PSA - Widespread Frost Tomorrow Night

[WilliamD]

Sigh .. only just put everything out into the blowaways yesterday. Guess it's dining table jungle time again..

[Sharpy]

Not sure where this info is coming from but no frosts in Maidstone for this week at least. That is from the Met, the boss.

[TrialAndError]

Agreed, the Met Office is the boss. Most areas of the UK seem clear of frost according to the Met.

[weed]

improved met office they are even getting the timing right just looked at my area said it was going to shower around 8am and just started at 7.45 am thats pretty impressive but sadly they say bright sunshine at 4 pm just when i leave for work but no sign of frost in this area for the week ahead we formed a comity and voted jack frost out for this year but no doubt he will visit the north of britain before heading back to the north pole

[Thelma Sanders]

My met forecast for tonight says

A dry night is in prospect with clear spells, some prolonged. Winds falling light and turning quite cool in rural locations, but no frost is currently expected. Minimum Temperature 5C.

That sounds too close to call for me to rely on it

[sparrow100]

Uh-oh. Just seen Thursday's forecast has gone down to 6C. Flippin' ice saints Thelma....!

[Thelma Sanders]

Uh-oh. Just seen Thursday's forecast has gone down to 6C. Flippin' ice saints Thelma....!

Indeed! .

[Penellype]

The Met Office is only one of the available models. For my area the lowest temperature forecast this week by the Met Office is 6 degrees. However, if you look at the GFS model you get a completely different scenario, where most nights this week in my area are forecast below 4 degrees, sometimes down to 1. Models vary in their accuracy, and the accuracy drops the further away the timescale is. Temperature assessments are also often based on CITY temperatures (mine at the Met Office are for York, but I am in a village outside York, which will be colder). I prefer to look at a map rather than predictions for one specific place.

The GFS low temperature predictions map is here: weather model gfs - united kingdom - temperature low (2m) [base + 6] - weatheronline

6am is the most likely time to get a frost. Hover over the numbers above the map to see the date and time for that number of hours ahead. Most places away from the coasts, with the possible exception of East Anglia, look to be in the firing line for possible frost at some point this week.

Given different predictions from different models, I will always act on the colder one - better safe than sorry.

[Thelma Sanders]

Yes, I've been using the netweather GFS chart - and it's not good

(It's the forecast that is not good - not the netweather chart )



GFS Weather Charts - updated four times daily - Netweather.tv

[BUFFS]

we are not too worried about frosts as the promised heatwave never came within 300 miles of us, and with the windchill factor we are on about 6-7degs now, so not having had the warmth it makes no difference to us, roll on the summer, whenever it does arrive...

[fishpond]

My Court Pendu Plat((a Wise Apple)is in the middle of flowering, therefore we are not getting a frost, at least not here.
If we do (which we down here will not), there is plenty of time to catch up.

[Bren In Pots]

This week we've got a couple of nights of 4c in our area so my toms won't be going in the GH just yet.

[Thelma Sanders]

My met forecast for tonight says
"A dry night is in prospect with clear spells, some prolonged. Winds falling light and turning quite cool in rural locations, but no frost is currently expected. Minimum Temperature 5C."


That sounds too close to call for me to rely on it

now it says

This Evening and Tonight:

A dry night is in prospect with clear spells, some prolonged. Winds falling light and turning quite chilly in places with a grass frost in rural locations. Minimum Temperature 1C.

So recheck your forecast before it is too late to take action!

[1Bee]

Met office is saying 7C for us.... Another site showing -1 Thurs and Fri! I'm betting on the lower temp, given the way the weather's been here lately.

[Penellype]

I've just spent 2 hours wrapping potatoes, strawberries and apple tree in fleece and moving anything frost sensitive into the growhouse. Debatable whether it would be easier to lift some of the pots into and out of the garage every night!