North West Regional Discussion March 2022 onwards

[Maz]

20 hours ago, damianslaw said:

Couple of weeks time and the Lake District will pull on its full autumnal cloak, resplendent in brown, gold, yellow, orange, ochre, crimson and red. 

Been down south this week in Oxfordshire.  Really noticeable that autumn colours are more advanced than up here.  Presumably a reaction to the drought down there.  Only just starting to turn round here really.

[iand61]

40 minutes ago, Maz said:

Been down south this week in Oxfordshire.  Really noticeable that autumn colours are more advanced than up here.  Presumably a reaction to the drought down there.  Only just starting to turn round here really.

Aye I keep hoping that the trees in my back garden will drop their leaves so I can cut them back without worrying about the foliage but they’re still hanging on.

hopefully a decent gale or two will sort it.

[WillinGlossop]

Got to ️️️️ only took 1&1/2 hours… traffic really bad, guess Saturday traffic plus no trains on… oh well it’s sunny and warmish in sunshine  

[Scuba steve]

Not a bad day grass cut off out for some tea

[itsnowjoke]

On 07/10/2022 at 16:10, iand61 said:

No lamp post watching then

By candle light If you have a lighter or matches

Edited October 8, 2022 by itsnowjoke

[severe snowstorm]

Despite a short sharp shower this morning, it has been a decent day with plenty of sunshine. A high of 14.9C. It's still looking dry here for the bulk of tomorrow as well, within daylight hours at least.

[Rush2019]

1 hour ago, severe snowstorm said:

Despite a short sharp shower this morning, it has been a decent day with plenty of sunshine. A high of 14.9C. It's still looking dry here for the bulk of tomorrow as well, within daylight hours at least.

That's good, I have a walk planned for tomorrow, White Nancy and Kerridge Saddle, plenty of layers on and hopefully not too muddy underfoot.  Jupiter very close to a bright moon at the moment, tried a photo, but I'm useless, blurry.

[severe snowstorm]

9 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

That's good, I have a walk planned for tomorrow, White Nancy and Kerridge Saddle, plenty of layers on and hopefully not too muddy underfoot.  Jupiter very close to a bright moon at the moment, tried a photo, but I'm useless, blurry.

Yeah, a great spectacle in the sky right now.  I love evenings like this, gazing up at the sky. Makes you realise just how small and insignificant we are in the universe. Looking forward to some clear, frosty evenings as we head towards and into winter.

[Scuba steve]

2 hours ago, severe snowstorm said:

Yeah, a great spectacle in the sky right now.  I love evenings like this, gazing up at the sky. Makes you realise just how small and insignificant we are in the universe. Looking forward to some clear, frosty evenings as we head towards and into winter.

The Nancy can’t say what my son  in law calls it ,lol reply to wrong post lol

Edited October 8, 2022 by Scuba steve

[Scuba steve]

Loving this genealogy site Geni never knew that Tori Amos is my fourth cousin might get cheap tickets lol

[damianslaw]

Not much to say about today's weather, other than about to go downhill here, with rain knocking on our door.

[Scuba steve]

Fairly mundane sort of a day a typical Sunday 

[dodge]

A bit non-descript today's weather.  Early brightness has now succumbed to a grey dullness with not a great deal of warmth on offer.  Mind you I did manage to carry out the last cut of grass (fingers crossed) while it's been dry, just before rain signals the end of a dreary Sunday.

Edited October 9, 2022 by dodge

[Scuba steve]

And it’s raining 

Edited October 9, 2022 by Scuba steve

[Rush2019]

Had a lovely walk, from Rainow, taking in the folly of White Nancy with views of Manchester in the background.  Kerridge Hill trig with Croker Hill behind, found some rare Wax Cap mushrooms and last pic is Waulkmill Waterfall.  Fantastic weather for it, not too windy on the tops, and it stayed dry.

[Dan B]

Been a very meh day today...

 

Cold wind this morning but picked up a bit then grey/dull.

 

Just trying to rain now...

 

Anyways... Fires lit

 

 

[East Lancs Rain]

1 hour ago, Scuba steve said:

And it’s raining 

Still dry here. It's not been a bad weekend to be fair. It has stayed dry with plenty of sunshine on offer, and temperatures have been relatively mild for the time of year around 14C. It has clouded over now though. Defintely had far worse weekends in October, or even in Summer for that matter.

 

It's not been too bad this October - quite mild, sunshine levels not too bad, been a bit wet but it's October so what else can you expect? We've definetely had worse Octobers - 2017, 2019 and 2020 come to mind.

 

October 2017 did had that amazing storm though (ex-hurricane Ophelia) which brought a very strange days weather. I remember the day started off exceptionally mild but grey and then at lunchtime the sky turned a weird red colour. In the afternoon the sun came out and it turned exceptionally warm for the time of year with temps in the low 20's but also very windy. That day was five years ago, wow, time flies. There were a couple of seasonal cool sunny days with cold mornings but the rest of the month was just exceptionally cloudy, mild, wet and windy.

[Frost HoIIow]

Rain slowly moving in from the west this evening leading to a wet night. Looking at the models further on and I'd say we're looking at an average month as in temperatures. The potential for some chilly mornings too should we get some ridges in-between weather systems. Looks like no exceptionally mild stuff that we've had in recent October's.

[severe snowstorm]

Sunny skies here this morning and then clouded in during the afternoon, although has remained dry until now, but rain now knocking on the door according to the radar. Not been a bad weekend really.

[East Lancs Rain]

38 minutes ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Rain slowly moving in from the west this evening leading to a wet night. Looking at the models further on and I'd say we're looking at an average month as in temperatures. The potential for some chilly mornings too should we get some ridges in-between weather systems. Looks like no exceptionally mild stuff that we've had in recent October's.

Pity really as I'd like one last blast of warmth before winter arrives. October 2017, 2018 and 2021 had some very mild/warm days but October 2019 and 2020 were rubbish, just cold, miserable and wet. However some of the model output was hinting at a warmer period around St Martins Summer (third week of October) so hopefuly that comes off.

 

Here are some time lapses from recent Octobers (not mine but from the Greater Manchester area).

 

 

Hopefully we get plenty of days like this this coming winter to keep the bills down.

 

 

[weatherobsuk]

A nice view of the Harvest Full Moon between the clouds this evening before the rain arrives, fortunately it'll be a sharp frontal-clearance by 5am so i'm thinking of taking a very early morning stroll and watching the Moonset under clearer skies. 

[itsnowjoke]

Chucking it down

[damianslaw]

A very wet evening, expecting October to be our first notably wet month since February. Rarely is it a dry month in the Lake District.

[Frost HoIIow]

Very much an outliner but ..... 

 

[Had Worse]

Had to search a bit harder to find you all this morning. 

Quite foggy out.