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

[peterf]

wind is vicious now and swirling the snow in every direction -1.8c same as the DP.

[JP1972]

I WANT CONVECTION ONLY!!!!!

[Isolated Frost]

The boundary? Lmao so it could be a let down or a biggie. Most likely a let down

Oh no! Not that- if you read the scale

The boundary between less snow and more snow... and Saturday and Sunday should make such boundaries unnecessary with heavy snow likely. Just my amateur prediction though- listen to the BBC and Met!

[bedlington83]

wind is vicious now

Thank you :-)

[Snowmaggedon]

Oh no! Not that- if you read the scale

The boundary between less snow and more snow... and Saturday and Sunday should make such boundaries unnecessary with heavy snow likely. Just my amateur prediction though- listen to the BBC and Met!

Ahh right. Thanks for your input though, much appreciated.

[JP1972]

Oh no! Not that- if you read the scale

The boundary between less snow and more snow... and Saturday and Sunday should make such boundaries unnecessary with heavy snow likely. Just my amateur prediction though- listen to the BBC and Met!

So when is North Sea convection likely to start please?

[NickR]

wind is vicious now and swirling the snow in every direction -1.8c same as the DP.

Just been out to defrost my anemometer (for "defrost" read "hit with the end of a snow shovel").

Light winds only - enough to start knocking snow off trees and ruin "the look".

[Guest]

Popped in for a wee nosy to see if there was anything falling out of that band moving north as I thought it was a false return on the radar, glad to see some snow reports from not that far south of me. I'm only a few miles from the border so keep sending it up here

It should get interesting for anyone else who lives towards the east once the wind swings more to the east, fingers crossed for all of us

[Isolated Frost]

Popped in for a wee nosy to see if there was anything falling out of that band moving north as I thought it was a false return on the radar, glad to see some snow reports from not that far south of me. I'm only a few miles from the border so keep sending it up here

It should get interesting for anyone else who lives towards the east once the wind swings more to the east, fingers crossed for all of us

Indeed- you've moved closer to the promise land of Conservative rule and mansions I see

Nah, hope you in the Borders get some as well, BBC forecast was very bullish for this wknd, blowing in some real convective shrs for SE Scotland and NE England on a sharp E/SE flow. Fun to come!

[P-M]

Popped in for a wee nosy to see if there was anything falling out of that band moving north as I thought it was a false return on the radar, glad to see some snow reports from not that far south of me. I'm only a few miles from the border so keep sending it up here

It should get interesting for anyone else who lives towards the east once the wind swings more to the east, fingers crossed for all of us

Evening border folk ;-) yeah light very light snow falling here from that band I can confirm!

[Snowmaggedon]

This is what Matt Hugo has just said on Twitter: The amalgamation of showers off the North Sea is definitely bringing an added difficulty to the fcsts but NE Eng at risk of heavy snow shrs

[Alex95]

The snow has almost petered out here. Up to 1.0C, the highest all day.

[NickR]

Still at -0.7°C here in Durham where it's been for about 3 and a half hours (within 0.1°C). That is also the high for the day. So still hopeful of another ice day. 2 and a half hours to go!

[Summer Sun]

And he's also tweeted this

GFS and EC ensembles both show a milder trend by late Jan. So could turn milder but I believe further cold weather poss

For tomorrow Liam Dutton says this Scotland and northern England are likely to see less snow on Friday generally no more than 2-5cm

[NickR]

And he's also tweeted this

GFS and EC ensembles both show a milder trend by late Jan. So could turn milder but I believe further cold weather poss

For tomorrow Liam Dutton says this Scotland and northern England are likely to see less snow on Friday generally no more than 2-5cm

He does rather over-tweet MH, it has to be said. And we all know how to conjugate the verb "to tweet". It's a bit like "to sit"

He tweets... He twit... He tw@t.

Edited January 17, 2013 by NickR

[snow_mad_09]

^{0.0c here.}

[teesard blizzard]

-0.2 in thornaby

[tynevalleysnow]

The front to the west is already into devon and ni much earlier then bbc had it down to.

[Snowstorm1]

-0.2 in thornaby

1.1c mine says

[Isolated Frost]

-1.1c here.

Rev up the North Sea! Snow showers from the start go tomorrow thank you

[Cloud 10]

Still a few flakes falling here which has given a sneaky very light further covering of snow.

That trough is now just off the coast,so just waiting for the wind to veer round to bring it onshore.

[peterf]

-1.8c and steady.

[snowmaddave]

Deffo a very slight thaw going on, can here dripping from the guttering!

I think its a case of luck over the next couple of days regards snowfall and who gets what, i certainly did not expect 3 inches to fall on Tuesday, so despite some users saying teesside usually fairs quite poor with snowfall, you never know what or how much will fall. I also think its always a bonus to have the cold in place before any major snow event, especially when its perhaps a marginal event, may help to keep it in our favour

[Isolated Frost]

Will close this thread in a few mins for the upcoming wknd cold and snow. Finish your posts off

[damianslaw]

The weak snow feature covering much of central Britain and affecting NE England is making painful progress this way - we just appear on the edge of the band, whilst I'm not expecting anything much from it, it would be nice to see some snowflakes and perhaps a light dusting. Its as if there is a snow shield around the county at present - I wish we could get rain shields instead!