North West England Regional Weather Discussion - 09/12/2017 Onwards

[Miamay]

12 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

Was in the cinema watching Star Wars sorry hahah, not heard anything. Heavy rain, sleet and hail showers here though 

Was the film good ??? Cannot wait to see it. Nothing here but rain and hail. 

[Chris.R]

Can’t believe it, it’s missed me again!

[Chris.R]

Heavy rain turned to heavy sleet, 1.9°C. 

[Chris.R]

Heavy snow!!!!!!! Huge flakes. Sticking!!!

[Chris.R]

Wow 50p flakes!

 

 1.5°C. 

Edited December 15, 2017 by Chris.R

[Chris.R]

Back to sleet but have a dusting. 

 1.0°C. 

Edited December 15, 2017 by Chris.R

[Chris.R]

Just had a snowball fight between me and the car. Not been able to do  that for years. Not melting on most surfaces. Have to make the most of it  while it’s here. 

[Cheshire Freeze]

Hammered it down with snow here. Left a slushy wet covering.

[cheshire snow]

Morning 

Thin covering of wet snow here.

@northwestsnow 300m PPfftt (only joking)

C.S. 

Edited December 15, 2017 by cheshire snow

[iand61]

Not more snow overnight but looks icy outside and my couple of cm are still laid on the ground.

off to work shortly for the last time this year then an evening of wrapping presents and packing before a sneaky pre Christmas week in the sun.

[SP1986]

What the... It was just heavy rain and hail last night here. Was kept up most of the night by rain hammering against the window

Edited December 15, 2017 by SP1986

[northwestsnow]

Yes i saw the wind direction changing last night and knew it was game over for my location... that said it was very marignal , glad the guys to my SWgot a bit of action

[I Cumbria Marra I]

How can it snow in Crosby when it wasnt even sleeting/hailing here, this winter has jaffa cakesed me off so much already.

[northwestsnow]

5 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

How can it snow in Crosby when it wasnt even sleeting/hailing here, this winter has jaffa cakesed me off so much already.

i can well imagine- think an easterly would be your best bet marra- TBH an easterly is best bet for my location too.

Its just they come about literally once every blue moon.

Edited December 15, 2017 by northwestsnow

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

I smell a porky pie!!! My temps never got even close for snow

[Chris.R]

 Honestly, it’s just a case that evaporative cooling was very effective. I can’t believe nobody else saw it. Crosby does have a microclimate. 

[northwestsnow]

Well i dont think there will be much going on in this thread until probably the new year so with that in mind i hope all my fellow north western peeps have a joyous and happy christmas

[Day 10]

8 hours ago, SP1986 said:

What the... It was just heavy rain and hail last night here. Was kept up most of the night by rain hammering against the window

Same here, just logged on. Couldn't believe the reports from Chris of heavy snow in Crosby. Was in Liverpool til 11.30pm lastnight too to see Star Wars, must of just missed the snow!

[Mokidugway]

Grand day here , piling guys  are tidying up phase 1 complete  what a week ,lol 

[Chris.R]

It’s the absolute gods honest trueth. There was heavy snow for around 15 minutes with huge flakes after 1 am which left a dusting. Temp fell to 1.0°C from 4.5°C at midnight. Only snow in the heaviest part of the precipitation and turn back to sleet when it got lighter. 

[Deep Snow please]

Whilst it hasn't been the blizzard and storm week we were being told it would, it's been a pretty damn good start to the winter, Over a week of days with lying snow.

 

First batch last week brought around 1-2cm until it was rained away the last few days, with the second batch last night giving a light covering on all surfaces (which was nice as I was expecting rain). Most infuriating thing was watching that slider sink further and further south.

 

Looks to be mild incoming for the next few weeks with a bit of potential around new year, we can only hope.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

4 hours ago, northwestsnow said:

Well i dont think there will be much going on in this thread until probably the new year so with that in mind i hope all my fellow north western peeps have a joyous and happy christmas

Not sure about new year either, very rarely get anything in Jan and Feb

[Mokidugway]

I'll  put up some  pictures of glaciers from tierra Del Paine in January ,lol

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 hour ago, Chris.R said:

It’s the absolute gods honest trueth. There was heavy snow for around 15 minutes with huge flakes after 1 am which left a dusting. Temp fell to 1.0°C from 4.5°C at midnight. Only snow in the heaviest part of the precipitation and turn back to sleet when it got lighter. 

Yes there was heavy snow here too, confirmed by Cheshire Snow aswell. No reason to lie about it.

[itsnowjoke]

All snow gone me sad me mad