North West England Regional Discussion 23rd January 2013, 12z onwards

[Splishnchips]

East side near jn 31a. Right on the borderline normally where the sleety mix starts. Front lawn still has green patches on it back lawn the same. Road and pavements are covered theres under a cm.

You are about 8 miles away from me, we're just off the kirkham junction. Crazy!!

[Martin M]

Strange, its just got heavier and turned straight back to heavy rain. I've always thought the heavier it gets the better chances for snow? And also how do the motorway cams at Knutsford, Middlewich and Sandbach all show snow yet Macclesfield, which is higher and further east has rain/sleet...

Whoever has the giant heater on in Macclesfield, please turn it off

[chiffer]

Can you link a cam spah?

[Bartlett Low]

2010 style intensity if not depths. You average person would from here expect half a foot by morning.

What a shame couldn't appen last week.

[jesusfernandez]

long queues at the M6 J27 Standish, that´s going to be at BBC news tomorrow morning, here in runcorn old town there was a van stuck at the little hill before and a queue of cars behind...

And its getting heavier LOL

[Spah1]

It looks beautiful out there. All the branches on the trees are coated because of the lack of wind, Fingers crossed for many more snow events to come - maybe not this year but there's always next :-)

Lack of wind its virtually a blizzard!

[Carl46Wrexham]

If this was the M25 motorway in chaos it would be headline BBC News - they haven't even mentioned it yet.

Are you suggesting that BBC News is London-centric?

Never!!!!

[cfallon]

over six inch deep here now

Not seen snow like this for years! Tonight just may suppress 2010 fall! Motorway cams tell the story

[Interitus]

It´s getting heavy now in Runcorn, I can´t see the widnes power station from here and either Tesco sign LOL

Which means nobody outside can see Runcorn, hurrah!

[Stubbette]

My radar says rain :-(

We've been under 'freezing rain' for the last 2 hours apparently according to Rain Today! Over 3 inches of 'freezing rain' that we've made a snowman out of!

[Andrew Owens]

crazy amounts of snow in Litherland...turned to sleet in the past 10 mins though

[Splishnchips]

We've been under 'freezing rain' for the last 2 hours apparently according to Rain Today! Over 3 inches of 'freezing rain' that we've made a snowman out of!

Us too

[greybing]

If this was the M25 motorway in chaos it would be headline BBC News - they haven't even mentioned it yet.

Very true.

[liam79]

just went through the 18z GFS and the upper air temps actually get cloder as we go through the night from hovering around 0 down to -4 in a few hrs i think other factors suchas dew points and air temps will counteract this drop in uppers but still it may get us a bit longer

[Backtrack]

Hope it clears soon, high risk of it turning to rain soon.

[chiffer]

any word on the east lancs road?

Edited January 25, 2013 by chiffer

[NickyB]

Lack of wind its virtually a blizzard!

Not here it ain't :-)

[Interitus]

2010 style intensity if not depths. You average person would from here expect half a foot by morning.

What a shame couldn't appen last week.

In south Warrington it is some of the densest, wettest snow imaginable, only 2 inches at most. But causing far more trouble on the roads than the deeper, drier snow in previous days where the roads stayed mostly clear.

[swainclubber]

Not seen snow like this for years! Tonight just may suppress 2010 fall! Motorway cams tell the story

sure will for all of twenty four hours mate ha.

[Spah1]

Can i be bothered to get wrapped up leave my fire and beer and go for a walk hhhmmmmm.

[weather eater]

Amongst the excitement spare a thought

[pip22]

It be like this in the morning at this rate: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/SnowSheffield1dec10.jpg

[Chris.R]

Chucking it down with sleety rain here. Winter's over haha. I suppose if it turned to rain that quickly it could turn back to snow equally as quickly.

[Chris D]

Wintry stuff still hasn't reached here yet! Lol. Sounds like you guys are getting classic heavy, knife edge stuff - with some getting tonnes and some getting a little!

And shocking to see pics of M6 etc tonight

Edited January 25, 2013 by Chris D

[chiffer]

Have you seen the jacknifed trucks m6 near Leyland?!