We've had some sunny spells this morning and my 2 digital thermometers reached 12.9 C and 13.0 C around 1230 so we've likely had our warmest day of the year so far 😎

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The Sun is back out again this afternoon as well after a very narrow band of rain brought a further 1.0 mm or so of rain to Edinburgh Gogarbank during the middle part of the day.

As for the temperature, it could be a very close call as to whether or not today ends up being the warmest day of the year so far at Edinburgh Gogarbank.

So far, the figure to beat for that is 13.10°C as recorded on 23 January 2024.

Today's highest recorded temperature so far is only 12.8°C but the actual maximum temperature is always either the same as or higher than the highest recorded temperature which makes it a real possibility that today could indeed be our warmest day of the year so far.

As at 4pm GMT (16:00 UTC) this afternoon, the temperature had dropped to 10.9°C but even that is still milder than it should be at this time of the year.

EDIT

Today's 12 hour maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank up to 6pm GMT (18:00 UTC) has been confirmed as 12.9°C.

Actual maximum temperatures are officially recorded for each 24 hour period from 09:00 UTC on one day to the same time on the next day but with the above mentioned figure, today is not likely to be our actual warmest day of this day so far after all, although we have ended up coming very close to that.
 

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9.0C light rain, was heavier overnight

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9C. Steady moderate to heavy rain with roads awash. Again.

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Looking at the radar it is raining virtually everywhere in Britain right now, apart from a sliver of North Wales, a bit of Kent and some of northern Scotland.

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Here in Edinburgh, we're only just getting some light rain (this month's data (more info for that is on this month's precipitation thread) shows that we just don't get any big amounts of rainfall from these systems at any time, any more) but the wind has now picked up a bit.

It's yet another mild day as our frost-free horror show goes on (indeed, we have only had three air frosts all month at Edinburgh Gogarbank and given that we are now just over a week away from the end of what should be one of our coldest months of the year on average, that is absolutely pathetic😡) with a temperature of around 10°C here in Edinburgh as at 10:30am GMT (10:30 UTC) this morning.

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Nice - the last frost here was the 27th January, so three and a half weeks ago...

It's currently windy here, cloudy, a bit of drizzle in the air, and 10.1C, which happens to be the high so far. Last night's low was 8.7, which is a more typical daytime high this time of year!

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Ahh!! .. but you're away down south, so you would normally expect it to be warmer down there on average with fewer frosts as a result.

As I live in Scotland, it should be colder up here on average and this means that we should be getting more frosts as a result.
 

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Even though the main frontal system hasn't yet completely moved through, it has now stopped raining altogether here now, and the Sun has even come out although it's now a bit breezy.
 

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Gusts to 48mph and 8C there has been rain on and off amounting to 8mm but getting lighter now.

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9.9C, raining

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6.1c with heavy rain clearing.

It's a full 2c colder than the models forecast it would be for this point in time. I wonder if there'll be some wintriness in the heavier showers later. I reckon the Beacons will get a dumping today which would be nice after a relatively snowless winter up there.

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Here in Edinburgh, there was some overnight rain which has now cleared away although there are still some showers around and we had a fairly heavy shower just as I got up.

That is now moving out of the way now, and it is gradually brightening up a bit.

Last night was cooler than of late, but still not the least bit cold and so our frost-free horror show goes on.

Currently around 4°here in Edinburgh as at 8:10am GMT (08:10 UTC) this morning.
 

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Some torrential showers here, with light rain or dry spells in between; always cloudy..

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Down to 4.7c with intermittent light rain and a strong breeze. Feels cold out... finally!

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Here in Edinburgh, we've just had a brief shower with sleet and wet snow mixed in, along with some soft hail even though the temperature is around 7°C.

This just goes to show how the temperature can suddenly drop whenever some heavier precipitation comes along.

EDIT:

As I write, the wintry mix got heavier once again for a while although there is nothing actually lying on the ground as it's far too mild for that.
 

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Lovely blue sky and towering Cumulonimbus now. Cold, only 6.3 C here. I suspect some of the showers will contain soft hail and also snow, over 200m

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Even here in the north of Edinburgh where I am, we've had some wet snow and hail mixed in with that (from your reports, it would appear that you have missed on that so far in the south of Edinburgh but I would imagine that you would be even more likely to get something wintry there if you get any of those showers where you are).

Up over the higher gound of course, the chances of snow becomes even greater and I reckon that there could well be a slight covering at least on the top of the Pentland Hills by the end of today.
 

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It's eerily calm out there - there's been rain, but thankfully the squall line fizzled just before reaching here. Now it's grey, with just the odd puff of wind from the NW... a far cry from the strong gusts GFS and to a lesser extent MetO were showing.

I can only guess that the low is further south than forecast, which hopefully means we won't be getting 60mph winds this evening!

 

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No squall here either. Bit of rain with a 3.5C temp drop in an hour. 

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Well, the wind certainly arrived - with a roar, it went from near calm to not far off a gale in the space of a few minutes. Very unusual, and it coincided with a band of rain moving eastwards. I can't think of many other occasions where there's been such a massive increase in windspeed in such a short time!

The chart from upwind, the yacht club, shows it very well.

https://ukwct.org.uk/weather/wind.png 




 

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Approaching 14 mm as another batch of rain is moving through right now (4 pm) and winds has just picked up.

Note the rain area has a circular look as it moves over Kent, it appears to be a developing secondary low.



As Matty H often like to say, utter gash.

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14mm so far today. Temp at 17.15  4.8C ! A truly horrendous day. Now have record February rainfall with 97.3mm .

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Hope you're enjoying the wind!

It's gusting into the high 40s/low 50s here, so it looks like from the morning forecast the GFS (59) was closer than MetO (36).

By lunchtime they'd both, as usual, moved closer to each other: 51 GFS, 42 MetO.

Pah, just for once it'd be nice to NOT have winds stronger than the MetO forecast.

I've never known such a stormy winter. I'll be glad to see the back of it!

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I agree, we've had gusts to 47 kts this afternoon. stunning cloudscapes.  

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