Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Scuba steve]

Clouds building now after a reasonably bright morning 

[WillinGlossop]

 raul_sbd

indeedlydoodly rain rain cold rain as the Scottish would say dreich   

washing on (again) catching train to guide bridge this evening for a friends surprise 60th birthday party… see every other train cancelled today and engineering works tomorrow… great timing northern rail for Manchester derby… we’re driving but will no doubt be slow slog

[Had Worse]

 WillinGlossop just been out to the local shop and there was some sleet with the rain as i could see the icy bits on the windscreen. 

Joe,  my youngest,  has gone on a train photography expedition. His plan was to catch the first train from Hadfield down to Manchester Piccadilly, get the tram to Victoria and a train to Leeds.

From his texts, it appears that his Leeds train was cancelled with the next one running late.

I did warn him that after yesterday's industrial action, the train stock and personnel could be in the wrong places and lead to shenanigans today.

[A Face like Thunder]

Rain has stopped and perhaps surprising signs of it brightening up. Not sure whether it will last though. 

[Chris.R]

5°C and still rising, palm trees soon.

[damianslaw]

A cold raw afternoon here, raining, current temp 5 degrees.

Ive seen pictures of snow at Patterdale valley level 150m. The lack of sun is retaining the snow at all levels, making for a very wintry day out on the fells. I imagine it will have caught many out.

Further snow to modest levels rest of the day. Tomorrow may dawn icy with light frost. 

[Rain Lady]

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Wondering if the Scandi high will be revving up by midweek? Two close relatives have birthdays mid March.   Often celebrate with some sort of snowfall -- we call it their "little winter".

 

[Scuba steve]

 Moderate Sleety rain  5 c but feels colder

[Joe Snow]

 A Face like Thunder Nice to see some surprise brightness like yesterday but have had a heavy hail shower rattle through here in the past half hour or so. First hail in a while here.  

[Chris.R]

Lightning around Northwich?

[Cheshire Freeze]

 Chris.R doesn’t surprise me. We had torrential sleety rain as it passed through here.

[Joe Snow]

There's a beefy looking band of showers pushing down the Cheshire Gap to my west Northwich down to Tarporley direction currently, might see some more hail. 

[Mark_p]

The fells look good hoping to get out tomorrow for some photos, today very much an indoor day hah.

[Dark Horse]

Looking S & E there appears to be some snow on Kinder and Bleaklow, whether that's from yesterday or this morning I don't know. Nothing on wildbank hill which is lower down at 399m. Yesterday there was a bit you could see near the summit.

[Had Worse]

Looking SSW from Failsworth 

[severe snowstorm]

 Chris.R Didn't see any lightning, but had torrential hail about 30 mins ago or so, put down a slight temporary covering.

[damianslaw]

A few sleety hailstones in the heavier precipitation, temps between 4 and 5 degrees. Definately a firm gloomy winter feel to things today. A quick descent into dusk I feel. All rather grim on the back of an equally cold wintry Friday. We need a 'spring' boost after 4 months of wet gloom. Ground is absolutely sodden, the phrase ' the darkest hour before dawn' springs to mind.. one last push through March...

Edited March 2 by damianslaw

[carl1980]

Dark here with hail,in Huyton atm

Edited March 2 by carl1980

[Weather-history]

Looks like a strong cell around Manchester city centre on the radar

[Weather-history]

 

[raul_sbd]

3.9c from 5.3c just an hour ago.. perhaps some sleet in the next band in around 1h..

 

Edited March 2 by raul_sbd

[Chris.R]

Looks like that cell has electrified to my east. Was listening to football though so I didn't hear anything. Going outside in case it does another.

[Dark Horse]

Some wording in the mad thread from the usual suspects about potential moving forward regarding cold, they've been saying it for months. But wouldn't it be just typical that as we get to mid March we get a 2018 mini beast scenario. Where was you all winter? I'd take it for sure but I'd love a mid winter one better.

[Methuselah]

 Dark Horse Whatever 'potential moving forward' is supposed to mean.

PS: I've been on here for more than twenty years -- they've been right too, a couple of times!

Edited March 2 by Methuselah

[cheshire snow]

Oh my…..