Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Dark Horse]

Finally saw a frost this morning. My moaning last night paid off . God we really are scraping the barrel when we are getting giddy over it, shows how rubbish this winter has been. 

[tricol]

Aaannnnd it's raining.

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[Rush2019]

What a beautiful day it's been.  Had a walk along a disused railway line called the Middlewood way, saw a heron with a frog in its beak.  Had tea at the Flying Horse next to the airport and was treated to a stunning sunset.  Currently 4.3°C, its going to be a chilly night.

[Scuba steve]

 Rush2019 that the one that goes over viaduct in Bollington isn’t it ,it’s a nice walk

[iand61]

 Rush2019  we have a resident heron keeping an eye on the pond at work

Good to see but the only problem is that there’s no fish in the pondq

[Rush2019]

1 hour ago, Scuba steve said:

the one that goes over viaduct in Bollington isn’t it ,it’s a nice walk

Yes, that's the one, from Macc to Marple taking in towns and villages along the way.  11 miles in total.  I did a small section through Poynton out towards Lyme Park, such a cracking day for a walk.

[Rush2019]

40 minutes ago, iand61 said:

have a resident heron keeping an eye on the pond at work

This heron seemed really tame and was unaffected by all the walkers, watched it catch and swallow a second frog whole, it must have some young to feed.  I could have sat and watched it all day.  Didn't realise how big herons are up close, scared me, glad I don't look like a frog.

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-3.2°C, shallow mist

[iand61]

Unlike yesterday it’s a frosty start here this morning.

Hopefully another nice day coming up.

[Rush2019]

Was a chilly night, another frosty start.  Beautiful sunny morning, can see low cloud/fog on the very tops, there won't be much of a view for early morning walkers unfortunately.  Another get out and enjoy day

[weatherobsuk]

You had to be up early at the crack of dawn to have gotten the best of today's weather, I joined the crowds up at Mam Tor to see the fog inversion down the Hope Valley and wasn't disappointed given the forecast was supposed to have been completely overcast. Even the significantly large sunspot AR3590 was easy to spot (briefly) through the higher clouds just a few minutes after sunrise.

[Dan B]

Yesterday:

Turned out to be quite cloudy yesterday in the end; the sunshine soon disappeared! High of 7ºC; but enabled me to give the BMW it's first full hand wash of the year:

 

 

Still; it rained lightly in the evening, just as I was out taxi'ing the wife and her friends; so of course the cars filthy again

 

Today:

Hard frost overnight here though; -2ºC and it was a white over at 7am; suns out though now, 6ºC and clouds forming again

 

 

Oh... We've had visitors again in the garden...

 

Edited February 25 by Dan B

[severe snowstorm]

Another frosty start today and colder than the previous day, got down to -1.7C. Plenty of sunshine again this morning and looks like being a dry day today. It's been a very decent weekend here.

[Chris.R]

Sunny all morning here, against the forecast.
Another air frost last night, JUST, minimum -0.2°C.

[A Face like Thunder]

I got caught out yesterday afternoon with the day's only rain shower. A cold, cloudy and bit misty start to today but has now cleared to a bright, even sunny, late morning. Hoping the showers stay away this afternoon. 

[Scuba steve]

Great run back from Scotland excellent spring like weather,it’s coming

[cheshire snow]

Looking like snow will fall to quite low levels by the end of the week

[Scuba steve]

 cheshire snow yes , looks like I picked the right weekend for going ooop north

[Had Worse]

 cheshire snow set the bar where you think Low is

[cheshire snow]

 @Had Worsewill let you pick the bones out of this

[iand61]

 Scuba steve or for me spending the Saturday night low down in Manchester.

[Had Worse]

 cheshire snow yep snow to lower levels but accumulations at higher levels. 

So yes, it depends on our interpretation of what is high and low level.

[cheshire snow]

Well that’s an interesting one Temperature 3c but feels like 15c with 5.7mm of snow

[Dark Horse]

 Had Worse Yeah that's true, someone living at the coast would probably think 100m is high up but to me it's not as I can miss out on the more marginal stuff at that height where as around your height you can get in on it. A bit like someone 80 yrs old probably thinks a 50 yr old is relatively young but to a 20 yr old a 50 yr old is ancient. Differing interpretations.