iand61
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Thought it was brightening, now it’s raining.
ah well, it’s the weather and it will do what it wants.
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Had Worse been and gone by 9, a bit tight going through the front door but we now have a kitchen completely taken over by an American fridge freezer
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Up at silly o’clock on a rest day as it looks like we’ve got an early delivery slot from a two letter online electrical retailer.
that said it’s a 4 hour slot so 7.15 could still end up being 11.15 but at least it frees up the rest of the day.
just need the rain and grime to sod off so that we can make the most of the warm sunshine that’s apparently available at the moment.
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A bit of a strange day weather wise, foggy start quickly turned into a lovely sunny morning and a lovely drive up the M6 to Morecambe.
sunny while we were looking at caravans but it quickly clouded over as we came back down home.
rain then on the way to, during and after the football.
another interesting thing was that, thanks to the inability whoever set some temporary lights, we got from the top side of Morecambe to within 2 miles of home in the same time as we did the last 2 miles and then after straight in and out only just made the match.
biggest surprise of the day though was that Burnley actually won
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I spoke to soon, brightening up nicely now.
Off out shortly to the seaside for a look at a couple of caravans and weigh up whether the idea is for us.
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Even the forecasted dry, bright and frosty start has ended up as damp and foggy up here.
no doubt it will clear in time for the cloud and rain to arrive though but last long enough to suppress the chance of some pleasant warmth.
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Rain hammering on the windows again this morning with the sound of the wind roaring through the trees.
another great start to a day
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Scuba steve wasn’t that just the tide coming back in
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If we must have mild weather then why can’t it be the dry sunny type which at least makes it feel pleasant rather than the default cloudy wet conditions that take away any benefit and still leaves us with a cold raw feel.
not the briefest glimpse of sunshine here yesterday and although the heaviest of the rain kept away for most of daylight hours, it was still depressingly wet and the 12c reached hardly felt pleasant.
today’s forecast is hinting at the mid teens but again the threat of rain is there so it’s
that we get a clearance and some warm feeling sunshine as the front heads off north.
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itsnowjoke sorry for your loss.
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Had the granddog last night and took him out this morning, couldn’t believe how cold and raw it felt.
Probably only what I should expect at this stage in March but not pleasant all the same and I was glad to get back in the house.
Off over the hill shortly to drop him at home then being driver for wife’s Mothers Day meal and daughters first one as a mother herself.
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Alexis aye, as often happens in this type of set up, a I am pretty much on the western edge of the heavier stuff with it dying out just a couple of miles to my west while the the tops and upslopes further east are seeing the heavier rain.
thankfully it’s not snow as at least we’re not missing out on something that we want.
Still it’s a thoroughly awful morning up here.
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Had Worse same here.
I’ve lost fence panels in easterly winds on days where there’s been nothing but a light breeze a few miles down the valley to the west.
they don’t happen every year but are usually in the spring and it’s a constant wind rather than gusty so maybe a scaled back but similar set up to the Helm Wind.
It must be a common set up down the west facing Pennine upslopes.
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A Face like Thunder he is right about the Helm
its a wind that happens under specific weather conditions, mainly in the spring and heads down the western slopes of Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines towards the Eden valley and the general direction of Sedbergh.apparently the helm is the name for the cloud bar that usually covers Cross fell at the same time as the wind and although it’s a very local event and seldom causes the amount of damage that would make the news, it is capable of wind speeds in excess of 80 mph but a few miles down the valley it’s hardly a leaf rustler.
never witnessed it myself and my walks over Cross fell have always been in glorious conditions but it certainly an exposed place.
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I’ve taken a few days off here as the continuing crap weather pattern is depressing me but I thought I’d post today that this weekends current conditions and forecast is depressing me even more.
if a fence rattling easterly is your thing then today is heaven.
if cold raw temperatures, cloudy skies and the threat of rain does it for you then again, what a great prospect but for those like me who are just looking for lengthening daylight to turn up with its mate, warmer weather then it’s a kick in the teeth.
yes March can be a month of winter conditions and yes we have been somewhat spoilt over recent years with at least some warmer conditions mixed in but this pattern of the weather not taking any notice of the seasons and putting spoilers in wherever possible has been locked in since late June last year and is currently showing no signs of changing.
Even the dry and limited sunshine of the last few days have hardly been warm and to me that lack of anything remotely warm and pleasant feeling, apart from a couple of days for some in February has been the worst part of it.
I’ve had enough of yet another winter that refused to deliver but a spring that does the same is looking increasingly likely.
Rant over and back to looking for a hint of something better at 240 hours in the same way that the mad thread looks for a bit of frost and a flake of snow.
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Something cold and wet falling from the sky but I won’t call it snow or will likely be charged under trades description laws
Not driving into Manchester so just deciding how to get to the bus, walk in whatever cold and wet is falling or taxi
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Day 10 aye and as usual we won’t get it
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Weather-history interesting to see the bit about thaw warning ignored and skaters going through the ice.
obviously stupidity isn’t a modern day thing.
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Looking good for another round of snow up here today.
no science behind other than a quick look at the charts and the fact that I’m down at the other end of the Irwell wandering around the Manchester/ Salford border.
no doubt just unpleasant cold rain there.
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Still a covering of snow on the grass and roofs up here from the two or three cm that fell from mid morning until mid afternoon.
not a bad effort in the end but it didn’t take long for the sun to break through and clear if off the drive before I got home.
saved me a job.
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Or as many will think on here, Happy where the hell has another poor winter gone
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As already said, it’s looking like a repeat of the other last minute let down with cold rain and sleet as good as it gets for anyone not half way up a mountain.
i must admit to being sucked in by the build up to the early Feb event and being disappointed when it all went belly up at the last moment but no such expectations this time and no disappointment when it’s a few hours of wet sloppy crap that barely covers even the colder surfaces.
It’s March and the extra daylight of the last few days has put me in full spring mode so anything less that a full scale blizzard and I’m not interested.
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Plenty of snow symbols showing for Friday on the Met app for here and a BBC forecast showing snow both tomorrow and Saturday so if it comes off we could easily be looking at the best snow opportunity this winter.
or it could all downgrade at the last moment into a wet sleety mess as did the last event.
either way we will soon know.
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itsnowjoke aye same here, dark as well.
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Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards
in Northwest Weather Discussion
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Not particularly a train enthusiast but it’s not every day that you come out of Rawtenstall retail park as A4 Pacific Sir Nigel Gresley is slowly heading into the station
Just a shame that my phone was in my pocket but a lot of cameras were in action.
weatherwise, it’s tuned into a lovely sunny and mild spring afternoon.