North West Cold Spell Discussion

[Darren Bown]

Seems to be calming down a little bit here, pptn to the NW is slightly less intense too

[cheshire snow]

Still snowing in Northwich all surfaces now covered

Come snow work east and give HC some snow

C.S

[Liam J]

temp 1.9c and RAIN all nice and green outside frost all melted away

[Carlisle2568]

Arrived here 5 minutes ago & although the temp here is a steady -1.6c after rising from -3c in the last hour sadly we have rain atm.

[cheshire snow]

Still snowing in Northwich all surfaces now covered

Come snow work east and give HC some snow

C.S

Edit

Meant to say West

Double edit

white out conditions here ATM

C.S

[martinj2]

Liverpool airport is now reporting light snow, but from a friend over there, he says its not doing anything.

My temp has dropped to 0.9C dp -0.7 everything is still the wrong side of marginal..we had some freezing rain for a short period of time now its doing squat.

No way thats light snow! Interesting thats its raining in New Brighton-hopefully that wont shift over us.

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

temp 1.9c and RAIN all nice and green outside frost all melted away

oh man that sucks.

worst of it is thats coming south.

hope the cold front undercuts as this irish sea is really causing problems for peoples

[HotCuppa]

Still snowing in Northwich all surfaces now covered

Come snow work east and give HC some snow

C.S

There is still hope the temps will drop off, for a little while since the sleety rubbish they have fallen. I just hope they continue to fall off. I hate this period where you literally stuck right in the middle of marginal, yet several hours earlier before the snow moved in, we where perfect for it. I can't believe the dewpoint rose so quickly with that mild sector of air.

EDIT: since I wrote this, the temperature as decided to go up by 0.4C dewpoint is now even worse -0.2C. This is because the wind shifted once more to the west.

These snow showers are extremely localized to say the least. Airport reporting snow, yet my friend tells me its actually pretty quiet out, just like Liver said before (about an hour ago it was slushy sleet at best)..since then there has been no precip. How can the airport report something that hasn't happened?

Edited January 5, 2010 by HotCuppa

[Bartlett Low]

Snow now only very light, seems to be stopping.

I hope the sleet line doesn't move any further east, getting a bit close now for my liking!

Couldn't get on the board again so I had a quick look through the 18z run, some heavy precipitation now forecast for Wales Midlands & South West later today (Tuesday).

[skillcomputers]

Had moderate snow earlier in Warrington, then turned to sleet for 30 minutes and has now turned back to heavy snow. Perhaps 2 or 3 cm on the ground but the tree in my garden looks wet.

[James M]

Temp still -1.6°C here, I'm optimistic

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Snow now only very light, seems to be stopping.

I hope the sleet line doesn't move any further east, getting a bit close now for my liking!

Couldn't get on the board again so I had a quick look through the 18z run, some heavy precipitation now forecast for Wales Midlands & South West later today (Tuesday).

unfortunately im getting bad vibes about this ,we need some heavier precip desperately.just been outside and it feels much warmer and we have low cloud,we need that to bugger off.let the skies clear and the temps to fall.

either that or the winds need to turn more notherly,and soon!!

i hope this isn;t going breasts up,im getting a feeling it might be!

[AderynCoch]

About an inch lying all around in L17 - and still coming down at a fair rate. Have some of that, rainfall/snowfall charts!

HotCuppa, get yourself up the A562 pronto (or better yet, travel east!).

[Carlisle2568]

Anyone any idea if this bloody freezing Rain will continue or might I get some snow later? It's quite moderate too so would be awesome if only it fell as snow.

Temp currently -1c

[HotCuppa]

Snow now only very light, seems to be stopping.

I hope the sleet line doesn't move any further east, getting a bit close now for my liking!

Couldn't get on the board again so I had a quick look through the 18z run, some heavy precipitation now forecast for Wales Midlands & South West later today (Tuesday).

that run goes pretty much hand in hand with what the beeb have forecast..sw to get a lot more snow than us, also the se too..so annoying when everywhere as had a dumping or is about to have a dumping and the best our region can muster is pointless rain or sleet and snow over manchester..i really despair sometimes.

[stoke weather watch]

Snowing again here in Macclesfield over the top of the snow that we have allready got

Im going to Sunderland tomorrow lunchtime that is going to be fun.

What do people think it will be like??

[HotCuppa]

About an inch lying all around in L17 - and still coming down at a fair rate. Have some of that, rainfall/snowfall charts!

HotCuppa, get yourself up the A562 pronto (or better yet, travel east!).

looks like pretty much the liverpool, halton regions are beginning to warm up..and this dreadful weary milder air is slowly making further progress eastwards. Looks like the warm front is moving in fast?

[davehsug]

Light snow reached Stoke at last!

[martinj2]

There is still hope the temps will drop off, for a little while since the sleety rubbish they have fallen. I just hope they continue to fall off. I hate this period where you literally stuck right in the middle of marginal, yet several hours earlier before the snow moved in, we where perfect for it. I can't believe the dewpoint rose so quickly with that mild sector of air.

EDIT: since I wrote this, the temperature as decided to go up by 0.4C dewpoint is now even worse -0.2C. This is because the wind shifted once more to the west.

These snow showers are extremely localized to say the least. Airport reporting snow, yet my friend tells me its actually pretty quiet out, just like Liver said before (about an hour ago it was slushy sleet at best)..since then there has been no precip. How can the airport report something that hasn't happened?

Still coming down here mate-a bit wet but snow nontheless-been falling for about an hour now. Sky is an orangey colour overcast.

[Snowmad79]

Take it the precip has been going down the western flank and though cheshire ? Weve barely had any flurries at all here up to now and temp is a steady -0.6c

[HotCuppa]

Still coming down here mate-a bit wet but snow nontheless-been falling for about an hour now. Sky is an orangey colour overcast.

make the most of it because temps are beginning to rise quite fast now.

how strange, it seems to be the further west you are the lower the temps

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=I90581002 west allerton

Edited January 5, 2010 by HotCuppa

[Jan]

Snowing real heavy here in Liverpool it doesn't seem to be sticking too much yet as the ground is fairly wet. I'm freezing need more blankets!!

[James M]

Take it the precip has been going down the western flank and though cheshire ? Weve barely had any flurries at all here up to now and temp is a steady -0.6c

Are you saying you missed the heavier showers earlier? We've ended up with an extra 3cm here.

The front that was forecast hasn't reached us yet.

Edited January 5, 2010 by James M

[Bartlett Low]

that run goes pretty much hand in hand with what the beeb have forecast..sw to get a lot more snow than us, also the se too..so annoying when everywhere as had a dumping or is about to have a dumping and the best our region can muster is pointless rain or sleet and snow over manchester..i really despair sometimes.

Picking up again, moderate snow now - I've been concentrating on the North & North West and hadn't bothered looking what was going to happen to the band tomorrow.

To be honest I'm happy for others in the west to get a decent fall, personally we've not done badly at all over the past fortnight here.

Anyway, although its not heading this way, the precipitation over Carlise is showing as snow on the radar but has been reported as rain - a bit worrying for later.

[martinj2]

make the most of it because temps are beginning to rise quite fast now.

how strange, it seems to be the further west you are the lower the temps

http://www.wundergro...sp?ID=I90581002 west allerton

Yes-I think it's trying to change to fine snow/sleet. Is there any cold air behind this?