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Manchester TAF mentions snow...that can't be right?

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from 12 at 09 UTC to 12 at 13 UTC

Visibility: 3000 m

Broken clouds at a height of 300 ft
Broken clouds at a height of 2500 ft, Cumulonimbus.

heavy rain showers, rain showers, snow

[Scuba steve]

Pretty grim second half of the day won’t be venturing very far this evening 

[Rush2019]

19 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Manchester TAF mentions snow...that can't be right?

Temporary
from 12 at 09 UTC to 12 at 13 UTC

Visibility: 3000 m

Broken clouds at a height of 300 ft
Broken clouds at a height of 2500 ft, Cumulonimbus.

heavy rain showers, rain showers, snow

Hmmmm...... been showing on these charts for a few days,  still showing odd patch.  Interesting.

[weatherobsuk]

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Hail/Thunder yesterday followed by blue-skies this morning ahead of the front, and now gales with the possibility of snow by the morning. April is living up to it's "4 seasons" name.

[Joe Snow]

An unseasonably wild night out windy with heavy blustery showery rain ️ not nice at all. Hopefully something much more Springlike by early next week late teens weather maybe even our first chance of 20c if we are very lucky  

[weatherobsuk]

Just to add - A peak gust of 53mph close to 8pm was recorded in Buxton this evening and it's currently gusting up to 40mph. Similar consistent windspeeds are expected day & night until at least mid-afternoon on Friday.

[Polar Maritime]

4 minutes ago, SNOW_JOKE said:

Just to add - A peak gust of 53mph close to 8pm was recorded in Buxton this evening and it's currently gusting up to 40mph. Similar consistent windspeeds are expected day & night until at least mid-afternoon on Friday.

Yes very windy here touching gale force for past few hours. With driving rain. More like late Autumn with temp now at 5c

Edited April 11, 2023 by Polar Maritime

[Scuba steve]

Winds picking up here got that eerie sound through pine trees ,it has a name psithurism ,never new that ,lol

Edited April 11, 2023 by Scuba steve

[Rush2019]

11 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

Winds picking up here got that eerie sound through pine trees 

Beats the sound of wheelie bins making a break for it.  I'll no doubt encounter a few strays walking to work at 6.40 in the morning.  Recycling day tomorrow.

[Mark.C]

Really starting to get wild out there now, some of these gusts must be nudging 60mph, very fine horizontal drizzle spraying, unless it’s sea spray but I’m a few miles inland so it’s travelling pretty far 

[Scuba steve]

Getting up now had to go out and throw some blocks on PIR boards before they become air traffic

[damianslaw]

A day that deteriorated quite significantly as it went on. The morning was sunnier than I expected and stayed dry, a promising start, lunchtime stayed bright but cloud encroached by early afternoon, by about 4pm the rain arrived and the rest of the day a write off, heavy rain, gusty wind and cold. Current temp 6.8 degrees. Feels more akin to a winter evening than an April one.

Tomorrow could well bring snow to moderate levels and temps will remain supressed. 

[Osca31]

The wind just went crazy for about 20 minutes, really violent gusts and what felt like ice pellets .I’ve just moved my car as it was next to a tree with it’s trunk visibly shaking.I looked on the radar expecting to see a squall line !

[Rush2019]

Winds seem to calm from about midnight last night, occasional gusts rather than a continual roar.  Seems calm still for the moment, clear skies above, cloud out North and East, a chilly 3°C.  Did Northern areas at altitude get a flurry?  Tops of Blencathra look white.

[Osca31]

Damage in Whitehaven from last nights wind. It really was ferocious for a while and it seems it was a narrow band of strong wind as people in Workington and Cockermouth only a few miles further north didn’t experience anything like we had.

[Iceaxecrampon]

2 hours ago, Rush2112 said:

Winds seem to calm from about midnight last night, occasional gusts rather than a continual roar.  Seems calm still for the moment, clear skies above, cloud out North and East, a chilly 3°C.  Did Northern areas at altitude get a flurry?  Tops of Blencathra look white.

Decent Webcam that. 

Currently snowing. 

[jimben]

11 hours ago, damianslaw said:

A day that deteriorated quite significantly as it went on. The morning was sunnier than I expected and stayed dry, a promising start, lunchtime stayed bright but cloud encroached by early afternoon, by about 4pm the rain arrived and the rest of the day a write off, heavy rain, gusty wind and cold. Current temp 6.8 degrees. Feels more akin to a winter evening than an April one.

Tomorrow could well bring snow to moderate levels and temps will remain supressed. 

All the high fells have a good covering. Even Wolf Crag on the Old Coach Road has a covering. Sleet falling here during heavier rain showers. Current temp 2.9c

[WillinGlossop]

Peak District - Mountain weather forecast

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The Peak District is home to a wide variety of magnificent hills, moors, outcrops and gritstone edges.

Crazy Peak District forecast… everything in the mix for today ️ ️  

[weatherobsuk]

Mostly light rain beginning to fall here at 210m (688ft) but there are a few snowflakes mixed in with the PPN, higher elevations locally will be having better luck in seeing snowfall over the next couple of hours.

[Had Worse]

Came over Monks Road about 40 minutes ago and it was snowing. Temp was 1°C

Sleet further down at the bottom of Chunal Hill (A624) and tenp 3.5°C

[Had Worse]

3 hours ago, WillinGlossop said:

Peak District - Mountain weather forecast

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The Peak District is home to a wide variety of magnificent hills, moors, outcrops and gritstone edges.

Crazy Peak District forecast… everything in the mix for today ️ ️  

Let's add the Haaland blizzard into the list.

[carl1980]

Sister just sent me this from the lakes

[Scuba steve]

Came in pretty horrible this afternoon with sleet can’t believe I was sat outside pub on Saturday in a t shirt fickle old month is April 

[itsnowjoke]

Chucking it down 

[Dark Horse]

Jeez what a vile day, jumper back on, wooly hat outside & winter coat. Thankfully after tomorrow there is a slow improvement.