Far North of England Regional Discussion - January 21st 2013, 06z onwards

[NickR]

NickR, 2.5cm of snow would equate to 2.5mm of rain.

You can see the depth quite well here:

This is upsetting, its turned to drizzle!

You're quite right. Momentary brainstorm.

[Geordiesnow]

Its not drizzle here, still some flakes falling, might be a little sleety though.

That shower just bought a light covering here on the thawing surfaces, a bit more may of accumulated on the snowcover surfaces though.

[Alex95]

Its actually just very fine snow - phew! Larger flakes starting to fall again though. That was as good as any North Sea shower I've seen to date.

Edited January 22, 2013 by Alza

[Geordiesnow]

Its actually just very fine snow - phew! Larger flakes starting to fall again though. That was as good as any North Sea shower I've seen to date.

Yep more noticetable here also the flakes againm only moderate though but nice too see.

[snowmackem]

Over an inch?

I know it was a moderate to heavy shower but that sounds a bit excessive... you'd never get 25mm of rain from what just went over!

That would only represent 2mm, not 25 !!! Edited January 22, 2013 by snowmackem

[ScottSnow]

Chucking it down with proper flakes.

[Summer Sun]

Roughly 2.0°C here now down from a high of 3.8c at 13:22

I say roughly as the Pierremont station is the only one working at the moment and its been unreliable temperature wise compared to others in the area

Edited January 22, 2013 by Gavin.

[Boro Snow]

those showers popping up around humberside look like coming our way

[Boro Snow]

Roughly 2.0°C here now down from a high of 3.8c at 13:22

I say roughly as the Pierremont station is the only one working at the moment and its been unreliable temperature wise compared to others in the area

whats happened to your site

[davyf]

Whey there's the guttering ripped down!

[Alex95]

Very dark to my south now and its starting to snow again.

[NorthEastSnow]

raining in Middlesbrough now.

[NickR]

Fooking graupel!!! What a waste of a heavy shower.

[Summer Sun]

those showers popping up around humberside look like coming our way

Looking at the radar they seem to be heading into the north sea

you have a pm as well

Edited January 22, 2013 by Gavin.

[smogonthetyne]

Raining in Middlesbrough?

Light to Moderate snow in Nunthorpe. I'll try blowing down Ormesby bank for you

[Alex95]

Trees are starting to drip - must be getting marginal when the snow is lighter.

[shawty1984]

I know some people have done extremely well out of this, but it just goes to show how bad and rare an event of Nov/Dec 2010 really was. Thornaby had plenty of snow back then, 10-12". Now, we have nothing. Pathetic attempt at winter so far for my area.

[Summer Sun]

I know some people have done extremely well out of this, but it just goes to show how bad and rare an event of Nov/Dec 2010 really was. Thornaby had plenty of snow back then, 10-12". Now, we have nothing. Pathetic attempt at winter so far for my area.

Exactly the same here 2010 brought well over 20cm of snow this event has brought 7cm at best with the melting now plenty of dripping going on out there now

[NorthEastSnow]

Raining in Middlesbrough?

Light to Moderate snow in Nunthorpe. I'll try blowing down Ormesby bank for you

Yea defiantly rain in the center of Middlesbrough. With the very odd snow flurry.

Yes please do lol.

[recklessabandon]

fresh dusting in Durham now, few more showers on the radar too.....

[Alex95]

This is the third best cold spell in the last 10 years in terms of snow depth, although it hasn't felt as severe as January or November & December 2010. I'm pretty sure this area did well in 2005, but thaws kept the maximum depth at 6 inches or so.

Edited January 22, 2013 by Alza

[Continental Climate]

This is the third best cold spell in the last 10 years in terms of snow depth, although it hasn't felt as severe as January or November & December 2010. I'm pretty sure this area did well in 2005, but thaws kept the maximum depth at 6 inches or so.

I think the area as a whole has done quite well in terms of geographical extent (dales, moors etc) but our large population areas havent fared quite as good its just a shame our forefathers didnt decide to build newcastle where consett is now or boro somewhere in tynedale!!

[Boro Snow]

Looking at the radar they seem to be heading into the north sea

you have a pm as well

that radar looks much different to www.raintoday.co.uk looks like its heading straight for us, probs sleet anyway to be honest

[garylaverick]

Showers really intensifying as they make landfall on the radar, seems to be going out with quite a bang.

[davyf]

Heavy in consett again