North East England Cold Spell Dicussion

[Cloud 10]

A bit of a strange morning here,had some very light snow followed by about 10 minutes of drizzle which has now turned back to proper snow,albeit fairly light.

[stormchaser1]

Its snowing again Way hay , its also quite windy, gusting 21mph at the minute

BRING IT ON

[peterf]

hi Nigel,are you enjoying it lol.

[Snowstorm1]

If it rains im going to be so angry ! ive waited for this so it better be snow i dont have long to find out!

[Hagler]

hi Nigel,are you enjoying it lol.

Rain here in Byker, whats it like at home Peter?

[stormchaser1]

Great to see most areas reporting snow now.

It should freeze up quite quickly after the band of showers has passed,so anyone who gets a covering should keep it until morning.

around 3 inches since Friday morning, across this way, and its snowing again, and gusting around 21m,ph

[Geordiesnow]

Turning to snow here now again, good news at last.

[peterf]

Rain here in Byker, whats it like at home Peter?

its tipping down mate.

[Alex95]

Turning to snow here now again, good news at last.

Yeah, snowing moderately now.

[izi]

turning back to snow here in south gosforth too, however the rain did quite a bit of damage to the snow cover already here.

[stormchaser1]

hi Nigel,are you enjoying it lol.

Morning Pete,

Yep im enjoying it, but not driving in it, did that yueaterday , took me an hour to get to work yesterday

i was first on the road as well , so that didnt help, driving conditions are atrocious, went out to the Team Val;ley this morning, and you still have iditos doing 70mph on the A1, Black ice all over the place,all i can say Idiots

[peterf]

Morning Pete,

Yep im enjoying it, but not driving in it, did that yueaterday , took me an hour to get to work yesterday

i was first on the road as well , so that didnt help, driving conditions are atrocious, went out to the Team Val;ley this morning, and you still have iditos doing 70mph on the A1, Black ice all over the place,all i can say Idiots

i know what you mean

eased off a tad now.

[gazzac69]

rain turned to snow getting heavier in byker, hope its the start of the snow that this mornings bbc weather forecasts have been predicting

[izi]

rain turned to snow getting heavier in byker, hope its the start of the snow that this mornings bbc weather forecasts have been predicting

i could be wrong but i think newcastle will miss most of this event.

[mcyates]

rain turned to snow getting heavier in byker, hope its the start of the snow that this mornings bbc weather forecasts have been predicting

Looks like there is a big circle around teesside, stopping anything from arriving.

[multi cellular thunderstorm]

Got a thaw going on here, some dripping and snow sliding off things. Also when the PPN is light it's just drizzle.

Winds are picking up here now, so hopefully the colder temps and snow will reach here soon too. Good to hear low lying parts are back to snow.

[Cloud 10]

Morning Pete,

Yep im enjoying it, but not driving in it, did that yueaterday , took me an hour to get to work yesterday

i was first on the road as well , so that didnt help, driving conditions are atrocious, went out to the Team Val;ley this morning, and you still have iditos doing 70mph on the A1, Black ice all over the place,all i can say Idiots

Nice pics there nigel,looks like some tricky driving conditions next week as well.

edit. the wind has really picked up here in the last 10 minutes.

Edited January 2, 2010 by Cloud 10

[Thundery wintry showers]

Was snow until about ten minutes ago, but as I expected, the wind has picked up off the North Sea and precipitation has immediately turned sleety- temperature responded, shooting up to 1.7C. For areas near the east coast it would be nice if this main band could shove off southwards as I think it will mainly be sleet here which will seriously damage the snow cover- whereas the showers to the north of it will be of snow as they are associated with much colder upper air.

[gazzac69]

could anyone tell me how to post photos

[Snowstorm1]

Was snow until about ten minutes ago, but as I expected, the wind has picked up off the North Sea and precipitation has immediately turned sleety- temperature responded, shooting up to 1.7C. For areas near the east coast it would be nice if this main band could shove off southwards as I think it will mainly be sleet here which will seriously damage the snow cover- whereas the showers to the north of it will be of snow as they are associated with much colder upper air.

Will the wind affect me im 8miles from the coast

[izi]

i could be wrong but i think newcastle will miss most of this event.

turned sleety then stopped here. temp dropped back to 0.7oC which is good

Edited January 2, 2010 by izi

[Geordiesnow]

Was snow until about ten minutes ago, but as I expected, the wind has picked up off the North Sea and precipitation has immediately turned sleety- temperature responded, shooting up to 1.7C. For areas near the east coast it would be nice if this main band could shove off southwards as I think it will mainly be sleet here which will seriously damage the snow cover- whereas the showers to the north of it will be of snow as they are associated with much colder upper air.

...And 8 or so miles further west, its heavy snow with large flakes. I think its the wet stuff however as there is not much evidence to try and fill the places where it has thawed.

[peterf]

the wind has really picked up over the last 10 mins.blizzard type conditions now.

[Cloud 10]

A very sharp change in wind direction occuring over the region at the moment.

Nasy conditions here now with moderate snow and a strong wind.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Will the wind affect me im 8miles from the coast

It will probably turn the snow to wet stuff, but not necessarily sleety like the stuff currently affecting Cleadon- every mile inland helps! It will only be temporary anyway as colder air is set to dig in this afternoon.

Currently turning slushy out there.