North West Regional Discussion March 2022 onwards

[severe snowstorm]

32.9C reached here a short while ago. Some small amounts of cumulus clouds have developed to my South.

[Chris.R]

Stuck at 30.9°C with the Sun in and out. Under the sea breeze convergence zone now. Wonder if anything can develop from it later.

[Cloudwatcher]

Just find it bizzare how here in Cheshire we have 31-33 degrees, some instability and yet not any hint of storms for the next few days. What is it about round here! There's not a hint of it in the models I've seen so far. What does it take haha!

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by Cloudwatcher

[carinthian]

7 minutes ago, severe snowstorm said:

32.9C reached here a short while ago. Some small amounts of cumulus clouds have developed to my South.

That is quite an amazing temp for mid August that far north. Wondering if this is going to be a summer normal in the future 30c+  . I remember the time of reaching 26c in Cheshire was a notable event.

C

[Rain Lady]

Max so far here 29.5 -- hottest in this recent spell.  Small curly tops approaching from SSW in last half hour.

 

[severe snowstorm]

7 minutes ago, Cloudwatcher said:

Just find it bizzare how here in Cheshire we have 31-33 degrees, some instability and yet not any hint of storms for the next few days. What is it about round here! There's not a hint of it in the models I've seen so far. What does it take haha!

 

It has been a terrible year for storms in this part of Cheshire, no thunder heard all year. However, the metoffice have issued a warning for storms tomorrow and Tuesday, so must be seeing some potential, although they do note the hit and miss nature. I'll treat even one rumble of thunder as a success given how bad this year has been!

[Rain Lady]

Forgot to mention -  a batch of floccus passed over here mid morning, moving east-west

[severe snowstorm]

20 minutes ago, carinthian said:

That is quite an amazing temp for mid August that far north. Wondering if this is going to be a summer normal in the future 30c+  . I remember the time of reaching 26c in Cheshire was a notable event.

C

It has certainly been a regular occurrence this summer here, not just nudging 30C, but getting comfortably into at least the low 30s celcius on several separate days. Time will tell if this is a pattern that becomes more consistent, but chances are it may well do given the warning trend in recent years, coupled with the increased potential for extremes of weather.

Edited August 14, 2022 by severe snowstorm

[Chris.R]

Gone very dark here

Liverpool Airport reporting towering cumulus.

[davehsug]

29 minutes ago, carinthian said:

That is quite an amazing temp for mid August that far north. Wondering if this is going to be a summer normal in the future 30c+  . I remember the time of reaching 26c in Cheshire was a notable event.

C

Yes, something I've thought about too. I remember in the late 60s, when I became interested, how a summer spell, would build over a few days, nudging up towards 25. 30 was a very rare sight, and reserved for the South. You never went straight in at those silly temperatures. Now, even the most bog standard 2 day affair pitches straight in at that, and 30 is virtually the minimum requirement for a summery spell.

[severe snowstorm]

Cumulus clouds are developing more here and getting darker bases. Temperature reached 33.4C about 15 minutes ago. 

Edited August 14, 2022 by severe snowstorm

[PennineMark]

Can't see this thunderstorm via the Met app happening at 6 til 7 but looking at the satellite pics there does seem to be a little convergence maybe a little west of here. Let's see what happens.

[Backtrack]

We hit 33.5C here. Absolutely remarkable. The sun has just this minute gone behind a cloud for the first time in what, 4 days? Stunning weather, 30C has been achieved 4 days in a row which is fantastic. 
 

So nice to just see a pure blue sky with nothing ruining it. Pressure was so high that even airplane contrails were squashed. Hopefully more to come before autumn sets in. 
 

Oh, PS- my living room is lovely and cool thanks to the AC Unit I bought before the mega July heatwave

[Chris.R]

Lightning 39 km to my west now. That’s closer than anything so far today

[Sun dog]

Currently on 34.1C. Sun has disappeared behind clouds and it actually feels cooler.  A few high flying Swallows and the odd Swift around - normally a good indicator of a convergence zone. Nothing on the radar.

[Rush2019]

Just at mums, she's done ok during this recent bout of heat despite her poor health.  Came out for a breather after hoovering, and was met with this wonderful sight.

 

[Chris.R]

Maximum was 31.2°C. Falling away now, 30.0°C as we are in the sea breeze zone. Humidity has risen a lot in the last few minutes as expected. Could this moisture kick things off?

[Chris.R]

29.1 now dropping fast. You can definitely feel the change, much better.

[severe snowstorm]

Maxed out at 33.7C in the end. Dropping away now, currently 32.7C. Humidity still relatively low here according to my station, 30%.

Edited August 14, 2022 by severe snowstorm

[Chris.R]

27.9°C now humidity 51%.

[carinthian]

54 minutes ago, davehsug said:

Yes, something I've thought about too. I remember in the late 60s, when I became interested, how a summer spell, would build over a few days, nudging up towards 25. 30 was a very rare sight, and reserved for the South. You never went straight in at those silly temperatures. Now, even the most bog standard 2 day affair pitches straight in at that, and 30 is virtually the minimum requirement for a summery spell.

Yep, I kept a temperature record during the 60s as a young kid on the farm ( the so called cold decade ) and it is fairly hard to find temps of 21c + during many of those summers. My memories of long summer days was certainly 1959 and of course the hot one in 1976 with the government rain dancer minister ! I moved away from the region in the 1980s, so not sure how things have panned out but looking at recent events , may be short hot spells are becoming more intense rather than prolonged ? However, SE Britain and the continental Western Europe maybe heading for a record breaker .

C

[WillinGlossop]

33.4c earlier…humidity making it feel so much hotter… plus cooking roast…  

[Joe Snow]

1 hour ago, Cloudwatcher said:

Just find it bizzare how here in Cheshire we have 31-33 degrees, some instability and yet not any hint of storms for the next few days. What is it about round here! There's not a hint of it in the models I've seen so far. What does it take haha!

 

Storms are like snow around here perfect scenario yet naff all. The summer of 2020 was good for recent times for storms locally particularly during June and then the early August hot spell from memory.

32.5c the max here today so hottest day of the heatwave feeling sweaty and sultry as humidity has definitely increased won't be a pleasant night for sleeping if it doesn't cool off a bit  

[IanR]

quite a few growing cumulus late this afternoon here ,  but its looks to be all fizzling down again  

[SnowThunder]

Another heatwave to fizzle out without a bang, can feel the much more pleasant cooler air filtering in now along with the clouds