Much of northern Britain has been battered by strong winds and heavy rain today.
Our weather gauge measured a top windspeed gust of 39.3KM (24mph) and so far almost 16mm of rain in the last 24 hours.
Branches have been ripped from some trees and now lay on roadsides.
With the high winds as always comes the damage. Fence panels clang in the breeze whilst the occasional toof tile can be seen broken in the road gutter.
Rainbow over Carlisle
Earlier this evening as the clouds darkened and the wind gusted a rainbow could be seen over the City of Carlisle.
Formed as sun reflects on small water droplets a rainbow is a fantastic example of physics, optics and nature.
The main colours in a rainbow are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. This is normally memorized by mnemonics for example “Roy G. Biv” – each letter represents the first letter of the main seven colours of the rainbow. However, a rainbow contains millions of colours, some your eye can see and many it can not make out.
Until next time
Buster and Charlie