Far North of England Regional Discussion 09/02/13 18z ----->

[Alex95]

Easing off here. I have a feeling the next band will arrive as rain in an hour, judging by the reports in the NW thread.

[NorthEastSnow]

Nice Heavy snow in Middlesbrough just about laying. Will this be the last of the snow this winter..... who knows.

Bring on Summer beer gardens lol.

[seabreeze86]

No cover here at all, had very light snow here for hours and now its got heavy its a rain/snow mix. Sums up the winter so far for here a bit of a letdown.

[Alex95]

Light sleety stuff now, final depth of only 2cm.

[smogonthetyne]

havn't even got a cm. Took her indoors over an hout to get back from Darlo. Grit every where in Stockton and Boro, but not where its is needed it seems

[Hagler]

Anyone know what conditions are like up Consett/Stanley way? Our lass is due to travel down to Ferryhill tonight for a romantic, candle-lit meal and it might be a bit dodgy for her.

I've just drove back to Consett from Chester-Le-Street and the roads were ok, bit dodgy in exposed places but generally ok.

[NickR]

Moderate driving snow. Hard to tell how much - seems to be 4-5cm level, where the wind hasn't got to. Drifts of up to a foot in some places.

[Geordiesnow]

Trying to snow again after a brief lull, not much on the ground but this was always going to be more the case of a visual event rather than being too fussed how much actually accumulated.

[TonyH]

Dad reports a 'good covering' at Blyth, they were disappointed when I said it will be all gone in the morning, as they were hoping to build a snowman with my nephew!

[Alex95]

Icy sleet, no thawing yet.

[Summer Sun]

havn't even got a cm. Took her indoors over an hout to get back from Darlo. Grit every where in Stockton and Boro, but not where its is needed it seems

DBC have let them selves down at the final hurdle today by not getting the gritters out early

[Alex95]

Temperature up to +0.5 C now, this lot will melt fairly rapidly with the heavy rain!

[Summer Sun]

Welcome to a grid locked Darlington town centre

All this because there was no grit on the roads

[NorthEastSnow]

Rain, Rain, Rain. Good while it lasted at least.

[Summer Sun]

The snow is on its final legs now for Darlo we should then see a lull in the weather for a few hours before rain spreads in from the west which will herald the change from cold to mild

[Isolated Frost]

3cm and heavy cold rain here- good event.

[damianslaw]

Managed a 8 hour snowfall but it was mostly light still we ended up with 3 inches. Its now raining and a rapid thaw is taking place. It has ended up a Good event, the second highest single fall of the winter so far. Pity it will all be home overnighr.

[Cloud 10]

Very windy here,with light drizzle but temperatures are still below freezing so ice

on all surfaces that haven't got snow.

Pretty good snow day here today and nice to see some drifting of the snow which has

been lacking in recent winters.

[Summer Sun]

Up-to 0.4°C now

Dew point is up-to -0.5°C from a low of -5.9°C at 09:29

[Boro Snow]

8/9 hours of falling snow you cant grumble 2/3 inchs. 8 miles down the road my mate said they avnt got any. 1 disapointing factor is the state of the roads no gritting being done gridlock. Its talking people over an hour to get put of darlo,

[Summer Sun]

8/9 hours of falling snow you cant grumble 2/3 inchs. 8 miles down the road my mate said they avnt got any. 1 disappointing factor is the state of the roads no gritting being done gridlock. Its talking people over an hour to get put of darlo,

Yes its ridiculous it took me 40 minutes to get from Albert hill to Neasham road, were the council expecting another non event? or was it heavier than forecast? either way the gritters should have been out from 10am and this mess would not have happened. Its a shame as they've done well all winter as well

Cars were getting stuck up the bank by Sainburys as well took 10 store staff, the police and members of the public to shift every one

Despite the snow starting at 10am the council only sent gritters out at 14:50!

Edited February 13, 2013 by Gavin.

[Cloud 10]

Temperatures still below freezing in the higher parts of the region at the moment,so that

precip that is approaching from the west could well be freezing rain.

[Alex95]

Everything is covered in a layer of ice here after the freezing rain, I hope it all melts by the morning or the snow could be a right pain in the behind!

[Summer Sun]

Whats the purple on the radar which goes from Alston down to Yorkshire freezing rain?

[JP1972]

Looks as though we could be in for another bout of cold in a bout a weeks time ...

Any of the knowledgable among you care to summise what the charts are showing for us in about a weeks time for the North East please?