Cheese Rice

No it didn't, the reason why the spell was so exceptional was because of consistent cloud cover. The snow cover wouldn't have survived for several weeks had it been sunny, would have barely lasted a day.

How is it that yall in central got lying snow yet I'm in central and the snow didn't settle on the pavements, there was a covering on the roads/cycle lanes but nothing on the paths.....

I feel like we are going to miss out here which is disappointing. Hopefully central gets a covering.

A high chance of snow over the next few days across Yorkshire, much higher than the last north westerly we just saw.

Nonsense. The forecast is pretty clear. "Heavy sleet, hail and snow showers will follow". Clearly a wintry mixture, where does it just say snow it doesn't, accumulations reserved for 100m+ and the warning isn't just for showers it's also for ice.

Well although I like your enthusiasm I think from experience of splitting my time between 200m asl in the pennines and 0m asl on the Thames the models aren't going to provide much in the way of lying snow away from northern regions. The problem that we have is that the current cold uppers expected to come in from the east aren't associated with a low and thus the air won't be unstable enough to bring much in the way of showers, cold and dry mostly. The PM flow after won't bring air cold enough for lying snow, its very hard to see lying snow (away from transient accumulation) from North Westerlies, uppers need to be somewhere in the region of -9, as we have seen over the years so many north westerlies bring disappointments. Still if your in Northern England northward Tuesday could well bring a covering of snow from a decaying front which will be nice to see, the NWly after would provide some wintry showers, accumulations reserved for the tops of the hills. This spell again will not be nationwide, though good luck to northern areas.

Yes five years and counting unfortunately. Though realistically looking at the current models I'm not expecting any lying snow in this part of the world, the model don't show that.

I think your getting a bit confused between cold in the upper atmosphere and surface cold/inversion at varying levels. The 18z Euro4 has uppers of 4.c and snow as an inversion stops the mixing.

EURO4 is looking alot better now from prior runs. Yorks could do well.

Of course the models do, not sure where your getting that idea from, maybe your not viewing the High resolution models.

It's more so the front breaks up and fizzles out by the time it reaches Yorkshire with heavier puleses south and north of the region. I'd be surprised if there is much lying snow in Yorkshire.

I reckon tommorow is gonna be a write of for Yorkshire, significant temporary accumulations south and north of the region but largely missing yall.

200m makes all the difference.

I see it's 6.c in Manchester, sub zero in Leeds, it'll be interesting to see where the dividing line between the mild and cold air is and how far north it encroaches.

Very heavy laying snow in Leeds atm, going by reports from the family as I'm back in London. A different world west of the pennines as usual.

PM setups over the last few winters don't tend to deliver in the NW either, or at least over the last few years they haven't. There has been countless times when the North West has been buzzing the day before a PM flow and it always amounts to a wintry mixture or temporary accumulations. Even here though they tend to fall as snow they only really result in temporary accumulations.

Its the Irish sea that really does it, generally speaking temperatures across the central belt of Northern England are usually the same in winter. Where it matters is when setups are marginal, North West England does particularly poorly in these setups, especially in the last 3-4 years that have been characterized by a lack of deep cold. The wind of the Irish sea can make the difference between 1-2.c, we are lucky here that we are sheltered by the pennines so tend to do well in marginal scenarios. NW England is definitely one of the worst places for lying snow in the country

Sorry I don't think I explained well enough, as in its crazy that even with elevation the NW still does pants. It can be snowing at sea level in Leeds while raining 200m up on a hill in the NW.

Yeah but that wouldn't have any effect on falling snow lol, that would mean it would be raining at the top of the hill then snowing at the bottom. Its because Bingley Meto station is at 280m, LBA station is 200m, a simple inversion at play while the milder air mixes in at the higher levels. it'll filter down to here while the valleys will remain cold for a few more hours.

Again another huge difference in temperatures, Bingley is at 5.c while LBA is just above freezing.

Sub zero here, ice rink outside with a covering of snow. Roads are lethal.

Crazy how little elevation seems to make west of the pennines, the Irish Sea has relly got yall screwed. Sun zero here with a covering of snow.

I went to bed early so missed out on this, but we had heavy snow by the looks of it on the Leeds Bradford airport weather station history.

Well it's snowing here so fingers crossed for tommorow.

It's only 1.c here but interestingly Bingley Met office station at 280m is at 3.c. We've been a couple of degrees colder for a few hours now