North West England Regional Discussion Thread 15/1/2018 onwards

[weatherobsuk]

Plenty of snizzle here now, not sure it warranted BA cancelling 80 flights down at Heathrow however.

[griff74]

Still snowing in Manc CC, no way near enough to actually stick on anything as yet though and it looks like the sky is getting lighter!

[Darren Bown]

6 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

Heavier now sticking well but some melt on rooves

Over the M56 it’s still very light.

[karyo]

3 minutes ago, griff74 said:

Still snowing in Manc CC, no way near enough to actually stick on anything as yet though and it looks like the sky is getting lighter!

Euro 4 is not expecting any snowcover for the Manchester area and I think it will be right.

[Deep Snow please]

4 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Plenty of snizzle here now, not sure it warranted BA cancelling 80 flights down at Heathrow however.

No, it definitely didn't warrant that

[SP1986]

Huge flakes now.. a signs it's getting a little marginal .. but for how long?

[northwestsnow]

Just now, karyo said:

Euro 4 is not expecting any snowcover for the Manchester area and I think it will be right.

Yeah think so too K, think all that stupid cloud last night didnt help us- no frost here this morning.

Light snow all morning settled in patches but nowhere near heavy enough, dont think there will even be a fulll dusting here- will be very cold tonight tho.

[Geordiesnow]

Snow more or less has stopped here,  although patchy in parts, in general there is a decent covering on the ground in respect you can walk in it and not leave a full in foot print. Would say around 3 to 4CMS on favoured surfaces at a guess.

Looks like I was one of the lucky ones its fair to say.

[Backtrack]

Intensity just picked up. Still tiny flakes, but lots of them 

[Miamay]

Bigger flakes falling

[rain_shadow]

3cm and good intensity near the A55 St Asaph, North Wales

Edited February 6, 2018 by rain_shadow

[griff74]

7 minutes ago, karyo said:

Euro 4 is not expecting any snowcover for the Manchester area and I think it will be right.

Me too, always a disappointment here!

[I Cumbria Marra I]

5 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Snow more or less has stopped here,  although patchy in parts, in general there is a decent covering on the ground in respect you can walk in it and not leave a full in foot print. Would say around 3 to 4CMS on favoured surfaces at a guess.

Looks like I was one of the lucky ones its fair to say.

Wow! didnt expect you to get that much

[karyo]

7 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Yeah think so too K, think all that stupid cloud last night didnt help us- no frost here this morning.

Light snow all morning settled in patches but nowhere near heavy enough, dont think there will even be a fulll dusting here- will be very cold tonight tho.

Yes, the cloudy night is always bad news before a snow event.

[Chris.R]

This is more like it. Quite heavy now with proper flakes. Ground is wet, although we are not far above freezing and with a little evaporative cooling we could go below. 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Chris.R

[frosty ground]

The temp was below freezing last night no frost due to the dryness of the air. 

[Geordiesnow]

1 minute ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Wow! didnt expect you to get that much

It' a funny one because the path on the street is properly covered yet the pavement in my garden has that more slushy type look even though the ground was white so it's quite variable to say the least.

Had a walk around and the town centre was a slushy mess as you expect but even the beach around here had a covering of snow on it which is a rare event around here! 

[Spurry]

very light here for about 2 hrs now but not settling ..Bring on Spring

[itsnowjoke]

What's coming down is not sticking it's just making the ground wet 

[frosty ground]

1 minute ago, itsnowjoke said:

What's coming down is not sticking it's just making the ground wet 

Temps starting to get above freezing now and with the snow being light it won't stick.

[Iceaxecrampon]

2 minutes ago, itsnowjoke said:

What's coming down is not sticking it's just making the ground wet 

Yes.

Snizzle here in Mellor - looks like it will be snizzling for a while yet.

[itsnowjoke]

Rubbish 

[itsnowjoke]

clear skies tonight 

[Wardlegacy]

35 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

If I'm reading this right you're the gardener for someone? Isn't it your call whether the weather's bad enough not to bother turning up? Worst case scenario you turn round?

Well she was worried about me getting cold! It’s not garden maintenance it is a garden design job. Gives me a chance to go a walk in the snow!

[Thunder Snow]

Roughly 3cm but starting to melt