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A good little read... http://www.blackpoolweather.info/1/archives/03-2013/1.html Thought i'd share.

http://www.blackpoolweather.info/summary.html have upgraded the warning also. Love this site

http://www.blackpoolweather.info/alerts.html have an alert out... but not too confident.

www.blackpoolweather.info warnings out today and saying a chance of snow! Very cloudy and dark right now, loks like heavy rain but the wind has settled... for now. Perfer this to cold and snow

Blackpool Weather have changed the warning. It's much calmer here now.

http://www.blackpoolweather.info/alerts.html gone yellow. Very blustery now with rain... love it

Looks quite stormy 'up north' and Just seen http://www.blackpoolweather.info/struk.html have put warning out too! I like atlantic storms as supposed to cold/snow but i'd better not let them know that on the 'other' topic

Not really. You can get deep lows winding up as they move over - think a few years ago one (1/4 the size) moved down the East Coast thus raised flooding alerts ect. But in general it would be a rare event. Unless im wrong im sure someone on here will correct me.

It's melting quite fast now in blackpool but blackpoolweather.info are hinting for more next week! That would be nice.

blackpoolweather.info are talking about it on there site, don't think they are in comp' with netweather. Plus the odd flurry is skirting us now here on the Fylde Coast.

Very windy over night in BLACKPOOL. Strong gusts over 35mph poss more. Cold strong wind but very clear - loverly vista of glittering stars and the moon. Currently 3.4oC.... Im keeping away from the model page, very hot there!

Looks like Scotland will see the strongest gales. Winds look strong even inland for the UK. I noticed off the GFS some mini vortex's ( Don't know what they are called) with this squall line even into the weekend. http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess= I personally like gales rather than the cold so this fits fine. Stay safe.

Because the Gease are flying over head right now - south and I saw a robin last week. Oh, and the Utility Companies have put the rates up!

Hey, it's named after me! Tropical Storm Gordon formed in the Atlantic overnight but was expected to steer clear of land, meteorologists said. The storm was centered about 585 miles east of Bermuda and was moving northeast at about 14 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Gordon was expected to intensify slightly in coming days and could turn into a hurricane by the week's end. But the tropical storm will likely stay over open waters. It's a small tropical storm, with winds up to 40 mph extending only 25 miles out from the center of the system, forecasters said. Gordon is the seventh named storm of this hurricane season, which was predicted to see 12 to 15 named storms, of which, up to eight could be hurricanes. LINK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19280220 TORNADO IN BOLTON... near me! Cool, glad everyone okay! 8-)

This has all the hallmarks of a Tropical Style storm in Florida but for us. Our own micro hurricane season. I like 8-)

Great thunderstorms moving up from Wales into the FYLDE / Lancaster area into CUMBRIA now. Been like this since 20:00rs... more to come. CG's and very heavy rain. It's all worth it. http://www.facebook.com/groups/454424434575488/

As regards pressures, airmass and fronts. 1. In SUMMER is an Occluded Front is an area of squeezed walm air pushed above to masses of moving cooler air thus forming quite unstable conditions in that area? If so is an occluded front more liable to produce a greater risk of unsettled weather ie : hail and thunder with strong gusts over a longer period of time than just a moving cold front pushing a warm mass. 2. In the WINTER a cold front can cause snow depending on the amount of moisture in the walm mass area or at the front edge? 3. In the summer high pressure is generally warm fair weather but in the winter cool settled weather is the norm? 4. Low pressure regardless the time of year is unsettled but not always stormy? I respect there maybe more 'machanics' behind what I say but is the basic principle right? I know some of these questions seem basic but I have always deamed the above to be correct and I just need a bit of clarity to help my selfeducation as sometimes the weather models / forecasts confuse or conflict ones train of thought.

GFS might be calming the LP's down a bit and allowing walmer or milder conditions in and out of cooler periods for example : Thurs 15/12 (+75) 00z -5's on the 850's then at 159 we have a 10, four days later. Very up and down activity that can get us into double figures before christmas. (Compared to last). This low pressure is very much south of the UK shores in my mind, a classic Franco event that should get the French talking about the weather... just like us Brits, then a short lived secondary low spins down from Southern Ireland into the same region 12 hrs later. Not much in it really. As regards us guys here on Blighty I would be surprised if lower levels as stated to gain any snowfall to take picts off... just don't see it. Think the models might be a bit to excited (influenced by the netweather vibe prob). Better to see the next few day's runs to understand any pattern. Going back under the covers now, ttfn.

Looks very windy for Mon late PM then quiter for a 'day-time' storm on Weds. Similar gusts of 80mph for the North West of England but Irish Sea may add a bigger blast than that. Wales and South Scotland look in the firing line on this one. How many schools will shut this time?

Luna halo, cool ! (high cirrus) gfs and ECM like the low on mon - tue's . rocky weather further south .

Heavy rain in Blackpool and lower prom is swamped with huge waves . Gusts about 50mph but feels worse . More to come !

BECO issued a VSW! My weather station max gust 41.2mph but belive me its more than that. When a large gust hits is fast and makes house creak. Plus there's a dull humming noise coming from the prom and I'm 1/4 mile from it in Blackpool. Been to Gynn and the waves are huge! Ill try to upload video or picts.

To me... Over the next week the models show the low pressures bringing cooler periods after sweeping past the UK with a good chance of snow mainly in the hills but also at low levels the more north and west you are. 'Short lived' events with blustery conditions and wintery showers but still more active than of late. Poss deep low to follow same track as this one over Thurs across Scotland with a sence of higher windspeads. Similar to the mid 90's say 1995 around christmas, strong winds and cooler themes. Oh BECO are warning also.

beco issued warnings...