Eskimo Will wrote:
On 09/01/2017 12:28, Len Wood wrote:
On Monday, 9 January 2017 12:15:50 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
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.
I may well be proved wrong :-)
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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr
It seems a bit strange to me too.
Just Scotland and coastal regions exposed to the north wind to get snow
Thurs. Fri.
But not high ground like the Pennines/Peak distict?
Len
In sheltered Wembury
Dartmoor will get a good covering, it always does in NW'lies. Especially with
a jet streak intensifying activity. And yes Norman the Peaks are going to get
plastered, possibly drifting too. Wake up UKMO.
Will
The following is the Mountain Weather Forecast for the Peak District for
Thursday issued at 1617 this afternoon. Despite this, the Peak District is
still not in the warning area. Does this mean that conditions in the likes of
Southport, which is in the warning area, will be worse than those forecast for
the Peak District? What does it take to be 'high impact' weather?
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Thursday 12th January
Windy and bitterly cold at all elevations with clear spells and further snow
showers, some heavy and perhaps prolonged with several centimetres
accumulating. During the evening a trough may give more enhanced showery
conditions. Severe wind chill can be expected at times with strong westerly
winds. Mountain paths will become icy. Widespread hard frost overnight.
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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
@TideswellWeathr