North West England Regional Discussion 17th March 2013>

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just heard a report and i dont know how reliable it is,however METO about to issue a red warning for parts

Of Scotland with upto 50cm of snow over the highest ground.......WOW

C.S

Jealous

[cheshire snow]

Jealous

Very CC

I would not mind winter been over by Saturday just as long as we get a good dumping on Friday

C.S

[feb1991blizzard]

ECM means still on board, still worth giving it another 24 hours worth of runs.

[Backtrack]

Just heard a report and i dont know how reliable it is,however METO about to issue a red warning for parts

Of Scotland with upto 50cm of snow over the highest ground.......WOW

C.S

Would the Met Office issue a warning for 'the highest ground'? That's just like issuing a warning for Ben Nevis. Although it's not rare for the Highlands to get 40-50cm of snow, I highly doubt this event will deliver and there's not a chance in hell they will issue a red warning for an event 3-4 days away.

[cheshire snow]

BBC news 24 weather 2100

Wednesday snow showers midlands northwards

Friday Rain in the SW and far west turning to snow inland

keep a very close eye on the forecast for the end of the week

Jay Wynn words not mine

on that wintry note, i wish you good night

C.S

[cheshire snow]

Would the Met Office issue a warning for 'the highest ground'? That's just like issuing a warning for Ben Nevis. Although it's not rare for the Highlands to get 40-50cm of snow, I highly doubt this event will deliver and there's not a chance in hell they will issue a red warning for an event 3-4 days away.

Probably quite Rare for mid march,we are in spring you know

And this is in the next 24-36hours not fridays event

Edited March 18, 2013 by cheshire snow

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Snowing here

[jam2010]

Is it just me or does there seem to be quite a bit of activity around the north west region?

[feb1991blizzard]

Better GFS trickling out - trough further south, isobars in north sea from scandi straightening quicker = better CAA.

Trough needs to start disrupting soon though.

Maybe not. look at these deep pinks on here, 100 miles southward correction and i get absolutely battered.

Edited March 18, 2013 by feb1991blizzard

[Brass_Monkeys]

Is it just me or does there seem to be quite a bit of activity around the north west region?

Yes the showers look to be pepping up in the Irish Sea and over North Wales. Not sure if we'll see any ppn migrate into the Northwest, though.

Current temp 1.9C dp -1.6C

[feb1991blizzard]

Not sure whether this should go in here or far North of England regional discussion but the most almighty blizzard imaginable on the 18z, look how deep the pinks are, thats either 32 or 64mm an hour for hours in the plural, could equal a metre of level snow, with strong winds that would be drifts that would bury peoples houses, thats a stonker in any month let alone march.

[Mountain Snow]

Places like Alston would get buried from that chart above, if it comes off. Impressive for mid-late March.

Snowing here now, looks like I will see a third morning in a row with snow cover.

[Lake District Blizzard]

Snowing here too, march has now had more snow days than February!

[damianslaw]

Mountain snow and lame district blizzard where are your locations. Good to see fellow cumbrians in here.

[Lake District Blizzard]

Mountain snow and lame district blizzard where are your locations. Good to see fellow cumbrians in here.

Derwent Valley near Bassenthwaite Lake, North Cumbria seems to do well from these E / NE'y flows originating from the other side of the pennines, plenty of activity moving in on the radar

[iand61]

Another dry and frosty start today with a current temperature of -2.4c.

Today and Wednesday are both looking like dry days and frosty nights for the region then it's all eyes on the weather system coming in from the Atlantic on Thursday which could, dependent on positioning be anything from yet another damp squib to a full blown dumping in these parts.

I'm not going into ramping mode because no doubt things will change nearer the time but at the moment our region could see a significant fall of snow towards the end of this week.

Although the Synoptics are different to then, I keep thinking of late April 1981; when we had a dumping of about 18 inches IMBY and then an immediate thaw.

[Weather-history]

-2.7C

No shortage of frosts this March

[carl1980]

-0.2c sunny start

[Ian Brown]

Light to moderate snow from that little line on the radar.

[jam2010]

Nothing here bone dry as per, not not been great for snow imby I have had 1 that I can call a snow event.

[UV-RAY]

-2.7C

No shortage of frosts this March

Indeed, this month has see more frosts than the whole of December, January and February IMBY. What a contrast to the last two March's.

[Chess01]

Just had a bit of snow in stoke

[Brass_Monkeys]

Cold and frosty start to the day here. Overnight low of -2.7C. Blue skies gradually being replaced by cloud moving in from the South.

I wonder if I might finally see some March snow IMBY come the end of this week. Met Office forecast:

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

A cold but fine start on Thursday, then strengthening winds bring the risk of rain and snow later. Persistent snow possible on Friday and Saturday, along with strong winds.

Issued at: 0400 on Tue 19 Mar 2013

Edited March 19, 2013 by Brass_Monkeys

[Mountain Snow]

2 1/2 inches of lying snow with it still falling from the sky. Real winter wonderland out there.

[Lake District Blizzard]

4-5cm snow here

nothing below 100m though