Totals of up to 150mm expected in parts of the Lake District over the next 48 hours or so. Looks very wet indeed.

I think they are looking at a historical event. 

Just look at this location:

https://twitter.com/matthugo81/status/1453266710837014537?s=21

I live just outside of Kendal, having lived in town close to the river in 2015 (we moved up slope because of flooding fears, the floodwater reached our next door neighbours). I've been watching this situation develop for the last 3-4 days and I fear we are in for a very similar event as Desmond.  I compared the 5th Dec 2015 chart with the fax chart and the hugely warm and wet fetch from the southwest plus the fact that Cumbria is sandwiched between two fronts is pretty much the same.  

The river level in the centre of Kendal has now gone above the "flooding is likely" line, and we're not even into the amber warning period yet which runs for 36 hours from 3pm.

It really does look like a classic "atmospheric river" set up.

I hope I'm not right, but I fear I am, and I fear that my county will yet again be on the receiving end of an extreme weather event.

Bbc saying 253 mm in past 24 hrs at honister pass . Extreme even for the central lakes

260.6mm in the past 24 hours at Honister via map at https://tinyurl.com/2eamjtps

Highest 24 hour total was apparently just over a foot (12.1 inches or about 307mm)

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:

Total Amount Since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 25.8 mm at station 1, 26.8 mm at station 2 (as at 9am BST this morning (08:00 UTC))

That makes yesterday our wettest day of this autumn so far.

Total For This Month So Far: 87.4 mm (103.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 98.0 mm (129.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 14 (109.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 18 (145.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 7 at station 1, 6 at station 2

This means that more rain has now fallen during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank than the 1981-2010 October average for that particular station so that this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

This also means that more rain has now fallen during this month at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh than the 1981-2010 October average for that particular station so that this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

Total For This Autumn So Far: 142.4 mm (65.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 154.0 mm (71.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 26 (71.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 29 (85.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 22 at station 1, 20 at station 2

This means that just another 5 or more official rain days need to be recorded between now and the end of November at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh in order for this autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days. 

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 632.2 mm (83.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 635.6 mm (90.24 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 102 (74.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 111 (89.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 149 at station 1, 145 at station 2

LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station in question.

All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.

260.6mm in the past 24 hours at Honister via map at https://tinyurl.com/2eamjtps

Highest 24 hour total was apparently just over a foot (12.1 inches or about 307mm)

Meanwhile in Cockermouth.

https://www.facebook.com/NorthYorkshireWeatherUpdates/videos/1321546534958461

After over a foot of rain in Borrowdale.

https://www.facebook.com/NorthYorkshireWeatherUpdates/videos/550518459379610

    surely this is a new UK record for 24 hours must be close to 2015 event  and not forgetting 2009 

Not quite, the record 24 hour rainfall was set during Storm Desmond in Dec 2015. Also at Honister, a whopping 341.4mm.

A cool graphic here showing the "atmospheric river" effect https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1453580009994608656

 

 

Not quite, the record 24 hour rainfall was set during Storm Desmond in Dec 2015. Also at Honister, a whopping 341.4mm.

 

A cool graphic here showing the "atmospheric river" effect https://twitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/status/1453580009994608656

 

Cumbria Rainfall totals 24 and 48hr totals upto 0900hrs NCM this morning. Data from EA Cumbria

A major incident has been declared in Hawick as torrential rain shut schools and caused travel disruption in the south and west of Scotland.

There are fears that up to 500 properties could be affected by flooding in the Borders town.