Northwest England - Weather Chat

[robbo88]

Welcome to my world  ....we are well into the 3rd consecutive winter here with not even a flake falling

Feel your pain,to some extent. I live East Manchester with 150asl. I have seen snow falling at some point in all of the last 3 winters but not had any stick.

Had so many relatives texting me and sending me picks last night of all their snow, as they know I'm snow obsessed.

It's such torment

I guess I'm just too close to the city centre.

[Weather-history]

I hope it is the coldest night of the winter so far , otherwise it will be another sad winter.

What a daft comment.

Manchester has already recorded minima 4 times this December that were lower than any minima from last winter.

Further to that we still got the whole of January and February to go.

[iand61]

We've got a bit of spare snow in Bacup if anyone wants it.

It's pre owned and some of it may be a bit yellow but it's free to a good home if you're willing to collect.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Cold and frosty outside.

 

Ive watched many of these, camera faces WNW? noticed how the clouds towards the end started to move from the NE

[March Blizzard]

Feel your pain,to some extent. I live East Manchester with 150asl. I have seen snow falling at some point in all of the last 3 winters but not had any stick.

Had so many relatives texting me and sending me picks last night of all their snow, as they know I'm snow obsessed.

It's such torment

I guess I'm just too close to the city centre.

 

If It's any consolation, you always seem to do better for accumulations than us down the road in Stockport, we had no lying snow in March 2013, yet there was a fair bit in and around Ashton when I went.

[Backtrack]

Patchy snow outside still, probably a couple of cm still on the grass. Was a thaw today, helped on by some light sleet showers in the morning. Not been a very sunny day either, and now the frosts aren't looking particularly harsh. Another poor cold spell.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Welcome to my world  ....we are well into the 3rd consecutive winter here with not even a flake falling

Its astonishingly poor like isn't it, im convinced we are as snowless as the south coast who even got more than me in 2009 and 2010, in terms of showers and troughs we get nowt from northerlies, nowt from north easterlies, we sometimes get catch a moderate shower if its a full on beasterly with 50mph gusts blowing them over the pennines and lake district, again with a south easterly has to be a 1 in 50 year event, never witnessed a cold southerly although if it did happen would the showers make there way to cumbria? nope, southwesterlies seas too warm, westerlies seas too warm, north westerlys we normally get a couple of showers in the early stages then they just continue to paste cheshire, merseyside and parts of lancashire. The only chance for me to get more than 5cm is from a battleground event which melts the next day, or in special circumstances if i ever find myself to be in the lucky position when a low gets undercutted with cold air and then pivots and heads south like yesterday. 

[Weather-history]

Patchy snow outside still, probably a couple of cm still on the grass. Was a thaw today, helped on by some light sleet showers in the morning. Not been a very sunny day either, and now the frosts aren't looking particularly harsh. Another poor cold spell.

I am losing the will to live.........

[Weather-history]

Ive watched many of these, camera faces WNW? noticed how the clouds towards the end started to move from the NE

Yes, the camera is facing to the NW, which from my location would be looking towards Southport on the coast.

[itsnowjoke]

Cold here nowt else

[robbo88]

If It's any consolation, you always seem to do better for accumulations than us down the road in Stockport, we had no lying snow in March 2013, yet there was a fair bit in and around Ashton when I went.

Haha oh I know, I was living in Bredbury then. All my family in Runcorn where plastered with the stuff. And I'm sure we we under an amber alert forecast more and got sod all!

[itsnowjoke]

Still nowt here

[iand61]

At least one of the showers from the East has managed to reach here.

Only a few flakes falling but it shows we can get something from even a slack easterly.

[Mokidugway]

Real frosty here, nearly went on my ass coming back from pub .....

[iand61]

Real frosty here, nearly went on my ass coming back from pub .....

Why would you take your Donkey to the pub or was it borrowed from the school nativity play.

[Mokidugway]

Why would you take your Donkey to the pub or was it borrowed from the school nativity play.

normally take the horse , I thought the ass was more seasonal .!!!..

[Will Padz]

Light snow last hour.... -1c.... Completely frozen out, all snow compacted and sheet ice....

[damianslaw]

Its astonishingly poor like isn't it, im convinced we are as snowless as the south coast who even got more than me in 2009 and 2010, in terms of showers and troughs we get nowt from northerlies, nowt from north easterlies, we sometimes get catch a moderate shower if its a full on beasterly with 50mph gusts blowing them over the pennines and lake district, again with a south easterly has to be a 1 in 50 year event, never witnessed a cold southerly although if it did happen would the showers make there way to cumbria? nope, southwesterlies seas too warm, westerlies seas too warm, north westerlys we normally get a couple of showers in the early stages then they just continue to paste cheshire, merseyside and parts of lancashire. The only chance for me to get more than 5cm is from a battleground event which melts the next day, or in special circumstances if i ever find myself to be in the lucky position when a low gets undercutted with cold air and then pivots and heads south like yesterday. 

 

 

Yes west coast of Cumbria not ideally placed for snowfall, though exceptions do happen, think March 2013 a very extreme unusual occurrence.

 

There is a marked difference the further inland you move from the coast - inland Cumbria is notably more snowy the central fells act as a major buffer shielding sea modification effect on the temperature and often aid evaporative cooling - it would be a very different case here if we didn't have the fells. We do however, quite well, and often see snow events from quite marginal set ups especially when precipitation is heavy. The 12th and 13th December of this year being a case in point - 2 snow events the latter very localised indeed.

[Mokidugway]

I wouldn't say it's that extreme , till recently would get a half decent snow event aprox every 3 years or so ,snowfall like thunderstorms seem to have died the death around here ....

[I Cumbria Marra I]

interesting damian, although even in march 2013 i didn't get any lying snowfall, the southern fells created a shadow effect over an area from sellafield to about workington and we just had very light snow all day which didn't lay, i think i last got lying snow in jan 2013, i'll have a look through old threads.

[Miamay]

Just been out for evening and its freezing out. Cars are frosted up and the pavements too.

[Mokidugway]

Remote weather sensor ,(max the Tom cat ) saying -2 outside , very cold ears ........

[carl1980]

-3.2 here must of been very cold for people who still have snow cover

[shadowfax]

-3.2 here must of been very cold for people who still have snow cover

Yes it is, but stunning with the sun out!

[Miamay]

Blue skies and a lovely crisp, frosty cold morning