Today's Weather And General Chat

[Lincs Observation]

Morning all

i was out with a guy from the drainage board environment dept doing a wildlife survey on the drainage ditches around my paddocks this morning around 8am and it was blowing a hoolie but was dry, However and hour or so later all hell was let loose as i suspect a squall line came through, this has left a trail of very minor damage to various garden items which have reduced to tangled and bent bits of metal. But i have come off lightly in comparison to a friend 10-15 miles away at Spilsby who has lost all her dog kennels, they are all destroyed and has left roofing buried in trees and in the drainage courses. Her dogs are everywhere and ciaos ensues.

The only saving grace is for once we dont have an immediate flood risk but boy are we taking a battering here in Lincolnshire at the moment.

LO

[Methuselah]

Nice vid OON...I hope you guys keep safe.

[Just Before Dawn]

Morning all

i was out with a guy from the drainage board environment dept doing a wildlife survey on the drainage ditches around my paddocks this morning around 8am and it was blowing a hoolie but was dry, However and hour or so later all hell was let loose as i suspect a squall line came through, this has left a trail of very minor damage to various garden items which have reduced to tangled and bent bits of metal. But i have come off lightly in comparison to a friend 10-15 miles away at Spilsby who has lost all her dog kennels, they are all destroyed and has left roofing buried in trees and in the drainage courses. Her dogs are everywhere and ciaos ensues.

The only saving grace is for once we dont have an immediate flood risk but boy are we taking a battering here in Lincolnshire at the moment.

LO

How is Chris LO? (I interviewed him for that job!)

Just had a phone call from The Wife in Louth - she says there was a squall of spectacular proportions came through Louth about 9am.

Flooding issues not so serious in our neck of the woods at the moment - Might be interesting by saturday though.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

The clip opens for me with realplayer, but it looks to have a funny ending.

We've had 30.6mm of rain since midnight, 23mm yesterday, 14.6mm the day before, just 3.2mm of the 15th (had to water my lawn that day), 8.2mm of the 14th, 24.8mm of the 13th and 14.4mm on the 12th. So in the past 6 days, I've had nearly 120mm of rain.

[Lincs Observation]

How is Chris LO? (I interviewed him for that job!)

Just had a phone call from The Wife in Louth - she says there was a squall of spectacular proportions came through Louth about 9am.

Flooding issues not so serious in our neck of the woods at the moment - Might be interesting by saturday though.

Yes chris Vic and the team are well, i agree we seem to be avoiding flood risk at this time, However there is a marked rise in water levels in the drainage courses at the moment but IMO nothing to worry about mainly due to surface water i suspect. My land is starting to struggle with drain off though due to the fact its been so dry here up to recent times. i have to be honest i have not looked at the situation regards Saturday at this time and i should look into it really. Its proving a problem with us at this time keeping the horses off the land to stop further damage, but i have a feeling we could hopefully see a pattern change to give us some restbite.

LO

Edited November 18, 2009 by Lincs Observation

[Kent Snow]

14.9C, broken cumulus, wind from the SW, 1010mb.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Big temperature differences today too - 14.9º in Kent, 6.2º up here.

[Lincs Observation]

If you look at this radar tracking around 9.30-10am onwards you can see the squall line form over us and move south (the bright orange line) it is now moving into Norfolk and weakening it seems.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

LO

[magicpatch]

Currently 13.6c, a bit damp now thanks to light rain blowing around in the still rather gusty wind at times.

[pyrotech]

BBC NEWS 24 weather - John hammond mentioned up to 200mm in places like cumbria by end of tomorrow, Thats pretty extreme and if happens feel sorry for anyone near any watercourse

[Rich_Clements]

200mm that's not good,

[pyrotech]

200mm that's not good,

Actually says 250mm on met office warnings now - see below

Rain will become very heavy and persistent early on Thursday and continue until Friday morning. Rainfall accumulations of 50-100mm are expected quite widely, with up to 250mm possible locally over high ground. With this amount of rain falling onto saturated ground there is a high risk of localised flooding.

The rain will be accompanied by severe gale force winds.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the latest Environment Agency, Floodline, and Flood Warnings in force.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice regarding traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

The public are advised to take extra care

During good weather, do they ever say that people can take less care than normal?

My wife and kids are at school just 4 miles out of Appleby, but because of the flooding, the only way they can get home is to go up to Penrith, down the M6, come off at Tebay and enter the village from the south. Rather than a 10 mile trip home, it's going to be a 40 mile journey home.

[Just Before Dawn]

Actually says 250mm on met office warnings now - see below

Rain will become very heavy and persistent early on Thursday and continue until Friday morning. Rainfall accumulations of 50-100mm are expected quite widely, with up to 250mm possible locally over high ground. With this amount of rain falling onto saturated ground there is a high risk of localised flooding.

The rain will be accompanied by severe gale force winds.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the latest Environment Agency, Floodline, and Flood Warnings in force.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice regarding traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

That's quite extraordinary. Were those sort of rainfall levels to verify, given the high levels of rainfall over the past week or so (was it OON who said he'd had 120mm over the last 6 days) then that suggests a very rapidly deterioriating flood risk situation.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Appleby itself probably won't see 250mm, but that become irrelevent when you consider the catchment area of the River Eden

[Tucco]

Appleby itself probably won't see 250mm, but that become irrelevent when you consider the catchment area of the River Eden

How long has that bridge been there OON?

Mark

Teesdale,Co Durham

[Osbourne One-Nil]

1889 - 2009. I wonder what the new one will look like?

[Terminal Moraine]

So in the past 6 days, I've had nearly 120mm of rain.

Which is about 12mm more than I've had all month!.

A wet start to the day (by our standards ) with 11.4mm rain between midnight and 0900 and persistent light-moderate rain all morning, eventually dying out around 1300. Very mild and windy early on too with the temp' at 10.0c at 0900 falling back to 7.1c currently, and the wind which was averaging 34 mph SW at 0900 with a max' gust to 61 mph, is now around 15 mph SW/W.

[pyrotech]

1889 - 2009. I wonder what the new one will look like?

You just gotta love the humour, i actually smiled reading those, although its a serious situation.

[Just Before Dawn]

1889 - 2009. I wonder what the new one will look like?

Ha ha ha - pontoon?

[Osbourne One-Nil]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/england/realmedia/looknorthnecumbria/looknorth?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1 - forward to about 10 mins if you have nothing better to do.

[MAF]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1 - forward to about 10 mins if you have nothing better to do.

fame at last!

sorry, off topic.

Grey Cloud

Temp: 14°C 57°F

Wind: SW 25mph 40km/h

Hum: 79%

Press: 1011mB, rising

Vis: Good

[Methuselah]

Now under cloud-shield, moderate SSW wind and 7C...

[Verglas]

a bit of a lull this morning, heavy rain overnight, a short peak of 43mm/hr about 02.30,

rain so far today 20mm, yesterday 11mm

wind light and southerly

Pressure just peaked at 1001mb and falling slightly

temp 10c

Local warnings about the possibility of shipping being disrupted tomorrow.

[Zenarcher]

Castlebay Isle Of Barra

Outdoor temp 9c

Outdoor humidity 86%

Pressure 991mb

Wind direction South

Wind speed 26mph

Gust 38mph

Cloud Height 1098ft

Wet Bulb 7c

Total rainfall This Month 46mm

Dew Point 5c

Wind Chill -3.5c

Weather Cloudy heavy rain dull