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

[SP1986]

Great time for a heavy shower to hit when I'm about to set off for work!

 

[Iceaxecrampon]

21 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Snowing here, barely a cm but still coming down lightly so at least I've had something.

hopefully Sunday will find one way to actually occur as forecast rather than a million reasons to not.

Should be festive for all those on the ELR this weekend. 

[EastofWigan]

Woke up to lying snow at 3ish - all gone now and rain / hail showers 

Edited December 8, 2017 by EastofWigan
Grammar :)

[Snow shield]

Gutted I woke up to nothing in birkenhead. Hopefully see some today at Wrexham hospital

[Day 10]

1 minute ago, SP1986 said:

Great time for a heavy shower to hit when I'm about to set off for work!

 

We need a streamer to kick off some evaporative cooling. Eveything crossed for Sunday anyway. 

[geri]

Rain. Rain rain! Snowless in southport?

[Day 10]

4 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

But that would apply to Crosby and western Liverpool too. The fact the hills of Flintshire are snow free in a setup like this which usually sees much of the land across the river white hints at some much bigger issue

Very bizarre

[Chris.R]

Rain and graupel now. Just depends on the intensity of the showers. That’s snow before was after a very heavy hail shower so evaporative cooling will be a big factor today.

[iand61]

6 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

Should be festive for all those on the ELR this weekend. 

If the shower distribution on the BBC forecast is anything to go by then my area looks more prone to showers on Saturday.

maybe a slightly more westerly element as the wind back ready for the next system so you may be right with the festive feel.

just needs Sunday's possible pasting to not disintegrate before our eyes.

[Day 10]

Just now, Chris.R said:

Rain and graupel now. Just depends on the intensity of the showers. That’s snow before was after a very heavy hail shower so evaporative cooling will be a big factor today.

Looks a big area on its way in soon, i'm hopeful that might start as hail then change to snow.

[Day 10]

2 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Rain and graupel now. Just depends on the intensity of the showers. That’s snow before was after a very heavy hail shower so evaporative cooling will be a big factor today.

I'm on phone mate so can't see your link, what are your readings?

[Chris.R]

Temp 2.1 dp 0.2. Temp was down to 1.5 when it was snowing.

[Joe Bloggs]

Just a dusting on car here this morning. For Sunday however, this looks perfect (for now). 

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/GFSOPUK00_57_1.png

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/GFSOPUK00_57_10.png

[Had Worse]

It' trying.

[itsnowjoke]

NothIng here

[frosty ground]

Just a Dusting here.... saturday looking more showery now thou

[simshady]

Woke to snow on the grass with wet snow falling. Makes a change from the last few years.

[SP1986]

Ah sleet with snow now .. more like it

[Winter Hill]

Poor

[Day 10]

Snow at last!

[Joe Bloggs]

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 

[Chris.R]

Just rain now lol

[dodge]

Yes got a dusting, the only showers through the night hit from about 5:30am - 6:00 and now looking at the radar the winds have gone NW and cheshire gap most favoured.  Thought there would be more snow through the night but alas my expectations are always low and I'm not getting any hopes up for Sunday.

[Snow shield]

It's trying it's hardest to snow in birkenhead 

[geri]

BBC nw weather forecast snow across Merseyside later on today