North West England Regional Weather Discussion

[cheshire snow]

Morning all

A few flakes blowing around in the breeze..who says we cannot get snow from an Easterly

Ironically tomorrow will feel like the coldest day of this so called cold snap with a stronger wind.showers will also be more frequent and heavier,more of a wintry mix than snow though.

Edit

Sun is now out

C.S

[cheshire snow]

Snow warning out from Meto for overnight into Saturday morning.

3-6 cm 200m+

10cm 300m

Covers Cumbria and Greater Manchester 

C.S

[Weather-history]

Skies look a bit more convective today.

As for talk about the easterlies and these marginalities didn't happen years ago, I remember the early December 1995 easterly and we actually had rain and sleet that Wednesday before turning back to snow in the evening. I thought what is going on , why is it raining etc at the time?

Rob McElwee even mentions it in his broadcast.

 

[robbo88]

Indeed it does but if you look on the warning map. It barely covers the region. 

Hoping I'll get to walk my dogs in some snow tomorrow morning before I have to go to work. 

[WillinGlossop]

14 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

Snow warning out from Meto for overnight into Saturday morning.

3-6 cm 200m+

10cm 300m

Covers Cumbria and Greater Manchester 

C.S

And derbyshire....well my bit.....

[Kevin Thomas Miller]

Dark skies just eager to drop the white stuff over Altrincham.

 

Hopes are not high that anything will actually fall though....

[Backtrack]

Chances of snow are slim to none for the majority of the region. Pennines are a glorious block from the east, but precip never has any problem crossing west to east. 

[frosty ground]

10 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

Chances of snow are slim to none for the majority of the region. Pennines are a glorious block from the east, but precip never has any problem crossing west to east. 

 

[Mark.C]

Seem to remember a decent easterly in Jan 1996? delivered quite a lot of snow here, so more eastern parts of the region must have done well, must have been in the form of prolonged showers? Weather history have you any information on this?

[Weather-history]

3 minutes ago, mark blackpool said:

Seem to remember a decent easterly in Jan 1996? delivered quite a lot of snow here, so more eastern parts of the region must have done well, must have been in the form of prolonged showers? Weather history have you any information on this?

Yes, I remember this well. Best snowfall I have seen on an easterly. Really heavy snow showers spilled across the Pennines and it was more like prolonged snow. I have seen at least a little bit of snow on most easterlies that I can remember. Even today, I have seen snow falling.

 

[Mark.C]

15 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Yes, I remember this well. Best snowfall I have seen on an easterly. Really heavy snow showers spilled across the Pennines and it was more like prolonged snow. I have seen at least a little bit of snow on most easterlies that I can remember. Even today, I have seen snow falling.

 

Great stuff, you don't see forecasts like that very often, 96 was a good year for snow for the North West, there was this, the feb event and another snow event in the November if I remember correctly!

[Mark.C]

Showers now making their way towards the region from the east

Edited February 10, 2017 by mark blackpool

[karyo]

The radar is looking a bit more lively with some convective activity in the Leeds - Bradford area in particular. In the next 3-4 hours we all have a chance to catch a snow shower or two although without any accumulations.

I had a ice pellet shower about half an hour ago.

[pip22]

Snowing here very lightly.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Snowing here

[cheshire snow]

Light snow shower passing through

C.S. 

[karyo]

Snowing in the city centre also.

[Jan]

There was a very brief snow event here this morning but the flakes where very minuscule they where not worth mentioning 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Yes - darkening up - plenty of activity over the Pennines on radar - worth watching.

[frosty ground]

Showers certainly look heavier over the east and they are maintaining their strength longer.

[karyo]

Given that we have upper values of -10 you would expect a brief dusting but no, just wet surfaces. 

[cheshire snow]

Regional weather just on BBC

For tomorrow afternoon quote"A snowy sleety wetty mix"Honestly do we really pay these

People..Anyway the good news Dianne on at six to discuss the snow prospects for the next few days..Think I will give that one a miss.

C.S. 

Edited February 10, 2017 by cheshire snow

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

Yes, I remember this well. Best snowfall I have seen on an easterly. Really heavy snow showers spilled across the Pennines and it was more like prolonged snow. I have seen at least a little bit of snow on most easterlies that I can remember. Even today, I have seen snow falling.

 

90's ruled!

[Jan]

Forecasters keep saying how cold it is but I remembered this morning, when I was little my mum would have the washing out on the line and it would be frozen stiff!

[karyo]

4 minutes ago, Jan said:

Forecasters keep saying how cold it is but I remembered this morning, when I was little my mum would have the washing out on the line and it would be frozen stiff!

That was then and this is now...