Yorkshire and E England regional discussion

[RebsAbbo]

Snowing for over an hour now, decent sized flakes just falling steadily but the ground is too wet for anything laying on normal surfaces (ie roads/pavements)

[winterof79]

Chances

[bazookabob]

Well Cleckheaton actually the place to be for a change. Nothing at home but a whiteout for a while here. Settled on vegetation only though. Blue skies now! 

 

 

[Sheffield snow]

Moderate snow falling at 210m above Sheffield but nothing sticking.

[Sara_south_yorks]

Extremely light snow here at the moment. 

[Sheffield snow]

Just a short video

[Bradowl]

Light snow falling here in Rotherham. 

[Beverley Lass]

I can join in with the snow reports.
Nice shower as I type.
BL  

[Derecho]

Yup, some decent sized flakes here in Hull, first of the winter. No chance of it settling but nice to see.

[MIKE LEVITT]

a few flakes finally in west hull,but nothing to get excited about and not heavy enough to settle.quite pathetic really.

[Derecho]

Snow actually turning pretty heavy in short bursts. Looks like it'll clear shortly from the radar.

Edited January 16, 2023 by Quicksilver1989

[MIKE LEVITT]

its got a bit heavier in west hull now,but still nothing to get excited about.

[MIKE LEVITT]

well i was hoping for a surprise snowfall today,maybe build a snowman for my grandson.after it stopped snowing and before it melted,i scraped enough snow together for a snowmans big toe,i only had just enough for a toe by using ice from my freezer.really is bleak times for any snowfall in low lying areas of the uk

[The PIT]

Some surprise snow fall today.

[Empire Of Snow]

11 minutes ago, The PIT said:

Some surprise snow fall today.

Yes but we're talking about showers only. Why do we expect a decent event without a proper meteorogical cause? I see all the time the line "have the cold first and everything will follow", this is so overrated. The same applies to an Easterly. We need a proper setup. All these years I'm in Harrogate the best snow events occured when we had a low depression, when fronts were stalling, when organised troughs came through from NW.

Sometimes people think that the Irish Sea or the North Sea are the Great Lakes or something. 

[cheese]

1 hour ago, Empire Of Snow said:

Yes but we're talking about showers only. Why do we expect a decent event without a proper meteorogical cause? I see all the time the line "have the cold first and everything will follow", this is so overrated. The same applies to an Easterly. We need a proper setup. All these years I'm in Harrogate the best snow events occured when we had a low depression, when fronts were stalling, when organised troughs came through from NW.

Sometimes people think that the Irish Sea or the North Sea are the Great Lakes or something. 

The Feb/March 2018 easterly had excellent sea-effect snow for Yorkshire. 

[RebsAbbo]

7 minutes ago, cheese said:

The Feb/March 2018 easterly had excellent sea-effect snow for Yorkshire. 

Yeah, it was grand, we were snowed in at Goathland between 27 Feb - 2nd March 2018. 

        

[mat43]

Snowed on and off all morning in the Wolds, nothing laid, then snowed moderately heavily for an hour until 1pm, again, dew point just a touch too warm (0.4°) Lovely sunny afternoon afterwards.  Maximum temp this pm was 2.3°
 

Currently -4.2°…. It’s going to be a cold night 

[Wold Topper]

A couple of local weather station's currently showing -3°c at 10pm, gonna be a cold night, be interesting to see how low the temps get to....

[NorthYorksWeather]

My coldest stations are just nudging -8°C now, with lots at -6/7°C. Most of which have some snow cover but not all of them. Wonder if we can make it to -10°C?

[Wold Topper]

4 minutes ago, vizzy2004 said:

My coldest stations are just nudging -8°C now, with lots at -6/7°C. Most of which have some snow cover but not all of them. Wonder if we can make it to -10°C?

I think it's on the cards, will be interesting to read your overnight temp recordings in the morning!

[Empire Of Snow]

6 hours ago, cheese said:

The Feb/March 2018 easterly had excellent sea-effect snow for Yorkshire. 

Thank you. I didn't know that. Rebs Abbo shared the photos but he's in Wolds. I can't see there more than 10cm, maybe 15cm? Yes, it can happen with a stream of organised bands of showers. 

A proper snow event for me is 20cm+ with continuous snowfall 12h+. I'm coming from a place where snow events are coming from Ls and last 48h-72h and in big events we're talking about around 4-5 days of non stop snow. My standards are a bit higher unfortunately. 

[RebsAbbo]

Rightly or wrongly I moved my gauge last night to a more exposed part of the garden to get a reading this morning.

Low is -6c, currently -5.5c. A very hard frost.

Local station (Burton) has only recorded low -3.7c, current -3.1c

I can understand why equipment should be in a position away from direct sunlight in the summer, but during the winter I feel the sheltered position my gauge is normally in, is giving false readings. Should it be more exposed in winter or not?

[mat43]

After dropping to -5.7, then a strange rise in middle of night, but dropped again, to cover between -4 and -5°  

 

Edited January 17, 2023 by mat43

[Beverley Lass]

I've got  -3 C° here and a lovely all over white ground frost
Brrrrrrrr!