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

[Ian Brown]

Well done to the NAE for picking up the current PPN over many parts of the region 48 hours ago, when the other models were having none of it, and Ian F stated that they thought the NAE was wrong with PPN for today.

[Munchermark]

The current band is caused by the instability where the two competing air masses (warm to the W and cold to the E) are starting to mix together as the warm air tries to push into the cold air - this was mentioned on the NetWeather forecast yesterday i think

How can NewWeather forecast this yet BBC cant?

[bridgechad]

not sure if this is the eastern front or the western front hitting us but its snowing! could be either on the radar

[wysiwyg]

Main band of ppn for tomorrow is currently pushing in over Southern Ireland. Looks quite active at the moment!

[Lesley Johnson]

Woodley, no snow here.

Heaton Mersey Heaton Moor area well its on its way

lol......I best you go down a storm at parties!

It's snowing in Stockport by the way

[manx_mick]

The 12gfs has lots of snow for here yet the latest BBC forecast has none, which is to be believed?

[chiffer]

I love seeing snow spiralling. I can live without a blizzard though. Time for a ramp no forecasting needed to know im not getting to work tomorrow

[Backtrack]

Snow now into the moderate-heavy category now, covering readily

Was this forecast? Was it hell. It's a nowcast event tomorrow.

[wkdboy1]

Woodley here too, but were seeing a few flakes in the wind here

[Chris.R]

Definatly not rain here, graupel and snow grains. have a dusting here now. evap cooling taking ifect as well temp going down now 0.5c.

[paul12345]

Heaton Mersey Heaton Moor area well its on its way

I take it back we have a few dandruff flakes floating around a lamp post but so light.

[simshady]

Light flurry here.

[Snow_Fan_Man]

Here is the accumulated precipitaion from NMM. Strong signal for Manchester and north Cheshire to suffer from a rain shaddow effect

What's that? How did you come to that conclusion?

[wysiwyg]

How can NewWeather forecast this yet BBC cant?

There could be a million answers to that but IMO - netweather is a commercial organisation that gets paid to get it right and the BBC is an entertainment organisation who's remit is to give the 95% of the nation that don't want disruptive snow a warm fuzzy feeling!!

[snowdrifter]

OK everyone - this is not scientific but emotionallly based. Expect 18z to totally wipe away any hope the 12z put before us, then if it underlines it or even upgrades it the sweeter it will feel. I can't be doing with a repeat of today.

[Lesley Johnson]

Woodley here too, but were seeing a few flakes in the wind here

Snow is snow its the same here but at least its a start

[Rainmaker]

Starting to get a little heavier in Warrington after about 40 mins of very light fine snow. Wind has really picked up though, interesting!

[SparkleS]

Maybe the gods got fed up of us moaning they decided to shut us all up once and for all !! :lol:

Edited January 17, 2013 by SparkleS

[Mountain Snow]

Yes - not a sausage in Keswick the snowline was high (ish) on Skiddaw - Grasmere looked unbelievable.....

South Lakes did quite well from Sundays snowfall, not much over this side, melted by the next day. Even the hills don't seem to have much.

The deepest snow I've ever seen was when I was out hiking near Glenridding in March a few years ago, there was nothing at sea level but it was thigh deep above 500m! I've noticed Grasmere still has lying snow, so I'll head down there on Saturday if Keswick is still snowless.

Are you thinking March 2010? The mountains had so much snow that winter, would love to see those alpine conditions again this year!

[geri]

snowless in southport oh what a surprise!

[pjpauly2k]

What time will the 18Z be out? Ill come back then

[Cheshire Freeze]

Still snowing moderately here

[chiffer]

Met office trying to tell me that the snow I get wil be heavier than tomorrow caravan please.

[dodge]

Getting a few light flakes here too now... woudn't have noticed unless I had done the tried and trusted 'lampost watch' check...

here's rain today radar

[Backtrack]

What time will the 18Z be out? Ill come back then

In 3 hours and 25 mins. The last 2 18z's have been poor, 3rd time lucky?