North East England Cold Spell Discussion

[Alex95]

where abouts in Newcastle? Im from Prudhoe and still raining! Temp is 4.7 but dropping fast!!!

North of the city centre

[peterf]

it's down to 2.8c now with plenty precip,but it's still sleety rain.

[Hagler]

it's down to 2.8c now with plenty precip,but it's still sleety rain.

Let me know when it starts snowing at yours, then I'll know its not far away

[AdrianHull]

North of the city centre

Im at 4.2 now. Cant be far away. We need to get below 1.0 for light fluffy snow at the current dew point!!!!

[peterf]

Let me know when it starts snowing at yours, then I'll know its not far away

i'll just bounce a snowball off ya window lol.

[peterf]

looks to me like an early morning event.

[Freezing-Point]

I don't think the first wave of -5s has reached here yet, maybe at higher altitudes. Its certainly reached E.Scotland as they are reporting temp drops of 4 degrees. This is totally backed up by the GFS, which indicates the cold won't arrive here till after midnight at least. Then the -10s won't get here till tomorrow lunch time and thats where the fun starts...

Edited December 16, 2009 by Freezing-Point

[Osbourne One-Nil]

looks to me like an early morning event.

Takes me back to my teenage days that does.

[mickpips]

3.3 and just had a light rain/drizzle shower in North Leeds ... clear now and expecting a slow decrease in temp before any more showers move in .... I dont really expect to see any flakes until mid afternoon tomorrow though !

3.3 and just had a light rain/drizzle shower in North Leeds ... clear now and expecting a slow decrease in temp before any more showers move in .... I dont really expect to see any flakes until mid afternoon tomorrow though !

[paul tall]

I think the North of the region will be getting the cold air first, hence Newcastle being a degree colder than Teesside.

Here it is 4.6º, DP 4.0, so actually the temperature is dropping quite well now. It was 5º at 9.45.

[Freezing-Point]

Its lashing down with sleet and hail here temp dropped from 4.5 to 2.0. Radar is showing a heavy band which I think will fall as snow further inland above 500ft.

[paul tall]

Interesting! That's a very quick drop mate, aided by the heavy precipitation?

[Hagler]

3.3 and just had a light rain/drizzle shower in North Leeds ... clear now and expecting a slow decrease in temp before any more showers move in .... I dont really expect to see any flakes until mid afternoon tomorrow though !

3.3 and just had a light rain/drizzle shower in North Leeds ... clear now and expecting a slow decrease in temp before any more showers move in .... I dont really expect to see any flakes until mid afternoon tomorrow though !

Is there an echo in here?

[Cloud 10]

I think the North of the region will be getting the cold air first, hence Newcastle being a degree colder than Teesside.

Here it is 4.6º, DP 4.0, so actually the temperature is dropping quite well now. It was 5º at 9.45.

Only 1.5 with a dp of 1.0 up at tow law,similar values near consett.

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[Freezing-Point]

Only 1.5 with a dp of 1.0 up at tow law,similar values near consett.

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Its now 1.5 here and its trying very hard to snow

[izi]

sleet/hail here in south gosforth.

temp 2.9 (dew point 1.8 ), fall from 5oC at 9pm

Edited December 16, 2009 by izi

[mattyray]

lol osbourne, oh for being a teenager again in the 80s, everything was harder back then , even the easterlies

[PersianPaladin]

Heavy snow here and settling..

...naah, just kidding.

Edited December 16, 2009 by PersianPaladin

[Rollo]

2.8c here with heavy sleet and a strengthening NE wind.

[PersianPaladin]

2.8c here with heavy sleet and a strengthening NE wind.

Great weather to go for a nude beach walk.

[paul tall]

Well the temperature has stopped dropping. Ho hum.

[Geordiesnow]

No real signs of any wintryness, just plain old rain but encouraging to see the wintry reports coming in from this area.

Just hopefully we will have the PPN once the colder air arrives.

[Thundery wintry showers]

I don't think the fall in temperature will necessarily be steady. On 3 January 2008, the temperature at Cleadon hovered around 3-4C until about 4am, then fell abruptly to 1.3 during a snow shower and then hung around between 1 and 2C. However temperatures do fluctuate rather more near the coast in this setup.

[izi]

temp dropping quickly. Rollo, in 20 mins i bet its nearer 2.2 there it was 2.9 not 20 mins ago here, now 2.2

Edited December 16, 2009 by izi

[Rollo]

I just noticed on the 5 minute radar snow being shown 100 or so miles off the North east of Scotland,I guess that colder temperatures are on the way if that is correct.