Northwest Weather Discussion

[Scuba steve]

Just now, itsnowjoke said:

Chucking it down

Has been here 

[iand61]

9 hours ago, Scuba steve said:

Your dad was born same year as mine he died and is buried in the US in 2012

So was mine although he died in his early fifties when I was only 16.

still miss him massively.

[A Face like Thunder]

Blowy at the moment as forecast, but the main winds appear to be further north and east, with reports of bridge closures in Scotland. Hoping it will clear soon as I have to travel to Blackburn later.

[itsnowjoke]

Very windy out 

[Weather-history]

Really odd combination of sunshine, very windy and very mild for mid February

12.8°C

[I remember Atlantic 252]

unlikely to happen in Dec/Jan, but more common in Feb, but 12 degrees normally would be wet

[weatherobsuk]

A bit of a breeze here this morning with high gusts peaking to 64mph in Buxton at 11am, windstorm 'Otto' was noticeable through the early morning hours but aside from a brief internet outage there hasn't been too much damage to report on.

[severe snowstorm]

Gusty winds overnight last night. A largely cloudy and very mild day today, temperature reached 13.8C.

[Dark Horse]

The tail end of the month still looking interesting as far as I can see. Funny how it may arrive at close to the same time as the 2018 beast. As of now though this looks like a watered down version, cold for sure but not the delicious -15C uppers like we had back then. Still time for upgrades though.

[WillinGlossop]

30 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

The tail end of the month still looking interesting as far as I can see. Funny how it may arrive at close to the same time as the 2018 beast. As of now though this looks like a watered down version, cold for sure but not the delicious -15C uppers like we had back then. Still time for upgrades though.

I’m going to my mums in Somerset Wednesday to Sunday so it’s bound to snow here   ️ 

Making Korean Gochujang beef burgers for tea and homemade chunky chips… 

Garden shed arriving and being constructed tomorrow    

might be a bit chilly for decorators next week doing exterior windows  

Edited February 17, 2023 by WillinGlossop

[Scuba steve]

Not a bad day after showers this morning took bike for a spin around and about

[WillinGlossop]

Korean Gochujang beef burgers, with homemade pickled onions and pickled ginger, homemade thick cut fries and mango & pineapple salsa

Heavy drizzly rain seems to have stopped… mild but not feeling warm today at all… pretty strong winds earlier… eased after mid morning… 

[itsnowjoke]

52 minutes ago, WillinGlossop said:

Korean Gochujang beef burgers, with homemade pickled onions and pickled ginger, homemade thick cut fries and mango & pineapple salsa

Heavy drizzly rain seems to have stopped… mild but not feeling warm today at all… pretty strong winds earlier… eased after mid morning… 

Looks delicious your quite a chef 

I did curry and rice with bought Garlic Naan lol

[WillinGlossop]

10 hours ago, itsnowjoke said:

Looks delicious your quite a chef 

I did curry and rice with bought Garlic Naan lol

Cheers we like to try different recipes… do like a good curry making kung pao chicken for tea tonight… 

Suns out lookslike might be a nice day… shed being constructed… just listening to radio in bed with mug of coffee ️ 

[Joe Snow]

It’s been a mild spell & a mild February so far for the NW with the spring bulbs pushing through here - a very mild early week (Cheshire could see 14c on Monday) then things turning colder from mid week whether it’s a return to average- slightly below average chilly weather with frosty nights or something much colder and a sting in winter’s tail into late Feb/ early March is yet to be seen.

One to watch for sure  

It’s easy to forget in the past year of extremes that it’s a year to the day Storm Eunice hit too no such wind storms this winter. 
 

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by Joe Snow

[iand61]

Well if this mornings BBC forecast had been an afternoon of increasingly heavy drizzle for our region then they could have done a lot of self praising and back slapping.

but they didn’t so it’s a pretty decent fail on the part of whoever does their forecasting.

just glad it was a day for indoor jobs and not outdoor plans.

[Rush2019]

Wet, drizzly morning here, majority of daylight hours were grey and threatening, but it stayed dry.  Max temp was a mild 13.5°C.

 

[Scuba steve]

Dry mostly and fairly windy around mid day fine  enough for a run out to  Haverigg to visit a buddy 

[Dark Horse]

Even the NASA model going for an easterly right at the end of the month. This model is usually pretty chaotic the further out you go but we seem to be getting consensus for an easterly flow of some kind with most of the models. Upper air temps not to be concerned about at present. They change more frequently than the actual pressure charts. Guaranteed to be different closer to the time

[damianslaw]

A rather unpleasant winter's day. Drizzle, light rain on and off throughout, low cloud at times, sometimes higher but then lowering quick in rain. Drab.

[severe snowstorm]

Overcast and breezy at times today. Mostly dry, but the odd spot of rain this afternoon, but not enough to even begin to wet the ground. Mild again, up to a max of 13.1C. Winds quite gusty out right now.

Edited February 18, 2023 by severe snowstorm

[iand61]

A better start to the day and at least it’s dry; just hope it doesn’t go downhill like yesterday.

[Weather-history]

Late February 1994 snowfalls, a good event and not particularly well forecast it had to be said. Third best February for snow here of the 1990s, most of the lying snow during the Februarys of the 1990s were 1991, 1994 and 1996, the rest of them were dire. 

Started snowing here about 10pm of Tuesday 22nd February and went to bed expecting it to be raining when I got up next morning. Got a surprise when i woke up and found it still snowing with a good covering. It snowed up until mid afternoon when it suddenly stopped. It wasn't a decrease in intensity, it just stopped. 

 

 

 

         

             

            

 

Edited February 19, 2023 by Weather-history

[iand61]

11 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Late February 1994 snowfalls, a good event and not particularly well forecast it had to be said. Third best February for snow here of the 1990s, most of the lying snow during the Februarys of the 1990s were 1991, 1994 and 1996, the rest of them were dire. 

Started snowing here about 10pm of Tuesday 22nd February and went to bed expecting it to be raining when I got up next morning. Got a surprise when i woke up and found it still snowing with a good covering. It snowed up until mid afternoon when it suddenly stopped. It wasn't a decrease in intensity, it just stopped. 

 

 

 

         

             

            

 

Remember this one and once again it’s nice to see a local slant on it.

Although the winters of the early to mid 90’s never quite reached the levels of the same part of the 80’s, there were some severe snow events and compared to the default setting of the last few years, they were like something from the last ice age.

[A Face like Thunder]

I was in Blackburn Friday/ Saturday. Overnight rain was forecast, but the heavy drizzle yesterday afternoon was not. Dry by the time I arrived back in S Cheshire yesterday evening and a dry quite bright morning today.