Severe weather warning
On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 11:50:39 AM UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Surprised to see that in this part of the world the limit of the severe weather
warning just issued for Wed/Thu comes no further east than about
Bolton/Warrington/Chester. Given the expected very strong W-WNW wind I would
expect that shower streams coming off Liverpool Bay would extend well into the
Peak District, perhaps even intensified by orographic effects. The shower
streams are typically quite narrow with some places catching a lot while others
not so far away get nothing. The devil is in the detail of the wind direction.
For my money, given the evolving situation, there's more risk of 'high impact'
weather over the high ground of the Peak District (especially the west), where
there's no warning, than there is in places like Southport, Hoylake and Rhyll
where there is a warning. After all, the A537 road from Buxton to Macclesfield
goes up to 515m over very exposed moorland and is totally open to the west.
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