Darren Prescott

"Dave Cornwell" wrote:
> Hi Darren, predicting summer seems as difficult as predicting snow this
> year! After this weekend turned out so nice I think I'll wait nearer the
> time for next weekend. Thanks, as usual.
It rather reminds me of the winter setup, whereby a depression moving a
couple of hundred miles can make a big difference to the type of weather at
a given location. Compare that with the situation in recent years, where
pressure gradiants are slack and more often than not there's a huge ridge
nearby and it's little wonder things are so variable this time around. I
certainly don't envy anyone involved with making medium term (7 to 10 day)
forecasts at the moment.

> P.S - I expect you caught some of last night's rain? 1mm here for whole of
> weekend!
We had some torrential rain around 9PM yesterday (with thunder), plus some
more in the early hours of this morning. I couldn't say how much, though, as
the rain guage seems to have stopped transmitting for some reason!