North West England Weather discussion 16/01/16 Onwards

[The Northern Ramper]

I think we have light snow now!!

[northwestsnow]

14 minutes ago, Ramp said:

Met office has upgraded my location to heavy snow at 4am

[The Northern Ramper]

You must have snow in Oldhsm now. Light but definitely snow here.

[northwestsnow]

17 minutes ago, Ramp said:

You must have snow in Oldhsm now. Light but definitely snow here.

Have a look on my break at 4

[Geordiesnow]

Snowing here, nothing deadly heavy but it is sticking on favoured surfaces so perhaps some hope for others tonight because I'm right on sea level so I dont' think anyone should chuck in the towel yet. 

My only worry is and especially here, is the rain shadow affect the as NE'ly wind develops, I expect the band to be quite patchy and fragmented by morning and I would not be surprised if I woke up inthe morning with no evidence of snowfall. 

[northwestsnow]

2 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Snowing here, nothing deadly heavy but it is sticking on favoured surfaces so perhaps some hope for others tonight because I'm right on sea level so I dont' think anyone should chuck in the towel yet. 

My only worry is and especially here, is the rain shadow affect the as NE'ly wind develops, I expect the band to be quite patchy and fragmented by morning and I would not be surprised if I woke up inthe morning with no evidence of snowfal

[AderynCoch]

20 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

Snowing here, nothing deadly heavy but it is sticking on favoured surfaces so perhaps some hope for others tonight because I'm right on sea level so I dont' think anyone should chuck in the towel yet.

That's encouraging. Just saw some actual flakes fly past the lamppost for the first time tonight but it's stopped again.

Only took until 4am...

[northwestsnow]

snowing, but its wet so no chance of it sticking.

[Craig Cragz Hughes]

Woot heavy snow now finally. All gritted an soaked surfaces are covering fast

 

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, Craig Cragz Hughes said:

Woot heavy snow now finally. All gritted an soaked surfaces are covering fast

 

Nice one mate, been a shocker of a winter tho, roll on november for another go !!

[Craig Cragz Hughes]

1 minute ago, northwestsnow said:

Nice one mate, been a shocker of a winter tho, roll on november for another go !!

Lmao one of the worst. I'm a big fan of snow but I really wish we get a good long sunny and warm period after this crap. Hopefully we'll also see some 90's style heat waves too off the back of this blasted mega nino

[Chris.R]

 Moderate rain 

[WillinGlossop]

Moderately snowing..... Couple of cm on patio, about 3-4cm grass, rooves, cars..... Biggish flakes..... Just popped head out of window..... Looking at radar band is pivoting around manchester and heading back south.....

Edited March 4, 2016 by WillinGlossop

[northwestsnow]

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Moderate rain 

Sucks that, snow here but its the horrid wet variety set against plenty of puddles, your not missing much

[The Northern Ramper]

8 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Sucks that, snow here but its the horrid wet variety set against plenty of puddles, your not missing much

It's sticking here now and the precipitation is pepping up

[feb1991blizzard]

Heavy snow and settling

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, feb1991blizzard said:

Heavy snow and settling

Nice one. Struggling in chadderton so that extra 50m is helping a lot

[feb1991blizzard]

2 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Nice one. Struggling in chadderton so that extra 50m is helping a lot

you've got better elevation at county end than me though but you might suffer with urban warming more though and more traffic ruining snow cover.

[northwestsnow]

Just now, feb1991blizzard said:

you've got better elevation at county end than me though but you might suffer with urban warming more though and more traffic ruining snow cover.

Im in work in chad quiteva bit lower

[WillinGlossop]

Heavier bursts..... 0c dew -1c..... Still biggish flakes....

[iand61]

About 5cm deep here and still snowing moderately so at about the Met warning amount for my altitude.

I suppose anything more is a bonus then.

temperature at freezing point.

 

[sal007]

Raining in Preston currently - as expected really....

[iand61]

The system seems to be pivoting above the region as forecast with everything now coming from more of a south easterly direction.

Plenty more showing on the radar but there doesn't seem to be anything overly heavy

[northwestsnow]

Just now, iand61 said:

The system seems to be pivoting above the region as forecast with everything now coming from more of a south easterly direction.

Plenty more showing on the radar but there doesn't seem to be anything overly heavy

Well its pretty heavy here now at last

[WillinGlossop]

Heavy here now.... Really coming down..... 

Snake pass closed bet chunal is tricky.....

Edited March 4, 2016 by WillinGlossop