North West England Regional Weather Discussion - 09/12/2017 Onwards

[Maz]

45 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Snow eased off again now but put about 50-60mm down.

the main road outside my house is atrocious with two Artic’s already having to give up and reverse back down the hill.

still no sign of a gritter though.s

Ian,

Couple of weeks ago strange situation of more snow in Summerseat than up in Rossendale. Normal service resumed today though!

Started at snow, then heavy rain, then a couple of hours of at times heavy wet snow. Only around 1-2cm, but enough for the kids to play in - 3rd time this month, more than the whole of the last few winters. No big event though for many years.

 

 

[Day 10]

Arrrggghh NEXT!

[Backtrack]

35 minutes ago, Darren Bown said:

Probably similar to me - it was pouring with rain and sleet at 7:30, then slept again and woke at 9 with a patchy covering!

There’s a lot of slush in the car park in work. Looks like it snowed at some point yeah!

[itsnowjoke]

Raining here

[itsnowjoke]

Did that.... park your car at top it's gonna snow about 4 am thing again feel like such an idiot 

[Chris.R]

Where is this warm sector then? It’s supposed to be 5 to 6°C now but it’s only 2 and it’s been 1 all morning. 

Edited December 29, 2017 by Chris.R

[Acupuncturist]

Woke up at 5am ..looked out and saw rain. Got up at 9am still rain. have been reading through the posts from other South Manchester folk and read that they got a little bit of snow for a while but here in the ultimate snow dome of Chorlton...absolutely nothing...nada....zilch. At least I wasnt really expecting anything this time

[Mokidugway]

1 minute ago, Acupuncturist said:

Woke up at 5am ..looked out and saw rain. Got up at 9am still rain. have been reading through the posts from other South Manchester folk and read that they got a little bit of snow for a while but here in the ultimate snow dome of Chorlton...absolutely nothing...nada....zilch. At least I wasnt really expecting anything this time

You can always drown your sorrows in the horse and jockey  

[SP1986]

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Where is this warm sector then? It’s supposed to be 5 to 6°C now but it’s only 2 and it’s been 1 all morning. 

its waiting in the wings.. as soon as the wind picks up, you're getting 6 degrees... it will find you, hunt you down and make you feel even more worse than you already are

On the other hand... The Met-Office has, I think, made an error of judgement regarding the position of the wind field on Saturday night into Sunday.. it will be much further south than their warning suggests, and I fancy it to cause problems in our region. 

[Acupuncturist]

1 minute ago, Mokidugway said:

You can always drown your sorrows in the horse and jockey  

Ha ha ...true

[damianslaw]

An unexpected burst of heavy snow again, as heavy as it has been all morning, quickly removing and bare patches, turning into a half decent event now, these set ups can bring large totals to central lakes area, the power of evaporative cooling does the trick, air forced over the high central fells is cooled rapidly and central cumbria can retain its own patch of precipitation continuously even when frontal features have moved through - and that is what is happening now. Every chance it won't turn to sleet for a couple of hours or so, and so the snow should stay in situ through the evening.

 

[Weather-history]

Rain turned to heavy wet snow which left a slushy deposit.

[iand61]

39 minutes ago, Maz said:

Ian,

Couple of weeks ago strange situation of more snow in Summerseat than up in Rossendale. Normal service resumed today though!

Started at snow, then heavy rain, then a couple of hours of at times heavy wet snow. Only around 1-2cm, but enough for the kids to play in - 3rd time this month, more than the whole of the last few winters. No big event though for many years.

 

 

Yes you were slightly further south than me and when we seem to constantly find ourselves at the very northern edge of major snow events, even a few miles makes a difference to what we get.

back to today and even up here the dreaded drip, drip, drip has started so anyone who wants a snow fix needs to head high and quick.

[Mokidugway]

3 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Rain turned to heavy wet snow which left a slushy deposit.

My dog has left something similar in the garden .

[Spah1]

Ian 

i usually go up to Holcombe for a walk on the moors but with what you have been posting decided it was prob not worth it. 

 

[carl1980]

2.0c just had a heavy rain shower washed away what slush there was on the roads

[Mokidugway]

Absolutely nothing here though I can't leave Cumbria by road as snow has shut them , what a pizztake though 100 metres above me guess what .

Edited December 29, 2017 by Mokidugway

[weatherobsuk]

Peak 4x4 tweeted this pic of Winnats Pass a hour ago. Nothing managing to get up or down the road.

[iand61]

9 minutes ago, Spah1 said:

Ian 

i usually go up to Holcombe for a walk on the moors but with what you have been posting decided it was prob not worth it. 

 

I can’t speak for Holcombe hill as it’s a few miles down the valley from me but although there should be a decent covering of snow, the ground isn’t frozen and the snow is the heavy wet type so it’s not going to be a classic winter walk by any means.

i need to venture out myself this afternoon over to Burnley but looking at the road conditions outside my house, I think i’ll leave it until later.

[Geordiesnow]

Was raining when I checked around 6ish, going by the posts then most places saw at least some snow falling from the sky, whether it did here or not I'm not too fussed but it goes to show how rotten your luck is when the North East is getting a all snow event from a frontal band coming in from the West! And despite an off shore wind, you get nothing of any note here.

I can see why this region is a rather depressing place to be in Winter, a lot of rain, not too much frost(although this winter has produced a bit of frosty/icy conditions) and wintry PPN quite rare even though it has happened a couple of times this winter. Still its a much better region for heat than the North East will ever be!

[SP1986]

4 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Was raining when I checked around 6ish, going by the posts then most places saw at least some snow falling from the sky, whether it did here or not I'm not too fussed but it goes to show how rotten your luck is when the North East is getting a all snow event from a frontal band coming in from the West! And despite an off shore wind, you get nothing of any note here.

I can see why this region is a rather depressing place to be in Winter, a lot of rain, not too much frost(although this winter has produced a bit of frosty/icy conditions) and wintry PPN quite rare even though it has happened a couple of times this winter. Still its a much better region for heat than the North East will ever be!

For some perspective my location has had 1 (one) air frost this winter.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

More snow tonight if NMM is to be believed 

[karyo]

1 minute ago, SP1986 said:

For some perspective my location has had 1 (one) air frost this winter.

How many do you normally get?

I've had quite a number of frosts here in the city centre which is not usual although not severe frosts.

[damianslaw]

5 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Was raining when I checked around 6ish, going by the posts then most places saw at least some snow falling from the sky, whether it did here or not I'm not too fussed but it goes to show how rotten your luck is when the North East is getting a all snow event from a frontal band coming in from the West! And despite an off shore wind, you get nothing of any note here.

I can see why this region is a rather depressing place to be in Winter, a lot of rain, not too much frost(although this winter has produced a bit of frosty/icy conditions) and wintry PPN quite rare even though it has happened a couple of times this winter. Still its a much better region for heat than the North East will ever be!

Yes coastal parts of the NW are not best placed for snowfall, proximity to Irish Sea being a critical factor, however, you never need to venture too far and you can see large totals of snow, in frontal situations when atlantic fronts move into cold air - indeed only need to go about 10 miles inland and you get snow, at least here in Cumbria, there is a major difference between here and Morecambe Bay. Take today we still have snow falling, and it looks like remaining as sleety snow for sometime. 

[Frost HoIIow]

6 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Was raining when I checked around 6ish, going by the posts then most places saw at least some snow falling from the sky, whether it did here or not I'm not too fussed but it goes to show how rotten your luck is when the North East is getting a all snow event from a frontal band coming in from the West! And despite an off shore wind, you get nothing of any note here.

I can see why this region is a rather depressing place to be in Winter, a lot of rain, not too much frost(although this winter has produced a bit of frosty/icy conditions) and wintry PPN quite rare even though it has happened a couple of times this winter. Still its a much better region for heat than the North East will ever be!

Really depends on where you are in the region, eastern parts of the NW always fare better for snow, I'm just under 100m and still have a full covering of snow and this isn't the first one of the winter, just been out and it's treacherous under foot and by road with very slushy conditions.