A dismal, wet November with the ground already saturated when weather forecasters announced the imminence of an Extreme Weather Event - a category rarely designated. It would last from Tuesday 17 through Thursday 19.
Atlantic lows dominated, with a south-westerly wind blowing along the front and keeping it stuck over Cumbria. Currents of warm, moisture-laden air came in from the Azores and, blocked by the Cumbrian fells, rose rapidly, cooled, and then came precipitation. Orographic enhancement of rainfall: a standing wave. It rained and rained and rained over Cumbria.
Atlantic lows dominated, with a south-westerly wind blowing along the front and keeping it stuck over Cumbria. Currents of warm, moisture-laden air came in from the Azores and, blocked by the Cumbrian fells, rose rapidly, cooled, and then came precipitation. Orographic enhancement of rainfall: a standing wave. It rained and rained and rained over Cumbria.
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