A vile morning here. It's been raining non-stop since 6:15pm yesterday
and it's very cold once again at only 4.4C. Wind from the E.S.E.

36.6mm of rain has fallen since then with 28.2mm since midnight. Max
rate was 16.2mm/hr at 6:54am.

Monthly total now 86.6mm and annual total 154.0mm.

Contrary to what I just heard Peter Gibbs say on a News 24 forecast
there is absolutely no sign of spring whatsoever.

Richard Slessor,
Hazlehead, Aberdeen.

"Richard Slessor" wrote in message
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A vile morning here. It's been raining non-stop since 6:15pm yesterday
and it's very cold once again at only 4.4C. Wind from the E.S.E.

36.6mm of rain has fallen since then with 28.2mm since midnight. Max
rate was 16.2mm/hr at 6:54am.

Monthly total now 86.6mm and annual total 154.0mm.

Contrary to what I just heard Peter Gibbs say on a News 24 forecast
there is absolutely no sign of spring whatsoever.

Richard Slessor,
Hazlehead, Aberdeen.

Richard,

Since the temperature has risen into double figures here, currently
12.6degC, I have forgotten what it is like to walk outside into cold air
with a biting wind. Maybe Peter Gibbs has lost his perception too !

Joe
--
Withington, Manchester

"Joe Hunt" wrote in message
...


Since the temperature has risen into double figures here, currently
12.6degC, I have forgotten what it is like to walk outside into cold air
with a biting wind. Maybe Peter Gibbs has lost his perception too !

Currently 11.8C here, the fist 10C day since November 14th.
Who'd have thought that such a temp on March 25th would be
worthy of comment. It feels very mild out but it's really not far
of average for the time of year.

I've just pruned the roses which for me is the symbolic start of
spring in the garden. Easily warm enough to do this a T-shirt
however I still got the comment from a neighbour - Ooooo you
should put a jumper on you know!
I didn't tell her about the vest I was wearing underneath though

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

Rain finally eased off about 1:30pm by which time 43.4mm had fallen in
less than 20 hours. 35.0mm since midnight today.

This is the second time in the 10 months I've been recording that over
40mm has fallen within 24 hours. 76.2mm fell in 36 hours in October and
these two falls together have accounted for some 20% of the rainfall
I've recorded in that time (587.8mm).

Rainfall during March now stands at 93.4mm which is about 170% of the
average for the whole month.

Max today was a chilly 6.7C so it is now 47 days since 10C was reached
- almost certainly the longest spell this late in the winter since
1962.

Richard Slessor,
Hazlehead, Aberdeen.

The GTS feed to the University Weather sites appears to
have failed since 0900 25 March
Colin Tandy