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The Met have very generously handed out a yellow waring for rain from 6pm today, that covers a central slice of the region. It looks like you'll get the 6mm and it looks like we'll get plenty more here to add to the year's wettest month. Wrap up this evening if you're out locally.

The rain train just keeps on coming. Yesterday's rain took us over 1600mm for the year. That's 300 to 400mm above an average year. We're also sat on just over 230mm for December, and if the rest of the month pans out as forecast, then that'll get above 250mm and be the wettest month of the year. With its constant low light and the inability for surfaces to dry out, December is a poor month to have so much rain. 28 days in and only 3 dry days. Grim.

Where's all this come from? Good luck to anyone currently navigating a few pubs or bars.

Another grim day, in a month of many grim days. Today's torrential drizzle seems to have abated somewhat but I'm sure it'll be back soon. Twenty days with rain this month says it all really. If the rain keeps up for the next week we might sneak over 1600mm for the year. That makes it a really wet 12 months, as it's around a third more than the local average of 1200mm. It seems to be the way though these days. Long wet periods interspersed with shorter very dry ones. Hopefully we'll get a drier week or 2 sometime soon. Merry Christmas all .

Snow again here as the temperature has dropped to around 0c with the dp just that little bit lower. If what is still lying on the roads and pavements freezes, it'll be chaos in the morning.

It seems to be getting heavier the further inland it creeps. Looks like you might be in the sweet spot if it does snow.

Anyone any thoughts on this finger of heavier stuff coming in south of Southport. It seems to be heading east towards an area between the M65 and M62. Its showing as fairly heavy and if it stays that way is it possibly going to fall as snow as it comes over higher ground. Out in Manchester right now so planning the journey home, as it gets a little difficult if more snow falls. Thanks.

We've got about 2 to 3 inches here. Can't complain at that. Its all a bit wet though and the drip, drip, drip can be heard. Our 5 month old golden retriever has seen snow for the first time and loves it.

Same here. Dp at 0c, and the highest its been all day.

It does look this way, but there's a fair bit showing on the current radar just south of Colwyn Bay that is a good 25 to 30 miles further north than what is in front of it. Fingers crossed it continues on its more northerly track.

Snow has made it here. Very light but instantly settling on all surfaces. It looks very patchy on the radar but it could pep up. Christmas lights switch on in the village this evening and this makes it that bit more special.

You can't beat a bit of snow potential first thing on a Saturday in December. Maybe the apps are beginning to smell the faintest whiff of the morning coffee as we have snow now showing on both the Met and BBC. Good luck everyone.

Similar to other folks, we have a dusting of snow. Not much, but it counts as the first this season. Hope its not the last .

A poor day again, and unfortunately on a Sunday. It seems to have been going on for weeks. We'll get near 25mm rain for the day. It's only 3.20 and the evening seems to be already setting in. Fingers crossed there's a change coming later this coming week, no matter how brief, to give us a break and let the groundwater levels drop.

Another poor, poor day. Not a glimpse a brightness and showers coming through every 30 mins or so. Rain totals 120mm for the half month, so unless we get a dramatic change in fortunes, it is going to be another very wet one. One dry day in the last 3 weeks just about sums it up.

East Lancashire is soggy and overcast. 70mm rain already this month and only 2 totally dry days in the last 3 weeks. A change is needed. I know we seem to get stuck in lengthy wet and dry periods, but lately the wet ones seem to outnumber the dry ones and they go on a whole lot longer.

A shockingly poor day by any standards. 30mm of rain and a temperature struggling up to 8c. More rain to come. After a wet October, the ground is saturated and this wet week will make things worse. Not great if like me, your work is based on working in the ground. No sign of any settled period either. Grim.

I think we'll rarely see a better example of the rain shadow effect from an easterly. Currently on 15mm of rain here for the day when those closer to the western Pennines have had a far wetter day. For those from Wakefield to Chesterfield it's been so much worse. Intriguing how these set ups don't tend to work the other way round. Under a stationary front and a westerly we wouldn't usually be looking at 100mm plus. It's almost lake effect rain from the North Sea. At least its not mid winter with sub zero temps. They'd be buried and we'd have nowt to speak of.

Another wet start today with 15mm so far. These wet early mornings seem quite frequent recently. Thankfully the all important northern edge to this band is a good 50 or 60 miles further south than forecast yesterday evening by the Met. With a bit of luck it'll clear through far quicker and take this damp, grey muckfest with it.

A beautiful autumn day with bue skies and 12c as any cloud remained to the south. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong again tomorrow with rain seemingly drawn in our direction yet again. Hopefully, the forecast location of said rain is, as has been the case a few times recently, incorrect.

Yeah, when they get it wrong in a bad way, we always seem to get the worst of it. It happened the other way round last week when the trailing front forecast for southern Scotland parked itself over us. We always say it, but if this was snow we'd be bone dry.

20mm since midnight here suggests it's been a wet morning so far. I take it that the trailing front forecast in midweek to be over southern Scotland has set up 250 miles south. Is this why a weekend of much promise has slowly lost its shine? Fingers crossed it all gets booted north.

Yeah, areas to the north of here seem to be copping the worst of it today. Up to 35mm here so far and it's very reminiscent of the 23rd of July when we got to 48mm, up til now the wettest day of the year. Will we get to 50mm today? Looking at the conveyor of rain coming off the Irish Sea it looks a possibility.

Lightning popping off every 10 seconds or so from the storm over Glossop. Decent show from here although rather silent. 20230910_205520.mp4

This has turned into a remarkable spell of weather for September. Didn't expect more than 24c or so today but the recent sun has got us to 26c for the 7th day in a row. It'll be a long while til we seem the same again. Difficult to tell the storm potential for later as it all looks a bit disorganised down south.