Something I mentioned to my Wife who was getting fed up with the cool
and wet weather of this spring was that it's a good sign for a better
summer. I then just stumbled across this from Philip Eden quoting
similar years which include 1975, 1976 and 1987 which I think were
probably some of the warmest summer months this century in the UK

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-a...E=extra_ne.tit

Only last year April gave so many people a sence of a long hot summer
and then it all went terribly wrong. Looking at the trends in the models
April looks like being plagued with easterlies with most of the rain in
the south. A long way to go yet, but anyone wanting some real summery
weather will have to wait till May.

Just my personal thoughts.
--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Looking at the trends in the models April looks like being plagued with
easterlies with most of the rain in the south. A long way to go yet, but
anyone wanting some real summery weather will have to wait till May.
Keith (Southend)

Easterlies without Scandy High Pressure I guess Keith?
High Pressure 'Easterlies' are normally signs of the dry and hot stuff and
even warm in April - arent they?
Dave R.

Something I mentioned to my Wife who was getting fed up with the cool
and wet weather of this spring was that it's a good sign for a better
summer. I then just stumbled across this from Philip Eden quoting
similar years which include 1975, 1976 and 1987 which I think were
probably some of the warmest summer months this century in the UK

Keith 1975, 1976 I agree but 1987 I'm not so sure, certainly wasn't
here!
--
Graham

Keith (Southend) wrote:

Something I mentioned to my Wife who was getting fed up with the cool
and wet weather of this spring was that it's a good sign for a better
summer. I then just stumbled across this from Philip Eden quoting
similar years which include 1975, 1976 and 1987 which I think were
probably some of the warmest summer months this century in the UK

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-a...LANG=en&MENU=E
xtra&JJ=2008&MM=03&TT=28&FILE=extra_ne.tit

Only last year April gave so many people a sence of a long hot summer
and then it all went terribly wrong. Looking at the trends in the
models April looks like being plagued with easterlies with most of
the rain in the south. A long way to go yet, but anyone wanting some
real summery weather will have to wait till May.

Just my personal thoughts.

Of course, it all depends on how you define "summery" :-)

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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On 30 Mar, 21:59, "Dave R" wrote:
Looking at the trends in the models April looks like being plagued with
easterlies with most of the rain in the south. A long way to go yet, but
anyone wanting some real summery weather will have to wait till May.
Keith (Southend)

Easterlies without Scandy High Pressure I guess Keith?
High Pressure 'Easterlies' are normally signs of the dry and hot stuff *and
even warm in April - arent they?
Dave R.

Easterlies in spring are never nice for much of yorkshire as the cold
north sea sends in damp misty low cloudy days even down hear in South
Yorksire.

Thanks.

Simon (South Yorkshire)

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 at 21:17:42, Norman
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Only last year April gave so many people a sence of a long hot summer
and then it all went terribly wrong. Looking at the trends in the
models April looks like being plagued with easterlies with most of
the rain in the south. A long way to go yet, but anyone wanting some
real summery weather will have to wait till May.

Just my personal thoughts.

Of course, it all depends on how you define "summery" :-)

Anyone else define summer as a prison sentence, with parole usually
coming some time in early September?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

If you'ld like my very humble opinion Paul ,I think it will be a very
ordinary summer this year some nice,some grotty some wet and some dry
,nothing to write home about then.
So poor enough to enable all you shade loving perennials to keep your vests
on.
Anybody else want to join in with a summer forecast ?,the worst attempt
should give a tenner to their favourite charity come September......

RonB

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 at 21:17:42, Norman
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Only last year April gave so many people a sence of a long hot summer
and then it all went terribly wrong. Looking at the trends in the
models April looks like being plagued with easterlies with most of
the rain in the south. A long way to go yet, but anyone wanting some
real summery weather will have to wait till May.

Just my personal thoughts.

Of course, it all depends on how you define "summery" :-)

Anyone else define summer as a prison sentence, with parole usually coming
some time in early September?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Well, if the trends of the last few years or so are anything to go by (last
summer excluded), this summer is likely to be warmer, sunnier and drier than
the LTA, with a higher than normal risk of extreme heat.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

Of course, it all depends on how you define "summery" :-)

Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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Summer:- www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/Summer.html !

Graham
Penzance

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:05:16 -0700 (PDT), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Summer:- www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/Summer.html !

I was instantly reminded of sunny days at Bognor in my childhood with
ham and Branston sandwiches for lunch.

Thanks for that :-)

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather