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

[Allseasons-Si]

Whilst we are banging on about temps of which we will be fine,check out all that heavy ppn in Ireland,we are going to get plastered

[Backtrack]

0.2C now. It’s colder than forecast. 

[WillinGlossop]

-4.5c cold..... clear skies again now.... bright moon....

[raul_sbd]

-0.7c here in Sale South Manchester

[Chris.R]

 Still going, 0.2°C. Supposed to be 3°C now. 

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

 Still going, 0.2°C. Supposed to be 3°C now. 

The temperature as it stands now will have little effect on what happens later. I've seen it time again where the temperature has been -4 about an hour before it started raining.

Wait until the cloud rolls in and the temperature and dew point shoot up. It's a nightmare like that here on low ground.

Edited December 29, 2017 by CreweCold

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

The temperature as it stands now will have little effect on what happens later. I've seen it time again where the temperature has been -4 about an hour before it started raining.

Wait until the cloud rolls in and the temperature and dew point shoot up. It's a nightmare like that here on low ground.

 Well I have to say I’ve never seen that happen before here, since I started following the weather anyway. In my experience if it’s this low now I’ve got a 90% chance of snow. Just my experience in this location. If you are proved correct I will  gladly admit I was wrong. 

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

 Well I have to say I’ve never seen that happen before here, since I started following the weather anyway. In my experience if it’s this low now I’ve got a 90% chance of snow. Just my experience in this location. If you are proved correct I will  gladly admit I was wrong. 

I think here must be an anomaly then 

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

I think here must be an anomaly then 

 Well let’s see anyway. :-)

What’s your elevation btw?

Edited December 29, 2017 by Chris.R

[Cheshire Freeze]

Just now, Chris.R said:

 Well that’s the anyway. :-)

What’s your elevation btw?

55 metres

[Chris.R]

3 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

55 metres

 That’s practically Himalayan compared to me.  

[Cheshire Freeze]

3 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 That’s practically Himalayan compared to me.  

Exactly. I've never understood why we fair so badly for falling/settling snow here. I've seen snow melting with a temp and dew point below freezing. Even with 20-30 metres more height a couple of miles up the road, it's like a different world.

@captaincroc who also used to live in Crewe will tell you how bad it is.

Edited December 29, 2017 by CreweCold

[Chris harry]

-4 here now.

[captaincroc]

2 minutes ago, CreweCold said:

Exactly. I've never understood why we fair so badly for falling/settling snow here. I've seen snow melting with a temp and dew point below freezing. Even with 20-30 metres more height a couple of miles up the road, it's like a different world.

@captaincroc who also used to live in Crewe will tell you how bad it is.

I can back Aaron up ?.

I live 15 mins away now and the difference is massive.  Will give you updates tomorrow morning. Not expecting much here if I'm honest. But we shall see. We still have a cover in places from last night's snow.

[Cheshire Freeze]

1 minute ago, captaincroc said:

I can back Aaron up ?.

I live 15 mins away now and the difference is massive.  Will give you updates tomorrow morning. Not expecting much here if I'm honest. But we shall see. We still have a cover in places from last night's snow.

I can never believe the difference, even between here and around Junction 16/A500 even though it's just a couple of miles away.

[Miamay]

Off to bed. Lets see what happens in the morning. 

[Chris.R]

I can now report that we have an air frost. The fourth of the month. It wasn’t supposed to get below 2°C tonight so surely this is a big positive. 

[SP1986]

Just to say that Ireland was predicted 1-3cm by Met Eireann and got a yellow warning from ME... Well the precipitation is exclusively rain even as far east as Dublin. That doesn't bode particularly well for us.

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Right so set my alarm for 0400 but im awake now lol. Let the fun! Ahem disappointed begin ? 

[Daniel*]

1 minute ago, SP1986 said:

Just to say that Ireland was predicted 1-3cm by Met Eireann and got a yellow warning from ME... Well the precipitation is exclusively rain even as far east as Dublin. That doesn't bode particularly well for us.

Not sure how good this radar is with the precip types but there is some snow.

 

[Cheshire Freeze]

6 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

Just to say that Ireland was predicted 1-3cm by Met Eireann and got a yellow warning from ME... Well the precipitation is exclusively rain even as far east as Dublin. That doesn't bode particularly well for us.

I can well believe it. 

Apart from higher ground 100m+ I can't see where the snow is going to fall in lowland NW England.

Those with 100m+ elevation, especially the further NE in the region, could do well.

Edited December 29, 2017 by CreweCold

[Sperrin]

Not sure about Met.ie's covering Dublin. It was mainly focused in the NW quadrant. As the radar above shows the pinks are starting to appear. I'm in West Central Ulster so I'll give reports shortly. Met office warning shows me getting 5-10cms. 

My temps were -1.7°C (dp -3.8°C) about 2 hours ago but these have climbed significantly since cloud has rolled in 

[Geordiesnow]

43 minutes ago, SP1986 said:

Just to say that Ireland was predicted 1-3cm by Met Eireann and got a yellow warning from ME... Well the precipitation is exclusively rain even as far east as Dublin. That doesn't bode particularly well for us.

Well Dublin is right on the east coast and with an on shore wind then its little surprise its raiining there but i do feel this is mainly a high ground event anyways, uppers are fairly un remarkable and there will be probably be too much breeze if albeit initially it will be an off shore wind for us.

At times like this, I wish I lived in Leeds really.

[Darren Bown]

It seems to be slower than forecast? Looks more like 6-7am for it making inroads to our region now?

[Spah1]

aaahhhhh well that’s 4 hrs sleep, should be enough.

where we up to ? 

If it rains i’m giving up. 

X2 sliders missed then this may all be too much. 

How much will evaporative cooling play a part ? 

Back to sleep or stay up hhhhmmm?