Atlantic Storm #4 Desmond

[Beverley Lass]

Oh I am shocked to see old Pooley Bridge gone.

We were there in September, shopping and taking photos of Ullswater Lake.

I do feel so sorry for all affected by these awful floods.

Thanks for the pictures and info.

B.

[Liam J]

35 minutes ago, ChezWeather said:

 

Got their work cur out for them trying to pump that amount of water out! 

[Liam J]

Some photos from around the Patterdale & Glenridding area.

 

[Summer Sun]

 

 

[March Blizzard]

Just seeing the footage on BBC news. Unreal. Feel so sorry for the people affected.

[weatherobsuk]

Such a lovely area too, been to the central lakes many times especially around Pattersdale, Glenridding, and Ullswater area. It was only a year ago doing fell marshalling looking at the Pattersdale plain thinking to myself that it would take one heck of a rainstorm to fill the pastures. Hopefully it'll be a sunny-dry Spring for the tourists to reinvest the local economy and support the businesses affected.

 

One interesting thing i've heard about the effects of the rainfall, is that above Pattersdale is the popular Angle Tarn. So much water was dumped into the lake that the central islands were completed covered. From a overflight today it was estimated that the Tarn has increased almost triple of it's usual volume that it sustains.

[Mokidugway]

Amazing what a 100 million tons of water can do !!

[Paul]

Nick's written an interesting blog about the flooding and how it was caused:

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=7032;sess=

[tinybill]

if    the  radar  right  round 2   coming  up more rain something they don't need there at the  moment

[Upgrade]

Malham Cove waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales  running for first time in hundreds of years...

[Costa Del Fal]

The rain shadow effect is just extreme it seems at the minute. Massive differences between western slopes and the rest of us. Maybe just amplified because of the high totals and high moisture from the SW. The next week on the whole looks somewhat drier for most of us in the south. Even most of Wales doesn't look to have too much prolonged rain hence I think the Severn etc should be ok overall although 1 very wet day looks probable. No doubt records would be broken here too though if it had had Cumbrias amount too. It's Cumbria and environs that look to suffer most unfortunately still over the next week. Goes to show anything is possible unfortunately and no room for complacency. These waving fronts can sit over certain places for as long as they want, raising rainfall totals and rivers ever more.

Edited December 7, 2015 by Costa Del Fal

[BornFromTheVoid]

Interesting maps posted up on the boards.ie weather section (taken from Met Eireann).

 

[Liam J]

Aerial shot of Pooley Bridge built in the 18th century that got washed away yesterday. 

Farm at Orton wrecked by a landslide.

The A591 before and after, expected to remain closed for quite some time. 

Edited December 7, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[Liam J]

Wettest 24hrs on record confirmed by the Met Office with 341.4mm at Honister Pass at the weekend.... Staggering! 

 

Edited December 7, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[Summer Sun]

48 hour record also broken

 

[Pat Butcher]

2 hours ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

 

The A591 before and after, expected to remain closed for quite some time. 

Just Health and Safety gone mad as usual, looks fine to me mate.

[alexisj9]

2 hours ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

Aerial shot of Pooley Bridge built in the 18th century that got washed away yesterday. 

Farm at Orton wrecked by a landslide.

The A591 before and after, expected to remain closed for quite some time. 

Sad to see that bridge go,

[Liam J]

6 minutes ago, Davethedog said:

Just Health and Safety gone mad as usual, looks fine to me mate.

Are we looking at the same pictures   

[Liam J]

3 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Sad to see that bridge go,

Yeah, I imagine it's seen some weather over the last 250 years or so! 

[Mokidugway]

not sure of location but it shure catches the shear ferocity of the storm !

[pip22]

More power supplies lost in North West England

Posted at 16:43

Power has been lost again in the Lancaster area - more than 60,000 homes are affected.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-35015243

[Mountain Snow]

2 hours ago, Mokidugway said:

not sure of location but it shure catches the shear ferocity of the storm !

Looks like a still from a video of Glenridding Beck, up by the youth hostel.

 

Edited December 7, 2015 by Mountain Snow

[The PIT]

2 hours ago, Mokidugway said:

not sure of location but it shure catches the shear ferocity of the storm !

That trees hard. Rain wot rain.

[The PIT]

5 hours ago, *Sub*Zero* said:

The A591 before and after, expected to remain closed for quite some time. 

Well sooner or later the brook would have undercut the road the rainfall speeded up somewhat.  Looks like the engineers never considered the possibility.

[Evening thunder]

Found this video which shows how high the Eden was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3YFlnRArE