Forecast, cold and showery with heavy showers giving hail and thunder and
wintry over the hills.

Actual................... dry and sunny

Another 8 hours sunshine here, not a shower in sight!

100 hours up, quite amazing for this normally dull place, our March average
on 85 hours, so well above average and with 10 days of the month left.

Hope they forecast another sh*te day tomorrow, it's certain to be sunny



Graham (North Staffs)

On 21/03/2014 17:57, Graham wrote:
Forecast, cold and showery with heavy showers giving hail and thunder
and wintry over the hills.

Actual................... dry and sunny

It seemed that cold/wet-mageddon was on the cards but here it was a
lovely day too with crystal clear air, dazzling sunshine, fantastic
cloudscapes and a couple of light/brief showers this afternoon with an
amazing rainbow thrown in as well.

Min = 3.8C
Max = 12.6C
Rain = 1.7 mm
Sunshine = 7.4 hours.

Monthly total now stands at 110 hours (the average for the whole month
is 118 hours).

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

It seemed that cold/wet-mageddon was on the cards

Forecast was even worse for today than Friday and still it's mostly fine!!

Few light snow flurries early today then a fine morning with sunny spells
until just after midday then it went threatening for a while but we managed
0.2mm of rain, feeble effort really.
Sun back out again now and looking good for the this afternoon
Forecasts for the last 2 days have been abysmal, it's only one day ahead not
a week , come on Met Office this is a joke


Graham (North Staffs)

On 22/03/2014 13:04, Graham wrote:


It seemed that cold/wet-mageddon was on the cards

Forecast was even worse for today than Friday and still it's mostly fine!!

Few light snow flurries early today then a fine morning with sunny
spells until just after midday then it went threatening for a while but
we managed 0.2mm of rain, feeble effort really.
Sun back out again now and looking good for the this afternoon
Forecasts for the last 2 days have been abysmal, it's only one day ahead
not a week , come on Met Office this is a joke


Graham (North Staffs)







We had a heavy hail & rain shower at 12.55pm, that last half an hour.
Throughout of the rest of the afternoon, there was light showers.

Joe
Wolverhampton.

Graham wrote:

Forecast, cold and showery with heavy showers giving hail and thunder and
wintry over the hills.

Actual................... dry and sunny

Another 8 hours sunshine here, not a shower in sight!

100 hours up, quite amazing for this normally dull place, our March average
on 85 hours, so well above average and with 10 days of the month left.

Hope they forecast another sh*te day tomorrow, it's certain to be sunny



Graham (North Staffs)


A hit and miss day Graham. There was a pretty sharp shower here between 1430
and 1445 with a max rate of 13 mm/hr. Quite a few other showers in the vicinity
this afternoon with hail/sleet shafts clearly visible down to near ground level.

You're doing much better than us for sunshine. Only 70 hours so far this month.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

You're doing much better than us for sunshine. Only 70 hours so far this
month.

Yes Norman it's amazing for this place and most welcome after a really dire
Winter!

last 7 months of sun hours:

Aug 112.0
Sep 91.5
Oct 55.4
Nov 72.8
Dec 48.6
Jan 46.7
Feb 64.1

Another 11.7 hours and March will be the sunniest month since July 2013
Hopefully it's the start of some nice sunny months to look forward too, now
that would make a nice change



Graham

Graham wrote:


You're doing much better than us for sunshine. Only 70 hours so far this
month.

Yes Norman it's amazing for this place and most welcome after a really dire
Winter!

last 7 months of sun hours:

Aug 112.0
Sep 91.5
Oct 55.4
Nov 72.8
Dec 48.6
Jan 46.7
Feb 64.1

Another 11.7 hours and March will be the sunniest month since July 2013
Hopefully it's the start of some nice sunny months to look forward too, now
that would make a nice change



Graham


In general we're a bit more cloudy here than where you are. The monthly
sunshine figures show that up only too well. Our sunshine hours for the past 7
months a

Aug 88.8
Sep 69.6
Oct 45.3
Nov 63.0
Dec 44.8
Jan 32.6
Feb 58.2

March is already the sunniest month since last August and we could see March
overtaking the August figure. As you say, it's been a pretty sunless spell.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

Graham wrote:

You're doing much better than us for sunshine. Only 70 hours so far this
month.

Yes Norman it's amazing for this place and most welcome after a really dire
Winter!

last 7 months of sun hours:

Aug 112.0
Sep 91.5
Oct 55.4
Nov 72.8
Dec 48.6
Jan 46.7
Feb 64.1

Another 11.7 hours and March will be the sunniest month since July 2013
Hopefully it's the start of some nice sunny months to look forward too, now
that would make a nice change



Graham



A dire winter in terms of no snow or frosts and too much rain. But it
was much more sunny than usual here with a lot of rain at night and a
lot of sun in between depressions. As you say, much better t han
expected today although the wind was strong and cold.

On Friday, March 21, 2014 10:24:45 PM UTC, Graham wrote:
You're doing much better than us for sunshine. Only 70 hours so far this

month.



Yes Norman it's amazing for this place and most welcome after a really dire

Winter!



last 7 months of sun hours:



Aug 112.0

Sep 91.5

Oct 55.4

Nov 72.8

Dec 48.6

Jan 46.7

Feb 64.1



Another 11.7 hours and March will be the sunniest month since July 2013

Hopefully it's the start of some nice sunny months to look forward too, now

that would make a nice change







Graham

Sunshine in the day for you, but surely you got showers, perhaps sharp, late afternoon and into the evening? We got some very sharp ones, with soft hail, further west in Dawlish.

On 21/03/2014 10:24 PM, Graham wrote:
Yes Norman it's amazing for this place and most welcome after a really dire
Winter!

last 7 months of sun hours:

Aug 112.0
Sep 91.5
Oct 55.4
Nov 72.8
Dec 48.6
Jan 46.7
Feb 64.1

Another 11.7 hours and March will be the sunniest month since July 2013
Hopefully it's the start of some nice sunny months to look forward too, now
that would make a nice change

This March was the sunniest month since.... February, but as of this
morning has just clocked up more sunshine hours.

last 7 months of sun hours:

Aug 239
Sep 164
Oct 119
Nov 102
Dec 84
Jan 76
Feb 113
Mar 115

This March is unlikely to equal or surpass last August for sunshine
hours! The sunniest March since 2006 is held equally at 190 hours for
2009, 2011 & 2012.

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk