[North West England Regional Discussion Thread]

pelting down now

sticking????

god i love the snow! stopped here in stockport.

[North West England Regional Discussion Thread]

stopped again here in stockport.

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bucketing it down in stockport again..blizzard like

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is any of this predicted? I mean is this an overlook by the met? its pouring down with the stuff in many nroth western regions...Its snowing in liverpool where im from and in my work in stockport and everywhere in between....is there more forecast later today?

[North West England Regional Discussion Thread]

snowing again and its starting to stick to the pavememts

awesome i live in aigburth mate, but im working in stockport.How heavy is it there at the moment? its been on and off all mornign here in stockport, very very heavy at times but failing to stick!!!

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

Ah sorry there, me mentioning a record breaking wave height in a discussion of Atlantic Storms. Never thought about how the lilo might be affected. Is this not a discussion of the storms? Man the depression here is something to behold, the depressing posts would surely constitute a new record breaking low. Such moaning has to be record breaking.

NOte that 2 weeks ago or so a ship went down in the Irish sea, broke in half after a freak wave hit. So it's not very safe to get a 68ft wave my friend. Not very safe at all!

Mustnt have been a well prepared ship is all i will say.Not adequately prepared for bad weather.Most decent ships ive sailed on and worked on have withheld waves of that extreme with relative ease. Yes its uncomfortable at times but on the whole it isnt unsafe.Yes its a discussion on the storms,All i am saying is that its one freak wave.It didnt have any effect on anything or anyone.Adverse weather conditions out at sea are common even when its relatively calm on land.

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

Record wave of 68ft off the NW of Ireland yesterday, that's some wave. 4.5 double decker bus's or in other words, get hit by that and you are dead from shock or drowning.

http://www.met.ie/ne...play.asp?ID=139

if your on a lilo maybe. Otherwise its generally very safe.yes youll be knocked about a bit but if your on a ship its hardly an issue.

With regards to the storm itself, i think its going to be very quiet for alomst everyone personally. A minor breeze for most up north and perhaps a few gusts on the south coast to about 50MPH.Not much to see here i dont reckon.

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

couldnt agree more ... its as bad tonight as it was last week where I am at the moment ..

have to say tonight is looking more significant than the possible should it shift 3-400 miles north event of friday

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

Glass should always be half full

Lets take a look at the Meto handling of this storm

They needed to do 3 things

identify any potential hazzard in their forecast (MRF)

That was the developing Low, The potent Jet stream, and likely track

Then identify any potential Risk

This was that it would move East and probably North and intensify.

So could effect UK and be damaging / dangerous

Now having identified the hazzard and risk they need to take control measures to elliminate these hazzards and risks to the public.

So they put out early warnings of possible severe weather

Now people have attention drawn on this system and they can re evaluate the hazzard and risk as the situation changes

It now becomes dynamic risk assessment and analytical risk assessment as the timeframe approaches.

I do not see this as hype , i see it as a fantastic management for a situation so that public is informed and kept safe.

In 1987 the storm was forecast in early hours prior to storm when no one saw the warnings. Under hyped???

each to their own i guess.I think a days warning of an incoming storm is plenty. 4-5 days prior to the event is just waint for a fall frankly.I can see your point and its nice to be informed but its not really necessary this far out.

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

only say that because someone needs to.This is getting way way overhyped.Always the same though, one bit of possible bad weather or weather extreme and it goes off on one on here.Ive followed it for years,never registered, but have now! thanks for the welcomes.Even if there was any snow itll be gone almost as quickly as it arrived.

Still theres a massive part of me that hopes im totally wrong haha! Im a pessimist what can i say!!!

[Atlantic Storms - 13th December 2011 Onwards Part 3]

awful lot of people going to be very disappointed i reckon (assuming they love the weather being a bit mental) cant see there being much in this for us.