Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[cheshireoak]

yeah will do-take it easy-shovel and survival kit packed?

[Scuba steve]

 cheshireoak 4x4 ,border  terrier to dig us out ,coffee and a Jack Russell to catch tea

Edited February 8 by Scuba steve

[cheshireoak]

perfect-we took the pick up down to try to get out of the spray (but also cause me parking embarrassment). Hope you don't have to hunt deer with the jack r could take a while.

[Stephen_Mcr]

As expected here today, cold rain with a tiny bit of sleet so not too disappointed in the outcome, but it has been a pretty grim day to be out there.

Having a scan around twitter it's good to see some areas getting a decent amount and it didn't seem too wet either in that it made the trees nice and white and wasn't slushy either which is nice.

I need to move to somewhere with elevation!

[Scuba steve]

 cheshireoak lol she can handle Elk given time ,fortunately my sons a GP so if we need medical attention on arrival he will assist

[itsnowjoke]

Snowed earlier hard left a covering of slush then melted

[itsnowjoke]

1c and drizzle 

[Thunder Snow]

I have heavy rain 

[Scuba steve]

 Thunder Snow congratulations

[Thunder Snow]

 Scuba steve

[itsnowjoke]

Still raining grrrrrr

[East Lancs Rain]

 damianslaw Unfortunately the Pennines and Cumbrian fells don’t do us any favours, they give us less snow and a heck of a lot more rain. Funny how you didn’t get much snow from this event while a few of us in the region did, yet back in December you got a foot of snow while I didn’t get any!

[itsnowjoke]

What an absolute joke absolutely chucking it down 

[James M]

Some proper torrential sleet on my way home earlier, it was literally like slop falling from the sky lol. Ah well reset and hope something pops up soon!

[iand61]

I thought I heard rain overnight but little has melted since I got home and closed the curtains yesterday.

just hope that what’s left is slush rather than ice or it’ll be lethal on the roads up here this morning.

 

[iand61]

Now that the last chances of snow are being replaced by rain, was there anyone in the region who actually ended up with more than they were forecast or expected.

Up here, even taking the usual last minute downgrades into consideration, the couple of inches of wet snow I ended up with was poor compared to what I was expecting.

yes the yellow warning was probably warranted but only down to the condition of the roads and the number of local accidents and closures and certainly not because of the amount of snow which ended up falling.

The local roads that cross the higher tops were pretty bad with snow blowing off the fields with some decent photos on the local FB page but to put it into context, it’s the third covering of snow we have had this winter and although it had the least depth and is the one likely to vanish the quickest, was the only one to be given a weather warning.

oh and I was only a couple of miles outside of the amber warning.

not particularly bothered as I am fast heading into spring mode and just want the icy slushy mess to disappear but given what we were looking at just 48 hours ago, it was a disappointing let down.

[severe snowstorm]

 iand61 i would definitely have taken your wet two inches here!

The warnings were warranted based on the available information on the Wednesday morning, but things did shift just the wrong side of marginal in the models for most later that day which was very gutting after the earlier output. I'm sure those high up were just about satisfied with the covering at least but could have been so much better.

At my location, it just ended up being one of the most miserable days of winter. 

[trickydicky]

 damianslaw I drove from west to east across Cumbria yesterday afternoon and this was very well demonstrated, particularly in the Eden Valley. There was a heavy burst of precipitation around Keswick, and 5-10cm of slush on higher bits of the A66 thereabouts. But despite the Pennines being totally white,  here a couple of miles from the foot of them, there was nothing more than some very light drizzle blowing about on the wind. 
People slate the precipitation forecasts the models produce but this was shown to some degree or another on all of them. 

[Weather-history]

Very mild day this day in 1982

 

[Joe Snow]

The core 8 weeks of ‘peak winter’ for me is mid December around the Winter solstice to mid Feb. March like last year & 2018 can still deliver as can late Feb but aside from a BFTE scenario it’s often watered down winter conditions where you’ll struggle to get ice days and any long lasting snow cover to low levels - it’s hard enough in peak winter these days anyway Winter might not be done with us yet but Spring will be creeping up on us soon. 

[severe snowstorm]

 Joe Snow Yes, the sun is starting to gain increasing strength now as the days gradually lengthen and by March, conditions needed for snow to stick around are very hard to come by. I recall the snowfall we had in March last year. Absolutely pasted it down in the morning, dumping a couple of inches or so but was mostly gone by the afternoon. A contrast to December through to January when a slight covering can remain on the ground for days.

[Rush2019]

From what I could see yesterday, snow fall was from about 690ft/210m.  Today there is a bit of snow left on the very tops. 

Nice pleasant morning so far, sun is trying to shine, 6°C, it feels colder though, glad that bitter wind has dropped, it was gusting well into the evening.

[Scuba steve]

So trip to Scotland cancelled in the end by my son who has had  to go into work as the Locum  hasn’t turned in

Edited February 9 by Scuba steve

[Had Worse]

Morning all.

Another college run to Fitton Hill.

The rain has left scraps of snow on the hills with only the highest ones still white.

The wind is very cold with the effect of the very cold ground. 

More rain and showers to come. Pity we can't say the same for the white stuff in the near future. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

 Weather-history

Was 19 then.  Now can’t remember what we did 4 days ago

 Scuba steve Where in Scotland Stephen?