North West Cold Spell Discussion 4

[k19]

More out over Irish sea, give it 45 mins or so and the next batch will be along.

how deep is it in the centre? its about 2mm here and melting and im a suburb

[SP1986]

how its raining bloomin heck this westerly certainly is having an influence. Temperature is dropping though snow may come back soon

[HotCuppa]

Light snow / graupel here..expecting it to turn to more persistent snow after dark..hopefully.

Edited December 20, 2009 by HotCuppa

[Jan]

how its raining bloomin heck this westerly certainly is having an influence. Temperature is dropping though snow may come back soon

Hi Stephen, just had a prolonged hail, snow, graupel shower here in the last half hour, it really came down heavy. We have lieing snow/graupel, its fairly thick up in Skem where I've just come from, roads are tricky too

[Dingwantssnow]

Blizzard in irlam

[Snow free zone]

how deep is it in the centre? its about 2mm here and melting and im a suburb

About the same. More hail/grapuel than snow. Bit of a let down up to now, normally never fail to get a decent snowfall from this set up, but it has failed up to now. Temp seems to be holding under 2c so not melting much at the moment. Hope we get some showers when it starts to cool over the next few hrs.

[mcfcben]

really dark outside

starting to chuck it down, just needs bigger flakes then its a blizzard!

[karyo]

really dark outside

starting to chuck it down, just needs bigger flakes then its a blizzard!

Yes, very impressive! We are under a very intense band of snow now but according to the radar it may ease a bit soon.

Karyo

[cheshire cat]

Whiteout here very heavy and dark too

[mcfcben]

Yes, very impressive! We are under a very intense band of snow now but according to the radar it may ease a bit soon.

Karyo

if this continues all afternoon and evening I wonder how much we could get

would 10cm+ be a possibility? considering it must be around 4cm by now

[Bartlett Low]

Best snowfall since December 2000 here. Had a heavy shower for 20 mins, now dying off again.

[karyo]

if this continues all afternoon and evening I wonder how much we could get

would 10cm+ be a possibility? considering it must be around 4cm by now

After this band moves east there is a break in the weather : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Karyo

[SP1986]

Typical winter northwesterly here.

Hi Jan didn't miss your message, is Skelmerdale high up?

[mcfcben]

After this band moves east there is a break in the weather : http://www.metoffice...ather/uk/radar/

Karyo

will that be it for the day then?

[Darren Bown]

After this band moves east there is a break in the weather : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Karyo

This is where the Netw radar comes in handy, these showers can literally pop up anywhere in this situation, esp with a warmish Irish Sea!

[Jan]

Typical winter northwesterly here.

Hi Jan didn't miss your message, is Skelmerdale high up?

I'm not sure what the ASL is for that area, but its defo higher than here.

[karyo]

will that be it for the day then?

No, there should be more coming/forming! Look also at Dazmaster's post.

Karyo

[swainclubber]

This is where the Netw radar comes in handy, these showers can literally pop up anywhere in this situation, esp with a warmish Irish Sea!

is that looking likely?

[SP1986]

I'm not sure what the ASL is for that area, but its defo higher than here.

whats the situation like where you live, any snow on the ground?

[Julian]

Haven't seen a snowflake here since 6.00 this morning.

Really miffed as it's just 15-20 miles up the A41.

Why won't it come south a bit.<_<

[Darren Bown]

is that looking likely?

there are other showers popping up in the Irish Sea, coming this way over the next hour I would say

[swainclubber]

there are other showers popping up in the Irish Sea, coming this way over the next hour I would say

ok cheers fingers crossed, been non stop here for the last 2hrs or so

Edited December 20, 2009 by swainclubber

[Weather-history]

A lot of graupel in that shower band that went through.

Can see showers and convective activity to the west.

[mcfcben]

ooo pretty scenes here

must be around 5cm lying now

[karyo]

ooo pretty scenes here

must be around 5cm lying now

Huge flakes now and very thick!

Karyo