Lakes Tom

Clouds looking really heavy in Leeds city center....can't believe it's not actually snowing, the sky looks so full......Rain today looking pretty good for a few direct hits in the near future.

Light rain/sleet Leeds city centre now

Lots of talk of the low being moved further South by the 12z and 18z, but there still appears to be a fair bit of precipitation for West and South Yorkshire. The GFS precipitation chart up to T36 is usually pretty accurate. Game on! B)

Yeah - On Thursday night, the precipitation is definitely heavier for Yorkshire and pushes slighty further west too!

There appears to be a distinct pattern over the last week in terms of GFS outputs. The 06Z in general, seems to have downplayed the potency of this cold spell, with much doom and gloom on this forum. In contrast, the 12Z and 18Z seem to have hyped up the potency. I suspect that somewhere in the middle lies the true picture.

Where abouts are you Skywatcher? Definitely a bit more of a sleety component in the city centre Where abouts are you Skywatcher? Definitely a bit more of a sleety component in the city centre.

Really quite heavy rain in Leeds city centre now. My school is 900ft above sea level in Bradford - Must be starting to give a fair coating up on the tops now! Here's hoping anyhoo!

Just watched the 10.27 BBC weather. Definite shift of the projected snow risks - now includes area up to and including North Yorkshire!

Cheers Yeti. Hehe - might leave that one til tomorrow though!

Curve then! Optimistic Northerner :lol:

"QUOTE (Delta X-Ray @ 8 Feb 2009, 08:41 PM) Check out the speed of the clouds approaching from way out west of Ireland. Makes me think even Jockistan could get caught up in this system - not wind wise, but ppn. Temps are still way cold up here with snow already falling tonight. http://www.sat24.com/ Also makes me wonder if the system has nudged northwards more than we think?" Perhaps a bit of a simplistic way to try predict where this system is going (I appreciate the earth isn't flat!), but if you draw a line from where the system enters the screen at 4.00pm and where it is positioned 8.45pm, it would appear the Northern most edge may actually clip southern Scotland, but certainly Northern England!

Perhaps a bit of a simplistic way to try predict where this system is going (I appreciate the earth isn't flat!), but if you draw a line from where the system enters the screen at 4.00pm and where it is positioned 8.45pm, it would appear the Northern most edge may actually clip southern Scotland, but certainly Northern England!

The 8 O'clock News 24 weather was a lot more vague than they were this afternoon. Earlier they were saying rain in the south, with snow on the Northern edge (i.e the Midlands). 8pm - No areas mentioned, but the graphics showed the front up into at least South Yorkshire. Added to that the numerous positive models getting on board. Changes a foot i feel! Yorkshire and possibly areas slightly to the North could be in with a good shout!

What a turn around! Looking pretty good with UKMO, ECM, JMA and NOGAPS on Board! The Met office as of 4.30pm have extended their weather warning for Monday and Tuesday to include areas further North, including... Yorkshire! Lets see the GFS 18Z come on side. As for the immediate snow risk in West Yorkshire. This Band of precipitation does appear to be diminishing somewhat and could be describe as a bit of non-event! Bring on the 18Z!

Yeti.............I think I love you! Get in......lets hope the GFS 18Z shows a shift northward too. The 12Z unfortunately didn't, with the precipitation only making it as far as the midlands. Come on GFS 18Z, throw us guys in W Yorkshire a few crumbs!

Really light snow in Leeds city centre. Interesting it's moderate and settling up at Leeds/bradford airport!

Really hope it shows the low track slighty further North. Was so frustating to see those showers from last weeks low make it as far as North as South Yorkshire and No further. Leeds has had it's fair share (If you compare it to NW England!), but another hit would be most welcpme!

You lot are pessimistic bunch. Of course the pennines will take some of the force out of the precipitation, but the main band has not made it into West/North Yorkshire due to timing. Give it a couple of hours and the main band will make its way over!

Yeah pretty heavy in Leeds city centre now.....All schools run by Bradford Education closed tomorrow.......Beers for me tonight.....Let it snow, let it snow..........

The large band of precipitation looks on collision course with Leeds/Bradford! + Harrogate!!

Im in Leeds centre, by the armouries. Got a couple of cms. With such low temps, don't think altitude is going to be such a great factor. Extremely rare to see snow falling and lying in the centre. With the snow in November, it was amazing how even a 2 minute drive out of the city centre bowl, there was a gd couple of Inches, but nothing in the centre!

yeah - ace shower in Leeds at moment! All surfaces very quickly turned white...keep that up and my school/work 'll be shut tomorrow!

We (West Yorkshire) are definitely in the firing line of the large bank of cloud out in the North Sea....Reckon another couple hours before it hits land - but should be some fairly beefy showers asscociated with it, which should carry a long way in land! :lol:

Have just watched the video and it worked fine - don't know loads about the charts so this video was really helpful. Cassie on Lakes Tom's login.