Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[severe snowstorm]

 Iceaxecrampon Sending the heavy stuff your way, don't want you to miss out on the fun

[alr1970]

Snow up the Cat & Fiddle at least. Looks wet judging by how it's sticking to the camera.

[Dan B]

1.5ºC here and sleet now - changed in 30mins!

[alr1970]

And up the M62 at J22. That's about 350m.

 

[Frigid]

Hilarious . Don't think it'll be as good as the spell last month. The temp was -1C for the whole time it snowed, looks quite marginal at 3C.

[Davidblue]

Turning much more like snow in dukinfield at only 130 metres above sea level 

 

[Miamay]

Nothing but rain here

[dodge]

Just pure cold wet rain here, not even sleet.  Just heading out to work (driving job) so in some ways quite relieved due to our nations complete inability to get the network moving in anything near a cm in depth.  GM Shield doesn't look to be working now it's pure rain.

[raul_sbd]

Tiny flakes but snowing in Glossop 170m

[Rush2019]

Covering of snow on the Winking Man cam.  1500ft, 457m asl. 

[damianslaw]

Can I describe it as light sleet or light snow, probably a mix.. current temp around 2 degrees. As said evaporative cooling is the key factor today, any heavier precipitation should bring heavier snow.. we shall see what develops.

[James M]

Turned to snow now but very wet and not sticking.

[Day 10]

The Welsh hills are eating up the heavier precip, coming in at the wrong angle for here, can't see it now.

[itsnowjoke]

Raining

[Joe Snow]

Definitely more marginal than even the most conservative of forecasts - sleety rain in Sandbach, just plain cold rain in Crewe just 10m lower in elevation. 

[HafrenLMP1]

Snow, sleet??? Nah, it's just rain = grey, wet & miserable........

[Mark_p]

Not even marginal here just rain. DPs too high. Met Office automated apps do go for it turning wintry. Just raining in places like Bala in Gwynedd that are under an amber warning so it's a failure for them at this stage. 

[Joe Bloggs]

Pouring it down (with rain) in Manchester. 

What has happened to the shield? Just trying to learn more about it.

Edited February 8 by Joe Bloggs

[damianslaw]

What's worse rain at 2-3 degrees, or rain at 12-13 degrees...

[Scuba steve]

Drizzle on wind

[russwirral]

Light rain... nothing like the radar would suggest

 You could probably get away without needing a waterproof. 

[Had Worse]

At Fitton Hill doing the College run.

Big flakes mixed with sleet and smaller ones.

Wind is getting up. Was calm earlier. 

[Weather-history]

 damianslaw Being under an amber warning for snow....and its raining. 

 

[severe snowstorm]

Down to 2.1C here and rain has turned very slightly sleety.

[Geordiesnow]

 Joe Bloggs

If the air was colder(negative DP), it would be drier therefore a rainfall shadow would be more obvious but because the air is not that cold the shadow is less pronounced although clearly going by reports there is some evaporation going on so it's not a massive of PPN as the radar suggests.