North West England Regional Discussion 17th March 2013>

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Question please folks - what has to happen for falling snow to begin to settle on already wet & slushy ground? Is it the intensity of the snow/temp or what?

its both intensity and dp lower dp sticks easier

[Munchermark]

wow woke up to damp surfaces and a dusting of snow on cars. what went wrong

[Ian Brown]

wow woke up to damp surfaces and a dusting of snow on cars. what went wrong

Its intensity of PPN that is important in this situation, we have a couple of inches but underneath I can see how wet the ground got before it settled at some point in the night.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Will be an interesting school run today

[snowdrifter]

wow woke up to damp surfaces and a dusting of snow on cars. what went wrong

Same for most it seems mm. Hopefully all we need is some patience as heavier stuff comes in. Will be a day of surprises and disappointments. A weather lottery today imo.

[PeteB]

Hearing that the A54 is blocked at Kelsall, East of Chester.

Pete

[Jan]

Heavier precipitation now pushing its way in.

Same here and the flakes are bigger

[Never snows where i live]

Snowing heavier now.

[cheshire cat]

Finally some flakes blowing in Hale, s manchester

[Dale Leigh_6487]

The wind is howling small flakes here hyde se manc. Needs to intensyfy for it to stick . Only stuck on grass

[dodge]

Nothing much here, a little wetness on the grass and some slush on the windscreen but nothing to write home about. Will be no problem getting to work but still a long day ahead.

[snowdrifter]

West Lancashire community high school in skem is so far only school in lancs closed acc to the lancs website. Is it bad round there?

[Never snows where i live]

Anyone know what its like in leeds cos ive got to travel there today

[weatherobsuk]

Things are flowing relatively okay locally, the usual 'suspects' only being effected thus far ie. cat and fiddle, woodhead, but operating services in Derbyshire haven't cancelled or facing and severe delays which will be good for the commute.

[Snowstorm nw]

I. Knew it I knew it another massive let down all the talk of heavy snow I give up I'm out, I think everyone needs to learn from this that nothing is never nailed on no matter what set up. I'm just really disappointed! Rant over

[karyo]

So far I am seeing the shocking result of the shadow effect! The ground is dry and only a few small flakes are blowing in the wind.

Karyo

[Chris.R]

snow getting even headier now, got about 5-6 CMs.

[Weather-history]

Steady snow, slushy deposit develop on cars and some soil and grass getting a whitish tinge

[kold weather]

Tonight is looking increasingly interesting, temp profiles just look that slight bit better, and that maybe the difference between wet and settle...

[MrSunshine]

snow getting even headier now, got about 5-6 CMs.

Get in there fella!!

[dodge]

So far I am seeing the shocking result of the shadow effect! The ground is dry and only a few small flakes are blowing in the wind.

Karyo

This will be the second system of it's type i.e. coming in from the South West were there seems to be almost a brick wall standing in the way just around Manchester area and those to the north of it. Just play the radar loop and watch those dark green/yellow vapourise into very light blue almost instantly as soon as it reaches Manchester areas.

[Darren Bown]

Need this to be intense and prolonged for anything significant here, especially heading towards midday. Heavier snow now, but wind is really blowing it around.

[carl1980]

Got a few cms here,coming down quite heavy just need the flakes to get bigger

[snowdrifter]

At Preston station snow coming down nice and steady but hardly settling thus far. If it stays this way it will be such wasted potential.

[Chess01]

Blizzard conditions in stoke