Your Weekends Weather!

As the picture above shows , showers are expected this weekend. Saturday will see some blustery showers, although some places may stay dry. The main feature of the weather will be the wind with one two gusts of wind up to 40mph in some places. The wind dies down later. Highs of 18c/64f Sunday will see much lighter winds and some slow moving showers although again showers hit and miss but if you do get one there could be hail and thunder and rather slow moving as well. Perhaps some more general rain later in the day. See Yer Ian.
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The Reasons Behind.......The Flooding In Wales.

The dramatic flooding around the Aberystwyth in West Wales was one of the worst floods in at least 100 years. Around six inches of rain fell with-in 36hrs. The process which help cause this is known as "Orographic Lifting" The topography around this area is very Hilly and with low Mountains know as the "Cambrian Mountains"  From the top map you will see that the Cambrian Mountains rise abruptly just to the East of the coastline. The moisture coming off "Cardigan Bay" via the Atlantic often produces heavy rains for the area over the high ground hence the many dams which are in this area. From the arrow on the top map weather systems often move in from this direction and provide heavy rainfall for the high ground. The map above shows the disturbed weather on Friday and Saturday had a persistent moist airmass pushing in from the Atlantic. Orographic lifting is the process where moist air pushes up the sides of hills/mountains and the air quickly cools to form  clouds and then in turn clouds grow, and then the rain begins to fall. This is basically what happened in this location in West Wales.

Your Week Ahead Forecast!

The Summer weather is making the news headlines for the wrong reasons as the tragic flooding in West Wales as a result of 6 inches of rain fell in 24-36hrs! The weather this week really adds insult to injury as torrential rain will be a feature across our area on Monday with a possible 2-3 inches of persistent rain is possible locally and at least an inch generally.River levels are expected to rise in the next 36hrs so if you are concerned go to  http://www.enviromentagency.co.uk/   Tuesday to Thursday will see somewhat better conditions although there is likely to be some slow moving Thundery showers especially during the afternoon and evening.Friday, is likely to start off dry but rain will filter in during the day with increasing winds and low pressure once again dominates the weekend! Cool throughout the week with highs of Just 16c/61f. See Yer  Ian.
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Weekends Weather!

The weekend is quickly upon us , and the weather has been truly awful of late.Good news .is that the weather will be somewhat better this weekend although far from perfect!Saturday sees a lot of fair weather although cloudy at times and one or two showers possible. Some sunshine and that will lift temperatures to 17c/63f. A dry night to follow and then Sunday dawns bright and a dry allbeit cloudy morning in prospect then thicker cloud will bring some general rain by the afternoon. Highs of 16c/61f. Hope you all have a great weekend! Ian.
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Weather Warning!

A deep area of low pressure will develop during Thursday into Friday. This system will produce heavy rain at times ,but more importantly strong winds will develop during late Thursday and last well into Friday.Current model ouput shows a swathe of winds strongest during daytime Friday which could well cause some travel disruption, along with a distinct possibility of branches from trees falling and even trees coming down due to full leaf foilage and saturated ground. Winds are expected to ease later on Friday.

Weather Round-Up for April 2012

April goes down as the wettest April on record in many areas in stark contrast to the previous months and previous Aprils in the last few years! 106.2mms or just over 4 inches of rain fell compared to the normal of 51mms. Pressure went down as low to 987.7mbs and as high as 1024mbs.The month came out at slighty below average temperature wise. Average daily temperature for maximum was 12.5c/54f and recorded was 12.3c. Minimum temperatures were again slightly below average recorded,4.1c and average temperature of 4.4c/39f. Altogeather a very different April to previous years!
                                                   Rainfall Statistics from around the Uk                              
Fairfield Evesham Worcestershire:- 96.5mm
Voews Worcestershire:-106.2mms
Scarborough N Yorkshire:-153mms
Ft William Scotland :-79mms
Fortrose.Scotland:-115mms
Middleton Moor Derbyshire:-191.6mms
Frome Somerset:-118mms
Grimsby NE Lincolnshire:- 84mms
Maidstone Kent:-89.5mms
Wells ,Somerset:-93mms
Middle Littleton Evesham Worcestershire:-85mms
Llanelli  Carmarthenshire Wales:-129mms
The Deben Valley Suffolk:-100mms
Dundee Scotland;-73mms
Garforth Leeds:-163mms
Preston Lancashire:-95mms
Warwick:-83mms
Wrexham NE Wales:-102mms
Cleethorpes NE Linconshire:-78mms
Lampeter West Wales:-126mms
Long Lawford Rugby Warwickshire:-129.3mms
Coventry:-104mms
Newton Abbey,Co Antrim NI :-88mms
Bradford on Avon Wiltshire:-125mms
Runcorn Cheshire:-84mms
Cork SIreland:-81mms
Exeter:-172mms
Hyde Cheshire;-92mms
Bally Clare NI:-75mms
Nw Kent:-115mms
Oxford:-110mms
Broxwich Herefordshire:-112mms
Royston Hertfordshire:-109mms
Crocretford nr Dumfries Scotland:-76.5mms
Newbury Berkshire:-123.4mms
West London:-61mms
Yoevil Somerset:-76mms
Folkstone Kent:-15mms
Warminster Wiltshire:-143.3mms
Cumnock East Ayrshire:-75mms
Rawtenstall Lancashire:-97mms
Egham Surrey:-144mms
Swansea:-75mms
Sidmore Bromsgrove:-86mms
Selly Oak Birmingham:-118mms
25mms=1 inch
Many thanks to all for ther contributions.

Your Week ahead forecast....

The hot sunny weather of last week is now just about to Bow out and we are back to some more unsettled and much cooler conditions, no washout this week but certainly more  British like weather for the time of year Today will see the hot conditions prevailing, but by later this afternoon, more cloud will develop into the evening perhaps with a potentialy heavy shower. Monday through to Wednesday will see more in the way of showers developing some of these heavy and temperatures back down to the high teens. Thursday and into Friday much cooler conditions prevailing with again some showers and temperature back down to the mid-teens at best thats a drop of about 12 degrees then of recent days! Sunshine amounts this week will be greatly reduced ,so its all back to the Best Of British.! Looking further ahead to the Jubilee weekend and though its still very early in terms of a forecast, indications show becoming more unsettled and feeling rather cool. Updates on that later in the week. See Yer Ian.
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