North West England Regional Weather Discussion

[damianslaw]

Thankfully its not quite as gloomy as yesterday, which made for a rather drab raw feel overall. The clouds have cleared somewhat in the last hour or two, and chinks of blue sky have tried to surface, but alas its turning into a very cloudy miserable January weekend on the whole, very uninspiring- and I'm expecting a fast descent into dusk in about an hours time.

Fingers crossed we will be looking at some crisp white scenes come next weekend, timing couldn't be better in my book, snow on Thursday/Friday towards the end of the week in time for the weekend, and generally when there is a bit more positivity about things especially in mid January traditionally a depressing time of the year. We had snow on Sat 16 Jan last year, the only snowfall of Dec-Feb period, it quickly thawed the next day, but we managed a decent cover overnight that held through the morning, allowing children and adults to play in it and make snowmen.

 

Edited January 8, 2017 by damianslaw

[Day 10]

2 hours ago, Spah1 said:

Forecast summary

UK 5 days

UK 6-30 days

Outlook for the UK over the next 6-30 days

UK Outlook for Friday 13 Jan 2017 to Sunday 22 Jan 2017:

Friday and Saturday will see sunshine and snow showers across Britain, the showers probably heaviest and most frequent in the north and northwest.

oh yeeeeesssss! Radar time!!!

No marginality there

[cheshire snow]

From the  met office.

Wednesday turning colder with wintry Showers. 

Thursday showers turning increasingly to snow

C.S

Edited January 8, 2017 by cheshire snow

[Chris.R]

From the Met:"

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Tuesday will be breezy, with outbreaks of rain. It'll turn colder on Wednesday, with wintry showers and strong winds. On Thursday the showers will turn increasingly to snow." 

 Also a chance of wintry showers in places tomorrow evening as we get -5 850s for a time. 

[Chris.R]

9 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

From the  met office.

Wednesday turning colder with wintry Showers. 

Thursday showers turning increasingly to snow

C.S

 Snap,  although I thought it said Mercedes before. 

[cheshire snow]

5 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Snap,  although I thought it said Mercedes before. 

LOL it did  I have no idea why

C.S

[Spah1]

oooohhhh nice UKMO AT 144 !!!!!

Wheres the lamppost !!!!

 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

[robbo88]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-weather-forecast-snow-freezing-12423147

 

usually I think when there is a weather warning MEN exaggerates to get views, however they are quoting a met office forecaster here. Sounds exciting 

[iand61]

7 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Obviously the snow depth maps have to be taken with a pinch of salt but at least they are starting to show more substantial amounts across the region rather than just a slight covering and if this comes off as shown I'd imagine there will be some happy members in the northwest forum.

 

 

 

 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

1 minute ago, iand61 said:

Obviously the snow depth maps have to be taken with a pinch of salt but at least they are starting to show more substantial amounts across the region rather than just a slight covering and if this comes off as shown I'd imagine there will be some happy members in the northwest forum.

 

 

 

 

Best part is, i dont even think its exaggerating the depths on that chart, i expect there'll be more than 10cm in places.

[northwestsnow]

27 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Looks good mate and thats with the crappy GFS.

 

[cheshire snow]

OMG XC weather has me down for 20cm snow on Thursday,that's more than 2010.

No it cannot be correct can it..?

C.S

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[iand61]

Just getting into the mood by watching Yellowstone on the television.

now that is snow, even though they are supposedly in a period of milder winters.

[wrightc23]

6 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

OMG XC weather has me down for 20cm snow on Thursday,that's more than 2010.

No it cannot be correct can it..?

C.S

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Just checked myself following your post, crikey! Surely not for our neck of the woods? The shelves will be cleared from all the supermarkets despite bizarrely Northwich having a huge number of them!

[Geordiesnow]

Think I'm too close to the coast too see any lying snow but would be nice too see some falling snow though, either way I'm excited with the potential of convective weather for a couple of days and strong winds. Could be some blizzards in the region especially if the UKMO comes off which has a tighter isobar gradient and lower thicknesses to boot! Seems too good to be true.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Most excited iv been since december 17th 2010 which was a let down here, only 1cm

Edited January 8, 2017 by I Cumbria Marra I

[iand61]

15 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

OMG XC weather has me down for 20cm snow on Thursday,that's more than 2010.

No it cannot be correct can it..?

C.S

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Classic northwesterly Cheshire gap streamer looking at their figures.

Manchester is shown as also getting a dumping but the amounts drop off as you head east, and north east across the region with the Pennines looking to provide the eastern boundary.

for my neck of the woods we need more of a westerly element, we got a foot of snow from such a set up in early 2015.

good luck to those in the firing line and let's hope for once our region gets a good spell of winter conditions even if it's short lived.

[Miamay]

Hope we do get some decent snowfall in Liverpool as we missed out last year. If it snows on my birthday (thurs) i will be a happy girl  

[Chris.R]

Can I go on a ramp yet? 

Edited January 8, 2017 by Chris.R

[I Cumbria Marra I]

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Can I go on a ramp yet? 

Yes lets go

 

[iand61]

Better waiting until Diane Oxberry comes on board or at least until the Daily Express says we are in for a record breaking January heatwave next weekend.

 

[Chris.R]

 

[Chris.R]

Right here we go.

It's looking brilliant, and instead of being in December as all the NWelys  that I can remember have been, it's in January so the sea will be that bit colder. I don't think we can tell what degree of marginality if any will exist on the coast until the event, but we have evaporative cooling playing in our favour, especially with the DPs being well below freezing. 

Edited January 8, 2017 by Chris.R

[Miamay]

Its quite eerie listening to the boat fog horns sounding on the Mersey