snowdrifter

Maybe about to see something, however slight...

Never mind...!

You got there before me! Preston and Fylde should be 'safe'!

Yep, being down the road in Lytham in can vouch for that! A snow hater's paradise!

Snow grains/graupel this far west in Lytham!

Many thanks for this...surely this time! From an IMBY perspective, I like ”coastal especially” ?️

Would that be the beginning of a prolonged breakdown?

Woh even Lytham gets a snowy pixcel or two in that!

Every, every so slightly sleety here on the coast...

Likewise nr you SFZ here on the Fylde - waiting for the bitter but dry days ahead that we'll probably get this far west...

I'm predicting a lucky 0.5cm here. (perhaps a decent breakdown snowfall but that's for another day)

Absolutely - my lad lives in nr Blackburn - I've told him to get the snow shovel ready...

Hope your'e right, I'll take that - bang in the middle of that...

Same here Chris, though I see a snowless chill as wasted cold. Simply too far west.

Just once perhaps being on the coast might be helpful, a la '96...

Would give anything for a Feb 1996 Blackpool -

That's all that's possible from one this far west...

Woke up to more than I expected here on the coast, albeit settled-but-slushy. Expected just rain. With the oncoming easterly, looking ahead to either convective coastal Irish Sea showers or a decent prolonged battleground breakdown .

6th February 1996. Battleground setup and for once, cold won! Snow nirvana for those in the west. Blackpool became Whitepool.

Agreed @Chris.R re snow followed by rain. Often it can be rain trying to be followed by snow in the NW, but with wet ground and high DPs it doesn't happen, so I'll take how ever many hours of snow on dry ground we can get!

Hi all, been a long time since I posted on net-w, but was exchanging views here 10 yrs ago in the amazing 2010-11 winter when the Fylde got covered truly, madly and deeply! Since then been on and off but so many weather disappointments from being in the NW and near the coast made me hang back! I've enjoyed reading everyone's posts here and finally thought I'd put an oar in. Feel hopeful for Tuesday - even here on the Fylde we might get a few flakes. Hoping the rain/snow boundary line is well away from all north west folks! Apologies for the extended 'hi'!

Didn't expect this pleasantly white journey to Accrington this morning...

Any significance in the change here? Something seems to be happening just off the coast... 5pm and now...

Yes please.

Comparison of 3.15pm and 5.15pm - filling towards the NW coast...?