Northwest Weather Discussion

[Spah1]

New warning out for Sunday. 
 

Don’t bother reading it unless you live 400m asl. 

[Backtrack]

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

All bets are off for me then I'm not even going to try and predict what might happen next. all I'll say is if the 0°C isotherm has indeed gone north of us then rain and ice pellets this afternoon but more precip later on which should be snow again by then. Otherwise this morning's band was just too light and now freezing level is too high.

Rain has just turned to ice pellets and the largest flakes of the day 

[Chris.R]

Maybe we are still in the cold  andair and we're alright just the air is now  saturated light precip is melting close to the surface as DP close to 0.

just musing to myself

[Miamay]

Snow coming down heavy again

[Chris.R]

2 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

Rain has just turned to ice pellets and the largest flakes of the day 

Looks like things are just 4 hours ahead of schedule then.

[Rush2019]

19 minutes ago, WillinGlossop said:

Off to do some jobs and make chicken, leek and ham pie for tea  

Back on here later… 

Not got snowballs, so having meatballs........meatball bolognese here for tea.

[severe snowstorm]

An inch or so accumulated here, although the cover on the road has mostly disappeared/turned to slush. Melting faster than it is accumulating now, temp 1C, dp 1C. It's snowed fairly heavily since around 8:00, now turned showery and sleety. It's more than I was expecting so far.

[Backtrack]

3 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Looks like things are just 4 hours ahead of schedule then.

Yep it’s really wet snow. It bodes well for better timing later when the cold undercuts once more 

[Chris.R]

Yeah okay I think I've worked it out. We are about 3–5 hours ahead of schedule 0° iso is over us now. Snow/ice pellets mix south of the Mersey snow to the north of it.

Edited March 9, 2023 by Chris.R

[Spurry]

It settled on the grass earlier but the rain has washed everything away now, pretty disappointing yet again for this part of the country

[Gary L]

11 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

No shield here today, has snowed all morning, now clearing, puddles everywhere. 

No increase on the 5cm here despite pretty heavy snow at times. Just a little too warm at the moment even at 200m! 0.8c now, snow stopping. 

All eyes on later afternoon and overnight now for the main event here (hopefully!)

[Had Worse]

15 minutes ago, carl1980 said:

Warning for Saturday 

UK weather warnings

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Met Office UK weather warnings for rain, snow, wind, fog and ice. Choose your location to keep up to date with local weather warnings.

 

Easterly winds on the rise. A couple of strong gusts.

[Scuba steve]

Obviously traveler snow as it can’t settle tbh it’s just a  miserable  day at sea level 

[winterof79]

Brief rise in dew points during day

Before dropping once again

[Taylorthesnowman]

Well I've just woken up from a power nap must have missed the rain.snow no longer on the pavements here but still on the grass just started snowing again bigger flakes than earlier 

[Day 10]

 

[Backtrack]

1 minute ago, Day 10 said:

 

No wonder they lost the BBC contract. People on this forum do a better job at issuing warnings than they do 

[Gary L]

2 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

No wonder they lost the BBC contract. People on this forum do a better job at issuing warnings than they do 

The amber warning doesn't begin until 1500 in these parts. So far here it's been as expected - about 2 inches on cold surfaces with the initial push, now we wait for the pivot and resumption of precipitation focussed upslope Peak District/pennines and those close to the ridge. Further west there will be a shadow as always.

Edited March 9, 2023 by Gary L

[raul_sbd]

Hopefully with the easterly winds dry up the ground before the system comes back tonight.. nevertheless a v interesting setup 

[Gary L]

Just now, raul_sbd said:

Hopefully with the easterly winds dry up the ground before the system comes back tonight.. nevertheless a v interesting setup 

wind is definitely getting up a bit now coming off the ridge into Diggle Valley, light snow blowing around. +0.8C DP 0.2C

[Chris.R]

Snowflakes encased in ice pellets, basically graupel now. Right on that 0 line

[Scuba steve]

Seems to me the winds preventing evaporative cooling as it’s snowing quite hard 

[Backtrack]

3 minutes ago, Gary L said:

The amber warning doesn't begin until 1500 in these parts. So far here it's been as expected - about 2 inches on cold surfaces with the initial push, now we wait for the pivot and resumption of precipitation focussed upslope Peak District/pennines and those close to the ridge. Further west there will be a shadow as always.

I’m more referring to the Welsh warning which started an hour ago for significant snowfall. Unless things change later, it’s egg on face. They have all of their timings wrong too I feel. 

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Snowflakes encased in ice pellets, basically graupel now. Right on that 0 line

Heavy snow once more here. 

[Dark Horse]

No snow here. But can see a covering on wildbank hill now that the cloud base has risen.

[frosty ground]

For a front that’s meant to give large accumulations it looks very weak on the radar, even if it stalls unless of course it’s meant to intensify.

I think we can ignore any large depths now even for the hills