temperature contrasts as the trop maritime air arrives

[Julian Mayes]

Not the most inspiring weather today - but good to see yesterday that forecasts highlighted the slow warm-up of East Anglia and SE (and lower maxima) after the cold night - a chilly 'altostratus type' morning.   

By 12h., a few temperature contrasts as the warm air was presumably rising over pockets of cold air in some northern valleys...

Cassley (10m - valley bottom)  5.3C but a few miles north-east, Altnaharra (81m)  10.0C.

Further south-west, the other way around    Kinlochewe (25m)  12.3C, Loch Glascarnoch (269m)  6.8C.   - southerly breeze arriving at K, stirring up the air?  

Edinburgh Gogarbank (57m)  10.6C but Strathallan west of Perth  (35m) just 2.9C.   Light winds in Scotland but freshening up now in the west. 

PS.   

Meanwhile, spotted in the garden down here in drizzly Surrey - the first confused daffodil appearing above the soil in a patio pot and an early summer flowering clematis in bloom - Clematis Niobe.    

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/96069/Clematis-Niobe-(EL)/Details

Mine has never flowered after July before in 18 years (it is not in an ideal spot). 

Julian 

Molesey   

[Graham Easterling]

Meanwhile, spotted in the garden down here in drizzly Surrey - the first confused daffodil appearing above the soil in a patio pot and an early summer flowering clematis in bloom - Clematis Niobe.    

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/96069/Clematis-Niobe-(EL)/Details

Flower picking Scilly, narcissi not daffs. https://www.facebook.com/scillyflowers/photos/a.3449441245103070/3460271237353404/ 

 

Still very expensive as you can imagine. Here in Penzance daffodil picking normally starts just before or just after Christmas. I'm not sure how Covid will affect it, very badly probably. It's highly dependent on large groups of migrant labour, like most highly seasonal farm work. Most local farm labour is mostly currently tied up with the broccoli/winter cabbage season, which is more drawn out. As a student I once managed to plant almost a large quantity of broccoli upside down (easier than it sounds) after a few pints, but that's a story in itself. 

Graham

Penzance 

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Next spring's flowers discussed.  This in my garden a lingering summer flower.

Native Cornflower but grown from seed.  Wild ones are very rare these days.

Jack