North West England Regional Discussion - January 19th 2013>

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Sure is, lets see if my snow dome can be penetrated! Most ppn charts look good for the whole region and more widespread than Fridays event. Strong winds and blowing snow possibly

there shouldn't be any problems with it coming from the south east either. no pennines, nothing so anything that does come up should be decent for the lucky ones.

[swainclubber]

Tell me about it ! Think is even moderate snow here would accumulate nicely

most certainly. even the dust covered the old stuff

[Liam J]

is that from an imby point of view liam or for the whole of the n/w region

Certainly potential for the whole NW region to get snow cover, further north you are the stronger the winds will be.

[Darren Bown]

I think today is a Very interesting day for weather as its very rare for a SE or E flow really and such a rare setup! Im watching with cautious anticipation.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

What's our chances today into tommorow

to be honest it could go any way all depends on the easterly wind and how far north the PPN can go while the easterly is taking it west

[Never snows where i live]

Any snow for wirral?

[snowingtequila]

News 24 weather said not much towards the western side but Macclesfied should get some!

[iand61]

most certainly. even the dust covered the old stuff

It's on the way and this time the eastern parts of the region will be in the firing line.

Just need the BBC to grasp the fact that there is more to this than London and the SE.

Where Di Oxberry when you need her.

[swainclubber]

Tell me about it ! Think even moderate snow here would accumulate nicely

What's our chances today into tommorow

reasonably confident. not expecting inches personally.

It's on the way and this time the eastern parts of the region will be in the firing line.

Just need the BBC to grasp the fact that there is more to this than London and the SE.

Where Di Oxberry when you need her.

yeah they can't handle a bit of snow it seems. spoils their hair too

[HotCuppa]

News 24 weather said not much towards the western side but Macclesfied should get some!

the bbc again...stand in the corner

[iand61]

reasonably confident. not expecting inches personally.

No were looking at feet lol

[swainclubber]

No were looking at feet lol

yeah my own feet stood on the dust ha

[Carlisle2568]

Certainly potential for the whole NW region to get snow cover, further north you are the stronger the winds will be.

Do you think there's a good chance we could get an inch here?

[Simon_]

I wonder if Stockport could get some today?.....looks like that band moving up may just skirt a bit to the west of us though

[HotCuppa]

I think looking at the radar and the nw trajectory its on at the moment, looks very interesting. The bigger that band grows the more interesting it becomes...looks more to the east for the heavier stuff though, and the main bulk is unlikely to get here until dark I would have thought...depends on the speed at which it's currently moving nw

[swainclubber]

I wonder if Stockport could get some today?.....looks like that band moving up may just skirt a bit to the west of us though

look east. some dust heading your way

[HotCuppa]

I wonder if Stockport could get some today?.....looks like that band moving up may just skirt a bit to the west of us though

i think the WHOLE nw could fair well from this, as mentioned previously, this is a very rare setup from the SE.

from what I can tell from the radar, the main and bigger bulk is on the west side, while the heavier precip is on the east side. The cold block is still in place, if so, you already know which direction it will head in, which means the east part of the region is currently in line for a small battering. on higher routes could be quite an accumulation

Edited January 20, 2013 by HotCuppa

[Joe Bloggs]

I wonder if Stockport could get some today?.....looks like that band moving up may just skirt a bit to the west of us though

*If* the GFS is correct Stockport could well have a covering of snow by the morning

[itsnowjoke]

Just watched bbc weather it looks like it wont reach us just doesnt stretch that far

[Liam J]

Do you think there's a good chance we could get an inch here?

Looking good for a few cm at least! The eastern side of the county may see many inches fall.

[itsnowjoke]

Seems to be moving very slowly.

[UV-RAY]

Temp never dropped below 1.0c last night, currently 1.6c. As for todays snow threat, I won't hold my breath!

[iand61]

yeah my own feet stood on the dust ha

Sorry that last comment of mine was bordering on a ramp and after being caught out so many times in the past I don't do ramps.

We could get a fair covering from this unless the usual, NW region, if it can go wrong it will takes over but TBH you don't need a lot with

strong winds as they do the work.

I went out walking yesterday and only 15 minutes away, the drifts were 5 feet high and that from a couple of inches of powdery snow.

[cfallon]

Woo hoo it's dusting again!

[pip22]

looks very cold and icy here: http://digitaldanuk.camstreams.com/