Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[carinthian]

 alr1970 Wow. That is crazy and alarming. Time to build an Ark. Yet, so many droughts across the world as well.

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[Had Worse]

New water feature coming nicely 

Edited April 9 by Had Worse

[alr1970]

I dug a new pond in my garden last month. It's to be fed from the overflow from my waterbutts, but I hadn't got around to hooking it up. Just the rainfall directly into the pond has been enough to keep it topped up since then.

[Scuba steve]

Wow a bit of brightness ,big deal to bloody windy ,the light nights are wasted on this kind of weather set up 

[A Face like Thunder]

Yes, the wind has been a feature since the rain cleared here early afternoon, so my apologies earlier for questioning the yellow warning for wind rather than rain, although a rain warning would probably have been justified as well. 

Piece on the N W  News a few days ago about Colne FC having to play 10 games in 14 days because of the waterlogged pitches at games they were due to play. I wonder whether that is still the situation, or possibly worse rather than better. 

I see Barrow FC's game has been called off tonight due to a waterlogged pitch, and this could cause problems as the home side are still in the running for a playoff spot in League 2 and I think they now have five fixtures to complete in two weeks.

No such problems in tonight's Champions League games I imagine!

[severe snowstorm]

An absolute deluge of rain here for several hours this morning through to early afternoon, dried up for a bit this afternoon, but just had some more torrential showers move through  with gusty winds. Another 25mm of rain added today. Rinse and repeat tomorrow by the looks of it, as if we needed a forecast to know that...

[Joe Snow]

Squally showers passing through  if we hadn’t had enough rain today ️ Thursday/Friday I hope stay dry we need a week of drying out weather tbh. 

[iand61]

Even by the standards set over the last few months, today has been a vile day.

heavy, at times torrential rain since mid morning and for much of the time it was being blown horizontal by the wind.

certainly not knocking the Met office but we’ve had warnings issued for conditions that didn’t come close to what we had at times today.

thoroughly unpleasant is probably the most polite way to sum it up and I’m just glad that we had a couple of dry hours yesterday to clear the remains of the fence panel blown out over the weekend as It would have been scattered over the town by now.

new ones come tomorrow so please can we have a reasonable day so I can get it fitted before the next mid winter storm arrives

 

[damianslaw]

Another miserable day weather, it has brightened up at times this afternoon, sparking off showers. Heavy rain overnight and this morning led to lots of standing water. Cold feeling, max temp 9.5 degrees.

Outlook stays very mixed, milder for a bit, but cloudy and wet at times, limited dry spells, also windy, cooler through weekend, certainly first half of April will be classed as very unsettled. 

Longer term, perhaps some colder drier conditions with northerly and easterly influences as often happens deeper into Spring. 

[Rush2019]

 carinthian   would love to see Macc Town FC promoted again and rise out of tier 3.  Robbie Savage has put his heart, soul and personal funding into keeping a team playing at the Moss Rose.

Max of 10.4°C,  Had some really strong gusts around here earlier.  Some brightness since 7pm, nice to see but too late in the day to be of any use really.

[carinthian]

 Rush2019 Always first result I look for. I wish them well but would not like to be the manager if things don't go to plan. Nice to see Stockport County top of the table. Crewe Alex still just about in the hunt. Sad time for my old team Northwich Vics.  Yes, keeping an eye on the weather, as soon as I see a big high sat over Northern England I will rush to book my flight from SZG to MAN ? as I am looking forward to a pint of Tim Taylors Landlord and a pork pie !

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[Mark.C]

What a violent morning, reminds me of July last year Blackpool beach was completely flooded today

[Metwatch]

Back home now, but from yesterday afternoon to the minute I got on the train from Penrith earlier today, that was starting to become a bit excessive with nearly 40mm of rain falling from that system, near the campsite I was at (Chapel House Farm).

Incredible how quick it also changed from sunshine to rain yesterday. Made the most of that glorious sunny few hours with another walk to Castle Crag to see the caves and moss-covered woodlands, and getting the drone up over Borrowdale itself. I think i'm still lucky enough to have had the rain fall mostly at night apart from 2 days!

Also a few more from Sunday night with the first of 2 walks to Castle Crag, very windy indeed!

Edited April 9 by Metwatch

[chilly milly]

 Metwatch Great photos.

[iand61]

I’ve not opened the door yet but I’m sure I can see a bit of frost on the cars this morning.

nothing unusual for the time of year I suppose but certainly a change from the usual conditions we’ve seen so far this year.

[severe snowstorm]

A chilly start to the day, but overcast now and awaiting the next serving of wet weather.

[Rush2019]

Morning all.  Rostherne recorded its lowest temp of the month at 4.4°C last night, Man Airport min was 2°C.  Calm overcast start to the day here, current temp 6.8°C.

[A Face like Thunder]

Dry start and Crewe Alex won 1 0 at Morecambe last night to stay in the hunt for the playoffs. That's the good news.....

[weatherobsuk]

I made my way up to Five Wells near Taddington whilst we had 2 hours of sunshine this early morning, a shame yet another weather system is almost at the doorstep to give rain for the rest of the day. So much for the predictions made 10 years ago that due to 'climate change' the central UK will become more sub-Sahara by each year  

[Rain Lady]

 Metwatch Interesting to see the moss coatings everywhere. We have an unusual amount this winter/ spring  -- places I've never seen it before.

 

[Rain Lady]

14.1mm for yesterday.  April so far 82.2 mm.  But caculating the last 31 days we've had 240.0 mm. Light rain at present and a softer feel to the day now that vicious wind has gone,  Surprised temp dropped to 2.5C last night.

[PennineMark]

Who needs words when a picture says it all. 5 dry days in the past month, and although never massively wet, just continously damp. Horrendous. 

We can only dream of a month with 5 wet days in it .

[Weather-history]

Already a wetter than average April for the region.

Hopefully this washout period will be coming to an end soon.

[ANYWEATHER]

5 hours ago, toggerob said:

So much for the predictions made 10 years ago that due to 'climate change' the central UK will become more sub-Sahara by each year  

Well said mate! I would like to make a list of all the predictions to do with greenhouse effect, global warming ,climate change etc , and see how many of the predictions have come true Might actually take that to the climate change thread at some point and see how many excuses some people can make for all those predictions over the last 40 years ,never coming to fruition! ☺

[Methuselah]

 ANYWEATHER  I'm glad I have more than a CSE in Science!