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>> Simon's Weather Musings << Any better weather is short lived We are trying to spot the drier windows By Simon Keeling in Wombourne, Staffs 12:20hrs  17/6/12 Temperature: 14.7C    Weather: Recent shower Okayk, so I am clutching at straws and desperately trying to spot the windows when the weather might improve. The farmers amongst you are telling me of how water logged the fields are not, and others that hay has bolted to seed rapidly. So, some real problems for agriculture that I am only too well aware of. I'm trying my best to spot the improvements for you, even if they only last a few hours! There is a window showing in the CFS run. Hints that the 4th week from 8th July sees heights rise across the UK and Ireland, perhaps initiating a spell of several days of drier weather. However, this mornings latest rainfall forecast from the CFS contradicts its opinions and brings conditions back to being unsettled, and so we really are struggling to spot the window here. I have also just done a quick piece of research into the closest years which match where the atmosphere is predicted to be in 11-days time. More on this later, but for now if I tell you that the closest five year matches resulted in everyone of the the following 4-weeks receiving normal or above normal rainfall, then you can see that the evidence for no major improvement in the month ahead simply builds! >> Comments on this story << >> Add your comments below << Your name Email (not shown in posting): Location: Your comment): Security question: What colour is the sky? (the answer is b*l*u*e but remove the *'s)	>> Latest comments on this musing << [Scroll down to add your comment and see what others say] >> More of Simon's Weather Musings << Unseasonal Europe last week - warm east By Simon Keeling in Wombourne, Staffs 09:00 20/05/13 Not so good in the north west Texas tornadoes - six feared dead By Simon Keeling in Wombourne, Staffs 16:45 16/05/2013 Granbury tornado video Dambusters at 70 - Rolling updates By Simon Keeling in Wombourne, Staffs 18:00 16/05/2013 A tribute the Scampton meteorlogists [click here for a full list of Simon's Musings] >> Captain Bob's Dispatches << Seasonal Outlook By Captain Bob in Kingswinford 11:00 19/05/2013 July looks best Month Ahead By Captain Bob in Kingswinford 10:00 19/05/2013 Weather machine games Seasonal Outlook By Captain Bob in Kingswinford 18:00 28/04/2013 Will summer 2013 be over by late July? [click here for a full list of Captain Bob's Dispatches] >> Around the webcams << Latest webcam pics (add yours) >> Learning channel << Summer 2013 - Latest guidance >> Forecast channel videos << Friday's Look Ahead - Early next week looking wet, improving Thursday's Look Ahead - Very unsettled next week Wednesday's Look Ahead Tuesday's Look Ahead Monday's Look Ahead - Still confusion reigns!