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  1. Frequent showers here in Sheffield. Snow showers moderate in intensity but they have now become more sleety. A patchy slushy snow cover on some grassy surfaces. So don’t be fooled for thinking Sheffield is getting a pasting - the wintry precipitation is simply too wet in nature. Generally speaking, I never get too excited about snow showers or frontal snow from a west or NWly. What I miss most is low pressures coming up from the south / south west having snow on their northern flanks. I remember and miss these annual snow events that gave a thick cover even in lower areas of the city - I don’t remember the last time this happened now. Something has changed.
  2. Snowing lightly in North Sheffield. Sleet to start in lower parts - I have had to drive to mums who lives lower down.
  3. There seems to be a hook in the precipitation as if it’s a forming low pressure area ?? If that’s the case the north side would embed colder are and cause the wintry nature of the precipitation.
  4. Strange, my daughters called to say it’s snowing in town but yet here on a hill it’s definitely rain?!
  5. Yet another surprise heavy snowfall in Sheffield. Quite a deep cover now! Perhaps Sheffield in the sweet spot? Snowed for over 2 hours - moderate to heavy. About 12cm on the car now - see the pics below
  6. Drove all the way from Sheffield to Manchester airport this morning. Nightmare of a journey given the much heavier than expected snowfall. Opened the curtains and had one of those surprise moments that most of you will have had at some point no doubt. As the trans pennine routes were closed I had to venture up the M1. At home in Sheffield there were approximately 8-10cm. Even lower parts of the city had a 5cm covering. The worst affected area was around Sheffield / Barnsley. It cleared soon north of Barnsley. There was gridlock between j34 -j37 = took 3 hours! Manchester was clear and green! The M62 summit also had a healthy covering but it soon receded on the decent. Manchester was clear. 5 hours late to pick up the Mrs - clearly disappoint she was! First pics of my local area and the 3rd is on the M1 Northbound J37.
  7. The house is still feeling the cold but the snow is finally beginning to thaw @ 150m in Sheffield. Overall lots of hope but disappointed as others have said. Expected much more with an amber warning but the lesson is that the north easterlies dont quite make it happen here - we need a true easterly. The thing is that the charts all looked like a true easterly. And also the fact that this occurred in early Feb - what happened ???? Overall ok but expected at least 15 cms but got a max of about 6cm. Higher parts of Sheffield had about 10cm’s from the rain to snow event which ain’t bad. Here’s a pic from just now - still good cover
  8. As it gets colder (I suspect) this last train of showers are Stockley more readily. Developing a decent cover at last! Phew
  9. An Interesting tweet from BBC Wales weatherman Derek. Interesting graphic explaining the ‘Baltic streamer’ .... heading for Yorkshire!
  10. Well being in Sheffield I won’t count my chickens before they hatch! In 2018 the bands never really alighned here, I remember it was across Nottingham and Derby one evening. And I’m sure further north in west York’s did better than here...so it’s a wait and see. Hoping we all get truly locked down
  11. Snow on the lowest ground of Sheffield in Attercliffe (Meadowhall area) right now - if very wet but snow nonetheless! If it can here it can in many other places. I do live at 150m so looking forward to driving home!
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