Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Weather Chat

[Harsh Climate]

Heavy hail shower now giving a thin covering, still no snow.

Proof if needed of lightning 

 

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Edited January 28, 2015 by Harsh Climate

[Imp81]

Just driven through a moderate snow shower near Bawtry didnt settle as too warm about 3℃ but decent flakes bodes well for later

[Sunny_AS]

Heavy snizzle

 

settling immediately...

 

Make that heavy snow.. looks like i'm in a streamer of sorts!

Edited January 28, 2015 by Sunny_AS

[cowdog]

Heavy small flake snow here for past 10 minutes.

 

Grass and cars already covered. This one isn't as intense as the BIG one following, and that's going to hit worst time as people will be leaving school / work and going home.

 

It hurts to walk in as well, as so small flakes combined with the strong winds.

Edited January 28, 2015 by cowdog

[BA Baracus]

Incoming!....

[Barking_Mad]

Fine snow in Leeds. Very blustery in the wind. Looks awful outside!

[Love Snow]

Had a few wintry showers here the wind is biting tho certainly not a day to be outdoors

[BA Baracus]

Fine snow in Leeds. Very blustery in the wind. Looks awful outside!

 

Yes, snowing horizontally at the moment!  Quite spectacular seeing the bands of snow in the wind.

[cowdog]

Big flakes now. Proper Blizzard.

 

If you can, get home now as this is only going to get worse; thankfully I work at home

Edited January 28, 2015 by cowdog

[saint]

Can also confirm the snow even quite close to Leeds city centre. 

[CasMan]

so people are reporting snow in leeds, but the radar shows it as sleet, how come, im in wakefield and the radar just looks to show sleet on its way, and looking at NMM for the rest of the day it keeps this area and parts of leeds in the sleet zone, lets hope its wrong.

[Posthill Wanderer]

Starting to snow here in Garforth, East of Leeds now. Fine but blowing around in a very strong, blustery wind.

[BarnetBlizzard]

This suggest the difference in height can make, just sleety rain here in york. 

[weather eater]

Snow here in East Lindsey district, rather wet horizontal snow it has to be said and very windy.

Edited January 28, 2015 by weather eater

[BA Baracus]

so people are reporting snow in leeds, but the radar shows it as sleet, how come, im in wakefield and the radar just looks to show sleet on its way, and looking at NMM for the rest of the day it keeps this area and parts of leeds in the sleet zone, lets hope its wrong.

 

I'm in the city centre and its a snow / hail mix.  Definitely no sleet, but its not settling.

[saint]

It's snowing at about the 80m mark here, which is a good sign for later.

[CasMan]

I'm in the city centre and its a snow / hail mix.  Definitely no sleet, but its not settling.

maybe fine snow shows up as sleet on the radar, needs to be heavier

[terrier]

Was feeling rather confident earlier for West Yorkshire for tonight's events but after watching latest on news 24 I'm now not so sure. But tommorow morning looks abit more intresting.

[saint]

maybe fine snow shows up as sleet on the radar, needs to be heavier

 

Those radar's are not always accurate to be honest.

Was feeling rather confident earlier for West Yorkshire for tonight's events but after watching latest on news 24 I'm now not so sure. But tommorow morning looks abit more intresting.

 

The BBC are always less useful in shower situations, their graphics should not be taken as gospel in this sort of set up.

[Barking_Mad]

Forecasts have toned down the heavy snow for my area in Leeds. Still predicting a long period of snow, but most of it is light showers. We shall see.

[Harsh Climate]

Finally have snow here now

[Barry12]

snowing here too

[cowdog]

Still snowing heavy here, keeps switching from massive flakes, to medium to tiny dots and back again but all the while staying very intense.

 

Ground cover is probably about 1cm now, but not going out to measure in it as it looks horrid due to the wind.

[Love Snow]

Awesome hail storm at the minute in morley

[weather eater]

BBC very reluctant to go much further than tomorrow morning and I don't blame them. As for the showers the weather graphics are pretty meaningless and they are just a generalisation. some areas that look like they are being missed could get plenty and others the opposite. Radar much more useful in this instance