Far North of England Regional Discussion - Cold and Snow 17/01/13 ->

[jennyifer]

What a difference a few miles makes, sun still shining here amongst the clouds

yes sun in out in darlington and lots of blue sky .i did say earlier i don't think we will get much in the way of snow maybe a little later .

[peterf]

yes sun in out in darlington and lots of blue sky .i did say earlier i don't think we will get much in the way of snow maybe a little later .

the blue sky will quickly fill in.

[snowmackem]

What a difference a few miles makes, sun still shining here amongst the clouds

Can only be a mile or two as the crow flies, the joys of a showery regime. There will be convergence later however, could be a fun rush hour

[Snowstorm1]

Even for Thornaby?

Yeah just watch it break up now haha

[NickR]

And it's breaking up again.. I'd say Newc and Sund are on for catching some hefty showers within the hour... we'll be waiting a few hours for anything significant here in Durham though I feel.

Edited January 18, 2013 by NickR

[Andy_]

Can only be a mile or two as the crow flies, the joys of a showery regime. There will be convergence later however, could be a fun rush hour

Yer the met office is still on for light snow from 15:00, heavy snow from 18:00... I still think earlier though haha

[peterf]

landfall at Recdar.

landfall at Redcar.

[Darandio]

landfall at Recdar.

Indeed, after some very feint flurries earlier, the heavier stuff has arrived.

[tynevalleysnow]

On the met 5 day forecast the from 1500 today right through till the end of tuesday is either heavy of light snow for my postcode. Its the same for everywhere in the area away from coast.

[NickR]

Yep.. this is just teasing us - it's broken up now... it'll be a good few hours until we get anything more than a rogue flake.

[Geordiesnow]

I think its just a waiting game to be honest, winds probably need to shift more to a SE'ly-ESEly rather than SSE'ly unfortunately(perhaps) by then, the front will be making its presence felt.

At least its not one of those grey uninspiring days and it is a clean sunshine and shower set up but feels a bit of a waste at the moment, hopefully our paitence will be rewarded.

[snowmackem]

landfall at Recdar.

How many dead and injured?

[peterf]

On the met 5 day forecast the from 1500 today right through till the end of tuesday is either heavy of light snow for my postcode. Its the same for everywhere in the area away from coast.

ignore it.

How many dead and injured?

that would be a rockfall or landslip lol.

[Kato]

Snowing in Hartlepool, lightly but its a start, clouds right overhead now

[Snowmaggedon]

What's the latest on this weather front from the South West, will it reach us?

[Rollo]

Not a chance but with convection likely to improve later and the wind going round to SE then the showers will come inland-I would not like to hazard a guess as to how much will have accumulated by this time tomorrow.

[Snowmaggedon]

Well on the rain today radar, the front has just about reached Manchester and Nottingham and it doesn't seem to have weakened much. Maybe we're in for a shot?

Well on the rain today radar, the front has just about reached Manchester and Nottingham and it doesn't seem to have weakened much. Maybe we're in for a shot?

Jesus Christ that is a big front, it crosses the English Channel and its also in France.

Just looked out of the window and I can see some light snow flakes blow about.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Snowmaggedon

[NickR]

The mackems about to get some!

[wizzo]

And did you see how it died in the following animation frames? ;-)

I did! It was intense-weakened-intensified-died

[NickR]

Temp rocketing now.. 0.3°C - up a degree in 25 mins.

[Summer Sun]

Clouding over in Darlington

[Andy_]

Up to 1.1C here dewpoint still -2C though, I wonder if we'll get any of this shower heading for S'land

[Summer Sun]

No ice day here at 1.0°C the dew point is falling down to -4.8°C

Met office forecasting heavy snow in darlo from 18:00 to 03:00 I think our main "event" will come later

[Andy_]

Very lightly snowing

Wheyyy here we go first shower of the day, getting heavier, wind is blowing it about like mad!

Edited January 18, 2013 by Andy.

[jason75]

heavy snow shower here at moment