Barmada_Casten

A cloudy, cool day today, albeit not too thick a cloud cover as it had been relively bright. Will be cold again tonight, although not as cold as previous nights - a soft first is possible in some exposed areas. It feed so sad to see the quiet in the forum after how busy it was this winter.

Absolutely, tonight’s frost may be more penetrating than frost thought. Dependent on % cloud cover and wind speeds of course.

A soft frost overnight followed by some dull greyness with the odd spell of light rain, this cleared up by mid-afternoon with some cloud but the odd patch of sun kissing the fells. More on the mild side today.

Another superb day here, indeed very similar to yesterday. Certainly good enough for the RAF to send a volley of fighter jets heading north east of Windermere just before dusk!

I agree entirely! Today has been simply glorious here in south central Lakeland.

Surprisingly cold here tonight after a mild, almost springlike afternoon. It definitely feels as though the seasons are turning but you never know - we still have a month of winter to go!

Hopefully one day

I know what you mean but it doesn’t quite work like that... if only it did!

Not on a wind up here but none of the mainstream forecasts are going for snow or a wintry mix later this week (which they were up until early hours of the morning) - indeed now they are going for more mild and rain with any wintry weather chiefly located to the hills.

there was a really good list earlier in the thread which gave % chances of certain scenarios coming off. I go with the one which said this upcoming cold spell will be similar to the last one with some enormous satisfaction and a lot of disappointment. There is something afoot but I don’t feel it will be nationwide or significant. However I do enjoy your posts they are very informative and I certainly hope you are right! P.S: Has anyone been to sleep yet?!

Apologies to anyone offended by my earlier post! It was perhaps badly worded and did not mean to offend anyone!!! This forum would be nothing without everyone and as I said earlier now more than ever we need to stick together. As for the upcoming cold spell..... well.....

Looks like I have opened Pandora’s box. Apologies to anyone offended genuinely was not meant to. Now more than ever we need to stick together! B.C.

This is one of the best posts I have ever read on this forum! .... I love What you said about the experienced posters, as one myself I am feeling the pain every time I come to this thread. Please can I copy the post and put it in the NW regional thread?

In summary for me.... overall pretty dissapointing and nowhere near as good as it could and should have been. Two falls have not registered over a cm, the second the most slight of dustings. Still preferable to mild rainy zonality I guess but a very tame effort. As I said earlier short-term prospects in the reliable timeframe are not particularly enthralling.

Whilst the models do look encouraging, it is in a timeframe way too far in the future to be taken seriously so take them with a HUGE pinch of salt. In the long distance timeframe they very rarely come into fruition. As far as the short-term is concerned things are set to get slightly milder but snow chances in this region away from high ground are minimal. B.C.

What depths have you got in Penrith?

Thankyou

Currently settled to around -2.8 here, certainly cold and very crisp. Sporadic patchy dustings of snow in parts. Interestingly the snow line is about the lowest I have ever seen it in these parts which I have found fascinating. Congrats to all those who got something these last few days - as a region we deserve it!

Not only is that it for the cold spell but that is probably for the rest of the winter by the looks of things. I have had two measly dusting which is about standard for these parts.

REPORTS OF SNOWFALL IN CUMBRIA ARW NOT WIDESPREAD. HERE IN MY LOCATION IN SOUTH LAKELAND WE HAVE LITERALLY NOTHING.

Absolutely mortified, dumbfounded and perplexed as to the fact that it is raining here in my location. The radar said snow, the forecast said snow and even the nowcast says snow. I am genuinely starting to wonder if it is just me - another in the many long list of ‘missed out events.’ I am stating to take it personally... especially after least years fiasco and the one the year before that. Quite sickening that the last time I saw more than 2cm of snowfall in a location I lived was over a decade ago. Lost for words.

Happy for you more than anyone mate!!! With the exception of myself you have certainly suffered over the years (with the exception of March 2013 ) although I have no mercy as you do live in the coast!! But in all seriousness mate congrats! - you deserve it! Now get out there and enjoy it!! B.C.

Honestly Marra take that radar with a HUGE pinch of salt (or grit ). I was under a dark red area of heavy ppn and nothing was falling, been a few reports of that across the region. .... Now then where’s that grit? Between my teeth???!!!

Seems to be a real ‘knife-edge’ event for many in the area. Fingers crossed for all!

?? I feel your pain mate!