[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Unseasonably cold with hard frosts and some wintry showers; milder, unsettled Easter weekend[/b][/size][/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A rather cold week gone, especially for the Midlands, although Monday to Wednesday were not too bad here in West Wales, it even felt quite pleasant in the sunny intervals, however there was still sleet or snow showers in places too. Then came the rain and snow! Over two inches of rain fell here in 24 hours d
[size=4][font=arial][b]Alps Overview[/b]
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Another good week for the Alps with further fresh snow and low temperatures keeping the snow in good conditions.
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[size=4]Extensive Northern Blocking pattern at the moment with a Greenland High at 1056mb, with 1040mb right the way through to Norway, feeding bitter air over Eastern Scand
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[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]So far March has delivered pleasant warmth, severe frosts and snow! Everything but the kitchen sink again in the coming week (excepting warmth that is). Spring is still on hold, the hard frosts stunting most growth, the Daffs having a real struggle to bloom still. Coventry had it's coldest March day since 1970 on Monday mana
[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]Alps Overview[/b]
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[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]After recent milder temperatures and spring snow conditions there has been a fall in temps over recent days, and with it some fresh snowfalls which have again created great snow conditions.
For much of the week, pressure over the Alps will be low, but with little variat
Another 2006?
This March sure feels like it at the moment, bitterly cold with snow fall as you can see.
http://youtu.be/wmLBR2UY0uE
But 2006 was the last of the good, "hot" summers in recent years so I am hoping this is a good omen as it turned out to be then.
Fingers crossed.
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Very cold with some snow showers, becoming less cold with some rain, night frosts[/b][/size][/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]The prolonged dry spell has ended, although not spectacularly so, with only small amounts of rain for some of us over recent days, so only a meagre 4mm here so far this month. Llanwnnen managed 21 dry days on the trot up to last Wednesday, 3 or 4 weeks is about as long a dry spell as we can expect here in damp West Wal
[b]Alps Recent Weather[/b]
[url="http://www.snow-forecast.com/overviews/tips_full"]http://www.snow-fore...views/tips_full[/url] It has turned milder over the Alps, and his mean spring snow conditions, better in the morning, slushy snow into the afternoon especially on lower slopes, one bit of good news is that snow depths remain good for the time of year, due to heavy snowfalls earlier in the season.
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[b]Headline: Mild, dry to start, then unsettled with rain at times[/b]
A prolonged late Winter dry spell has been welcomed after the preceding deluge since last April! 17 consecutive dry days at Llanwnnen and counting, while the dry run at Coventry was broken by a measly 0.2mm fall on Friday. Overall February was rather dry for West Wales and average to rather wet for the Midlands. February being the driest month of the year in some areas, so although the 44mm that fell on Rugby during Febru
1st March: Welcome to the first day of Spring! Spring 2012 was a season of contrasts with a dry March with record breaking warmth, a dramatic turnaround with a cold, showery April with a snowfall early in the month, a very unsettled start to May before a return to record breaking heat at the end. This year, Spring follows what has been a cold winter with the first snowfall in late October. Between now and the end of May, we'll see a great transition in the weather and nature. We may see the last
[b]MARCH[/b]...overall quite close to average, with a settled start, followed by transient and quite changeable weather with temperatures overall at around average. Temperatures 0.5C below to 0.5C above average. CET 7.0C. Rainfall 70% in south and east and 85-90% in north and west. Possibly some wintry interludes during the middle third of the month, much of the wintry precipitation confinded to higher ground in Scotland. Sunshine 0-5% above average.
[b]APRIL[/b]...overall close to average, b
[b][font=Arial","sans-serif]Alps Summary[/font][/b]
http://www.snow-forecast.com/overviews/tips_full Excellent skiing conditions remain, however milder temps in recent day mean that the best conditions are over higher slope. Settled water means quite a bit of sunshine over the weekend with some rising temps, conditions better for skiing than for long term snow retention.
[b]Synoptic Summary[/b]
The weekend starts with high Pressure over the UK, 1028mb, with an Easterly flow over the Alp
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3][b]Headline: Continuing mostly dry but less cold, night frosts. Rather cloudy.[/b][/size][/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]The change to much colder conditions took place on schedule last Wednesday. A remarkable temperature range on Tuesday here, from -6c minimum up to +11c (17c) thanks to the West Wales foehn effect, in which the easterly breeze desecending the nearby Cambrian hills dried out and warmed considerably, this effect shown by the very low hum
[size=4][font=arial][b]Overview[/b]
Due to other commitments over coming days, I will do this blog early this week, it will not go in the usual detail in relation to synoptics, but there will be a full Alps summary covering the weekend and early into next week, there will be an additional blog in midweek to cover the period to the following weekend.[/font][/size]
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The weather this week ha
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[b]Headline: Mostly dry with sunny spells; quite mild at first, turning much colder with hard frosts from mid week,[/b][/size][/font]
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Most of us have enjoyed the mild and at times bright spell of late, quite a contrast to the very cold and snowy picture over much of the Midlands until Wednesday. Temperatures have been as high as 10c widely, and even 11c in places. Still on the mild side early in the coming week, but it turns co
[center][size=8]NOGAPS[/size][/center]
[center][size=6]1982 to 2013[/size][/center]
[size=4][b]The Start:[/b] NOGAPS came into the world in 1982 it's job was simple give the Navy a weather forecast. It impressed people by going to 180 hours and bringing in 4 updates per day.[/size]
[size=4][b]It's Prime: [/b]NOGAPS did have a prime moment when it was new and updated reguarly it could compete well with the other models at the time.[/size]
[size=4][b]The Mocking: [/b]In the past few year
[b]Overview[/b]
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After recent snow in the last couple of weeks, great conditions continue over many areas in the Alps, looking a bit drier next week, with plenty of sunshine hopefully on offer.
[b]Synoptic Summary[/b]
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To start the weekend there is a surface Greenland High (1032mb), with low pressure in the Atlantic and High Pressure over much of
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No entirely sure I understand all the factors in the Edinburgh snowshield but it definitely exists. We came back down the A9 from Boat of Garten earlier, heavy snow in poor visibility almost all the way until we got close to the north side of the Forth Road bridge. On the Embra side, visibility vastly improved, rain, and even on the h
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[b]Rather cold with rain, and chiefly hill snow at times; milder, especially for SW Wales, from mid week[/b][/size][/font]
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]A chilly, rather than cold week gone, with maximum temperatures mostly only a little below the February average of 8c here in Ceredigion, and only the slightest of frosts on a few of the nights, with too much peristent cloud cover acting as a warming blanket. It has though been quite a cold week for the Mid
[b]Overview[/b]
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There has a been a stunning week over the Alps, with heavy snowfall widely and over half a metre in places giving fantastic powder conditions. This week is a little bit more mixed in terms of temperatures and snowfall, but there does seem to be quite a lot of sunny weather on the cards to enjoy the fresh snowfall, with some very cold overnight temps.
[b]Synoptic Charts[/b
[size=4][color=#000000][font=arial][b]Headline: Mostly cold with wintry showers and night frosts; possible snow events later in the week.[/b][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]Rain amounts this past week were not high enough to give more than localised flooding. A mild week gone with no frosts until the slight ones this weekend. For the month of January temperatures averaged out a little below normal, while rainfall was close to average for both West Wales and Warwickshire, with 120m
1st February: It is now the final month of winter as the days are noticeably longer than they were a month ago. This winter has seen a cold first half of December followed by an unsettled second half full of flooding problems then the New Year arrived and the first third of January was very mild, the SSW contributed to quite a significant and prolonged cold spell before a return to floods, rain and wind to finish January. We've completed one chapter of the year in weather and it will be interest
[u][b]Barry's February Forecast[/b][/u]
The first week of February will have temperatures near or slightly above average, in a W or SW wind. Precipitation will be above average in the North of the UK and around average in the South. It will be mostly cloudy, with strong winds at times, making it feel rather cool.
Into the 2nd week of February, temperatures will be below average in a N or NW wind. Precipitation will be below average in the North and around average in the south. Wintery show
