North West England - Weather Chat

[karyo]

It's a white out again in Manchester!

Pretty amazing!

[frosty ground]

Heavy snow..... must be 2 inches expect double that at least before the night is done..... need to travel to Glossop sounds amazing

[Thunderbolt_]

Heavy snow here in Manchester. I've accumulated almost two inches of snow in 20 minutes.

[feb1991blizzard]

Off topic I know but WOW!, what a change on the GEFS 18z, look at this for a mean 216 chart.

 

 

 

 

PLUS ITS BELTING DOWN NOW!!!!

 

 

 

 

  :yahoo:            

[Paul90]

BOOOOOOOOOOM

 

Tyre tracks and footprints filling in

 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Heavy sleet/very very wet snow

[Will Padz]

Nice.

 

Where abouts in Glossop are you? If I recall most of Glossop is around 200m ASL, I know the pub on the A624 is over 300m ASL, you in that area?

Im 150m above town....huge flakes

[feb1991blizzard]

Should be getting much heavier for you soon.

 

Yes it just has!!!

[Barmada Casten]

Hillarious stuff, 3 people reporting heavy snow right now in Bolton. I live in Bolton too but where I am??: NO snow falling.

 

Oh well that 15 minute shower was great, back to the beer. goodbye all!!!

Edited January 29, 2015 by Barmada Casten

[Day 10]

Off topic I know but WOW!, what a change on the GEFS 18z, look at this for a mean 216 chart.

 

 

 

 

PLUS ITS BELTING DOWN NOW!!!!

 

 

 

 

  :yahoo:            

Good stuff, this cold spell keeps upgrading

[Spah1]

Still only light snow.

Oh it's coming. Very heavy!

[I Cumbria Marra I]

We would have had about 4/5 inches by now if it was snow and settled, i bet if i was 150M higher i would have got that.

[i luv snow]

Pretty amazing!

 

I mean we still had some snow left over, but a lot had melted and gone all wet - then bam, completely covered. Fingers crossed for the ppn behind it

[Winter Monsoon]

And a lampost shot

[Will Padz]

Wow huge flakes.....

[frosty ground]

The low looks to be about due south of the IOM

Second band catching up to first band which should stall or seem to stall while its being pull around the low and dragged south east

[i luv snow]

Temp dropped to 0oC now in Mancs, thanks to the snow!

[Paul90]

And a lampost shot

Great stuff.

[feb1991blizzard]

Good stuff, this cold spell keeps upgrading

 

Yes that chart if it was an OP run or a 120 mean chart then you would think whats the relevance in the North West thread as that's dry, but there must be some really frigid members in that suite for our neck.

[Miamay]

Absolutely nothing going on here

[Jan]

Rain was short lived

[feb1991blizzard]

Oh it's coming. Very heavy!

 

Definitely heavier anyway.

[HotCuppa]

in all seriousness why is it snowing down in liverpool, blackpool, preston but not here? the ppn is pretty heavy, is there a warm sector over me?

 

 

I will tell you why.  This low is sucking up warm air from sea, and then pushing it westwards, where ever the temperature and dewpoints are marginal its pushing them

to far up , so it ends up falling as rain and not snow. However in heavier precipitation (rain) it is turning to snow and pushing the temps and dp down. Unfortunately this 

is what we where to expect anyway.  Some times or often times the synoptic set ups that you think are right, just never deliver, and places which should not be getting

the snow, end up getting it.

 

Unfortunately outside of marginality it is not a problem, but thanks to the irish sea there is always the element of it pushing warm air inland, and the only way to avoid it, 

to some extent is to get to higher ground.  For example at 220m asl, your chances of snow will have increased by about 50/60%, go higher and you get the idea the % rate 

goes up, the only thing missing then is the precipitation, since your not really going to be marginal temp or dp at elevation.. this is what living within 15km coast will do for you,

you have a significantly higher chance of rain than say 15km+ inland.

if you really want snow, you should look for properties in northern scotland, highlands, you can be guaranteed snow there every year.

[Had Worse]

Thundersnow again!

I'm not sure it is, could be overhead lines arcing as the insulators get bridged making a path to earth.

On a side note, I stuck my head out of the front door and could hear geese honking !! Navigation Cat IIIB ?

[karyo]

I mean we still had some snow left over, but a lot had melted and gone all wet - then bam, completely covered. Fingers crossed for the ppn behind it

Gone lighter here now.