North West England Regional Discussion 12th February 2013>

[SparkleS]

Light dusty snow flurries here, has been sticking to give that icing effect. 0 c here and wind getting up

[jam2010]

Getting heavier :-)

[Stubbette]

The Rain Today radar tells me it's been snowing here for over half an hour but I've only seen the odd tiny flake! Temp 0, dewpoint -4 - now that's more like it! :-)

[Miamay]

The wind is getting up here too. It snowing in Warrington now too

[jam2010]

Bit if a blizzard now setting off for the morning comute in 20 mins should be interesting.

[Rossyvalley]

Like a blizzard driving over tops from Haslingden to Blackburn!

[Brass_Monkeys]

Hardly snowing at all here at the moment. I can just about make out a few tiny flakes in the wind.

Temp 0.9C dp -5.3C

[MrSunshine]

Light here at the moment but I've a feeling this is all about to change....

Hardly snowing at all here at the moment. I can just about make out a few tiny flakes in the wind.

Temp 0.9C dp -5.3C

Give it 20 minutes...

[feb1991blizzard]

Just interupting all the talk regarding this snow today but look at this.

REMEMBER THESE ARE MEAN CHARTS.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

CAN WE SALVAGE SOMETHING YET?

SNOWING HERE AS WELL!!!!!!!!!

[gareth73]

Here in West Manchester temp dropped to 0.2c

[chicken soup]

stopped

[SparkleS]

Just interupting all the talk regarding this snow today but look at this.

REMEMBER THESE ARE MEAN CHARTS.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

CAN WE SALVAGE SOMETHING YET?

SNOWING HERE AS WELL!!!!!!!!!

Doesnt mean a dicky to me lol

[Miamay]

The snowflakes have suddenly got bigger. It blowing about a fair bit too.

[NickyB]

Been Snowing in New Brighton and Wallasey for the past hour very small flakes now though.

[Liam J]

The very low dew points are evident thats why the snow is so dry, mini blizzard here and if the flakes were bigger then it would certainly be impressive. The winds blowing the snow off the ground and off roof tops creating mini drifts all over.

Edited February 13, 2013 by Liam J

[UV-RAY]

Very light snow now, temp on the up though currently 0.7c. These snow to rain events rarely get me excited anymore, possibly due to the fact that's all we've seen this winter.

[R.P. McMurphy]

@ feb1991blizzard - If that came off I will personally eat my own hat. All of it. In all seriousness, Winter would go out in a bang if that happened. Long, long way off so anything could happen and could all change, but look at the height rises.... Wow.

[Brass_Monkeys]

The very low dew points are evident thats why the snow is so dry, mini blizzard here and if the flakes were bigger then it would certainly be impressive. The winds blowing the snow off the ground and off roof tops creating mini drifts all over.

The low dew points could bode well for the longevity of the snowfall.

dp currently -5.5C

[MrSunshine]

Even though its so light at the moment the ground is going white. As this gets heavier it will accumulate at some rate given this.

[Brass_Monkeys]

Snow very fine but getting heavier - heavy snizzle atm

*edit* perhaps moderate snizzle, no sign of snow on the ground here just yet

Edited February 13, 2013 by Brass_Monkeys

[feb1991blizzard]

Doesnt mean a dicky to me lol

Basically its the average of 51 ensemble members and it brings in an Easterly and then looks like having a good go at retrogression (Northerly), for a ensemble mean chart to show a synoptic pattern like that at day 10, there must be a pretty strong signal.

@ feb1991blizzard - If that came off I will personally eat my own hat. All of it. In all seriousness, Winter would go out in a bang if that happened. Long, long way off so anything could happen and could all change, but look at the height rises.... Wow.

Yes but for an ens suite to flip and suddenly latch onto the op like that, there must be a strong signal.

[jam2010]

Hate having to go work where it never sticks and when I get home it will be gone boo least I can enjoy my walk to the tram stop :-)

[gareth73]

Now at 0c dew point -3c, snow eased to light flurries

[R.P. McMurphy]

It's light here but a lot of it - sticking to surfaces already.

[pip22]

Light snow here but noticeable than yesterday.