Far North of England Regional Discussion

[Liam J]

A perfect winters day across the Lakes, I went up to Tarn Hows with the dogs it was stunning. Reached 3.7c this afternoon but really falling away now under the dark skies, currently 1.4c.

[Cloud 10]

Had a fantastic snow shower in Consett about 8.00 this morning, giving a very quick covering. Been a wintry mix of showers all day here.

Decent snow shower here just before 7.00 this morning but struggled to settle.

Had a heavy shower about an hour ago but just rain/sleet with the odd flake thrown in.

[Cloud 10]

This is a bit more like it!

Moderate snow shower here now which has left a dusting.

Just had another snow shower in the last 15 minutes which has left a light covering on

everything.

Is there anybody there? lol!

Edited December 10, 2012 by Cloud 10

[Thunder Snow]

Frost setting in now temp of 0c

[seabreeze86]

Just wish the 850s were a couple of degrees lower as the showers have kept coming in the last couple of hours. Just rain/hail here, no frost here to much cloud and wind off the sea.

[Liam J]

Coldest morning of the winter so far! It was -3.7c around 7am, currently -2.8c and looking very white with a thick frost on everything...... Shame it's only going to last another couple of days, really love this weather set up!

[Liam J]

10am and the temp is still -2.3c, what a gorgeous winters morning

[Liam J]

Anyone out there? A bit dead in here lol

Just reached the dizzy height of 0.8c, be lucky if we see much above 2.0c this afternoon, stunning day.

Edited December 11, 2012 by Liam J

[Liam J]

Plummeting temps as the sun sets, currently -0.7c

Edited December 11, 2012 by Liam J

[Thunder Snow]

Currently -2c with fog

[Snowstorm1]

1.7c here

[Summer Sun]

The met office need to hurry up and get an ice warning out for NE England down to 0.2°C with Ice rapidly forming on untreated surfaces

[Cloud 10]

Last night's dusting of snow has pretty much survived the day,so must have been close to an

ice day and temperatures are now plummeting.

[Isolated Frost]

The met office need to hurry up and get an ice warning out for NE England down to 0.2°C with Ice rapidly forming on untreated surfaces

Goody! My neck is still sore after the kamikaze walk to school at 8am

[Liam J]

Seems to be some fluctuations with the temp here even though it's dead calm, got down to -1.2c then jumped up to -0.3c and now it's back down to -0.9c. No fog here.

[Snowstorm1]

Weve hit freezing point 0.0c only way is down now how low will we go...

[damianslaw]

Fortunate to see the Lake District in all its winter splendour today - travelling to and from Carlisle through the central lakes and the back o' skiddaw. Temperatures hovered between 1 and -3 degrees at various stages in the journey. N Cumbria seemed to have a sharper frost last night compared to the south lakes and there was much ice and hoar frost in the Caldbeck-Carlisle area. I also encountered some freezing fog near Greystoke taking a slight detour, but this quickly dissapeared heading west on the A66.

The fells looked superb with stark clarity, Blencathra and sharp edge etched in white was a picture postcard - almost alpine. There was a coating of very thin ice on parts of Rydal Water and Grasmere.

I do love this king of weather - it is the best weather for winter walking on the fells and after a snowy day is the kind of weather I long for during christmas. Tomorrow should be very similiar though there could be more stubborn freezing fog after what is looking like a very cold night with minima widely down to -5 degrees or below.

What a pity we couldn't reserve the current synoptics for the 24th-27th Dec period - which would most likely have brought a particularly glorious christmas period with 4 dry sunny frosty days in the Lake District - going off the forecast for tomorrow and Thursday. I do hope we get rid of the unsettled spell in time for christmas or at least exchange it for a decent polar blast from the NW.. the thought of dark grey leaden skies, heavy rain with sleet/snow on higher ground and gales with temps in the mid single digits is very unappealing indeed, mind its been a long time since we have had to endure a christmas period of such weather, and it would be a cold wet affair not the mild wet affairs of some christmas' which would add to the general awfulness.

[Thunder Snow]

-4 very frosty and foggy

[Liam J]

Temp has risen here and is sitting at 0c, no wind or cloud, odd.

[Liam J]

Not as cold as yesterday morning, it's -0.9c and temperatures have risen throughout the night across Cumbria, must be due to the sheet of high cloud.

[Liam J]

Not getting any warmer it's colder than it was at 7.30, -2.4c atm.

[Rollo]

We have just had a shower of moderate snow grains,temperature 1.3c at present.

[JP1972]

Very light snow grains falling here in Newcastle too Rollo.

Very cold and cloudy atm.

[Thunder Snow]

Not as cold last night as it was the other night, even with the fog. Frost does not seem as hard.

[Alex95]

Light snow this morning left a light sugar dusting, although that has mostly melted now. I'm sick of this black ice!