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

[Penrith Snow]

Some big snow showers have been rattling in to cumbria overnight....at last! And I have 4cms covering all surfaces.

More showers up wind so prospects are good.

Andy

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Some big snow showers have been rattling in to cumbria overnight....at last! And I have 4cms covering all surfaces.

More showers up wind so prospects are good.

Andy

carp here,as expected.good for you though penrith snow,expect a thaw today though,typical.

[Bartlett Low]

Chucking it down with hail/graupel in stockport...surfaces covering again

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

6-7am i think for the streamer to kick in properly if you watch radar sequence kicking in.I have done a map where the streamer should align.

hmmm been waiting for this streamer all night,not going to happen looking at the radar,not sure why but hey ho.

[Bartlett Low]

Snowing quite heavily again. Covering

[Weather-history]

ageed mucka very very disappointing but i did go on record yesterday suggesting it was going to be a non event,not sure what happened but the streamer most certianly did NOT set up as crewe cold suggested and we got about a cm here lol.

On a brighter note gfs 0z is a battleground from start to finish and the ukmo 0z run looks tremendous so more opportunities down the line!

You are always suggesting its going to be a non event. Happy days ain't, more like gloom and doom merchant.

As I suggested yesterday, some might wake up to whitish lawns due to hail and graupel at least as I have.

Edited February 5, 2013 by Weather-history

[iand61]

It's started snowing again here with near blizzard conditions but TBH in my immediate part of the world it has been a disappointment . We've currently got a couple of cm at best which is way short of both the forecast and the potential.

Well done to those who have seen more and obviously there is still time for upgrades but so fat a bit of a let down, certainly in OL13.

[iand61]

It's started snowing again here with near blizzard conditions but TBH in my immediate part of the world it has been a disappointment . We've currently got a couple of cm at best which is way short of both the forecast and the potential.

Well done to those who have seen more and obviously there is still time for upgrades but so fat a bit of a let down, certainly in OL13.

Stopped again, such is the nature of showers.

BBC forecast still showing snow across an area between Mersey and Ribble for much of the day but as is the nature with showers. Some will be ecstatic, some mightily peeeeeed off. Hopefully I'm in the former.

[dodge]

Hmmmm...surprised to wake up to what appears the same snow cover I left it last night before sleep. Radar loop show for once big beefy showers in northern Ireland dying out as they reach north west. Not sure if it could have turned sleety too.

Edited February 5, 2013 by dodgeredee

[greybing]

How muc snow cover has oldham got ?i got to travel up there . before 10.

[cfallon]

How muc snow cover has oldham got ?i got to travel up there . before 10.

Good covering but looks like the roads are fine

Edited February 5, 2013 by cfallon

[dodge]

How muc snow cover has oldham got ?i got to travel up there . before 10.

No problems getting off side roads for me, I expect main roads Will be fine. Will be heading for work in mcr myself soon.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Snowing here now

[Mucka]

You are always suggesting its going to be a non event. Happy days ain't, more like gloom and doom merchant.

As I suggested yesterday, some might wake up to whitish lawns due to hail and graupel at least as I have.

I would of put good money on at ;east a covering of snow at this time and heavy snow falling. I never known this pattern not deliver before but every situation is unique I guess.

[Mucka]

Wow, talk about timing. Having posted that just had a complete whiteout and went from wet surfaces to everything covered in 5 minutes!

Still coming down though not as thick, hope it lasts.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Very heavy snow here roads not gritted chaos

[cheshire cat]

Heavy here snow here, not much last night, but covering now

[iand61]

Radar is showing the showers with a slight north of west alignment to them this morning.

How that effects potential IMBY remains to be seen but TBH I had a decent covering at home, about 5cm which is more than it appeared from inside the house but it was a strange mix of hail, sleet and snow.

[frankie01]

nothing here, looks like a light duting of hail on the grass,thats about it.very windy though

[Bartlett Low]

Thundersnow stockport!!

[Mucka]

Thundersnow stockport!!

Just saw a flash of lightning, no thunder here though. Snow stopped again

[jam2010]

Very heavy snow here covered Evreything trying to get to work on the tram a bit difficult

[Bartlett Low]

A6 covered heavy snow

[Dale Leigh_6487]

Very heavy snow hyde se manchester lightning 4 cms

[itsnowjoke]

Well what a let down...some on roof nothing on the ground.