Yorkshire, Lincolnshire And The Pennines Cold Spell Discussion

[Cal]

Steady rain/sleet becoming slightly heavier in the last 10mins or so, temps dropping very slowly.

[Lewis]

Max of 1.2c here, with light snowfall on and off when i was in Leeds center. Not much thaw to speak of, apart from the usual places, bins plants etc. The ground temps are lower than the air temps so a thaw on the ground shouldn't be an issue.

About tonight I don't really know what will happen, there could be some surprises, but not the good kind either. As expected the east has a wintry mixture, this should have been expected really, especially if you've been on Net Weather last Feb. Tonight reminds me of Feb 2nd/3rd, we got 10cm of snow from 11 hours of continous light-moderate snowfall, that too was forecast to be heavier (50cm forecast for the hills), that too was downgrade and eastern areas received rain.

Instead of talking about the "East" and past all the time, concentrate on the bigger picture.

The precipitation is light and patchy, with increasing temps and dew point will result in mainly sleet/rain accept for higher ground.

Places in the SE now reporting sleet and rain..

There is no "event" no 10-15cm...

[Mark Bayley]

Big flakes now Certainly not sleet over here. Been snizzle when its really light but other than that its been snow with a dew point remaining at 0.0c or below, recently got up to 0.1c though! I'm quite far in land though at 100m asl. I suspect higher ground to my west will do quite well

Edited January 10, 2010 by mark bayley

[Craigers]

Big flakes now Certainly not sleet over here. Been snizzle when its really light but other than that its been snow with a dew point remaining at 0.0c or below, recently got up to 0.1c though! I'm quite far in land though at 100m asl. I suspect higher ground to my west will do quite well

heavier ppn is coming here! just hoping it wont be rain lol, thawing hasnt been that much at all, just near or next to buildings where it has!

[sunny scunny]

The rain is turning to snow quickly now with some big flakes

[waynetheweatherman]

Well i can report thawing snow tbh and quite a bit, some hedges are totally snowless now!

[Craigers]

The rain is turning to snow quickly now with some big flakes :lol:

YESS WOOP thats made me more confident now

Well i can report thawing snow tbh and quite a bit, some hedges are totally snowless now!

its mainly because of the wind blowing it off objects to be honest

[Cal]

YESS WOOP thats made me more confident now :lol:

its mainly because of the wind blowing it off objects to be honest :lol:

Yes, can confirm rain is now turning more & more to sleety/snow mixture.

[waynetheweatherman]

YESS WOOP thats made me more confident now :lol:

its mainly because of the wind blowing it off objects to be honest :lol:

Tbh its dripping as well. Wis i could say it wasnt but it is deffo thawing here, its visible:)

[Craigers]

temp now dropping to 1.7c!

[sunny scunny]

Yes, can confirm rain is now turning more & more to sleety/snow mixture.

as soon as it turns more to snow, it eases off back to rain again :lol:

[Craigers]

as soon as it turns more to snow, it eases off back to rain again

whats your temp and dew?

[Cal]

as soon as it turns more to snow, it eases off back to rain again

Yeah, no sooner had i typed that it goes back to rain/sleet , looks good for those further west with lower Temps & DP's .

[sunny scunny]

whats your temp and dew?

Not sure mate, but if cal's around im sure he'll post them as i'd like to know aswell

There's some heavier PPN on the way, so hopefully it will turn to snow again.

[Rob W]

BBC News are saying that Weather Warnings issued by the MetO have been downgraded and talk is now of temperatures rising again.

Edited January 10, 2010 by Rob W

[Craig in Leeds]

Just got back from walking the dog and I have to say its horrible out there! Not been out all day so the feel of the wind was a shock to the system.

First shower of the day in this part of Leeds and it was snow but the flakes were on the small side. Still a good depth up on the park so not as much has melted as I earlier thought.

Craig.

[Andy_Calafell_Sheffield]

Temp is at 0.6 with dew of -0.55 with heavier ppn on the way by the looks of things. Hopefully temps and dews don't rise too much otherwise it will be getting very knife edge.

[SnowRules]

Hopefully some snow here later on...

[sunny scunny]

Mostly snow again now which i wasn't really expecting today

[Craigers]

Mostly snow again now which i wasn't really expecting today

yay its mix of light sleet and snow here at the moment :lol:

1.4c now! hope this keeps going

Edited January 10, 2010 by Craigers

[sunny scunny]

yay its mix of light sleet and snow here at the moment

1.4c now! hope this keeps going

It's snowing faster here now mate :(

[Craigers]

sleet turning into thick flakes here!

1.3c now

Edited January 10, 2010 by Craigers

[The PIT]

Snowing here and trying to make a cover. However rising dew points making it more and more marginal.

Quite an impressive drop in snow level may have lost 4 or 5cm today which is surprising considering the temps weren't that high and the dew point smostly well below zero.

[Snowday]

It snowed here earlier for about an hour, only very light flakes - mainly floating around on the light breeze and definitely not settling. Snow melted quite extensively today. Snow that was forecast for here doesn't seem to be materializing. Am I being too downhearted or should I keep the faith and expect some more later?

[Cheese Rice]

Instead of talking about the "East" and past all the time, concentrate on the bigger picture.

The precipitation is light and patchy, with increasing temps and dew point will result in mainly sleet/rain accept for higher ground.

Places in the SE now reporting sleet and rain..

There is no "event" no 10-15cm...

I have to talk about the east in these kind of situation because when I say east I mean Eastern Parts of Yorkshire, and it is east Yorkshire that are getting the wintry mixture. Also It is important to talk about past events, because when winds come of the north sea it has always brought rain to areas York eastwards, If we had looked at past events we would have seen this would not have delivered for many areas.

Anyway, light-moderate snow for past 40 minutes, temps are dropping nicely, now 0.6c, when the precipitation arrived the temp was 1.1c.