Northwest England regional thread 3 /3 onwards

[WillinGlossop]

Fourth day in a row of 28c or above.... loving the weather but hoping the fires, which look to be smouldering from this side  the valley, can eventually be kept under some sort of control... doesn’t look like rain in the next week... can see some form of hosepipe ban coming into force soon...

[Weather-history]

29C at Manchester Airport

A dewpoint of 0C and a humidity of just 15%

Isn't that something you likely to see in a desert?

[Weather-history]

Met Office forecast

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Staying largely dry, sunny and hot for all parts of the region over the weekend and into the start of next week.

Updated: 15:42 on Thu 28 Jun 2018 BST

 

 

[toggerob]

Winter Hill is alight with the second major moorfire now in progress with some 50 crews from Lancs FB at the scene. Locally the Derbyshire Fire crews have had their 4th callout within the space of a day dealing to a grassland fire atop of Eccles Pike which originated from some broken glass. 

[Weather-history]

2 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Winter Hill is alight with the second major moorfire now in progress with some 50 crews from Lancs FB at the scene. Locally the Derbyshire Fire crews have had their 4th callout within the space of a day dealing to a grassland fire atop of Eccles Pike which originated from some broken glass. 

I thought I could see smoke.

GFS 12Z is very worrying if you want rain. No rain at least until next Friday!

[Spurry]

Definite smokey glow appeared in the last 20-30 minutes

[Weather-history]

 

[Snow free zone]

Smoke clearly seen from here from the winter hill fire. 

[carl1980]

Winter hill fire from st helens

[severe snowstorm]

I thought tomorrow was supposed to be 'slightly' cooler. Metoffice going for 31c again though. Not good news about Winter Hill now also being on fire. A deluge of rain would be most welcome to help extinguish these fires, but looking dry and hot for several days to come. Incredible period of weather. Looks like the slim chance of thunderstorms has now diminished for the back end of the weekend now.

Edited June 28, 2018 by Dexter

[itsnowjoke]

Too hot too type much

[Mokidugway]

3 minutes ago, itsnowjoke said:

Too hot too type much

I've typed at 50c grow a set

[WillinGlossop]

Still 45c in direct sun... 26c still in shade... just watered garden at half time... made fire pit with a couple of grills on tripods with pulleys... hotdogs and onions before kickoff... beer butt chicken for final whistle... lookslike this weathers set to stay for at least another ten days (plus or minus a few degrees) loving the sun and warmth but not liking the fires and glad peeps are thinking about the firefighters... community spirit 

Edited June 28, 2018 by WillinGlossop

[HafrenLMP1]

Was out on a bike ride earlier,around Ormskirk/ Westhead/ Lathom and you could see the smoke on Winter Hill - it looked pretty bad.....

[dodge]

Probably won't be the last of the fires if this hot dry spell continues.   From a personal point of view the low humidity had made it much bearable.  Feels like it should instead of feeling like your in a greenhouse and cloaked in moisture.  

[toggerob]

Stiflingly hot here again today with all the windows and doors open now the sun is down, local firecrews currently on their 5th shout of today attending a small fire by the local reservoir in woodland. Thanks to a eagle-eyed passer by who raised the alarm after discovering a few local idiots had left it smouldering away...the mind boggles sometimes. 

[Mokidugway]

4 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Stiflingly hot here again today with all the windows and doors open now the sun is down, local firecrews currently on their 5th shout of today attending a small fire by the local reservoir in woodland. Thanks to a eagle-eyed passer by who raised the alarm after discovering a few local idiots had left it smouldering away...the mind boggles sometimes. 

Quite concerned about moorland above me , it's tinder dry and borders my plot  keeping an eye on it 

[Cheshire Freeze]

It's getting to the point now where even someone throwing a cigarette butt onto dry grassy areas could cause major issues. Not just on about moorland areas neither. Verges and everything here are yellowy brown. 

Could be looking at an early autumn in terms of tree leaf change too. Would imagine they'll be yellowing off back end of July at this rate. 

Edited June 28, 2018 by CreweCold

[Weather-history]

GFS 18z op run was exceptionally dry for our region

1mm for the Lancashire plain in total if believed by mid July

Edited June 29, 2018 by Weather-history

[Deep Snow please]

5 hours ago, Weather-history said:

GFS 18z op run was exceptionally dry for our region

1mm for the Lancashire plain in total if believed by mid July

Yup, looking like this is going to be a memorable spell. If not for all the right reasons. Can foresee a few more fires going off if it stays like this another week.

[Snow free zone]

6 hours ago, Weather-history said:

GFS 18z op run was exceptionally dry for our region

1mm for the Lancashire plain in total if believed by mid July

Oh dear .... i'm assuming theres some kind of easterly flow involved there then ?  looks like some of the ppn charts that were posted throughout the cold easterly events during the winter.

[Snow free zone]

Makes you wonder what goes through the mind of some folk ....... Sky News reporting man arrested on suspicion of arson re the Winter hill fire .... words fail me  

https://news.sky.com/story/man-arrested-over-fire-at-winter-hill-near-bolton-11420798

 

[Backtrack]

Met office going for a high of 32C in the region today. 

 

Yesterday was the 3rd consecutive day of 30C and above. Today looks likely to be the fourth. Exceptional weather. Something only those south of the English border are used to!

 

Long May it continue!

[carinthian]

Again , Manchester hottest city in England. Keswick and Cheshire also the hot spots in England. Just amazing spell of heat for the NW of England, maybe one of the longest dry spells for years in some  places.

C

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Looking bad on the #Belmont side now #winterhill #bolton #wildfire Not sure if it has burn round clockwise from #rivington or if it’s a new one started on the east. #manchesterfire

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