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dodge

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  1. The trouble with the MAD thread is because of the South East bias they are not interested in North Westerly flows, that said although it ticks off the 'moisture' box in the list of snow falling criteria in my parts it really does need a good dollop of cold air mixed in and warm sectors booted out for it to transition from cold wet sleet, to decent appreciable snow depths from a NWstrly. 2010/11 the holy grail (x3 snowy footfalls) from Nwstrly shower streamers. As usual hilly ground tend to do well in this usual setup.
  2. Narrow band of persistent heavy drizzle setting up on a streamer now...we always lay out the welcome mat for that type of weather here. No wrong side of marginals for heavy drizzle in our parts. Keeping the moisture topped up on all surfaces exposed. Light levels are ridiculously low. Bleak if not quite yet mid-winter.
  3. Weather's been a little kinder today, a little rain earlier on and then a quiet window for a few hours before the dying last rites of Storm Fergus piles in the heavy showers into late evening. Thankfully after a few unsettled days to open next week it looks like calming down towards the weekend with the lesser spotted High Pressure nearby.... and that's as far as I'm looking for now.
  4. Ain't no rain shadow/shield here when the winds are blasting in directly from the West and the Irish Sea moisture generator is on...rain just piling up and gaining intensity on west facing hills. Lashing against the windows here. Winds very gusty now and I bet the Mcr Christmas Markets will be quiet tonight.
  5. Lashings of rain this morning, a brief respite but we never got brighter skies...and now the drizzle fest is returning off the Irish Sea. The day pretty much put to bed before it's even started on these very short daylight hours. If the heavy showers combine with the strong winds later this evening from Storm Elin, then indoors will definately be the place to be.
  6. Discovered a new level of darkness driving home just before 4pm...heavens opened under grey leaden skies and because it wasn't quite sunset the street lights weren't active.. so they must be time sensitive rather than go off light levels. Suffice to say it was pitch Black, not good driving conditions.
  7. Yep enjoy a frosty and gloriously cold sunny start to tomorrow because its all downhill after that. Will tonight be the last region wide frost of 2023? -2c
  8. BBC forecasters appear obsessed with counting down the days and craving in that milder weather on the way...what they are less enthusiastic in pointing out is that those glorious, sunny crisp cold mornings that we had will be replaced with grey leaded skies with bucket loads of rain. It won't be all that mild you'll not be putting the heating on either.
  9. Deepest condolences What little white was left has turned to grey here. Slightly less cold than of late.
  10. Just rain here now... lying slush slowly melting away...the transition to mild & wet almost complete. The model thread getting quite technical at the moment and most of it goes over my head, but you can learn a little something once it quietens down and all the drama queens have gone.
  11. Yes ended up with a couple of cm here too but not the fluffy white powdery stuff, already looking in it's wet, slushy defrost state. Need a dryer more frigid source aka easterly for snow you can have fun with. It's a good start to Meteorological winter though. Now back zzzzz
  12. Had a break, and I'll think I'll go back to watching the snooker...all a bit messy here now, slushy and icy...the precipitation just isn't heavy enough. Sporadic bursts of sleet...you feel it could be quite snowy if it pepped up considerably but I never expected much as this level.
  13. Yep snowfall is a very localised operation... somebody somewhere will miss out...last time i remember there was a more widespread regional coverage was those glory years in late 2010/11.
  14. 80% chance of 5hrs of heavy snow here... but Oldham is very varied in topography and I certainly won't be seeing anything like that in my backyard. Edit: mmmm...bit of pepping up to the showers in the Irish Sea on the northern flank...
  15. There's no intensification yet with the band running through North Wales-Cheshire-Gtr Manchester and lots of gaps... the Cumbria streamer is the bees knees.... that's what we want to develop further south Congrats... thunder snow is an exclusive club to be part of... only experienced it once here
  16. Sholver... your twice my height ASL ;)... don't worry ill be watching your reports and if warranted ill be up Ripponden Rd & Higher Counthill in a jiffy tomorrow with the camera..
  17. Congrats for Cumbria getting the snow streamer... too be fair they get a lot of rain when it just sticks from a moist south westerly, so it's about time they had something snowy. The Lakes will look wintry picture postcard tomorrow. The dandruff has stopped here...a little nervous the heaviest stuff will edge further south but C'est la vie.
  18. That would satisfy most...erm....dandruff now falling... could be an interesting evening ahead.
  19. Temps have risen a little bit here after a -5 overnight severe frost....currently 1c...the sun having more effect than yesterday. Hope it doesn't rise too much. Met video has the precipitation fizzling out into nothingness by the time it reaches my destination so I'm not going to torture myself over watching the radar...if it happens I'll be happy. Now time to make the best of the weather with an outside stroll.
  20. Jeez... its actually painfully cold out there now... even just a 5 min walk back to car after finishing work was enough to want inside warmth pretty quickly. God help anyone having to sleep out in this. My expectations for any snow before the slow creep to less cold weather makes way next week...is...zero. maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
  21. Mmmm... might not be game over to milder westerlies next week... latest ECM shows the cold putting up a bit of a fight. Would be nice to see the North West a sweet spot for any potential battleground... even if it does pull down the GMcr snow dome... at least we'll have bragging rights over the southerners who'll be cursing their cold sleety rain.
  22. Sugar coated dusting here too...a wintry shower just managing to scrape over the Pennine hills to my North East. Funny enough I got a Google photo reminder from last year 28th Nov which left a decent covering of snow. Sadly that was as good as last winter delivered.
  23. Would we get bored with High Pressure sat over us giving us 10 days of this type of weather....cold, dry and sunny? Perhaps we would but after weeks of relentless grey, rain and wind and because this is Day 1 of this type of weather, I've very much got the welcome mat out at present. Would like the occasional fall of dandruff at some point though. Might see that falling if not settling into next week. The jury's still out.
  24. Yep early signs of subtle 'meltdowns' in the mod thread as a messy mix of milder Atlantic air comes up against the colder air sourced from the East. Personally until the met & TV media forecasts come on board I'm always weary of taking any steps down the garden path. The 'deep dive' and 10 day forecasts have played a very conservative hand to date. They're not placing any bets yet... I'm sticking with their mindset.
  25. How can precipitation appear so inconspicuous on the radar and yet be the type that soaks you through if your out in it for any length of time...aka heavy persistent drizzle. Oldham's hilly dark industrial landscape acting like a magnet for the overwhelming dampness. Colder end of week into next. Dry & Frosty would suit me fine.
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