Yorkshire, Lincolnshire And The Pennines Cold Spell Discussion

[pottyprof]

Looking like a few of us are in for a top up of the white stuff...

Enjoy.. :lol:

[Harsh Climate]

Looks like were in for a nice top up 10123, even you arnott

[Craigers]

still snowing moderately ill post a video of the snow

[Harsh Climate]

still snowing moderately ill post a video of the snow

you allways get all the snow!

snowing here now

[pottyprof]

Just want to say that any further bickering about east/west stuff then the guilty parties will be taking a nice little holiday!! No need for it. Play nice!!

[Love Snow]

No Snow in Morley yet altho the sky is turning that way

you allways get all the snow!

snowing here now

Will we get alot thinking of the game tomoz?

[Craigers]

stopped now

[Mark Bayley]

Looking like a few of us are in for a top up of the while stuff...

Enjoy..

The what ?

Still snowing lightly. Got a nice top and covering now

[stevied]

odd flake falling !!!

[sunny scunny]

stopped now

How much snow have you got now mate?

[Craigers]

uploading the video on youtube for you lot

[Harsh Climate]

No Snow in Morley yet altho the sky is turning that way

Will we get alot thinking of the game tomoz?

probably not too much near elland road, ive got my eye on that streamer further north though

[Craigers]

How much snow have you got now mate?

good 2-3cm

[Lakes Tom]

Light Snow in Leeds city centre now and looking ok for a bit more judging by the radar.

Guys I think we need to let go of this East West Sh#t. Too many lives have been lost already. Think of Biggy and Tupac...... RIP!!

[Lewis]

General Forecast:- Friday 08th January 18:30 - Sunday 10th January - Lewis Dobson

Friday Night:

Showers will continue to affect parts of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire over the coming few hours. The latest radar and satellite imagery shows a marked change in our weather over the next 48 hours at least. Cloud will start pushing in off the N sea driven on by a moderate to strong Easterly wind. Overnight and during the early hours the snow showers will become mainly confined to coastal counties, especially across Lincolnshire and around the Wash.

One thing to look for a little later tonight and during the early hours is possible intensification of some showers out in the North Sea, they seems to be a fair bit of energy cropping up, especially across N Lincolnshire and the Wash area. There is a moderate chance of some more showers pushing across East Yorkshire later tonight and during the early hours.

Possible accumulations tonight include a further 5-8cm for Parts of West and South Yorkshire possibly more. East Yorkshire staying mainly dry now at least until the early hours, although further accumulations of snow are possible for East and North Eastern parts of Lincolnshire, as the wind strengthens these will start to penetrate South Westwards inland. I expect a further 2-3cm and possibly as much as 5cm locally for these areas.

Saturday

Again many snow showers blowing in off the North sea, some very heavy showers possible pushing well inland on a strong biting Easterly wind. If your going out during the weekend, make sure you wrap up warm as the wind chill factor will be skin piercing. Further light to moderate accumulations possible during the day, and as the afternoon wears on they will get even heavier.

Further possible 4-5cm of snow for a lot of areas with as much as 10cm+ for some of the lucky areas. If anyone is driving long distances, make sure you have a shovel in the back of the car handy, as drifting is very likely, with some impressive drifting for Eastern areas. Temperatures during Saturday will be around -1 to -4 for inland areas, the further east you go temperature's will hoer around the 0c mark, possible exceeding 0c with some areas typically on the coast reaching 1-2ºc.

One thing that worries me later into Saturday afternoon and later into the evening is although the winds from the East are very strong, the lower 850's become sat over the United Kingdom with warmer 850's out to sea, so this is what i think the BBC and Metoffice are picking up on, as showers are less likely to be more widespread and form.

Sunday

The Headache continues...

Although I'm a short term forecaster, this day is giving me a rather big headache. And yes "a bigger one than that low pressure today", a band of precipitation is likely to push from the SE, there is still a lot of uncertainty to regards the exact movement and how far North it will get. They will be generally moderate snow showers with some heavier ones thrown in for coastal areas and they will push inland to affect S and W Yorkshire ahead of the band.

They could become some marginality for extreme eastern coastal areas regarding dew points from a small warm sector out in the North Sea, because not only do the dews look unfavorable the 0c Isotherm looks marginal too, although in the heavier precipitation the isotherm will drop to around 100-200 meters, although the 850 upper temperatures do support snowfall along with the 500-100 Thickness (DAM) - Sub 528. But i expect a roller coaster with the models over the coming few days. If you asked me how confident I am that it will snow on Sunday, I would say roughly 80% certain.

For those of you that wish to be in the know, and have the best radar on the web! I recommend NetWeather extra, and if your a weather guru, the full package with the charts are fantastic! The NMM model is a fantastic resolution, and truly different to the regular low resolution charts.

Useful Information

For those of you that wish to know what's happening all the time, your best bet is to keep checking the latest fax charts, and also satellite imagery, and of course the radar.

Another thing to remember is when we have such a prominent Easterly flow with very cold upper temperatures, the convective potential rises, which leads to a better risk of seeing heavy snow showers. The greater the difference between the upper 850 temperature's and SSTS (Sea Surface Temperature's) allows showers and heavy ones in particular to develop. Tomorrow's upper 850's are expected to be around -10 in general with some -12 to -14's pushing in a little later into Saturday) at this time of the year the North Sea Temperatures are generally between 8-9c the further East you go, although currently, due to the last cold snap the temperature's in the North Sea have dropped to around 6-7ºc with some sections touching 8c. So the difference in temperature between the upper 850 temps and sea surface temps tomorrow would be around 17ºc.

Another important think to look out for is the surface pressure, the tighter the isobars, the stronger flow you get. This is key over the next few days which will aid the showers penetrating further inland without loosing their intensity (to affect West and South Yorkshire).

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Edited January 8, 2010 by Storm Force Lewis

[The PIT]

Light Snow here and should soon be dry. Just a little dusting.

Bum chucking it down now.

Edited January 8, 2010 by The PIT

[Cheese Rice]

probably not too much near elland road, ive got my eye on that streamer further north though

Have you got much snow falling? Surprisingly we have a cm of fresh snow and it's still snowing, there is snow on the roads as well.

Edit: really heavy snow outside

Edited January 8, 2010 by 10123

[Harsh Climate]

Have you got much snow falling? Surprisingly we have a cm of fresh snow and it's still snowing, there is snow on the roads as well.

Edit: really heavy snow outside

lol, unbelievable for the last 10 mins we have had a light flurry..

Amazing what a difference one mile can make lol

[hapifax kev]

Cloud thickening here now, hoping to get a bit of light stuff at least in next half hour.

[pottyprof]

The what ?

Still snowing lightly. Got a nice top and covering now

Multi tasking Mark.. Error corrected..

[arnott]

unbelievable again!! i could cry it infuriates me!! harrogate northwards heavy- south leeds southwards heavy and inbetween it becomes patchy light!!!!!!!!! well dun top all who hav it!!

[stevied]

Heavy !!!

[Cheese Rice]

lol, unbelievable for the last 10 mins we have had a light flurry..

Amazing what a difference one mile can make lol

I live further away than LBA, I live in cookridge, at least youre not missing out by a tiny amount which is worse.

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Brief very heavy snow shower left 2cm of snow.

[disco-barry]

Lakes Tom, you don't know a Ross do you?

[Harsh Climate]

wohoo moderate snow now!

I live further away than LBA, I live in cookridge, at least youre not missing out by a tiny amount which is worse.

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Brief very heavy snow shower left 2cm of snow.

Ah good stuff, that makes it a little better lol. Thought you must have lived at the top of yeadon or sumat..