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Any breakdown would only be to slightly less cold temps away from the SW and coastal extremities, than now,.The outlook remains uncertain IMO.

Temperature was up at 1.3c now dropped to 1.2c, slow thaw of lying snow.

For Sunday evening/night, I'm going with the GFS. There precipitation charts were far nearer the mark than the rest for yesterdays event, so we could be looking at 6-12 hours of snow starting from around 18-00hrs tomorrow.

Looking at the models a breakdown of sorts is on the cards by next weekend, I suppose we can't really complain as by then we would have endured two weeks of cold and snow for many, but not all. The PV lobe moving out of Canada is worrying IMO, as there are no guarantees as to where it will set up shop. If I remember rightly the last time this happened was in December and look what happened then. So all in all a cold week, snow for those in the NE/E/SE and maybe this extending into other areas as per GFS run.

The lightest of snow falling, but still covering surfaces that have been cleared. Temp 0.3c

Temp here has jumped from -1.7c to 0.1c, hopefully we won't see it continue to rise.

Snow still coming down hard and fast, temp -1.6c. At this rate I would expect a good 6 inch covering by the morning.

The 64 million dollar question, our chances look quite good, but the usual caveats apply really. Tune in and watch this space.

Wilpshire, off Old Whalley Road.

Snow really coming down now depth 7cm and drifting over 20cm, fanruddytastic!

Light/moderate snow around 5cm covering, temp -1.6c.

Wind really blowing the snow around drifts of around 6", hopefully we get that amount of level snow. I think we'll see snow in this area for a few more hours yet before it peters out.

Moderate snow now with a temp of -1.2c.

There is a band of snow moving in from the SE, but it should be the early hours of Monday before it reaches the Lakes, if at all.

I reckon there's a good chance that area of precipitation below Sunderland will move towards Cumbria, hopefully it will drop South a little IMBY.

Snow lighter now still blowing around though temp -1.2c.

Clucking bell, this is the heaviest snow I've seen in over two years. Where as this come from.

Light snow now, temp -0.4c.

Temp now -0.3c....... Same old, same old!

So this was our swan song then, dear god!

Temp now -0.1c overcast, grey and damn right boring.

We're North Westerners BT, moaning is what we do best.

That's what I'm hoping for, far better if we get heights over Greenland rather than Scandinavia. In fact I never want too see an easterly again, hate them with a passion.

The breakdown is gathering pace.

We haven't seen lying snow for over two years.