Northwest Weather Discussion

[damianslaw]

Sometimes you win sometimes you lose, we are winning temp wise. Temp still high sat at 26.2 degrees, indeed it is bizarre seeing the heat hold in Cumbria a number of degrees higher than as well. Losing rain and thunder wise. Bone dry here again!

I would have thought the extra heat would have injected some homegrown convection, but no nothing. 

I suspect after a good dose of rain for many, where the case the prospect of no more until tail end of the week at the earliest will be welcomed. For those not in this position which includes me wanting rain, its not a welcomed outlook.

Ambleside and Windermere normally wettest towns in England have for the last 5 weeks been one of the driest and warmest. This is a truly exceptional June so far in the Lake District, I don't believe ever experienced. 

Edited June 12, 2023 by damianslaw

[Oakwell]

Storm overhead now, which hail and rain.

[severe snowstorm]

Right overhead that one, huge bright bolt, loudest so far.

[Rush2019]

21 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

Lightning has hit a house in the town apparently, heard sirens and apparently that’s what it was.

Hope occupants are OK.  

[severe snowstorm]

Triple fork now, insane!

[Scuba steve]

I’ve noticed flights from Dublin to Europe are flying around the storms 

[Spah1]

Absolutely nothing in Chorley last 2 days and tonight. 

[RobR]

The most insane storm I've experienced in the UK, driving from Macclesfield to Nantwich was an experience. Think we followed the cell, large hail, flash floods, trees down, power outages. Crazy.

[Jan]

Was just sat here, thinking its gone eerily quiet, not so many birds. Then there is was a big rumble!! .........bring it on

[Day 10]

Distant rumble

[Ashley Rea]

Wow this is some storm 

[seasider]

54 minutes ago, Mark Rimington said:

Can you hear it? I’m near st Anne’s and it’s sounding pretty active 

Yeh, been rumbling for past half hour, seems to keep stalling over Kirkham and Lytham.. Not reaching me at all...

[Jan]

Just now, Ashley Rea said:

Wow this is some storm 

Not quite here yet

[A Face like Thunder]

Has anybody heard how Will & Co are getting on.?Shocking weather in Manchester at 6.30pm and the Man City victory parade had been delayed, presumably to clear the top deck of the open top bus of water! 

[Ashley Rea]

Oh my word absolutely loud gunshot thunder sounded like an explosion huge bolt of blinding lightning aswell straight before it 

[janmac]

Saturday... Too far to my West. Yesterday, too far to my east. Today, too far west again! The lightning map looks bonkers over Kirkham way!

[carl1980]

Seen some amazing lightning 

[alr1970]

Mostly stopped here now, just occasional thunder from the west. We've had about 20mm rain from that. To show just how dry it has been: it's all been absorbed by the top 3cm of my soil. Still bone dry underneath. This is an area I spread compost on on Friday, nice and loose so it hasn't just run off.

 

 

[gregior]

Unbelievable storm here still going strong after 2 hours lots of flash flooding lightning every 20 seconds! This cloud was on the front edge of the system, scud or funnel cloud? It was definitely rotating. 

 

 

[Chris.R]

What an epic storm. Quite scared in the middle with those positive strikes getting very close culminating in one shot gun at 500 m. decaying now and giving the odd huge positive strike. The last one was absolutely enormous. Sounds like another storm to the south-east and an insane amount of lightning on the radio from it. Round two?

[Day 10]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

What an epic storm. Quite scared in the middle with those positive strikes getting very close culminating in one shot gun at 500 m. decaying now and giving the odd huge positive strike. The last one was absolutely enormous. Sounds like another storm to the south-east and an insane amount of lightning on the radio from it. Round two?

Still waiting for round one

[Geordiesnow]

Right on the edge of the storm cloud from all the fun to the south of us. You can see the easterly flow preventing the storms moving to far north and westwards despite you can see them trying to head that way.

Small thundery shower aside on which I could not see any lightning as I have a poor view towards the west and a bit of rain on Saturday evening, not alot to report really. I can see already the grass responding to that rainfall.

[carl1980]

Still from a video I did 

[Jan]

Wow the wind has just picked up here, all my wind chimes are flapping round!

[Weather-history]

Still the odd lightning flash and distant thunder here to my west