Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Weather-history]

26 minutes ago, carinthian said:

Yes, I remember this well. I was on duty at LGW and think 60F was reached down there with persistent cloud and drizzle. Think the cloud level almost hit the deck and some British Caledonian flights cancelled. If correct I think the rest of the winter became much colder , especially in Feb 79 ?

C

End of 1978, that winter really kicked off

Edited December 11, 2023 by Weather-history

[Miamay]

9 hours ago, Kasim Awan said:

Rip to my nan who was always proud of the work I did with weather and wanted to see me on TV  

Sending hugs. 

[A Face like Thunder]

Reports of flooding at Huncoats and Accrington. Not done too badly here in the south of the region. Gusty wind and some rain last night, but not particularly bad, and a dry bright morning now. 

[Rain Lady]

11 hours ago, Mark88 said:

Worth looking at the rain radar, you can clearly see the centre of low pressure in our region. 

22:50

Yes -- was watching that last night as the rain lashed on the roof.  Seemed to me that we were the only place in Fergus's belly button.  Most of the UK was dry by then.

[Rush2019]

Was a dry walk to work first thing, lots of tree/branch debris across the road, from last night's gusts.  Brighter skies to the South but its remaining dark here and has been quite a showery morning.

[weatherobsuk]

I just about beat the worst of this morning's rain here in the Peak District to have a quick look at Waterfall Swallet near Eyam, the river this morning was in full-spate after the past few days of rainfall with the Swallet just about managing to keep the water-level at a consistent in/outflow despite the recently fallen tree debris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3zQ9xcvkQ

[HafrenLMP1]

Had to take a train from Maghull North to a meeting; quite a few fields absolutely sodden.....trains were terminating at Town Green as there is flooding between there & Ormskirk. We could do with a decent spell of dry weather.......not sure it's going to happen.

[dodge]

Narrow band of persistent heavy drizzle setting up on a streamer now...we always lay out the welcome mat for that type of weather here.  No wrong side of marginals for heavy drizzle in our parts.  Keeping the moisture topped up on all surfaces exposed.  Light levels are ridiculously low.  Bleak if not quite yet mid-winter.

[Had Worse]

Been in it earlier as we are at Manchester markets.

Looks like it may be coming back here later. Black clouds to my North

[WillinGlossop]

Found ourselves on tv this morning… ️️

heavy persistent drizzle and cloud hugging hills 7c 

Got back in 2&1/2 hours this morning… over Woodhead…  not too bad, but since then there been all manner of emergency services going passed the house bad accident on Woodhead… after the chaos this morning on m67/m60/m6 and also crash near Stamford park in Ashton in last half hour

Edited December 11, 2023 by WillinGlossop

[A Face like Thunder]

A decent day here, dry and mild throughout and with some spells of sunshine, in other words the sort of day I like.

[Dark Horse]

A bit like in north America it always impresses me how cold it can get in the far east and the wild temp swings. Shanghai is going to struggle to get above zero at the weekend. GFS going for -16 uppers there on the ensembles a bit further on. All of this bearing in mind how far south they are, as far south as Marrakech. Very impressive. Great city visited a few years ago Shanghai that is not Marrakech, never been to the latter.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Dark Horse

[weatherobsuk]

A bit of 'excitement' in Buxton earlier on this morning after the high gales from storm Fergus had passed, with this big beastie knocking down on-to one of the main roads going through the centre of town. Luckily it missed all the shops and no-one was around at the time it fell.

https://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/

[The Northern Ramper]

Well the mad thread is living upto it’s name.

 

[Scuba steve]

Reasonable day sure beat the weekend’s misery, actually got some things  done outside 

[Weather-history]

Yet more rain....6.0mm overnight.

2023 is now in the top 15 wettest years on record for the region. 

 

[Rush2019]

Yes, it's been very wet.  Went to Wythenshawe yesterday via Styal, huge puddles the width of the road in many places and surrounding fields were under water.  Heavy showers with the risk of thunder and lightning forecast for today.  Dry and calm, 8.3°C (7am) .

[weatherobsuk]

6100 'Royal Scot' will be passing southbound along the Manchester-Sheffield line later this morning and i'm hoping there's a decent break between the heavy showers to see it, it's not too often we get the Steam excursions locally and especially not during the late Autumn/Winter months.

[Blowingsand]

Blackpool 8-15 am - 8C heavy showers.

Went out early this morning 7-30 wearing my new winter waterproofs.

Good job i did as the heavens opened shortly afterwards with rain of biblical, no monsoon proportions.

Bad enough Saturday evening in the winds when driving along in a Northerly direction i was approached by a rubbish bin  travelling in an Easterly direction at an approx speed of 30 mph. Due to an unusual ninja-like reaction by the bin a collision was avoided.

I seem to be watching clouds lately so arriving home this morning i took a couple of pictures of these clouds shortly after the shower passed.

Have a nice day as they say, be careful out there.

Over and out till the next time.

[tricol]

So much for just a cloudy day here. Turned miserable, woken by more heavy rain in the early hours. Looks like we're about to get hit with more of it in the next couple of hours. I think the settled weather was a myth, it now looks to rain every day now moving forward. Apart from a few days at the start of the month it's been a properly crap start to winter.

[A Face like Thunder]

Yup, showers already breaking out and likely to be the story of the day here. I'm not sure whether this is the Cheshire Gap at work or whether the showers are more widespread, but it certainly seems that our region is the place for them today. Hopefully, these will be replaced with more settled weather before and over the weekend as a high pressure system moves in.

[Dan B]

Soggy as it gets here today; a constant drizzle and 7ºC

 

Supposed to clear up tomorrow; back at it Thursday though

[WillinGlossop]

Just managed to put up outdoor decorations & lights before last downpour ️ ️ ️ 

Damp = word of the day 

[Rain Lady]

Annual total 1758.9 mm by this morning at 9GMT.   Beefy showers since then.

Grim gloomy conditions.  Can anyone remember blue skies and sun?

[Dan B]

1 hour ago, WillinGlossop said:

Just managed to put up outdoor decorations & lights before last downpour ️ ️ ️ 

Damp = word of the day 

 

Fortunately got ours done last week whilst it was cold & dry outside

 

Our neighbour did theirs the other day and he got caught in a downpour just before he got them all sorted; he was sodden!