North West England Regional Discussion - January 19th 2013>

[HotCuppa]

UK Outlook for Sunday 3 Feb 2013 to Sunday 17 Feb 2013:

There is greater than average uncertainty throughout this period. The most likely scenario is for conditions at the start of this period to be less cold than at the moment but also on the unsettled side. However, colder weather and below average temperatures then probably come to dominate once more towards mid-month. In terms of rain and snowfall, southern parts in particularly will probably start wetter than average, but trend to nearer normal by mid-month, while the north will probably see drier than average conditions for much of the period. Meanwhile, the frequency of snow events during this period may be greater than average.

[swainclubber]

apologies -not been on for a cpl of days.... now we have snow forecast from midday here through to Monday night

we've had that from Friday haha albeit dust.

[iand61]

finally proper snowfall now. it's only taken a week!!last Sundays effort made it thru the week which was nice.

Push it a few miles further north mate.

I can't remember what PROPER snow looks like.

[HotCuppa]

meto has us now under heavy snow from 9pm to 12am, snow continuing until 6pm tomorrow

[V for Very Cold]

we've had that from Friday haha albeit dust.

oopps - my bad - that'll teach me to miss NetW and the MetO

[dodge]

Still got the dandruff type here - there is a gap of little or lighter precipation between the streamer to the west and a small blob of precip out to my east.

Edited January 20, 2013 by dodgeredee

[chiffer]

Oh wait this cra* snow is back.

[swainclubber]

oopps - my bad - that'll teach me to miss NetW and the MetO

enjoy anyway

[UV-RAY]

This will be another non event IMO for many in the NW away from Southern regions and possibly parts of Cumbria later. Temp now 2.1c

[HotCuppa]

why is your temp going up and up ?

mine has dropped to 0.8C and dp dropped to -1.3C which is lower than it was before.

Edited January 20, 2013 by HotCuppa

[UV-RAY]

I've no idea, but I'm not impressed.

[snowdrifter]

Snizzle in st annes but not settling. Cant see this being much here unless it intensifies and actually SNOWS!

[SP1986]

this snow is only really settling on vegetation.. and the temperature is rising.. much of whats on the ground is being 'washed away'

[itsnowjoke]

Can someone post current radar model.

or tell me if its heading my way?

Edited January 20, 2013 by itsnowjoke

[davacr123]

Here you go

Edited January 20, 2013 by davacr123

[Julian]

Unless there is a push North from the main band this will be over soon.

Oh and my temp. went down to 0.1 in the early stages.

It has now shot up to 1.0

Edited January 20, 2013 by Julian

[weatherobsuk]

Bearing in mind this airmass has come from Portugal it's only realistic to expect some higher temps than as of late, but with this scenario the cold air will always win. Now its a case of seeing how west/east the snow goes.

[carl1980]

Temp rising now snow has died off, 1.3c

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Just looked at meto and BBC weather forecasts and show another non event for Cumbria, the models have it wrong again.

[Backtrack]

Still snowing moderately. Met office will extend warning shortly, told me to expect up to 6cm..

[itsnowjoke]

Here you go

thanks

[macc2013]

Will Macclesfield get anything out of this today as looking at the radar and it looks like its just missing us.

[SparkleS]

Its really trying to snow, bless it, bigger flakes but not many, not noteworthy really, wish it would either stop teasing or bucket it down with snow!

[karyo]

Temperature is continuing to rise here. Currently 2.1c

It's all due to the wind coming from the north sea. It is expected to ease around 6pm.

The main band id going to affect us tonight guys and it is currently in the southeast. This finger of precipitation is a temporary thing.

[itsnowjoke]

Grey skies here