Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Rush2019]

 tricol yes,  great to have some weather happening, I think it's brill, better than Sat under constant rain.

[Chris.R]

My gazebo in the garden which has been up all winter on days more windy than this... which was bolted down to concrete and had four ropes securing it... has just flipped upside down... partially destroying a garden table and ripping it's roof canopy. The ropes stopped it going very far thankfully and the frame seems okay. Can't believe it.

Edited April 15 by Chris.R

[Scuba steve]

Woken around 5 am to a crazy hail shower everywhere was white and was very blustery ,pretty much blue skies here with the odd shower moving through ,still bloody awful though 

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just had some hefty sized hail falling

[Rush2019]

 Chris.R   sorry to read that Chris, hopefully it will be salvageable.  These gusts aren't half packing a punch still, some blue sky and fantastic cloud scapes but this wind is not letting up.

[Chris.R]

 Rush2019  Thanks i've had a look and the frame can definitely be reused but I think I'm going to have to buy a new canopy and some side panels. Could've been worse.

been dry since midday here.

Edited April 15 by Chris.R

[iand61]

We spent the morning stuck under the type of northwesterly streamer and high winds that would have given a massive dumping and blizzards in winter but nothing but disgusting torrential rain today.

A slight improvement in the afternoon but another couple of lighter showers have just passed through in the last hour but after all of the rain, the grass will have to wait until things seriously dry out again.

maybe June if we are lucky

 

[Weather-history]

Some surprising stats for our region as regards to exceptionally wet Aprils.  The wettest April on record is 1970, which is not a year I suspect many would choose if they had to guess.  There have been only 6 years where at least 100mm was recorded and neither April 2000 nor 2012 reached that mark. For England and Wales as a whole, they are the two wettest Aprils on record.

Two that did get to the 100mm mark were surprisingly April 1947 and 1949. 

Another surprise is that April 2005 was almost as wet as April 2012. Got to say I don't recall much about April 2005 apart from that very short wintry interlude at the end of the first week. 

 

Edited April 15 by Weather-history

[Mark.C]

Thunder 

[carl1980]

Got my eye on that band of heavy rain,gone dark here @Mark.C

[Mark.C]

 carl1980 it’s passed through very quick only one rumble from it

[Chris.R]

Got radio on, in the garden. Just done another one, 14 km according to app, didn't hear it.

[shadowfax]

Just passed over here too. One clap of thunder. Hail then sleet!!0

[Chris.R]

Missed me again

[RobR]

Certainly a wild day, I wonder why this wasn't a named storm? There has been a lot of fallen trees and general debris around. It's the longevity of the winds really.

[Had Worse]

Thunder and lightning ⛈ 

Woohoo

[Chris.R]

 Had Worse i'm not jealous at all

[Scorcher]

Can't wait to see the back of this absolutely appalling day. It's a nightmare for the garden with the blossom out or on the way out. Just hope things recover.

[Had Worse]

Lightning bolt just struck the transmitter on the hill at the Waggon and Horses 

[Had Worse]

The orange X's are bang on where the lightning was.

[weatherobsuk]

A few flashes of lightning was seen from here as that thundery shower moved SEwards from Glossop and over into the Hope Valley, barely audible thunder as the PPN rates must have been crazy within that central core and some gusty windspeeds here on the western outer-inflow.

[Cheese Rice]

Town had a hefty hail storm. 

 

 

Edited April 15 by Cheese Rice

[Cheshire Freeze]

Love convection at this time of year.

A tad warmer would have been nice though.

[iand61]

Deafening 15 minutes of hail left everything white and my missus struggling to hear Emmerdale.

Could do with the same again for when Corrie is on shortly

[severe snowstorm]

Well it's certainly been an interesting day of weather, some really potent gusts of wind, particularly around showers. Squally rain and hail showers on and off. Sadly, no thunder and lightning here, but looks like quite a few strikes elsewhere in the region. Definitely into the convective season now, which provides some interest.