Far North of England Regional - Cold Spell Discussion 13/01/13--->

[Alex95]

been coming down heavy for past half hour everything white over, a lot better than this morning,does anyone know how long this is gonna last for?

For all we know you could live in Siberia

[Isolated Frost]

why dont u use the met rain radar one, mindue it hasnt updated since 5pm

Netweather have a free usable rainfall radar on their site as well, updates every 15 mins!

[Snowstorm1]

nothing in thornaby this is ridiculous raadar playing tricks on me

[jason75]

sorry I'm in north shields

[Snowmaggedon]

Where are the prime locations in the North East for tonight's snow?

[Summer Sun]

why dont u use the met rain radar one, mindue it hasnt updated since 5pm

Just had a look at the rain today radar its getting closer looks like some of its heavy as well

[Boro Snow]

lampost watching

[smogonthetyne]

Easing off slightly in Nunthorpe but still steady

[Alex95]

sorry I'm in north shields

Ha ha that's OK, have a look on here:

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

I'd say you've got a while to go yet, then the possibility of heavy snow showers for the rest of the night and tomorrow.

[P-M]

Heavy snow in Washington now really coming down. .. those showers in the north sea look very juicy indeed!! Alza dont steal them all pleeeeze :-D

Drive back to the coast later will be hairy I reckon!

[Summer Sun]

Mean while some people are reporting 2 feet of snow................

[paul tall]

Cloud is still well broken here, I fear I might be too far inland.

[Summer Sun]

Radar shows the precipitation is near Yarm and Sedgefield now

[Alex95]

The 12z ECM is great, if it is overdoing the lows we could be in for a pretty special spell of weather, but even if it came off exactly as it shows I'd be quite happy. Apart from a less cold spell on Sunday / Monday (still quite cold mind) we get another easterly next week.

[Summer Sun]

Temperature remains at 1.7°C the dew point continues to fall down to -2.1 now

[Boro Snow]

Ha ha that's OK, have a look on here:

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

I'd say you've got a while to go yet, then the possibility of heavy snow showers for the rest of the night and tomorrow.

that shows a lot more detail than the met one

[Carl]

Quite heavy here in Saltburn for the last 45 minutes. Rain had washed most of it away but got a good half cm lying now...

[SNOW-MAN2006]

Netweather have a free usable rainfall radar on their site as well, updates every 15 mins!

Or metoffice one... http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/#?tab=map&map=Rainfall&fcTime=1358147493&zoom=9&lon=-1.05&lat=55.01 very good for a free one

[Snowmaggedon]

Nothing in Middlesbrough now....

[Alex95]

I have a feeling newcastle is being dodged by the main part of this band. Those showers further out to sea are starting to look promising though for sometime before midnight.

Edit: even more showers popping up on the radar now, looks like there will be plenty of convection tonight, no need for me to worry after all!

Edited January 14, 2013 by Alza

[NL]

Whats conditions are like in Shields NL? I say that because the wind direction has not certainly changed, not sure what direction but I do expect winds to come off the North Sea soon.

Sorry GS been away making the tea, the winds have veered N/NE and its still snowing the flakes are very small now and its turned very slushy on the roads/pavements. I'm surprised its all snow as the Dp's are still above freezing at 0.8ºC and the air temps are hovering around 2ºC, evaporation going on I suspect.

[Mick Ormiston]

Whats the chances for consett tonight??. I have a five am drive to peterlee in the morn.

[Alex95]

Program on BBC 1 about the gridlock due to the snow on the 5th December.

[Summer Sun]

Hows the radar looking if this snow moving towards darlo at all?

[Isolated Frost]

Snowing heavily here, a real covering on the local hill.