North West Regional Discussion March 2022 onwards

[jimben]

On 26/06/2022 at 21:40, damianslaw said:

Very poor summer's day here, feels more akin to the end of summer. Incessant bursts of rain throughout temps hovering around 14 degrees for much of the day, no sunshine or bright spells, chilly wind as well. Miserable.

Agreed but loving every single minute of it here in the northern lakes. The colours, and cloudscapes even in the foulest of weather are breath-taking. The landscapes scrubs quite well too  

[Cheshire Freeze]

Weeks of tedium coming up now. Looking like very little rainfall and a rampant displaced Azores HP.

The stuff of nightmares if you like interesting weather 

[damianslaw]

15 hours ago, iand61 said:

No, the west, certainly the Fylde Coast are usually drier than the higher ground towards the east.

the set up may be different further south or north across the region but across Lancashire, the common tendency would be drier west, wetter east.

not at the moment though.

Yes in Cumbria very much wetter west of M6 drier east of M6 - Cumbria is wide in the middle almost to the centre of the Pennines at Stainmore..

A word on today, woeful, I would describe it as a cold summers day, overcast all day, light intermittent rain throughout and temps just about hovering around 15 degrees. Quite miserable, that's 3 very poor summer days on the trot.

1 hour ago, CreweCold said:

Weeks of tedium coming up now. Looking like very little rainfall and a rampant displaced Azores HP.

The stuff of nightmares if you like interesting weather 

Weeks? mmm perhaps days..

[damianslaw]

2 hours ago, jimben said:

Agreed but loving every single minute of it here in the northern lakes. The colours, and cloudscapes even in the foulest of weather are breath-taking. The landscapes scrubs quite well too  

Mmm not in late June thank you! Conditions we tend to see more of second half of summer, indeed August but not at this stage in the summer. Many a milder day in October.

[damianslaw]

4 hours ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Yeah southern parts of the region are definitely wetter in the east. We get a lot more rain than say Liverpool and Blackpool. For Cumbria it's the reverse, places like Windermere in the SW part of the county is far wetter than Penrith & Kirkby Stephen situated to the east of the Lake District fells. 

Cumbria has its own micro climate, you can divide it into the following parts:

West coast up to about Silloth, Furness and far SW lakes around Duddon Valley to Coniston (Windermere I would class as central lakes..) - tends to be the cloudiest and mildest part of the county (exception of Morecambe Bay region), not quite as wet as central lakes.

Morecambe Bay region - Cartmel Peninsula, Lyth Valley, Winster Valley, Arnside and Silverdale AONB extending up to Junction 36 of M6 - sunniest region, not as dry as far east and north east. Most frost free part of the county and mildest in summer but not all year round.

Central Lakes - most of the Lake District away from western and southern most fringes, excluding Kendal and Penrith - wettest part of the region by far

North Cumbria - Solway Firth from Silloth across to Brampton excluding very far NE of county - possibly driest part of the county and nearly as sunny as Morecambe Bay

SE Cumbria - Kendal to Sedbergh to Kirkby Lonsdale - another drier part of the county and quite sunny

East Cumbria - Penrith, Eden Valley to Kirkby Stephen - fairly dry, frostiest part of the county and often coldest in winter with exception of Alston and Pennine region, and very far NE Cumbria

Alston and Pennine region - very small area, coldest ans snowiest part of the county and shares similiar conditions to upper Weardale and Teesdale

Very far NE of county - areas around Gisland and Spadeadam up to scottish border, more akin to Scottish borders, cold in winter, quite dry

There we have it a lesson in the weather geography of Cumbria!

[WillinGlossop]

An hour of drizzle and looking at the radar the heaviest has already passed over… another fizzling front as it moves east….

Sat under a blanket watching telly 

[Rush2019]

As expected, a wet morning, grey skies.  Lobelia looks beaten up and the slugs have had a good feast on the Petunias.  Weather app temp reading at a local weather station is 12°, garden thermometer says 10°.  Dare I admit to wanting to put the heating on for a few mins when I got up?  

[iand61]

2 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

As expected, a wet morning, grey skies.  Lobelia looks beaten up and the slugs have had a good feast on the Petunias.  Weather app temp reading at a local weather station is 12°, garden thermometer says 10°.  Dare I admit to wanting to put the heating on for a few mins when I got up?  

Aye, it hasn’t been a great summer so far but it’s unusual to open the curtains to heavy rain.

It’ll help the gardens but I hope the forecast of things drying out during the day comes true.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Didn’t actually get much rain here. Dampened the ground for sure but the bulk pushed up to the E of here.

Consensus from the local amateur stations is around 4mm

Edited June 29, 2022 by CreweCold

[Rush2019]

What a difference an hour later, blue skies, felt the warmth of the sun, breeze a bit cool though.

[WillinGlossop]

Sunny 14c… sun feels warmish… 5.4mm overnight…  pumpkins flowering already..

will it be frequent short sharp showers or will they go east and west of here?  

[Had Worse]

Morning all.

Up at 5.30 with grey skies and heavy drizzle.  By 6.30, blue sky and bright .  Now, I'm parked near Stamford Park waiting on next community visit and its getting quite with some big black bases forming.

Hopefully some big showers and thunder ⛈ storms this afternoon. 

Edited June 29, 2022 by Had Worse

[alr1970]

A whopping 4mm here, that´s double what we´ve had in the last 3 weeks. Beautifully sunny when I woke, clouding up a bit now.

[Rush2019]

Heavy but brief shower just after 1pm and that wonderful whiff of Petrichor.  All dried up now, and a sunny 19°.

[Had Worse]

21 minutes ago, Rush2112 said:

Heavy but brief shower just after 1pm and that wonderful whiff of Petrichor.  All dried up now, and a sunny 19°.

Looks like a downpour on your doorstep. 

[WillinGlossop]

Showers going west of here… some heavier ones developing… couple of hours hedge trimming and gardening whilst neighbours cutting down huge trees… just making chicken satay for tea… 

19.7c feels nice in sun out of breeze… 

[Had Worse]

Parked in Guidebridge. 

Plenty of convection to the North and West

[Rush2019]

6 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Looks like a downpour on your doorstep. 

Yes, skies have darkened, looking south there is a slight green hue in the cloud, hail up there perhaps?  Not a spot of rain yet, it seems to be passing over quickly.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Something developing right above my head at present 

[Cheshire Freeze]

Drat, the core has developed a few miles N

[Frost HoIIow]

Nothing of note really here today. Not got a rain gauge these days unfortunately but it must have rained quite a bit last night as I had to tip a load of water off the garden chairs this morning and empty some pots full of water.

[iand61]

The first really showery day here for ages including one humdinger during the afternoon that left me sat in the car at work until it eased off.

plenty of warm sunshine in between though with a very respectable 19c reached late afternoon.

as my long since departed Grandad use to say…..it’s growing weather.

[dodge]

Mcr City Centre must be getting something decent now, dark skies and Armageddon radar blob showing just out to my west.  As usual missing it by a whisker here.

[Had Worse]

Something cooking to the South of Glossop.

[Rush2019]

10 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Something cooking to the South of Glossop.

That will be @WillinGlossop, he's making chicken satay for tea. LOL