North West England Regional Discussion - January 18th 2013

[The snowman]

Nothing here in bootle yet strange since Birkenhead has got it

[Iceaxecrampon]

Decent intensity over Colwyn Bay heading NE...!

[johnwirral]

Light snow west kirby and is sticking

[drakey1212]

Anything for cumbria

[pip22]

not snowing here though I live just a little east from leyland.

[AderynCoch]

And so it begins. Have fun everyone.

I on the other hand have to try to stop sweating.

[Backtrack]

Yes the GFS 12z yesterday and then the 18z both took the LP centre North into Ireland which then took the PPN North - I didn't expect the GFS to be wrong at that range.

The 00z shows it nicely too Ian. I also pinned my hopes on the GFS, did not expect the consistency of that model less than 24 hours away to be wrong, looks like it may be coming into fruition, will wait and see how the front pans out over the next hour or so.

I am very tired but very excited!

[dodge]

Simon king on bbc radio 5 says Scotland & north west will miss out today. I'm not expecting any of the heavy stuff here but radar looking good for a few flurries here and there

[Chris.R]

Snowing moderately here and sticking, I don't know how there can't be anything in Bootle

[snowdrifter]

Fresh prince look closer at lamposts it is

[WorsleySnow]

Been blowing lightly in wind for last half hr, now starting to get heavier

Edited January 18, 2013 by WorsleySnow

[wysiwyg]

Snowing moderately here and sticking, I don't know how there can't be anything in Bootle

Seems odd but then again it is very light and patchy yet on the leading edge.

[The Northern Ramper]

Met office has us under light snow from this afternoon until Monday afternoon.

[snowdrifter]

Why would meto discount the gfs thats what j dont get...

[Weather-history]

Just started here , spot on backtrack seems 2 hours early so I am cautiously optimistic now, Belfast is the no snow zone not us

The Irish Sea could be about to save them, that area of precipitation that developed is pushing towards them, it's covering most of Isle of Man and almost up to the Mull of Kintyre.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Weather-history

[Oakwell]

7:30 radar still has the band of snow heading directly here with no deviation

[pip22]

Im still not see the snow falling. It must have been blowing snow.

[swainclubber]

Couldnt sleep lastnight for excitment and woke up to what had fallen yesterday nearly a cm.

haha bless!! mine blown away

[NW_Blackburn]

Morning guys

Anything happned overnight that makes us more optimistic that this will be a more widespread event in the NW?

[davacr123]

Finally getting a dusting of snow yay

[Backtrack]

So in theory, 2 hours early arriving = 2 hours LATER before it stalls = more snow for the entire region?

[feb1991blizzard]

Met office has us under light snow from this afternoon until Monday afternoon.

Morning all. Are we game on here then?

[SummerNSnow]

Couldnt sleep lastnight for excitment and woke up to what had fallen yesterday nearly a cm.

Me too. In fact, the paths look exactly the same as they did before the snow last night. Boo hoo!!

[julie253]

Finally getting a dusting of snow yay

I thought it was going to miss us this morn and start later in the afternoon. This is on target from the other day and we are still amber!!

[Osamasbinsledgin]

Heavy snow now, started at 0715, everything covered v. quickly