North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Looks like very light sleet falling.

[Spah1]

Another amazing day. 
Clough Head, Rossendale. 
Had another 3 inch fresh powder. 
Sledging and Snowmen! 
 

[damianslaw]

4 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Looks like very light sleet falling.

Might squeeze a snowflake or two. 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Ridiculous how much that band has weakened as its hit cumbria.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

5 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

Might squeeze a snowflake or two. 

Not holding my breath.

[jam2010]

BBC don't seem to be optimistic about next week, 5-6 Degrees and rain or dry. 

[NickyB]

Thick fog around the Mersey now. Nice to hear all the fog horns getting in some practice before midnight

[iand61]

21 minutes ago, Spah1 said:

Another amazing day. 
Clough Head, Rossendale. 
Had another 3 inch fresh powder. 
Sledging and Snowmen! 
 

The conditions on the higher parts of Rossendale are as good as I’ve seen them for several winters.

we did a decent walk at the Bacup and Whitworth end of the valley yesterday and the only thing that spoilt it was foggy conditions although when things did occasionally clear and the hills came into view they looked spectacular.

at other times though the scenery looked quite brooding.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Think its rain now

[Spah1]

6 minutes ago, iand61 said:

The conditions on the higher parts of Rossendale are as good as I’ve seen them for several winters.

we did a decent walk at the Bacup and Whitworth end of the valley yesterday and the only thing that spoilt it was foggy conditions although when things did occasionally clear and the hills came into view they looked spectacular.

at other times though the scenery looked quite brooding.

I went to Peel Tower but not much snow there. Turned around and went back to Clough Head. 

[Thunder Snow]

8 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Think its rain now

Looks like freezing rain at the min very very slippy out 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Definately rain but still very cold

[Mountain Snow]

Noticed the temperature had risen from zero to one, peeped outside and it is snowing lightly. Not expecting much mind

[Geordiesnow]

40 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Think its rain now

Madness, uppers of around -3 slack winds cold at the surface but still cant snow 

Still another 2 months of winter left though, have some faith.

[Iceaxecrampon]

Band pushing S  - looks wintery.

At Sedbergh and Hawes ATM

Any thoughts?

[captaincroc]

Went for a dusky walk before... snapped away. Was so interesting to see the difference the 50m from top of the village to the bottom. Snow wise about a 1-2inch difference, but snow melt wise no different. Hardly any out of the sun, I was shocked how much is left after 3 full days of 'thaw'...

[Iceaxecrampon]

Webcams – Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust

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Ribblehead - Blizzard.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by Iceaxecrampon

[Iceaxecrampon]

iPhone APP has 60% chance Snow 10pm

[Spah1]

Well the app I use has the snow /sleet/rain moving down and fizzling out. I actually have no idea whether it will make it and if it does what it will be. 

[cheshire snow]

5 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

iPhone APP has 60% chance Snow 10pm

Good luck

What ever falls down here its going to be lethal all surfaces are frozen all the melted snow and slush frozen solid.

C.S

[Backtrack]

Absolutely crazy never known anything like it. All thawing now at 0.7C because of the cloud...

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just now, Backtrack said:

Absolutely crazy never known anything like it. All thawing now at 0.7C because of the cloud...

It's all a bit tepid. We've had great synoptics but due to a lack of deep cold we are not under 10cm+ of snow. 

I'm not going to post this in the model thread but I can see where we are headed now.  The extended EC ensembles and GEFS have had me concerned for a while now and tonight's EC run confirms it in my eyes. We'll be in a mean W'ly flow by mid Jan. 

You can mark this post too and quote me at the time.

[Iceaxecrampon]

[Backtrack]

2 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

It's all a bit tepid. We've had great synoptics but due to a lack of deep cold we are not under 10cm+ of snow. 

I'm not going to post this in the model thread but I can see where we are headed now.  The extended EC ensembles and GEFS have had me concerned for a while now and tonight's EC run confirms it in my eyes. We'll be in a mean W'ly flow by mid Jan. 

You can mark this post too and quote me at the time.

So you reckon back to average temps by middle of jan? I personally think January will be very cold. But west is the trade wind and it’s the most common direction of flow in he UK, so you’re more likely to be correct than I am. 
 

surely, SURELY we are overdue a cold winter with plenty of snow 

[Cheshire Freeze]

2 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

So you reckon back to average temps by middle of jan? I personally think January will be very cold. But west is the trade wind and it’s the most common direction of flow in he UK, so you’re more likely to be correct than I am. 
 

surely, SURELY we are overdue a cold winter with plenty of snow 

I'm not in a good mood at all tonight, I can see this all going wrong.

But who knows.