North West England Regional Discussion 04/02/13 18z ------>

[Lesley Johnson]

You need your dewpoint at or below freezing and temp as close to freezing as possible - key thing is you dont want both rising else that is a bad sign.

right going off my kindle and will have a look on the pc its connected too and see what it is reading

[Lesley Johnson]

right temp is 1.7 and dew point is -.0.4

You need your dewpoint at or below freezing and temp as close to freezing as possible - key thing is you dont want both rising else that is a bad sign.

[swainclubber]

right temp is 1.7 and dew point is -.0.4

so bring on the snow ha.

[Lesley Johnson]

oh and its falling by - 1.8 an hour?

[Simon_]

In the last hour Temp dropped by nearly 4C and DP by 2C ......we now have temp 1.7C and DP 0.8C, looking good for the rest of the night!

[chicken soup]

What is it with this godforsaken town and snow.

[Lesley Johnson]

right temp is 1.7 and dew point is -.0.4

good times then thanks for your help

[swainclubber]

sleet again now

[Storm Animal]

We have round 2 here now!

[pip22]

What is it with this godforsaken town and snow.

Theres no snow here in Leyland too. Maybe that Preston's snowless curse just got here.

[feb1991blizzard]

Yeah stopped for a bit, but more too come I should think!

My biggest fear James is that we will be in the middle of these pulsating thin bands - someone could cop 15 - 20cm, Could be Lesley Johnson as long as her temp does not rise, take a look at the 3 0clock and 4 ocklock - if a given location catches the whole streamer then game over for any travelling in the morning!!!

[Mucka]

For all those worried about what might they get.

We are only just into this and showers will be come frequent and prolonged through the early hours and be predominantly of snow even to low levels.

DP's are still falling, currently around zero for my location, and will be comfortably low enough for snow through the early hours.

Earlier showers may need some convective cooling to help with the snow at first so the heavier the better and they should be fairly heavy.

My experience of these situations (Yes I'm an old fart) tells me that showers may well merge for a time around dawn giving a period of heavy snow so accumulations are entirely possible even at low levels. Through the morning and toward mid day the showers will become less frequent, lighter and more sleety in nature except where you catch a heavy one where they will again fall as snow. The afternoon will yield rain and hail showers away from high ground as the warm sector passes through and with daytime temps a few degrees above freezing any lying snow will likely thaw so if my forecast is near the mark and we get lucky enjoy the morning fun if you can.

Edited February 4, 2013 by Mucka

[swainclubber]

snowing again. about time.

[feb1991blizzard]

If everyones DP and 2M temps are falling then good news -- SNOW AGAIN HERE!!! - Not settling though.

[SparkleS]

Stuck at 4 degrees here, sleety rain,,,, nowt like your reporting, winds have died down now, no thunder or lightening, we never get that! Lol

[Chris.R]

Dry here since that last shower 1.5 hours ago. Wind getting up now.

[Backtrack]

No idea what my temperature is as someone thinks it's funny to put my weather station somewhere where I can't find it. JUST BRILLIANT.

[feb1991blizzard]

Steve Murr viewing - what do you think about our chances?

[swainclubber]

belting down with snow again. lovely.

[feb1991blizzard]

belting down with snow again. lovely.

Yes - more powdery now - not what i would call powder but smaller flakes - looks like DP have fallen - good news just to get a covering first then hopefully beef up later - massive thunder and lightning then!!!

[pip22]

Preston is 3C now but 10 minutes ago it is 2C.

[James M]

Yes - more powdery now - not what i would call powder but smaller flakes - looks like DP have fallen - good news just to get a covering first then hopefully beef up later - massive thunder and lightning then!!!

Yes just saw that big flash! excellent!! not often we get thundersnow here.

[dodge]

Wow mother of all thunderbolt just now, heavy sleet too. If this kind of show lasts all night I won't be getting much sleep even if I wanted too lol

[swainclubber]

Yes - more powdery now - not what i would call powder but smaller flakes - looks like DP have fallen - good news just to get a covering first then hopefully beef up later - massive thunder and lightning then!!!

sweet!! still big flakes here for now

[feb1991blizzard]

This is going to be a short lived shower with no accumulation again.