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Hard one to call at the moment as the track of that low in the north sea isnt completely nailed but it looks like it will be curling down the east coast south of the Humber but snow showers will come in off the North sea just gonna have to nowcast and radar watch. Can't even say if its gonna be a hit and miss affair, met office go for frequent heavy and possible prolonged snow but thats what they said for today and i can recall about 5-6 showers of which 3 where decent and one of those was pretty impressive lay down several centimetres in around 15mins...

we seen a fair few hail showers today which has added a cm or 2 lol but wouldn't mind seeing some prolonged spells of snow

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http://www.sat24.com/scan

took this from the general discussion thread, the cloud forming from the east was ment to be heading towards EA, it looks to me like its heading more northerly and straight towards us, would I be right in thinking that?

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All forecasts are suggesting this Northe Sea low is going to hit East Anglia however it's track seems a bit more northerly to me and it also appears to be developing a lot more than I was expecting.

I would appreciate any comments from some of our wiser and learned weather buffs.

http://www.sat24.com/scan

Many thanks

gobbyash

hope it does stay northerly, seems we could be in the firing line if it continues on its current course.

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Was just about to comment on that said 'streamer' just starting to feel its presence here just asked my daughter if its still snowing? Yes a steady flurry was her reply...:lol: i think Blyth Ashington are in the firing-line seems like its gonna miss Tyne & Wear for the 2nd time tonight, or well had quite an impressive shower earlier.

I'm struggling to keep awake, should turn off the central heating and pretend i'm back in the 70's..!! Dont think my daughter will be to impressed though..!!

we are having more slight hail and light snow showers here, is there anymore prolonged snowfall due for teesside tonight?

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hi guys, back from work, its alot colder outside than this time last night, we are even getting the odd heavy hail shower blowing in off the sea which has covered the drive again I cleared this morning, so whats on the radar for tonight, I'm expecting a harsh frost judging by the sparkles on the snow.

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The ones in the first pic are from the house over the road and some of them are actually longer than the window haha. Glad you like them as I was bricking it taking photos of peoples bedroom windows

lmao

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great pictures there lads, their some icicles them mind davyf lol

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i no how you feel, hope we get some more ,i loved feb 91 it was class for snow, hope we get a freak heavy snow shower over middlesbrough .

same here craig, you never can tell when we are due snow, it appears when we least expect it.

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You're probably thinking of February 91.

yes will of been it was my first year in secondry, I remeber us wanting to go out and play football during P.E, teachers were having none of it ( bores that they are lol )

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No. It's a gamble on showers.

It looks like the threat of heavy snow tomorrow may have receded too.

Really, oh well still been a good winter so far here but cannot help but feel a little dissapointed some how, I think its seeing other parts of north east and central and southern parts of the country getting battered by the snow.

I thought this spell may have beaten the best spell I have ever seen regarding snow amounts and that was back in ( if I remember ) it was late October/early november 1991/92 it snows consistanly for a week here, we were even off school for a couple of days.

but this current spell seems to be peetering out on us.

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morning guys, well glad to see that thaw didnt trouble us to much last night afterall, a few hail showers this morning but nothing to write home about.

Whats on the cards today, will we see some persistant snow fall today?

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Temperatures have been over 0°C for over 6 hrs here on the coast and there is a slow thaw (dripping from roofs essentially) but upper lower temps of -10 and below are on their way. Although temps have been up to 3.4°C but when a shower hit it was of either hail, graupel or snow. I should'nt worry over the short term as cold sometimes severe will be around for sometime yet...!!

where are you from NL?

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The showers are well packed in now, a bit of snow for everybody it looks like.

Maybe for you lot Paul, I aint holding out for much now lol

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Dave at times i thought it must rain here but it just snowed even for a time when dew point was at 0.0 lol anyways outside just roofs been dripping but keeps getting topped up with snow but on ground no snow is melting at all

And atm on the floor there must 5-8cm in drifts 8-12cm

yer your right snowman, not much snow is shifting from the ground, alot of the roof tops are now returning and patches of grass, the problem I've got is its not snowing to top it up and when we do get showers there now rain showers lol

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I used to work in Redcar and often it was too marginal, nowt new there.

Flaming typical it is Paul, I reckon come the morning most of this snow cover will be gone at this rate, oh well roll on the next cold spell :lol:

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That dave is unlucky im getting snow and not that far away

that extra few miles is vital for you Snowman1 been in Stockton, I'm too close to the coast this evening :lol:

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Where are you mate?

the locations have went off again

Middlesbrough, I'm about 6 miles from the coast, near Redcar. So frustrating unless things cool down soon, I cannot see us seeing any snow soon.

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just had a real heavy spell of rain THIS IS SNOW JOKE NOW, its to mild to snow here, its game over, mind you those further inland are going to get a belting snow shower soon.

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Observing the latest infa-red satellite images suggests so, certainly seem to be intensifying, probably has a lot to do with the lapse rates over the NE part of the North sea, with relatively warm seas and the encroaching lower upper temperatures. I havent the latest 500hpa's at the moment but 850's at -10 to -12 sure to cause surface convection.

thanks NL - I'll be keeping my fingers crossed, just to note there is quite a strong wind picking up now over the last 10 minutes or so.

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If these can hold together i think major disruption cometh...!!!

anychance of that reaching us NL

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yep lol. the south gets snow = top headline stuff.

just seen the northeast weather forecast and they have snow showers shown for the next few days for the NE. We must be able to get som half decent accumlications if that happens

izi I would just like this thawing to stop first

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Great photo Mark, send it into Look North get it up on the weather bulletins the morra.. They'll be sure to put that one up..

got to agree that is a fantastic photo.

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I cannot believe the temperature fluctuation in our region. I was very briefly up to 0.8c and 30mins ago was back down to -1.8c now back up to -0.6.

The 'snow free streamer' I am in looks to be closing up. i expect more showers after midnight.

Tell me about it, I'll be getting the barbacue out in the back garden soon if it continues to warm up at this rate :lol:

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Snowing here heavy but only small flakes and dave im not thawing at all mate

pleased to hear that snowman1 and cheers for your concern lol

its all going pete tong here, I'm going all tropical all of a sudden lmao

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how long is this thaw expected to last?