Northwest England regional thread 3 /3 onwards

[itsnowjoke]

Sorry 21c here no sun though 

[WillinGlossop]

Looking stormy something building towards south Sheffield 

[dodge]

Another superb Sunny Sunday....had a storm and short burst of torrential rain the other night but I'd bet the last 10-14 days have only had two instances of falling rain here.  The ground gobbled up that rain as well and anything green is growing at a very fast rate in these ideal conditions.

[iand61]

Fantastic days weather.

 A few jobs done in the garden, a couple of hours sat out in the sun and now a couple of bottles of real ale to help wash down my tea.

And with the next few days looking settled it’s just a shame it’s back inside at work but at least at this time of year we are approaching maximum daylight so no excuse for not enjoy what’s left of the day.

 

[Snow free zone]

Storm in Preston friday evening with some flash flooding in the more eastern parts of the city.

Just confirming what others have been saying .... its been notably dry here for almost all of May, June looks set to at least start in the same way, with the met office suggesting another dry week https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcw1fe28j#?date=2018-06-10

 

[Weather-history]

Sunshine levels since mid April have been pretty phenomenal. There have been cloudy periods but it feels as though there has been a real glut of sunshine.

[itsnowjoke]

19c lovely

[itsnowjoke]

Nice wine in the garden till the sun disappears over the houses across

[iand61]

2 hours ago, itsnowjoke said:

Nice wine in the garden till the sun disappears over the houses across

Make the most of it mate but wine on a school night, I daren’t risk that one

another fantastic days weather though, this year is certainly delivering and long may it continue.

[itsnowjoke]

57 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Make the most of it mate but wine on a school night, I daren’t risk that one

another fantastic days weather though, this year is certainly delivering and long may it continue.

Well I have booked the day off tomorrow so all good 

[Mokidugway]

If the nights keep drawing out like this should have 24 hour sunshine by the end of July

[Staffordshire]

Good evening my NW'ly friends, I hope you are all keeping well!

 

This shall be my last weekend in Manchester for a few weeks now and I am hoping that the weather will be at least dry, what are you guys thinking for Saturday and more specifically Sunday?

 

Many thanks

[Mokidugway]

I'm in Estonia for the weekend ,might get some tunder 

 

[Had Worse]

28 minutes ago, Mokidugway said:

I'm in Estonia for the weekend ,might get some tunder 

 

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tündér

[dodge]

Not seeing a cloudy start here, the sun already in full show.   Maybe it will cloud over later but another fine early summer's day on the cards.

Edited June 6, 2018 by dodgeredee

[itsnowjoke]

20c here lovely 

[WillinGlossop]

20c here 23c near Chester earlier on way back from Rhyl/Prestatyn... fish and chips for lunch on seafront.... blue skies all day lovely...never seen so many statics and caravans 

Edited June 6, 2018 by WillinGlossop

[iand61]

Another brilliant days weather, 21c max here but felt plenty warm enough in the strong sunshine and although the pollen count was very high, my hayfever kept away.

Obviously a long time remaining for it to go belly up but so far, late spring and summer 2018 has delivered big style.

[Backtrack]

I don’t think I can remember a longer, better spell of warm sunny weather, ever, in the UK. This is fantastic!

[Weather-history]

So who is right?

 

Met office forcast

Tonight:

Cloud will thicken from the south this evening, with a band of rain slowly arriving into the early hours. It will be heavy at times, with the risk of thunder. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Manchester latest TAF

The report was made 1 hour and 0 minutes ago, at 10:57 UTC

Forecast valid from 07 at 12 UTC to 08 at 18 UTC

Wind 8 kt from the Northeast

Visibility 10 km or more

Few clouds at a height of 3000 ft

Probability 30% :

Temporary
from 08 at 00 UTC to 08 at 08 UTC

Visibility: 8000 m

 

[alr1970]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

So who is right?

I'd say the airport are right, given that's the text forecast for the whole NW. Rainfall at low elevation will be minimal and patchy. Beyond that, I'd say the GFS is overestimating precipitation as it always does 5 days out and the "pattern change" will result in a slightly cooler version of what we've experienced for the last 4 weeks.

Which is a shame as the soil in my area is getting very dry. Local weather station on Wunderground shows no rain at all since last Wednesday, and less than 25mm in the 3 weeks prior to that. That's less than half the average for May.

Luckily there's a water leak outside my house that I can catch and use to water the garden a bucketful at a time but some natural watering would be most welcome.

Edited June 7, 2018 by alr1970

[iand61]

What a great spell of weather this is turning out to be and for the first time in what seems like years, a proper winter has been followed by a proper summer.

Wedding anniversary so off out for a nice country pub meal now and for a change it may just be eaten outside.

[Mokidugway]

Off to Tallin tomorrow till Sunday should be interesting ...

[cheshire snow]

20 hours ago, Weather-history said:

So who is right?

 

Met office forcast

Tonight:

Cloud will thicken from the south this evening, with a band of rain slowly arriving into the early hours. It will be heavy at times, with the risk of thunder. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Manchester latest TAF

The report was made 1 hour and 0 minutes ago, at 10:57 UTC

Forecast valid from 07 at 12 UTC to 08 at 18 UTC

Wind 8 kt from the Northeast

Visibility 10 km or more

Few clouds at a height of 3000 ft

Probability 30% :

Temporary
from 08 at 00 UTC to 08 at 08 UTC

Visibility: 8000 m

 

Man Airport TAF correct for my neck of the woods cloudy start here but still feels humid current temp 15.2c

C.S

[alr1970]

Well, despite my best efforts to repel it, it is actually raining lightly in the city centre. It doesn't look like much on the radar so I doubt it will amount to anything useful.