North West England Regional Weather Discussion 23/04/2017 onwards

[frosty ground]

6 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Im in chadderton at work must be missing you by about 4miles

Light snow now must be on the edge.... plus freezing fog eeek 

[northwestsnow]

3 minutes ago, karyo said:

Heavy snow here now but what is on the ground is already melting. Temperatures and dewpoints are rising.

Yep going to need altitude ...again.

 

[Chris harry]

Heavy snow here in ashton 

[snowdrifter]

We had planned to visit Manchester today - BBC app has heavy snow from 5pm through to 8 ish this evening. Any folk have a view on potential driving conditions M61/M6 at that time?

[karyo]

I can see the hills east of me getting a nice cover later. The 6z gfs has the streamers going till midnight.

It has tomorrow's band marginally south but not a major shift

[northwestsnow]

Its lighter now in chadderton and its a bit wet at 150m..

Not good news for those lower

Infact raintoday temp map doesnt look great for those lower down esp those with no altitude.

O dear me 

[karyo]

1 minute ago, northwestsnow said:

Its lighter now in chadderton and its a bit wet at 150m..

Not good news for those lower

Infact raintoday temp map doesnt look great for those lower down esp those with no altitude.

O dear me 

Sat24 is giving a maximum of 3.8c for Manchester so quite a rise from what was expected just yesterday. Once again that's the price we have to pay for the warmer sea.

Edited December 9, 2017 by karyo

[northwestsnow]

6z is good this afternoon and evening for much of the region so fingers crossed!!

[pip22]

Snowing again here.

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, karyo said:

Sat24 is giving a maximum of 3.8c for Manchester so quite a rise from what was expected just yesterday.

Yes probs knock 1 and half deg off for my location at 200m

Temps will start dropping this afternoon i think.

[cheshire snow]

1 minute ago, northwestsnow said:

6z is good this afternoon and evening for much of the region so fingers crossed!!

Even better for tomorrow northward shift brings you into the game.

C.S

[benricky]

Just now, cheshire snow said:

Even better for tomorrow northward shift brings you into the game.

C.S

Is it game back on then after earlier this morning?

Wonder if I’m safe enough yet to tell the kids we might be building snowmen tomorrow!

Wythenshawe area 

 

[Had Worse]

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[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Just now, benricky said:

Is it game back on then after earlier this morning?

Wonder if I’m safe enough yet to tell the kids we might be building snowmen tomorrow!

Wythenshawe area 

 

It was never off!!! Scaremongering 

[karyo]

Not bad for the city centre.

[Interitus]

7 minutes ago, snowdrifter said:

We had planned to visit Manchester today - BBC app has heavy snow from 5pm through to 8 ish this evening. Any folk have a view on potential driving conditions M61/M6 at that time?

Should be OK, but you can check the road cameras later eg http://trafficcameras.uk/roads/ - shows possibly a dusting on the edges of the carriageway on parts of M61 so care required obviously.

[karyo]

4 minutes ago, benricky said:

Is it game back on then after earlier this morning?

Wonder if I’m safe enough yet to tell the kids we might be building snowmen tomorrow!

Wythenshawe area 

 

Do the snowman today, why wait for tomorrow's uncertain event?

[pip22]

Heavy snow again here.

[karyo]

Hailing now. To be honest, it does a better job at settling than snow.

[snowdrifter]

Just now, Interitus said:

Should be OK, but you can check the road cameras later eg http://trafficcameras.uk/roads/ - shows possibly a dusting on the edges of the carriageway on parts of M61 so care required obviously.

Thanks - you'd think no cause for concern atm - I'm looking at the sunshine on the grass here on the Fylde Coast now! 

[benricky]

4 minutes ago, Stratocumulus perlucidus said:

It was never off!!! Scaremongering 

Brill thanks v much 

[Interitus]

Tomorrow not uncertain in the slightest, just a question of amounts, will there be a rain (snow) shadow effect from the Peak District with the easterly wind?

[damianslaw]

Increasingly confident we will see some snow showers today, already the clouds have been developing overhead and the wind is shifting more and more to the WNW, becoming westerly - also the SW coast of Cumbria has seen some shower activity, and more importantly showers are penetrating into Galloway, a sure sign wind direction has changed, and these would align down through the Lake District. Fingers crossed!

[frosty ground]

As expected tomorrow has been well and truly downgraded by the met app... as the snow shadow effect is taken into account

[benricky]

4 minutes ago, karyo said:

Do the snowman today, why wait for tomorrow's uncertain event?

Not enough on the ground to do that unfortunately haha