snowingtequila

covering of snow up the top of Buxton Road towards the Cat and Fiddle this morning. hardly newsworthy this winter though!)

I would like to one know why one. model progs the low to go south and another one doesn't what are the signals that one is getting wrong? this winter I remember a foot of snow on the ground for a long time after a brief interlude after 8 inches of snow had started to melt. A lot of the country did get snow just not the southeast it appears. I imagine we will have another snow event before winter is out, it is very rare that I go through feb and march without some proper snow particulaly when such blocking is about

caught the edge of a heavy snow shower this afternoon which gave a slight covering. Nice to see, also nice to see how the tenperature fell back to 1C when the snow started.

I am searching for the least downbeat thread, but everyone seems so miserable. The weather seems to be pretty much as the models have predicted so why is everyone down. Personally I have been told no snow this week at all being in the northwest however, it has been snowing lightly all day and we had a temporary covering this morning and a fresh covering now. I know we haven't had blizzards yet but it has been cold and snowing what more do people really want? Some people are never satisfied, day one of the spell and no one seems happy!

slight covering by this afternoon on the way out of macclesfield not been bad really for the first day of the cold spell, as told to expect nothing this week and not that cold and we have had a max of 2C and a covering of snow.

very light snow falling this morning, almost not noticeable until you are out in it and you get dandruff

I know I am a bit higher out of town than you, but just been out and already a few flakes blowing in the wind which bodes well if you ask me!

Not expecting much but I think some parts of the region could get a covering of snow by wednesday night, certainly areas next to the pennines. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

the snow cut off date is rubbish anyway, and not something I hear mentioned on here thank goodness. It would not apply in this instance anyway because it states that unless the country has received frontal or widespread snow by the cut off date we wil not get any. I don't know why people are stating this cold spell has been downgraded, within the reliable forecast period no armegeddon falls of snow or cold were forecast and it seems to me the models have been consistant for this week for some time. what more do people want?

If it is childish to be excited about snow, so be it! I am in my fifties now and still excited about it, I also work outside. This part of the netweather site is a discussion, not a reporting of facts, you can read the front page for that or look for the various analysis of models. Just as you can express your preference then so can others what is wrong with that? Think you should get over yourself a bit and let people be a bit excited.

You cannot predict precipitation on the ECM chart that far out. The northwest is a large varied region but I am not convinced the ECM is such a dry run for us all.

Sorry, don't accept that at all. It is too early to be so specific sbout snowfall. People need to go back to the things they were saying in this thread during the last two cold spells. The amount of times I read people stating that the NW would not get snow was just silly. I had 8 inches before Christmas and a foot in January. The ECM could easily bring snow to the northwest, just because you see high pressure does not mean it won't snow.

heavy snow since 1.30pm. Roads treacherous now. Not bad considering this isn't even a cold spell

I think it unliklely that on the basis of one set of runs Jay Wynne is questioning the monthly outlook, just as I am sure the met office will not change all their outlooks based on one run, it would be chaos if the world outside this forum changed their minds so quickly.

snow cover has survived the day at 2.3C max. Heavy snow/hail shower at 3pm giving a very icy/ slushy layer

there may be a lot of things against us but time of year is not one of them!

I won't pretend the outlook is pretty bad on every model run. However, no run is that faraway from cold to me. On Tuesday it would not take much for cold to be more presistant once it has pushed down and I wouldn't be surprised if by tuesday we are looking at signs of the next northerly on model runs. Meanwhile I am going an evening walk in the crisp 4 inches of snow I have in this cold spell that I have been told is not a cold spell.

what a great day. snowfall this morning, now blue sky and snow glistening. About 4 inches

I do find it amusing that people are so busy looking at the models for a cold spell in 5 days time that they don't realise we are in a cold spell. The models suggest the easterly idea was not quite right, it never made sense to me anyway. I think another cold spell is more likely from the north. However, I am looking outside at 4 inches of snow and wondering if people expect too much if this cold spell we are under gets no discussion and its potential breakdown does not get a discussion this week which is more exciting that something so far away.

every discussion seems so full of nonsense this week very hard to find soemwhere to discuss the cold spell that we are in the middle of. Heavy snow at the moment here brilliant onditions but no one seems to care about this they are just congratulating themselves that the GFS was maybe wrong!

I expected snow last night and today, the BBC showed it south of here but the conditions were perfect for snow coming in off the irish sea

same graphics for the week including snow in the SW with temps of 8C, another weak forecast I think, maybe they can't be bothered anymore

it was a couple of posts that did sum up the winter and suggest it is over now I was referring to not talk of what the models show for the next couple of weeks. Some posts did seem to be referring to the rest of Feb which seemed a little shortsighted. The best thing I can see about the models and where the consistancy seems to be is having high pressure near by which means I may see the sun which has been in short supply for a while. Much as I like cold I am not too bothered if it is dry for a week.

you'd think it was the last week in february not the third week in January the way people are talking. Makes this thread cery silly reading. Even if we get a two day sort of northerly, then mild westerlies we are still only in the first week of february and anything coulc happen. There does seem to be an overeaction to the models as of they describe the rest of winter rather tha give an idea of the next two weeks

All I can see on the 18z is a 6 - 9 hour easterly in the far southeast, the northerly looks more interesting later. Hopefully we can get some drier weather next week now, at least the models seem to agree on that