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Just starting to fall in Amble over past 5 mins.

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SSW should develop over Canada and we know what that can mean.

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Love May, a good day in early may feels as good as any day in july in my opinion, maybe because its the first good day after the long winter.  Christmas of course, especially if we get some snow or frost. And for my third I would say now, nights starting to really cut it but still mild/warm through the day...soon get sick of the dark nights though.

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1 hour ago, Dom W said:

A nice day today, enjoy the lying snow while you can as it will soon be thawing

Yes will be gone by tomorrow evening once the mild air pushes in over night.  Was nice to have a week of lying snow but looking at the charts an early taste of spring could be on the way, sunny with highs of 15c. Given the hole covid situation and being trapped indoors quite a lot id be happy for spring to now come.

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5 minutes ago, Durham snowman said:

This is impressive

The angle of the showers, there development as they move closer to land tells me any coastal regions plus up to 15 miles inland from NYM to Berwick will get something decent from this over next 4/6 hoursm

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Early morning showers have given a decent top up here and more on the way by the looks of it.

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Today has definitely delivered was worth all the missed opportunities of past few day.

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Finally a decent covering of snow this morning.

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The key tonight is getting snowflakes and not graupel, there'll be more than enough showers for everyone but most places will only notice it come 7am if it falls as snowflake snow.  

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4 minutes ago, MonkeyMag said:

This looks like a direct hit for us in Whitley 

Not quite would be my guess, probably more North Blyth/Bedlington, need a NE feed to push that your way.

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1 minute ago, Snowmaggedon said:

This good for the whole region?

Generally better for those closer to the coast, further in land no so much but as always these things can be very unpredictable.

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Definitely an ENE feed now, showers becoming bigger and heavier.

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Proper flakes of snow finally coming out of the sky when i was leaving work, bodes well for tonight if the showers intensify, as i think they will, and temp drops....im hopefully of waking to proper snow tomorrow.

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Finally its snowing and lying, still graupel but heavier than any point all day. Wind has picked up significantly also in past 15 mins.

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1 minute ago, Frosty the Snowman said:

As the low pressure, now over NW France, moves away it will allow the unstable air to our north (currently circled in your pic) to move south and allow the north sea to create convective showers which will be pushed in on the easterly wind.

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There is southernly movement in the Scottish band of showers but maybe no more than 25 miles over past 2 hours, at that rate that unstable air would reach Northumberland in about 5 hours.

Apologies 10 hours not 5.

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Nothing really coming from these new shower formations currently hitting Northumberland coast.  Had a few pass over according to the radar but just light graupel, you wouldn't even know it was falling if not specifically look for it on the pavements.  Still early in the hunt though.

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8:30 Monday morning.....

Colleague - "good weekend?" 

Me - "aye not bad"

Colleague - "what you do"

Me - "watched a weather radar for 16 hours"

Colleague - "wtf is wrong with you"....

We had better have some snow by tomorrow to make the office abuse I'll no doubt get worthwhile.haha 

 

 

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16 minutes ago, rdt123 said:

Odd bit of graupel here in Billingham. Not feeling it at present , doesn’t feel like a 2018. Early days mind and we aren’t reallly in the easterly flow though it’s later than predicted that’s for sure. Tomorrow looks like the main chance then a drier few days 

rob

I agree Rob, does not have the same feel as 2018.  Back then we had a good few inches of "wetter snow" then the graupel type followed and lay on top.  I think this set up is just going to give us graupel snow from the outset and it'll just be blown around into corners, up against walls etc...at least the roads will be mainly clear. Btw i hope I'm wrong! 

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Very fine snow but it isnt melting off so starting to show on the grass a little more after each short passing shower.  As soon as the shower intensity increase, as it will, then we'll see a good cover.

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Very grainy snow, nothing wey about it and starting to lie now intensity is increasing.

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Although checking the radar can see the steamers lining up, just need them to become heavier.

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Woke up to not a grain of anything, disappointed.

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Stopped raining on Northumberland coast (amble). Notable drop in temperature as colder air moving in and rain has stopped.