Far North of England Regional Discussion 20/03/13 22z ---->

[NickR]

If you look at the radar you will see an almost perfectly clear patch that covers Durham, Newcastle, and Sunderland. You have to laugh.

[Continental Climate]

rain today seems stuck on seven pm for me anyone else having issues? Ive tried refreshing nowt seems to work

[Alex95]

About 5cm here near Keswick, far more than that on the A66 between Penrith and Keswick though with some pretty bad stretches where the snow is drifting onto the road.

Its coming down quite heavily now, hopefully there'll be more than this by the morning.

[Freezing-Point]

Look to the east or north if you want decent snow. This is the golden rule if you live in our region. Even if this front had reached us it would not deliver anything of significance. So.....when is the n.sea going to awaken?

[Continental Climate]

Look to the east or north if you want decent snow. This is the golden rule if you live in our region. Even if this front had reached us it would not deliver anything of significance. So.....when is the n.sea going to awaken?

Yeah!! all our snow of the last five winters bar the odd event has come from convection so we are looking at sunday onward i think for our best chance, nothing doing tonite i think

[tynevalleysnow]

Compared to the winters of the 90s the last few have been like siberia

[NickR]

Look to the east or north if you want decent snow. This is the golden rule if you live in our region. Even if this front had reached us it would not deliver anything of significance. So.....when is the n.sea going to awaken?

December?

[Freezing-Point]

December?

Remind me?

[Summer Sun]

Nothing In darlo still anyone get the feeling this is gonna be a non event?

[tynevalleysnow]

An upgrade for tomorrow I hear. 9 hours of heavy snow apparently.

Moderate snow here now.

[Freezing-Point]

Nothing In darlo still anyone get the feeling this is gonna be a non event?

Not a feeling......a certainty

An upgrade for tomorrow I hear. 9 hours of heavy snow apparently.

Moderate snow here now.

Where did you hear from?

[tynevalleysnow]

Farmer next door from his meto farming weather forecast

[Alex95]

Large flakes now, about 1cm on the car in the last hour.

[Hagler]

Farmer next door from his meto farming weather forecast

He wants to get a refund then.

[tynevalleysnow]

He reckons its worth evbery penny although might be the ale talking in the anchor

[Freezing-Point]

Well, GFS has the -10 uppers hitting our coast around now. I expect temp to fall, but will it wake the n.sea up?

[JP1972]

It's cloudy

[Alex95]

The wind has picked up once more, hopefully it won't spoil the Narnia-esque landscape outside. I'm really looking forward to seeing the mountains clocked in snow in the morning!

Still pelting it down here, hopefully it continues all night as forecast.

Edited March 22, 2013 by Alza

[smogonthetyne]

According to the Bbc website it's currently snowing. The lampost and my eyes say differant. Goes to show how you can't trust the BBC website, they have even got a story on it that England scored eight.

[Boro Snow]

well looking at the radar it should be snowing, but its not im unhappy so ive ordered a parmo with creamed cabbage happy days

and im watching dammed utd about 2 boro legends Brian Clough n Don Revie

Edited March 22, 2013 by Boro Snow

[Boro Snow]

not happy with the temp at the mo 1.6c

[Alex95]

2-3cm fresh since I arrived, and the wind is definitely dropping now, although the moderate snow is still falling.

[Snowmaggedon]

Definitely keeping my curtains shut tomorrow, dreading that feeling you get when you look out of the window expecting a whiteout and it turns out to be nothing

[Alex95]

The front is fizzling out now, I really can't see the NE getting anything. Smaller flakes here too, so I don't think I'll get much more than the 4-6cm that I already have.

[Snowmaggedon]

Looks like the convection will be capped as well, so it looks increasingly likely this cold spell will be another damp squib for the majority of us. Aaaargh