Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[damianslaw]

Look at the current radar, Lake District lost in a sea of yellows and reds, heavy intense rain, swollen rivers, it feels akin to a evening in December, horrible. 

Edited April 11 by damianslaw

[Scuba steve]

 damianslaw I just said that to my wife ,it feels like 4 pm in winter 

[damianslaw]

 Scuba steve Its felt like 4pm in winter all year!

[RobR]

 iand61 I managed to cut the front and strim the jungle out back in the dry spell today. Dreading the full cut out back, grass is so long but underneath is boggy as anything. 

[severe snowstorm]

A new day has dawned and we have sun, might be another reasonable day here.

[Scuba steve]

Another damp crap morning  nothing more to say

[WillinGlossop]

Got to 17.8c here yesterday… sun made an appearance briefly… managed five hours gardening and dried washing outside… luckily got it in before drizzle fest yesterday evening… quickly popping to shops then slow roasting leg of lamb (from farm up the road) that’s been marinated in tandoori rub… family driving up from Luton for weekend and football tomorrow ️️️️

[Weather-history]

Believe it or not, the period July 2023 - to now,  is wetter than  the whole of last year and last year was the 6th wettest year on record for the region...

 

[A Face like Thunder]

I don't think last night's rain could have amounted to much here and another dry and bright start to the day today. Let's hope it continues and the washing dries outside for the first time this year.

[Backtrack]

Almost into May on the 00z and we’re still getting hit by relentless sub -5C air, and pretty much the only place relative to our latitude being hit by strings of constant low pressure. 
 

There’s no end to this is there? We can’t call a 3 day blip a pattern change. More like a relief whilst the AO trends negative again and gives us the worst possible outcome to it. 
 

Really starting to suffer now. It’s been autumn since last July, I was hoping for some spring warmth & sunshine. May is my favourite month. 

[iand61]

5 o’clock and it’s still not rained, could we finally have a daylight period without any rain or maybe even stretch it to a full 24 hours.

 

 

[Chris.R]

Not much sun at all here today, quite disappointing. I hoped for a bit more. At least it's been dry.

[severe snowstorm]

A reasonable day again today, dry and better described as bright than actually sunny, temperature reached 17.7C. I would definitely take more days like this.

[alr1970]

Don't worry, folks, the rain has been ordered in time to spoil tomorrow.

[Scuba steve]

A dull  grey day though with many shades of grey none of which were appealing and an annoying cold ish wind 

[Day 10]

Hi all,

Getting warmer!!!

I would have normally been at Aintree now, if it wasn't for the ticket prices going from about £60 10 or so years ago to £120+ !!!! Total joke!

Hope everyone is well

Edited April 12 by Day 10

[iand61]

Looking at other posts, it looks like the east of the region, certainly this part of it has done best for sunshine today.

With little or no wind to take the edge off things it’s probably the most spring feeling day we have had up here this year.

[damianslaw]

Left the gloom dank ridden NW, for a much brighter even sunnier NE right now, a brighter weekend in prospect in Tyne and Wear than the Lake District on the way, but rain will be a feature here as well, just probably lighter and more shortlived.

[Scuba steve]

 Day 10 I saw some lasses dressed for it this morning actually they where barely dressed

[HafrenLMP1]

 Day 10 I was a regular at the Aintree GN meeting, but stopped going a while ago. Far too many people there not there for the racing, too many queues for the toilets, food & drink, and trying to put a bet on. I believe it's approx £7.50 for a pint of Guinness..........was the same for Cheltenham in March.

[iand61]

 HafrenLMP1 my idea of high stakes gambling is a couple of pounds each way but we usually do a couple of Haydock evening racing and music events with friends who live within walking distance of the course. 

as you say, queues for everything and and by 10pm it’s pretty lively from those who have been on the pop since it opened but if paying through the nose for warm beer in plastic glasses is your thing then I suppose there are worse ways of spending a decent mid summer evening.

 

 

[Metwatch]

Final post from last week's trip!

First a few from last Tuesday, hiking to the wildcamp spot from Glenridding and the weather cleared up nicely for the evening which gave some great visibility! A sun dog made an appearance then slowly flew to the drone closer to Helvellyn to see a few small snow patches remaining. The North Pennines could be seen clearly as the sun was setting.

 

Was worth staying inside the tents on a rainy Wednesday for a better Thursday. The clouds cleared during Thursday morning then made the hike to Helvellyn. Clouds shrouded the summit a little although the views were great and was nice to have some calm and dry conditions once more! 

 

And finally a few from Saturday, exploring some of Borrowdale, by-passing Eagle Crag and with a distant view of I Think Scafell Pike. Very windy but dry & mild with other hikers enjoying their Saturday afternoon as well. A lovely golden sunset to finish that day off. 

 

Possibly I'll come back again in the near future, maybe some point in summer when hopefully things are warmer / drier and everything looking much greener!

Edited April 12 by Metwatch

[iand61]

If you forget about the couple of spits of rain I noticed at one stage early evening, yesterday actually managed to be a rare dry day but today looks like normal service will be resumed with a good chance of showers at some stage.

The day has already gone downhill with sunshine at 7 o’clock turning into cloud and murk within the hour and I can’t see much of an improvement from here on.

hopefully it will stay dry for the walk to and from the football this afternoon but with something on this morning, I just hope that Sunday gives a dry slot so I can cut the grass before the second cut becomes as bad as the first one a week or so back.

then to really rub our noses into it, a chance of snow on Monday and Tuesday.

sorry but if can’t have it in the first three months of the year, I don’t want it in month four.

Edited April 13 by iand61

[severe snowstorm]

It's not the bright start we had yesterday. Dry at the moment, but showers not too far away by the looks of it and a bit of a murky damp day in prospect.

At least there seems the potential for a settled spell of weather in the longer term outlook.

[cheshire snow]

Monday looking pretty grim,with wintry showers and snow over higher ground.Yuk