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20 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Surprised you got sunburnt. Hasn't been hot today by any stretch of the imagination and the sun that we did get was pretty weak.
Must have been stronger in West Yorkshire although I agree it wasn’t hot but outside for 10 hours is enough to tan.
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24 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Still dry until the weekend, partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with chilly nights, cloudy from Wednesday onwards with warmer nights, temps disappointing for July, only 16-19C.
Spent to weekend doing some decking for my daughter.
Got wet yesterday and sunburned today.
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32 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Still yet to reach 20°C here this month, and looking at the 14 day forecast from the BBC, it is looking increasingly likely that this July will fail to reach 20°C here. What a shocker!
Not seen the forecast, is it looking dry or back to wet, wet, wet.
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6 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Thought it would be poor where you live what with the wind WSW and a humid mild tropical maritime type flow and the forecast rain for Cumbria. Never mind.
After tommorow it looks better with much more sunshine on offer and not much rain or dampness. Temperatures disappointing though, only 16-19°C, not brilliant for July.
I hope your right but this time last week, the forecast for the week just gone was very similar and we still ended up with pretty much continuous low cloud and a drizzlefest.
more annoying still is that we endured that while our southern based friends enjoyed something bordering on a heatwave.
anyway we’re not in control of it so I’m off over into West Yorkshire to fit decking this weekend and it’s looking like at least today’s session will be in the rain.
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8 hours ago, damianslaw said:
I'll repeat my post from yesterday - more gloom and cloud today, woeful! Low heavy cloud most of the day making for a very dull feeling. I'm fed up of this!
Never mind at least we’ve got a decent weekend coming up..........
oh wait, the forecast has changed now with yet another weather front coming south through the region on Friday and Saturday.
only light and patchy according the the BBC but no doubt it will cloak the hills with low cloud and give this part of the country another two days of drizzle.
even the farmers round here have been caught out with what should have been a mainly dry week turning into a drizzlefest, mowing winter feed that is now starting to rot in the fields.
Depressing.
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35 minutes ago, dodge said:
...and the drizzle seems to persist all day in hilly northern mill towns. So while the national forecast seemed dismissive as bits and pieces of light rain easing away to the south....here it was frequent heavy 'soak-to-the-bones' sheet-drizzle with temps mid-teens at best...yes it feels like we've fast forward to October/November.
Agreed, other than last weekend and a couple of afternoons, the month seems of have been day after day of constant low cloud and drizzle and a car thermometer that seems to be pretty much stuck on 13c.
July’s have a habit of being mixed up here but so far this one takes the biscuit.
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6 hours ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Cold and cloudy again, currently 13°C. Not much warmer than last January. Welcome to the North West of England, the land of permanent autumn. Should be renamed “Autumnville” or “Rainville” lol.
Maybe we should have Justin Hayward’s Forever Autumn as the North West’s regional anthem.
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Mainly dry and sunny since lunchtime but we’re in the middle of a heavy shower again now.
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Turned into a decent late Autumn type day now, shame it’s early Summer.
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Well that was good while it lasted, absolutely hammering it down again now
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It may be very windy but for only the second time in over a week, the rain and drizzle has stopped and the sun is out.
I appreciate that others have had better conditions than me but I cannot remember a summer period with as much continuous filth as the last seven days.the long dry spring seems a lifetime ago now and conditions under foot are back to being as bad as they were at the end of winter so hopefully a period of dry will follow although I’m not expecting it.
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After a dry start it’s back to drizzle crap and low cloud again here.
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3 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Cool, grey, cloudy but at least it’s dry, though that could change at any moment.
Crikey, forecast looks really bad for at least the next 5 days, temps consistently below 20°, plenty of rain or showers and not much sunshine. Gradually getting better towards the end of the 14 day forecast, but even then struggling to hit 20°. Not had weather this bad for July since probably about 2012. I fear Summer 2020 could well and truly be over. Feels like we’ve been plunged straight into autumn.
Yeah it’s not looking that good at the moment and certainly not what you’d want in mid summer although around here it’s not surprising.
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I think the weather over the next few days can be summed up in one word.......crap
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After what seems like days of gloomy skies and rain, finally a bit of sunshine.
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2 hours ago, Blowingsand said:
Good morning.
Monday morning on the Lancashire coastline.
Wet and windy.I was going to go for an early morning walk on the shoreline but have abandoned that idea.
Going back into hibernation for a day or so till this fearsome weather clears.
Well i hope it only takes a day or so can you imagine this kind of weather lasting longer.
I have heard or read somewhere that in the far distant future around July the 4th another spell of much warmer weather is to arrive.
Just in time for the pubs etc to open again,what a delight that will be.To be able to have a nice cool glass of the amber necter.
Anyone else planning for this historic event.
Ah well enough of that what is the weather doing in your neck of the woods.
Absolutely vile over here in East Lancashire.
the rain isn’t that heavy at the moment but it’s been constant since yesterday afternoon with torrential showers before that and looking at the forecast we’ve got several more hours before it finally sods off to annoy another part of the country.
these conditions certainly aren’t unknown, especially up here in the hills but are awful all the same and just another segment of what has certainly been a strange years weather.
as for changes to lockdown and the pubs opening again; I think next weekend and the following days will be like New Years Eve so will leave it to settle down again before I venture into my local.
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16 minutes ago, Frost HoIIow said:
Absolute monster of a downpour in progress here with hail. A rumble of thunder too.
Same here although no thunder
Not complaining though if it means we don’t have to put up with a repeat of last nights 6 hour long local outdoor rave.
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Another torrential downpour followed by bright sunshine.
More like April than the end of June and given tomorrow’s forecast and weather warning, parts of the region could be facing more flood misery in the next couple of days.
There are some serious amounts of rain being talked about, certainly for Cumbria and parts of Lancashire.
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After a reasonable start it’s turned into a vile day now with shower after shower.
nice way to ruin a mid summer weekend
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4 minutes ago, East Lancs Rain said:
Really kicking off around Leeds now but can hear a few distant rumbles here.
I’d be surprised if our lot isn’t heading your way shortly
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Heavy rain and thunder/lightening here at the moment.
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Peeing down here at the moment but no thunder or lightening.
as others have said, hopefully a clearance to some sunshine will up the storm potential for later in the day.
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Just reached 28c here.
I’m not expecting 30c to be reached IMBY but it’s easily my warmest day of the summer so far and every chance that tomorrow could be even hotter.
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A cloudy morning with mist shrouding the tops but it’s starting to clear a bit now with more and more sunshine breaking through.
just a shame about the breeze as it’s taking the edge of the temperature and giving a coolish feel to the day but after a couple of wet miserable days, it’s nice to get a bit of usable weather.
North West Regional Discussion 3 June 2020 onwards
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From memory most 80’s summers were nothing special, certainly up here.
July 83 was a near constant heatwave and summer 84 was largely decent with a drought and hosepipe ban and 89 was not bad on the whole but the others were at best mixed.
that said I don’t think they came close to the utter crap we have endured this month and for a good deal of June.