North West England Regional Discussion Thread

[Osbourne One-Nil]

If you think you live in the North West of England, then this is the thread for you.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Does this mean things are about to get worse?

[cheshire snow]

Does this mean things are about to get worse?

Maybe for wind not for snow or will it??????

C.S

[HotCuppa]

Hard to say since there is an interesting window of opportunity tomorrow night for snow, might get quite a few heavy showers in, if we get the perfect conditions..we really need the upper air to be as low as possible..as I maintained before especially at lower levels where it matters considerably. -7C for the south of the region is simply not good enough unless the sst's are really low.

The lower the upper air temperature the more snow we get, which was perfectly illustrated this time last year...when we had -6/-7C we mostly missed it, when it was at -9C/-10C there was no stopping it, regardless of how warm the irish sea was, infact it played to our advantage.

[mandi35]

i know its very windy out there poor dog got blown over

[Snow free zone]

Morning campers, good to be back in our own thread

Latest runs from all the models suggesting more stormy weather for next week, GFS 6z run in particular looking nasty for us next Thursday. Outside the reliable but still worth keeping an eye on. There has been some kind of LP over us with strong winds for a while now, including the armageddon chart from ECM this morning.

Interesting times indeed.

[Lancashire Lass]

Hellooooooooo fellow North Westerners. Good to see everyone back. So are we all ready for another exciting winter?

[Iceaxecrampon]

Cheers.

Looking forward to lamppost watchers and nowcasting.

Ian.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just seen the 11.55 weather on BBC News channel and there wasn't even a mention of snow for us tomorrow, or even the word 'wintry'. The term that was used was a band of showers.

[Lancashire Lass]

Latest METO warnings:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Red warning moved further south?

[cfallon]

Are you always so downbeat crewecold!

[Cheshire Freeze]

Are you always so downbeat crewecold!

I'm an old cynic now where snow is concerned; it comes with all the past bitter disappointment and the maximum depth of only 5cm during 2 of the coldest spells in recent years. I actually have snow disappointment fatigue now so I tend to just plod along without getting excited.

Plus I can interpret models/charts/forecasts fairly well so I can give a balanced opinion of what I think will happen.

Edited December 8, 2011 by CreweCold

[James M]

The snow warnings for the whole country have been removed, though the cold weather watch is still there.

Edited December 8, 2011 by James M

[chicken soup]

Fridays snow warnings have now gone from met website....beat me to it james..... backtrack conspicuous by his absense.

Edited December 8, 2011 by chicken soup

[Liam J]

Very strong winds here on the North West Cumbrian coast, recording gusts over 60mph now with my hand held anemometer, strongest winds later this afternoon with storm force winds over the north and NW Cumbria possible covered under the amber warning.

Edited December 8, 2011 by Liam J

[mandi35]

dont u get much snow there then crewe we do here

they get it wrong most of the time i just open the curtains now to see what weather we have

[Cheshire Freeze]

dont u get much snow there then crewe we do here

they get it wrong most of the time i just open the curtains now to see what weather we have

Nope, get very little here to be honest. I don't think there's been a time in my lifetime where we have had much over 10cm. Go a few miles further north and east and it's a different story.

[karyo]

Just seen the 11.55 weather on BBC News channel and there wasn't even a mention of snow for us tomorrow, or even the word 'wintry'. The term that was used was a band of showers.

The showers tomorrow afternoon will be wintry but likely to be weakening as the day progresses. I don't expect snow on low ground. I'd love to be surprised though.

I think Cumbria will do well though due to elevation and heavier band of showers there.

Karyo

[nodrog]

Heavy rain in Blackpool and lower prom is swamped with huge waves . Gusts about 50mph but feels worse . More to come !

[Lancashire Lass]

Wow that was some torrential rain from that Squall. Just had a gust of 70mph in my sheltered back garden. Temps and dewpoints on the decline.

[swainclubber]

Hellooooooooo fellow North Westerners. Good to see everyone back. So are we all ready for another exciting winter?

Bring it on

[Snow free zone]

Wind has eased significantly here (S.Cumbria) with the passing of the front. Expect it will pick up again soon.

[Lancashire Lass]

Yes snow warnings have now been removed for Friday and Saturday. We now have wind and ice warnings in place for today and an ice warning for tomorrow.

I have honestly never seen so many Meto updates in such a short space of time.

Are you always so downbeat crewecold!

We have optimistic posters and posters who err on the side of caution but that's what we need to create an overall balance imo.

As for Backtrack he's probably in College.

Edited December 8, 2011 by Lancashire Lass

[weatherobsuk]

Cold Front starting to develop north of Manchester, this alone should bring down convective gusts and higher 850mb winds as it continues to develop & edge southwards. Temps will also drop-off significantly behind the front, bringing sub-DAM pooling behind it and allowing the gates to open windfield wise over the NW.

[widnesgas]

torrential rain in widnes now.very strong gusts as well!

Edited December 8, 2011 by widnesgas