The Times - UK (2022-04-30)

the times | Saturday April 30 2022 77

We a t h e r

Channel Islands

NORTH

SEA

CHANNEL

IRISH

SEA

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Aberdeen

Glasgow Edinburgh

Carlisle

Newcastle

York

Manchester

Liverpool

Hull

Llandudno

Shrewsbury Nottingham

Sheffield

Norwich

Cambridge

Oxford

Bristol

Swansea

Cardiff

Plymouth

Exeter

Southampton

Brighton

London

Londonderry

Belfast

Galway

Dublin

Cork

Birmingham

CELTIC

SEA

Orkney Shetland

14

Tuesday

16

11

14

15

Aberdeen

Aberporth

Anglesey

Aviemore

Barnstaple

Bedford

Belfast

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Bridlington

Bristol

Camborne

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Eskdalemuir

Glasgow

Hereford

Herstmonceux

Ipswich

Isle of Man

Isle of Wight

Jersey

Keswick

Kinloss

Leeds

Lerwick

Leuchars

Lincoln

Liverpool

London

Lyneham

Manchester

Margate

Milford Haven

Newcastle

Nottingham

Orkney

Oxford

Plymouth

Portland

Scilly, St Mary’s

Shoreham

Shrewsbury

Snowdonia

Southend

South Uist

Stornoway

Tiree

Whitehaven

Wick

Yeovilton

Around Britain

Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy

du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,

sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder

*=previous day **=data not available

Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*

midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterday

Noon today

15 PC 0.2 5.6

11 S 0.0 3.8

13 PC 0.0 2.2

14 PC 0.0 2.3

14 S 0.0 **

9 PC 0.0 **

11 S 0.0 6.3

9 PC 0.0 **

13 PC 0.0 0.5

11 S 0.0 **

12 PC 0.0 0.6

13 PC 0.0 2.8

12 PC 0.0 1.1

14 PC 0.0 1.1

14 S 0.0 5.1

15 S 0.0 2.3

10 PC 0.0 **

13 S 0.0 0.3

8 PC 0.0 1.2

11 S 0.0 3.4

14 S 0.0 **

14 S 0.0 0.3

13 S 0.0 **

13 C 0.0 8.4

10 S 0.0 **

9 PC 0.0 0.6

14 PC 0.0 2.6

10 S 0.0 0.0

12 M 0.0 **

10 PC 0.0 0.9

11 PC 0.0 0.3

12 PC 0.0 0.0

** ** 0.0 0.0

13 PC 0.0 **

12 S 0.0 **

10 S 0.0 0.0

10 PC 0.0 2.1

9 PC 0.0 **

15 S 0.0 **

12 S 0.0 **

13 S 0.0 **

11 PC 0.0 0.8

11 S 0.0 0.0

11 S 0.0 **

9 PC 0.0 2.1

13 S 0.0 **

10 C 0.0 1.5

12 S 0.0 10.7

11 S 0.0 0.7

9 PC 0.4 **

13 S 0.0 0.9

The world

All readings local midday yesterday

Alicante

Amsterdam

Athens

Auckland

Bahrain

Bangkok

Barbados

Barcelona

Beijing

Beirut

Belgrade

Berlin

Bermuda

Bordeaux

Brussels

Bucharest

Budapest

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Calcutta

Canberra

Cape Town

Chicago

Copenhagen

Corfu

Delhi

Dubai

Dublin

Faro

Florence

Frankfurt

Geneva

Gibraltar

Helsinki

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Istanbul

Jerusalem

Johannesburg

Kuala Lumpur

Kyiv

Lanzarote

Las Palmas

Lima

Lisbon

Los Angeles

Luxor

Madeira

Madrid

Malaga

Mallorca

Malta

Melbourne

Mexico City

Miami

Milan

Mombasa

Montreal

Moscow

Mumbai

Munich

Nairobi

Naples

New Orleans

New York

Nice

Nicosia

Oslo

Paris

Perth

Prague

Reykjavik

Riga

Rio de Janeiro

Riyadh

Rome

San Francisco

Santiago

São Paulo

Seoul

Seychelles

Singapore

St Petersburg

Stockholm

Sydney

Tel Aviv

Tenerife

Tokyo

Vancouver

Venice

Vienna

Warsaw

Washington

Zurich

20 PC

11 PC

20 PC

20 PC

28 PC

33 PC

28 SH

21 PC

18 PC

29 PC

17 PC

17 PC

22 PC

20 PC

13 PC

15 PC

18 PC

16 PC

34 PC

36 S

21 PC

16 PC

8 C

11 PC

24 PC

42 S

40 PC

12 PC

19 PC

21 PC

20 PC

20 PC

18 PC

6 SN

30 PC

29 PC

19 PC

30 PC

19 PC

33 PC

** **

24 PC

22 PC

17 PC

24 PC

18 PC

38 S

19 PC

19 PC

20 PC

24 PC

20 PC

20 PC

25 PC

30 PC

20 PC

29 PC

8 PC

9 PC

33 S

17 PC

23 PC

22 PC

27 PC

14 PC

19 PC

27 PC

9 PC

17 PC

20 PC

15 PC

11 PC

9 PC

32 PC

26 PC

21 PC

16 PC

15 PC

28 PC

15 PC

32 PC

31 PC

4 PC

7 PC

24 PC

30 PC

23 PC

15 R

11 PC

20 PC

17 PC

15 PC

13 PC

17 PC

The Times weather

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by Weatherquest

Five days ahead

Bright or sunny spells,

but cloud will build at

times to bring the risk of

a few showers

Today Cloud and rain across northern and western areas, hazy sunshine in the southeast. Max 18C (64F), min 2C (36F)

Tides

Tidal predictions.

Heights in metres

Today Ht Ht

Aberdeen

Avonmouth

Belfast

Cardiff

Devonport

Dover

Dublin

Falmouth

Greenock

Harwich

Holyhead

Hull

Leith

Liverpool

London Bridge

Lowestoft

Milford Haven

Morecambe

Newhaven

Newquay

Oban

Penzance

Portsmouth

Shoreham

Southampton

Swansea

Tees

Weymouth

01:58 4.0 14:03 4.2

07:53 13.2 20:12 13.2

11:54 3.4 00:15 3.3

07:45 12.2 20:01 12.1

06:22 5.4 18:44 5.3

12:03 6.5 00:15 6.7

00:19 3.8 12:26 3.9

05:47 5.0 18:07 5.0

01:02 3.2 13:15 3.4

12:32 4.0 00:43 3.9

10:57 5.5 23:21 5.4

07:06 7.1 19:04 7.5

03:12 5.3 15:21 5.4

11:47 9.2 00:10 9.0

02:23 6.9 14:47 6.9

10:20 2.4 22:12 2.5

06:52 6.9 19:10 6.8

11:58 9.1 00:20 9.0

11:53 6.5 00:10 6.6

05:43 6.8 18:01 6.7

06:21 3.9 18:33 3.8

05:16 5.4 17:35 5.3

12:00 4.4 00:27 4.6

12:07 6.1 00:25 6.3

01:28 4.5 13:52 4.3

07:00 9.3 19:15 9.3

04:21 5.3 16:25 5.4

07:27 2.1 19:48 2.1

Synoptic situation

High pressure will keep

southern and eastern Britain

largely dry with hazy sunshine,

but an area of low pressure will

approach from the Atlantic,

the associated fronts bringing

cloud and outbreaks of rain

across northern and western

areas. This will continue to

drift southwards overnight and

during Sunday, with the fi rst

rain in weeks for some places.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Glasgow, 18.4C

Coldest: Shap, Cumbria, -4.5C

Wettest: Frittenden,

Kent, 2.4mm

Sunniest: Tiree,

Inner Hebrides, 10.7hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

First quarter: May 9

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

21:19-04:49

21:25-05:14

21:01-05:05

21:03-05:14

21:02-05:18

21:23-05:03

21:09-05:07

20:51-05:02

21:06-05:03

21:09-04:56

20:49-04:52

21:09-05:27

21:02-05:01

General situation: Dry in southern and

eastern Britain, but generally cloudy

with rain in the north and west.

E Anglia, London, Channel Is,

Cen S Eng, SE Eng: Largely dry with

spells of hazy sunshine, some patchy

cloud developing with the small risk

of a shower. Winds light to moderate,

variable in direction. Maximum

18C (64F), minimum 5C (41F).

N Wales, NW Eng, Cen N Eng, NE

Eng, Lake District, IoM: Dry during

the morning with hazy sunshine, but

cloud will increase to bring some rain

in places during the afternoon. Light

to moderate south or southwesterly

winds. Maximum 16C (61F),

minimum 4C (39F).

Scotland: Much of the mainland and

Northern Isles will be dry initially

with some hazy sunshine, but cloud

will increase as rain over the Hebrides

spreads across most areas. Perhaps

drier in Shetland. Winds light to strong

south or southeasterly. Maximum

14C (57F), minimum 2C (36F).

N Ireland, Republic of Ireland: Cloudy

with outbreaks of rain, perhaps drier

in southwest Munster. Light to fresh

southwesterly winds, strongest in

the northwest. Maximum 15C (59F),

minimum 7C (45F).

SW Eng, Midlands, E Eng, S Wales:

Mainly dry with sunny spells, but cloud

will steadily increase from the west

with perhaps a few spots of light rain

late in the day. Winds will generally be

light and variable. Maximum 18C (64F),

minimum 5C (41F).

Tomorrow

13

15

12

13

Monday

16

13

15

16

Wednesday

17

13

14

17

Thursday

17

14

15

17

10

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9 15

5

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11

11

33

31

19

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18

11

17

15

15

13

11

11

7

8

7 8

16

18

15

14

13

11

12

11

9

14

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Wind speed
(mph)
Temperature
28 (degrees C)
34
Sea state
Calm
Slight
Moderate
Rough
Flood alerts and warnings
At 17:00 on Friday there were no fl ood
alerts or warnings in England, Wales
or Scotland.
For further information and updates
in England visit fl ood-warning-
information.service.gov.uk, for Wales
naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and
for Scotland SEPA.org.uk
Cold front
Warm front
Occluded front
Trough
LOW
LOW HIGH
LOW
HIGH HIGH
LOW
LOW
LOW
(^1024) HIGH
1024
1024
1024
1016
1016
1016
1008
1008
Bright or sunny spells, but areas of
cloud will bring scattered showers,
some heavy and slow-moving.
Max 18C, min 2C
Rather cloudy across much of England
and Wales with patchy rain or showers
in places. Generally brighter in
Scotland and Northern Ireland, with a
few isolated showers.
Max 15C, min 3C
A mixture of sunny spells, patchy
cloud and a few scattered showers.
Max 18C, min 2C
Another day of sunny spells and a
scattering of showers, some heavy
and slow-moving.
Max 18C, min 1C
Some bright spells, but large amounts
of cloud with the chance of a few
showers or patchy rain.
Max 19C, min 3C
05.33
20.20
05.37
20.06
11
T
he weather over the bank
holiday weekend is best
summed up as cloudy with
some sunny intervals. There
is some good news for
gardeners and farmers, with some
rain in places as a weather front
spreads from the northwest, although
that rain will tend to weaken by the
time it reaches much of England and
Wales, and whether it makes much
difference to parched gardens and
fields remains to be seen.
Rain in May is needed, as an old
Scottish saying goes: “A wet May
and a winnie / Makes a fu’ stackyard
and a finnie.”
The saying suggests that rain in
May and “winnie” (wind) afterwards
makes crops grow well, with a
“finnie” good-quality grain judged
by the feel of the grain in the hand,
and “fu’ stackyard”, a full yard
where grain was stacked ready for
threshing.
In fact, much of April has been in
the grip of high pressure that has
left most of the country dry and at
Holbeach in Lincolnshire just 7mm
of rain — barely a trickle — had
fallen by yesterday. And yet despite
the lack of rain, temperatures across
the UK have been unremarkable, to
say the least.
Even though much of this bank
holiday weekend is expected to be
dominated by clouds, conditions are
largely calm and some sunny spells
could break through and lift
temperatures. In fact, Monday may
turn out to be the best day for
England and Wales, with a chance of
brighter, milder conditions.
But beyond Bank Holiday Monday
a danger lurks to the north of the
UK as a large bulge of cold air slips
southwards from the Arctic.
Whether this polar cold air actually
arrives here is uncertain, and some
forecasts are optimistic that the cold
air will fail to reach the UK and
temperatures will remain
reasonably mild. But if the cold air
does arrive it will bring another
chilly spell next week and the threat
of the return of frost in places. But
one thing is agreed: high pressure is
close by, and that means it will be
largely dry but with some showers
in northern parts.
Weather Eye
Paul Simons