How's the weather?

[A Lark Ascending]

Terrible scenes in the north of England today:

Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire

I'm just a couple of miles from the South Yorkshire border but we've had virtually no rain today. Apparently Manchester and Leeds are under threat.

I know we've a few posters here living in these regions. Hope you're not caught up in it. 

[BillF]

10 minutes ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Terrible scenes in the north of England today:

Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire

I'm just a couple of miles from the South Yorkshire border but we've had virtually no rain today. Apparently Manchester and Leeds are under threat.

I know we've a few posters here living in these regions. Hope you're not caught up in it. 

Yes, flooding in  northern parts of Greater Manchester, about 15 miles from where I live in south Manchester. The Metrolink tram from the bottom of my road is having to terminate prematurely before it reaches the waters. As I think I wrote in this thread, here we're earmarked for a once-in-a-hundred-years flooding by the Mersey, tho' 100 now probably equals 5

[A Lark Ascending]

Glad to hear you're not immediately troubled, Bill. 

Edited December 27, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[sidewinder]

In sympathy with the North my hot water cylinder has sprung a leak ! 

Edited December 27, 2015 by sidewinder

[Matthew]

**** Spoiled Californian Alert **** 43 here (that's 6c) and to me, it's freezing!  

[Tim McG]

6 hours ago, Matthew said:

**** Spoiled Californian Alert **** 43 here (that's 6c) and to me, it's freezing!  

But there is snow in the Sierras.

That is something to celebrate!

[JSngry]

We were at 81 and muggy yesterday, then the sun went down, the cold front moved through and we had a little mini-tornado fest (none in Plano, thankfully), then today it cooled off and started raining like hell, but only in fits and starts, but all day and expected overnight. Right now it's 41, and out to the west and up in the panhandle, they're expecting snow. Not expecting it here, but we will drop below freezing a few nights this week, and truthfully, I'd not be surprised if a few flurries made their way in.

[Scott Dolan]

We actually hit 70 last week, but it has finally started to cool back down. 

Tons of rain, though. I-70 in St. Charles (10-15 minutes east of St. Louis) is closed due to flooding. That's a MAJOR artery severed during one of the most traveled weekend of the year...

[Shawn]

It has actually felt like December this December in California.  I've worn my coat more this month than I did in the past 3 winters combined.  

 

[fasstrack]

It's now December for real in NYC. Reprieve over. Brrr...

[JSngry]

My son goes to work earlier than I do, and he said it was snow-flurrying at 6:30 this AM. It wasn't quite cold enough to stick or accumulate, but sill...81 on Saturday, snow on Monday.

[A Lark Ascending]

Floodwater surrounds houses in Cawood, North Yorkshire

Flood waters reach the foot of Clifford’s Tower in York

A view of Huntingdon Road and Yearsley Crescent covered by floodwater after the River Ouse and River Foss bursts their banks in York city centre

I know that what the north of England is experiencing is as nothing compared with the flooding (and other natural disasters) that happens elsewhere in the world; but when it's places you are familiar with and not that far away it really hits home.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2015/dec/27/flooding-northern-england-pictures

 

[A Lark Ascending]

A wind map showing Storm Frank which is threatening more mayhem:

https://twitter.com/CorkHarbourWX

[sidewinder]

Odd - the weather down here today was glorious. I suspect more Atlantic mayhem will be rolling in from points West tonight though..

[A Lark Ascending]

36 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Odd - the weather down here today was glorious. I suspect more Atlantic mayhem will be rolling in from points West tonight though..

Perfect blue here too. I think it was Ireland that was getting it today.

Wednesday is supposed to be awful...then clear skies at the end of the week. 

Edited December 29, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[fasstrack]

Cold and wet in NYC.

[Scott Dolan]

Same here. 

We hit 70 last week, but are flooding really bad state-wide, and our high today was 32. 

[Tim McG]

Cold and dry.

Bring us more rain.

[A Lark Ascending]

Another one of those weather maps:

https://twitter.com/SimonOKing

Wouldn't want to be in Iceland. 

Scotland seems to be bearing the brunt at present in Britain. Very windy here in the north Midlands but no rain...yet. 

Edited December 30, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Scott Dolan]

Here's a map showing all the roads closed across Missouri due to being flooded. 

http://traveler.modot.org/map/

[fasstrack]

Cold as hell in NYC, and no heat where I'm sitting. Brrr....

[sidewinder]

12 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Scotland seems to be bearing the brunt at present in Britain. Very windy here in the north Midlands but no rain...yet. 

Conditions on the M4 to the West of Bath pretty atrocious today - was glad to get out of it.

[paul secor]

After our unseasonably warm weather, the cold has hit minus 5 degrees the other night and below zero with the wind chill. But hey, it's January and it is supposed to warm up over the next few days.

[A Lark Ascending]

Still bloody wet. This was York on Friday (8/1/16), two weeks after the worst of the flooding:

The last one is entitled "Northern Powerhouse"

Most of the city was back in business; but the area around Clifford's Tower where these were taken showed the effects - a line of small shops and cafes with floors up. skips filled with junk and men in high-vis jackets and hard hats (no, not caring Dave and George posturing!) everywhere.  

Edited January 10, 2016 by A Lark Ascending

[paul secor]

Heavy rain and wind, but not as bad parts of England now and parts of the U.S. Midwest last week. My heart goes out to people who suffered severe flooding. The rain here is supposed to end this evening.