When is it going to stop... Raining

[SpokeyDokey]

Yesterday (Weds) was ok. One small (unforecast) shower whilst out walking in the pm. V.cold wind though.

But, from noon today it was business as usual. Claggy and interminable rain.

The thing is, from last weekend the weather predicted high pressure and decent weather every day for a week onwards from Tuesday.

None of this has come to pass with the forecast changing to utter misery every day as it gets closer to the actual day and time.

Ergo, the week ahead forecast is just rollocks and not worth consulting.

Today (Thurs) has, every day for the past week, been predicted as dry until 18.00 hours. We made plans based on this.

And... we got up this morning and the forecast said rain from noon onwards.

Say no more.

 

[classic33]

Heatwave to start on the 27th of this month!!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Heatwave to start on the 27th of this month!!

I look forward to it.

How many minutes will it last?

 

[classic33]

I look forward to it.

How many minutes will it last?

They reckon into May.
Possibly a week all told, temperatures above 25°C every day.

 

[Brandane]

They reckon into May.
Possibly a week all told, temperatures above 25°C every day.

Where is this supposed to happen?
We hear these forecasts, then in the small print there is always the "not applicable to the north and west of the UK; in fact it will probably only affect London and a small corner of the south east" clause.

I must set a reminder to come back to this post on 27th April as a matter of interest. My prediction is that it will still be wet, cold, and windy. And the forecasters will have conveniently forgotten about their predicted heatwave. I hope to be proved wrong, but this happens all too often....

 

[Paulus]

Heatwave to start on the 27th of this month!!

Who forecast this,The Daily Express? They are the usual suspects for wrongly forecasting long distance weather.

 

[straas]

Considering the variability of the hourly forecast at the moment I wouldn't put much faith in longer range

 

[classic33]

Who forecast this,The Daily Express? They are the usual suspects for wrongly forecasting long distance weather.

The Met office.

 

[matticus]

You can get your donations doubled here, if this stuff is worrying you.

 

[potsy]

They reckon into May.
Possibly a week all told, temperatures above 25°C every day.

I hope you are right, the beeb seem to think it won't get much higher than 12c around here for the next few weeks!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Heatwave to start on the 27th of this month!!

Meanwhile, here it's supposed to go down to 2C tonight.
It was a nice day today: showers, quite windy, but sunny spells

 

[classic33]

Meanwhile, here it's supposed to go down to 2C tonight.
It was a nice day today: showers, quite windy, but sunny spells

You can wait eight days, can't you?
Then you'll be complaining it's too warm.

 

[Slick]

You can wait eight days, can't you?
Then you'll be complaining it's too warm.

Usually that transition happens as soon as it hits double figures up here.

 

[classic33]

Usually that transition happens as soon as it hits double figures up here.

You could be in real trouble then!

 

[Jenkins]

Heatwave to start on the 27th of this month!!

The Met office.

Not according to the Met Office long range forecast for the next couple of weeks...