North West Cold Spell Discussion 4

[SP1986]

I think its raining in north Wirral unless anyone can tell me otherwise?

[Snowmad79]

5 viewers i see

[mcfcben]

pretty sustained snow showers here now Wooop.

can u guys check my cam is streaming properly please ! >> Snowmad live stream

Poor quality but i just thought id check it out

thanks for this

similiar scenes in wythenshawe/manc airport area at the moment

[Dingwantssnow]

Latest BBC weather looking excellent

[swainclubber]

pretty sustained snow showers here now Wooop.

can u guys check my cam is streaming properly please ! >> Snowmad live stream

Poor quality but i just thought id check it out

yeah lookin good mate

[karyo]

Karyo

Get your friend to check with the airline as i said airport shut no indications on what time

It will re-open ATM Long delays i love the Snow but this is giving me serious probs ATM

This afternoon menat to get worse if this continues like this i can see 6 inches easily by early

Evening

C.S

Thank you mate, I'll inform him!

The size of the snow flakes is unbelievable! The radar is looking rther lively and a streamer has formed!

Also a band of showers that left northern Ireland earlier should affect many parts soon.

Karyo

Edited December 20, 2009 by karyo

[swainclubber]

Latest BBC weather looking excellent

could you give a summary please, i never saw it

[Spurry]

Hi , The freezing level is lower and the convective cells that produce the snow showers produce a downdraft of cold air. Although the temperature atlowest layers may have been warmed by the sun it will not stop the snow from melting. Yesterday evening had a layer of warmer air embedded in the flow that produced the rain and sleet. Today you are in the unstable cold sector.Hope this helps a little.

C

Thanks

[Snowmad79]

thanks for this

similiar scenes in wythenshawe/manc airport area at the moment

K thnx mate, ill leave it to stream for the next few hours atleast. errm is there a netweather thread or something to add my cam link and location etc ?

Looks about 2 or 3 inches deep out there and still below zero .. c'mon you beauty !

[k19]

rain just hit

[dodge]

pretty sustained snow showers here now Wooop.

can u guys check my cam is streaming properly please ! >> Snowmad live stream

Poor quality but i just thought id check it out

Yes, same here now too. I can see this being more widespread as the day goes one. Settling with ease too.

[cheshire cat]

Belting down here

Enough for a snow man

How long is this spell due? Missed BBC

[mcfcben]

heres a pic of current weather conditions in northenden/wythenshawe

sorry for the terrible quality, had to use my webcamera for it

snow not letting up now, been snowing for about 10 minutes now

[dodge]

Basically more of the same all day. There will be periods of light snow, but when the heavier showers come along, it will top up the accumulations. The BBC forcast had the showers affecting parts of the North West going all into miday tomorrow. Although I expect there might be a easing from the Southern parts of the region overnight.

[swainclubber]

Basically more of the same all day. There will be periods of light snow, but when the heavier showers come along, it will top up the accumulations. The BBC forcast had the showers affecting parts of the North West going all into miday tomorrow. Although I expect there might be a easing from the Southern parts of the region overnight.

i can live with that, so is it due to snow all night tonight too?any organised bands predicted?

thanks

[carinthian]

Belting down here

Enough for a snow man

How long is this spell due? Missed BBC

I can remember back in time that this kind of set up, particularly with todays wind flow produces the best snowfalls for North Cheshire and South Lancs. Could be on for a major snowfall in the area overnight as the instability in the cold air mass will continue. Anyone got pictures ?

C

[Weather-history]

Snow eased for a minute or two but is coming down again. .

[Osbourne One-Nil]

-1.7 and hammering it down with snow. Absolutely beautiful big thick white flakes....just like you imagine when you're a kid.

Edited December 20, 2009 by Osbourne One-Nil

[Dingwantssnow]

could you give a summary please, i never saw it

Judging by the graphic looks like every wehere from the mersey estry - spelt wrong, east to the pennines and upto preston has a white blob sat on it from about miday till tonight. I say looks because im in work and looked at it from distance. then tomorrow we have more snow. Heard the forcaster say 10-15 cm with 20cm on higher ground.

[martinj2]

These showers are coming straight out of the west-I thought this was going to be a Northely air flow.

[ISAAC]

manchester airport shut due to heavy snowfall.

is it that bad ?

[dodge]

-1.7 and hammering it down with snow. Absolutely beautiful big thick white flakes....just like you imagine when you're a kid.

Definately a Winter Wonderland out there now.

Just done a scout round the M60/M62 traffic cams and most of them are now affected by snow. Any last minute shoppers could be stuck in traffic coming home. I was yesterday, and it wasn't even snowing lol

[swainclubber]

Judging by the graphic looks like every wehere from the mersey estry - spelt wrong, east to the pennines and upto preston has a white blob sat on it from about miday till tonight. I say looks because im in work and looked at it from distance. then tomorrow we have more snow. Heard the forcaster say 10-15 cm with 20cm on higher ground.

thanks alot cheers

[Snowmad79]

Whats the crack with wind for today ? its just starting to pick up a little (pure westerly) and blowing the settled snow about... Drifting is not out of the question here. Can this rival febs snow with about 4-5 inch laying and drifts upto 4 ft ?

Hope I dont have to go in work tonight lol.

Edited December 20, 2009 by Snowmad79

[mcfcben]

manchester airport shut due to heavy snowfall.

is it that bad ?

we've had about 3/4cm's since this morning so I'm not sure. the main roads are definately a whiteout though and cars struggling to make it down them