Yorkshire And Lincolnshire Regional Discussion Thread

[LeeSnowFan]

looking really good for yorkshire this weekend! just hope its all set in stone now and nothing will change getting excited

[PMPhotography]

Plenty of light showers brewing out at sea and heading in. Even further North might catch a flurry as we've had most of this morning.

[Mark Bayley]

Certainly an interesting event, although we need to be careful as small shifts further east or west will make a huge difference to what we get. The GFS 6z for example has shifted slightly further east than the 0z. If this becomes a trend then it will mean the difference between an all snow event, and a snow to rain/sleet.

The 6z for example looks knife edge as to whether we see an all snow event, or it turning to rain/sleet

Upper marginal

Dew points close

Precipitation

The uppers and dew points slightly milder in comparison to the 0z

The UKMO is better

As is the ECM, which is furthest west, and most ideal for us

Its going to be a nail biting few days, keep an eye on the NAE is as the fronts comes into that timeframe. If we want all snow event we need to hope that models don't shift anymore east.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Mark Bayley

[JordanF]

How well do you think Scarborough will do this weekend?

Thank you :-)

[Mark Bayley]

How well do you think Scarborough will do this weekend?

Thank you :-)

You'll definitively see snow, as will all our region. Although questions such as how much, how long will it last and will it turn to rain will have to wait till much nearer the time

[sparky1972]

well the covering of snow we had this morning is now gone, fingers crossed we see a bit over the weekend down here.

[Aaron]

Extensive warnings for Yorks & Lincs for snow

[joggs]

Yeh i wonder if the pennines will aid slowing down/halting the front?

[Jeremy Shockey]

graupel shower now ....covering rooves and cars ( not lasting on the grass )

[Cold Winter]

Yellow alert issued now for most of the region - western areas on Saturday evening and more southern and eastern parts of Yorkshrie and Lincolnshire for Sunday morning.

Good video from a Met Office deputy chief forecaster issued here:

[Cold Winter]

Metoffice have the milder air a little bit closer to Eastern parts of Yorkshire judging by their model.

Yeah they do appear to - definitely a case of the further east and south you are the better chances you have of more prolonged snowfall.

[alibabba]

well its been snowing on and off all day here in skeg all pretty light but some has laid yay!

[Aaron]

The Met have lost the plot! :wacko:

[Schnee]

Just heard about this weekend. I was hoping to miss the snow but it's looking like Leeds may get some:(.

[Aaron]

Come on N Sea showers.. come inland..

[Hodgheg]

Luckly im in the east this weekend, May see some snow, Also are these showers off the east coast going to push in land?

[Cheese Rice]

Yeah it'd be cool if the showers pushed inland but there making pretty slow progress. Scarborough looks to be prime position though for any snowfall today.

[Cheese Rice]

Warnings have gone from the Met Office. New ones will come shortly. something has changed!

Edited February 2, 2012 by Cheese Rice

[Cold Winter]

Warnings have gone from the Met Office. New ones will come shortly. something has changed!

They're having 'technical difficulties' with the website apparently...

[Cheese Rice]

They're having 'technical difficulties' with the website apparently...

Oh, well the snow warnings disappeared when I checked. :s

[Cold Winter]

Oh, well the snow warnings disappeared when I checked. :s

Yeah I'm not entirely sure what's happening. The Met Office's twitter page says they're having some difficulties getting the warnings up on the website but as far as I'm aware they're the same as the ones that were temporarily visible earlier on.

[Snowday]

Ok, I'm about as far west as you can get without being over the tops into Lancashire, so whats the chances of us seeing some significant snowfall this weekend in West Yorkshire? This week has been a bit depressing and boring so far with cloudy skies and temps hovering around 1-2degs.

It'd be lovely to get excited about something other than clouds!

[tinybill]

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

not from your area but have you got a low forming the showers seem to geting bigger

[Cheese Rice]

Ok, I'm about as far west as you can get without being over the tops into Lancashire, so whats the chances of us seeing some significant snowfall this weekend in West Yorkshire? This week has been a bit depressing and boring so far with cloudy skies and temps hovering around 1-2degs.

It'd be lovely to get excited about something other than clouds!

Heavy snowfall for whole of Yorkshire, all areas should see snow from start to finish as highlighted on the ECm

Snowfall chart

850s -2/-4

And then more snow projected later next week

Next week snowfall is likely to change, still something to look forward to. I'm confident we will see more snowfall after Saturdays. It'll be either from an easterly or the Atlantic trying to push in bumping against the colder air.

[russ49]

http://metofficenews.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/warnings-issued-thu-2-feb-2012.pdf

Here is a copy of the warnings the met office tried to put out before the crash