>Britons will soon be developing webbed feet. Seriously folks, I don’t think I have ever seen so much rain in my 26 years on this earth! Though not near as intense, I am beginning to think I live in India or other Monsoon prone-regions of the world!

Why is this happening, what’s different with this pattern than previous, similar meteorological situations of the past…

It seems this type of rainier pattern has been a multiyear lockdown in the British Isles.

A link worth taking a look at: http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/

As I write this, the rain as usual is battering off the attic roof. It’s been another very wet day with persistent rainfall of varying intensities. The rain that’s been falling over the last 2-3 hours has been heavy and is likely creating a hazerdous night on roads and I’m sure those onshore winds along the west coast are creating heavy seas tonight out over the Irish Sea, St Georges Channel and North Channel..

As was predicted a new weather system and a new arm of rain was to sweep across our saturated land today.. Though concerns are growing for not only added flooding to not only Cumbria or Dumfries and Galloway but in many areas of the country we now appear to be raising the alarm that a cold front that will progress west to east across England and Wales may create a line of intense weather which could unleash localised 70 mph gusts along the frontal boundary as warm, tropical air rushes out of the south ahead of the front, whilst cooler, likely drier air will roar in on the backside of the front. By mixing these two air masses together forces strong convective cells to form along the leading edge of the front where sharp fluctuations in temperature, wind shift and precipitation may occur. These contrast collitions are what can create spin in the atmosphere, force donwbursts and straight line winds to occur as well as form breif tornadoes. Pockets of violent thunderstorms is also a possibility as well as hail…

We shall see how this materialises during the night.

Scotland really only needs to worry about heavy rainfall and gusty winds, strongest nearer west coast and at higher ground, when I say ONLY needs to worry, they have had plenty to worry about with all this supersoaking from the Atlantic but I personally think it’s better to have more rainfall than severe weather also, wouldn’t you?.

Interesting Related links: http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Andrews&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Andrews/archives/2009/11/united_kingdom_sees_new_24hour_rainfall_record.asp

http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?blog=weathermatrix&partner=accuweather&pgUrl=/mtweb/content/weathermatrix/archives/2009/11/more_news_on_uk_flooding_south_america.asp

SIDE NOTE: CORRECTION TO POST http://markvoganweather.blogspot.com/2009/11/seathwaite-farm-cumbria-records.html

I wrote incorrectly a few days ago, that the reason for our increase in precipitation is because of the earth cooling, yes I do believe the earth is cooling and there has been an increase in precipitation, most noticably in my own back yard, however as I saught guidance from a very gifted Meteorologist, he basically corrected me and my lack of understanding, that yes because of WARMING there is an INCREASE in water vapor, however if there is NO compensating COOLING then there is no major condensation.

I was mistaken simply because I am learning as I am going along and my understanding was wrong.. I for one am the first person that does not like putting down the facts incorrectly. I strive for accuracy and yes at times I shall make a statement or bold remark that is purely of my own belief and that is all. At the end of the day I believe in a free speech tool such as this blog, I should be free and willing like all of us should be, to say what we believe and not nessesarily what others or a certain bodies believe in or stand for.

Thanks for reading.

-Mark