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

[itsnowjoke]

1 minute ago, iand61 said:

Like so many times over recent winters, we seem to be in a no mans land here.

reminds me of a well known Stealers Wheel song

"showers to the north of me, showers to the south.

here I am, stuck in the middle with nowt"

anyway early start tomorrow so with nothing happening, that's it for me tonight.

I'm sure they are not the words

[northwestsnow]

hmmmm clocks ticking now big time i only have a window until around 3am for showers-

need that irish sea to start doing something sharpish!!

[Backtrack]

Grauple is good. Means uppers are conductive! Heavy snow and grauple here in Widnes!

[itsnowjoke]

Just now, northwestsnow said:

hmmmm clocks ticking now big time i only have a window until around 3am for showers-

need that irish sea to start doing something sharpish!!

Needs some turds to get it going

[I Cumbria Marra I]

How the hell is backtrack getting snow when im getting rain? surely colder uppers and temps here?

[Mokidugway]

Just now, northwestsnow said:

hmmmm clocks ticking now big time i only have a window until around 3am for showers-

need that irish sea to start doing something sharpish!!

Drying up would be a start 

[I Cumbria Marra I]

I think the trough has a mild sector in it

[WillinGlossop]

Hail now snow....not heavy again either...

[More Runs Needed]

Looking nice in Ireland, reports of some heavy snow, bring it here ? 

[Bury88]

Light snow here (Bury lancs) 

[northwestsnow]

gfs18z says 0 am to 3 am as my only chance of snow!!

should be cold enough hoping for a few cm-

should be between 0 and 1 degrees and dps uppers decent.

if i wake up concrete i give up.

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, Bury88 said:

Light snow here (Bury lancs) 

thats a very good sign for me too- whats your altitude? dont say 300m lol

[Mokidugway]

Wet and boring hail  now 

[Backtrack]

3 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

I think the trough has a mild sector in it

Lol, no it doesn’t 

[SP1986]

2 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

I think the trough has a mild sector in it

A trough can't have a mild sector in it as it's not a system of temperature boundaries.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, SP1986 said:

A trough can't have a mild sector in it as it's not a system of temperature boundaries.

Yes, was always going to be a trough, mostly of rain, the cold air is behind it

[Geordiesnow]

2 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

I think the trough has a mild sector in it

I did notice the dew temps around the trough were in the positive catagory so maybe it does have a slight mild sector in.

4 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

How the hell is backtrack getting snow when im getting rain? surely colder uppers and temps here?

Your location is by the sea, guessing his is not.

Hearing some hail again at times, just never a consistant intensity sadly.

 

[Mokidugway]

Lol , got lightning 

[joggs]

Thought it was all wnw until 6am.

Looks more nww  and veering?.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Finally turning heavier and sleety

[Bury88]

2 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

thats a very good sign for me too- whats your altitude? dont say 300m lol

100metres fella, Defo good sign for you 

[Chris harry]

Hail time here. Booooo. I want snow. 

[Oakwell]

Graupel here, so that is frozen white stuff falling from the sky in November and December, anything else I now consider a bonus

[Cheshire Freeze]

18 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

You know somethings amiss when Halkyn in NE Wales gets rain off a torrential shower. 

hmmm

Yet Jordan (Backtrack) is getting big flakes in Runcorn. FWIW there was a few flakes falling about half hr ago here when I went to the shop. Sleety flakes but flakes nontheless.

[Sn0wmad79]

3 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

gfs18z says 0 am to 3 am as my only chance of snow!!

should be cold enough hoping for a few cm-

should be between 0 and 1 degrees and dps uppers decent.

if i wake up concrete i give up.

Well conditions are certainly ripe enough now, especially up near the Moorside area. After all the rain we now have a bit of a graupel dusting. NEED PPN URGENTLY