Snow Watch: North West England

[Snowmad79]

I should imagine all levels, but the problem is between 5pm and 6pm this evening warmer air is due to sweep in from the west which may well turn any showers back to rain. Areas at 200-300m + may see the showers stay as snow for longer.

** Any showers between now and 5pm will be snow to all levels - this will vary for coastal areas**

The NW radar shows some heavy showers heading my way in about 15mins.

Edited February 12, 2009 by Snowmad79

[swainclubber]

I should imagine all levels, but the problem is between 5pm and 6pm this evening warmer air is due to sweep in from the west which may well turn any showers back to rain. Areas at 200-300m + may see the showers stay as snow for longer.

** Any showers between now and 5pm will be snow to all levels - this will vary for coastal areas**

The NW radar shows some heavy showers heading my way in about 15mins.

hi mate ive not been of for a bit?is it meant to snow or something then turn to rain?cheers

[ItIsGee]

I should imagine all levels, but the problem is between 5pm and 6pm this evening warmer air is due to sweep in from the west which may well turn any showers back to rain. Areas at 200-300m + may see the showers stay as snow for longer.

** Any showers between now and 5pm will be snow to all levels - this will vary for coastal areas**

The NW radar shows some heavy showers heading my way in about 15mins.

i am in south manchester at moment so will look o radar now to see whats coming!

[Snowmad79]

hi mate ive not been of for a bit?is it meant to snow or something then turn to rain?cheers

Dunno mate, wasnt long ago that I heard about meto warnings so I checked the charts and radar and it does look likely any showers we get between now and 5pm will be snow and after that time I expect them to turn back to rain.

Hopefully we'll get something good today before we return to the milder muck for a week.

** Ooops my bad, the damned NW future radar seems to be advancing the showers way too fast , so except for the north of the region and coastal areas .. no ppn for us in the south eastern part yet LOL**

Edited February 12, 2009 by Snowmad79

[swainclubber]

Dunno mate, wasnt long ago that I heard about meto warnings so I checked the charts and radar and it does look likely any showers we get between now and 5pm will be snow and after that time I expect them to turn back to rain.

Hopefully we'll get something good today before we return to the milder muck for a week.

ah right nice one, the unexpected ones are the best, shame it has to go mild

[Thunder Snow]

Radar has precip over me, but nothin g it falling.

[ItIsGee]

some heavy snow showing up on radar east of manchester, the whole thing doesnt seem to be moving anywhere? Glitch?

[Dingwantssnow]

Eh snow?? when this happen? Any chance of it making down to south manchester lower levels or is this a hill only event?

[swainclubber]

Eh snow?? when this happen? Any chance of it making down to south manchester lower levels or is this a hill only event?

doesnt appear to be really heading our way much unless things change

[Thunder Snow]

Still nothing falling in Cumbria, BBC site has it turning more showery as it move South.

Wheres the snow lmao, the NW radar has snow over me for about half an hour now, but nothings falling.

[Thunder Snow]

OMG latest bbc forecast has rain over the whole of NW England.

[swainclubber]

OMG latest bbc forecast has rain over the whole of NW England.

lol, its gone right past us now!

[Thunder Snow]

lol, its gone right past us now!

Where the hell is it

Should of had snow since 6.30 accroding to NW radar

Edited February 12, 2009 by Thunder Snow

[swainclubber]

Where the hell is it

Should of had snow since 6.30 accroding to NW radar

lol tell me about it!!

[Thunder Snow]

lol tell me about it!!

I have PM'd the team to see if its a glich no reply as yet.

[Dingwantssnow]

Reminds me of tht song..."walk on by...."

[Thunder Snow]

It's all over i think the Precip has moved further East than expected. Metoffice have now removed there orange warning for Cumbria, and replaced it with a light yellow

[Thunder Snow]

Very light snow here at the moment

[Weather-history]

It's all over i think the Precip has moved further East than expected. Metoffice have now removed there orange warning for Cumbria, and replaced it with a light yellow

To be honest, the Met Office have been totally caught out by this. I saw yesterday's lunchtime BBC 1 broadcast and it was nothing like what is happening now. I was expecting it to become increasingly cloudy but mainly dry for here. NE England was expected to stay reasonably sunny until early afternoon.

Manchester latest TAF

Becoming

from 12 at 12 UTC to 12 at 15 UTC

Visibility 4000 m

Broken clouds at a height of 1400 ft

light snow and mist

Probability 40%

from 12 at 12 UTC to 12 at 18 UTC

Visibility 1400 m

Broken clouds at a height of 400 ft

snow

Probability 40%

from 12 at 18 UTC to 13 at 04 UTC

Visibility 0300 m

Overcast at a height lower than 100 ft

fog

Edited February 12, 2009 by Mr_Data

[Thunder Snow]

Anyone got any idea whats happened then, why is most of the action further East. Why is the radar showing precip in the West, but nothing is falling.

[Thunder Snow]

Paul has PM'd me back about the radar.

It's not down, it's a line of Anaprop (false radar returns), from the radar network, so it's not unique to our radar.

[SP1986]

Rain all the way here I'm afraid when the follow on drizzle reaches us. Currently 3.4C with a dewpoint of 1.8C

It's warmer here than Prestatyn, Liverpool, Hawarden and even Rhos-on-sea - that's not normal

[Snow free zone]

Just had a bit of very light snow here. I think i counted at least a dozen flakes.

[Snowyowl9]

Just been cloudy/quite high cloud and cold all morning here 1.5c.

[Thunder Snow]

Got some light snow falling at present, though no chance of it laying as the ground is wet

radar still showing i should have mod to heavy snow.