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Summer 2014 thread
Lake District Blizzard replied to Weather-history's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
33.5 hours of sun in the last 4 days here takes September sunshine up to 121.8 hours -
Rainiest towns in Uk?
Lake District Blizzard replied to boywonder's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Amblesides average is 2005.1mm http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gctvss7w7 I think Windermere is around 1800mm though no offical station. Keswick is 1521mm Ambleside should easily be one of the wettest towns in the UK -
11th September General Weather Chat
Lake District Blizzard replied to The PIT's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
reached 21c here both today and yesterday, rather pleasant as its been very calm and sunny too -
spring 2014 Spring 2014 Discussion
Lake District Blizzard replied to Skullzrulerz's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Just a normal May here - mean max of 15c so far May 2008 managed 11 days in a row above 20c and the mean max was over 19c -
Rest Of Northern England Regional Weather Chat
Lake District Blizzard replied to A.J's topic in Regional
Yes quite a large thunderstorm has just crossed the Lakes. constant thunder and lightening in all directions, torrential rain with a rate of 68mm / hr which put down 10mm in 10 minutes and a total of 15.5mm -
Rainfall Statistics, 2014
Lake District Blizzard replied to Summer Sun's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Wettest Summer - 2012 Wettest Autumn - 2012 Wettest Winter - 2013/2014 This is in records back to 1978, but will no doubt still stand going back at least 100 years Wettest Spring was 1992 / 1979 -
2013/14 true shocker, 2 Air Frosts all winter - a horrific stat - had 3 days of lying snow and about 15 of sleet / snow falling, which is probably more than some parts of the country. The frosts win it for 13/14
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Your ideal climate/location?
Lake District Blizzard replied to Gaz1985's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Sion, Switzerland - Warm summers average max 27.0c in July, 2100 hours sun a year Cold frosty winters January average low -3.8c rainfall is steady throughout the year totaling 600mm and i imagine it is one of the calmest places possible -
who has fared best and worst for snow so far this winter?
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Rainfall Statistics, 2014
Lake District Blizzard replied to Summer Sun's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
how are you measuring rainfall to 0.01mm ??? Heathrow airport rainfall last few months January 2014 so far 117.8mm December 2013 99.0mm November 2013 49.6mm October 2013 figure missing but 100mm+ January 2013 46.0mm Janaury 2012 35.2mm certainly not rain free??? Are you measuring rainfall inside? -
North West Regional Weather Discussion 07/01/14
Lake District Blizzard replied to Snowangel-MK's topic in Regional
Northern end of Bassenthwaite Lake, snow was very heavy and lasted around 15 mins, hence a good covering, suprising as you have 100m on me, must be down purely to intensity -
North West Regional Weather Discussion 07/01/14
Lake District Blizzard replied to Snowangel-MK's topic in Regional
good covering now first lying snow of the winter! -
North West Regional Weather Discussion 07/01/14
Lake District Blizzard replied to Snowangel-MK's topic in Regional
2 heavy snow showers here, temp 1.9c only 2nd day of falling snow here this winter, better than none at all i guess -
Snow free December first since 2002
Lake District Blizzard replied to The PIT's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Two patchy dustings and a snow shower is more than you had in January this year? March? (if you include it as winter) February 2012? 16th Dec 2011? -
Snow free December first since 2002
Lake District Blizzard replied to The PIT's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Snow here, and sleet, but no air frost! I had 10 air frosts here in November, 0 in December, extraordinary. I always thought Feb 2011 was about as bad as it could get with just 1 air frost - i could be wrong -
North West Regional Weather Discussion 18/12/13
Lake District Blizzard replied to Snowangel-MK's topic in Regional
Thunder and sleet this morning with regular lightening. This evening - Lots of Thunder and lightening, hail, torrential rain and winds gusting to 40mph calm now! Interesting day to say the least -
Winter 2013-2014 Discussion- Part 2
Lake District Blizzard replied to Cheshire Freeze's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
Are you referring to the fall on the 16th? about 2 inches here and it lasted for 4 days on the ground, so not a bad period in what turned out to be a horror last third of December -
Winter 2013-2014 Discussion- Part 2
Lake District Blizzard replied to Cheshire Freeze's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
People writing off the whole winter already... How silly! As pointed out this is winter 2013/14 and not a rerun of any winter in the past, and will do exactly what it wants when it wants. The general trend in peoples forecasts was for any blocking / colder weather to be around February time, which in forecasting and model terms is distant future. Patterns can suddenly flip and it is unwise to base the rest of the winter based on what it is like in December - look at December 2010, could February 2011 have been any more contrasting? no. Did it follow patterns of previous cold winters? no. write off December? possibly. The whole winter? far too many variables that will come into play to be able to write it off with any certainty at all! -
The biggest positive to take from the models today is that it is much better to have these synoptics in the first half of december, than have them popping up after the new year in January or February. If it was a choice between mild high pressure or Atlantic depression after depression with lashings of wind, rain and flooding, that is typical of early december i think id take the high pressure every time. Id like to see something like the GFS 12z FI develop around the 20th with a nice cold frosty high pressure sat over the uk, giving way to a north easterly blast just in time for Christmas
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Autumn 2013 summaries and overview opinion
Lake District Blizzard replied to damianslaw's topic in Spring Weather Discussion
A very calm Autumn here, barely more than one or two "windy" days and certainly no gales or storms. highest wind gust has been 35mph Leaves stayed on the trees right up till end of november now they are finally falling autumn colours have been ok after a very slow start