Far North of England Regional Discussion - January 19th 2013>

[Isolated Frost]

Sc over the North Sea right now, lots of low cloud around, a bank of higher cloud to the SE of Scotland and some stuff off the NE coast with some light-mod precip.

[Summer Sun]

i would say its sleet

Looks like snow at the moment

[Boro Snow]

Looks like snow at the moment

thankfully the temp is coming bk down

[Summer Sun]

thankfully the temp is coming bk down

Yes down to 1.6°C from a high of 2.1°C

[Geordiesnow]

Sc over the North Sea right now, lots of low cloud around, a bank of higher cloud to the SE of Scotland and some stuff off the NE coast with some light-mod precip.

Goes to show how some set ups on paper don't always work out sometimes as you may expect, I mean in one respect, the set up does look more like a sunshine and shower set up but oh well, its grey and cold with patchy outbreaks of snizzle/snow.

[paul tall]

Well we only got a couple of cm fresh snow here in Newton Aycliffe.

SErley's NEVER produce here, because we're juuuuuust south enough to be in the "rain shadow" of the N York moors with snow coming in on that trajectory. Normally places a few miles north like Spennymoor, Ferryhill, Durham just manage to get into the firing line while we get snizzle on the edge. Last night the radar was a horror show.

So anyway, about 6cm lying, but the fresh stuff is very wet.

[Isolated Frost]

STILL sleety wet snow here.

[Alex95]

Light snow all day in Keswick, no accumulation though.

[Betty Campbell]

light snow all day here in peterlee

[seabreeze86]

Temp 2.8 and dew point 1.1 here and drizzle wasent expecting such a rapid thaw but then again thats the price i pay for living 100 yards fron the beech.

[jennyifer]

Oh dear the snow is drip drip driping off our shed .hope it get.s a bit colder as we head into night time.

What's in store for the rest of today?

[Freezing-Point]

just had a heavier brief snow shower. temp 0.9. dropped to 0.4 in the shower.

[Freezing-Point]

Oh dear the snow is drip drip driping off our shed .hope it get.s a bit colder as we head into night time.

What's in store for the rest of today?

looks to be more of the same. however there does seem to be some slightly heavier ppn developing........

[Alex95]

How's the thaw in Newcastle? Will there be anything left tomorrow when I get back lol

[Freezing-Point]

How's the thaw in Newcastle? Will there be anything left tomorrow when I get back lol

very slow thaw here and perhaps none at all if you are more than 10 miles inland.

[Alex95]

very slow thaw here and perhaps none at all if you are more than 10 miles inland.

Phew that's what I like to hear! Had a lovely walk in the falling snow/snizzle this morning but its quite wet over here.

[Snowmaggedon]

Is there a chance of any heavy snow developing tonight?

[Summer Sun]

The met office have upgraded the snow event on Monday for Darlington

[Hagler]

Any ideas what left these tracks in the forest? Those gloves are very large for scale

At a wild guess I'd go for either a moose or a sasquatch.

[Freezing-Point]

Met office snow warnings removed for today and tomorrow in NE England

[Alex95]

The met office have upgraded the snow event on Monday for Darlington

I'm pretty sure that'll be either Durham or Bishop Auckland's forecast as the Meto don't seem to do a separate one for Darlington. If you search for Hexham, the symbols are identical to Newcastle, for instance. Promising all the same, but I still think it'll be sleet and rain at low levels.

[tynevalleysnow]

The met forecast has prudhoe down for heavy snow at 9pm today. It was bang on the money yesterday and today so far but I can't see where heavy snow would come from by 9pm going off the radar. Anyone got any ideas

[Summer Sun]

Met office snow warnings removed for today and tomorrow in NE England

The snow warnings are still there - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ne/ne_forecast_warnings.html

The Met office have also issued a snow warning for Tuesday for the northern half of NE England

Further snow is expected over parts of northeastern England and eastern Scotland during Tuesday. Over lower lying coastal areas accumulations are expected to be small whilst inland accumulations of 2-5cm are widely expected and above 200m in excess of 10cm is possible. The public should be aware of the risk of disruption to travel.

Valid from - 22 Jan 2013, 00:05

Valid to - 22 Jan 2013, 23:59

Edited January 19, 2013 by Gavin.

[Emma Jayne Agar]

I think we've had our lot here in Seaton Sluice

[Alex95]

Snow drift update...