Martin M

People have snow? Not even seen the hint of a flake here today. Although I have been working and not looked out much today. Pretty cold though. Car was well and truely frozen over this morning.

Just below 1c here.

Really? Stopped altogether here over an hour ago. Would of thought Cheshire would be drying up (or freezing up) by now.

I can beat that, it smells like snow out there... Although you could say thats the left over snow from the weekend. :winky:

Don't worry, I have to go to Runcorn in a couple of weeks, if he doesn't I'll track him down and do it for him haha.

Theres straw clutching and then theres that. But Im more than willing to clutch it :lol: *Fingers Crossed*

I bet he's back before the end of the night too.

If this is going to happen its got to start shifting west pretty soon. To my eyes all precip seems to be heading south to our east.

Im not registering proper snow YET mate, just the startings of. Its not snow for me until its 100% snow with no rain in it falling from the sky

If it does do this then we may get lucky. As its very close now to turning to proper snow. If it doesn't I can't help but feel it will dry up as the uppers finally get cold enough. For the snow starved heres a good webcam from over the Pennines http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/IceStationCameras/033B92B9_FFED885A_cam2.jpg

I think Backtracks eyebrows will be saved soon, a 50:50 mix of snow flakes and freezing rain here now.

I could be very close to saving them then. Still sleet but with quite large flakes now mixed in. Anytime now I feel if its going to do anything tonight.

Even so, theyre not that steep sided. That terrain matches Snowdonia and the snow cover the same as his trip there a couple of weeks ago lol. Anyway is my location eligible to save Backtracks eyebrows? Or does it have to be really low lying snow?

Runcorns suddenly part of the Snowdonia National Park now is it Backtrack Edit CC beat me too it, anyone elses Netweather gone really slow?

Id rate our chances at the moment as, slim if Im honest. Seems its alot further east than anyone thought it was going to be.

Yeah thats what i'm thinking. That tweet Snow Guy put up before shows snow just to our north east so its just got to come a little further west now I think. Doesnt look like we'll get that much, if anything, here now though. Just seems like sleet now for the last couple of hours. Ground is quite icy.

Got loads of iceicle's beginning to form outside now. Just been told a trucks struggling to get up a big hill running through the center of town. Might be due to ice, either that the driver just can't drive

It is progressively getting more sleety I'd say. I'd give it an hour or so before we start getting some light snow. Certainly feels colder than a couple of hours ago.

Haha yeah, Im glad im off on holiday today so have no need to venture outside. Back in work tomorrow so will probably have to fight my way through the traffic that always seems to grind Macclesfield to a halt when it snows.

Light rain here now, but its freezing I'd say. Seeing as I've just watched a delivery man across the road almost break his neck trying to walk down a 'wet' looking driveway.

Yeah you can say that. Macc itself has its own favoured spots I've found recently. I live in the south west part of the town with only a few houses left before the fields start but were also on a hill thats around 40m higher than the most of the town before you get to the eastern side thats on the hills. Back in December I had snow at home but when driving through the town center there was very little. Then theres been times where my part of town will get 5cm, yet the other will get over 10cm. Really weird really but goes to show how a little more height can make the world of difference sometimes.

How much snow have you got left from the weekend? Were just down to grass being covered and the pavements having ice on them.

And thats just the reported ones. No doubt there will be loads that have happened on side roads that the police haven't had to deal with.

Ah. Still ground temp will no doubt be still below 0 so it might freeze soon so it would be best to be ready to slip. Freezing rain isnt always as instant as it sounds. Still bone dry here.

Saintpeter said the same, then realised it was ice. I'd go and find out before you realise the hard way