Hoghtonwhite

Sorry but being honest here, I just can't imagine a system coming up from the south producing settling snow for low lying areas of our region. And it may not even reach us in the first place. I'd be much more confident if it was coming in from the north west like in January. Can't remember the last time a system like this coming Thursday produced the goods for our region. GFS and ECM seem adamant that it will. We can only wait and see this one. I think most of us will have to rely on evaporate cooling.

Christ, that felt like a hurricane had just moved through. What an experience of a squall line and so random.

UKV and Icon I'm giving most credit to, in terms of precision and how early both models were signalling it.

Mental for our low lying standards.

Looks like we have another heavy burst of ppn approaching us. I suspect this one will be the last of the snow (inland). Already sleet at the coast.

I just want to say, how happy I am for all in this group. All the time we spend show chasing and talking about it, this morning means the most to us. I appreciate that some of us (not all unfortunately) have got what we deserve. Oh, and we are the most respectful when it comes to the Mod discussion as we don't post about our region there unlike a lot of the southerners. Keep up the great work everyone.

A street that wouldn’t look out of place during a Canadian winter.

I doubt it mate. I would happily take a straight northerly wind right now, get rid of the ppn and keep the lying snow with cold air in place.

with the brutally cold temps that are forecast tonight and in coming days, what a shame we have a little mild sector creeping into the region this afternoon. could have been a full 5th Jan 2010 event if it wasn't for that.

Best snow event since 17th December 2010 for me.

Waiting for the garage to open at 6 so I can take a walk in the snow to get some milk to make a hot chocolate. We’ve had more than we had last winter anyway so that’s positive.

Lovely to have a covering of the white stuff, still snowing and more to come. I guess this is the difference between it snowing in mid January rather than early December when it was marginal and a let down for the region. don’t think I’ll get my hopes up for future early December cold blasts.

Tomorrow afternoon

GFS 18z for 6am. Nice to have all models now showing the purples for our region in the same timezone. Here we go folks. Now is our time

I noticed this when I came out of work. Does you know why? Normally my car is frozen over at -2 and its been in shade all day and it wasn't frozen. Is this a good sign for moisture/ snow in the air?

Streamer setting up nicely in the Irish Sea? Some of us could be getting lucky early on.

How I miss Dan Corbett, John Hammond and Rob McElwee. Mind you, they left when all the snow left so memories stick fondly with those.

Thanks for this! Christ, she hadn't much of an idea and neither did the BBC. This forecast is so generic, she keeps mentioning heavy snow sweeping southwards but the map behind her showing a rather different picture. She was neither precise with locations either, and no mention of any schools being closed and the brutal temperatures that followed. We were snowed in by 10am and I am low lying Lancs. Are we any further on in today's forecasting that's the main question I think?

Thank you for confirming this! I wonder why bbc/met got it so wrong? Haha, would Dianne not normally present the weather in mornings? Also, whats the Euro4 model saying this evening and where can I find it

Long shot, but does anyone remember the bbc/met forecast symbols for 05th January 2010? (showing on 04th jan) I'm sure it was showing some rain mixed in etc. How different it turned out to be, and very cold air followed the front like it is doing tomorrow.

Hi mate, I can see met office going for a period of snow in the morning and Accu weather have a wintercast for our area. Also most models showing snow for us. Only one with no snow is Iphone weather app but i'm not worried about that.

Looks like an upgrade on GFS 06z for the region in the morning for snow.

The front that came down on us 05th January 2010, wasn’t that originally showing rain for most of us?

This has been happening for years. I can't actually think when the last battleground dumping of snow came into the UK from the southwest. Would love to know the reasons why these systems always end up further south than originally forecast.

Not sure which Preston you live in but us in Bamber Bridge had about 5-6 inches of the stuff after it snowed all day on Tuesday 05th January 2010. Or are you joking , as we do normally miss out to be fair.