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After a dry start the forecast showers have reached here, absolutely hammering it down at the moment.

My Billy No Mates shower has passed through, the most threatening of the clouds have gone and the sun is out again. From an IMBY perspective, let’s see what this evening brings but for those currently getting the action.....enjoy.

Just started raining here but looking at the radar it’s a rogue shower with most of the activity still about 10 miles to my south and west. TBH after yesterday’s mopping out I’m happy with missing the heaviest of the rain but I would like to see a decent thunderstorm to add to yesterday’s funnel cloud.

Dry and sunny here but some amazing cloud formations and very dark down towards Manchester way.

Agreed while we were clearing water out of the conservatory, my daughter was sat in her garden only 10 miles away in West Yorkshire. they haven’t had a drop of rain all day.

After a two hour deluge it’s stopped raining here. what the final rainfall figure was, I don’t know but we’ve emptied a large mop bucket six times with water that flooded into the conservatory so if someone needs a bit of water, it’s free to anyone who wants to collect it from the Irwell. should be well on it’s way towards Bury by now.

Well that should save me watering the plants tonight

And here

Am I ok to be fed up of it already

Temperature briefly reached 26c before dropping back slightly which according to my unofficial sensor makes it the warmest day of the year so far here.

I can stand a brief breakdown and as you said, the gardens really need some rain. just hope your right with the swift return to dry and sunny although a suppose some wet weather would keep more people at home which can only be better in fighting the virus.

Yeah we reached 22c today, down from 25c yesterday and 24c on Thursday but still not bad for May. just a shame about the breeze which’ as well as taking the edge of the feel of the heat has been blowing a lot of dust about. anyway a couple more days of dry, sunny and warm weather before signs of a breakdown in the middle of next week.

According to last nights news it is is also pretty much the nations hot spot as regards Coronavirus cases so let’s just hope that the hot, sunny conditions don’t attract crowds to the beaches and promenade.

Streams around here are the same to the point where some have now completely dried up. Some of the damage to local river banks caused by Storm Ciara is still visible but looking at the amount of water going down them now, it’s difficult to imagine just how much rain is needed to cause that destruction.

I doubt it’s a long term pattern change but maybe the British climate Is turning into something similar to that of most of the planet where seasons aren’t just a case of hot and cold but with major fluctuations between wet and dry. I don’t know whether I’d fancy a Caribbean climate with heavy showers almost every day between June and September then pretty much dry for the rest of the year but a Southern European one of hot and dry summers followed by plenty of winter rain has its advantages.

Incredibly dry and incredibly sunny. It certainly hasn’t been day after day of warmth up here and some some days have been decidedly coolish especially back in April and parts of early May when we had a nagging easterly wind but some decent heat has certainly arrived now and the 25c my thermometer is showing is plenty warm enough for me. all I all though, I can’t remember a better period of spring weather.

Sorry John but in the north west region, the reservoir levels are well below average and approaching the same point where they brought in restrictions a couple of years ago. i can’t speak for other regions although a couple of local Pennine reservoirs owned by Yorkshire Water are also getting pretty down. TBH my initial statement was a little Tongue in cheek and more to do with the irony of water restrictions usually being followed by a change to wet weather but it has been exceptionally dry in this part of the country and one of the driest extended periods I can remember.

One that still sticks in my mind was the breakdown that followed the long hot summer of 1976. 3 months of heatwave and drought followed by one of the wettest Septembers on record certainly topped the reservoirs back up again.

The breakdown to wet and cool conditions will come either as we move out of lockdown or a hose pipe ban is introduced and looking at reservoir levels and given at least another week of dry conditions , I can see that not being too far away. it will be interesting to see what the rainfall totals for May end up being, probably under 10mm for parts of the region and that is on the back of an exceptionally dry April and long dry spells in March. February’s floods seem a long time ago now.

Just reached 22c here. i can just about remember holidays abroad and maybe some day I can enjoy one again but this sort of temperature suits me fine. anyway the grass is cut so time to crack open a cold

Clear blue sky, light breeze and getting pretty warm here. No doubt the usual honeypots will be busy with visitors today but TBH the scenery in the Rossendale Valley takes some beating on days like these and thankfully I can enjoy it by leaving the car behind and walking from my front door.

Same here, It always feels much better when rain clears and the sun puts an appearance in.

The rain has stopped but after the weather of recent weeks, it’s still a bit of a reality check.

Not the nicest of weather here at the moment, damp breezy and cool. hopefully something a bit drier will move in but looking at the radar, this is forming right above my head so it could hang around for some time. anyway much as I don’t like wet weather, it will help the gardens.

11th of May and it’s trying to snow here.