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I been checking quite often on accuweather to see when the snow is heaviest over Sunderland ...
I reckon it's confusing the stars for snow
not much happening here
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6 minutes ago, Boro Snow said:
Really it shouldn't be
my thoughts too
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well ... it's wet
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I wonder if many local schools will now decide to close tomorrow and Wednesday on the strength of those met office amber warnings ? ...it would certainly put me back in my daughter's 'good book' after my recent comments that she will be most likely having a couple of snow days
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nothing of note to report in Sunderland ...haven't seen one flake yet
my youngest has given me a weary look as I mentioned last week there may be school closures ... wish I'd kept quiet
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1 minute ago, geordiekev said:
Courtesy of Lorenzo
impressive !
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4 minutes ago, NickR said:
True enough! I've got a couple of big bottles of water, candles galore it turns out, and wind-up torches. Still got 4 crumbles in the freezer from the Autumn foraging too! :-D
I s'pose the other thing to consider if the weather event is as disruptive as some of the forecasters suggest, then power outages from the extra gas/electric demand could be a possibility - so put more food in the cupboard (and don't open the freezer)maybe the way forward
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7 minutes ago, NickR said:
I'm wondering whether it's worth stocking up. I'm literally 500 yards from a 24 hr Tesco, so seems doubtful, aside from having batteries, torches, and candles. Got a bag of rock salt somewhere. New sledge might be useful. One of my two broke on observatory hill a couple of months back.
If the roads become unusable for a while then Tesco will eventually run out of fresh supplies - I'd say put a few extra items in the cupboard and freezer
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Sunderland often seems to miss out on the more extreme weather (well to my perspective) ...albeit I reckon that'll change over the next couple of weeks
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yes off topic apologies - I'm a complete novice weather wise in regards to charts etc, but the last few days have been compelling reading! I have learned quite a bit so thank you to all the posters and informative post - when the site went offline
... just glad your back on - thanks!!! feel free to delete if not appropriate
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I've just mentioned on social media that a very cold period is heading our way, for Sunderland and the north east with the potential for snow etc, the post was ridiculed by a few asking if I'm 'a Daily Express reader'
(as if !) and the other response 'there's nothing on the BBC site or app' ... now I hope the easterly beast comes along and bites those doubters on the ass
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Paris looks good at the moment
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8 minutes ago, Boro Snow said:
Game over for the north east
tis a shame I was really hoping for a repeat performance as like this morning
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Those are false strikes, I tend to tell by looking at the radar and how heavy the PPN is in that area to judge if it is false or not..
BUT MORE THUNDER HEARD HERE!!
May I ask (as I'm a complete novice but really interested) is that a glitch in the software that records the storms or another technical term for a type lightning? thanks
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Someone yesterday posted the link to this fascinating site
http://www.lightningmaps.org/realtime?lang=en
thanks for that!
found it mesmerising to watch the storms gradually move across Northern Europe -now as these current storms shown below in the captured image
I was wondering on the significance in the varied length and direction of the green lines ? they also seem to join onto green dots on the map
Is a there any reason for this ?
Apologies if it's a dumb question - I'm a complete novice albeit enthralled by storms
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some thunder in Sunderland
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Nothing out the ordinary to report from here.Here being Whitley bay, just typical British rain
Likewise just down the coast a bit in Sunderland- rather drab but nothing extreme happening
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Welcome to NetWeather Mercury :-) (I have always wanted to be the first to do that!).
PS: Have you seen what's headed for the Netherlands/Belgium?
no I haven;t but I will check it out and thank you for the welcome !
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G'day all -my first post
-I love talking (and reading) about the weather this forum looks great! -I live in Sunderland, just a bit dull here atm somewhat showery so the dire warnings have been bit of a non event really -
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... just glad your back on - thanks!!! feel free to delete if not appropriate
-I love talking (and reading) about the weather this forum looks great! -I live in Sunderland, just a bit dull here atm somewhat showery so the dire warnings have been bit of a non event really 
Far north and northeast of England - regional chat
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The Sunderland council website is poor when trying to find out if schools are are closed, I eventually found via
https://www.sun-fm.com/schools/school-closures/ if anyone needs an update - I'm surprised that many more are still reported as open, noticed GoNortheast buses have cancelled services too - not much snow fell over Sunderland, (well not where I'm situated ) over night