Northwest Weather Discussion

[Scuba steve]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

Let's do, Whats for tea.

Slw cooker Beef curry 

Bang some sprouts in it , non nom

[Maz]

Well, that looks like that for this cold spell really.  A second interesting wintry spell.  Just dustings from a few showers here, but the cover will extend into a 3rd day, which is nice.

Glad that some places, and not just the “usual suspects”, caught more showers.

Ends up with a feeling that for a true polar (north) westerly in the core of winter, it was rather underwhelming.

But it did snow for most, it was cold for all, there was an ice day and nice rime formations in places and there was some blue sky, sun and wonderful sunsets/ sunrises.

I fearing a spell of anti-cyclonic gloom, but will be ready for the next chase…and the hope of a true winter postcard scene (its the hope that’s most cruel!)

Oh, and this site makes the chase well worthwhile.  Great banter, quality analysis and the knowledge I’m not the only childish snow lover who should know better.

Edited January 19, 2023 by Maz

[Dark Horse]

Glad that you guys in the normally more snow starved far south of the region got some decent snow for a change as it's normally this way that gets it. Not yet this Winter though, I'll have to be content with dustings so far, had a bit more during the bitter December spell but not by a lot. Still got February and March to go and the latter can certainly still be very snowy when it feels like. In my book it's not a proper Spring month, no leaves on trees or flowers etc. Maybe the odd snowdrop or daffodil other than that pretty much everything is still hibernating. For me April is when Spring truly begins. We've had a couple of colder than normal April's recently but overall April isn't a month that prolonged cold gets the upper hand as you are going against the increasing daylight and UV, not to mention a warming continent - easterlys don't have the same punch at all, we have to rely on a northerly. Different kettle of fish compared to March where the continent is still cold through most of it and the Arctic hasn't really warmed up at all.

[captaincroc]

31 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

Gorgeous as always. 
 

The snows alright as well

 You're a flirt...

[WillinGlossop]

34 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Let's do, Whats for tea.

Slw cooker Beef curry 

Looks yum  

made pie and mash for tea 

[Joe Snow]

Had about 4-5cm in total this wintry  spell - a 2cm slight covering Tuesday night into Wednesday & a 2-3cm covering last night not bad for my location & considering it was a showery setup but nothing spectacular we just fell lucky when often we don’t or fall on the wrong side of marginal.
 

It’s been a strange but interesting winter so far some deep sub zero ice days of Dec cold but virtually snowless & the recent January snow but just not the real deal cold spell with a widespread snow event with lasting snow cover we all want to see. Remainder of January looks close to average & drier with maybe some interest into Feb but we shall see.  Going to enjoy  & try not to slip on the last of the snow cover tonight & tomorrow who knows when the white stuff will return?!   

Edited January 19, 2023 by Joe Snow

[cheshireoak]

Interesting day in the marginals- two very active cells came through at 5.00am and roughly 6.00am couple of inches of snow put down,  Got to work early-nice drive with few cars on the road. Watched the traffic carnage develop. Generally bright day, slight thaw between about 1.30 and 3.pm. Now  -0.5 but could freeze really hard if clouds clear and it looks like they might. Take care if you're out and about. Hope the possible upcoming high isn't a cloudy one! 

 

 

[WillinGlossop]

Have a couple of inches of snow now… considering how wet it was… hammering it down with rain earlier… but -1c keeps coming down…

Radars are rubbish down here…

Come on City ️️️️

lots of accidents between Toulouse and Agen going passed here on motorway eek

 

Edited January 19, 2023 by WillinGlossop

[itsnowjoke]

1 hour ago, Scuba steve said:

Bang some sprouts in it , non nom

That looked lovely until sprouts were mentioned

37 minutes ago, WillinGlossop said:

Looks yum  

made pie and mash for tea 

Is that for one 

looks lovely though yum yum 

[Spah1]

Love a PM flow with a bit of radar watching and posting on here. Time for a break until the next bit of interest

[WillinGlossop]

7 minutes ago, itsnowjoke said:

That looked lovely until sprouts were mentioned

Is that for one 

looks lovely though yum yum 

Bought round pastry from supermarket… made pie case in oven and cut it in half… didn’t eat all the pastry was yum  

also plate wasn’t that big

Edited January 19, 2023 by WillinGlossop

[Chris.R]

No air frost west of M6 tonight until close to dawn. Moderate onshore wind only drops off later in the night.

[damianslaw]

Mmm we seem to be developing our own snow shield here in central lake district so far this winter, snow all around, but little here. In December northern parts of the county received a good fall, and southern margins of the county unusually, we were just on the edge with a cm cover. The last few days have been exceptionally frustrating, indeed today coastal Morecambe Bay regions saw snow early hours, but nothing here, and again the total amount has been a patchy dusting...

Third time lucky I hope in February, remainder of the month looking a carbon copy of much of last Jan, dry probably some colder air - but not very interesting.

Both cold spells have not delivered on widespread snow, no trough feature moving through to give a good covering or frontal feature.

Its a milder evening so far, current temp 3.1 degrees, there is quite a breeze about, should drop through the night and with clearing skies a frost will develop. 

[Backtrack]

Temp absolutely shot up from 3C to 5.5C. All remaining snow melting fast. 

[Joe Snow]

I’ll have what the Highlands are having please!  

[I remember Atlantic 252]

looks like nuisance drizzle north of here, maybe some kind of warm front? cloudy here so expect a thaw

[Rush2019]

2 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

looks like nuisance drizzle north of here, maybe some kind of warm front? cloudy here so expect a thaw

Yes, clouded over and temp has risen here, can hear drip, drip outside.  Snow was starting to harden a couple of hours ago, now beginning to slide off shed roof.  Just under 3° at the moment, airport up to 4°.

[cheshireoak]

now +0.4 in the marginals-weird bit of milder air in that NW flow?

[Cheshire Freeze]

8 hours ago, captaincroc said:

I never would have thought that the snow this morning would be so much. Weirdly Nantwich had considerably more than Crewe so went for a walk round there instead. Some places were untouched with the snow in the trees until midday etc...other places on the walk it had melted in certain areas. Both gave beautiful views.

 

Hope you’re well Ben

Yes we kept skirting the showers here last night…annoying to say the least! Rare for Nantwich to do better snow wise.

A balmy 3.9c here at the moment! A lot of cloud and higher dew points being dragged in off the Irish Sea.

[iand61]

Not a lot to say about the weather other than once again and away from the northern parts of Scotland; a cold spell that offered the chance of snow for many actually delivered for very few.

it’s nice that for once, our usually snow starved region took the lions share and up here, much of the 3-4 inches from earlier in the week is still intact but once again, reality fell far short of potential.

the most frustrating thing for me though is that yet another change from cold to mild is taking place without the slightest hint of a snowy breakdown.

For whatever reason, something that was the default setting of past winters is as rare as hens teeth these days and for someone who often remembered these rather than the cold that came before, it all adds to the blandness of winters these days.

Anyway it’s unlikely to happen this time around so it’s a couple of frosty nights followed by sunny days before milder temperatures arrive again.

[Weather-history]

10 hours ago, damianslaw said:

Mmm we seem to be developing our own snow shield here in central lake district so far this winter, snow all around, but little here. In December northern parts of the county received a good fall, and southern margins of the county unusually, we were just on the edge with a cm cover. The last few days have been exceptionally frustrating, indeed today coastal Morecambe Bay regions saw snow early hours, but nothing here, and again the total amount has been a patchy dusting...

Third time lucky I hope in February, remainder of the month looking a carbon copy of much of last Jan, dry probably some colder air - but not very interesting.

Both cold spells have not delivered on widespread snow, no trough feature moving through to give a good covering or frontal feature.

Its a milder evening so far, current temp 3.1 degrees, there is quite a breeze about, should drop through the night and with clearing skies a frost will develop. 

I was thinking about this and in the last few years, it feels to me as though parts of Cumbria seem to constantly miss out. You have the Lake District, so the mountains gets snow when the set-up is not favourable for low levels. However when the snow parameters are favourable  for lowland areas, its then not favourable precipitation wise.

 

[Weather-history]

Temperature has markedly dropped in the last hour, it was about 3°C at 3am and now  it has dropped to -1.3°C and can see frost on roofs now

Edited January 20, 2023 by Weather-history

[davehsug]

3 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Temperature had markedly dropped in the last hour, it was about 3°C at 3am and now  it has dropped to -1.3°C and can see frost on roofs now

It's just stopped raining here. If it freezes now, it's going to be hellish with the slush and snow melt.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

no rain here, but thaw overnight, warmer air off Irish sea, still a bit of snow left

[captaincroc]

5 hours ago, CreweCold said:

Hope you’re well Ben

Yes we kept skirting the showers here last night…annoying to say the least! Rare for Nantwich to do better snow wise.

A balmy 3.9c here at the moment! A lot of cloud and higher dew points being dragged in off the Irish Sea.

All good here mate, hope you are too.

 

Yes, I did see we kept missing them (or skirting the edge). I did notice they just went to our west a lot, never realised the difference it would be just in Nantwich! 

In regards to last night, such a shame a night of thaw ensued.  So random that a warm/mild sector appeared to warm the temps up that much, especially overnight. I remember when we had a good fall of snow one November in the mid/late 90s, we had just come back from a school trip in Sheffield over the Pennines (we nearly got stuck in Buxton... but that's another story) got home and there was loads of snow. I remember thinking that I couldn't wait to get out in it the next day knowing that it was night time so shouldn't melt till the morning. Woke up and so much had gone. It wasn't a transition snow either, I remember that much as I recall being shocked that it could have melted so much overnight when in a 'cold' setup.  Must have been something similar to last night?