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What looked to be at long last a wet weekend for the east for a change and us westerners enjoying a weekend has ended up in yet another deluge for us to wipe our weekend plans as a result.Was planning on playing golf today and instead of locally - most courses were closed as waterlogged - i ended up driving an hr to Llandudno where they had only had showers. It took to colwyn bay before the rain eased back. Played a full round before the heavens opened and had the pleasure of driving back through torrential driving rain. Northwest England gets all the rain on an easterly... never when its snow. Annoyingly... we are expecting 5o get more heavy prolonged rainfall on tuesday whilst - yet again - the rest of the country misses out. Leapfrogging everywhere else and sitting over us.
What looked to be at long last a wet weekend for the east for a change and us westerners enjoying a weekend has ended up in yet another deluge for us to wipe our weekend plans as a result.Was planning on playing golf today and instead of locally - most courses were closed as waterlogged - i ended up driving an hr to Llandudno where they had only had showers. It took to colwyn bay before the rain eased back. Played a full round before the heavens opened and had the pleasure of driving back through torrential driving rain. Northwest England gets all the rain on an easterly... never when its snow.
Annoyingly... we are expecting 5o get more heavy prolonged rainfall on tuesday whilst - yet again - the rest of the country misses out. Leapfrogging everywhere else and sitting over us.
On Saturday, there was that wide ribbon of PPN stretching from NW Scotland down through most of England to the SE tip. Yesterday, both ends of that ribbon disintegrated - leaving just NW England and N Midlands under the persistent.
The phrase 'bloody typical' springs to mind - but can anyone explain why this was the case?
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Nice time lapse Kev. It was strange seeing the clouds moving because it just looked a solid block of grey with no change in it for two days! Although the rain varied from heavy to drizzmable - my sister’s term for miserable drizzle!
Today has been a perfect summer’s day for me. Sunshine and 24c. Just right for gardening!
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Yet again the nice weather is being restricted to working hours leaving utter dross for the evenings
21C and sunny this afternoon but as soon as it reaches 5pm cloud associated with showers to the immediate NW spreads in to blot out the sun completely and the temperature is down to 18C
July 2019: 5pm Grey Out + Weekend Curse = Diabolical summer month
EDIT: Plus the temperature in my bedroom is 27.2C
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Funny, my perception of the last 10 days is mostly warm and useable weather here. Amazing what a difference 20 miles can make!
It has been nearly completely dry and useable here in the city although there have been some cloudier periods (especially early morning and in the evening) but it has been good throughout. We have missed the wind and rain that have hit so many other areas so no complaints from me (apart from the warm house but even then with a bit more of a breeze now that is getting better).
But Richard claims that it's been sunny during working hours and cloudy in the evenings!
As I said the evenings and early mornings (out of working hours) tend to have been cloudier with much of the sunshine during working hours. I have not been at work so have benefited more from the sunshine. We even had about a dozen drops of rain yesterday evening.
You did 🙂 I misread your post and then deleted my reply when I realised, but obviously not quickly enough!
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To a pessimistic person like me, August is when summer feels like it is coming to a close to me up here. The sun feels lower in the sky, my 8.30pm dog walk is getting dull and my 5am wee stop is getting darker too!
The opinions of people in my Warrington office seems to be that this summer has been terrible in the Greater Manchester / Merseyside area and "we haven't really had a summer". I personally don't think it has been as bad as that but it hasn't been good either. I would have liked a run of hot days. Most days have been warm and have had bits of sun but far too many days have had cloud and rain. Any settled spells have lasted 2 or 3 days at best.
August is looking less settled as always with the forecast for the next couple of weeks more showery than I have seen it for a while. Was hoping for a scorching end but it looks like we'll probably have to wait yet another year for a good August.
To a pessimistic person like me, August is when summer feels like it is coming to a close to me up here. The sun feels lower in the sky, my 8.30pm dog walk is getting dull and my 5am wee stop is getting darker too!The opinions of people in my Warrington office seems to be that this summer has been terrible in the Greater Manchester / Merseyside area and "we haven't really had a summer". I personally don't think it has been as bad as that but it hasn't been good either. I would have liked a run of hot days. Most days have been warm and have had bits of sun but far too many days have had cloud and rain. Any settled spells have lasted 2 or 3 days at best.August is looking less settled as always with the forecast for the next couple of weeks more showery than I have seen it for a while. Was hoping for a scorching end but it looks like we'll probably have to wait yet another year for a good August.
I'd agree. Not enough long periods of settled weather for it to be considered a decent summer. I'd currently give it a 4.5 out of 10.
I agree Andy, hasnt been a bad summer, but people on really remember the wet periods. I think this has been a distinctly average. It took a while to get going, but Ive worn my shorts plenty.
Havent had as many BBQs ths yea - perhaps 3 or 4, where as last year id had over a dozen by this point.
Perception is a funny thing.
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Last year, the last weekend of July coincided with the first really wet spell of the summer and proved to be effectively the start of autumn, as just about every family event we did during August was a complete washout (including CarFest which was ridiculously cold for August, about 13C with torrential rain almost all day!). It looks like history is repeating itself - after last week's heatwave, the weekend felt properly autumnal, and the event I was meant to be going to this weekend - in Swaledale! - has been rained off in spectacular style. Looking at the models, the next fortnight offers up more of the same.
The long wait for a decent August continues.
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Last year, the last weekend of July coincided with the first really wet spell of the summer and proved to be effectively the start of autumn, as just about every family event we did during August was a complete washout (including CarFest which was ridiculously cold for August, about 13C with torrential rain almost all day!). It looks like history is repeating itself - after last week's heatwave, the weekend felt properly autumnal, and the event I was meant to be going to this weekend - in Swaledale! - has been rained off in spectacular style. Looking at the models, the next fortnight offers up more of the same.The long wait for a decent August continues.
Very strange. Wasn't a wash out down this end of Hampshire. A little rain (a few mm) on one day sure but the wind was the main event with gales.
Also unlike last year there have been a number of spells of rain tjis July that have been spaced out over the month accumulating to a wetter then average month.
And looking foreward there are still a number hints of potentially very warm to hot weather over next 2 weeks. Hints by the way that are growing in strength.
It's 26C, humid, and might rise a tad bit more!
I'm sure last summer broke down about the 6th August. I was in west Dorset at the time and it went from high 20s to high teens while we were there.
As for this summer its still decent here in the east 25c today mostly sunny. Looks like mid 20s at least until Tuesday then maybe pear shaped after that.
Just a wee gloat to all those whinging about summer being over..It's 26C, humid, and might rise a tad bit more!
21C and mostly sunny here after an earlier high of 24C. No complaints from me. The rest of the week is like looking perfectly fine as well.
It’s a bit like last August - some people act like it was bad throughout but in reality, at least here, it was slightly warmer and drier than average with normal sunshine. I think people have very high expectations, or just like to moan.
21C and mostly sunny here after an earlier high of 24C. No complaints from me. The rest of the week is like looking perfectly fine as well.It’s a bit like last August - some people act like it was bad throughout but in reality, at least here, it was slightly warmer and drier than average with normal sunshine. I think people have very high expectations, or just like to moan.
Well, despite last summer being very good until late July, just about every outdoor event we did was spoilt by rain. My son's 1st birthday in mid June - showers. Daughter's birthday trip to the zoo (July 29) - torrential rain all day, marking the end of the decent summer of 2018 IMHO. Camping trip to Devon, August 15-18 - gale force winds and heavy rain caused the tent to collapse on the first night! And then Carfest on August 26 which was a total washout, temperatures barely struggling into the teens and nonstop heavy rain from first thing in the morning until about 7pm.
August was really crap last year, at least in the south.