North West Cold Spell Discussion

[sal007]

raining/sleeting in Preston at the minute..

[chris78]

raining/sleeting in Preston at the minute..

shows how local all this is im town centre ...nothing here yet

[sal007]

shows how local all this is im town centre ...nothing here yet

NW Radar shows some sleet/snow heading towards us, can see some orange clouds too............

[chris78]

NW Radar shows some sleet/snow heading towards us, can see some orange clouds too............

wonder if it will be similar pattern for Preston tonight ..most of our snow this event seems to have fallen early hours...theres lots on the ground so i know theres been for a fair bit but ive hardly seen any fall despite being up till gone one every night and up 7ish

Edited December 22, 2009 by chris78

[Mark Bayley]

wonder if it will be similar pattern for Preston tonight ..most of our snow this event seems to have fallen early hours...theres lots on the ground so i know theres been for a fair bit but ive hardly seen any fall despite being up till gone one every night and up 7ish

I have some relatives that live in Preston. How have you fared in the cold spell ?

[Cecil Hogmanay Melchett]

really could do with this low level cloud getting a life and buzzing off now.

Its stopping the temps from droppin and a slight thaw is underway.

[chris78]

I have some relatives that live in Preston. How have you fared in the cold spell ?

Well ive lived here for 12 years and this is by far the most snow ive ever seen here....an older guy I spoke to at the allotments earlier rekons worse (best) for 40 years...oh hang on ill attach a pic

[Spurry]

Some beefy looking showers brewing up in the Irish sea heading this way , hope they fall as Snow , we had a sleet shower here about 15mins ago , so i'm a bit worried that all the lovely snow might get washed away

[Liam J]

well central and SW scotland looks like its getting pasted right now, looking back and running radar the band is shifting to the south while maintaining a west to east feed, may end up running through cumbria to an extent

Edited December 22, 2009 by james12

[Iceaxecrampon]

Graupel falling in Samlesbury - relatively snow free (from the skies that is !) since this morning.

Edited December 22, 2009 by Iceaxecrampon

[Mark Bayley]

Well ive lived here for 12 years and this is by far the most snow ive ever seen here....an older guy I spoke to at the allotments earlier rekons worse (best) for 40 years...oh hang on ill attach a pic

Sounds good! So I'm guessing you have a good few inches on the ground ?

I used to live in Southport (though my dad is originally from Sheffield) and the snow was never great. I do remember one really good snow event though. Must have been between 93 and 95. I'm glad i have moved east though!

[chris78]

Sounds good! So I'm guessing you have a good few inches on the ground ?

I used to live in Southport (though my dad is originally from Sheffield) and the snow was never great. I do remember one really good snow event though. Must have been between 93 and 95. I'm glad i have moved east though!

yes im really shocked ...had a bet in work on Saturday that we woulkdnt get an inch or lying snow all winter ...woke up yesterday to this.....

never been happier to loose a bet

[snowingtequila]

ignoring the models and radar for a bit, it is a very wet moon out there which suggests more snow on its way to me

[Mark Bayley]

yes im really shocked ...had a bet in work on Saturday that we woulkdnt get an inch or lying snow all winter ...woke up yesterday to this.....

never been happier to loose a bet

Very nice picture! Looks like you have a little more than me I got about 5cm, a bit more in the higher villages while sheffield has seen about 8cm

[robbie29]

Have to say Stockport seems like we had a snow machine feeding in all the showers. Was great to see so much snow falling, most i`ve seen for a good number of years.

[robbie29]

Also i`ve just noticed tonights minimum temps have been pegged back somewhat from a very cold -5 to a warmer 0 to -1 across the region

[snowingtequila]

Also i`ve just noticed tonights minimum temps have been pegged back somewhat from a very cold -5 to a warmer 0 to -1 across the region

already -1 here so not sure about that!

[chrisbooth0070]

Has anybody else noticed that the temp in Tullock Bridge (Scotland) is already -16c!!!

The band of prec above Northern Ireland looks like it actually has an outside chance of making it's way towards us - here's hoping

I just hope that prec of Southport now does not fall as rain here.

Kids have been sledging down my street all day and it is unbelievably slippery - a frozen layer of water on top of that would not be good.

Current temp 2.8c, so a little marginal.

Edited December 22, 2009 by chrisbooth0070

[Maz]

Also i`ve just noticed tonights minimum temps have been pegged back somewhat from a very cold -5 to a warmer 0 to -1 across the region

Suggests more cloud and an onshore breeze, talking of which there are some large showers building just offshore, showing as hail on the radar.

Are they going to push inland?

Not sure what the wind direction is its so light?

[Thunder Snow]

Well after the BBC lunch time forecast, there was quite a few snow showers for my area. Although going by the 6pm forecast most of these have gone. Is this right?

[chrisbooth0070]

My worst fears were correct - it is currently falling as rain near Wigan and temp gone up to 3.0c

[dodge]

Took a few pics of the snow in my back garden (sorry getting ahead of myself there, my 'back yard'...

...there's a few more in my gallery.

[ItIsGee]

not snowing yet here in middleton but a few lightning strikes! Mad!!!!

[cheshire snow]

Evening All

What a strange day at work at Man Airport Heavy snow nearly all day

10 miles down the road in Northwich SFA....LOL

Just a quick question are we due more Snow tomorrow night into Xmas eve morning

Not had chance to look at the models today and dont want to trawl through page after page of threads

BBC weather maps seem to show a large area of white tomorrow night over the NW

Please can someone update me.......Thank you

[chris78]

thats surely it for us tonight? ......nothing in the irish sea now