Far North of England Regional Discussion 22/01/13 16z ---->

[Cloud 10]

Good chance of some north sea wintry showers on friday night as a northerly toppler

heads our way for the weekend.

Uppers are -7/-8

[Summer Sun]

Windy and sunny with variable cloud 7.7°C

[DJovengloves]

Glad that wind has dropped.

Bloody gone and blown the felt off my shed roof.

[Cloud 10]

Yes,that wind was pretty strong today and wreaked havoc around here as it was wheelie bin day.

Apparently south moor now looks like soweto!

[NickR]

Yes,that wind was pretty strong today and wreaked havoc around here as it was wheelie bin day.

Apparently south moor now looks like soweto!

Has it suffered because of the wind as well?

[snowmackem]

According to one of the drivers at work, it was snowing here in South Shields a couple of hours ago, not heavy and only small flakes. I cant confirm as I cant see outside from my desk,

Karl

[Alex95]

Rain here in Newcastle.

[Cloud 10]

A few showers beginning to fire in off the north sea now,so maybe a dusting/light covering for

some places by the morning.

Some interest next week as well,illustrated by this cherry picked snippet from the met-office

6-15 day forecast.

the showers especially affecting eastern coastal areas, where they could be heavy and thundery with hail and snow.

[Mick Ormiston]

Suprised there is not more activity tonight with whats incoming on the radar.

[Cloud 10]

Just had a snow shower here and definite incoming on the radar!

[Boro Snow]

a bit to warm here at 3.2c dew point is -0.1 expect rain/sleet in darlo for the time being

[Summer Sun]

Felt lovely in the sun today its certainly getting stronger now

Air temp 3.0°C - today's high 10.7°C

Dew point -0.3°C

[Cloud 10]

Fairly heavy snow shower here now and starting to settle on cars and grass.

[damianslaw]

Looking forward to a lovely cold winter's day tomorrow, should be dry with plenty of blue sky and sunshine.. far too few such days this winter so far, mind February is the month when we are most likely to see such days. Its not renowned for being a particularly wet month.

[gazzac69]

bit of a snow shower here now, short lived looking at the radar, least its white

[ScottSnow]

Was snowing heavily at Newcastle train station at about 9.45pm. There has been intermittent snow showers here in Gateshead since. I've just put something in the bin outside and its frozen on top.

A slight covering tonight ???

[ScottSnow]

Snowing heavily and trying to stick.

[smogonthetyne]

A dusting here too

[garylaverick]

Car was like an ice cube at 7 this morning, must have been frozen rain here.

[NL]

Light dusting here on the coast and very icy. Most should disappear today (fantastic day of wall to wall sunshine) and all will have gone tomorrow with temperatures on the rise.

[Cloud 10]

A light covering of snow here first thing this morning from overnight showers,and has only melted

where the sun has got at it.

Cold afternoon with a temperature of 1c

[Summer Sun]

Had rain here last night and that froze during the small hours today was another sunny but winder day taking the edge of the temps next week looks interesting but after the last snow farce here I'm not getting my hopes up one jot

[Isolated Frost]

EC 12z was incredible for us!

Anyway, from Wednesday, things turn colder for us-

Straight N'ly, a few troughs and disruptions in the flow could give snow inland, but a day of sun and snow shrs is likely, more persistent near the coast.

After that, a few days with a very cold NW/N flow as the upper high ridges into Scandinavia, sharp frosts and some snow showers likely. By Saturday, the advancing cold pool advects westward and the convective window opens, a NE flow with -8c 850s.

The cold pool then advances and some disruptions in a cold NE/E flow give heavy snow shrs, with -8c/-9c 850s widespread throughout the weekend and into Tuesday. The 216 and 240 charts are glorious- severe snow showers brought on a by a stiff ENE wind.

Interesting times to come again.

[NickR]

EC 12z was incredible for us!

Anyway, from Wednesday, things turn colder for us-

Straight N'ly, a few troughs and disruptions in the flow could give snow inland, but a day of sun and snow shrs is likely, more persistent near the coast.

After that, a few days with a very cold NW/N flow as the upper high ridges into Scandinavia, sharp frosts and some snow showers likely. By Saturday, the advancing cold pool advects westward and the convective window opens, a NE flow with -8c 850s.

The cold pool then advances and some disruptions in a cold NE/E flow give heavy snow shrs, with -8c/-9c 850s widespread throughout the weekend and into Tuesday. The 216 and 240 charts are glorious- severe snow showers brought on a by a stiff ENE wind.

Interesting times to come again.

Unfortunately no support on the ensembles or the GFS.

Edited February 2, 2013 by NickR

[JP1972]

Any update on what the week ahead is likely to bring would be welcome please ...