Chris Smith

Classic rain shadow today. I don't think any of that cold front made it over the Pennines

Just driven to Sunderland and back. There's a lot of water about out there.

I think it's pointless looking backwards because CC has, and is accelerating at such a rate now, history is meaningless - even history as recent as the 60s, 70s and 80s. Watching the MOD threads over the winter, and one thing keeps popping up over and over - "Iberian heights". Persistent high pressure to our south has more or less removed any chance of deep cold reaching the UK, either from the North or the East. If you want to experience winter weather in the UK, as your Christmas cards want to paint it, you need to visit Northern Scandinavia, or Northern Canada. TL;DR @northwestsnow is right.

My partner works near Annfield Plain, probably about 250m up on the hill. She just got back from work and laughed - "Come and look at the car!". It's covered in snow - probably a good 3cm of it, and there's literally none here. It looks very out of place!

There's been a couple of heavier bursts where it tries to settle a bit, but it's slushy goop. Looks like an actual covering up at old Esh.

Bit of a dilemma really - frontal snow from the south results in an Easterly wind off the sea here. With SSTs still well higher than normal, that's never going to end well for anyone along the coastal strip (probably up to 20km inland). You could see that reflected on the warning area, which very specifically didn't include the coastal strip. I'm surprised it's snowed as much as it has - it never seemed that cold to me. Looking at the Co Durham road cams, you have to go west and up as far as Tow Law (300m) to see anything settling. Lanehead has snow on the road at 400m.

Proper blobby, sleety mess falling now. Not settling here - but the fields up the hill (~200m) are turning white.

LRD Reminds me of charts from February 1975. Frosty nights and super-mild, sunny days - often 14-15c in the South East. I'd take that.

Forecasted highs just don't look that cold - 6s and 7s? Looks like rain to me.

Pouring with rain just now. Is that it then? I'm underwhelmed.

Yes, I was thinking the same. Another few days coming up where we can stand outside and wave at all the Cbs as they march down the North Sea toward the Netherlands. Fingers crossed for a Scandi high for our snowman fix.

Having lived in the South most of my life, I can confirm that many people down there are wound pretty tight. It's much more chill up here

We're probably going to be buried - I just traded in a 4x4 for an EV...

Point taken. I won't be attempting to contribute there again - I can see it's not wanted. It's a shame the signal to noise ratio is what it is in there because there's clearly some knowledgable people there desperately trying to talk about meteorology, but it's all lost in The Chase.

To be fair, the sun can barely be arsed to drag itself over the horizon this time of year. I can't see much registering on a sun-gauge anywhere North of Lyon.