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

[SNOW-HEATWAVE-YES]

Manchester a snow desert once again.

For somewhere that gets so much rain it's incredible how little snow we get.

1.0c in Sale.

[Iceaxecrampon]

Radar looking good for Wirral and Cheshire today. 

[captaincroc]

This is now. Beautiful to watch it fall...

 

 

[pip22]

Just clear here and its going to be like this all day too sadly.

On the plus side next few days going to be close to be Ice days. Temps just hovering above freezing by day.

Edited December 8, 2017 by pip22

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Yeah sadly Um just half mile from streamer

[Oakwell]

Sky is clearing here I can see gold in the sky as the sun rises. Snow patches on the grass and cars

[Snow shield]

I'm not having this 4 to 8 inches for Wirral on Sunday 

[C11ady]

A good 4 inches up here in Burbage Buxton.

[rain_shadow]

1cm and coming in Denbigh.

[Day 10]

14 minutes ago, Snow shield said:

I'm not having this 4 to 8 inches for Wirral on Sunday 

Believe it when I see it mate, so so so many let downs

[Spurry]

Not a flake here in Wigan

[Miamay]

Nearly time for bed

[Day 10]

1 hour ago, Joe Bloggs said:

ECM not great for Sunday 

https://weather.us/model-charts/euro/2017120800/england/precipitation-total-3h-in/20171210-0900z.html

hope GFS is closer to the mark 

Hopefully a blend of ECM, UKMO & GFS will have it further North and in reality we are the sweet spot. That's my hopecast anyway.

[WillinGlossop]

2 inches here.... will be nice drive through Peak District later....

[captaincroc]

3 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Believe it when I see it mate, so so so many let downs

In my head i always assume any sliders will miss me otherwise you are normally more disappointed than happy. Yes, at the moment we are in the warning I remember a few years ago a stalling front stalled to our west at last min causing us to get a dusting rather than a proper dumping we had been warned about.

The only frustrating part about the MO thread is the personalisation of the slider, "It's better for me etc". It should be more just comment on it's position. Some models have shifted it south but others still keep it north so who the frigg knows! haha. Normally it does tend to shift south but lots of models still keep it quite far up north.

[griff74]

Well it would seem the Manchester Snow Shield is working perfectly, as expected!

Not all is lost, am about to drive to my parents in North Wales this morning to go Christmas shopping in Chester with my mum, looks like I should get to see a decent amount it there!! 

Edited December 8, 2017 by griff74

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

9 minutes ago, Miamay said:

Nearly time for bed

Yeah hopefully wake to snow

[Joe Bloggs]

1 minute ago, griff74 said:

Well it would seem the Manchester Snow Shield is working perfectly, as expected!

Not all is lost, am about to drive to my parents in North Wales this morning to go Christmas shopping in Chester, looks like I should get to see a decent amount it there!! 

Yep just confirms to me we need a westerly to get snow in Manchester.. a NW’ly doesn’t cut it! 

[Joe Bloggs]

13 minutes ago, griff74 said:

Well it would seem the Manchester Snow Shield is working perfectly, as expected!

Not all is lost, am about to drive to my parents in North Wales this morning to go Christmas shopping in Chester, looks like I should get to see a decent amount it there!!

Edited December 8, 2017 by Joe Bloggs
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[Sn0wmad79]

What a turn around after 5am we got a decent covering... add in un-gritted roads and clear skys  before dawn = CHAOS. Been a while since Ive seen cars skidding all over and a big crash. Not sure how I got back up here on my scooter... back end went a couple of times. Squeeky bum time for sure.

 

 

[griff74]

2 minutes ago, CraigofOldham said:

What a turn around after 5am we got a decent covering... add in un-gritted roads and clear skys  before dawn = CHAOS. Been a while since Ive seen cars skidding all over and a big crash. Not sure how I got back up here on my scooter... back end went a couple of times. Squeeky bum time for sure.

 

 

Wow you're brave riding a scooter in any sort of wintery weather!! lol

Edited December 8, 2017 by griff74

[Sn0wmad79]

Just now, griff74 said:

 

I know, you should of seen the looks on people faces  when I went past, they actually looked scared for me. Learn't my lesson back in March when I lost it on black Ice and ended on morphine and a trip to the hospital with smashed ribs and broken hand.

[cheshire snow]

Typically all shower activity is passing to my east and west.

As for Sunday zero confidence of anything,would not surprise me at all if the

Slider reaches the region and the rain shadow comes into effect,as per March 2013.

And 2 miles down the road gets battered.

C.S. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Snow radar has ppn over the IOM looks like Cheshire in the firing line - any reports?

[damianslaw]

Fells coated white, and we have a very slight dusting on building roofs. Lets see if we see some convection over the fells today, could be some lively homegrown showers - though wind direction not especially favourable for these parts - winds look like turning more westerly again overnight and more so through tomorrow, so if anything those who miss out today may not tomorrow.

Cheshire Gap streamers in evidence today I suspect, coastal areas look good for snow.

A wintry weekend ahead.