Northwest England regional thread 3 /3 onwards

[Mokidugway]

Grand day  today ,went up coniston old man, Dow crag down to Torver then along lake back to coniston for a well earned pint ,perfect .

[toggerob]

Moorland fire up the top-end of the Goyt late this afternoon and firefighters will be standing down past sunset (about this time in writing) due to safety. Smoke plume from it was drifting all the way down to the Hope Valley, easily seen along the A5004 and Cat+Fiddle road which may still be closed at this time.

 

[Mokidugway]

9 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Moorland fire up the top-end of the Goyt late this afternoon and firefighters will be standing down past sunset (about this time in writing) due to safety. Smoke plume from it was drifting all the way down to the Hope Valley, easily seen along the A5004 and Cat+Fiddle road which may still be closed at this time.

 

I could see distant  smoke from coniston old man  this afternoon not shure if same lot though very distant 

Edited May 6, 2018 by Mokidugway

[toggerob]

I don't think it'll be the same fire as there's around 100miles between the lakes and peaks, and this smoke was only going up to 5000ft (based on the usual Manchester inbounds before they were diverting around). I'm surprised with so many people being out that there hasn't been any more wildfires around here today. 

[Mokidugway]

4 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

I don't think it'll be the same fire as there's around 100miles between the lakes and peaks, and this smoke was only going up to 5000ft (based on the usual Manchester inbounds before they were diverting around). I'm surprised with so many people being out that there hasn't been any more wildfires around here today. 

Aye ,must of been something else with that low smoke ceiling 

 

[JeffC]

1 hour ago, Mokidugway said:

Grand day  today ,went up coniston old man, Dow crag down to Torver then along lake back to coniston for a well earned pint ,perfect .

I know the route well Moki! Which pub did you patronise and what was your tipple? Assume you went up the old man via low water?

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Warmest day of the year yesterday, blue skies and temps around 18c, today is cloudier but still warm, gutted its back to the usual cool, rain, cloud and wind starting tomorrow.

[Chris.R]

 Unbroken sunshine and very warm. I’ve been surprised how warm it has got here recently given how cold the sea still is. Max yesterday 24.6°C. Min overnight 10.0°C. Currently 24.7°C. Current SST 53°F which has risen a lot from a few days ago. 

I expect a sea breeze to develop within the next 2 hours.  

[cheshire snow]

Just got to 26c here What a Cracking weekend it has been

C.S

[Spurry]

Unfortunately ,I missed the warmest spell of the year so far,however spending Thurs-Mon down on the southern Costa Blanca certainly compensated,

[toggerob]

Raining in Blackpool and Liverpool at this time whilst for us more inland it's still blue skies and 20'c. Going to be a shock for some when in a hour or two the front begins to move over although it'll be interesting seeing it do so via timelapse.

[Mokidugway]

Sunny with low top convection, much cooler .

[itsnowjoke]

1 hour ago, Mokidugway said:

Sunny with low top convection, much cooler .

 

1 hour ago, Mokidugway said:

Sunny with low top convection, much cooler .

Thought we might of had a thunderstorm 

[itsnowjoke]

On 05/05/2018 at 20:17, Mokidugway said:

Apparently they have members all over the globe 

Globe nah Earth is flat mate 

one day we will all fall off 

[itsnowjoke]

Well done to me typical Brit sunburnt to hell

[itsnowjoke]

Peel then be back white lol

[JeffC]

2 hours ago, Mokidugway said:

Sunny with low top convection, much cooler .

Aye but a grand morning for a plod out!!

[Frost HoIIow]

9 hours ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Raining in Blackpool and Liverpool at this time whilst for us more inland it's still blue skies and 20'c. Going to be a shock for some when in a hour or two the front begins to move over although it'll be interesting seeing it do so via timelapse.

I got caught out whilst in Oldham town centre - shorts and t shirt when it started chucking it down 

[Ice Man 85]

the transition here happened just after 1pm or thereabouts.

[Weather-history]

14 hours ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

 Going to be a shock for some when in a hour or two the front begins to move over although it'll be interesting seeing it do so via timelapse.

 

[Mokidugway]

Not a bad day ,rain has finally arrived.

[iand61]

2 hours ago, Mokidugway said:

Not a bad day ,rain has finally arrived.

Started at 5 here, it’s not heavy but pretty miserable out now.

[Frost HoIIow]

Well it's only 15C outside but in the strong May sun it feels a good deal warmer than that. Not a bad Sunday afternoon. 

[iand61]

7 hours ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Well it's only 15C outside but in the strong May sun it feels a good deal warmer than that. Not a bad Sunday afternoon. 

Agreed, a couple of chilly starts have turned into warm feeling sunny afternoons although the actual temperatures have only been mid teens.

anyway only 5 days left to work before what should be a hot, hot, hot weeks holiday in Turkey.

[severe snowstorm]

A decent weekend here. Largely dry both days and a cracker of a day today with mostly sunny skies. Very pleasant for being outside. Not amazingly high temps, but as others but have said above, the strong sunshine makes all the difference this time of year. A nice comfortable night for sleeping to follow as well with temps falling to around 6C. Another fabulous day to come tomorrow as well with bags of sunshine and temps nudging 20C.

Edited May 13, 2018 by Dexter