severe snowstorm

It's yet another cloudy day here so far, but dry for now, currently 5.8C. Very little wind again.

I think they'll wait until tomorrow morning for the warning, assuming there is one. Confidence still too low at this stage I think.

Blimey, that would be Baltic feeling and you are probably right, that it assumes snow will be on the ground. It would be great if we could get even just get a very slight covering at least early on in the week as it would hang around for a few days. It's the perfect time of year for a cold spell.

The metoffice still seem keen for a spell of sleet or snow to develop late Monday into Tuesday, no mention of rain. Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: Staying very cold throughout with the potential for some sleet and snow late Monday and into Tuesday. Widespread frost developing by night with the risk of some icy stretches.

It certainly is doom and gloom in the mod thread. It does seem more likely than not that the Atlantic will break through next weekend, but why not enjoy the here and now? We've got a week of very cold weather coming up, decent frosts overnight, some bright/sunny weather at times by day and the possibility of snow/snow showers. Whatever this week brings, I'm certainly going to enjoy it.

It's been mostly cloudy this week with the temp stuck in a narrow band between around freezing and 4/5C day and night. Certainly a chilly feel to things. Although we have seen little sunshine, it's just been nice to dry out following the weeks of rain prior to this dry spell.

It's a superb metoffice forecast and then the extended forecast for Tuesday onwards mentions wintry showers from the North West in between the frontal activity. The outlook really couldn't be much better for the region.

The pages are certainly turning over at a rapid rate in here lately, are we expecting some interesting weather...!? It's been a few nondescript cloudy days here with a rather chilly feel out. Not a huge change in temperatures day and night.

The mod thread is definitely a less frenzied and more relaxed read on TWO website, but I don't like the fact you have to always click on a link in a post to view a chart, rather than the image being displayed in the post, as is the case on netweather. Problem is, there is an awful lot of 'noise' that has to be filtered out on the netweather mod thread to actually get to the decent/informative posts worth reading at this time of year.

To be fair, I don't think anyone takes the BBC graphics literally, it's just highlighting the potential for next week really. Call me old fashioned, but I much preferred the old style symbols to the modern graphics anyway.

A brighter day today, but definitely a chillier feel with a nagging breeze. Max temp 3.7C. Too far off to predict snow distribution across the UK as we head into next week, but what perfect timing for the cold spell to hit during mid January with the sun almost at it's weakest.

A raw feeling day here and quite cloudy throughout, temp struggled up to a max of 3.1C.

Got down to -1.3C overnight, but temp has now risen to 0.6C with a few clouds having rolled across from the East.

Those showers over North Wales up to West Lancs had no problem making it all the way over to the West Coast and even looked to have maintained their intensity judging by the radar. I would have thought they would have fizzled before then.

Early cloud cover has largely shifted and it's a glorious winter morning here, not a breath of wind, 2.3C. Perfect for going out for my run later.

That is certainly a surprise as there were reports of snow 100m lower than your elevation an hour or two ago just a few miles SE of you in the region. Just goes to prove how complex it all is when it comes to conditions required for snow to fall.

A nice chilly morning here, quite a bit of cloud cover first thing, but the sun is now shining. Currently 1.4C with ground frost still in place. It certainly is downbeat in the mod thread this morning. I'm certainly not feeling downbeat though, a week of mostly dry weather with variable amounts of sunshine looms for my location and below average temps with frost by night. I'm more than happy with that for the time being. No point obsessing with snow potential days away, chance of snow can crop up at relatively short notice once the cold is in place. The possibility of some flurries of snow for Eastern parts of our region overnight.

Nice to see the return of the frosty mornings, got down to -1.4C a couple of hours back, but since risen to -0.3C.

A superb day today, sunny for much of it after some cloud this morning. A chilly feeling day with a max temp of 5.9C.

Yeah, Jan 2010 was good in many places at all levels. My comment about altitude was just a general one really, not relating to that event.

I've got a walking weekend lined up in the Lakes in Feb, so hoping for some decent snow accumulation between now and then to allow for some decent winter walking. Looking good for this at altitude at least in the extended outlook with temps remaining average or below.

I know where you mean, I was the other side of the hospital, up on Ridge Hill. Amazing the difference just a few metres makes to rain vs snow and the depth of snow. Also get some urban heat island effect in the town centre as well meaning shorter lived and less snow accumulation.

Some mist early on here, but has now cleared and we now have overcast skies, very still with no wind.

Got down to 0.8C here, so not quite an air frost. Lovely start to the day.

Jan 2010 was certainly amazing. I was in Stalybridge at the time, exact same altitude as you mention above funnily enough. I measured 10 inches of snow and we also had a couple of three inch falls in Dec 09 and then 8 inches of snow from the East in Nov 2010. It was an amazing period for snow. The above is still nowhere nowhere December 1990 and February 1991 which were the best falls I have seen in my lifetime at low level. I was in the Midlands at the time. I don't have any measurements, but easily one to two foot of snow at least each time, possibly more, it was very deep.