North West England Regional Discussion - January 18th 2013

[Troubleatmill]

light snizzle in Preston, right on the northern most limit of main band but making no further further progress north as it stands

[weatherobsuk]

Front has moved 13 miles to the north over the last hour, will see if this trend continues or if the stall is already underway.

[Nbrasso]

Snowing heavily here

[Troubleatmill]

Hang on BT thats a couple of cm???? looks like good snow coming down though

[Louise]

How is it on that dodgy bend by the pub lol ?

Haha treacherous I can imagine!! (five mins up the road from us)

Local schools now closing. Great. Got to get to Stoke then back up to Nantwich... knew I should have kept them off today!!!

[R.P. McMurphy]

Big patch of moderate snow just south of this region pushing north Cummon!!!

[gearbox1001]

any thoughts on this perking up, how long it will last, currently in haydock but thinking of hitting st Helens as its not that drastic atm.

[frosty ground]

Hang on BT thats a couple of cm???? looks like good snow coming down though

Thats a dusting at most

[Backtrack]

Hang on BT thats a couple of cm???? looks like good snow coming down though

The wind has actually ensured my street has received literally nothing on the floor as we're sandwiched between houses. It's just over 7cm now.

[Mancunian]

Looks like the band is moving very slow north eastwards still unsure if it will reach just east of the pennies. But we still have a chance as the red warning zone has moved through quickly. I think the met office have Lettuceed up again!!

[feb1991blizzard]

A poor call from the METO, certainly for the South and West of this region and the NW of the Midlands - 'light and patchy snow' ? I don't think so guys.

But you were under the amber warning Ian, which supersedes any other text forecasts, BTW you might struggle to get home from work the way its going!!!

[johnwirral]

Any reports on how the m53 & m56 are doing for the journey home, snowing in warrington.

[Backtrack]

It's stalled. The front has STOPPED same as last night's. Play the radar sequence from the last 25 mins. This is it guys. Shovels out!

Met Office will update soon, wonder if we'll get a red?

[itsnowjoke]

Well non event for me

[sal007]

Still very light in Preston. The Mrs is at work in Bolton and they're getting hammered at the moment!

[Liam J]

Some areas in the red warning over Wales have received 20cm+ of level snow, thats excluding drifts. Utter chaos with major disruption.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Liam J

[frosty ground]

It's stalled. The front has STOPPED same as last night's. Play the radar sequence from the last 25 mins. This is it guys. Shovels out!

Met Office will update soon, wonder if we'll get a red?

Still moving ATM ........

[Louise]

[wysiwyg]

Front has moved 13 miles to the north over the last hour, will see if this trend continues or if the stall is already underway.

In the early hours of this morning I clocked it moving at 8MPH across Wales. It sped up a bit when it met the remnants of last nights snow. Seems to be moving now at pretty much the same rate it was moving earlier on.

[Backtrack]

Still moving ATM ........

Play the sequence on NW Extra.

[annamb]

Confused. Is this going to intensify? The moderate band of snow over the south of the region seems to be losing intensity

[gearbox1001]

that's amazing Louise, nothing like that here.as yet, just a sprinkle its not up to the gate tho so not bad.

[Backtrack]

Largest flakes yet coming down!

[Cheshire Freeze]

Looks similar to here Louise

[Liam J]

Wow! Thats more like it! Well done

Edited January 18, 2013 by Liam J