Whalley Bridge area-hope you are ok

[matty40s]

Some incredible rainfall stats and storms up there at the moment - take care folks.

[Dave Payne]

Manchester and surrounding areas are getting it big time by the look of it...

[pearley]

At Macclesfield. Almost constant lightning for about an hour but the thunder was a bit distant. Rain torrential. After it stopped went out to check the pin (We're half on the pontoons) and had to walk through an inch of water covering the towpath.

Edited September 13, 2016 by pearley

[starman]

At Macclesfield. Almost constant lightning for about an hour but the thunder was a bit distant. Rain torrential. After it stopped went out to check the pin (We're half on the pontoons) and had to walk through an inch of water covering the towpath.

A couple of miles south of you and some of the lightning was right overhead. Big storm!

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Scholars Green.

Over an hour of heavy rain and thunder.

Impressive stuff.

 

A contrast to earlier in the day when it reached 30c.

[Alan de Enfield]

5pm to 6pm = 27mm of rain in Stoke on Trent (It was on the 6pm BBC news)

 

Newark = 31.5^o C clear blue sky - not a drop of rain.

[starman]

Just read that Man City's Champions League game tonight was postponed because of thunder lightning and torrential rain that swamped the pitch.

[Gareth E]

90 minutes of heavy rain here just north of Congleton, bailed around 20 gallons of rain water out of the sit on top kayak after it had stopped.

[MtB]

Remains of the heat here on the K&A, turned into heavy mist on the water and crystal clear sky oddly, now...

[dor]

Torrential rain and local thunder continuing for over an hour at Nantwich.

 

So much for the hottest September day for decades; it was quite warm before the rain but nowhere near the forecast temperatures. But apparently it was quite warm in London, therefore the media reports it as though the whole country had the same!

[davem399]

Could do with that rain here in East Kent. Haven't had any meaningful amount of rain since the end of June.

[Jrtm]

Hertfordshire beds bucks not a drop 30 odd deg

[Phil Ambrose]

It topped 30c here in the Fens, clear blue sky and not a sniff of any rain.

Phil

[Naughty Cal]

Got to about 28 degrees in Sheffield which then sparked off some pretty impressive storms, pretty much continual lightening for over an hour, torrential rain and hail stones and a tornado.

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-tornado-touches-down-in-sheffield-as-thunderstorms-rage-across-city-1-8123399

 

Didn't get any pictures of the lightening but I did get the storm front moving in.

 

[Athy]

Got to about 28 degrees in Sheffield which then sparked off some pretty impressive storms, pretty much continual lightening for over an hour, torrential rain and hail stones and a tornado.

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-tornado-touches-down-in-sheffield-as-thunderstorms-rage-across-city-1-8123399

 

Didn't get any pictures of the lightening but I did get the storm front moving in.

 

I can remember when the sky over parts of Sheff. usually looked like that!

It topped 30c here in the Fens, clear blue sky and not a sniff of any rain.

Phil

Absolutely - we had a barbecue in the river garden yesterday evening, a rare event after September starts. Th evening was warm, calm and idyllic, I said to Mrs. Athy that it reminded me of evenings in Southern Spain. What's more, the forecast suggests that it will the same again today, but perhaps a bit hotter. Yippee!

Edited September 14, 2016 by Athy

[Alan de Enfield]

 

Absolutely - we had a barbecue in the river garden yesterday evening, a rare event after September starts. Th evening was warm, calm and idyllic, I said to Mrs. Athy that it reminded me of evenings in Southern Spain. What's more, the forecast suggests that it will the same again today, but perhaps a bit hotter. Yippee!

 

Came out of Aldi last night at about 8:00pm, hadn't realised how cool it was inside - it was like walking into a 'wall of heat' (my watch said it was 28^o C) it was just like being in Asia.

 

Cold, Misty & Damp this morning - 9:00am = jumper weather

[Nightwatch]

Just north of Barnoldswick. (Pronounced Barlick locally) What a nasty storm that was. As said, over an hour of sheet lightening,distant thunder and three or four very loud cracks of thunder directly overhead. One dog was okay about it, the other a shivering wreck. And they are sisters.

 

Very nice morning today, feels a lot fresher,slight breeze. Lovely!

[matty40s]

Fog on the Trent today, still hoping for sun soon though.

[sirweste]

Aye, me folks live in Newtown (New Mills) and there were a bit of rain yesterday apparently. That said, our area is renowned for getting lots of rain, when I went to uni in sheff I was so surprised how sunny and dry it was much of the time

[Pluto]

Just north of Barnoldswick. (Pronounced Barlick locally) What a nasty storm that was. As said, over an hour of sheet lightening,distant thunder and three or four very loud cracks of thunder directly overhead. One dog was okay about it, the other a shivering wreck. And they are sisters.

 

Very nice morning today, feels a lot fresher,slight breeze. Lovely!

It was quite spectacular at choir practice at Settle, with lots of flashes and rubbles from behind our conductor, and the road was flooded in places on the way back to Barlick. We are currently rehearsing a concert of music composed by people involved with places along the L&LC as part of the canal's 200th anniversary celebrations, and will be performing at Gisburn Church on Saturday 12th November.

[Athy]

(my watch said it was 28^o C)

Shurely shome mishtake here?

Did your thermometer say that it was 20:00?

[MoominPapa]

Just north of Barnoldswick. (Pronounced Barlick locally)

 

Must be very locally, Moominmama's family comes from Nelson, and always talk about Aunty Winnie from barn-olds-wick.

 

MP.

[Machpoint005]

Is Auntie Winnie a bit posh, though?

Returning to the OP, yes, we're fine in the area of Whaley Bridge - the sun is crackin' t'flags just now.

[Stilllearning]

Glad everyone seems OK after the storms and heat over there. Here we have had rain today for the first time in about 2 months and the farmers are desperate for rain. The cattle and sheep have been being fed hay since about the beginning of August as no grass has grown since then. Normally we get a week or two of hot weather then a spectacular storm such as parts of the U.K. have just had, then back to sun again, but this summer it has been sun since mid June, after a truly wet miserable and long spring.

Watch out for the lightning and don't use a brolly as you helm!

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

It's gone dark here!

 

Glenn