North West Cold Spell Discussion

[martinj2]

Paddy Power going 12/1 on the Uk coldest temp of -27.2 being beaten

Any takers?

[Bartlett Low]

Paddy Power going 12/1 on the Uk coldest temp of -27.2 being beaten

Any takers?

No, I don't think it will be broken to be honest. Nor do they by the sounds of it

[martinj2]

No, I don't think it will be broken to be honest. Nor do they by the sounds of it

Might be worth a fiver though?

[HotCuppa]

Paddy Power going 12/1 on the Uk coldest temp of -27.2 being beaten

Any takers?

Those are quite odds given we are due even colder temps over the next could of days...wonder what some of those frost trap glens are recording at the moment..gotta be -20+ by now

[Hail Seizer]

Paddy Power going 12/1 on the Uk coldest temp of -27.2 being beaten

Any takers?

I don't envisage the record low being beaten, but, I think lots of areas may get record minima tonight alone. The Wirral is looking good for a modern day record. Mr Prudence, could you be prudent, (cough) enough to let me know what the recent record is for the Wirral, being a Moreton lad myself...

Edited January 7, 2010 by Hail Seizer

[John_T]

Finally reached -11c here. I had hopes of Altnaharra breaking -20c tonight but the temperature there has risen 0.1c in the last hour from -17.2c to -17.1c.

[martinj2]

Those are quite odds given we are due even colder temps over the next could of days...wonder what some of those frost trap glens are recording at the moment..gotta be -20+ by now

Yeah-I was thinking that-bit of fog rolling in, bit of ice on the sensors.

[HotCuppa]

Finally reached -11c here. I had hopes of Altnaharra breaking -20c tonight but the temperature there has risen 0.1c in the last hour from -17.2c to -17.1c.

what temps is braemar...isnt the lowest record temp from there?

[Hail Seizer]

Finally reached -11c here. I had hopes of Altnaharra breaking -20c tonight but the temperature there has risen 0.1c in the last hour from -17.2c to -17.1c.

Probably find that -20 will be achieved tonight, though the -27 a long way off. Possibly -21/22 achieved...?

Whatever happens, I have to say, for the lovely people like ourselves, the snow/cold/heat/extreme lovers, this really has, and will be, a record breaking spell of inclement weather.

Long may it continue!

Edited January 7, 2010 by Hail Seizer

[martinj2]

what temps is braemar...isnt the lowest record temp from there?

dunno-can't see that on the met site.

Paddy Power is also going 5/1 temps to reach +ive double figures in January (so +10c would win)

[Backtrack]

Looks like the temperature has stalled and refuses to fall anymore.

-6.1c.

[HotCuppa]

Looks like the temperature has stalled and refuses to fall anymore.

-6.1c.

My temp is slightly rising now -10.4C from -10.5C

Garston -8.6C

DP -10.8C

Edited January 7, 2010 by HotCuppa

[Backtrack]

My temp is slightly rising now -10.4C from -10.5C

Garston -8.6C

DP -10.8C

It's due to the breeze, it will soon plummet again, as will mine.

[chris78]

showers in ne have weakened and are very slow moving not much chance of them making it i think

[SP1986]

I don't envisage the record low being beaten, but, I think lots of areas may get record minima tonight alone. The Wirral is looking good for a modern day record. Mr Prudence, could you be prudent, (cough) enough to let me know what the recent record is for the Wirral, being a Moreton lad myself...

Really varied actually, and there are some records that you wouldn't expect.

The coldest minimum ever recorded in the Wirral peninsula, (metropolitan, not the Wirral hundred, which goes to Chester), is -14C in Bidston in 1987.

The coldest minimum ever recorded here in Heswall is -10.2C in 1981/82 winter.

I imagine the coldest ever recorded in Moreton is typicall -9 or -10C.

Hilbre Island, -8C I think.

Interestingly last night it fell to -6.5C here which is the lowest record since 1995 or 1981 I believe, I'm not sure I'll have to mull over that one again.

Right now it's -5.7C here, it's cold, but not very bad.

Bebington is very mild place it seems only -4C there at the moment.

Moreton is around -5.3C

[Backtrack]

Really varied actually, and there are some records that you wouldn't expect.

The coldest minimum ever recorded in the Wirral peninsula, (metropolitan, not the Wirral hundred, which goes to Chester), is -14C in Bidston in 1987.

The coldest minimum ever recorded here in Heswall is -10.2C in 1981/82 winter.

I imagine the coldest ever recorded in Moreton is typicall -9 or -10C.

Hilbre Island, -8C I think.

Interestingly last night it fell to -6.5C here which is the lowest record since 1995 or 1981 I believe, I'm not sure I'll have to mull over that one again.

Right now it's -5.7C here, it's cold, but not very bad.

Bebington is very mild place it seems only -4C there at the moment.

Moreton is around -5.3C

It sure is warm tonight Stephen - A barmy -6.1c here.

Fancy getting out the deck chairs?

[James M]

Some cloud has appeared to my east, towards the Pennines. I expect the temperature in Manchester to rise a little in the next half an hour.

Karyo

Yes definatley some cloud about now, temp has risen to -8.3C here in quite a short space of time, infact -7.9C now.

Edited January 8, 2010 by James M

[dodge]

The showers to the North East might give us a few flurries later on. They are appearing lower down the East coast and coming with a more easterly element, so they have less land to treck accross. The Pennines will knock them on the head a bit more, but still could give a little covering especially to area's closer to the east.

[Hail Seizer]

6.6 below in Sarff Liverpool, Indeed, a cold 'un.

[Backtrack]

Now at the lowest of the night. -6.4c.

-6.2c -.-

-6.3c and im off to bed.

School closed tomorrow again, another day of sledging, and no doubt a maximum of -2c

Night all.

[Liam J]

high cloud floated by, temp rose to -5.5c!!! now falling again as cloud moved away

[SP1986]

Temperature is really really plummeting now, the wind has died down, hmm I'm actually pretty confident this time for -10C because the wind has just died. The cloud and shower aren't due in for another 3-4 hours so it's going to be a record breaker!

[chrisbooth0070]

Just recorded my minimum of -8.8c a drop from 12 hours ago of 10c. Hoping to reach -10c tonight - when I pulled up about 20 mins ago not a cloud in site.

-9.2c now and I'm off to bed. Night all

Edited January 8, 2010 by chrisbooth0070

[SP1986]

oh my lord, Crosby is currently -10C for a coastal site this is phenomenal

[Sickbullet]

Snow isnt gonna hit us, BBC just changed the forcast to fog oh well