Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[A Face like Thunder]

Looks as though it rained heavily overnight. Cleared now but very wet underfoot and I suspect we are not yet done with today's rain.

[tricol]

Yea it woke me in the early hours. Rinse and repeat. Seems to be brightening up, but some small showers knocking about. I hope the mild temps and wind will help dry the ground a bit.

[Iceaxecrampon]

Decent bull’s-eye at Shannon.Was 956mb yesterday

[Rain Lady]

 Iceaxecrampon Tomorrow,  some friends are booked to sail back from a week's holiday in Ireland on car ferry to Holyhead.    

[Rain Lady]

More rain.    At 9 GMT collected 12.9 mm for the last 24hrs.  April so far = 37.0 mm.  Currently raining.   Pressure rising a bit.

[Rush2019]

Rain through night eased off around 6am.  Overcast with the occasional burst of sun, rain moving in later from the west.  Bit windy here and a mild temp of 14.2°C.

[alr1970]

16 hours ago, Scuba steve said:

our default weather until El Niño sods off

The latest forecasts are for ENSO to go neutral some time between now and June, then transition to La Niña.

March 2024 ENSO update: award season | NOAA Climate.gov

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There's a 62% chance La Niña will develop this summer. Our blogger has your ticket to the whole show!

 

[Scuba steve]

 alr1970 that’s good to know hopefully sooner than later , human remains found off silverdale  coast possibly the body of one of the cocklepickers  who was never found ,I hope it is and the poor chap can return home and  bring closure  for his family 

[WillinGlossop]

15.6c max today… some blustery showers but some sun felt warm in sunshine  

been for good long walk… steak for tea bought our decorator/bathroom fitter a tomahawk to say thank you for hard graft over last seven weeks…  dining room ceiling repainted now woohoo this weekends job… putting the dining room back together… 

live in hope for drier warmer sunnier spell sometime soon

Happy Friday everyone

[damianslaw]

A rather drab dank day so far here, drizzly rain at times and mostly low cloud. Winds are picking, we had a temp of 13.5 degrees an hour or so ago, down to 12.3 degrees now.

 

Edited April 5 by damianslaw

[Metwatch]

Out in the Lake District through the rest of this week, mostly a camping trip with 3 other guys.

So far Tuesday and Thursday was nice, with today being okish and Wednesday being the worst day. Camped near Helvellyn for 2 nights at 700m elevation, stuck all day in tent Wednesday but I think it was worth it to get to near helvellyn yesterday and take some lovely photos Tuesday evening and Thursday. Decided to stay in hotel back in Penrith last night for a little comfort, off to a campsite later today.

Got up to the Penrith Beacon this afternoon, some light intermittent rain but wasn't too bad, quite mild.

 

 

2 shots back on Wednesday at 700m, not a great day at all near constant drizzle or moderate rain. My first ever wildcamp so I think I did pretty well Imo (leaving no trace behind as always).

Then to compare Tuesday night with pleasant conditions for climbing, and the sun coming out by late afternoon. 

Got a lot more photos to eventually go through from Tuesday and Thursday so will post them soon enough. Have a lovely weekend all!

 

Edited April 5 by Metwatch

[iand61]

Showers since first thing up here with a bit of sunshine in between but so far it’s been more wet than bright.

feels pretty warm when the sun does put an appearance though and the wind which was howling in the early hours has thankfully dropped to little more than a breeze over the last few hours.

[A Face like Thunder]

We were dry until middle day after which it has been glimpses of sun and frequent showers blowing in the wind which has picked up during the day.

[Rush2019]

Yes, been a typical April day, sunshine and showers with some warmth.  Pleasant evening here, a bit blowy.  Didn't quite make 16°C at Rostherne, although Man Airport did.

[Rain Lady]

Dried a line of washing !!!    Max been 14.4C.

[Had Worse]

Show off

[severe snowstorm]

A few showers today, but we missed the worst of them here, a mix of clouds and sun, reached 16.3C. 

Tomorrow looking like a good day for drying washing, if the showers can be dodged.

[Weather-history]

1252.3mm of rainfall for the region up to the 3rd April since 1st July last year..........

 

[Had Worse]

 Weather-history 

its certainly raised the water table.

Was putting up new PE greenhouse on limestone chippings next to the lawn. We had a downpour so we sheltered inside. When the rain stopped we exited the greenhouse and the lawn was nearly under water.

[Scuba steve]

 Had Worse yep not taking much to tip things over god forbid a trailing front scenario we will be well  screwed 

Edited April 5 by Scuba steve

[Rush2019]

 Had Worse both my sisters gardens have been under water in parts for months.  One cut out a drainage channel to divert water flow off to the path, this worked initially, she is back to square one.  My other sister and brother in law had a suggestion  to to introduce hundreds of worms to their lawn, this they did just this week.  They had to make numerous holes and put the worms in by hand.  Interesting to see if this helps drainage.

[Scuba steve]

Grass might need cutting

[Scuba steve]

 Weather-history  which is roughly 20 thousand million tons of ppn  ,loch Lomond is 2600 million tons in volume 

Edited April 5 by Scuba steve

[Joe Snow]

A warmish but windy day across the region tomorrow warmest temps will be across the SE/ East Anglia but 16-18c likely across the region. Could see somewhere like Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire (Nantwich), Rostherne nr Knutsford, Cheshire & Hawarden, Flintshire, N Wales/ Cheshire border  reaching 18c with some sunshine. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

 Scuba steve Remember that well. Such a long time back. Tragically sad.