North West England - Weather Chat

[damianslaw]

Been snowing heavily last half hour, but its very wet and the ground is too wet for any settling, still pleasing to see.

 

Reason SW/W Cumbria not joining in is because the flow is from the south off the Irish Sea whereas rest of the region it is an onshore flow, less moderation.

 

Had the trough tilted on a more NW-SE axis then it would have possibly been a good snow event for many, less marginal with more of a stalling feature. Always a fine line, but these are the best set ups for heavy snow in this region.

 

Edit - as I was typing the above, it is now sticking alarmingly on surfaces and grass, the power of evaporative cooling, winds are picking up also..

Edited February 22, 2015 by damianslaw

[Interitus]

Same here, gone from rain mixed with snow to proper snow over the last half hour. Now where did that come from?

The sky?

[karyo]

Snowing now and the heaviest precipitation is still to the west!

[Thunderbolt_]

Wet snow now.

[Brass_Monkeys]

Snowing quite heavily here after sleeting for a while.

[iand61]

Snow is getting a bit heavier but still wet and not sticking.

The most noticeable thing is the increase in wind and the snow now starting to blow about.

[Interitus]

Peaks in for it again!

Just started snowing on the Buxton webcams, there's none on the ground at the moment be interesting to see how quickly it settles.

[Brass_Monkeys]

Snow starting to stick on grass and Tarmac surfaces

[Dr. Astro]

Snowing quite heavy now. Starting to stick. 2010 ? Haha, we wish !

[Will Padz]

Snowing now was drizzly snizzle for ten minutes but flakes now.... Temp 1c dew -1c...

Light but better than nothing.... Going to pop out to tesco.... Have fun everyone getting snow...

Edited February 22, 2015 by Will Padz

[Brass_Monkeys]

Sorry about the sideways view. Doesn't look as heavy on the pics but you can see the smattering of white starting to appear on the grass.

[karyo]

Such a shame we have milder uppers on the way!

[Mokidugway]

Sleet here ,evaporative cooling now having an effect on temps ...

[pip22]

Just been for a quick walk and the ice needles just biting my face when I walking against the wind!!

[damianslaw]

A wintry scene now, house rooftops getting a covering and starting to stick to trees, Pity it won't last.

[robbo88]

I'm still missing out, bizarrely.

[itsnowjoke]

Sleet here now

[karyo]

I'm still missing out, bizarrely.

That's strange! You are higher than me and I live in the city centre.

[Mokidugway]

It's a load of onions ,roll on spring ,rain now ..

[pip22]

When I walked it was snow, sleet, hail, rain and ice needles coming down!!

Edited February 22, 2015 by pip22

[karyo]

Quite heavy here now but the flakes melt on impact with the ground.

[traceyirving]

A wintry scene now, house rooftops getting a covering and starting to stick to trees, Pity it won't last.

Virtually bone dry in Carlisle.No rain,sleet,snow.Nothing !!!

[itsnowjoke]

Snow now but too wet to stick

[iand61]

Very heavy blowing snow here now and starting to stick.

[Day 10]

And rain again, god where so lucky here!