Downburst

SunSea I’m in Gran Canaria as I needed to get as far south as possible quickly and have a no brain needed warm up. The hardiness of us people in the British isle’s isn’t recognised enough. Should be a UN agency offering some sort of relief 8 months of the year. And 21 degrees for a day in Romford doesn’t cut it as recompense

raz.org.rain well it’s the 3 month combined forecast so very hard to get much of a take. Have to wait for the monthly. I wouldn’t be surprised at some point this year to get a lengthy dryer than average season, just because of swings and roundabouts.

The long range seasonal is very odd, but does backup what crew cold predicts for summer, higher pressure further north or north east. The autumn might be nice dry and warm

March temps were certainly above average, but this is because of night time temps staying up rather than day time temps which were often cool and under a lot of rain too. I did post end of Feb or very early March when I saw the blocking to the north I worried about a March 2013 and as far as I am concerned it's played out in my lived experience as bad. Just looking a the tulips outside I feel totally detached from them, the daffodils passed me by and so has spring in some sense, still feels the same as winter to me.

06z is a horror show, but as Summer8906 says at least the 00z wasn't as bad. But looking at the 06z the polar front at the end of the run is close to the Canary Islands for heavens sake, with the jet way south. Have to expect unsettled for at least next two weeks and perhaps up to 3 weeks from today. I'm not sure how I am going to get the grass cut

Just read of one farmer who grows spring greens of various types. He has 100 Bulgarians arriving next week to pick the first crop as normal for this time of year. Anyway, the problem is the plants were never even planted yet never mind ready to start picking. Other facts and figures on tillage status in Ireland for barley oats and wheat, beans etc are off the scale bad. It is estimated two full weeks of dry weather is needed and another plough, and that isn't going to happen in time. Will be an odd year this year for sure.

AndyTee Well my nearest official station Dublin Airport is 106mm to March 26 which equals the March (54) and April (52) combined total at about 106 rounded. So wet it is and the month is not over. This time two weeks I will be in sunnier climes thank the maker, otherwise I think I might go raving mad.

As a person who supports all efforts to understand and take necessary action on identifiable targets I am beginning to get a little irritated by some journalists using terms such as "Climate Crisis" etc. Or sometimes now just "climate", e.g. the minister has to fight housing and with respect to climate etc. There is a very strong looking down the nose element to some journalists when writing about the plebs that are causing them lack of sleep as they worry in London about farmers or the great unwashed. I hope this stops as it's coutner productive and a political response will arise.

richie3846 They can't get the cattle out, perhaps some calves or one year olds in some locations where ground won't be damaged, so have to use what's left of last years silage or buy some. Then think of last years mid to late summer wet weather. They can't spread slurry on this years first cut or apply fertilizer yet. There are a lot of issues, but in general sileage will be cut later that's for sure. I think these are the ongoing trials and tribulations of farming though, the weather on top of everything else.

I think the weather has gone as mad as the world. My nearest station and it's grim in my view anyway. Wet Wet Wet, and I thought they were just a harmless band, no idea they were forecasting the future at all.

Ah yes, April is a flip a coin forecast for regimes. Sorry to say this but looking at the ECM monthly 500 charts it does seem to indicate similar to March in terms of rain. We shall see, a good week or 5 days somewhere in there surely.

raz.org.rain Irish Trees and Shrubs - Strawberry Tree (irelandseye.com)https://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/nature/trees/strawberry_tree/strawberry_tree.htm#:~:text=Caithne The strawberry tree is a large shrub,Irish stronghold is around Killarney in County Kerry. WIKI "It is interesting that it is relic in Ireland in Ireland of when the north atlantic was "warmer" than now, Its disjunct distribution, with an isolated relict population in southwestern and northwestern Ireland, notably in Killarney and around Lough Gill in County Sligo, which is its most northerly stand in the world, is a remnant of former broader distribution during the milder climate of the Atlantic period, the warmest and moistest Blytt–Sernander period, when the climate was generally warmer than today."

Well I booked a week away in the "sun" in April yesterday with about 30 seconds of thought. One other thing I did last year was add gravel paths to the garden so I can walk about and get out nearly anytime, avoiding wet grass. I'm just about able to cope knowing that it won't be long until proper spring days and or my 1 week away, until then stove lit to cheer up the evenings. But March 2013 thought was lesson enough to have steel in my soul for it being a tough month in any year, so at least it's not as bad as that so far. Also taking the vitamin D and K supplement, so may people are on very low levels by this time of the season.

It's quite in here. Models including the long range seem to suggest a slow burner spring, with high to the north and low to the south, good chance of a slightly wetter start to spring in the south, but perhaps just average and maybe again slightly + average temps. I'm no fan of easterly or brisk southerly winds in Spring if they hang on for weeks at end, but this picture suggests they will be part of the experience a lot. The ECM monthly long range shows late spring early summer high to the east of England, again with easterlies. It's all easterlies. The muti model long range is out and that looks very average out to June, with May 0.5 to 1.0 + temp anomaly, but what's new about that. https://climate.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/c3s_seasonal/

Great read. One point I'd like people to consider. The working classes and ever increasing proportion of middle classes are experiencing ever growing disparity in share of wealth. It is true that the rich get richer and the poor poorer, now more than ever. There are many reasons for this, but it's a fact. With respect to solutions to Climate change, for someone like me that owns and house, has lived half a century and is doing very well thank you, well buying into the so called solutions to climate change is a breeze. To a lot of struggling people the notion on top of what they see as a struggling future, to add complexity in the form of electric cars (expense), increased carbon taxes and other uncertainties to their struggle causes resentment. I think the media ignores this aspect and Greta Thornburg might appeal to the chattering classes in suburban London, but not to so many people. So this drives some negative responses and in fairness if one was to understand the climate one would need a scientific background, the internet doesn't ask for peoples expertise on a subject when it takes in someone's opinion