Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[cheshire snow]

 Methuselah Told you

[Dark Horse]

Hmmm once again it just doesn't look cold enough at lower levels. Like the last event.

[severe snowstorm]

 Dark Horse Yeah, a striking similarity to the last 'event'. The automated metoffice output is showing a temp of 3C, heavy rain and a strong ESE wind here for a few hours during the morning, fairly vile.

[Joe Snow]

 Dark Horse Yeah even slightly more elevated lower levels like yourself  don’t look likely to see much - higher parts of Gtr MCR, towns like  Macclesfield down to Stoke etc... all seeing more than likely sleety rain.
Plain cold rain here at 65m asl! ️  

Edited February 29 by Joe Snow

[cheshire snow]

May as well put any cold prospects to bed until December Think I know why cold snowy spells don’t materialise anymore and it has nothing to do with weather patterns.

laters

Edited February 29 by cheshire snow

[Mark_p]

Going up to see friends who live in the Lake District for a few days. I'm looking forward to seeing the fells snowcapped.

[damianslaw]

 Mark_p Should be a good cover tomorrow which will hold to Monday, same as last weekend, though the cover was thin and at 600m plus mainly. 

[iand61]

As already said, it’s looking like a repeat of the other last minute let down with cold rain and sleet as good as it gets for anyone not half way up a mountain.

i must admit to being sucked in by the build up to the early Feb event and being disappointed when it all went belly up at the last moment but no such expectations this time and no disappointment when it’s a few hours of wet sloppy crap that barely covers even the colder surfaces.

It’s March and the extra daylight of the last few days has put me in full spring mode so anything less that a full scale blizzard and I’m not interested.

 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus for anyone with that inclination you Celtic rebels you  

[iand61]

Or as many will think on here, Happy where the hell has another poor winter gone

[Chris.R]

WRF was looking reasonable for at least some temporary falling snow down to lower levels for a time but that has spectacularly downgraded last minute once again so it's a pile of crap all round.

Bring on spring and the storm season.

[Iceaxecrampon]

 Chris.R

March

In like a Lion 

Out like a Lamb? 

[severe snowstorm]

3.8C, heavy rain and a fresh wind here, delightful...

[Weather-history]

Looks like it could be the 4th wettest winter on record for the region.

1123.4mm since the start of July 2023.  An annual rainfall total of that amount would make that year the 32nd wettest on record for the region

March 2023-February 2024: 1406.6mm provisionally

December 1999-November 2000: 1403.3mm

The wettest year on record for the region is 1877 with 1375.7mm

 

 

[Rush2019]

3°C and sleeeeet currently in Macc 150m asl.  Snow on the Cat n Fiddle, light dusting so far 515m asl.  It's very dark.

[carl1980]

Heavy rain sleet, knowsley 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Front looks a bit Squally. 

Snow tops. 

[weatherobsuk]

It's just started snowing here after yet another glorious morning sunrise before the frontal-system rolled in, the PPN band looks much thinner than what the forecast models were predicting but it's relatively slow-moving and there's a chance of some beefier showers behind this lot into the afternoon.

[A Face like Thunder]

A miserable start to the day, as forecast. Combination of rain, sleety bits and wind = not nice out! Hopefully, if this is the squall line, the rain will clear shortly.

[Weather-history]

Trying to snow 

[Rush2019]

Staffordshire Moorlands having a decent fall again like last time.  Pretty scenes on Winking Man cam, 457m asl. 

[Had Worse]

Huge flakes mixed in and starting to turn more to full on snow

[raul_sbd]

Rain mixed with sleet and some flakes... but mainly windy and rain.. DP at 1.7c doesnt help here at 165m in Central Glossop.

Oh well..

[Had Worse]

Must be bad further up 

[WillinGlossop]

Big flakes of snow coming down… started as drizzle… temp dropping 3.3c to 1.9c