North West Cold Spell Discussion 4

[Osbourne One-Nil]

And on the way home earlier on...

Bear in mind, the car always reads at least a degree above the true temperature too.

[weatherobsuk]

Some showers out in the Irish Sea making good use of what CAPE is around, lower air temps now meaning the Irish Sea showers are almost entirely Wintry in nature with reports from the I-O-M of settling on lower levels as the Northern Cells passed by.

Now being blown SouthEasterly towards the Northwest Coast, I expect many will be waking up along these parts in the morning with a unexpected wintry scene.

[Thunder Snow]

The band of snow last night left a really good dusting, but i was expecting alittle more, heres to today and tomorrow.

[Liam J]

met office flash warning now for cumbria, temp gone up here to 0.8c hope it stays below 2c arrrrgh

[shadowfax]

That band of precipitation is coming closer, if it keeps on in that direction we might get some of this snow, nothing last night to speak of, just a bit of slush on top of the existing snow and now its frozen solid and like a ice ring, very crisp but not very deep! Going to Hull this morning for lunch, so will be packing the survival gear just in case we have problems getting home!!

Shadowfax

met office flash warning now for cumbria, temp gone up here to 0.8c hope it stays below 2c arrrrgh

I've just use the council weather station data from the sensor about 1/2 mile up the hill behind me and it says ground temperature of -8.2. No wonder it's so crispy.

Shadowfax

[cheshire snow]

Morning All

First heavey snow shower just paseed through leaving a nice covering

Absolute bitter out there Temp -5c with a DP -7C bring it on.

Edit

Second Snow shower just starting

Stay safe out there it is going to be a tricky day

C.S

[James M]

Jeeez it's cold here this morning -10.1°C! :w00t: :w00t:

Anywhere that has snow today that fell and settled has real chance of falling to to as low as -10C I reckon.

Those who had rain though, around -4C at worst.

You were spot on Stephen! :w00t:

[Solar Cycles]

Well after yesterdays farce, today starts with a smile. A light covering of snow and the promise of lot's more to come!

[James M]

I can see cloud heading in now, let a day of snow showers commence!

[shadowfax]

I can see cloud heading in now, let a day of snow showers commence!

It's just started in Bacup so should hit you soon, big flakes and instant coverage on this frozen ground.

Shadowfax

[Snow free zone]

Just had our first snow shower here. I have scraped the ice off my temp sensor and it seems to have levelled out at minus 5.7

[Never snows where i live]

Its snowing WHERE I LIVE.

Quiet heavy aswell

[cheshire snow]

I can see cloud heading in now, let a day of snow showers commence!

And blizards,and polar low,and without been greedy an Irish Sea streamer LOL

And dont we deserve the lot NW been starved of snow for ages now

C.S

[alr1970]

Snow in south Manchester. Good coverage, no depth though.

Here's the M60 at J5: gritter in action!

Andrew

[toccylad]

its snowing here in mossley hill in liverpool

[snowman75]

I can see cloud heading in now, let a day of snow showers commence!

forecasts look good for our area upto 20cm on high ground,its a case of lets wait and see

snowing heavy here first shower of day

[martinj2]

We've just had a Hail shower pass through, trying to snow a bit but dark clouds to the North.

Biirchwood on the M62 has had about an inch-and thats just east of me-no appreciable snow yet-temp 0C, wind appears to be westerly.

Edited December 20, 2009 by martinj2

[Solar Cycles]

Temp -2.9 at the moment, and a light covering. Looking at the radar, there should be a more organised band of snow hitting us within the next 2 hours!

[James M]

Yep just had some moderate snow here, and the great thing with this temperature is that every little flake sticks!

[shadowfax]

That first shower has just gone through, amazing what a shower can produce on frozen ground. Going to take the dogs out in the field now and take some pictures of the amazing sunrise, the cloud tops are bright pink. Can't wait for the next shower which is brewing out to the west.

Shadowfax

[Snow free zone]

Temp -2.9 at the moment, and a light covering. Looking at the radar, there should be a more organised band of snow hitting us within the next 2 hours!

Yep. Seems to be going slightly north of me at the moment and straight in over you !

[martinj2]

According to the 0800 Infrared-the main body of the showers are still mianly to the North of us-they haven't hit us yet in all their glory-but they're on their way.

[Never snows where i live]

Bring it

[martinj2]

Another hail shower-still no snow here, weird Mossely Hill and Birkenhead have snow. Interesting how the character of the hail has changed, from large round balls to small cone shaped objects. Sure is turbulent up there.

Edited December 20, 2009 by martinj2

[karyo]

Just woke up to a dusting of snow! The snow shower has now cleared to the east.

It's a day of radar watching, the temperature should not be a problem this time!

Karyo