Greetings everyone.

This is something I've been thinking of for a while, but have absolutely no
idea if I'm talking rubbish or not. Please feel free to tell me if I am!

Whenever fine weather is forecast for Cumbria, it is generally correct.
However, whenever thunderstorms/snow/heavy rain showers are predicted to
move north - south or south - north they always seems to either fragment or
miss Cumbria altogether. (Usually going from Wales to northern Ireland to
Scotland, and vice versa). Obviously this is not always the case, but it
does seem to happen quite often.

I was thinking that it might have something to do with the fells of the lake
district, and also the winds being funnelled down the Irish sea, resulting
in precipitation missing the west coast????? Is this in any way correct?!!

Thanks in advance!

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You gotta have conkers if you're gonna be bonkers!

It could be - but we have our fair share now and again - wasnt that long
ago we had the floods and gales of Jan 2005 - Floods around Seatoller I
think it was just a few weeks ago.

There is a definite rain shadow to the NE of the fells - but then again
Shap must be one of the wettest places in the country !

Where abouts in Cumbria are you ! - its a big place with huge differences
in the weather depending where you live

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Paul Crabtree
Brampton, Cumbria
117m A.S.L
www.bramptonweather.co.uk
"LJS" wrote in message
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Greetings everyone.

This is something I've been thinking of for a while, but have absolutely
no
idea if I'm talking rubbish or not. Please feel free to tell me if I am!


Whenever fine weather is forecast for Cumbria, it is generally correct.
However, whenever thunderstorms/snow/heavy rain showers are predicted to
move north - south or south - north they always seems to either fragment
or
miss Cumbria altogether. (Usually going from Wales to northern Ireland to
Scotland, and vice versa). Obviously this is not always the case, but it
does seem to happen quite often.

I was thinking that it might have something to do with the fells of the
lake
district, and also the winds being funnelled down the Irish sea, resulting
in precipitation missing the west coast????? Is this in any way correct?!!

Thanks in advance!

--
You gotta have conkers if you're gonna be bonkers!

I'm in Whitehaven, on the coast.

Admittedly there was the excitement of 103 mph winds in January, but other
than that, the weather is rather boring. Dull, cloudy and damp!

It's most annoying in winter that whenever snow showers move down from
Scotland they either go east of the fells, or straight past down the Irish
sea and onto north Wales!

Then again, I suppose if I want exciting weather I'll have to live somewhere
else other than England!



"Paul Crabtree" wrote in
message ...
It could be - but we have our fair share now and again - wasnt that long
ago we had the floods and gales of Jan 2005 - Floods around Seatoller I
think it was just a few weeks ago.

There is a definite rain shadow to the NE of the fells - but then again
Shap must be one of the wettest places in the country !

Where abouts in Cumbria are you ! - its a big place with huge differences
in the weather depending where you live

--

_______________________________
Paul Crabtree
Brampton, Cumbria
117m A.S.L
www.bramptonweather.co.uk
"LJS" wrote in message
...
Greetings everyone.

This is something I've been thinking of for a while, but have absolutely
no
idea if I'm talking rubbish or not. Please feel free to tell me if I am!


Whenever fine weather is forecast for Cumbria, it is generally correct.
However, whenever thunderstorms/snow/heavy rain showers are predicted to
move north - south or south - north they always seems to either fragment
or
miss Cumbria altogether. (Usually going from Wales to northern Ireland
to
Scotland, and vice versa). Obviously this is not always the case, but it
does seem to happen quite often.

I was thinking that it might have something to do with the fells of the
lake
district, and also the winds being funnelled down the Irish sea,
resulting
in precipitation missing the west coast????? Is this in any way
correct?!!

Thanks in advance!

--
You gotta have conkers if you're gonna be bonkers!