North West England Regional Discussion 09/02/13 20z ------>

[MrSunshine]

A bit of sleet here now in Billinge.

[iand61]

It's been snowing really heavy here for the last 30 minutes or so but not really adding to the slight depth on the ground.

[itsnowjoke]

Still falling but no accum shame really cos i reckon that i would of had a couple of cm by now

[SparkleS]

Temps dropping a bit now

Wind seems to be picking up to now

[hilldweller]

Cat & Fiddle closed apparently.

a link for webcams in my area (includes the cat and fiddle though offline atm !)

http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk

Cheers for now,

[davacr123]

Looking at the cloud sat the low that was ment to be near here is a lot further west and heading to spain

[MrSunshine]

a link for webcams in my area (includes the cat and fiddle though offline atm !)

http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk

Cheers for now,

Just heard an update on Radio 5 Live, Cat & Fiddle still just passable apparently.

[frosty ground]

Heaviest snow of the day but still light. All snow now thou

[Thunder Snow]

dry now

[dodge]

11:40 and first signs of sleet/wet snow mixed with the rain. Could be the first signs of the transitional taking place for my area. Hope this is also a good sign for places further west, as the colder air starts to dig in from the east.

Still early stages at present and wet snow metling on impact obviously, but hopefully this sets up an interesting day and night ahead.

Edited February 10, 2013 by dodgeredee

[Darren Bown]

Sleeting here at 130m asl.

[shadowfax]

Snow line is through the middle of my house, front garden not really settling, field and stables which are about 100ft higher up it's settling. Heavy snow, big flakes.

50p sized flakes just started to fall.

[Backtrack]

Would rather it be a dry, sunny day...

[Jamesjane]

When people post comments like "it's snowing here or it's raining now" can they give us a general location please..btw moderate heavy rain here in liverpool.. And 5c so no chance of any snow here yet..

[SparkleS]

Thats definately sleety rain out there

[Never snows where i live]

I dont think liverpool or merseyside is gonna get any snow anyway tbh. Personally think thats it for us this winter

[shadowfax]

When people post comments like "it's snowing here or it's raining now" can they give us a general location please..btw moderate heavy rain here in liverpool.. And 5c so no chance of any snow here yet..

I think the problem is that when you view this on a phone it doesn't show our location which you can see on a laptop so we don't think about it.

For you I will state that it is snowing heavily in Bacup which is 1000ft above sea level.

[widnesgas]

Just had a email from the met office still saying a yellow warning for snow for most of the region including cheshire and mersyside.

[MrSunshine]

I think the problem is that when you view this on a phone it doesn't show our location which you can see on a laptop so we don't think about it.

For you I will state that it is snowing heavily in Bacup which is 1000ft above sea level.

I'm only about 550ft above see level, sounds like I'm fooked!

[itsnowjoke]

Disruptive snow yeah right...the only disruption it causing here is that i cant get nowt done looking out the window

[iand61]

I think the problem is that when you view this on a phone it doesn't show our location which you can see on a laptop so we don't think about it.

For you I will state that it is snowing heavily in Bacup which is 1000ft above sea level.

But only in your back garden S F, lol

It really is strange at the moment, as you said massive flakes of snow but no obvious increase in depth.

I can only immagine that the layer immediately above the ground is melting as quickly as that above is increasing.

I remember an event like this on the day we moved into our present house mid 1990's.

Snow up here settled to a depth of a couple of inches but down in the town centre it never stuck at all and with only about 150 feet difference ASL between the two.

[MrSunshine]

Just had a email from the met office still saying a yellow warning for snow for most of the region including cheshire and mersyside.

Unsurprisingly the UK Met Office haven't updated their warnings yet, they must be bloody snookered!

[Darren Bown]

Local radio is saying to beware of 2.5 inches of snow. Nobody knows what's going on haha. Currently on the way to the Lowry and still sleeting on the M61/M60 interchange slightly.

[iand61]

Unsurprisingly the UK Met Office haven't updated their warnings yet, they must be bloody snookered!

Still looking for the red marker pen for the London area.

Hopefully they will find it soon.

[jam2010]

My phone app is going for sleet till 5pm and it I's 90 % confident of if snowing then.