North West England Weather discussion 16/01/16 Onwards

[cheshire snow]

LOL

Anyone up for round two tonight,Manchester Airport TAF going for Rain/Snow

BBC Graphics Looks like Rain for low ground (theres a surprise) but snow in usual places

C.S

[SP1986]

if a satellite image of today become available it will be interesting to see!

[Darren Bown]

Now it's come a bit lighter I notice that there has been melt overnight. Especially on roofs and pavements.

[Spah1]

Common everyone up. Go find a big hill that got the goods. Pics on here later pls. 

[rain_shadow]

BBC forecast 2 days ago for Sat (North Wales): high pressure, sunshine, high cloud then thick cloud for afternoon, snow from dusk with some sleet at low level, frost overnight

Reality: no sunshine, no snow (but rain), no frost.  Even Kent have lying snow and had sunshine.

We are too north for decent sunny spells on many Summer days.

We are too west for decent thunderstorms.

We are too south (or west) for decent snowfall at lower level.

We are too east for rare HP influence from the Atlantic.

Wales should be moved to the Eastern side of the UK...

Edited January 17, 2016 by rain_shadow

[Weather-history]

The FAX chart for midnight just gone was interesting. Suggests a triple point passed through our region. That was probably the area of preciptation that came down from Cumbria and parts of the Irish Sea that gave the more significant snowfalls. May also explain the strange tracking of areas of preciptation to the south that seem to go from SW to NE.

Edited January 17, 2016 by Weather-history
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[Day 10]

7 hours ago, KasimWeatherQuarnford said:

Here  are some depths I have gathered, Manchester airport has had around 4cm, Oldham 5c, Chadderton 3cm, Littleborough 10cm, Buxton 5cm, Macclesfield 3cm, Stoke 2cm, Leeds 2-5cm, Manchester City 1cm.

And Wirral/Liverpool city centre has 0cm! Seriously we must be the worst place in the region, stil only seen sleet 

[carl1980]

49 minutes ago, Darren Bown said:

Now it's come a bit lighter I notice that there has been melt overnight. Especially on roofs and pavements.

Yes same here,at least there is still a covering for the kids to see they are all excited 

[Bolton67]

Nice winter wonderland out there this morning.. No melt 

 

 

[Liam J]

Some snow melt overnight but the skies cleared at some point and it's now very icy, current temp -1.2c. 

[toccylad]

Finally snowing in Liverpool

 

[damianslaw]

Yesterday was quite an unusual setup, not often you see a frontal system track down from W Scotland slicing through the centre of the UK, meaning the NW was in the best spot. Pity it was mostly light stuff, and there was a temporary milder feed that turned things a bit wet.

Alas I'm not complaining, it was a feature that sprung up out of the blue. We've got about 2 inches outside, enough to build a decent snowman, and with no wind, it is a lovely scene with every twig and branch lined.

Not expecting much of a thaw today - some surfaces yes, roads, house roofs etc.

 

[itsnowjoke]

Well I have about an inch of snow started yesterday afternoon and was still going when I went to bed but it was only light stuff imagine if they had been big flakes I would have loads by now 

[carl1980]

Snowing in Aigburth now I've been told 

[itsnowjoke]

[itsnowjoke]

[toccylad]

1 minute ago, carl1980 said:

Snowing in Aigburth now I've been told 

It is 

[Chris.R]

 Nothing here not even drizzle. 

[shadowfax]

Plenty of snow here and also icicles which must have formed overnight - I think a brisk walk with the dogs is called for later.

[HotCuppa]

Snow overnight heavy at times, we have light snow now. Surfaces have seen melt, cars still have snow on them. Measured 2.2cm, roads and pavements pretty much clear along with roof

[Chris.R]

Drizzle overnight, heavy at times. 

Damp and cold. 

[dodge]

Nice covering here but of no great depth, about 2cm on undisturbed areas.  Footfall & traffic easily as slushing it down so it could look messy in a few hours.  Need to get in the fields.  

[HotCuppa]

we still have light snow here in West Cheshire

 

EDIT: it seems to be picking up a bit more now.

Edited January 17, 2016 by HotCuppa

[Day 10]

Not snowing in Liverpool, over there now

[Day 10]

11 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Drizzle overnight, heavy at times. 

Damp and cold. 

The stuff due tonight/tmr looks a letdown to for us too! We need -50 uppers to get snow!!!!

Edited January 17, 2016 by Minus 10