North West England Regional Discussion - January 17th 2013, 12z onwards

[julie253]

When will we get snow in Wirral?

[itsnowjoke]

Fingers well and truly crossed for a dump eh Ian and not the sort you experience after a hot jalfrezi

nothing like a good dump... but after a vindaloo

[Snowmad79]

Wow............I,....wow....this is the best weather map i have ever seen.[genuinely lol]

Better than the Meto's, thats for sure

[snowdrifter]

Quite heavy flakes stil but only settling on odd areas of concrete and other ground. If this settled more it would be great, BUT I have seen snow falling. I am so glad for my NW community brothers and sisters whatever I get here. Genuinely pleased for everyone after all we've been through the last 24 hrs.

[Darren Bown]

18z out soon lol.

[NickyB]

When will we get snow in Wirral?

Best chance tomorrow from midday I think

[wysiwyg]

18z out soon lol.

Get ready for the next roller-coaster mood swing!! Will it be drinks all round or flying dummies and toys?

[Backtrack]

GFS ensemble mean very much in line with the operational, things could be brilliant for us, nowcast is the word.

Don't cry when the 18z downgrades, cry when it removes all of the precip from the region and moves it to NE England.

[Munchermark]

Get ready for the next roller-coaster mood swing!! Will it be drinks all round or flying dummies and toys?

Ive got dummie in one hand and a beer in the other... bring it on

[Darren Bown]

Ppn is easing across the region on Netw radar.

[julie253]

Best chance tomorrow from midday I think

Hi CP - omg I am so disappointed as I bet u are too. I'm going to bed with the hope of waking up to a white wonderland lol. I can hear its getting a bit windy out there though.

[MrSunshine]

Get ready for the next roller-coaster mood swing!! Will it be drinks all round or flying dummies and toys?

I have a feeling its going to follow a similar trend to the 12z with a correction to the east, but we shall see!

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Believe it or not the beeb actually showed snow in all parts of the northwest. Not particularly heavy considering Wales however it was still there for Saturday, falling that is.

Not cumbria

[wysiwyg]

GFS ensemble mean very much in line with the operational, things could be brilliant for us, nowcast is the word.

Don't cry when the 18z downgrades, cry when it removes all of the precip from the region and moves it to NE England.

OK at the start of these ensembles the Green operational is in the lowest few members. By the 18th when the precip rises sharply the green line is the slowest to rise and reaches much lower than the mean. That's a bit of a sweeping statement not backed up by any evidence BT!! OK fair enough the differences are marginal so close to the start of the run but still!!

[annamb]

Gathering toys and pram in preparation for the 18z!

[The Northern Ramper]

Matthew Hugo â€@MattHugo81

@liamdutton - Top blog Liam and finally another data source signalling not much for N Eng. UKMO forecasts somewhat deceiving.

[davacr123]

Well on the radar the second band isn't far from Dublin

[itsnowjoke]

Ive got dummie in one hand and a beer in the other... bring it on

i prefer the later

[R.P. McMurphy]

Don't know what's Better this snow or Blazing Saddles on ItV 4 dying here

[Acupuncturist]

The rain today radar has shown us under reasonably heavy precpitation for the past few hours, at least as heavy as other areas in the North west and yet we hardly have a covering at all whilst others in here seem to have a couple of centimetres. Looks like the south manchester snow dome is working well which doesn't bode well for tomorrow

[MrSunshine]

Don't know what's Better this snow or Blazing Saddles on ItV 4 dying here

"There's a new Sheriff in town!!".

[Bartlett Low]

I think the 18z will be not quite as good as the 12z but keeping us in the game. And better than last nights 18z.

[jam2010]

That band seems to moving quickly does any one think it will get here early?

[greybing]

The rain today radar has shown us under reasonably heavy precpitation for the past few hours, at least as heavy as other areas in the North west and yet we hardly have a covering at all whilst others in here seem to have a couple of centimetres. Looks like the south manchester snow dome is working well which doesn't bode well for tomorrow

I sympathise ,the same thing here...there is a patchy covering...Manchester is realy not a good place for decent snow..well low level manchester,the east is not bad.

[wysiwyg]

I think the 18z will be not quite as good as the 12z but keeping us in the game. And better than last nights 18z.

I think last nights 0Z was poor as well although probably more in line with the METO output today