North West Cold Spell Discussion

[Never snows where i live]

It will definitely be snow in Wirral and Liverpool.. coastal Wales is currently getting snow, this is Penmaenmawr on the A55 (or the coastal road as it is affectionately known) http://www.bbc.co.uk...oundabout.shtml

I hope so. Whats the ETA do you think?

[SP1986]

About 16:15 to 17:00

[Never snows where i live]

About 16:15 to 17:00

Cheers. The band seems alot wider as it moves north east possibly from the irish sea.

[SP1986]

Snowing here now lightly but with moderate sized flakes

Snowing here now lightly but with moderate sized flakes

[thewirral]

Snowing here now lightly but with moderate sized flakes

Snowing here now lightly but with moderate sized flakes

Just started snowing here very lightly.

[Julian]

Steady snow here - decent sized flakes too.

[Backtrack]

Very nice, dewpoints are below minus 4c!

Bring on the snow!

[stoke weather watch]

How many hours of Snow could Macclesfield get? and what kind of time will it hit us?

[thewirral]

How many hours of Snow could Macclesfield get? and what kind of time will it hit us?

Wait and see

[cheshire snow]

Have you a link for this please

Sorry at work so no i cannot provide link,says liverpool ue 13cm,dont take it seriously though LOL

wont happen,but if you want a look just go on the metcheck website

C.S

[Backtrack]

Sorry at work so no i cannot provide link,says liverpool ue 13cm,dont take it seriously though LOL

wont happen,but if you want a look just go on the metcheck website

C.S

I wouldn't rule out 10cm at all.

13cm seems a bit OTT.

Light snow here.

[cheshire snow]

How many hours of Snow could Macclesfield get? and what kind of time will it hit us?

NAE has us under snow until 0600 wed morning,ukmo say snow turning to rain/sleet from about 0100 take your pick

the warning is for 2-5cm so i would side with ukmo and say by morning all but gone on low ground

C.S

[AderynCoch]

Light snow in Wallasey...

[martinj2]

Just started in Liverpool City Centre

[cheshire snow]

NAE just updating now and yes has most of the region under snow until 0600 wed morning,cannot see it myself unless the system is

due to stall over us,places in south midlands now got rain and +DP

wait and see

C.S

[dale leigh]

The temperature as dropd to 2 now from 3.5 in hyde cheshire may be it will all be snow for a few hours when the front arrives.

[AderynCoch]

Some heavy bursts being thrown in for good measure! No stickage yet though (as expected).

It's that idyllic fluffy stuff which seems to take aeons to reach the ground.

[Backtrack]

After a pathetic light spell for 30 mins or so, it's finally moving into the moderate category.

Starting to lay.

Let's introduce the category snow;

FACTOR 1 - Light snow

FACTOR 2 - light snow, starting to settle

FACTOR 3 - moderate snow, dusting

FACTOR 4 - moderate blowing snow with large flakes - settling readily

FACTOR 5 - Heavy snow, large flakes, accumlated.

FACTOR 6 - Blizzard like conditions, 5cms or more on the ground.

PLEASE USE THIS!

[Interitus]

Light snow started in Warrington. Think this is going to be one mainly for the higher ground.

[loubie_4]

Snow just started here - light but with decent flake size

[Backtrack]

Light snow started in Warrington. Think this is going to be one mainly for the higher ground.

You what? How is it? It's coming down moderatly here and already sticking...

So explain how it's for higher ground?

[shadowfax]

Just this minute started to snow very lightly in Bury.

Hopefully will follow me all the way home to Bacup, an increase in altitude of about 800ft.

Shadowfax

[Interitus]

You what? How is it? It's coming down moderatly here and already sticking...

So explain how it's for higher ground?

Yes, you'll get some snow, it may settle for a while but it isn't going to be very deep and isn't going to last long into tomorrow.

[kold weather]

The problem for the Midlands is the timing of the front has come up right during the peak afternoon hours, from now whilst the dew points wil lrise behind the front still, temps will naturally start to fall as will dew points just because of the night time hours arriving and the sun going down, so more and more of the band will become snow over the next few hours even for the lower ground...northern regions are going to benefit from this a lot, as will Scotland.

[LiverBird]

After a pathetic light spell for 30 mins or so, it's finally moving into the moderate category.

Starting to lay.

Let's introduce the category snow;

FACTOR 1 - Light snow

FACTOR 2 - light snow, starting to settle

FACTOR 3 - moderate snow, dusting

FACTOR 4 - moderate blowing snow with large flakes - settling readily

FACTOR 5 - Heavy snow, large flakes, accumlated.

FACTOR 6 - Blizzard like conditions, 5cms or more on the ground.

PLEASE USE THIS!

FACTOR 3!!!

Has been snowing lightly here in south Liverpool for about an hour and is getting heavier now, showing signs of sticking!

I was expecting sleet and rain so I'm made up! Is it really going to carry on until 6 am tomorrow.....?

Edited February 23, 2010 by LiverBird