North of England Regional Discussion

[SouthPennine88]

Oh no,i would have walked up if i had known, we got a bit of a pasting but it had started to melt, i heard the roads were closed but i thought that was because of trees falling as well!

April 2012 was such a weird cold snap .. based on the fact that if it happened in January ... we would have experienced one of the more notable falls!

To be honest, February 2012 and April 2012 can almost compete with each other! Although February 2012 was certainly perhaps more Wintry.

[feb1991blizzard]

April 2012 was such a weird cold snap .. based on the fact that if it happened in January ... we would have experienced one of the more notable falls!

To be honest, February 2012 and April 2012 can almost compete with each other! Although February 2012 was certainly perhaps more Wintry.

Yes - nearly as deep in April as feb, 3 inches in feb - 2 and a half in April - still the best April event i have ever seen though.

Edited December 1, 2012 by feb1991blizzard

[MrSunshine]

Not being funny but can we keep posts relevent to the here and now and not trawling back years and trying to score cheap points. Temps here still -1.9 and dew point still -2.2 here, doubt I will see anything wintry but I still live in hope! lol

[feb1991blizzard]

The April snowfall of 2012 brought incredible drifting to Scouthead as you may remember, this happens usually.

Lydgate on the other hand looks more like Val D'isere in the Winter after a heavy snowfall with a bit of wind with it!

I forget how lucky it actually is to live here ...

I forget how marginal 2008-09 really was, it is amazing how different some members have views on that particular winter. Some say it was an almost non event.

Of course, if I lived just 7 miles away in Manchester, it would immediately wipe out December 08 and the many brief incursions we had in January 09.

Salford in feb 09, 18 hours of very light drizzly on and off sleet followin a quick half an inch and gone job on the sunday, and a dusting on the thurs - yet a massive dumping 8 miles east.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Surprisingly the temperature has only risen to -0.5C as the precipitation has moved over, currently light snow with a slight dusting of snow developing on top of the frost- now just need to get some of the heavier stuff over here! It does look like the heavier stuff will pass to the east of here, although it also seems to be associated with more marginal temperatures (hovering around the 0.7 mark at South Shields).

Edited December 1, 2012 by Thundery wintry showers

[Snowy Liverpool]

The temperature in Leeds is soaring according to NOAA :/ Despite places east and west both being colder, including coastal towns such as Liverpool? Surely this can't be right?

[MrSunshine]

The temperature in Leeds is soaring according to NOAA :/ Despite places east and west both being colder, including coastal towns such as Liverpool? Surely this can't be right?

As I just said, still temps of -1.9 here with dew point of -2.2 here 17 miles from Liverpool....

[Aaron]

Temperature here is pretty stable, not rising really.

[MrSunshine]

Temps well obviously rising to the east of the Pennines in inland areas, very surprising & strange.

[Snowy Liverpool]

As I just said, still temps of -1.9 here with dew point of -2.2 here 17 miles from Liverpool....

The temperature in Liverpool I'm not doubting as it's similar to the places around it. But the Leeds temp just doesn't make sense, it's 1c here compared to -1 or -2 in places pretty much to the north, east, south and west.

Edit: gone back down to 0 now at least

Edited December 1, 2012 by Snowy Liverpool

[MrSunshine]

The temperature in Liverpool I'm not doubting as it's similar to the places around it. But the Leeds temp just doesn't make sense, it's 1c here compared to -1 or -2 in places pretty much to the north, east, south and west.

Edit: gone back down to 0 now at least

Main precipitation now about an hour away, even living on the highest hill in Merseyside I expect cold icy rain/sleet at best, would love to be proved wrong though!

[Thundery wintry showers]

Seems to have turned to a mix of snow and freezing rain now (implying a temperature inversion with sleet aloft falling into below-freezing temperatures), could well make things pretty icy tomorrow. I had about 80% snow cover ten minutes ago, now it's nearer 60%.

Edited December 1, 2012 by Thundery wintry showers

[ian34]

Main precipitation now about an hour away, even living on the highest hill in Merseyside I expect cold icy rain/sleet at best, would love to be proved wrong though!

i live wigan town centre and the drizzle we had tonight as turned the whole place white like an ice day it looks like its bee snowing out there now the fog as lifted

[MrSunshine]

i live wigan town centre and the drizzle we had tonight as turned the whole place white like an ice day it looks like its bee snowing out there now the fog as lifted

Latest Met Office Update has light snow by 3am, I hope they are right. Temps still -1.6 here with a -1.9 dew point I think its all to play for. Going to give it another 90 minutes with a couple glasses of wine before bed!

[Aaron]

Well, time for bed.. radar showed precip moving over but nothing at all fell..

[woldsowl]

Light to moderate snow here for about half an hour with a light cover. Doesn't look like it will last long looking at the radar, but at least we caught the heavier band. Second fall of the season after the October Northerly. Time for bed!

[burylad12]

nothing in bury, dissapointing when met office predicted heavy snow.

[MrSunshine]

nothing in bury, dissapointing when met office predicted heavy snow.

get used to it they're onions.

[Chris.R]

7.4c here yes 7.4c. just stupid temperature differences need I say more

[Chris.R]

Haha met office prodict a max of 5c today, well it's 2c above that now.

[summer blizzard]

How disappointing, its like we got a rain shadow because the precipitation missed us.

Snow did fall for all of 10 minutes a while ago but that was a shower that made it over the Pennines.

[Snowmad79]

Started off in the minus and was still below freezing when I came home from work at 2am. Currently RAINING here at 297m.

[feb1991blizzard]

YEP RAIN - and the UKMO 0z is garbage as well, GFS is reasonable although not much room for error, GEFS pretty solid with about 2/3rds flatlining at or below -5 uppers for a good long spell.

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

raining oh well

[Becca]

Raining here,current temp 3c.