North West Regional Discussion 22/03/13 08z ------>

[Ian Brown]

Dry now here as the PPN has moved North.

[Chris.R]

A bit of sleet now in the snow which is getting gradually lighter.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Dry now here as the PPN has moved North.

Pretty bit let down this. Shouldn't be surprised really!!

[chris78]

Why are people surprised with the lack of sticking at sea level this was always going to be the case the hype for this one was off the scale

[Interitus]

Reports saying roads in Peak District getting quite bad with 3 inches of snow in Buxton and Cat & Fiddle road closed -

Wow, must be somewhere on the Buxton side because even the roads in Warrington are worse than that.

[Chris.R]

Well it's sticking fine here and i'm practically at sea level 1.3 miles from the coast. I've been very lucky.

[geri]

Well it's sticking fine here and i'm practically at sea level 1.3 miles from the coast. I've been very lucky.

Same here thought being on the coast we would have no chance pelting down and about an inch on the grass

[NickyB]

This is brill

It's a slush fest in Birkenhead. The ground is yuck

[MrSunshine]

Well it's sticking fine here and i'm practically at sea level 1.3 miles from the coast. I've been very lucky.

Sticking fine here as well with perhaps another few hours to come yet as well Met Office got their amber warnings wrong by the look of things.

[gareth73]

Temp still dropping here in West Manchester 1.2 c

[Radiating Dendrite]

This is rubbish, absolute over hype. There's about 2 inches,a little more on the grass and it's melting quicker than it can fall.

Not overly surprised.

I did express my concerns over marginality for lower areas in the North West.

200m of height and you would be laughing - reporting a foot in upland areas of NE Wales!

[Liam J]

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[Brass_Monkeys]

Snow getting lighter here now, very small flakes again.

They keep talking about heavy snow on the news but I certainly wouldn't class the snow as heavy in this area, moderate at times but not quite in the heavy bracket.

[Interitus]

Well it's sticking fine here and i'm practically at sea level 1.3 miles from the coast. I've been very lucky.

Pity then that it will probably turn to rain and melt later today.

[dhillcrest]

Just measured 17cm lying snow in Mold, NE Wales. Can't get out of my drive. This is at 125m asl. It's at 2010 levels at the moment. All the schools shut.

[clangers23]

Sadly and not unsurprisingly nothing here in Hale, Altrincham. A few flakes finally this morning, here's hoping for something from the second band?

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

All that ppn over west country is moving north and will miss us and go to ireland

[raul_sbd]

Sadly and not unsurprisingly nothing here in Hale, Altrincham. A few flakes finally this morning, here's hoping for something from the second band?

Feeling the same... but lets hope tonight into tomorrow morning we get what we deserve.. its been a horrid winter here in Altrincham area.. no snow whatsoever..

[MrSunshine]

All that ppn over west country is moving north and will miss us and go to ireland

What about the stuff currently in Wales?

[shadowfax]

Left behind plenty of snow in Bacup, blowing around in very strong wind and drifting. In bury now and although it is snowing quite hard with large flakes nothing is sticking.

[greybing]

Temp still dropping here in West Manchester 1.2 c

any cover?I'm in west mancs too-eccles

[MrSunshine]

Currently got a 3 inch drift up my front windows here! lol

[clangers23]

Feeling the same... but lets hope tonight into tomorrow morning we get what we deserve.. its been a horrid winter here in Altrincham area.. no snow whatsoever..

I agree, it's been a pretty miserable few months here, cold, wet, very little snow. I think we've managed to get briefly the back end of two snow to rain events and that's about it?

[gareth73]

Covering is starting but slow, cars are covered

[SparkleS]

Theres quite a few school closures in lancashire, Brinscall being my closest http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/school_closures/index.asp