North West England Weather Discussion 14/11/15 Onwards

[Frost HoIIow]

17 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Yep, im working nights so i got to sit and watch it lol.

No chance of anything approaching white round here, really do need an easterly for this part of the world, you know its grim when its snowing in liverpool from a north westerly and up in peninnes at 200m its rain.

It happened the other year and i could not believe it then.

Yes anything from the west is so bl**dy marginal - everything can and often does go wrong...the temps & dew are both higher from the west. Late January 2013 was great with that easterly. Dew points were fine as was the temps when the snow came.

[northwestsnow]

Looking at the radar its all slipping well south of here now.

Pretty diabolical effort really.

[James M]

Hooray! It's starting to stick, down to 0.5°C . Just hope we can keep the precipitation going for a while longer.

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, James M said:

Hooray! It's starting to stick, down to 0.5°C . Just hope we can keep the precipitation going for a while longer.

Good for you james im down in chadderton nothing here but it is only 120m asl, where r u ?;)

[James M]

4 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Good for you james im down in chadderton nothing here but it is only 120m asl, where r u ?;)

I'm in Greenfield:)

[northwestsnow]

Just now, James M said:

I'm in Greenfield:)

Oh coolio  Springhead, i might have a dusting when i get home at 7am

The wind has turned NW now so a lot of the precip is moving through cheshire !! grrrr.

[cheshire snow]

It actually snowing here in south cheshire covering on the grass and

Car but not sticking on the rosds,come on now cheshire Gap dont

Let me down,although the text forecsdt from the Meto is gsrbage

Does not reflect what was forecsst on last nights national forcasts

C.S

Edit

Now moderate snow starting to stick on the pavements

Edited January 14, 2016 by cheshire snow

[cheshire snow]

One man commentary here but i have to do this.....

BOOM Heavy wet snow falling

C.S

[northwestsnow]

4 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

One man commentary here but i have to do this.....

BOOM Heavy wet snow falling

C.S

Yep its all slipped south of here, good for you, pants for me.

[cheshire snow]

If you live in Cheshire and like snow,GET UP,huge 50p size flakes

Falling at least a 2cm covering now.

C.S

[SP1986]

BOOM it's raining

[Cheshire Freeze]

Snow!

Heavy snow at that.

Edited January 14, 2016 by CreweCold

[northwestsnow]

Very marginal i would imagine it will turn sleety once the intensity dies down

[Cheshire Freeze]

White out, those flakes are HUGE. Gritter gone past twice

[cheshire snow]

57 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

Whitedirection those flakes are HUGE. Gritter  gone past twice

Nice to see CC

I think wec stand a good chance this evening To see some some

Heavy snow showers the NI forecast is very encouraging and most

Of the PPN will be heading from that direction.

C.S

[James M]

Might be able to squeeze a couple more showers in but looks like more or less it, just a dusting for me!

[iand61]

Well in a league table of events that turned into nothing, that one is heading for a champions league spot.

went to bed with sleet falling, colder uppers were moving across, ground temperatures were falling to near zero, a lot of precipitation was heading across.

and I woke to ....absolutely zilch.

another let down up here and unless something changes today,  my weekend plans for walking in a winter wonderland have gone the shape of the pear.

[northwestsnow]

7 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Well in a league table of events that turned into nothing, that one is heading for a champions league spot.

went to bed with sleet falling, colder uppers were moving across, ground temperatures were falling to near zero, a lot of precipitation was heading across.

and I woke to ....absolutely zilch.

another let down up here and unless something changes today,  my weekend plans for walking in a winter wonderland have gone the shape of the pear.

Yep, soon as the winds turned NW it was game set and match for anyone around manchester north.

Crewe cold nicked all my snow(again)

I have concluded after numerous let downs North westerlies are absolutely useless for my location, its p-retty much easterly or nothing.

Dry and cold for the next few days-hopefully CC and CS can keep some coverage but i wonder if temps of 3 4 and 5 today are going to cause meltage.

[Weather-history]

Not a lot happen. Bulk of preciptation missed this area. The change in wind direction is notable on my time-lapse

 

 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

NOTHING

[James M]

15 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Yep, soon as the winds turned NW it was game set and match for anyone around manchester north.

Crewe cold nicked all my snow(again)

I have concluded after numerous let downs North westerlies are absolutely useless for my location, its p-retty much easterly or nothing.

Dry and cold for the next few days-hopefully CC and CS can keep some coverage but i wonder if temps of 3 4 and 5 today are going to cause meltage.

Northwesterly a can be good for us if there's a long stretch and it's at the right angle so streamers set up. This one was a bit messy with the centre of the low pressure passing over, so changes in direction.

[iand61]

21 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Yep, soon as the winds turned NW it was game set and match for anyone around manchester north.

Crewe cold nicked all my snow(again)

I have concluded after numerous let downs North westerlies are absolutely useless for my location, its p-retty much easterly or nothing.

Dry and cold for the next few days-hopefully CC and CS can keep some coverage but i wonder if temps of 3 4 and 5 today are going to cause meltage.

Agree with that.

IMBY we usually get little if anything in the way of snow from a north westerly unless it has a more westerly element.

most of it skirts me and heads over Manchester towards the Peak District and midlands.

our utopia is a long fetch easterly or Atlantic fronts hitting a cold block and both are as rare as rocking horse poo.

never mind, some members have seen snow so enjoy and I'll keep my fingers crossed for another time.

[Cheshire Freeze]

Recent model runs have backed winds a little too Nly now, meaning most of tonight's showers will be West of here. May see the odd stray one but not expecting much.

[cheshire snow]

Well Manchester Airport Taf going for snow showers tonight,it was fun overnight with about an hour of

moderate/Heavy snow gave a covering,all but gone now apart from on the cars,also some slushy deposits

left on the grass

C.S

 

[northwestsnow]

10 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

Well Manchester Airport Taf going for snow showers tonight,it was fun overnight with about an hour of

moderate/Heavy snow gave a covering,all but gone now apart from on the cars,also some slushy deposits

left on the grass

C.S

 

Gutted for you cs, at least you got something lol.

The bare fact is its just not cold enough, the uppers are not quite low enough for decent snow, any snow that does fall will be wet and thus will melt quickly.