Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Weather-history]

Torrential shower with a thunderclap

[WillinGlossop]

 Weather-history just light showers so far here… the hills looked like they copped a heavier shower earlier 

[Scuba steve]

Been mostly ok here with odd spots of rain  thousand fold better than yesterday 

[Rush2019]

Just started spitting here.

[Mark.C]

Thunder!! And again 

Edited May 15 by Mark.C

[WillinGlossop]

Sun has been out for half an hour… temp up from 17c to 19.6c 

making lamb tagine on low and slow… smells lovely and fragrant… making mixed raisin cous cous with spearmint from garden  

both aching from exploits in Londonford… need some medicinal Moroccan food  

[WillinGlossop]

Lamb tagine and cous cous for tea… will the theatre of streams get a downpour tonight? 
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[carinthian]

 WillinGlossop Looks very tasty. Wish I could get British Lamb over here ! Going to watch the game shown on in the local bar with a couple of other United fans in the village. We are not currently a happy lot. Must say will be a lot better than watching those two bore fest playoff recently from the Championship. Don't rate any of them to survive in the Premiership next season ( for those who qualify ). Hope Crewe win at Wembley.

C

[severe snowstorm]

An overcast but dry morning here, the sun burst through at times after lunch and a nice end to the afternoon. Just the briefest of light showers early afternoon, not enough to wet the ground though. Temp reached 19.6C and a muggy feel again.

[damianslaw]

Not too bad a day overall, we've escaped the heavier showers, indeed just a couple of light ones. Bright rather than sunny.

Tomorrow could see the far north of the region staying mainly dry, compared to much of the region, we shall see.

Just watched NW news, 'warm and wet' typical for May was the remark, hardly, it with April on average are our driest months. August is warm and wet..

Edited May 15 by damianslaw

[Weather-history]

Newspaper reports on the thunderstorm that hit parts of east Lancashire on 18th May 1925

    

[Rush2019]

Morning.  Yesterday was a conveyor of showers from around 4pm into the evening, didn't have any of the torrential downpours that Leek had, showers had burned themselves out a bit by the time they reached Macc.

Noticed the cooler feel in temp this morning, not cold just cooler. 11°C, it's bright sunny and dewy, ground and surfaces very wet, there's a proper fog on the tops.  Rain Later?

[Scuba steve]

Lovely start to the day and warm though some clouds around 

[Alexis]

Warm and sunny. The exact opposite of what was forecast.

[WillinGlossop]

19c sunny slight breeze… lovely… just going for wonder around Glossopia before showers arrive 

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[A Face like Thunder]

I've been away with Mrs FLT for a few days visiting a family member in Munich. A great place to visit and weather was wonderful, but it was a very active visit for us senior citizens and we were exhausted by the time we negotiated Munich airport and arrived back in Manchester late last night.

I've had a quick flick through seven pages of NW discussion and I was particularly interested in the storms on Sunday. It seems there was nothing at Crewe (not unusual), but plenty of thundery activity in and around Manchester and I was actually glad that we left Manchester Airport on 10am on Sunday morning, as later flights may have been affected by the storms and would certainly have provided a bumpy ride out of the airport.

So to today and I note a rain warning for later today and this evening. So, the burning question is, do I put the washing out?   

[weatherobsuk]

UKV shows potential for up to 2 inches of rain to fall within 2 hours around Buxton & Macclesfield this evening due to a active weather front and wind convergence over the Peak District. Something to keep a eye on into rushhour.

[Had Worse]

 weatherobsuk You'll be alright as you live half way up the side of a valley.

@Rush2019 Get your dinghy ready.

[damianslaw]

As I anticipated, Cumbria appears to be best placed today for dryness, well, in terms of escaping the frontal feature plaguing southern parts of the region at least. Just a light shower so far today, may be an odd rogue one this afternoon

 Outlook quite decent as well, for the Lake District dry days on the trot are par for the course April and May, but sadly become less likely late June onwards. Ive said before now is the time to visit, late April to late June window.

Edited May 16 by damianslaw

[Dark Horse]

After a bright start the inevitable rain had to arrive like a magnet to this area. Not a great afternoon but at least there's no wind with it nor is it chilly. More nuisance value than anything else. Still looks good this weekend more so Sunday. Going to sunbathe!

[WillinGlossop]

Other than drizzly rain the heavier stuff is staying south of here… looking at the radar it maybe Buxton & macc get a soaking where as we stay damp… 

[Rush2019]

 Had Worse     A dinghy, I don't own a dinghy, the only thing I own to keep me afloat is an inflatable Freddie Mercury.

second afternoon on the trot I've got soaked.  Been steady moderate rain for a while.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Had an intense downpour about half 1 ish. Very very localised in the east side of town by the looks of it. A lot of minor surface water flooding, not evident on the other side of town.

Radar confirms.

[Scuba steve]

Quite bright at times though some dark looking cloud bases and occasional spot of  rain 

[Rush2019]

Rain eased here.  Altnaharra doing nicely with the temps.