captaincroc

Snowing heavily here now!! Hope it's snow in Sandbach/Crewe etc? Going by how 'dry' the snow looks I am hoping so.

Defo a few exciting days coming up. Fingers crossed the region gets pasted!

The roads do clear quite fast as they are main roads, so depending if it freezes then you might be fine? Lol

Like most of us...just been for a weirdo walk by myself...foooooking STUNNING!! Never seen it so heavy... Roads covered, main bank road must be shut as it was impassable as I walked up there. Interesting to see the torrents of water still flooding down the side as I walked up...but back down it had literally stopped...so must have dropped below 0c here. WhatsApp Video 2021-01-20 at 22.05.55.mp4 WhatsApp Video 2021-01-20 at 22.05.54.mp4

Can back that up..went out earlier and it was MILD then within a few hours...

Can't believe the main road is covered so fast too...

I know!! Potential is there. My trusty BBC App didn't expect the rain to turn to snow till 10/11pm...so early bonus. The radar looks off the scale!! Hopefully clear through fast so won't melt much over night. Up here its mental, like most places. Will try and get some pics from my window! haah.

Mum and Dad just phone giddy AF hahaha. Chuffed it's so good there too.

YES!!! Never seen a transition from pure rain to literally proper snow so fast ...well I know it's probably hovering around 0c but defo not wet snow now.

For people that it's sleet etc..it literally turned from pure rain-sleet-wet snow- snow in probably about 15 mins.

So, looking at the radar we have quite a few hours of stuff falling...at this rate it could be quite a fall!

What a lovely surprise this evening is turning out to be... So glad lots are seeing snow. I've been away for a few days (From the charts etc) so didn't see this coming. Noticed on the BBC some white speckles so thought I would check in...a few days ago nothing to, what could be, a few hours of snow! Heavy stuff too!! For me, I have never seen it turn from pure rain (as my lounge is in the attic and has velux windows so can see every drop! haha) to what is now, heavy snow sticking everywhere!

Personally I am loving the current charts....yes, for all our sakes I would prefer less marginal but there is a lot of chances for pop up snow events. Plus I am hoping we create our own cold pool again so what does fall will stay around a little longer *Edit* Should have explained why, the polar northwesterly airflow! slack winds, low thicknesses and dew points.

Obviously a lot of this - from me - is hopecasting but it's happened to us many times where we were in the firing line...even on the day...and it stalled further west. If the Fax charts have shifted west then they must have something we can't see that has that as the case. So who knows? Fingers crossed

Apparently the new Fax charts have it a lot further west... (not sure how you find the old ones to compare) Kasim might know more... the TV forecasts always have a slight delay catching up just due to production time etc, so who knows?

Cheers Kasim for you input. Obviously I am totally hopecasting here, it's just I've lost count the amount of times we were due to get clobbered - and even being in the middle of the warning area - just to see it stall on the radar , so was hoping this could be the case this week.

I was thinking that literally everytime a front is meant to stall on us it ALWAYS stalls just to our west...so history repeating, I am hoping that this will be the case for midweek's potential snow risk as we move forward.

This spell for me has been magical, I know I have spammed you all with the pics haha but for me best spell (of snow...on ground, play etc) since 2010. My love of snow was given to me by my Dad, I remember watching little diamonds fall when I was little during a early 90s BFTE, I was mesmerised...and hooked. Since then we have had many a chopse on the phone about snow prospects etc. Obviously in his 70s he is not on here but still makes his predictions by wind direction and the BBC . Being a single chap my parents are my bubble so my Dad drove up to see the snow knowing a proper thaw was imminent. My Dad never does anything alone without my mum, so to have a few hours walking in the snow talking about all the falls we remember together and separately was so special. I told him to come up at 3pm to get the sunset etc and we timed it bob on. I was quite emotional when he left, definitely made a memory I will cherish.

haha. Snap! Let's hope so.

Seems to be some precipitation just popped up on the coach on the latest frames of the radar?

Hi Joe, yes I saw somewhere that some showers might pop up before the front? Anyways, was wondering what radar people use? On my phone I like the MetO App as you can whizz through the radar so fast to see trends etc on my laptop I like the Netweather one as you can postcode zoom (and I like the colours of the different rainfall rates...easy to see ). Any other recommendations?

Hopefully this front will deliver the the snow starved parts of the region . Definitely potential for falls for most going by all the options this morning, the 6z runs will hopefully firm things up but I'm guessing it's a radar - and window - watching kinda day. For me this spell has been special, definitely the best spell since 2010...for me better than BFTE in 2018. Yes, that was cool to experience but not loads of snow and came to an abrupt end. I have said before, all I want is time to enjoy the snow, be on the floor for me to enjoy the crunch, the smell, the colours of the sky, twilight, go sledging...and this spell delivered all and still is. I will say that obviously 2010 was special but for me - back in Crewe then - we were in a snow bowl and all the big falls happened to our west, east, north and south! haha. We has some but this week for me (yes on higher ground) has been deeper. These pics were taken from my walk last night and the sights round me were stunning in the dusk/twilight. The snow has been on the floor for nearly 9 days and yes it's melted in the normal spots but considering the big thaws on the odd day the scene in most places is a wintery one. The snow has been covered in frost and lots of mini dustings from the odd shower this week and the local pond/lake has frozen over. This is my view as typing... Really hope everyone gets some luck the next few days - and beyond. And I hope Day 10 -and wife- feels better ASAP. Here's to a busy few days on here!!

Same as a lot of people here, slight dusting from very light snow fall....very pretty falling. Seem to just appear on the radar too. After the first day or so of the easterly thaws, the air seems to have dried and cooled down as minimal melt the past few days. None in the usual spots (corners of gardens, parts of the estate with no sunlight etc.

Knew a thaw was incoming today got up at 8am to walk in the dawn light. Won't post pics in here as I don't want to rub salt but they are on my Insta https://www.instagram.com/benjaminstubbs/ Managed to catch the sunrise through the mist etc. Was stunning, the mist/patchy fog actually helped keep the temps down as was misty till about 1:30pm so slowed melt down. Then the sun came out and it soon caught up. #DripDripDrip I think from tomorrow colder air is aloft so fingers crossed.

Great to hear that skies are clearing. Hopefully will keep temps down.