North West Cold Spell Discussion 4

[dodge]

Well I bailed out and put off going to Morrisons and decided to support the local shops just around the corner lol - Glad I did, snowing heavily under dark leaded skies. Must have about 3 to 4 inches now, although I haven't measured it.

http://www.keepmoving.co.uk/home_jamcams.aspx#mapSection traffic building up over the highest part of the M62 - especially eastbound towards Huddersfield/Leeds.

[SP1986]

heavy hail shower just gone through with a possible lightning sighting

[weatherobsuk]

Cant believe after having a Lie-in I woke up to this lol. Sky News Weather were on the ball with regards to this setup, already got some 3' of Snow accumulated (including from yesterdays frontal event.) Lyme Park also seeing the same amount im told from my Brother.

[Jan]

whats the situation like where you live, any snow on the ground?

Just checked Skemelsdale is 78m asl. Here in Liverpool we have lying snow/graupel it keeps coming in sharp heavy showers, some really huge clouds coming at me from N/NW

[sal007]

What are the thoughts for the rest of today? Had some hail & snow before, but nothing compared to what some of y'all are saying!

[LiverBird]

Our couple of centimetres of REAL snow from the early hours have washed away now in South Liverpool in the sleet/rain showers that followed and the sun is trying to break through!

A recent hail shower has speckled the floor but no snow left, just slush.

Hope there's more snow on the way but I think it will have to be pretty sustained to make an impact now.

[dodge]

Might be a little bit of respite after the blob of merged showers exits Gtr Manchester stage SE. However there's lots more forming up over the Irish sea, streamlining their way for our parts. Large area of snowfall over Scotland too, which might have North Yorkshire/Eastern parts name on it later this afernoon.

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

Best snowfall to hit this area for years.

[karyo]

The sky is clearing now from the west. There are more showers coming from the Irish sea but not as heavy as the band that just passed! This was the merged area of showers that the bbc forecast showed this morning.

Karyo

[Liam J]

temps rising now in the west, now 2.5 c here now the band over western scotland turning to rain

[weatherobsuk]

Looking at the Wind Vectors too, if the Shower over Stranraer can build to its Western Flank over the Irish Sea, then after the cell thats making its way onshore around Fleetwood now, Manchester could have another "3rd wave" before the evening is out.

[AderynCoch]

Had a fair covering in South Liverpool this morning but most of it has melted away. There's still some left on the grass and on rooftops sheltered from the sun.

Drop temperature, drop!

[mettalfabrik]

can any one confirm this METAR for manchester airport

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ICAO : EGCC

Station Name : Manchester Intl

Time : 20 / 13:50Z

Temperature : 0.0°C / 32.0°F

Dew Point : 0.0°C / 32.0°F

RH : 100%

Wind : WSW (240 degrees) at 16 mi/h

Pressure : 993.9 mb

Sky Condition : Few clouds at 300ft, Broken clouds at 1100ft

Weather : Snow with Thunderstorm

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cheers

enjoy while you can we,ve had zilch down here in the southwest

blackdown

[dodge]

Just don't want the temperature to rise too much now, it's gone to 1c again.

[Bartlett Low]

can any one confirm this METAR for manchester airport]

I'm about 5 miles north of the Airport, been snowing most of the day here, not heard any thunder though.

[snowingtequila]

I am three miles from the airport this afternoon and there has just been thunder and lightening

[grab my graupel]

Afternoon everyone, will open a new thread in a few minutes

[John_T]

Yep there was thunder about an hour ago. Temperature 0.4c.

[grab my graupel]

Link to a new thread is below - will close this one shortly

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

well that was a good morning!

I think the heaviest has gone through maybe one or two showers this afternoon before the skies clear in the evening.

Temp just above freezing but it feels bitter out there.