Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[Day 10]

26 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Just look at the ECM run in the 6 hour frames and the coldest air holds on for a little longer than the GFS/UKMO runs but perhaps predictably that means the PPN is not there either until later on in the day where the air is less cold and occurs at the worse time(just after the warmest part of the day) 

I don't think it would take much to alter things but most runs have gone for this milder sector to be quite wide. Nevertheless it's still over 100 hours away and in model run terms that enough runs for things to look different either better or worse.

That's the spirit

[Cheshire Freeze]

8 minutes ago, Alexis said:

More nostalgia - before 2010 this was the biggest snowfall I can remember, in 2000...

Remember that one. Even here the snow was fairly deep.

[Cheshire Freeze]

My tolerance for winter is decreasing year on year as I get older.

Utterly depressing being under cloud and a cold wind day after day. If it’s not going to snow I’m not really interested.

Spring is the best season for me these days.

[Troubleatmill]

15 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

Have to be of an age to remember Francis Wilson

[WillinGlossop]

Just now, Cheshire Freeze said:

My tolerance for winter is decreasing year on year as I get older.

Utterly depressing being under cloud and a cold wind day after day. If it’s not going to snow I’m not really interested.

Spring is the best season for me these days.

Spring and autumn for me… had lovely May and June last year… July and August abysmal… had some lovely September/October days up here recently… just hate when winter is perpetual autumn… grey and wet… like this autumn and winter so far… at least we’ve had some colder seasonal sunny days this week

1 minute ago, Troubleatmill said:

Have to be of an age to remember Francis Wilson

I do

[Cheshire Freeze]

Cheshire gap activity here I’d have thought @Joe Snow

[Joe Bloggs]

Lovely 18z ICON for NW England.

Very cold and near perfect westerly wind.  

 

 

[Joe Snow]

1 minute ago, Cheshire Freeze said:

Cheshire gap activity here I’d have thought @Joe Snow

Hopefully we catch something - would be happy with a covering if it can stick around for a few days under cold air - like early Dec but it sticking around would be great  

[Thunder Snow]

4 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

Lovely 18z ICON for NW England.

Very cold and near perfect westerly wind.  

 

 

Fingers crossed

[Joe Bloggs]

Just now, Thunder Snow said:

Fingers crossed

It’s a lovely run as it’s a westerly but it’s quite slack which is a positive, heights are low promoting instability and the vector alters between NW’ly and WNW’ly 

[Thunder Snow]

1 minute ago, Joe Bloggs said:

It’s a lovely run as it’s a westerly but it’s quite slack which is a positive, heights are low promoting instability and the vector alters between NW’ly and WNW’ly 

As long as the snow piles into Cumbria and NW

[I remember Atlantic 252]

8 minutes ago, Cheshire Freeze said:

Cheshire gap activity here I’d have thought @Joe Snow

need winds more NW'ly here, this will bury SK4, like 20th Dec '09 and 5th Jan '10

[Dark Horse]

41 minutes ago, Alexis said:

More nostalgia - before 2010 this was the biggest snowfall I can remember, in 2000...

That was a decent event, remember getting a lovely surprise when waking up when I looked out and hearing the airport had shut down too, had to wait 4 years for a good event like that. 2000-2001 was a winter that ended up probably the best overall from the 1997-2008 period. 

Edited January 11 by Dark Horse

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

need winds more NW'ly here, this will bury SK4, like 20th Dec '09 and 5th Jan '10

The winds were far more westerly in those instances (like the 120hrs chart)

 

Dec 09-

[I remember Atlantic 252]

The icon chart, top one will be useless here, Manchester/Preston etc in firing like for over a foot

[Cheshire Freeze]

2 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

The icon chart, top one will be useless here, Manchester/Preston etc in firing like for over a foot

Yeah but prior to that winds are straight NW’ly

 

Edited January 11 by Cheshire Freeze

[Scuba steve]

Remember the streamer that dumped a foot of snow on Cumbria  in early December was on a  westerly stream

[Thunder Snow]

6 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

The icon chart, top one will be useless here, Manchester/Preston etc in firing like for over a foot

Is it looking good for Cumbria to?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, Thunder Snow said:

Is it looking good for Cumbria to?

maybe Cumbria needs more WSW like Dec 2nd, @damianslaw will know

[Day 10]

4 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

Remember the streamer that dumped a foot of snow on Cumbria  in early December was on a  westerly stream

Don't you think you've had enough?

[Scuba steve]

Just now, Day 10 said:

Don't you think you've had enough?

lol only a dusting at home I was staying at mates in ulverston

[Chris.R]

5 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

Remember the streamer that dumped a foot of snow on Cumbria  in early December was on a  westerly stream

More of a south-westerly. Your point is good though. 

[Joe Bloggs]

We’re getting short term upgrades.

Only yesterday , Monday was looking less cold with warmer uppers. 
 

[Thunder Snow]

Wow 18z for Tuesday morning 

[damianslaw]

21 minutes ago, Cheshire Freeze said:

The winds were far more westerly in those instances (like the 120hrs chart)

 

Dec 09-

Very strong comparisons.. we had about 8 inches of snow in 2009.