Snow Watch Part 4. The Winter continues....

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

met office warnings For tomorrow for Scotland and NW England, extending to Yorkshire. NW Scotlant in particular looks awful with blizzard conditions.

I'm not quite sure about the warnings for England, I'm going to be really interested to see how they pan out. Tuesday scattered sleet and snow showers for many.

Don't think your memory is that bad, mumat39: we had several days of very warm weather at the end of March last year here in Berkshire.

just found this

Hi Rusty, I do have a terrible vague memory but it's good to know I remembered something right :)

At the moment I can't see anything remarkable in the models for the first half of the month though a warm up does seem frustratingly slow.

Btw mumat, you are very welcome :)

Mum
Me too with unremarkable things, but I have been recording temperatures in the winter for years. I just had other things to search for today, and my eyes are not very good either these days and couldn't get down to searching through my diaries for the year in question. If I wrote it down at all.

I do remember being in Tenerife in March and it rained for most of the 2 weeks, and heard that we had the hottest sunniest March on record. But don't remember the year. But was 2008 or before, that I know for sure.
Also remember having our summer in April and then no more until September.

Right
Last March

In my diary for Tuesday 20th SUNNY - only +2 in the night, but by 8.45am heating went off.
Friday 23rd SUNNY - + 3 in the night.
Monday 26th " 0 in the night
No more weather descriptions just that I went down with the flu and had a raised temperature.
6th of April night temp was -2
7th of April + 8
The highest night temp in May was on the 25th =16
June 4/5 night was +5
July 20/21 night +7 Very erratic night temps last year.

It rained non-stop here last summer, with a few days of tropical humid heat twice. It rained all day and night for weeks. I do remember that as we were all moaning here.

Hi Digerd.

I was really surprised that my memory for once had served me correctly. Honestly, I can't remember much of what happened a couple of days ago let alone years ago. I posted the link as i thought it was quite interesting.

I'm impressed that you record the daily temperatures. That must make for interesting reading esp as the weather does seem to be changing and the seasons seem to arrive later now.

I hope your garden does well this year. We've had a camellia for a few years that doesn't do anything but I'm a useless gardener.

Take care and hope you've had a good weekend. :)

It was definitely warm in late march last year, I have pictures of DS outside in a tshirt and shorts! Just think, that could be us just a month from now
I do also remember the rain though, we got our 1000litre water butt installed in april and it was full within 10 days

Mum
I have to write down what I have to do the night before if I have non-routine things to do. My main problem is remembering certain things but the sense of time has deteriorated. Could be 2 days ago, 2 weeks ago, 2 months ago or last year < grizzle face at ageing>.

Trouble with the very hot and humid weather, is that exotic biting beasties love me now and hot days and nights of incessant scratching the intolerable iitching drives me mad. They even bit me through my clothes last year- I am so irrisistibly delicious it would seem !

S.Herts
Little dog had her walkies this morning and it was hardly noticeably drizzling, but didn't put either of us off. Definitely not so cold today and supposed to get even milder but heavier rain during the week < don't want the dog walks to get muddy again as been dry for a while>

Don't know about it getting milder, been freezing here today and an icy wind!!! Just lit the woodburner and am virtually hugging it

Warmer? Really? In that case it is a positively tropic 3.5C here

Would be nice if it did get warmer though.

it would be lovely! I am very fed up of being cold!

S.Herts
Me too. Little dog is too hot and has taken to lying on the floor, but she has a lovely fluffy thick coat on permanently. Fed up of taking ages to put on my thick winter outdoor dog walking clothes and boots - still in my sheepskin gloves- and then taking them off again at home.
At least it's dry - dreading wet weather.

Might have to resurrect this thread soon

Noooooooooooooo

The gritters have been past for the last 2 nights. Whats happening? I am in croydon and weather forecast says rain for next few days.

Middle of next week it looks to turn much colder I think, with some wintery precipitation possible especially in the east (including the se!). Tuesday looks to be the start of it. Early days yet, but am keeping a close eye on it and wishing it away

S.Herts
We have had a lot of sunshine for weeks now, the cons are
having clear skies and frost in the morning and a cold wind. < we can't have everything, can we>

-1 last night, but sun from the start today. Still walking little dog in my eskimo outfit in the mornings, and with less on in the afternoons.
Last week in Feb last year, we had +10 in the night, +9, +4. +2, +7,+3, +7,+3.
March stayed in the low 0-+3 most of the time with the odd +5-8
6th April -2
16th April - 1
Whatever, my heating goes off on 1st May !! Hope warm weather is settled by then as not always has been.

ps.
Temps given are minimum in the night.

noooooooooooooo please no more snow, I want Spring now. DH has just sorted out my washing line so I can continue to hang clothes up outside.

Ah hello Kitten. I came onto MN this morning specifically to see if your attention had been caught by what may be approaching, so it's good to see this thread back in Active Convos. If anything, the cold seems to be arriving earlier than middle of next week - people seem to be suggesting Sunday now?