North West Regional Discussion March 2022 onwards

[HafrenLMP1]

14 hours ago, Weather-history said:

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Snow more likely at Easter than Christmas "myth" continues. The last time I saw snow falling during the Easter period was 2008. Did see snow lying  on hills during Easter 2013 but I have never seen lying snow on Easter day for my area itself going back to 1985. 

 

I roll my eyes whenever I see/hear this comment; I'm struggling to think of a proper snowfall at Easter......

[damianslaw]

A fairly pleasant day, few shortlived spots of rain in the afternoon, but barely doused the ground. Sun came out in the evening and with little wind despite temps only of around 12 degrees it felt ok.

Outlook - dry, bright, tomorrow and Thursday look sunny, becoming cloudier later in the week and the easterly breeze will take the edge off things. April on average is out driest month.

[Alexis]

15 hours ago, Weather-history said:

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Snow more likely at Easter than Christmas "myth" continues. The last time I saw snow falling during the Easter period was 2008. Did see snow lying  on hills during Easter 2013 but I have never seen lying snow on Easter day for my area itself going back to 1985. 

 

Yeah, snow is more likely to fall (not lie) on Easter Sunday than Christmas Day if it falls in March. Once you get into April, it's definitely Christmas.

It's a stupid analogy though because it's a moving target. 

 

 

[Had Worse]

A beautiful morning, clear blue skies and a quite keen wind from over the Pennines.

[damianslaw]

Lovely blue sky day.

[WillinGlossop]

Nice two hour walk this morning warm sunshine blue skies… breeze picked up mid morning slight chill to it and sun now hazy/clouds obscuring… managed four hours gardening and potting pumpkins/sunflowers… cherry blossom finally showing its hand in the last few days… 17c… 

[severe snowstorm]

Another decent day today, dry with hazy sunshine and a high of 17C.

[A Face like Thunder]

Gorgeous morning again, let's hope it lasts, even if the temperature starts to go down with an E/NE wind picking up tomorrow

[WillinGlossop]

Sunny blue skies… breezy… going for walk then lunchtime bbq … it’ll probably snow next week as per usual having an April bbq… as mate at footy said last night….
Great win last night and back to the top of the prem ️️️ 

wordle was easy today but last Quordle word was a stinker 

Edited April 21, 2022 by WillinGlossop

[Had Worse]

Another nice day. Washing flapping on the line in the gusty East wind.

The cherry blossom is clinging on for now but will probably get stripped off if the wind picks up any more. 

[iand61]

After managing to pass both pre cruise Covid tests and avoiding the damn thing for the 2 weeks we were away; I’ve finally started to come round from the dreaded flight home and time difference.

fortunately I’m not back in work until Monday so today has been spent tidying up the neglected mess that our garden had become.

as for the holiday; Covid restrictions were very much in force on this cruise including daily temperature checks and isolation for anyone who caught it and compulsory mask wearing inside the ship other than when eating and drinking.

All in all it’s been worth it though and I’ve managed to tick off a couple on my bucket list with a Panama Canal tour and a visit to Havana including the mandatory trip around the city in a classic car so worth the inconveniences involved.

all I can say about the weather is that when it’s out, the sun is hot and when it rains, it’s torrential and doesn’t know when to stop.

 

[severe snowstorm]

Another decent day again today. Bit more of a breeze, but still a warm day in the sun, high of 17.9C.

[damianslaw]

Its notable how quickly cold synoptics become quite warm synoptics.. today we have a long drawn easterly from an arctic source via west russia, yet temps have been very respectable.. I suspect had these occured a month ago, low single digit maxima would have been the order of the day with snow showers, alas we've reached the turning point when easterlies are now generally warm. Coldest conditions come courtesy of direct northerlies and north easterlies, with cyclonic conditions overhead, low pressure N Sea.

[A Face like Thunder]

Cloudy start to the day and none-too-warm. It will be interesting to see whether the sun breaks through or we are left with the cloud cover for the rest of the day. I know which I prefer! 

[iand61]

40 minutes ago, A Face like Thunder said:

Cloudy start to the day and none-too-warm. It will be interesting to see whether the sun breaks through or we are left with the cloud cover for the rest of the day. I know which I prefer! 

Sunny start here but with a strong nagging breeze.

very much like yesterday where a cold fleece top start turned into a t shirt afternoon.

 

[iand61]

More cloud about now so bright rather than sunny.

[A Face like Thunder]

Sunny here now but a noticeably strong gusty wind. 

[Had Worse]

Insanely strong gusts of wind on the West Side of the Pennines. All sorts of debris taking flight.

[A Face like Thunder]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

Insanely strong gusts of wind on the West Side of the Pennines. All sorts of debris taking flight.

Wonder what's causing it? Not forecast to be as windy as this! 

[Weather-history]

Very gusty winds at times. Bit like what happened during the beast from the east. 

[WillinGlossop]

21 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Insanely strong gusts of wind on the West Side of the Pennines. All sorts of debris taking flight.

Have had fence panel down… leaves and branches down and some pot plants blowing around… very gusty much more than forecast… must be 50-60mph… would have thought with trees in leaf some might come down 

[damianslaw]

Quite a squeeze in the isobars today low pressure to the south, high pressure to the north. These are drying winds and taking the edge off the temperature. A month ago they would bring high wind chill and freezing conditions. What a difference a month makes. Otherwise its another fine mid Spring day lots of sunshine. Current temp a very pleasant 14.8 degrees.

[iand61]

56 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Insanely strong gusts of wind on the West Side of the Pennines. All sorts of debris taking flight.

We don’t often get these buffeting easterly winds on this side of the Pennines but when we do it tends to be during a dry spell and from past experience, usually in April.

we had similar conditions for a few days during the first lockdown and it really took the edge of the temperatures and have seen similar conditions numerous times in the past.

i’ve always thought of them as being the South Pennines watered down version of Cross Fell’s Helm Wind although today is giving some pretty strong gusts.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Very strong gusts here today. Some of the gusts we’ve had can’t be far off gale force. Will feel bitter once the sun goes down, even with temps of 9 or 10!

Edited April 22, 2022 by CreweCold

[iand61]

As forecast, a cloudy start to Saturday.

Hopefully it will break up as the morning goes on with the expected sunny second half of the day turning up.

either way though, at least it’s dry so I can paint the fence panels.