North West Regional Discussion March 2022 onwards

[jimben]

Northern fells of the lake district have a sugar coating of snow down to quite low levels. Overcast, low cloud, calm and temp of 3.2c

[Weather-history]

4.6C 

[frosty ground]

Early spring snowfall here 

[Weather-history]

I haven't seen falling snow during March here since 2018.  March snowfalls have been pretty rare in the last few years,  March 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 were snowless here. 

[Rain Lady]

Long dry spell broken.  Puddles are back.  Just measured 8.2mm for the rain which fell since early morning.  Some was sleety.  The fells are white.  Temp 3.8C.

 

[WillinGlossop]

Light snow flurrying on winking man cam… occasional light drizzle here for last hour temp upto 3c 

Edited March 30, 2022 by WillinGlossop

[damianslaw]

Mmm 6.8 degrees currently. Hardly cold..

[Had Worse]

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[A Face like Thunder]

We're grey and cold but dry since rain stopped at about 10.30am.

[damianslaw]

Snowline retreated to about 650m despite no sunshine. Air not as cold as anticipated..

Don't trust the radar either, looking at it we should have been having constant light sleet past few hours - green colouring, alas we've had nothing. The cloud level is very high as well fells clearly seen. 

Edited March 30, 2022 by damianslaw

[Weather-history]

Met Office timing is off.  Look at the precipitation prediction on their latest forecast and compare with current radar, Should have cleared bulk northern England by 3pm

[Geordiesnow]

1 hour ago, damianslaw said:

Snowline retreated to about 650m despite no sunshine. Air not as cold as anticipated..

Don't trust the radar either, looking at it we should have been having constant light sleet past few hours - green colouring, alas we've had nothing. The cloud level is very high as well fells clearly seen. 

Suspect evaporation is coming into play here. The cold air is definately digging in though, dew temps are dropping across the region but in turn, this could be making the air too dry? 

 

Edit: started to rain which is showing signs of turning to sleet so the colder air is making its presence felt.

Edited March 30, 2022 by Geordiesnow

[cheshire snow]

58 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Met Office timing is off.  Look at the precipitation prediction on their latest forecast and compare with current radar, Should have cleared bulk northern England by 3pm

 

 UK radar 

Edited March 30, 2022 by cheshire snow

[Chris.R]

Moderate rain slightly sleety at the moment but hardly anything. 5.2°C.

[WillinGlossop]

2.7c dew 0.4c chilly all afternoon… bit of drizzle but some brighter interludes… 

saw what I can only see in a rspb book as a Siskin unless someone’s lots a canary? Bright yellow chest and bright yellow streak on its wing… been hopping around garden all afternoon 

[joggs]

Snowing here but not settling at this modest alt. Hills a tad white.

[Geordiesnow]

That sleet report, it was literally 30 seconds of sleet from a moderate pulse, turned back to light rain and the sun is even trying to break through. 

I do suspect if the front pivots and intensifies somewhere in the UK could get an snow event. Its just really going to be pot luck. 

[damianslaw]

No precipitation for much of the day despite what the radar shows.. very odd. Cold air finally undercutting now, dropped to 4.8 degrees and the snowline has dropped past hour or so. 

As I type some sleety flakes are falling..

[WillinGlossop]

Woohoo snowing 0.5c 

only light but flakes fluttering in the breeze… lovely to see 

Edited March 30, 2022 by WillinGlossop

[frosty ground]

7 minutes ago, WillinGlossop said:

Woohoo snowing 0.5c 

Heavier snow now been snow most of the day with occasionally turning back to rain

[Frost HoIIow]

18 minutes ago, WillinGlossop said:

Woohoo snowing 0.5c 

only light but flakes fluttering in the breeze… lovely to see 

Doesn't surprise me. It's starting to stick on the grass by the side of the M62 summit. Cold rain here 3.7C.

[Had Worse]

Sat in Tesco carpark at Glossop and I can confirm it's snowing.

[Geordiesnow]

Another brief downdraft which turned light rain to almost full on snow, its just ashame the front looks so weak and is due to clear. 

Hopefully the showers can be part of a trough and have some organisation to them. Be interesting too see how it develops. 

[The Northern Ramper]

It’s definitely snowing and definitely cold

[damianslaw]

Finally some meaningful snow falling but very sporadic, and the front will soon be moving through, very much back edge snow. It bodes very well for overnight though if we see some heavy snow showers, will easily settle.