mickpips

I think you may have misunderstood ... its not that they move East , but the modelling tends to forecast many to be too far west ... I have seen this on countless occasions over the years and as some have pointed out , its usually when we are foecast for a huge northerly blast etc , for it then to pan out to move through the North Sea. On this occasion everything is out west so fingers crossed it all shifts East a tad

John , it does sound like you having a bit of a tantrum there I do however find that post rather confusing , basically if individuals are looking for cold or milder weather and talking about possible evolutions then where is the problem ? Personally i do not post often ( in fact rarely ) on here but surely this is the model discussion thread and discussing what the models are CURRENTLY showing and what the possible evolutions of said output might become is all model discussion in my eyes and quite relevant ..... Quite frankly I prefer to read posts from the likes of Steve Murr, Nick Sussex, TEITS etc etc who discuss exactly this, not just what the models/ensembles etc are showing but possible upstream evolutions , whether it be mild, cold, gale force winds etc etc Mick

How can you say yet again ? I have 27cm of lying snow in NE Leeds !!! How much do you need ?

Morning all , At Least another 2 inch of snowfall overnight in North East Leeds ... I know as i cleared my pathway last night, unfortunately i didnt have time to measure it this morning before heading to work. Extremely tricky driving conditions with every road on my 6 mile journey being decidedly dodgey ! Passing through Leeds Centre and out the other side at Hunslet , the fall is less with approx an inch of extra snow overnight. I dont expect much through the course of today , but early evening and overnight looks like the shower activity should pep up once again ... and then tomorrow evening could provide significant accumalations across the region once more.

TBH , I dont know of any schools that are Open , BBC radio Leeds said this morning they were going to mention schools that were open instead of closed because the closed list was too huge ! I also know a member of staff here at work has also been informed his son's school has already decided they are closed for tomorrow.

Take a drive towards Leeds , you'll easily see 4 inches cover !

Hunslet LEEDS , pretty near to City centre , 10.5cm level lying snow and still falling moderately I'm almost certain back home on the North side of Leeds there will be 6 inch of fresh snow today Mick

Great to wake up to about an extra 2 inch of snow this morning ( probably more ) , got to work for 6am about a mile out of the city centre and cleared our car park , since then we have had about another inch covering !! Just stopped snowing now , cant wait to get back home this afty and have a play in it , lol I dont really see much in the way of a thaw before the big day .... Christmas day with 4 inch of lying snow , couldnt ask for more ! ** Seasons Greeting to All **

Leeds covers a very large area , Jed has had snow everyday since last Thursday whereas i havnt... a couple of inch last Thursday , then a fresh cover sunday and now just over an inch tonight .... i would say theres between 2-3 inch lying here at mo , but i was in yeadon today ( Leeds/Bradford Airport ) and there was about 4 inch in places there before tonight. Thats about 8 mile from where i live ... big variations within what is known as Leeds ) Up at 5am for work , should be interesting ... hoping we dont see the 'drizzle' here as mentioned in Normy

Just reached an inch of fresh snow tonight in North East Leeds ... steady snowfall now , Temp at -1.2oC I have to question the effect of grit .. The local authority gritted my road 4 times ! before the snow started , yet its white over now ... what a waste , does this stuff actually work ?!? LOL @ National forecast on Beeb ... Leading edge of PPN will fall as snow ...... hmmm , only the leading edge ?

Had 2 inch of snow Thursday , only lost about half of that last night with sleet falling ... had a dusting onto that this afternoon ! Still got a covering but it lasting until Friday is going to take some effort now

Anyone on here explain why temps aint anywhere as low as expected tonight ??

Does seem strange , temp just risen nearly 1 degree to 0.8 in last 15 mins !

Not snowing here as yet , i am however expecting a few showers through the night , hoping also that this temp drops ... Looks like the 'mildest' ( if you can call it that ) night so far of the last 5 !! Location : NE Leeds ( Wetherby Road ) Current Temp -0.1oC

Definately nowhere near as cold as predicted today or this evening , had a top temp of 2.2 here today ! and 0.2 now ! Earlier shower fell as sleet !! Have we missed something here ? I was expecting an ice day today

Looking nice so far

I was told an hour ago the M62 is horrendous at the moment , and its due to heavy snow and blizzard like conditions, a work colleague of mine travelled from Manchester Airport to his house in Low Moor ( Bradford ) Pretty dicey at elevation apparently , and VERY windy Constant Heavy snow showers here in NE Leeds now ... gaps are shorter than the spells of snow at present !

I was told an hour ago the M62 is horrendous at the moment , and its due to heavy snow and blizzard like conditions, a work colleague of mine travelled from Manchester Airport to his house in Low Moor ( Bradford ) Pretty dicey at elevation apparently , and VERY windy

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Nice covering here in NorthEast Leeds too ... the showers seem to be getting more organised instead of the one per hour from earlier A nice covering , even on roads etc and bitterly cold !

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Certainly confuses me why people even bother to look at ppn charts ... they are nothing more than a very outside indication of any precip , unless of course they follow any fronts etc Looking into the xmas period I still think , as i have always done , taking a middle ground between diverging outputs usually gives you the best clue as to what is likely to happen. The divergence between the models and the eventual breakdown in terms of timescale would lead me to beleive Christmas day itself will likely still be cold enough for snow anywhere north of the midlands .... but time will tell and this weekend will most likely see the various model outputs come to an agreed evolution

I can vouch for that living nearby

Short sharp snow shower again , thats all they seem to be , but add to the covering Temp rise from -2.8 to -2.1 in shower !