somewhere with foehn influences such as Crosby, Valley, Porthmadog,, Hawarden. Thursday27°C somewhere in the Greater London area.  

I'd be very surprised (although pleasantly so) if places in NW England got that high on Wednesday. The BBC has places further west in NW England such as Chester and Crosby down as being a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern parts such as Manchester at the moment.

There is going to be too much of a westerly component the further west you go I fear. Any influence of air from the Irish Sea is going to ruin hopes of the mid 20s. Hope I'm wrong of course- the BBC seem to think there will be a lot of cloud around until the afternoon too.

Shame really as the charts were spectacular a few days ago- and would have easily produced temps in the mid 20s across the region.

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  • Location: Manchester
  • Location: Manchester
51 minutes ago, 38.5*C said:

 

 The PTs are really not high enough as they were being forecasted a few days ago and I think BBC are overcooking maxima. This is ECM for London on Thursday.  https://weather.us/model-charts/euro/greater-london/temperature/20180419-1500z.html

I'd say GFS is overdoing it too on maxima.  

The GFS overcooking maxima? I don't think so- it's only going for 21C in these parts on Wednesday and 22C on Thursday- very achievable in the setup shown on the 12Z. The 850 hPa temps are certainly lower than was being shown a few days back, but back then the GFS was showing 25C quite widely. It has adjusted accordingly since.

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  • Location: Aberporth S W Wales
  • Location: Aberporth S W Wales

Looking at the fax charts the end of the week is not looking as good as it was a couple of days ago..certainly for my location on the west coast there is far more cloud forecast, especially in the mornings, then we have a week cold front moving east on thursday with temperatures  only forecast to reach 13c on Friday courtesy of a westerly breeze. Warming up a little for the weekend before it goes down hill from Sunday. Earlier in the week the high was forecast to be stronger with a continental feed.

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

Not had much time to look at the  models in the last few days, back now.  Lovely warm spell nailed on Wed-Sat, but where then?  GEFS mean looks, well, flat to be honest, zonal neither nowt nor summat weather, here at T240:

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Hello, ECM pushing fine weather into Sunday at T144:

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UKMO had flattened the lot by this point, here for comparison:

UW144-21.GIF?16-19

Edit, T192 looks more amplified also to me:

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  • Location: portsmouth uk
  • Weather Preferences: extremes
  • Location: portsmouth uk
1 hour ago, johnholmes said:

So by common agreement we have a warm spell arriving. Do we bask in this prediction? Not some of you just arguing will it be 21 C 23 C or 25 C. For gawds sake stop bickering and enjoy the summer like weather for many areas for 2-3 days.

 

I was just think the same.

Who cares anything above 20c is very much welcome even here on the south coast.

Blocking patterns look to continue and also a very sluggish breakdown,

whichis to be expected with enso neutral low solar activity amongst other things.

It wouldn't surprise me if this summer turns out pretty good.

But for now we have some fantastic weather to enjoy.

With temperatures possibly reaching 25c or maybe bit higher.

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
2 hours ago, Scorcher said:

I'd be very surprised (although pleasantly so) if places in NW England got that high on Wednesday. The BBC has places further west in NW England such as Chester and Crosby down as being a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern parts such as Manchester at the moment.

There is going to be too much of a westerly component the further west you go I fear. Any influence of air from the Irish Sea is going to ruin hopes of the mid 20s. Hope I'm wrong of course- the BBC seem to think there will be a lot of cloud around until the afternoon too.

Shame really as the charts were spectacular a few days ago- and would have easily produced temps in the mid 20s across the region.

Where is this westerly component you speak of? Barely any.. if you looked at the charts. I see it’s not looking as warm for the far NW more of Atlantic influence (scotland) but elsewhere that’s not true.

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  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - snow, Irish sea convection. Summer - thunderstorms, hot sunny days
  • Location: Pemberton, Wigan, 54 M ASL. 53.53,-2.67
2 hours ago, Scorcher said:

I'd be very surprised (although pleasantly so) if places in NW England got that high on Wednesday. The BBC has places further west in NW England such as Chester and Crosby down as being a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern parts such as Manchester at the moment.

There is going to be too much of a westerly component the further west you go I fear. Any influence of air from the Irish Sea is going to ruin hopes of the mid 20s. Hope I'm wrong of course- the BBC seem to think there will be a lot of cloud around until the afternoon too.

Shame really as the charts were spectacular a few days ago- and would have easily produced temps in the mid 20s across the region.

 From Thursday yes but Wednesday looks like an off-shore wind throughout.   living here I know the signs  to look for and from them I see a high likelihood somewhere in NW England/N Wales will at least be in the top 10 warmest. Let’s see. After Thursday though yes it has downgraded a lot for up here. 

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  • Location: Cambridge, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Summer > Spring > Winter > Autumn :-)
  • Location: Cambridge, UK

Morning all,

I have to say the UKMO and ECM runs are excellent today, really prolonging the warmer and generally settled weather into the start of next week:

UKMO 144
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ECM 168

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Warmer air really staying around on the ECM run. Compare this to the GFS, which is much more westerly based, and the warmer and drier air just holding on in the south:

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One to keep tabs on.

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  • Location: Darlington
  • Weather Preferences: Warm dry summers
  • Location: Darlington

The past few runs from ECM has seen it extend the warmth into next week it could be the back end of next week now before it moves away

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

In terms of the overall upper pattern there seems little expectation of ridging keeping settled weather beyond this coming weekend. By then a generally westerly pattern is showing on the 3 main anaomly charts. A north to south type of split in terms of more or less settled on a very broad scale description.

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/500mb.php

http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/ECMWF_0z/hgtcomp.html

 

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  • Location: Dipton, Nr Consett, Co.Durham, 250m, 777ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Anything but boringly hot
  • Location: Dipton, Nr Consett, Co.Durham, 250m, 777ft asl
14 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

As you were on the 7-day forecast mean

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Sorry but these charts seem to be full of false promise. A slight raise from 9C to 13C over the last 4 days might show red on mean charts, but intermittent rain and low eastern clouds aren't my idea of early Summer. So please keep it real when posting average charts without actual weather musings.

Quoting comparable April warmth and red charts dont necessarily equate to factor 30 weather, I think we're a few months early for those warnings, so please keep it real. Charts showing oranges/reds in the late Spring are different to Blues and purples, as the former guarantee snow, whereas the latter just means cold or not so cold rain most of the time.

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  • Location: Cambridge, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Summer > Spring > Winter > Autumn :-)
  • Location: Cambridge, UK
20 minutes ago, geordiekev said:

Sorry but these charts seem to be full of false promise. A slight raise from 9C to 13C over the last 4 days might show red on mean charts, but intermittent rain and low eastern clouds aren't my idea of early Summer. So please keep it real when posting average charts without actual weather musings.

Quoting comparable April warmth and red charts dont necessarily equate to factor 30 weather, I think we're a few months early for those warnings, so please keep it real. Charts showing oranges/reds in the late Spring are different to Blues and purples, as the former guarantee snow, whereas the latter just means cold or not so cold rain most of the time.

I think you are mis-interpreting the charts?

If it was showing 9 to 13c it would be blue, as these are anomalies relative to the average for the date period. As we are in mid to late April, the daily average is around 12c (16c max/8c min), so the reds indicate roughly 5c above the mean for the period shown, which is what we are about to get.

Also, the sun is as strong now as it is in August, so 25c with strong sunshine will feel warm, and with a high risk of burning.

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  • Location: Dipton, Nr Consett, Co.Durham, 250m, 777ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Anything but boringly hot
  • Location: Dipton, Nr Consett, Co.Durham, 250m, 777ft asl
19 minutes ago, mb018538 said:

I think you are mis-interpreting the charts?

If it was showing 9 to 13c it would be blue, as these are anomalies relative to the average for the date period. As we are in mid to late April, the average is around 15c, so the reds indicate roughly 5c above the mean for the period shown, which is what we are about to get.

Also, the sun is as strong now as it is in August, so 25c with strong sunshine will feel warm, and with a high risk of burning.

Sorry, but I think your misinterpreting my post. As what I was trying to say is reds on these type of charts don't mean Sun or early Summer. I was sunburnt 2 weeks ago in the Spring Sun after 1hr on blue charts, but let's not oversell red charts.

The last few days where I am in the east have remained cold in the rain yet charts posted a few days ago showed red, a bit of a mis match.

I just think there is too much premise put on average temperature charts, with an agenda, without any mention whatsoever of actual weather which in reality pulls temps down.

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  • Location: East Ham, London
  • Location: East Ham, London

Morning all :)

While some quibble over whether it'll be 22, 23, 25 or 27c on Thursday (and for those of us stuck in an office and unable to take part in the seemingly obligatory BBQ it's immaterial) the weather moves on its merry way oblivious to our wants, needs, hopes and desires.

Yesterday the post-heat breakdown was looking quite messy but let's see if anything approaching clarity has arrived as I look at the output for Friday April 27th and start with the 00Z ECM at T+240:

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To be fair, ECM keeps the fine spell going through the weekend and into next week by a new push of heights to the north and then the east of the British isles but the break down is only postponed and by T+240 a fresh W'ly regime is in place with LP to the north and HP to the south west so always drier and warmer to the south with rain or showers further north.

GEM 00Z at the same time:

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GEM breaks down the fine spell much more quickly than ECM (it's gone by Monday on the former) and from then on it's a WNW'ly with broad if reasonably shallow areas of LP on a slight negative tilt moving from the area south of Iceland crossing Scotland and into Europe. HP is suppressed to the south so it's a cool and changeable outlook with periods of rain or showers for many but the rain always lighter to the south.

GFS 00Z OP at T+240:

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Slightly different but the overall evolution is similar to GEM. The fine spell is replaced over the weekend by a cooler W'ly form and there's a NW'ly by T+240 as the trough migrates to Scandinavia pulling in cooler air. Signs perhaps of a pressure rise in mid Atlantic behind and while it doesn't happen at once the Greenland HP re-asserts and the trough sinks close to the British Isles further into FI. The resulting air flow is sourced from Scandinavia so won't be warm.

GFS Control at the same time:

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Very unsettled with rain or showers for most. Further into FI, a ridge builds north from the Azores and across northern Britain into Scandinavia bringing a return of some warmer air.

The 00Z GEFS at T+240:

http://www.meteociel.fr/cartes_obs/gens_panel.php?modele=0&mode=1&ech=240

The 850s tell a clear tail with most having negative values across the British Isles by this time. The OP representative of the suite in my view with the majority suggesting a cool NW'ly flow - one or two go further and have a N'ly. Only a couple of members keep a warmer S'ly component by this time so it looks all over for the fine spell by this time.  Further into FI and easterlies are appearing as is the Greenland HP but that's by no means a done deal by this time. We often see a colder interlude in late April or early May and this year looks set to be no exception.

In summary, some fine warm and sunny days in the near future but the breakdown is clear and into next week it looks like a deteriorating situation with more changeable and cooler conditions encroaching from the north and west. From there, it's still unclear but the end of April and beginning of May are often colder and more unsettled and this may again be the case with the possibility of the Greenland HP building down and introducing something more N'ly in nature.

As ever, more runs are needed.

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  • Location: Cambridge, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Summer > Spring > Winter > Autumn :-)
  • Location: Cambridge, UK
1 hour ago, geordiekev said:

Sorry, but I think your misinterpreting my post. As what I was trying to say is reds on these type of charts don't mean Sun or early Summer. I was sunburnt 2 weeks ago in the Spring Sun after 1hr on blue charts, but let's not oversell red charts.

The last few days where I am in the east have remained cold in the rain yet charts posted a few days ago showed red, a bit of a mis match.

I just think there is too much premise put on average temperature charts, with an agenda, without any mention whatsoever of actual weather which in reality pulls temps down.

Ok, fair enough.

Just for balance though, it would show exactly the same thing in December if temps were forecast to be say 15c by day. I don't think these anomaly charts ever proclaimed to mean sun or early summer, and I'm sure people wouldn't get their shorts and t-shirts out in midwinter just because a few red colours have appeared! We will agree to disagree I reckon :D

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  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth
  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth

Generally less settled as the month draws to a close, but a split on whether warmer weather persists for the east (at least for a time) or whether a cooler W or WNWly regime is dominant

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  • Location: Crymych, Pembrokeshire. 150m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Extremes of all kinds...
  • Location: Crymych, Pembrokeshire. 150m asl

The GFS shows the Jetstream continuing to target the UK through late April and early May and until we can see this move further north the weather is likely to remain influenced by the Atlantic and therefore mainly unsettled, and probably cool or average temperatures at best:

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Disclaimer:  this is the gospel according to the GFS and is not written in stone!

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