North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards

[wrightc23]

We had about 20 mins of reasonably heavy snow, big flakes but very wet. Looks to have cleared south now probably over Sandbach.

[cheshire snow]

Two areas of interest 

One big shower over Blackpool heading towards Manchester 

Another area of showers over N Wales heading west to Cheshire 

C.S

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Here some the sun... Hopefully we don't see too much of a thaw

[iand61]

Looking at the direction, that large shower currently over Morecambe Bay should hit here unless of course the Bowland  Fells kill it or it changes direction at the last minute.

I know within the next hour.

[shadowfax]

5 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Looking at the direction, that large shower currently over Morecambe Bay should hit here unless of course the Bowland  Fells kill it or it changes direction at the last minute.

I know within the next hour.

I’ve got my eye on that too. Just been out with the hounds and it’s stunning!

[Had Worse]

A little treat again.

[iand61]

Any view that includes St Saviours and the park looks great, summer or winter but conditions at the moment are fantastic for being out and about.

just a shame the church is derelict now

[PennineMark]

15 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Looking at the direction, that large shower currently over Morecambe Bay should hit here unless of course the Bowland  Fells kill it or it changes direction at the last minute.

I know within the next hour.

Yes this one looks a little different as the wind has a little more of a westerly to it. . Fingers crossed it follows a path like this.

[Mark_p]

Light snow shower. Woke up too see fresh snow has fallen over night albeit not a lot - topped up the snow still around and gave a new covering to cleared surfaces. That's 4 consecutive days of snow on the ground now, crazy, even if if the amounts have not been record breaking I'm struggling to think of a winter outside of 09/10 where snow had lasted this long around here. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Sleet to Rain.

Scottish Frontal System now at Stranraer - any ideas?

[pip22]

I think were just getting the light stuff from the Blackpool shower and miss the good stuff as usual.

[damianslaw]

Temperature sensor says 1 degree at present, we have grey leaden skies. Snow beginning to melt off a few surfaces. BBC was saying Kendal was still at -4 degrees at 9am, mmm not sure about that..

The front over Scotland is moving SW to N Ireland, rather than south and it further west than projected, it then swings back SE, could have something snowy this evening, it is making very slow progress. 

The last few days have been a great example of how nowcasting comes into play when forecasting, sudden short term developments making mockery of models. The front over Scotland a case in point, was meant to be further east and should have dropped down much more quickly than now expected.

Looks like southern parts of the region once again doing best for shower activity. Cumbria not best placed, we do well when its more of a westerly or better still south westerly, but rare to have snow showers from these directions. 

 

[jam2010]

Looks like they have lost some intensity already. 

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Turned misty here, 0.7c, looks like the showers won't make it this far inland unfortunately 

[Backtrack]

Showers losing their energy as they move inland now. A dry day in store for most. 

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Looked good this morning

[carl1980]

All light rain/sleet now 

[Backtrack]

2 minutes ago, carl1980 said:

All light rain/sleet now 

Looks like it was mostly hail/ice pellets that fell earlier this morning looking around. Strange. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Dissing it down.

[itsnowjoke]

Not doing anything here

[carl1980]

1 minute ago, Backtrack said:

Looks like it was mostly hail/ice pellets that fell earlier this morning looking around. Strange. 

Yes it was,but it did turn to proper snow for a while around 5am

[jam2010]

Now we have mist, what an unusual morning

[carl1980]

Snowing now on the back edge of this shower haha

[Backtrack]

6 minutes ago, carl1980 said:

Yes it was,but it did turn to proper snow for a while around 5am

I did set my alarm, but snoozed it. Couldn’t be bothered being both disappointed and tired haha

[iand61]

32 minutes ago, PennineMark said:

Yes this one looks a little different as the wind has a little more of a westerly to it. . Fingers crossed it follows a path like this.

Looks like it took the breaking up and dying out option.