Far North Of England - Weather Chat

[JP1972]

Same down here in Darlo lot's of sunshine but a raw wind

 

Yes, I think the windchill might be the only notable factor about this cold spell.

[Deep Snow please]

Deep snow please, its the weather for goodness sake get a grip

 

What on earth did I say or do? All of I've done is express my frustration at this utter let down of a winter.

[Continental Climate]

I'll explain how this winter feels to those of us in the proper north (Sunderland and above until you hit north Northumberland/Scotland). Imagine walking into the most amazing club you've ever seen but it's so crowded that you can only remain in one section of the club so your park yourself down at the middle left; over to your right you've got the most intense swingers party going on with constant reloading (Cumbria), just in front of you is the most intense section and one hell of a bender - everyone's having a ball (Scotland), just behind of you (Durham/Teesside/Yorkshire) is a free concert by your favourite bands for the whole night, whereas in the section your left in is a group of boring saddos playing tiddlywinks and occasional a bit of water being passed around but some nutters (the Met Office) telling everyone it's a spliff on the way round.

I'm in darlington mate which fits into your (durham teesside yorkshire) location and i can tell you its been shocking here for snow even worse than your neck of the woods i would wager

[snowgirl30]

Deep snow please- well comparing the lack of snow to a swingers party???????? Its the weather yes its pretty crap we have had a poor winter for snow, but its not the end of the world.  Think people need to keep things in perspective.

[JP1972]

Deep snow please, its the weather for goodness sake get a grip

 

To be fair it was an amusing analogy but I agree, there is little point in getting hung up on whether or not it snows lol

[snowgirl30]

To be fair it was an amusing analogy but I agree, there is little point in getting hung up on whether or not it snows lol

 

 

I think some in here need to get the Prozac out cheer them up hehe  

[shawty1984]

Deep snow please- well comparing the lack of snow to a swingers party???????? Its the weather yes its pretty crap we have had a poor winter for snow, but its not the end of the world.  Think people need to keep things in perspective.

This is a weather forum, if they had done it on a computer forum you might have a slight point. It was rather amusing really.

Back to the weather, what's the point of just being cold, it's boring and well, cold. Here we are in northern England just going into February in the middle of a cold spell, at night and it's raining/sleet. What an utter let down this has been and it just goes to show how hard it is just to get 'real' falling snow in the UK. The one time my area got falling snow with a cm or two covering at 10:30pm, was nearly all gone at 6am the very next day.

[Andy_]

Alright, its my turn to moan.   Probably the best conditions in terms of uppers and dewpoints we've had all winter and its dry as a... 

 

Tomorrow looks dry, Tuesday has been downgraded but could still throw up some surprises, as could Wednesday. We persevere :') 

[Deep Snow please]

Alright, its my turn to moan.   Probably the best conditions in terms of uppers and dewpoints we've had all winter and its dry as a... 

 

Tomorrow looks dry, Tuesday has been downgraded but could still throw up some surprises, as could Wednesday. We persevere :')

It's always the way. This week seems like the last good chance of winter but we've had snow in May before so you never know.

[snowgirl30]

This is a weather forum, if they had done it on a computer forum you might have a slight point. It was rather amusing really.

Back to the weather, what's the point of just being cold, it's boring and well, cold. Here we are in northern England just going into February in the middle of a cold spell, at night and it's raining/sleet. What an utter let down this has been and it just goes to show how hard it is just to get 'real' falling snow in the UK. The one time my area got falling snow with a cm or two covering at 10:30pm, was nearly all gone at 6am the very next day.

 

 

Ok will agree to disagree on that.

[Summer Sun]

I've had 3 days when snow has fallen they and they were all in the 2nd half of last month

 

1st fall was on the 18th melted within a few hours of it stopping

 

2nd was last Wednesday it lasted longer but only because it fell overnight when its naturally colder

 

3rd was last Thursday again melted in no time

 

So whilst this winter is a slight improvement on last winter its nothing to write home about the one thing I've noticed more is the coldest spells have brought a lot of dry sunny weather for example over Christmas.

 

If anyone can bare to watch it the weather for the week ahead is below similar to today really as in the wind chill is going to make it feel colder than it actually would be if it was a clam day

 

[JP1972]

I think some in here need to get the Prozac out cheer them up hehe  

 

Haha, yeah I agree with you there.

 

I tend to take a sarcastic approach to this forum simply because I'm just not lucky enough to see heavy settling snow lol!

[JP1972]

I've had 3 days when snow has fallen they and they were all in the 2nd half of last month

 

1st fall was on the 18th melted within a few hours of it stopping

 

2nd was last Wednesday it lasted longer but only because it fell overnight when its naturally colder

 

3rd was last Thursday again melted in no time

 

So whilst this winter is a slight improvement on last winter its nothing to write home about the one thing I've noticed more is the coldest spells have brought a lot of dry sunny weather for example over Christmas.

 

If anyone can bare to watch it the weather for the week ahead is below similar to today really as in the wind chill is going to make it feel colder than it actually would be if it was a clam day

 

 

BBC Forecast has me down for quite a bit of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cold wet rain, you just can't beat it

[Geordiesnow]

This is a weather forum, if they had done it on a computer forum you might have a slight point. It was rather amusing really.

Back to the weather, what's the point of just being cold, it's boring and well, cold. Here we are in northern England just going into February in the middle of a cold spell, at night and it's raining/sleet. What an utter let down this has been and it just goes to show how hard it is just to get 'real' falling snow in the UK. The one time my area got falling snow with a cm or two covering at 10:30pm, was nearly all gone at 6am the very next day.

 

The mild sector was well known to occur though and it was always marginal, the annoying part was the PPN kept on fizzling out as it approached this region and had it occured when conditions were still okay for snowfall, then we may of seen snowfall last night.

 

Tonight and tomorrow night will be about just how low the temps will go, should be a hard frost for most so we may see some white stuff in terms of frost! Tuesday and into Wednesday is really our last chance of snowfall from this cold period.

[Summer Sun]

The wind has really dropped in the past few hours temperatures will drop like a stone tonight more so over any snow fields but even the towns and cities could get down to -3c

[Continental Climate]

Lord!!! The radar is dire, absolutely bone dry!! Northerlies do my head in!!

[Summer Sun]

Its going to be a bitter night tonight down to 0.8c currently and falling could be the coldest night of winter for most if the skies stay clear

[Deep Snow please]

Could get very very cold tonight.

[NickR]

Get yourself to the Pennines!

 

Between Stanhope and Middleton, today...

 

 

 

 

[Deep Snow please]

Looks great Nick.

[Boro Snow]

Get yourself to the Pennines!

 

Between Stanhope and Middleton, today...

 

 

 

 

right thats it i am off in the morning with my son before he goes to afternoon nursery, thanks for the pictures Nick

Edited February 1, 2015 by Boro Snow

[NickR]

Ta

 

Just a tip - there is actually more snow slightly lower down as the wind has stripped a lot from the most exposed locations... that said, you can find sheltered bits with really good snow. The furthest we went was the "Welcome to Teasdale" sign right at the top, and it was close to there (on the way back down), that I took the pics with the snow next to the car.

Edited February 1, 2015 by NickR

[Deep Snow please]

This is a weather forum, if they had done it on a computer forum you might have a slight point. It was rather amusing really.

Back to the weather, what's the point of just being cold, it's boring and well, cold. Here we are in northern England just going into February in the middle of a cold spell, at night and it's raining/sleet. What an utter let down this has been and it just goes to show how hard it is just to get 'real' falling snow in the UK. The one time my area got falling snow with a cm or two covering at 10:30pm, was nearly all gone at 6am the very next day.

 

Thank for taking it the way it was meant, as a light-hearted analogy.

 

I actually enjoy snowless cold just as much as the snow, it gives a freshness to the air and is really nice to walk about in - and obviously if it sets in long enough you start getting hard frosts, which are as beautiful as snow in there own right. Obviously there's a 

[NickR]

Couple more..

 

 

Depth in Stanhope:

[Boro Snow]

temp -0.4c its going to be a cold one