North West Cold Spell Discussion

[Chris D]

Nice temp drop here, from 2.3c at 1.30pm to 0.7c now. Hopefully the snow that has been falling fairly steadily starts to stick soon. Flakes appear to be getting bigger, :ph34r: but like other places the snow is still wet.

EDIT: In the process of writing this the snow has got quite heavy and is starting to stick!!!

Edited February 3, 2010 by chris93

[Slowpoke]

Flakes have become very light though still coming down heavy. Not sticking. Temperature just above 2oc.

[les1234]

Heavy snow ,sticking to ever thing .

[Slowpoke]

Nice temp drop here, from 2.3c at 1.30pm to 0.7c now. Hopefully the snow that has been falling fairly steadily starts to stick soon. Flakes appear to be getting bigger, but like other places the snow is still wet.

What website do people use to get accurate temperatures.

[Chris D]

What website do people use to get accurate temperatures.

Them readings are from my own weather station, but if you dont have one then Weather Underground I think is quite good for local temps.

Edited February 3, 2010 by chris93

[loubie_4]

Them readings are from my own weather station, but if you dont have one then Weather Underground I think is quite good for local temps.

Snow has now started to settle nicely - didn't look like it was going to for a while, but temp is now 0.5 and it's coming down heavier and with decent flake size.

[cheshire cat]

Steady snow now, starting to settle. (work at Birchwood buisness park)

Getting a little thicker as the temps drops away.

guessing rush hour will be bad if this keeps up.

[SP1986]

Raining now.

[cheshire snow]

absoulote white out here very heavey snow and accumalating to

C.S

[shadowfax]

Just driven from Bury to Bacup and had heavy snow with large flakes all the way, its settling on roads and pavements quite happily now. All the trees, grass etc are totally covered and there appears to be loads more heading in this direction.

Shadowfax

[Slowpoke]

Heavy now, big flakes, dropped below 1C and sticking.

[Mark.C]

coming down thick and fast and starting to stick to most surfaces except roads!

[les1234]

Very heavy now and blowing around quite a bit.Hats off to the BBC and the meto got this one spot on.

[cheshire snow]

Dont think i have ever seen such large snowfakes belting down here

C.S

[loubie_4]

How long is this likely to last do you think?

[Chrissy]

Light Snow has been falling here for the past 20 minutes.

[Chris D]

Its a very slow process, but the snow is starting to stick to pavements and roads. Lovely.

[cheshire cat]

White out here now too.

Been heavy for last 20 mins, looking at the radar I would say another 90 mins or so.

[Chris D]

How long is this likely to last do you think?

Judging by the latest radar it is moving quite fast so about another 40-50 minutes for the coast.

Edited February 3, 2010 by chris93

[I Cumbria Marra I]

HEAVY SNOW and about 1cm heare and only been snowing for 45 minutes

[R.P. McMurphy]

Moderate here according to the radar, no sign of slowing down, stuck everywhere, very nice whiteout.

[NW_Blackburn]

After going a bit lighter it has intensified a bit and starting to come down heavier with nice size flakes. How long you reckon this will last for Blackburn area?

Edited February 3, 2010 by NW_Blackburn

[Backtrack]

White out here, some flakes almost the size of my hand, got around cm lying. Oo it's now turned to very heavy hail! 0.7c

[Bartlett Low]

Another whiteout here, winter 9-10, what a year!

To be honest I'd be getting more excited about this if we'd not had the falls in Dec & Jan. And Sunday morning.

Plus temps will be on the rise soon so it won't last but honestly, some recent years todays event would be as good as we got all winter!

[R.P. McMurphy]

White out here, some flakes almost the size of my hand, got around cm lying. Oo it's now turned to very heavy hail! 0.7c

Flakes the size of your hand lol?