Crap weather for April

[Barry]

8C and sunny. The forecast however is for sunshine and showers all week.

Shan't be going out much - still decorating!

[Macca]

nothing happening here, too early for weather to start yet.

Consulting the forecast I see it is due to start raining soon. There's a surprise.

[Pigmy Pony]

nothing happening here, too early for weather to start yet.

Consulting the forecast I see it is due to start raining soon. There's a surprise.

Started with the rain here about an hour ago, so you'll get it soon enough, if not already.

[Roy S]

The day started with great promise but bank holiday clouds are now arriving.

[Pigmy Pony]

The day started with great promise but bank holiday clouds are now arriving.

Looking out at the weather up here, you got out of Llandudno just in time. And not just for the weather... Wales Online reported that beginning this weekend, parts of the M4 will be restricted to 40 mph to reduce pollution, accidents and confusion caused by Welsh language road signs. I don't think we'll be bothering with Wales this summer after all :(

[rmcin626]

A cloudy 8c this morning

[Barry]

Now experiencing the predicted heavy, but short, rain showers. :(

[Macca]

Off and on here too.

I managed to get out and back in between them.

[Pigmy Pony]

Really foggy here this morning. Not that mist pish that passes for fog these days, proper 70s fog but without the smokey undertones.

[Macca]

Lucky!

was sunny here, bright enough to wake me up early but now I'm out of bed it's clouded over.

[Barry]

9C and cloudy. No doubt it will rain later.

[rmcin626]

8c nad wet this morning

[Pigmy Pony]

After a foggy start, plenty of sunshine. T shirt weather. Probably back to the crap weather tomorrow.

[Mikeandvan]

Rain till may, rain till june, rain till july, august, rain forever.

[Barry]

11C and partly cloudy.

Had a couple of short-lived but heavy rain showers yesterday afternoon.

[rmcin626]

7c and clear this morning so far

[Macca]

Rain but no wind at all. Weekend is no rain but gale force winds.

Not sure which is worse. Of course there's no chance of having neither.

[Pigmy Pony]

Already we've had rain, sun, then rain with sun, now sunny again. But it is quite mild.

[Macca]

we've also had the lot today- but it has been a bit milder.

[Barry]

14C and sunny, so far!

[rmcin626]

11c and cloudy after a very wet night

[Macca]

sunny here but won't be for long.

[Pigmy Pony]

Dry and sunny, but really windy. Off out later this morning to test ride a couple of motorbikes, not ideal really.

[Macca]

Can't judge windspeed from inside my house anymore, not since they took down the Hanging Gardens of Babylon opposite (there was a big bush growing out of the roof). But forecast says gusts of 39mph.

Be careful out there!

[rmcin626]

Up to 13c now and the wind has picked up quite a bit

[Barry]

14C and, at the moment, sunny.

[Macca]

Sunny here too. A bit fresh with the wind but we've had worse days.

[rmcin626]

A bright and sunny 9c this morning

[Barry]

13C and bright but overcast.

[Pigmy Pony]

Rain cloudy rain sun rain sun rain rain rain. By 3pm I'd had enough and went home. Tomorrow forecast to be worse, heavy rain and strong winds. I feel a day of staying home coming on.

[Barry]

It's 'mizzling' with rain at the moment.

[Macca]

bit of rain early doors but been dry since. Overcast but not that cold or windy.

[Macca]

Tomorrow looks really bad. Cold (8C max) very windy and pissing down all day.

[Barry]

9C and raining! :(

[Pigmy Pony]

Heavy rain here, and that wind is picking up. I have to go out there in a bit to talk with a customer, but I won't be on the tools thankfully. I might even stay home all week as the weather doesn't look set to improve.

[rmcin626]

A windy 9c but dry so far

[Macca]

Gales, rain and, on the way home, hail. Bloody hurt too since it was going about a hundred miles an hour thanks to the wind.

[rmcin626]

After a wet night, 7c and light drizzle

[Barry]

9C and sunny - so far. :lol:

[Pigmy Pony]

We had the old 'red sky at morning' thing this morning. Went downhill from there. Tomorrow forecast to be better.

[rmcin626]

Been chucking it down all day

[Macca]

Torrential rain and windy too.

Tomorrow looks good. 18C, sunny, no rain. Windy? - well of course, but not so bad as recently.

[Barry]

Started off fine but later became cooler, windy with some light rain.

[rmcin626]

A bright 12c this morning

[Barry]

19C and cloudy. No sign of rain - yet

[Macca]

Lovely all day until home time when it started with torrential rain. Not in the forecast.

Tomorrow looks good.

[Pigmy Pony]

Been warm and with some sunshine all day. T shirt weather. Rain started at 5pm, just as we were packing up. Really wet now.

[Macca]

Happily I was fully waterproofed for the walk home.

It's not catching me out that easy.

[Mikeandvan]

Thank **** the forecast for the next 2 weeks is showing only one day of rain, all hail the sun God!!

[Pigmy Pony]

Thank **** the forecast for the next 2 weeks is showing only one day of rain, all hail the sun God!!

Might be down in sunny Brighton, up here it's pretty much every day. But we'll see, it's usually not quite as bad as forecast.

[Barry]

13C and bright sunshine! :eek:

[rmcin626]

A cloudy 12c this morning

[Pigmy Pony]

A nice bright warm day, spoiled a little bit my my own clumsiness - Mrs. P had me put up some shelves in the garage, and when fixing the bracket to the wall with a power screwdriver I somehow managed to crush my index finger between the bracket and the wall :doh: It bled a lot, but I didn't cry.

[Macca]

dry and reasonably warm today.

No rain forecast until Monday!

[Mikeandvan]

Might be down in sunny Brighton, up here it's pretty much every day. But we'll see, it's usually not quite as bad as forecast.

It rains all the bloody time here in Brighton, been that way for about a decade, and getting worse, this year being the worst yet. It's global warming, I can't stand to spend teh rest of my life in this country.

[Pigmy Pony]

It rains all the bloody time here in Brighton, been that way for about a decade, and getting worse, this year being the worst yet. It's global warming, I can't stand to spend teh rest of my life in this country.

Well having watched a programme set in Brighton (probably on Channel 5) called "Night Coppers", I expect regular rainfall is needed to wash away all the Saturday-night pavement vomit :spew: The town itself looks pretty smart, a lot smarter than Blackpool anyway, but I don't know where all those feral-looking young folk come from at night, probably the drains.

If it weren't for family ties (isn't it always?) I'd have no problem moving somewhere warmer. Healthier climate, cheaper living costs, especially heating bills.

[Macca]

If it weren't for family ties (isn't it always?) I'd have no problem moving somewhere warmer..

You could just buy the box set and take it with you

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Ties-Complete-Paramount/dp/B096LHLNLC/ref=asc_df_B096LHLNLC?

[Pigmy Pony]

You could just buy the box set and take it with you

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Family-Ties-Complete-Paramount/dp/B096LHLNLC/ref=asc_df_B096LHLNLC?

:D There was a time I would have taken Justine Bateman with me, but not the rest of the family, they were pretty annoying.

[Macca]

Really sunny here but the wind is chilly.

Winter not really fully released its grip round here yet.

[rmcin626]

A damp 9c

[Pigmy Pony]

Stayed dry and sunny all day here, but that wind has moved round to come from NW, and you can tell.

[Macca]

Next week looks rubbish. Colder and windy with some rain especially for tomorrow.

Looks like we have to wait until May for some dry, sunny weather and even then it won't be very warm.

[rmcin626]

Another wet day and 7c

[guy]

High winds and hail

[Macca]

Huge clap of thunder to start the day, followed by hail battering the windows. For a second I thought a plane had crashed nearby.

Had a tornado trash a caravan not far away - caught on cctv:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-68820755

[Barry]

Sunshine and showers (short and sharp), with a wind that makes it feels cooler than it is.

[Macca]

Hail again, right now.

[Pigmy Pony]

Huge clap of thunder to start the day, followed by hail battering the windows. For a second I thought a plane had crashed nearby.

Had a tornado trash a caravan not far away - caught on cctv:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-68820755

Yeah I saw that on the news earlier, a pretty big caravan that was.

In the olden days when I was a keen biker, Volvos and caravans were the enemy, due to their capacity to ruin your ride out or worse. I'm older and much calmer now, and actually feel a bit sorry for the owner of that caravan. Won't be starting any crowdfunding mind, but at least I didn't laugh.

In the coming days it looks like the winds will be less severe, but a fair bit cooler than it ought to be.

[rmcin626]

A bright 8c so far

[Macca]

Rain, hail, sleet, gales, thunder, lightning - and then a bit of sunshine in the late afternoon.

Properly chilly too. No warmer than it was in January.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yesterday the gritters went past our house. Surely not. This morning the grass and the cars have a covering of frost, but I do think the council were being over cautious.

We don't live on a main road, but we were on a bus route, and as such had to be gritted. It ceased to be a bus route about 15 years ago, but it seems no one has told the gritters yet... Oh well, makes it safer for the rest of us.

[rmcin626]

A damp 8c this morning

[guy]

Bright and sunny this morning. Put clothes wash on, so bound to rain later

[Macca]

dry until mid afternoon then rain again (not forecast).

Still bloody cold here, if the leaves weren't on the trees you'd think it was the middle of winter.

[Pigmy Pony]

I have this mate/occasional work colleague who likes a good conspiracy theory. Yesterday he was wondering why the government aren't doing anything about the shocking weather, like they did for the lockdown period 2020. Reckons it could only help their chances at the next general election.

[Pigmy Pony]

Just as bad up here - strong winds have blown all the cherry blossoms off the tree, and so now the petals are all stuck to the Volvo which now looks like it's moonlighting as a wedding car. And the heavy rain will have washed away all the road salt in time for more frost tonight. World's gone mad.

[Macca]

forecast says will rain all night, then start again tomorrow afternoon.

Giving out dry all next week, I bet that doesn't happen. Temperatures not making into double figures for the foreseeable either. You can guarantee that bit will be accurate.

[Barry]

I have this mate/occasional work colleague who likes a good conspiracy theory. Yesterday he was wondering why the government aren't doing anything about the shocking weather, like they did for the lockdown period 2020. Reckons it could only help their chances at the next general election.

How do you know they haven't? They've already ruined everything, so why should the weather be any different?

[Barry]

We have had a fine day here today. Sunny, not too cold for me to cut the grass. :)

[Pigmy Pony]

How do you know they haven't? They've already ruined everything, so why should the weather be any different?

It was reported today that Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been threatened by the Met Office that unless he pays them £5,000 we will be in for a rubbish summer.

[Pigmy Pony]

We have had a fine day here today. Sunny, not too cold for me to cut the grass. :)

I'll be doing that on Saturday. My weapon of choice:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61zFbpN+4lL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

No cables! According to the advertising blurb, it's "More interesting than a Jeff Beck collaboration album" :)

[Macca]

That cold in the night that it woke me up.

[Barry]

9C and cloudy. So far, I seem to have posted the same comments about the weather for most of this year! Oh well, at least it's not raining. :rolleyes:

[rmcin626]

10c and dry now after a short shower

[Barry]

4C and clear with bright sunshine.

[Macca]

very sunny here but still chilly.

[rmcin626]

A bright 9c this morning

[Barry]

It's a beautiful sunny day, but it is bloody cold out. I wish I had worn a scarf!

[Macca]

Fine while the sun is out but as soon as it goes behind a cloud it's properly winter cold.

[Pigmy Pony]

Had a couple of hours polishing the bike, and the sun was properly warm. But it didn't fool me - I knew if I went for a ride I'd be dealing with a 30mph+ wind chill. Maybe tomorrow...

[Macca]

You been out on that new one yet?

[Pigmy Pony]

Actually I've just got back from a quick run on it - It's a noisy bugger, so even if car drivers don't see me coming they'll certainly hear me :) It's a lot different to my bike, harder to keep upright at low speeds, and (as I just found out) going fast round corners scrapes the footboards on the tarmac. Startled me a bit.

It definitely slowed me down, which is probably a good thing.

[Barry]

It was reported today that Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been threatened by the Met Office that unless he pays them £5,000 we will be in for a rubbish summer.

LOL - nice one! :D

[rmcin626]

after a decent day yesterday back to rain again

[Pigmy Pony]

Very warm in the sun, but still that chilly air coming from somewhere cold. I want to get out on bikes for a couple of hours, she wants to do some gardening. So gardening it will be I suppose.

[Macca]

Sunny here but still a bit chilly. It's that north wind.

Week ahead looks crap. Raining all day Monday, then the wind changes - to easterly, which is just as cold as the northerly.

Temperatures not even going to reach double figures, and it's nearly May. Just utterly piss-poor.

[Pigmy Pony]

Sunny here but still a bit chilly. It's that north wind.

Week ahead looks crap. Raining all day Monday, then the wind changes - to easterly, which is just as cold as the northerly.

Temperatures not even going to reach double figures, and it's nearly May. Just utterly piss-poor.

Maybe we should go back to using Fahrenheit until things improve.

[Macca]

Maybe we should go back to using Fahrenheit until things improve.

We should do that anyway, just as a wind-up.

[Pigmy Pony]

Right now the sun is shining and temps is a balmy 52F :)

[Macca]

68F in my living room right now. 54F outside :D

[Barry]

68F is 20C, but I'm not sure if the Farenheit scale hasn't suffered from inflation, Brexit etc. :D

[Barry]

Very warm in the sun, but still that chilly air coming from somewhere cold. I want to get out on bikes for a couple of hours, she wants to do some gardening. So gardening it will be I suppose.

So Piggurs is gardening and I'm back in my tatty boiler suit decorating the kitchen.

Looks nice out, but it's still cold. :doh:

[Oddball]

Nice out this pm - cows going out tomorrow , dry enough or not - its been a pig of a winter /spring

[Macca]

Nice out this pm - cows going out tomorrow , dry enough or not - its been a pig of a winter /spring

They'll probably cheer up a bit once they've trampled the first hikers of the season.

[Pigmy Pony]

And it'll be nice for them to be getting some wet grass too. I imagine swallowing that dry indoor food is a bit of a chore. Though looking at how the poo flies out the back end I wonder if maybe wet grass doesn't really agree with them.

[Oddball]

And it'll be nice for them to be getting some wet grass too. I imagine swallowing that dry indoor food is a bit of a chore. Though looking at how the poo flies out the back end I wonder if maybe wet grass doesn't really agree with them.

They will love going out -always do - like Spring lambs bouncing -shyte squirting everywhere in a day or 2

[Macca]

https://i.ibb.co/znmMDzr/cow-murder.jpg (https://ibb.co/Lk0FH38)

[rmcin626]

A bright 11c this morning

[Macca]

Rain all day and still cold but no wind for once.

[Barry]

Cold (~ 10C *), but no wind nor rain.

* For those of you who dislike to see temperatures quoted in Celsius, may prefer 12.5R or 283K.

[Macca]

Yes, lets start using the Kelvin scale.

It's 290.55 degrees in my living room right now.

[Pigmy Pony]

Yes, lets start using the Kelvin scale.

It's 290.55 degrees in my living room right now.

That's what you get for buying that Krell. We had a bit of drizzle this afternoon, but mostly it's been dry and T shirt weather.

[Macca]

That's what you get for buying that Krell. We had a bit of drizzle this afternoon, but mostly it's been dry and T shirt weather.

I don't know how you get that weather, you're further north and probably as high up as here. I went out about 0945 and my breath was fogging.

Not as bad as last couple of weeks as there was no howling arctic wind for once but still a long way from T-shirt time.

I did see a bloke in shorts the other day. He was pretty quick getting from his car into the works though, despite being at least sixty, so he was obviously feeling it.

[Pigmy Pony]

Well it was drizzling in Chorley first thing, but I was working between Preston and Blackpool. The Bowland fells a few miles away were under cloud, so we just got lucky I suppose. And my mate's wife (who works in the local chippy) came over with pies, which was nice. Even better, tomorrow she's fetching peppered steak pie and chips :)

You are almost in the centre of the country, while I was only a few short miles from the coast - that'll have something to do with it.

[Barry]

I did see a bloke in shorts the other day. He was pretty quick getting from his car into the works though, despite being at least sixty, so he was obviously feeling it.

I've noted many blokes in their 30s and 40s wearing shorts outdoors during the last couple of weeks. Whereas when I went out, it was at times woolly hat, scarf and gloves for me!

[Pigmy Pony]

I know I'm starting to sound like Marco with my unfeasibly benign micro-climate, but the sun really is shining here! Sorry Macca, maybe I'll get some rain later.

[rmcin626]

A dry 9c this morning

[Barry]

44.6F and cloudy, but bright.

[Macca]

Not rained once today can't remember last time that happened.

Bit of sun but it was patchy, wind is still cold.

Next week looks a bit better.

[Mikeandvan]

Nice weather didn't last long, rain this weekend, probably carrying on well into May. I really should be used to this by now.

[Pigmy Pony]

Sunny all day yesterday, though it was bloody cold with a NW wind. Pleasant enough if you find a sheltered spot. Even less cloud this morning, but it looks like being chilly again.

[rmcin626]

A bright 7c this morning

[Macca]

bloody cold this morning I nearly went back and put my winter coat on.

No rain again, it feels a bit weird. The puddles have almost all dried up.

[Pigmy Pony]

We've had no rain since Monday, I suppose these days that might be considered a drought. It's certainly the longest dry spell this year. All change this morning though, pissing down right now.

[rmcin626]

A dry and cloudy 6c this morning

[Barry]

9C, fair with bright sunshine. Still pretty nippy outdoors.

[Oddball]

Cows went out today - they seem to be enjoying the weather if no one else really is - a bit greyish but dry ,and a nippy north wind

[Macca]

Cold again, and it's been trying to rain last couple of days but not got beyond spitting.

Think it's finally run out of water to dump on us.

Fed up with this cold now, 14.4C in my living room when I got in from work earlier, that's no warmer than it was in January.

[rmcin626]

Bright morning but a lot cooler at 4c

[Barry]

8C and partly cloudy.

[rmcin626]

Warmed a little 9c nice in the sun

[Macca]

cloudy most of the day. It tried to rain again but still doesn't have enough for a proper downpour.

[dave2010]

Not terrible here - but not great either. Dry, quite cold - not windy - slight amount of sun.

DId this site go down earlier today - couldn't get on?

[rmcin626]

122c and quite nice the sun breaks through

[Macca]

Are we back on the Kelvin scale?

Sunny here now but it rained a bit in the night and it was properly cold until midday. Like depths of winter cold.

Bit better next week and next weekend it's supposed to be actually warm.

[Barry]

Are we back on the Kelvin scale?

Sunny here now but it rained a bit in the night and it was properly cold until midday. Like depths of winter cold.

Bit better next week and next weekend it's supposed to be actually warm.

Think that was a mistake - 122K would be -240F, now that's cold, very cold!

12.2C is 54F.


Today started off with fine rain, only stopping around 10:00. Did go out lunchtime and the temperature wasn't too cold.

[Macca]

Think that was a mistake - 122K would be -240F, now that's cold, very cold!

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Yeah but it is Scotland.

[Barry]

6C (= 279K, or 42F, or 4.8R :lol: ) and sunny.

[Pigmy Pony]

I think I'll stick with Celsius, it's what I'm used to these days, even though I, like most of us, grew up with Fahrenheit. I can't get my head round the use of Fahrenheit for extreme cold, for instance, when Americans say it's twenty below, what would that be in Celsius?

[Pigmy Pony]

Rained a bit overnight, now it's sunny and 8C. Won't last, rain is forecast to return in a couple of hours.

[Barry]

I think I'll stick with Celsius, it's what I'm used to these days, even though I, like most of us, grew up with Fahrenheit. I can't get my head round the use of Fahrenheit for extreme cold, for instance, when Americans say it's twenty below, what would that be in Celsius?

About - 30C, brrrr!

[rmcin626]

A damp 10c this morning

[Macca]

Blowing a gale, and again a weak attempt to rain. Forecast says it will try again at 2000.

Tomorrow - still blowing a gale but will be a staggering 5C warmer than today. No rain forecast either.

[guy]

No rain yet:yay:, blue sky, sunny and temp up a bit

[Barry]

Blowing a gale, and again a weak attempt to rain. Forecast says it will try again at 2000.

Tomorrow - still blowing a gale but will be a staggering 5C warmer than today. No rain forecast either.

2000 was 24 years ago! :lol:

[Pigmy Pony]

Quite a bit warmer today, about 9C right now and set to peak at about 17C. Pretty windy though.

[Macca]

sunny but still chilly right now.

[Pigmy Pony]

According to my BBC weather app, it is sunnier and warmer than Nessebar Bulgaria today. That won't happen often. No idea why this still comes up, clearly my phone remembers my holidays better than I do.

[rmcin626]

A very wet 10c this morning

[Macca]

Sunny all day as promised.

Blowing a gale too although that had subsided by the time I left work so it was actually warm by then.

[Pigmy Pony]

Very pleasant this afternoon, so went out on bike for an hour. Which turned into two, and I'd left my phone at home, so I got my arse kicked when I got home. She's a worrier, God bless her.