North West Regional Discussion 30 Jan 2019 onwards

[Day 10]

Hot dogs in the garden now for lunch, don't you just love the uk weather  

[ManiaMuse]

Sun out in Stockport now

Schizophrenic weather.

[Spah1]

Apart from the Squall line I'm not sure it warranted an Amber Warning

 

[itsnowjoke]

8 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Hot dogs in the garden now for lunch, don't you just love the uk weather  

Yes me too shorts on sun cream applied

[Day 10]

1 minute ago, itsnowjoke said:

Yes me too shorts on sun cream applied

 

[itsnowjoke]

Trying to dish out salad in these gusts is a task though...... whoosh there goes another lettuce leaf

[East Lancs Rain]

15 hours ago, itsnowjoke said:

No chicken and mushroom

I’ve also got a chicken and mushroom pot noodle lying about.

[itsnowjoke]

1 minute ago, East Lancs Rain said:

I’ve also got a chicken and mushroom pot noodle lying about.

Don’t eat it outside or it will be flying about

[East Lancs Rain]

Suns out now. Still very windy though. Clouds are whizzing by at 50 mph. ??

[pip22]

I thought the weather gonna get worse by now. But it turns out nice with some breeze. Ah well. Its nice to see the back end of it I suppose!

[Spah1]

So then 2/3 days of lamp post watching

At 80m above sea level will I get a covering ????

I'll go for 1cm of slush

[itsnowjoke]

Oh it’s no good this tomatoes gone now over next doors fence think I might try a wind break see if that helps 

[itsnowjoke]

2 minutes ago, Spah1 said:

So then 2/3 days of lamp post watching

At 80m above sea level will I get a covering ????

I'll go for 1cm of slush

We can all make slush puppies bit of food colouring and sell them to the neighbours 

Edited February 9, 2020 by itsnowjoke

[Day 10]

17 minutes ago, itsnowjoke said:

Trying to dish out salad in these gusts is a task though...... whoosh there goes another lettuce leaf

 

[Miamay]

We won’t even get slush. Just good old rain and hail lol. 

[dodge]

I've definitely experienced stronger gusty winds that Storm Ciara (not quite living up to the infamous 'red warning' of Feb 2014 - more of a direct westerly that drove in off the Irish Sea like a runaway train)...but the squall line made it interesting for a few minutes.  May just scrape a few falling wintry showers in the next few days but doubt any settling snow will materialise in daytime temps of 5-7c.

UK Storms: Met office issues red warning for damaging winds | News | The Guardian

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Gale force winds and more heavy rain is forecast and soldiers move in to help evacuate homes in the Thames Valley, but forget their wellies

 

Edited February 9, 2020 by dodge

[itsnowjoke]

Clouding over again now

[Miamay]

Clouding here too. The wind is picking up again

[Iceaxecrampon]

32 minutes ago, Spah1 said:

So then 2/3 days of lamp post watching

At 80m above sea level will I get a covering ????

I'll go for 1cm of slush

....that much? #salwick #fylde

                               

 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Better put those BBQ's away.

2 big returns on radar incoming.

Edited February 9, 2020 by Iceaxecrampon

[Miamay]

Storm Ciara back again

[pward]

21 minutes ago, dodge said:

I've definitely experienced stronger gusty winds that Storm Ciara (not quite living up to the infamous 'red warning' of Feb 2014 - more of a direct westerly that drove in off the Irish Sea like a runaway train)...but the squall line made it interesting for a few minutes.  May just scrape a few falling wintry showers in the next few days but doubt any settling snow will materialise in daytime temps of 5-7c.

UK Storms: Met office issues red warning for damaging winds | News | The Guardian

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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Gale force winds and more heavy rain is forecast and soldiers move in to help evacuate homes in the Thames Valley, but forget their wellies

 

Agreed - Storm Ciara was/is nothing too unusual for this part of the world, just a fairly typical winter storm and the squall line wasn't as bad as some I've experienced. 

What is unusual about Ciara is the widespread effects - it isn't every day you see gale force winds across almost all of the UK.

 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Yes - years back after being picked up and blown 10ft in a force 9 in the Cumbrian Newlands Valley nothing too unusual  the squall was quite impressive some bad flooding here though  on the fenlands of the Fylde.

Edited February 9, 2020 by Iceaxecrampon

[janmac]

The gusts of wind seemed much worse last night!  Although it has become really gusty again here in the past ten minutes.  Some wind damage to some old buildings but the main problem around here (East Lancs) has been flooding related.  Doubt we'll see much laying snow, but it only takes a hefty shower to create gridlock!  The morning commute (all 12 mins of it!) is looking interesting!

[kendo469]

Apart from the impressive squall line, I've had stronger wind after eating sprouts!