North West England - Weather Chat

[HotCuppa]

its been gash here, really gash all winter.  last time it snowed for more than 5 minutes was on 26 december,  as soon as it finished snowing within an hour of that heavy snowfall it was gone, like it had never snowed, kids where gutted

[chris78]

rain it will here, since now the temps are back on the rise. interesting it is now 3.3C and dewpoint 1.1C again, that stuff does not look that heavy to me, light to moderate, but certainly cannot see it do anything to the temp or dp

would be unusual for it to snow in Preston and Blackpool and not for you too

[Jan]

Next 30 mins and it should hit

oh I'll stay up then, getting worn out running from the front to check lamppost and to the the back to check security light, still nothing

[Barmada Casten]

Currently under a snow shower that began v.heavy and gave a full covering, now light snow.

 

Nothing too significant and will probably clear away pretty soon followed by a fairly quick thaw - current temps 2.5C.

[Backtrack]

Going to play Zombies till the next band, see ya'll in half an hour

[Day 10]

oh I'll stay up then, getting worn out running from the front to check lamppost and to the the back to check security light, still nothing

Curtain twitching again

[frosty ground]

Play this back, its just sliding down.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/gcw8dkf8n#?zoom=6&locId=354028&lon=-4.00&lat=53.55&map=Rainfall&fcTime=1422528300

Looks south east to me..

Snowing here

[Gary R Betreen]

West Manchester Swinton, heavy snow!!   Was not expecting this

[Jan]

Curtain twitching again

How did you guess

[Spah1]

From nothing to a covering in 10mins.

[HotCuppa]

would be unusual for it to snow in Preston and Blackpool and not for you too

synoptics are just wrong, we have  rising temperature ahead of the precipitation, and the dew point just goes up, once the precip passes the temp goes back down along with the dp, seems to swing back and forth like that, but to be honest there has been no heavy precip , so its hard to tell if would snow or not under the current set up. Also looking at the system now it does appear to be sliding southwards as it pivots and i suspect its going to be to far south to deliver anything the way it is going, or it could just be some illusion that it is sliding south as it pivots. i do not have the precip premium radar so can only see the last couple of frames or so.

 

 

zoom out a bit on the radar then watch the precip over scotland then watch it over ireland it looks like a northerly lol

Edited January 29, 2015 by HotCuppa

[i luv snow]

Heavy sleet soon turned to heavy snow here in central Manchester!

[Thunderbolt_]

Moderate snow now. Started off as wet snow, but it's turning increasingly dry.

[sal007]

Finally! Best snow in Preston since 2010! 

 

Started off as light sleet, within minutes it was heavy dry snow, all surfaces covered within minutes!

 

Wonderful!!!

Edited January 29, 2015 by sal007

[March Blizzard]

Snow/sleet mix just started here.

[karyo]

Heavy snow here!

[Will Padz]

Snow! More than id of thought tonight....

[Paul90]

Snow (I think its snow)

[pip22]

Skies are getting more orange here.

[robbo88]

Heavy fluffy flakes. Not sticking yet tho. Fingers crossed

[Day 10]

11pm radar, may be rain/sleet near coast but should turn to snow if it gets heavy enough, snow inland.

 

 

 

 

[Mark Bayley]

Finally! Best snow in Preston since 2010! 

 

Started off as light sleet, within minutes it was heavy dry snow, all surfaces covered within minutes!

 

Wonderful!!!

 

Glad to hear some in the NW are getting snow, after the rain fears. Have some relatives down Preston way, i know snow can be a rarity for them so glad you're getting some

Edited January 29, 2015 by Mark Bayley

[feb1991blizzard]

Looks south east to me..

Snowing here

 

Bugar all here.

[Miamay]

Going to have a glass of wine and wait and see. Massive clouds coming in from the river

[chris78]

I think its safe to say if you get under a heavy shower it will be snow and will settle, how long it lasts, and as Hotcuppa said, where the showers go is another thing.