Child Of Nadine (karin) - Severe Weather Discussion - Day 2 To 6

[Dorsetbred]

Some nice bands of showers packing in along the coast

[Paul]

Sure are, current state of play:

[gottolovethisweather]

Some nice bands of showers packing in along the coast

I think that will be the theme, typical of the day judging by how it is dawning. I think a fair few will be glad to be rid of the prolonged stuff.

Having said that, a number of showers will contain Hail and will be Thundery in nature and already have been.

[Coast]

Some nice bands of showers packing in along the coast

Dumped another load onto Sussex first thing (just abated) and now the run-off form the Downs is starting to make itself felt on roads and back lanes as chalky rivers. Looks like there could be some localised flooding here today now.

[Paul]

Rain total map from yesterday shows exactly why many parts of Northern England & North Wales have flooding issues - widely 50-80mm, some places 100mm+ of rain. Can also see how the rain rotated around the low:

[Interitus]

SYNOP reports 72-hr totals to 06:00 UTC

Leeming 100mm

Rhyl 94.4

Bingley 93.4

Crosby 93.4

Shap 91.8

Shawbury 86.6

Topcliffe 86

Fylingdales 84.6

Albemarle 80.6

Capel Curig 80.4

Edited September 26, 2012 by Interitus

[itsnowjoke]

Still raining here not stopped at all doesnt look as grey though today

[Paul]

A collection of photos of the flooding from around the country:

Flooding In Pictures

[AWD]

A collection of photos of the flooding from around the country:

Flooding In Pictures

Some pretty bad floods there from various areas of the UK, just goes to show how widespread it has been.

Lucky, the winds were more localised to Scotland and parts of the east only.

Improving picture from now on though.

[Coast]

Media now onto what seems to be showing up in this forum and across the country:

Weather: worst September storm in 30 years continues to batter Britain

The torrential rain and high winds which have lashed Britain since the weekend were caused by the worst September storm in more than 30 years, forecasters said today.

• More than 300 properties flooded across UK since Sunday

• Hundreds evacuated from their homes spend the night in temporary accommodation

• Met Office figures show it has been Britain’s worst September storm since 1981

• Disruption continues on railways and roads

• Forecasters say the bad weather will ease off as it moves south

Hundreds of people were forced to stay in temporary accommodation overnight after two days of heavy downpours caused flooding in North-East England and Yorkshire and brought travel chaos. The country was braced for further rain, strong winds and floods today as the weather system moved south, but meteorologists said the bad conditions would gradually ease off throughout the day.

The Met Office said an area of low pressure measuring 973 millibars was recorded near the coast of north-east England at about 9am yesterday, the lowest figure for the month since 1981. This makes it Britain’s worst September storm in 31 years. More than 300 properties have flooded across the country since Sunday, including in Morpeth, Durham, Chester-le-Street and Stockton on Tees, the Environment Agency said. The Environment Agency still had 78 flood warnings and 128 less serious flood alerts in place this morning, Rail operators said heavy rain and flooding was continuing to cause disruption, with cancellations and severe delays on a series of services in northern England and north Wales.

Martin Young, the Met Office’s chief forecaster, said: “An unusually deep area of low pressure for this time of year will continue to bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the UK for the next day or so. “The rain will gradually ease away from Scotland, but further heavy rain is expected across parts of Wales and southern England, where up to 40 mm (1.6in) of rain may fall locally in places over the next 24 hours.â€

Emergency services dealt with hundreds of call-outs yesterday as people were left stranded by floodwaters and overflowing rivers surged into homes and businesses. Elderly residents at a council care home in North Yorkshire had to be carried to safety by firefighters yesterday after it became swamped by 3ft of water. A modern block of flats in Newburn, Newcastle, had to be evacuated after its foundations appeared to have been washed away.

Parts of Yorkshire and North-East England experienced a month's rain in just 24 hours yesterday. Forecasters MeteoGroup said Ravensworth in North Yorkshire had seen the highest amount of rain, with 131mm (5.2in) recorded since the start of the heavy downpours on Sunday night. Rhyl, north Wales, had recorded 95mm (3.7in) of rain since Sunday, while Northern Ireland has also seen heavy downpours.

However, Andy Ratcliffe, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, sounded a note of optimism, saying: "Today is not going to be persistent rain like we have had, it will be more showery, mainly across East Anglia, down into London and across southern England into Wales. "There will be heavy patches of rain, and even the risk of the odd thunder storm, but as we go through to this evening and over night, many places will become dry. "Tomorrow it is likely to be a day of scattered showers." The Environment Agency warned that river levels will continue to rise through today along the River Ouse in Yorkshire and the River Severn, which could cause further flooding as the water moves downstream.

http://www.telegraph...er-Britain.html

Storm continues to cause havoc

• Morpeth suffered severe flooding - four years after a similar event
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Flooding is expected to continue to cause problems, as the most intense September storm for 30 years continues. Almost 80 warnings are in place, mainly in the north of England and the Scottish borders. Some areas could receive a further 20mm-40mm of rain. However, the weather will slowly improve throughout the day, forecasters said. Hundreds of people spent the night in temporary shelter and parts of many roads were closed. Tuesday saw some places deluged in what was their wettest September day on record, with hundreds of homes being evacuated.

On Wednesday parts of south Wales and southern and north-eastern England will bear the worst of Wednesday's heavy rain, with the "potential for local accumulations for 20mm-40mm," the Met Office said. However, it added that "there remains uncertainty about exactly where the heaviest rain will fall." More than 300 properties have flooded across the country since the storm began on Sunday, including in Morpeth, Durham, Chester-le-Street and Stockton on Tees, the Environment Agency said.

BBC Weather's Peter Gibbs has the details of why the low pressure system is being recorded as the most intense September storm in 30 years. Train services in the north of England and parts of Scotland will still be disrupted, National Rail said. There is a very limited East Coast service operating between York and Newcastle, and an amended service is running between Newcastle and Edinburgh. There was also disruption on a couple of routes from Manchester after flooding, and delays between Blackpool North and Preston because of a landslip.

On the roads, the A1 in North Yorkshire remained closed between junctions 49 and 60 on Wednesday morning. At least a dozen other roads also remained shut due to flooding. In Wales, 11 flood alerts remained in place. The Environment Agency warned that river levels would continue to rise into Wednesday along the River Ouse in Yorkshire and the River Severn, which could cause further flooding. In Morpeth, Northumberland, homes were evacuated and about 40 residents rescued by fire services after the River Wansbeck burst its banks. Morpeth suffered bad flooding in 2008, and defences are not expected to start being built until next year.

Alan Bell, of the Morpeth Flood Action Group, said residents were afraid every time it rained. "There's always panic in the town, we always check the weather." He said the building of flood defences were expected to start next year and be completed within two years. "When you've been flooded, you always worry about when it rains. Four years is a long time. At least we might be able to rest easily at night when it's raining."

Among the worst hit places was Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, which had 89mm (3.5in) of rain in 24 hours and more than 100mm (4in) since Sunday. A row of houses in Newcastle was close to collapse after flooding. The homes at Spencer Court in Newburn could fall at any time, the Fire Brigade said

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19725625

[Andy Bown]

Rain total map from yesterday shows exactly why many parts of Northern England & North Wales have flooding issues - widely 50-80mm, some places 100mm+ of rain. Can also see how the rain rotated around the low:

That is a stunning image, it so clearly shows the lines of showers that ran through the West Country and on NE then continued round in the anticlockwise motion.

[Coast]

Yesterdays storms in one gif. You can see the lightning that came up The Channel and through Kent later last night if you look closely:

[Paul]

Latest homepage headline:

Worst September Storm For 30 Years?

[Coast]

Some unfortunately impressive rain totals for major UK towns yesetrday:

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[matty40s]

Some people make the best of it

surfing to work in Castleford http://www.bbc.co.uk...-leeds-19727594

The river I am on has only dropped 2" in the last 24 hours, it usually drops far faster than that, and there was no rain yesterday.

there has also been a major breach of the Trent and Mersey canal at Dutton (near Preston Brook) just south of Manchester.

I will post the link, and have requested the person to make it viewable by all.

https://www.facebook...152134242365599

It is a big breach, and continuing to grow, the watefall at the other end is the canal level, It will be a long time before this is fixed.

There is a 16 mile closure in place at present as more culverts are inspected..

Edited September 26, 2012 by matty40s

[AWD]

Some unfortunately impressive rain totals for major UK towns yesetrday:

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

In surprised Bristol is that low, thought we had a lot more than that. Especially after viewing local news reports with the associated pictures.

[Liam J]

A much better weather picture over Northern England this morning after the deluge that many of have seen over the last day or two. Unfortunately this is only the start of what will be a huge clean up operation for areas that have been badly affected by Nadines child.

Sunny skies here this morning, lake and river levels are very high but thankfully major flooding appears to have been avoided here in Cumbria.

[Coast]

http://youtu.be/1Kp7E9NXU4Q

http://youtu.be/iOQEpAkDwzM

[chiffer]

Thunder and lighting really bad here!

[MrSunshine]

Thunder and lighting really bad here!

Just the one big rumble of thunder heard here.

[Coast]

Still some interesting things in the offering throughout the rest of the day, by the looks of the SatRep analysis:

Occluded front pushes around

[matty40s]

Seems amazing that the low came up as far as Newcastle, and turned West, dropping back down and is now centred between Plymouth and Exeter. Undecided like Mother Nadine.

Bringing us back to mother, who by Sunday will be back in presicely the same position as when she had this baby!!!!

[The PIT]

Well the last few days brought more Rain than in 2007 which started the floods in Sheffield. 80.6mm compared to 66.7mm. The big differance though was 11 days before the flooding we had 103mm of rain and then another 33mm in the days between.

[Mapantz]

Just had three torrential downpours in the last hour and a half, shot my total up to 17.6mm for the day. 82mm since Sunday!

[Cloud 10]

Well,off goes "karin" into the english channel,a troublesome child indeed!