Northern England - Cold Spell Discussion

[Teesdale]

Yep, thats about how it looked Teesdale

That wasn't you behind my house attemping to sledge on a bit of plastic was it?

What altitude was that photo' taken at, Teesdale, about 330 mts ?

View from garden looking SE, altitude 360m asl.

Edited December 4, 2011 by Teesdale

[swainclubber]

That sounds promising for me but how come it's not on any of the forecasts? Gud to see you again swain clubber

likewise, enjoy the ride mate

[Backtrack]

That wasn't you behined my house attemping to sledge on a bit of plastic was it?

View from garden looking SE, altitude 360m asl.

ROFL!!

[recklessabandon]

OK just been out on the bike. snow line for dry lying snow was at Waskerley, at around 400m, this also roughly formed the eastward extent of the showers as I could see it. Westward of this point snow was virtually persistent (if varying in intensity) with full cloud cover. Eastward was mainly sunny skies with partial cloud, and you could see to Newcastle.

I suspect there is a way to go before the major towns see anything (if at all) but the upland areas will probably get a good pasting.

Typically under this scenario I see showers 'breaking' over the hills around dusk to effect the more easterly locations, and I suspect this will happen this evening.

Oh, and the wind is evil!

[Jeckers]

That wasn't you behind my house attemping to sledge on a bit of plastic was it?

View from garden looking SE, altitude 360m asl.

It would have been if the kids had anything to do with it but i forgot to put the sledges in the car Not quite enough on the ground yet anyway.

[kold weather]

if i get 1 cm tonight i will knit fog.(and also make you an honourable gentleman kold) :lol:

Where exactly are you by the way mate?

Anyway colder air is still digging down, 850hpa temps have a further 1-2C to drop yet for most, coldest air comes down for the region near Manchester at 3-5am so perfect timing really.

Temps from Liverpool upto Preston look marginal throughout though accumulating snow shouldn't be ruled out here either, just its going to be harder and less likely.

[Teesdale]

It would have been if the kids had anything to do with it but i forgot to put the sledges in the car Not quite enough on the ground yet anyway.

Hopefully there will much more over the coming winter months.

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Where exactly are you by the way mate?

Anyway colder air is still digging down, 850hpa temps have a further 1-2C to drop yet for most, coldest air comes down for the region near Manchester at 3-5am so perfect timing really.

Temps from Liverpool upto Preston look marginal throughout though accumulating snow shouldn't be ruled out here either, just its going to be harder and less likely.

im kind of on the ashton oldham boundary my height is 189m so i guess you would say east manchester.

Feels cold out there i just went to the shop.but its very wet outside.

[bridgechad]

im kind of on the ashton oldham boundary my height is 189m so i guess you would say east manchester.

Feels cold out there i just went to the shop.but its very wet outside.

i live on hartshead 136m asl, currently 3.6oC dew point 2.9oC and we had 15mm of rain here today! temps are slowly dropping here now was over 4oC an hour ago. hoping we look good for snow here!

[Terminal Moraine]

A thin layer of slushy snow at the Cat and Fiddle now. Altitude is around 520m and it's 20 miles north west of me.

[Lion]

Just started to snow in the highest part of Sheffield 1000 ft asl, can't give any temps unfortunately..

[Liam J]

The colder air and lower dew points are still yet to move from roughly Cumbria/Durham southwards, even here the dew points are around 0-2c, in excess of 4c for many over southern parts of N England.

[kold weather]

im kind of on the ashton oldham boundary my height is 189m so i guess you would say east manchester.

Feels cold out there i just went to the shop.but its very wet outside.

Height will probably make the difference between people seeing snow and settling and people seeing a wintry mix down at sea level.

Good to hear there is now some snow settling at Cat and Fiddle, expect they will get quite a good covering by tomorrow morning.

[Polar Maritime]

Dew point -3.8 wind chill -4.3 Temp 0.8c. Looks like the colder air is starting to move South now. Light rain here now.

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Edited December 4, 2011 by snowrob

[Isolated Frost]

3.2/0.7... clear and cloudy to the west.

[cheshire snow]

Certainly going to be a hot astmosphere in January in Manchester

City v UTD Third round of the fa cup

Sorry for been of topic

C.S

[Aaron]

All the showers in the north of England are moving south now.. so radar watching rather then lamp post watching tonight I think!

[itsnowjoke]

Just had my first real heavy hail shower which gave a slight covering which sort of looked like snow for a while then it melted, just stuck with a load of old rain now.

Temp 3c.

All the showers in the north of England are moving south now.. so radar watching rather then lamp post watching tonight I think!

do you think i will see any of that tonight as i love lampost watching.

[kold weather]

A slight lull at the moment over the Nw of England with the showers, mainly of rain working down into the Midlands.

Interesting line working down through Cumbria, as temps drop away over the NW I suspect we will be seeing more and more snow reports over the next 2-3hrs.

[Static Prevails]

4.5°C with a dew point of 2.7°C here. It's just plain rain falling here right now, and I don't expect that to differ at any point.

[Polar Maritime]

Some snow mixed in the rain just starting here.

Snowing now First snow of the Winter

Edited December 4, 2011 by snowrob

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

yawnfest

[itsnowjoke]

i havent even got rain now just drizzle and a bit of a sunny spell weird.

[kold weather]

Some snow mixed in the rain just starting here.

Snowing now First snow of the Winter

Looks like the snowline is now down to 300M, suspect in the heavy showers its probably down to 150-200M now judging from the reports. Still got some way to go yet as we head into the eveing hours.

[itsnowjoke]

i havent even got rain now just drizzle and a bit of a sunny spell weird.

oh and temp now just gone up to 3.4c