Far north and northeast of England weather discussion

[Freezing-Point]

The first band has passed over me with nothing to show but wet ground.  Hope the second wave is better as that was pathetic.

 

Definitely warming from the sea as temp is up to 2,3c here

Edited December 8, 2022 by Freezing-Point

[Snowmaggedon]

Heavy rain but the sky is very yellow 

[MonkeyMag]

9 minutes ago, Thundery wintry showers said:

I follow Neil Bradshaw's site at South Shields in these situations and while the surface wind has switched from a westerly to a north-westerly it is still blowing from the land, so it seems unlikely to be the warming effects of the sea at the coast.  There is a pool of warmer air (just creeping above -5C at the 850hPa level) moving over the region, so it's more likely to be a lack of elevation issue near the coast.

Thanks did not realise we were dropping below -5 850's ., I thought we were in the -7 to -8 region 

[Phil Blake]

Well that was epic...... Few flakes blowing in the wind. 

[Chris Smith]

Clearly too far inland here - that last lot vanished in the space of a few minutes somewhere near Birtley!

[Continental Climate]

Looking by the radar everything is either missing or fizzling before it reaches darlo. Oh well hopefully more chances in coming days. 

[Thundery wintry showers]

23 minutes ago, MonkeyMag said:

Thanks did not realise we were dropping below -5 850's ., I thought we were in the -7 to -8 region 

 The latest GFS chart for 15Z today.

[Phil Blake]

11 minutes ago, Chris Smith said:

Clearly too far inland here - that last lot vanished in the space of a few minutes somewhere near Birtley!

I'm somewhere near birtley  

[Phil Blake]

Next blob heading in. Watch it disappear into thin air the closer it gets to Chester le street

[Freezing-Point]

Moderate sleet here.  Temp 2c dew point 1c

The poisoned chalice... precipitation comes, with a warm sector to ensure its rain 

[geordiekev]

Alot thicker now & no issues with settling

[Chris Smith]

2 minutes ago, geordiekev said:

Alot thicker now & no issues with settling

Yeah, 250m is pretty decent elevation. The Tow Law roadside camera is about 300m up and that's showing -0.3c.

[gazzac69]

turning more & more to snow rather than sleet here now - decent size flakes

 

[geordiekev]

2 minutes ago, Chris Smith said:

Yeah, 250m is pretty decent elevation. The Tow Law roadside camera is about 300m up and that's showing -0.3c.

Yeah, not saying I deliberately moved next to TV transmitter for snow....but it certainly wasn't to get channel 5

[Freezing-Point]

8 minutes ago, geordiekev said:

Alot thicker now & no issues with settling

Yeah you always get snow in these situations.  What we need is a true northerly where the showers hug 10 mile along the coast in streamers 

[Phil Blake]

Moderate sleet here at the minute 

[Freezing-Point]

Temp dropping.  Now wet snow.  Temp 1.5 dew point 0.6

[Freezing-Point]

Well thats the big blob gone.

I wonder if the warm sector will pass and the rest will be snow later.   Temp needs to drop another degree 

 

One things for sure... its going to be an ice rink in the morning.

[geordiekev]

Defo no settling problems & pepping up now Sun has set

[Geordiesnow]

3 minutes ago, Freezing-Point said:

Well thats the big blob gone.

I wonder if the warm sector will pass and the rest will be snow later.   Temp needs to drop another degree 

 

One things for sure... its going to be an ice rink in the morning.

A little unlucky really on timings, if this happened 12 hours later after a very cold start to the night, could of been a light covering instead of wet ground! 

Always think anything below - 8hpa wise is when it's guarantees to be of snow especially when winds are off shore. Its ashame we got all thdes great set ups yet no real significant cold to show for it. 

[geordiekev]

Yep, didn't take long on frozen ground & huge flakes now

[gazzac69]

light snow now - nice to see, 

[NorthEastSnow]

Well first chance of the season is a bust, just sleet but freezing outside! 

[Phil Blake]

7 minutes ago, gazzac69 said:

light snow now - nice to see, 

Yeah snow here now too. Looks like it's settling on cars 

[geordiekev]

32 minutes ago, Freezing-Point said:

Yeah you always get snow in these situations.  What we need is a true northerly where the showers hug 10 mile along the coast in streamers 

The wind vectors aloft are pretty much N direction, if anything need slight NE for more lake effect. As the 850s fall should bring more into the game 

Edited December 8, 2022 by geordiekev