Spring 2021: Moans, Groans, Ramps and Banter.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Still eyeing up possible wintry showers for the next three days, Lincoln might be a bit too far south unless we catch some particularly heavy showers here, but certainly Scotland and the far north of England could see sleet/snow to low levels.

I think this evening's GFS has gone off on one- that's a distinctly autumnal looking run, that low around T+210 would be unusual even in autumn or winter, let alone in May when the Atlantic is traditionally at its weakest.  The UKMO and ECMWF are consistent in their projection of a warmer (albeit mostly around average, rather than particularly warm) changeable regime and that's what I'm currently expecting.

[B87]

According to the weatheronline forecast, if it were to verify then the average high from 1-16 May in London would be a barely believable 13.7c. That puts May 1996 to shame.

[DAVID SNOW]

It's been chilly and dry, now it's chilly and wet, so far a poor spring.

Of course as we move closer to summer things will inevitably change for the better, comfortably said without the need for a thousand words of waffle.

[Nick L]

Just got home from work having had to deal with forecasts for numerous local authorities in need of extending their winter gritting seasons, come home and it's dark, wet and windy, trees aren't in full leaf, heating is on...Welcome to November!

[Weather-history]

Really rank day, wind made it even worse

 

[Guest]

Probably the least surprising thing today

 

[Man With Beard]

Pretty beefy storm here in the Solent tonight! Plenty of branches down, wouldn't surprise me to find a tree or two down in the morning.

[Freeze]

34mph avg wind speeds here, some 50+mph gusts too very wild for may!

[NEVES SCREAMER]

It's a good job winter is coming to a close. Oh. Hang on. 64 days later and it is still .......winter.  What a thoroughly depressing day. Started raining at 10am by us in Dudley and finished at 19.30. So depressing I shut ths blinds at 5pm because I couldn't stand ths depressing gloom any longer.  Shoved the central heating up and put the lamp on and it was almost summer like with the light bulb acting as the sun. The great British climate. ? Shocking and appalling. Perhaps it will be 21c on November 3rd.

[MP-R]

Today has been really quite grotesque, but I've got to admit it brings back memories of Mays gone by with many a day like this one. The best example is probably the 3rd-5th May 2004 period - very cyclonic, windy and wet... cold to boot!

[Simon M]

I'm probably the only person who is pleased with the current cool outlook!  At least we've had a nice bit of rain today to freshen things up, indeed the air was lovely and fresh once the rain pushed through this evening.  

 

I'm very much enjoying not sweating and long may it continue (sorry no offence heat lovers, I'm sure your turn will come once summer arrives).

[Relativistic]

I enjoyed today perhaps more than most because it felt somewhat nostalgic; many a day in the Mays of my teenage years (namely 2012, 2013, and 2015) were similarly cool, wet and windy. 

[philglossop]

To br fair up until about 3pm yesterday, it wasn't too bad here. Boy did it come down after that mind. 

Meant I could get on decorating my lounge without thought of ruinning a day! 

[KTtom]

10 hours rain here, winds gusting over 60 mph at times....looks a repeat performance comming up this weekend...A very different May shaping up compared to last year...joys!

[Freeze]

Not surprised to see the fence down! Wasn't much in the way of heavy rain here and most of yesterday was ok, started raining around 6.30 even had sunny spells until about 2 o'clock.

[Azazel]

Wild night last night - thought we were going to lose the tree in the garden at one point.

 

[Guest]

Another day, another set of garbage in the models. Anyone think the UK will see 20C before the middle of the month? I guess the only chance is possibly Sunday afternoon up in East Anglia depending on the timing of fronts.... 

[Weather Enthusiast91]

As previously mentioned, I do not mind the rain itself as we could do with some, but one thing I am getting rather peed off about is the below average temps which has been the main theme throughout April and there's still no sign of it warming up just yet. As a novice gardener I do find this rather frustrating as the majority of my seeds still haven't germinated yet (I do not have a greenhouse unfortunately) and I am still waiting for my potato plants to appear above the ground which I have planted 3 weeks ago. 

Looks like it is going to be one of those years where we go straight from winter to summer.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Weather Enthusiast91

[milomolly123]

hi guys I've made a severe thunderstorm warning map the image attached is a example i hope u like it tell me if u think i could improve it anymore 

[Derecho]

48 minutes ago, milomolly123 said:

hi guys I've made a severe thunderstorm warning map the image attached is a example i hope u like it tell me if u think i could improve it anymore 

Wait..... so you are going for 100% chance of 90-80mph winds from severe storms in 21 days across a large swathe of central England?

Edited May 4, 2021 by Quicksilver1989

[milomolly123]

1 minute ago, Quicksilver1989 said:

Wait..... so you are going for 90-80mph winds from severe storms in 21 days across a large swathe of central England?

The things people do these days for likes and clicks....

no sorry this is a example its not valid im just showing of some new concepts and i just wanted some feedback on them theres no need to panic  

[Derecho]

30 minutes ago, milomolly123 said:

no sorry this is a example its not valid im just showing of some new concepts and i just wanted some feedback on them theres no need to panic  

Ah no worries 

[milomolly123]

17 minutes ago, Quicksilver1989 said:

Ah no worries 

ye what u think of it i think it would be informative 

[Weather Enthusiast91]

51 minutes ago, milomolly123 said:

no sorry this is a example its not valid im just showing of some new concepts and i just wanted some feedback on them theres no need to panic  

The way things are with our weather just lately, I wouldn't be all that surprised if that did happen. 

[milomolly123]

it was crazy yesterday we even had lightning in them really heavy showers around 8pm last night in macclesfield and we had hail too