North West England Regional Discussion 13/01/13 ------>

[MrSunshine]

The problem we have is when it stops snowing its thawing

No thaw whatsoever here, still stuck all the way up the lampost!

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Sorry not thaw melting from the path were it was wet beforehand

[SnowObsessor90]

Light. Need the evap cooling of the heavier bursts as Dave suggests above.

I hope so, just come home to a watered covering.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Not much but better than I thought earlier!

[feb1991blizzard]

On twitter liam dutton and matt hugo talking about the holy grail scenario

I dont wish to put a dampener on things but fergie also says cold and dry is the message they have been given and i dont like the GEFS although the ECM suite is still good, of course it could happen although i still think another scandi block in 2 weeks time is the most likely route to cold although thats a gut feel. Met Office map does show snow again all the way down the East and penetrating quite far inland although thats probably just a relflection of th UKMO op. A slightly disappointing day of model output but still all to play for on the 0z runs.

[Backtrack]

Not much but better than I thought earlier!

Wow lol, you get all that and I get wetness, seems fair!

[johnwirral]

Could n't get much damper here now fully p...ing it down

Edited January 14, 2013 by johnwirral

[feb1991blizzard]

Still coming down here but making a judgement call here that its better to get sleep now while ppn light and no model output and get up later, good luck rest.

[SnowObsessor90]

So is that it? is the gig well and truly up now or is there still chance of something more before morning?

[Cheshire Freeze]

Edited January 14, 2013 by CreweCold

[Bartlett Low]

Drip drip drip raining

[SparkleS]

Well weve had nowt since about 10.30 here and ive lost my lampost now as me and my 5 yr old son and did a moonlit flit to my parents less than a mile up the road as his dad needs to rest, got this horrible cold virus almost flu, my son isnt well either, but as we were taking everything out to the car, it seemed to be thawing abit. Been outside while here and theres a bit of sleet coming down now, nothing like before, temps dropped a degree now, from 3 to 2.

[davacr123]

Next band over Northern Ireland now

[greybing]

Stopped here.What covering was on the roads has turned slushy and all in all a pretty crappy event.Im surprised by the amounts in crewe.

Edited January 14, 2013 by greybing

[Cheshire Freeze]

Stopped here.What covering was on the roads has turned slushy and all in all a pretty crappy event.Im surprised by the amounts in crewe.

I'm surprised too lol.

0.6C and holding steady

[Snowmad79]

Pretty much non stop so far, stopping only for a few mins when it does. Easily up to 2inches, despite how light it has been. Good Stuff

God, look at that streamer over Wrexham :S

Edited January 14, 2013 by Snowmad79

[macc2013]

Will we get Rain here in Macclesfield later or could it be snow?

its still nice and white here with snow still on the roads.

[loubie_4]

Raining

[dodge]

raintoday radar living up to its name and showing latest precipitation as rain out to the west. Will it wash away what little covering we have when it reaches here?

Edited January 14, 2013 by dodgeredee

[jimben]

Just heard that it is raining in Cockermouth, Cumbria

[Liam J]

Pouring with rain here & rising temperatures, up to 3.6c now.

[SP1986]

4.8C here with light rain

Edited January 14, 2013 by SP1986

[Chris.R]

1.9c and raining.

[carl1980]

1.1c rain

[Joe Bloggs]

Not surprised by these reports, exactly as the models suggested. Rain in Manchester too.