Hardly 'stormy'. Very much high nuisance value rather. 

Very much 'stormy', or as close to it as you'll generally get inland. It's the worst so far of the winter half of the year here. There have been several gusts into the 60s locally, with the trees in full leaf it makes a massive roaring sound...
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Just now, as another squall goes through.

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Very much 'stormy', or as close to it as you'll generally get inland. It's the worst so far of the winter half of the year here. There have been several gusts into the 60s locally, with the trees in full leaf it makes a massive roaring sound...
This morning:

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Just now, as another squall goes through.

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Quite impressive stats there Retron. I wager that I live more inland than you still. I imagine the NW coastal regions here are wild enough as well. Ugly Decemberesque skies continue unabated here. Low based cumulus in abundance. At least in December it would be dark by now so I wouldn't have to be looking at it. 

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Quite impressive stats there Retron. I wager that I live more inland than you still. I imagine the NW coastal regions here are wild enough as well. Ugly Decemberesque skies continue unabated here. Low based cumulus in abundance. At least in December it would be dark by now so I wouldn't have to be looking at it. 

It's interesting, despite my location (half mile from the sea, which lies to the north, NE and east), the winds are coming from inland - they've not been too bad outside of the rain, but when it starts chucking it down, boy do you know it!

Looks like there have been tornadoes around, too, and given the ferocity of the convection today I'm not at all surprised. Thankfully none in Kent as far as I can tell...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/15/tornado-midlands-stoke-on-trent-met-office-weather-front/ 
 

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It's interesting, despite my location (half mile from the sea, which lies to the north, NE and east), the winds are coming from inland - they've not been too bad outside of the rain, but when it starts chucking it down, boy do you know it!

Looks like there have been tornadoes around, too, and given the ferocity of the convection today I'm not at all surprised.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/15/tornado-midlands-stoke-on-trent-met-office-weather-front/ 
 

Sun heating the ground can enhance gustiness overland in a synoptic scale flow at this time of year. Its just that particular flow is strong as it is! 

From what I recall reading from HH Lamb years back, the infamous 'year without a summer' was preceded by a similar March and April to this, although no doubt colder. 

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Hardly 'stormy'. Very much high nuisance value rather. 

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You yourself described your weather as "howling like mad out there with frequent bouts of what can only be described as violent rain/hail showers", which fairly describes 'stormy'.

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You yourself described your weather as "howling like mad out there with frequent bouts of what can only be described as violent rain/hail showers", which fairly describes 'stormy'.

I still didn't call it 'stormy'. I said it was like a day in December, which this sort of weather is far more the norm. 
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Yet another disgusting utterly foul week of relentless rubbish. Rain every day, horrible wind, dire temperatures 🤮

Yesterday was truly unbelievable with a force 6 wind despite pressure over 1020mb. Today the wind has gone but in it's place vile grey soul destroying crap to ruin yet another weekend. It's truly beyond awful at only 5C. Hard to believe it's almost the final third of April as it's just day after day of the worst conditions winter has to offer.

If this is the utter garbage we get with a high pressure you have to ask just what the hell it would take to get something decent?

Not a single air frost since 4th March which is beyond ludicrous. Not even in the warmest of springs would the last frost be so early. To fail too manage a single frost in that period with so many cold days bears testimony to a relentless period of stupefyingly grim, depressing and unpleasant conditions that even the worst of springs would have been unable to sustain in the past. Never ending wind/rain/cloud. Even the wettest December in nearly 150 years wasn't as unceasingly hideous 🤢

The fourth consecutive colder than average April is the vilest of the lot. One of the worst months of all time. We have been unable to get the prolonged sunny, dry spell of weather after mid-month that provided a break from the dross in the past two Aprils and the outlook is horrific.

2023 was one of the worst years ever and so far 2024 is just 2023 with all the limited good bits removed. A wrist-slittingly awful nightmare offering nothing remotely acceptable. Just endless 💩

 

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Currently 9C, Dew Point 0C. Very dry air for us. 

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Right now in sun trap at my side door.

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The conservatory nearly complete yesterday and as he put the glass and roofing in it got warmer and wafted inside to bring livng room temps to 20.5C first time since early October without heating.  Today sunny start to mid day reached pleasant 30.2C after a very cold mornng at 2.2C so must be well below 0C outside with air frost.  Living room was 16.5C rose to comfortable 22C warmth now 21C and 24C as it dropping quickly so will close the french doors to stop the warm escaping outward to the conservatory. This a lifeline for us and worth it to get some much need warmth comfort.  Heating not going to be turn on but yesterday did turn on for shower time.

The conservatory nearly complete yesterday and as he put the glass and roofing in it got warmer and wafted inside to bring livng room temps to 20.5C first time since early October without heating.  Today sunny start to mid day reached pleasant 30.2C after a very cold mornng at 2.2C so must be well below 0C outside with air frost.  Living room was 16.5C rose to comfortable 22C warmth now 21C and 24C as it dropping quickly so will close the french doors to stop the warm escaping outward to the conservatory. This a lifeline for us and worth it to get some much need warmth comfort.  Heating not going to be turn on but yesterday did turn on for shower time.

👍 Sounds great, Jires - well done. Our house is difficult beast to run efficiently - it's over 300 years old and listed! 😬 There are rules on what we are allowed to do. We are about to have our windows worked on to reduce draughts. We have insulating blinds that make an impressive difference. It is also good that the house faces east-west - so we get morning and afternoon sun in through the windows!

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👍 Sounds great, Jires - well done. Our house is difficult beast run efficiently - it's over 300 years old and listed! 😬 There are rules on what we are allowed to do. We are about to have our windows worked on to reduce draughts. We have insulating blinds that make an impressive difference. It is also good that the house faces east-west - so we get morning and afternoon sun in through the windows!

Mine facing SSE to NWW direction so we get some sun from 6pm to sunset time at the north side with briefly sun in the early morning sunrise.  Buying a house I did a great study on the map of the house position as I don't want a N to S or other way with worst offending is north facing garden that we endured in Epsom for 39 years.

Yet another Sunday scraped from the bowels of hell. In fact it's clear that there is no hell. The worst of humanity just get reincarnated and forced to live here. The most miserable bleak and depressing hole on earth where you can't even enjoy half a life. The quality of life is just so bad as to be non-existent. Feels like serving a life sentence in a dark cave being served up this poison weekend after weekend.

It's clear now that this purgatory is never going to end when as in January we are seeing 1030-1040mb high pressure giving the exact same rank  wet, cold, grey, unusable filth. In fact it's even worse. More chance of actually seeing sun at 980mb. This has been by far the worst of the three utterly dire weekends this putrefying awful month has produced. It's the worst weekend since the completely sunless horror show of 9th/10th March.

Now in the final third of April and it's 6C grey and wet with 1033mb pressure. Nowhere else on earth would a weekend of high pressure translate to a weekend of cloud and rain 🤬Nowhere else on earth is still getting the same crap temperatures in late April as in the totally useless non-winter. Everywhere else has warmed up considerably by now. 

Hate is far too mild for the feelings of revulsion I experience constantly at having to live in this hideous hellhole unfit for human habitation. It's no better than slavery having to work all week then getting zero opportunity to do anything enjoyable at the weekend 🤢🤢🤢🤢

 

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Loving the description Richard 😂

I've just spent a freezing, damp weekend on the Berwickshire Coast. Max temp over the 2 days, 8 C!! Soul destroying.

I sometimes wonder why people endure the NE UK climate. Luckily I'm retired, next winter I'm hoping to spend some considerable time in The Algarve 😎

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Just when you think the superlatives couldn’t get any better they do.
The only crumb of comfort you can draw, is the prediction that in six months time it will be even worse than today. The picture you paint of life in the NE is truly apocalyptic.

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Loving the description Richard 😂

I've just spent a freezing, damp weekend on the Berwickshire Coast. Max temp over the 2 days, 8 C!! Soul destroying.

I sometimes wonder why people endure the NE UK climate. Luckily I'm retired, next winter I'm hoping to spend some considerable time in The Algarve 😎

Will 90 days really be enough? (the limit unless you get a long-stay visa)

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Perhaps the TWO headline forecast should be more realistic regarding patchy rain or showers.   I seen many times showers but in reality is outbreak of rain and overcast.  Showere meaning full sunshine in between showers with avril cloud tops and like today patchy rain moving southward but actually it extremely widespread moderate rain. Patchy rain mean very few drops of rain that barely wet the ground?

Yesterday was really pleasant indoors with temps rose to 23.5c while the Concservatory was 30.4C and 7C at night.  MIght not happen today but rest of this week with northerly flow tht will bring sharp blue skies and cold nights so by day time should warm up nicely indoors without heating needed.

According to wxweather.com, the highest recorded temperature as I write is around 18°C in the SW of the Irish Republic with the UK's highest temperatures being recorded rather unusually in SW Scotland. There, the highest temperature which I can see is around 16°C at Glasgow Airport.

Here in Edinburgh, we were at around 14°C and even that is still warmer than most other parts of the UK just now, even down south.

I know that the south of England briefly had temperatures of over 20°C not all that long ago although given that it now so much cooler down there, that probably feels like a very distant memory.

Here in Edinburgh, we haven't yet had any temperatures of 20°C or above during this year so far and although 14°C is still a little bit above average for the time of year here, it is still very disappointing to be only getting those sorts of temperatures with high pressure in such close proximity, especially given that we are now into the time of year when it is possible to get temperatures of over 20°C even here in Edinburgh under the right conditions.
 

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Will 90 days really be enough? (the limit unless you get a long-stay visa)

I'd love to spend 90 days there DEW, Jan - Mar, nothing but gloom, and rain for us these days

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Spending winter in the Med sounds like a good idea to me - I would much rather spend 3 months in the Algarve between January and March than say June to August when it will be a bit too hot. Similar to the Canadian snowbirds who spend winter in Florida before returning to Canada in the spring to avoid the horrid Floridian heat and humidity (and hurricanes!).

Winters in Europe north of the Pyrenees are so depressing - heck, even in northern and central Spain they can be quite rubbish with a lot of rain and cloud. The Costa del Sol and the Algarve are the places to be for sure in the winter.

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