Brass_Monkeys

Sorry about the sideways view. Doesn't look as heavy on the pics but you can see the smattering of white starting to appear on the grass.

Snow starting to stick on grass and Tarmac surfaces

Snow to low levels here in the Northwest.

Snowing quite heavily here after sleeting for a while.

Yep!

Great pic! It's like a different world up there.

The front moving in from the west looks as if it's making more progress than was forecast. I might be clutching at straws but like the showers making it much further inland it I'lll take any glimmer of hope I can!

Not much in the way of hills or high ground below the Peak District so the showers tend to track further. I wouldn't be too hopeful of any getting over the Pennines.

So it's looking like this cold spell will extend through next weekend and possibly further. So that'll be more dry and sunny weather for us to look forward to! I know the longer a cold spell lasts the more chance of seeing snow but I can't get excited at the prospect of a sustained N'ly.

Well nothing to cheer us up from the NMM I'm afraid. In fact there's even less PPN across Ireland and it doesn't extend as far west as yesterday. The 32hr from the 12z and the 33hr from the 00z for comparison.

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Good evening Nothing to excited about still in the no snow zone. Apart from some chilly night time temps. Not sure temps will get too low overnight as the front moving in and bringing snow to parts of Scotland and Ireland will probably bring cloudy sky's to our region. You know we're out of luck when we have prime conditions for snow, a front moving in but no snow forecast.

As expected for our region in a N'ly. If you like benign weather then this next week is for you.

So as is normally the case our region is pretty quiet now that the wind is from the north. The models make pretty grim reading for the upcoming week in terms of snowfall. As ever things can change in an instant and we know there is plenty of instability associated with the airmass we are sourcing from the Arctic. Our next best opportunity is the little low due to move South through the Irish Sea late Monday or early hours of Tuesday. A lot will depend on the track of the low as to what falls dom the sky. On the western flank the PPN is likely to fall as rain. Anything that falls on the eastern flank will prob be of snow . Ideally we want the low to keep West well away from the coast. Euro4/GFS out at 48hrs:- So once again lots of marginality associated with this feature. Those on high ground to the East are probably most at risk from snow. Lots can change in 48 hours. Especially in this set-up. Will be interesting to see how the NNM sees it tomorrow.

I can't make out any small features in the Irish Sea. Might be my amateur eye??I doubt the PPN will move west in our direction. About 3 mile too far west. It's likely to slip S and E. I'm happy that those on the coast who've suffered from rain and sleet lately are getting a bit of snowðŸ˜