Far North of England Regional Discussion 09/03/13 21z---->

[A.J]

Please carry on here

old thread here ---->

[peterf]

no major drops here just yet.

[Geordiesnow]

Looked on the BBC forecast online just now, it seems to downgraded the convective snow somewhat for Sunday and there is no snow graphics over the region for Monday! It does look likely Monday will be less convective but I still think there be snow showers first thing.

I also still believe its a little bit hard to believe we won't see snow settling with upper air temps of below -10 during Sunday day time, ok if the showers are NOT frequent and we get long spells of dry/sunny weather then snow accumulations will be minimal but in shaded areas, then I think snow will accumulated.

It would seem Sunday night is when things could get a little juicier convection wise so won't be surprised if there is a covering by Monday morning.

Tuesday/Wednesday is still uncertain, UKMO/ECM seems more favorable for fairly good convection via a Northerly which will topple but these can still deliver for sure.

[Andy_]

Still 3C air temperature here, but the dew-point has dropped from 2C this afternoon to -1C now

[peterf]

everything holding steady here also.

Looked on the BBC forecast online just now, it seems to downgraded the convective snow somewhat for Sunday and there is no snow graphics over the region for Monday! It does look likely Monday will be less convective but I still think there be snow showers first thing.

I also still believe its a little bit hard to believe we won't see snow settling with upper air temps of below -10 during Sunday day time, ok if the showers are NOT frequent and we get long spells of dry/sunny weather then snow accumulations will be minimal but in shaded areas, then I think snow will accumulated.

It would seem Sunday night is when things could get a little juicier convection wise so won't be surprised if there is a covering by Monday morning.

Tuesday/Wednesday is still uncertain, UKMO/ECM seems more favorable for fairly good convection via a Northerly which will topple but these can still deliver for sure.

not concerned about snow amounts,the windchill is the one feature i'm interested in.

[Boro Snow]

temp 2.2 dp -0.4 here, a lot of cloud cover though which will be obviously affecting the temp

Edited March 9, 2013 by Boro Snow

[Bridgehill Blizzard]

Flakes of snow in the air here in lower Consett. Anywhere else getting this?

[Geordiesnow]

not concerned about snow amounts,the windchill is the one feature i'm interested in.

Will definate be a windchill for certain, quite a sharp one for sure but why are you interested what it feels like in the wind for? Out of interest?

[peterf]

Will definate be a windchill for certain, quite a sharp one for sure but why are you interested what it feels like in the wind for? Out of interest?

reason being I've locked 18 laying hens indoors with food and water.the other 18 are free to roam as of yesterday,they have the same amount of food and water as the incarcerated birds.

I'm monitoring food consumption and egg laying including egg size for the next 21 days.

basically a flock of 36 split in half and results to be monitored.

[peterf]

iv'e attempted it before on a half arsed basis and the results were weird.the birds indoors went through a lot more food than the birds outside who were free to roam in bitter temps.

that in itself goes against the rule of livestock feeding.

[Continental Climate]

ive just popped into the south east thread and found over a hundred people in there and came in here and found seven lol i wonder why the dearth of people in here!!

Edited March 9, 2013 by Continental Climate

[Boro Snow]

just been outside n a bit of drizzle greeted me

Edited March 9, 2013 by Boro Snow

[Freezing-Point]

reason being I've locked 18 laying hens indoors with food and water.the other 18 are free to roam as of yesterday,they have the same amount of food and water as the incarcerated birds.

I'm monitoring food consumption and egg laying including egg size for the next 21 days.

basically a flock of 36 split in half and results to be monitored.

I have to say that is the best answer I could have imagined.

[peterf]

everything holding steady as before here.

[peterf]

just wont go below 0c 1.1c and steady as a rock for now.

[ScottSnow]

Snowing lighlty in Gateshead. Very strange as wasn't expecting much looking at the radar.

Wasn't much... just a few flakes.

Edited March 10, 2013 by Snow White

[Emma Jayne Agar]

Just started here at Seaton Sluice on the coast.

Quite heavy with large flakes, settling very quickly

[Boro Snow]

Light snow here, ground far to wet to lay

[chionomaniac]

Morning. How are the temps and dps on this cold one. And especially interested in Peters hens!

[Boro Snow]

Temp is 1.7 dp is -4.4

[Rollo]

Snowing heavily here,I would reckon tonight will be the time for the heaviest accumulations,in the meantime everything has turned white and the snow is moderate to heavy.The temperature prior to it starting was 1.4c

[Rollo]

Still snowing heavily and temperature now at freezing point. I wish this had occurred in Jan. or Feb.

[seabreeze86]

The radar is looking rather promising, lots moderate and heavy snow moving east looking like a interesting day.

Dew point is at -2.2 so might even settle right out to the coast at least until the sun comes out.

Edited March 10, 2013 by seabreeze86

[Hooala]

Moderate/heavy snow in Jesmond since 7:55, good covering and settling on main road (Matthew Bank)

[Snowmaggedon]

The sun is out and there's no sign of any immediate falling snow. But the ground has dried up a fair bit from yesterday's rain so any snow that does fall may possibly lay