Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Chris.R]

 Rush2019 i've been keeping an eye on it not much cape but let's see. i'll have the radio on just in case.

[Chris.R]

Omg the Sun just came out for one minute!

[Had Worse]

 Chris.R Just imagine that happening at sunset.

If the clouds dont get in the way, for some people, the bloody moon would.

Edited April 8 by Had Worse

[Rain Lady]

Fine sticky drizzly rain up here.   1.3 mm only picked up this morning though.   That's 602.2 mm for the year so far.    Calm -- so that's a bonus after the last 3 days blow.

[Chris.R]

Actually nice and sunny now

[A Face like Thunder]

 Chris.R no such luck here, a bit of quite warm sun late morning but has disappeared now in favour of total cloud cover.

[damianslaw]

At that point in the year, whereby I tend to leave it until about half 3/4 before commenting and reflecting on the day's weather, given there is much daylight left, and a change can and does often occur by late afternoon, for better or worse. In the winter months by 2pm the general state of play can be summarised. Leaving things to about 4pm also enables a more informed view of when and what high maxima may occur, in the summer months can take until 6pm to reach max, whereby in winter months rarely is the max reached after 2pm. Interesting to note the sudden change in feel and psyche that takes place now.. it is sudden and quite profound. 

Edited April 8 by damianslaw

[Chris.R]

And the rain is back. Only drizzle at the moment but no doubt it will get heavier. It is 14.2°C though.

[Rush2019]

 Chris.R under blue echoes here, but no precipitation as yet, hardly a breeze now, after 3 days of gusts.  14.5°C

Best day of sunshine so far for April was Saturday with just 4.4 hours of sunshine, that is terrible.  Some of you may have had more or less.  Data from Rostherne, Knutsford.

[Scuba steve]

Default start to the day though slowly improved to warm sunshine it’s beginning to back pedal now with increased cloud cover and I imagine rain not to far behind it 

[Scuba steve]

And it’s…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… raining

[damianslaw]

Opportune time to reflect on today's weather, a rather cloudy day, drizzly rain at times, more so this afternoon, some brightness. A neither here nor there sort of day. Not expecting much change to bright in remaining hours, only increased likelihood of more rain. 

[A Face like Thunder]

No chance here of seeing even the tiniest bit of an eclipse in about an hour's time. Why? Do I need to say?! 

[Scuba steve]

A friend of mine has sent over a pic of the eclipse from Ohio

[Rush2019]

 Scuba steve   Brilliant, made me laugh out loud.

[Chris.R]

Very heavy rain for last few hours. Already 1.6 mm since midnight, 8.3 mm yesterday. Now up to 51.1 mm for the month and 325 mm for the year.

[Had Worse]

Suns out but the darkness in the background will soon change the day.

[Chris.R]

Yet more heavy rain incoming although there has been a strike just off the coast this time.

Edited April 9 by Chris.R

[Scuba steve]

This is getting ridiculous now absolutely sick to death of this weather

[A Face like Thunder]

Open the curtains and guess what?!

[Chris.R]

 Scuba steve me too and you know I love extremes and I can't stand boring dry sunny weather for too long but I would do anything for some of that right now.

[WillinGlossop]

6c rain not here yet… but knocking on the door… squirrels going crazy chasing each other in garden and jumping between pine trees… plus back door mat growing grass…

[Alexis]

Presumably the wall of water in the Irish Sea is going to move over us?

The latest BBC website forecast (11 hours old) shows a different reality for 9am

Edited April 9 by Alexis

[tricol]

A horrid day. Up to our office in Oldham. It feels like winter up here, 6deg, windy, and heavy rain.

[itsnowjoke]

Yes raining