Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[jimben]

Alpine-like scenes here despite the heavy rain yesterday evening. Below freezing since midnight. Minimum temperature of -9.7c at 08:55. Current temp -9.5c and sunny blue skies. Fresh (unfrozen) bird food and water put out for birds and red squirrels. Don't forget to keep checking on water as it will soon freeze.

[trickydicky]

Crystal clear blue skies and a sharp frost at -7 here. Its a shame we couldn’t keep the snow cover, it would’ve been a perfect winter’s day. 

[cheshire snow]

Maybe a little dusting tomorrow night before we say goodbye to this current cold spell.

February looking very interesting I must say.

[itsnowjoke]

-4c here 

[trickydicky]

It seems like temperatures are still dropping in Cumbria. -8 here now, -10 at Shap.

[pip22]

All snow cover has gone here.  I give this cold snap 4/10.  Because snow isn't deep, it has a mild sector to ruin things, I've seen deeper snow back in 2010. Disappointing.

Roll on next month I guess, if not next Winter.

Edited January 17 by pip22

[shadowfax]

Frozen in here. Steep drive frozen as we had no grit yesterday so we are all grounded unless the sun gets to work!

[Linda]

I remember in 2010(or thereabouts) when we had a good three or four week spell when the temp during the night fell regularly to minus ten and didn’t rise above minus seven during the day and I remember travelling to York one day when the temp stating in Liverpool was 2 degrees and by the time we reached York had fallen to minus 8 and that was during the day . I think people have short memories especially the media when they are talking about ‘exceptional’ cold

[Spah1]

What a waste. 
 

Close to a monumental snow event

[Rush2019]

All changed again.  Lovely sunshine and blue skies.  Nice cloud inversion on the hills, and there's still plenty of snow on the tops.

[Rain Lady]

Blue sky, sun and snow cover and icy this morning.  Min overnight minus 3.8C.   Barn owl having a tummy toasting warm up at 9am after working all night in the cold.

[Mark_p]

Very impressive snow showers on the radar for northern Scotland, Orkney islands. Been a while since the Irish Sea has produced very heavy echoes like that in a snow event.

[Day 10]

I'm going to see this cold spell through to Fri and then have a little break from it all, pretty tiring this model chasing lol. Back on it towards the end of the month as this Winter certainly does not look over by any stretch, as @cheshire snow has mentioned Feb and in to March look interesting.

Some models still going for a few more flurries/showers in the next 24/48 hours, so one to keep an eye on before the dross of wind & rain returns for a time.

HARMONIE

ICON

GFS

 

[Thunder Snow]

12 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

I'm going to see this cold spell through to Fri and then have a little break from it all, pretty tiring this model chasing lol. Back on it towards the end of the month as this Winter certainly does not look over by any stretch, as @cheshire snow has mentioned Feb and in to March look interesting.

Some models still going for a few more flurries/showers in the next 24/48 hours, so one to keep an eye on before the dross of wind & rain returns for a time.

HARMONIE

ICON

GFS

 

First snap looks good for me here hoping

[A Face like Thunder]

The focus seems to be shifting from snow/ice to wind, with a yellow weather warning already in place for Sunday.

[jimben]

The mighty Blencathra in full winter glory 

[damianslaw]

1 hour ago, trickydicky said:

Crystal clear blue skies and a sharp frost at -7 here. Its a shame we couldn’t keep the snow cover, it would’ve been a perfect winter’s day. 

Cumbria the cold pole, alpine scenes, widely won't get above freezing, many are still below -3 or -4 degrees, currently -2.5 degrees here. A fantastic winter walking day for anyone prepared. Memories of Jan 2010 and Dec 2010..

[Frigid]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

Temperature has fallen further hit -5.0°C

I wonder how cold will it go tonight?

Possibly -8C at the lowest. Touch and go on whether we get below -10C at Manchester, places like Shap and north of Burnley have a good chance. Was hoping the snowfall didn't melt from yesterday,

The temperature this morning only started to dip when the fog cleared, was 0C at 6am. Currently -2C..

 

[Spah1]

Thursdays warning removed which is a little disappointing

[Kasim Awan]

20 minutes ago, Spah1 said:

Thursdays warning removed which is a little disappointing

We're looking at a 60% chance of a batch of light to moderate snow showers tomorrow night only lasting an hour so 1cm in a few places.

[Thunder Snow]

Definitely going to an ice day here, I put the mop bucket out in the garden with hot water in this morning at 7am and its just about froze over. I defrosted the car at 10 ready for going to work at 1 and it needs done again

[damianslaw]

11 minutes ago, Kasim Awan said:

We're looking at a 60% chance of a batch of light to moderate snow showers tomorrow night only lasting an hour so 1cm in a few places.

Case of radar watching and nowcasting, might be a few surprises as always the case in showery set ups. 

[Had Worse]

Lovely gin clear day

-1°C though.

Edited January 17 by Had Worse

[russwirral]

The NW have really done well out of this, we had the snow, and now we have the sun.  The south have had none of either   Today they have all the cloud from the thing they could have had.  

very hard to take that.

[Dark Horse]

16 minutes ago, russwirral said:

The NW have really done well out of this, we had the snow, and now we have the sun.  The south have had none of either   Today they have all the cloud from the thing they could have had.  

very hard to take that.

Couldn't live there tbh. Only interesting weather they get more of is thunderstorms and they can wait years to see a snowflake never mind a covering. They can keep their stifling heat too. Onto the local weather and it's a cold day for sure with temps barely above zero and some snow cover remains here, very icy underfoot though nearly slipped earlier.