i luv snow

Manchester has about 4 or so inches this morning, 6 in some parts. Not bad for the city, and certainly more than the kast easterley!

Tell me about it, I was born in Ipswich in East Anglia (lived here for 5 years now) and they are getting hammered yet again!

The wind is really starting to pick up here, strong gusts with the snow!

Snow getting a bit heavier here in Swinton, Salford! Yet again, my hometown of Ipswich in East Anglia looks like it will get a real dumping for a second time. I need to time my trips home better!

Oh aye. Unlike the snow! Hmpppfff

So now that the temps have nudged up just enough to mean ppn will be more sleety than snow, the ppn heading north later will likely fall as sleety rain, not disintegrate in the slightest and hit the NW directly without dieing out before it does.

Google weather is reporting freezing rain in Salford but it is just very fine snow where I live in Swinton, Salford

Exactly. I know what freezing rain is, but uppers across NW are too low right now. Must be snizzle or snow pellets which appear rain-like

Raining where? Nearly all of UK is sub freezing, no idea how rain is possible anywhere near NW?

If it was torrential rain, it would hit us!!!

Haha they will be by tonight tho..

It has been there since 4.30am and it is moving our way, but dieing out as it does (currently light snow in Manchester since 5am,), wish the ppn would retain some of its oomph as it is a persistent band of snow moving quite slowly.

To be fair, most of Norfolk saw 20cm already so the people in the gap are probably still happy

Snowing away in Swinton, Salford and everything covered.

They are beefing up a touch over north MCR. Maybe spoke too soon... fingers crossed

Nope not a radar error. Damn. They were beefy looking too!

Praying! Literally in 5 mins, surely not poss? Lets see what next update brings

Damn it

Still there mate, just hope they make it!

Nope, maybe it is all my fault (sorry everyone! haha) Yes, East Anglia did see snow in 2009/10 but nowt on what was seen up here. Very frustrating! Oh I will be, have plenty of friends in NZ!

Manchester has been lucky and seen some snow (a couple of inches outside of city centre) and I appreciate it, but I was looking forward to some big totals later in week and looks like PPN will once again hit Midlands/Wales, and avoid NW (despite originally being forecast to hit us!). A lesson learnt for me this winter! Anyhow, I emigrate back to Australia in a few months and would have been amazing for us to see a massive dumping of snow. Meanwhile my hometown in the SOUTH (Ipswich) has seen around 20cm of snow with more to come, and those in Midlands and Wales will see their third or fourth big dumping of snow this winter. No doubt when I fly out to Aus after 5 years in the NW, you will see some amazing winter weather again!

Manchester sitting at -7oC when I left at 6am. Impressive for the city centre.

Me too joined in 2003. Only 29 now, so was 15 back then (jesus)

I remember those days well!

Yes Accuweather Minutecast has Salford and Manchester down for PPN by about 9pm. Let's see!