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1 minute ago, Frost HoIIow said:
Despite being in a valley it's a funny location here for fog as we just don't seem to get it. I know places lower down get it more around west and south Manchester & Cheshire. And the hill tops on the Pennines. We're in between those areas so tend to miss out on most of it. Watch this in the morning I will wake up to dense fog.
What the Pennine tops get is low cloud rather than fog but it’s a similar situation around here as well.
3 or 4 miles lower down the valley gets a lot more fog than we do and half a mile up the road and 3 hounded feet higher is often shrouded in cloud when it clear at home.
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3 hours ago, cheshire snow said:
Weather warning issued for parts of the region for Fog overnight and into tomorrow morning.Met office written text suggesting a overnight low of -4c,areas that are effected by fog could well be close to an ice day tomorrow with effected areas only predicted ahigh of 2 or 3c.Take care if travelling later or tomorrow.
C.S
Usually fog is something we don’t get a lot of here as we are way up the valley with the fog tending to settle lower down towards the northern edge of Manchester and the warning area pretty well sums it up.
TBH I always feel a bit disappointed when I see a weather warning and then find out it’s for fog or ice; a bit like being offered a can of beer and then finding its supermarket own brand crap
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Going to school in the highest town in Lancashire during the late 60’s and throughout the 70’s there were days where heavy snow meant that those who relied on buses could finish early but us who only relied on feet alone always stopped until the death.
i can’t remember having a single day off due to bad weather but times and attitudes change so during a particularly snowy spell in Jan 2010 my daughter had a full week off from high school.
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9 hours ago, HafrenLMP1 said:
I'm a bit of a humbug when it comes to decorations going up pre-December. If anyone has watched the Christmas Grumpy Old Men programmes, you'll understand.
I also find it a bit 'off' having Christmas trees up when it's so mild......another reason for wanting seasonal/festive weather.
I agree but I’m beginning to think that one of the more unusual symptoms of lockdown and to much time in the house is thinking that Christmas trees and lights can go up far to early.
it’s certainly had that effect on my missus as she used to be in the up Christmas Eve and back down Boxing Day camp but not this year.
at least she’s held back from switching the damn things on yet
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7 minutes ago, Day 10 said:
Shocking that mate, same as next door Christmas started last week!
Some around here usually start in October but we’ve always been first week in December and then back in their boxes first week in Jan.
that said bonfire night seems to start around the summer solstice these days
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Finally stopped here about 3 o’clock but never really brightened.
it not often we get a quick clearance from a front though, it seems to stick to the tops so everything remains damp long after the rain stops but at least it has and hopefully Sunday promises the weather for the outside job I really wanted to sort today.
never mind, at least we spent the time putting the Christmas trees up....in November.
sorry but not my idea...........bah humbug
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1 hour ago, Rain Lady said:
Lucky Cheshire. Rained ALL morning here.
Same here in East Lancs, started about mid morning and not stopped since......depressing
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A thoroughly depressing days weather.
not much else to say really but the weekend promises something a bit better, just hope it delivers on its promises.
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Can’t wait for the shortest day and the slow return to lighter nights.
IMO it’s the worst thing about winter, even worse than endless mild and wet when it could be cold and snowy.
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It’s a bit damp outside at the moment
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1 hour ago, A Face like Thunder said:
Surprisingly perhaps, after early heavy showers, we now have blue skies and bright sunshine over the last hour. But will it last I wonder?
We had a bit of sunshine a while back but it’s mainly showery here and raining at at the moment.
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10 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:
Models seem to have had a change of mind this morning (nothing new) still a very brief cold shot with wintry/snow showers over high ground.Friday looks the coldest day of the week with Max temperature in the 5-7c range,even into the weekend temperatures still not probably recovered with 8-9c looking to be the max.
C.S
I suppose it’s a bit more seasonal though.
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Beefy squally showers coming through here at the moment, setting the scene for what is looking like a day of frequent showers and only limited dry and bright.
a day for inside jobs I imagine
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5 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:
My daughter and I cut short a weekend in Llandudno due to storm Ciara, just stayed for one night on the 9th February. Wind howled around the hotel all night long. Roads into Rhyl were flooded. Managed to get to the zoo in Colwyn Bay, spent half an hour staring at a turtle in the tropical house, just to thaw out. It sleeted, it hailed, the wind was wild. Then the following weekend storm Dennis paid a visit.
Thankfully Dennis didn’t dump as much on us as Ciara did but I know other parts suffered quite badly.
it was certainly a wet couple of weeks and I hope to god that this winter doesn’t follow the same theme although the default for recent years seems to be plenty of rain but little snow and frost.
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I suppose it very much depends on where you live but in my part of the country the Boxing Day 2015 floods (storm Eva I think) would be up there as the biggest storm weather event since they started naming them.
It brought horrendous flooding across Lancashire and West Yorkshire although in my town the flooding from Storm Ciara was probably worse even though the rainfall total was less than the 125mm we got on Boxing Day.
question Nick, am I correct that it was Ciara as I thought it was in early February but your saying January.
either way it was a bit moist as we say in these parts with the gale force wind blowing the rain through the barge boards until it dripped through the ceiling at one stage.
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9 minutes ago, Frost HoIIow said:
Yes looking probable for marked cool down at the end of this coming week. Temps struggling to get much above 4 or 5C inland on Friday with some winteryness about on the hills. Still 6 days away though yet and could get snatched away. To the here & now it's got up to 14C round here today which is pretty impressive for mid November.
Yeah feels very mild outside today, actually feels colder in the house but at least there’s no heating on.
as you say, looking at lot cooler by next weekend, just hope it can deliver a covering of snow rather than the usual wishbone we always seem to get from a cold northerly but even a few dry seasonal days with a sharp overnight frost and cold days would make a change from wet and mild muck.
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1 hour ago, dodge said:
If I tried to mow my grassy garden it would churn up mood in next to no time, or sink in water, the grounds still soggy from last week's deluge, but it has been mild today and looks to be that way for most of this month.
Met Office still pretty bullish about an appreciable cool down at the very tail end of November and into December although nothing really alarming in that respect.
Same here, the mower saw its last action of the year almost a month ago and even though it’s been pretty mild, the grass has hardly grown since.
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4 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:
Not far from you a thoroughly miserable day with light rain and drizzle that has persisted throughout the day even as I type the ligh rain continues.Any chance of early cold look to have disappeared for now.
C.S
For once it looks like the weather gods have been kind to us up here.
pretty much walk to wall cloud all day but dry throughout day light hours and unlike yesterday’s damp, raw breeze, today has felt pretty mild.
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3 hours ago, A Face like Thunder said:
Benign is certainly a good word to describe today's weather. A few spots of rain earlier, but other than that, exactly nothing!
Same here, a day that probably turned out better than the forecast.
A usable sort of day and I used it to cut back a couple of trees and shred the pile of stuff that came off.
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19 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:
Clear and dry here at the moment. Ideal conditions for those having fireworks, sky lit up with them when I drove home earlier, a couple of massive bangs too, I thought only organized events had big fireworks like that, most unlike the fizzy, pop, garden ones I used to buy.
I came across one of the burned out fireworks when I was out walking this morning and I’m pretty sure men went to the moon in something smaller.
they’re certainly a far cry from the piddling little things we used to let off when we were kids.
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Looks like that fog has got a bit fed up with being in Yorkshire and decided to creep over our side of the ridge and with it bring its best mates, cold and damp with it.
it’s certainly changed the feel of the day although I suppose it’s a bit more seasonable and certainly an improvement on the rain of recent days.
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A couple of photos from this morning walk (sorry it’s lockdown 2 so essential exercise)
plenty of mist and fog about but mainly clinging to the Yorkshire side of the ridge with sun over here.
Not a big fan of wind turbines but they are looking good poking through the fog on the tops.
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Dry for much of the day but it turned damp during the afternoon.
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6 hours ago, cheshire snow said:
Cold frosty start even had to scrape the car this morning now given way to light rain showers not taking much notice of the FI charts however the Met office long range forecast is as wintry as any of there long range forecasts last year.As Bradley would say the chase is on.
C.S
Haven’t seen the Meto forecast but I’m happier that they are showing something wintry than if was one of the annual ice age cometh “experts” who usually come out of woodwork at this time of year.
what does the Express make of it though as a headline of 3 months of torrential drizzle and record breaking mild should give us a decent cold and snowy winter
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North West Regional Discussion 3 June 2020 onwards
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Let’s hope so.
I know cold, snowy weather doesn’t suit everyone but it would be a lot feel a lot more festive and if severe enough may even override Boris’s ego and shut the damn schools early and help get the Coronavirus figures down.
As for the current; it’s a cloudy, damp, breeze start here.
not festive but certainly in sync with the time of year and current feel of things.