Far North Of England - Weather Chat

[Summer Sun]

i know its only beginning of feb but after the past weeks snow attempts that have failed for many of us i'm giving up on this winter now, roll on next winter!

 

yes we can still get decent snow/cold spells in march and a few snow days in april, but with the nights getting longer and sun stronger by then it never lasts long... cant see anything happening this month to change my mind either.

 

yes i have seen more snow falling from the sky this winter but the fact its all melted by lunchtime and back to square one just doesn't do it for me

 

Shorter

 

 

Meanwhile not a lot happening we have a wintry shower for the north of the region other than that its all quiet on the western front as they say

 

Edited February 4, 2015 by Summer Sun

[doctor32]

Shorter

 

 

Meanwhile not a lot happening we have a wintry shower for the north of the region other than that its all quiet on the western front as they say

 

 

 

Oh yeah, i meant shorter... just so frustrated at the moment.

 

don't think we will get any snow tonight apart from the N york moors

[JP1972]

Woke up to a covering of snow this morning which despite being barely worth talking about, was the first lying snow I've seen for almost two years (not counting the one we had a few days ago as that was just rubbish!).

 

Had a few beefy snow showers during the day but it's all gone now. I wouldn't bet against that being that for this winter sadly ...

[Boro Snow]

What's this on the radar mindue it's 2.5c so rain it will be

[Summer Sun]

What's this on the radar mindue it's 2.5c so rain it will be

 

Looks very light in intensity just looked out and nothing is falling

[Deep Snow please]

Just had a look at the threads from Jan - March 2013. That cold March was preceded by a lot colder January than I remember so maybe that's why this winters a bit dissapointing. Prior to 2010 this winter would have been impressive, hopefully next year can bring those 2 foot accumulations that hit Consett in Jan 2013 to the lower levels.

[JP1972]

Looks very light in intensity just looked out and nothing is falling

 

It's that light you can't even see it?

 

Have another look ...

[Penrith Snow]

Winter 2012/13 was dismal here, in fact I reckon north Cumbria that winter was one of the least snowiest part of the UK.

We largely missed the snowstorms in January and February and don't even mention March and all the time my friends in the north east were buried.

Contrast that with this winter and while it's not been fantastic I have had lying snow on 12 mornings and the 9cms that fell last Thursday is still on the ground although it's down to 3cms now.

Had the temperature during the last 3 weeks been just 1c lower it would have been a great period of accumulating snow, soooo close.

Andy

[Geordiesnow]

Just had a look at the threads from Jan - March 2013. That cold March was preceded by a lot colder January than I remember so maybe that's why this winters a bit dissapointing. Prior to 2010 this winter would have been impressive, hopefully next year can bring those 2 foot accumulations that hit Consett in Jan 2013 to the lower levels.

 

It does not matter what we experienced in the past, the fact would still remain this cold spell was disappointing snow wise for the NE, the Friday night snowfall was good but sadly the rain washed most of it away by morning and that summed this spell up, just never was good enough.

 

Night time minimum were pretty low at times although I did not see too much in the way of white frost(dew points being much lower than the air temp was the reason why little white frost was seen on Monday morning), it was all rather unremarkable and frustrating. 

 

The only impressive thing was how long the below average temps lasted for but wind direction and PPN did not favor us at all. 

[Will Padz]

Snowing/sleeting/freezing rain in newcastle or around?

Ie radar.....

Edited February 4, 2015 by Will Padz

[Mick Ormiston]

Had to travel back from Scarborough this morning. Going over the a171 from Whitby to Guisborough was a nightmare.

[Boro Snow]

The radar is lying no falling snow here

[Will Padz]

Ok wasnt sure if it was annaprop.... Cheers

[NickR]

Even the radar is taking the p-ss out of us now.

[gazzac69]

Even the radar is taking the p-ss out of us now.

agree looked at the radar thought something was falling, had a look outside and nowt!!!!!!

Edited February 4, 2015 by gazzac69

[Boro Snow]

Even the radar is taking the p-ss out of us now.

I know fuming lol

You couldn't make it up after the crap winter we have had

Edited February 4, 2015 by Boro Snow

[Boro Snow]

So what's going on with the radar is the ppn evaporating before it hits the ground does anybody know grrrrrrrrr

[Freezing-Point]

It does not matter what we experienced in the past, the fact would still remain this cold spell was disappointing snow wise for the NE, the Friday night snowfall was good but sadly the rain washed most of it away by morning and that summed this spell up, just never was good enough.

 

Night time minimum were pretty low at times although I did not see too much in the way of white frost(dew points being much lower than the air temp was the reason why little white frost was seen on Monday morning), it was all rather unremarkable and frustrating. 

 

The only impressive thing was how long the below average temps lasted for but wind direction and PPN did not favor us at all. 

I agree.  When I looked at the charts last Wednesday, which pretty much verified, I thought I was pretty much guaranteed some decent snow.  But the wind did not get into the NE enough and the cold pool was not cold enough.   Looks like at least 10 days now before another chance arises.  I am certainly not giving  up hope, especially after the recent March cold spell.

[Summer Sun]

The final nail in the coffin for this spell was last night

 

Anyway the next week at least looks settled and less cold with temps rising upto around 7c for the weekend

 

Can't give a current temperature as wunderground has crashed but its turning brighter from the north so hopefully some sunshine will be with us soon

Edited February 5, 2015 by Summer Sun

[Deep Snow please]

ECM does seem to be pushing that high towards greenland ready for the middle to end of the month.

That's my straw anyway...

Edited February 5, 2015 by Deep Snow please

[Paul]

So what's going on with the radar is the ppn evaporating before it hits the ground does anybody know grrrrrrrrr

 

Yes that's one cause, or it can being blown away from the location it was detected in. 

[Summer Sun]

ECM does seem to be pushing that high towards greenland ready for the middle to end of the month.

That's my straw anyway...

 

I certainly wouldn't get my hopes raise on it the ECM ens isn't back the Op yet

 

Op

 

 

Ens

 

 

GFS and GEM aint backing ECM either so I await further runs to see what they come up with

[Summer Sun]

Certainly less cold than of late 6.6c currently although with quite a bit of cloud the wind is light

[4wd]

Slow thaw at 3.2C, light rain on and off too.

[Summer Sun]

Light rain over Darlington currently

 

temp 5.6c down from a high of 6.8c

Edited February 5, 2015 by Summer Sun