Old Park Farm Garden Holders Association

THIS WEEKS WEATHER Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th December 2012

Increased solar activity will bring a more changeable, windy week, with occasional rain or showers. Although generally feeling cold, temperatures will vary, with brief insertions of Arctic air giving a few icy nights and mostly slight perhaps moderate frost. Exact timing of events however could be a little tricky. Here’s your forecast:

Monday: There could be early snow over parts of Scotland and in the East at first, before it turns somewhat milder from the West. All parts will be unsettled and breezier than of late, with rain clearing to scattered blustery showers that may continue to wintry on Scottish hills. Max temps say 5 to 9C. Min temps 1 to 4C.

Tuesday: Cloudy with occasional rain over England, Wales and Ireland, then clearer and colder from the North giving a slight frost overnight. Scotland and Northern Ireland should see early rain clearing to leave scattered wintry showers giving mostly hill snow. A frosty night should follow. Max temps 3 to 8C. Min temps -2 to +3C.

Wednesday: Sunny spells but cold with a raw wind at first. Also some wintry showers mostly in the East that fall as snow in places, mostly on hills. Becoming finer later and overnight, with a widespread frost. Max temps only 2 to 5C. Min temps -4 to 0C.

Thursday: A fine start in the East, before rain preceded by a little snow mostly on hills spreads from the West, although timing is uncertain at present. It should temporarily become milder although not feeling so, before it turns colder again over Scotland and Ireland with scattered wintry showers. Top temps 4 to 8C. Min temps -1 to +2C.

Friday: Perhaps some rain over England and Wales at first, otherwise probably brighter but rather cold with sunny spells. A slight frost in central and eastern areas after dark, before cloud perhaps increases again later in the night over Ireland and in the West bringing patchy rain. Max temps 3 to 6C. Min temps -1 to +3C.

The Weekend: Again timing is a problem, but probably breezy and unsettled with occasional rain. Turning much colder from the North by Sunday with scattered showers turning to snow on the North and on hills farther South. Top temps 5 to 8C falling to 2 to 4C. Min temps later should be between -1 and +2C.

THIS WEEKS WEATHER Monday 15th to Sunday 21st October 2012

This period is renowned for stormy conditions, with some seriously damaging gales in the past. Some wet and windy weather is expected this week, but hopefully nothing too serious. Temperatures will vary from very mild even rather warm at times later, to rather cold at first. Here’s your forecast:

Monday: Rather cold after a ground frost and a few mist or fog patches in places at first. Some sunshine but scattered mostly coastal showers. Becoming very unsettled over Ireland later and in most parts overnight, with some wet and windy weather moving in. A milder night, but perhaps still turning cold over parts of Scotland.

Tuesday: Very unsettled and mostly cloudy, with wet and windy weather in most places at first. Brighter conditions may come through later but there will still be scattered showers. Somewhat of a lull during the evening and overnight with broken skies, but perhaps more wet and windy weather moving into the south-west later.

Wednesday: More wet and windy weather ‘sweeps-in’ from the south-west. There could be some heavy rain in places followed by blustery showers. It should be mild although probably not feeling so, but Scotland could be colder and particularly dire in the north and east with snow on higher northern mountains.

Thursday: Remaining very unsettled and windy with further occasional rain or showers heavy in places under mostly cloudy skies. Probably very mild though perhaps with a balmy feel. Also turning milder over most of Scotland but very unsettled and windy at times here too.

Friday: Similar but probably mild or very mild, with further occasional rain or showers. There could be generally large amounts of cloud but a few bright or sunny intervals are likely mostly in the east, where there should be fewer showers.

The Weekend: A north and west/east and south split. It should be unsettled and breezier in the north and west with occasional showers, while the east and south are expected to be increasingly drier and brighter. It should be mild, but with somewhat colder nights in the east.

THIS WEEKS WEATHER Monday 24th to Sunday 30th September 2012

A very unsettled week will give showers, longer spells of occasionally heavy rain, local thunder and probably also some flooding. Gales could be severe in places for a time, before the weather improves towards the weekend. Here’s your forecast:

Monday: A quite deep depression over the country gives some really wet, cool weather, with heavy rain moving north eventually into central and southern Scotland. Gales are likely in the north, with sunny or clear intervals and blustery showers moving into southern England later. Ireland will be cool with blustery showers.

Tuesday: Still dull, wet, windy and cold over Scotland, with heavy rain at times. Hill snow is even possible. Northern and western parts of Ireland could also be dull and wet for most of the times. England and Wales should be less cool with a mixture of sunny intervals and showers some heavy giving thunder.

Wednesday: Remaining unsettled with generally large amounts of cloud. There will be a few sunny intervals but also further showers. Some could be heavy and blustery especially over England and Wales giving local torrential downpours with thunder. Winds generally though should be somewhat lighter than of late.

Thursday: A further scattering of showers especially over England and Wales some still heavy perhaps giving local thunder. Scotland and Ireland should have only isolated showers with the weather slowly improving as pressure steadily rises.

Friday: Still a few showers in the east and south that locally could be heavy, but as pressure continues to rise you are more likely to get away with a dry day. Scotland and Ireland should be mainly dry with variable cloud and sunny spells. It will be on the cool side though, after a ground frost in places at first.

The Weekend:  Perhaps a few showers in the far north-west and the far south-east, but the weekend should be mainly fine and dry. There will be sunny spells although cloud amounts could vary, with pleasantly mild afternoons and cold nights that could give ground frost mostly in the north.