Far North of England Regional - Cold Spell Discussion 15/01/13 12z onwards

[Summer Sun]

no only had slush yesturday

You've had some heavy snow today then!

[craig1973]

no only had slush yesturday

and it now starting freeze as well now

You've had some heavy snow today then!

yeah one early this morning and one around 11

[Summer Sun]

Looks like this band of snow is coming to an end soon brighter sky on the way

[Alex95]

loads of snow here in parkend middlesbrough about 4 to 5 inches laid

No way has Middlesbrough had 4-5 inches of snow today? Pictures or it didn't happen!

[NL]

Quite a bit of melt this afternoon here along the coast with temperatures getting to a 'balmy' 2.5ºC..!! Temps starting to drop off now so all this slushy cr@p will end up freezing making walking a hazardous endeavour..! Hoping some off those showers pepping up in the North sea give us a decent cover within the next few hours and I can see a fairly decent one heading straight for Tyne & Wear. They look quite impressive out of my upstairs window, black bases with pinky tops..

Edited January 15, 2013 by NL

[craig1973]

my garden

[Summer Sun]

Latest from NW regarding the weekend

Cold Spell Update - What Happens Next?

Friday and into the weekend is beginning to look as though it will become a ‘battle ground’ across the UK as the high pressure to the north-east maintains cold conditions across the UK but with frontal systems attempting to move up into the UK. This scenario often brings a significant risk of some disruptive snowfall to parts of the UK and latest model guidance is signalling that risk during the course of Friday and into the weekend at the moment.

Bearing in mind that confidence in details is low at this stage, but excluding Ireland, parts of Wales, SW England and some other Southern areas of England, a zone of sleet and snow may move North-east during Friday, with perhaps Northern England and Scotland at primary risk of some significant accumulations.

http://www.netweathe...ryid=1348;sess=

Edited January 15, 2013 by Gavin.

[craig1973]

No way has Middlesbrough had 4-5 inches of snow today? Pictures or it didn't happen!

well may be three

[toggerob]

Minima temps of -7'c for the north pennines overnight. The SPINE race is now moving up along the Yorks/Cumbrian border and it's hard to imagine runners enduring these minima overnight temps with added fatigue and snow cover to boot. In contrast to a warm duvet next to the radiator here.

[Alex95]

my garden

Looks like a decent cover there

Does look closer to 3 inches than 5, as you say, but it still looks nice.

Edited January 15, 2013 by Alza

[Summer Sun]

my garden

Good job the boro aint playing this week at home going by the pic I saw before of the riverside's white pitch looks close to 4 inches to me

[snow_mad_09]

Is my thermometer broke, its says the lowest it got last night in Fenham was 1.0c.

[smogonthetyne]

We only call games off to annoy Newcastle fans. Anyway Nunthorpe in Middlesbrough six inches, and now very misty

[Alex95]

Is my thermometer broke, its says the lowest it got last night in Fenham was 1.0c.

Maybe a bit high, but it didn't get that cold due to the feed of snow showers.

[Summer Sun]

Its bitter out there now

Currently 0.9°C

Dew point -2.2c

[Summer Sun]

The temperature gadget is working again on the website apologies for the downtime. I use the gadget from the wunderground website so the issue was out of my control

http://darlington-weather.weebly.com/

[snow_mad_09]

Blue sky with pink clouds to the east and snow on the ground. My favourite type of weather.

[NickR]

Is it me or does the 12z GFS look poor for here? We miss out while most get a massive amount of snow.

[Summer Sun]

Is it me or does the 12z GFS look poor for here? We miss out while most get a massive amount of snow.

Doesn't look bad

And with 2 full days of models runs to go there will be many twists and turns yet

Edited January 15, 2013 by Gavin.

[NickR]

That doesn't reflect the charts very well I'd say. We'll be on the dregs end and a 20 mile shift south and we miss it.

[Isolated Frost]

^ Indeed. Bulk of the snow goes to NW England, Midlands and the SE. Very cold here though.

ECM/UKMO suites would be snowy here.

[doggy123]

Looks like the pennines are going to get buried over the weekend!

[NickR]

Run this from 66 to 92 and you'll see what I mean. Those pink ppn charts are misleading IMO.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs663.gif

^ Indeed. Bulk of the snow goes to NW England, Midlands and the SE. Very cold here though.

ECM/UKMO suites would be snowy here.

Is the frontal snow further N/gets further in against the block, IF?

Edited January 15, 2013 by NickR

[Alex95]

Dry and cold up here at the weekend if the 12z GFS came off, but that's better than a marginal slushfest which is not out of the question on the east coast, and plenty of room for a snowy easterly to develop.

[Andy_]

Is it me or does the 12z GFS look poor for here? We miss out while most get a massive amount of snow.

We're never going to get the most in the country when its travelling up from the South West, has the most land to cross before it reaches us. We ideally want it more tilted West so it only has to cross the Pennines, rather than the whole of England.