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  1. 18 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

    Is it really that bad in Preston? You must have had a couple of cms a few times last winter?

     

    Last winter and the winter before I had quite a few days with a couple of cms, and I'm not that much further inland than you (8 miles as the crow flies)? 

    To answer your question .... yes, yes it is.

    Last winter we missed 99% of all the ppn from the east, the stalling fronts coming up from the south all get as far as chorley/leyland stop and fizzle. I remember going out for a drink with a few friends last yr in Euxton there were piles of snow at the sides of the roads ... thats only 10 miles at most south of here. 

    There are several sat photos that show the apparent shadow effect we are under for snow here .... NW/W for the ppn but it has to be cold enough, on the rare occasions it is we can get a bit of a covering here ... but more often than not its a wintry mix at best. 

     

     

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

    Half Decent chart from the 06Z Tue - Wed in the near timescale.

    Holy Grail?

    But how does this compare to Dec 2010 as that was probably the 2nd Best (local - Lancashire non altitude) event i've witnessed

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     That looks like that christmas day chart from the early 2000s that gave us a decent covering 

  3. 51 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

    To be honest a potent enough Beast from the East could actually give us quite a dumping, but it would literally paralyse and bury the East of the country if it was that intense. 

    Well it didn't last year and i see nothing that suggests even anything remotley different for this winter ... perfectly illustrated by the fantasy chart posted above

  4. Really not much to get excited about as far as snow is concerned for this part of the NW (as usual) .... as soon as the post count in the MO thread picks up I don't even need to check that the so called beast from the east is back on the agenda and the usual "everyone will see a dumping from this" etc etc etc .....  you have to laugh.

    Before i go back into my snowless hole .... it is a really cracking day here the endless grey murk has been replaced by clear blue skies and low temps, a refreshing change. 

     

     

     

  5. Not seen much sun for a few days here either. Can tell it's  hot in the SE with all the knicker wetting in the mo thread. Rain friday, drizzle yesterday and more of the same today, cloudy and damp at the moment. Looks like the week ahead promises more of the same with a more noticeable nw/se split. Whilst we may miss out on most of the rain it looks like cloud and dampness will persist.  Been a great spell of weather up to now though .... but it just had to end when the schools shut for summer didn't  it !

  6. Finally had a bit of rain here yesterday.  Light showery bits and bobs in the morning with a heavier burst for around an hr around 5pm.  Again though almost all the really heavy stuff skirted around us passing either up the coast of over towards Blackburn way.  

    Not going to start banging on about the hosepipe ban ..... its the old story about leaking pipes etc .... we live in one of the wettest parts of the country and yet UU are the first (bar N Ireland) to impose a ban .... 

     

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  7. So much for an unsettled spell here. Even the frontal rainfall forecast for tomorrow  seems to be steadily fizzling out.  Rest of the week looks mostly  dry as well. We missed thurs/fridays storms here, ground is still bone dry even after that small amount of rain on friday morning.  High pressure looking to move back the longer the week progresses as well. Been one of the longest dry spells i can remember here. 

  8. 6 hours ago, Weather-history said:

    GFS 18z op run was exceptionally dry for our region

    1mm for the Lancashire plain in total if believed by mid July

    GFSOPUK18_384_18.png

    Oh dear .... i'm assuming theres some kind of easterly flow involved there then ?  looks like some of the ppn charts that were posted throughout the cold easterly events during the winter.

  9. 3 hours ago, Deep Snow please said:

    Sorry but a bit of rain is definitely needed now to put those fires out. Regardless of your own preference. 

    I would have to say that i agree with this sentiment. 

    Just had a gander at the MO thread and there doesn't seem anything containing anything wet in the outlook for the foreseeable .....

     

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