North West England Regional Discussion Thread 15/1/2018 onwards

[Chris harry]

7 minutes ago, Dexter said:

Clusters of showers between Blackpool and Liverpool linking up?

Definitely linking up now. 

[Day 10]

The sad thing is I'd even be happy with a couple of hours of transient slushy snow that leaves a whole 5mm, that's how pathetic recent Winter's have been.

Edit: Talking about the weekend not tonight.

Edited January 19, 2018 by Day 10

[swainclubber]

Drizzle here. 

[itsnowjoke]

Just had some hail I can't control my excitement 

[Day 10]

3 minutes ago, itsnowjoke said:

Just had some hail I can't control my excitement 

I can just see it now in 20 years time weather warnings out for hail and we're all on here getting excited for a possible covering!

[Deep Snow please]

2 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

I can just see it now in 20 years time weather warnings out for hail and we're all on here getting excited for a possible covering!

Am I the only one who doesn't mind hail? It's not as good as snow but it beats rain any day of the week and it turns everything white if only for a while. 

[northwestsnow]

Its really gone cold here now...i refuse to believe any precip( assuming it ever reaches here) will not be snow.

[iand61]

7 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

Unless anything develops behind it this seems like the last streamer of the night until tomorrow morning's rain//hail/sleet. It is however reasonably slow moving. That said there's potential for tomorrow now - how many times have we said that this winter.

Better get my virtual snow shovel ready again for later although my forecast for the next 48 hours is pretty straightforward.

tonights showers will be sleet at best due to uppers and surface temperatures being just the wrong side of marginal.

saturday will see snow fail to reach the southernmost parts of the region whilst plastering the midlands

sunday the milder sector will arrive earlier than expected and mean that the northwest sees a bit of sleet over high ground and cold rain elsewhere while heavy drifting snow across areas east of the Pennines causes chaos.

No science behind it but worth a fiver of anyone’s money at the bookies.

 

[Spah1]

Hailing. 

Will be snow further inland. 

[gearbox100]

Gritters out in st Helens while it rains

[Day 10]

Something like this will do over the weekend

My local park in 2010

[Deep Snow please]

That's quite a Blackpool streamer setting up and the winds veering more easterly. The big question; what will it fall as. Anyone near the coast know? And secondly how heavy is it - chance of sticking to wet ground? Those two blue blobs at the far left side should develop into something more significant by the time they hit the coast if I'm understanding this right.

 

[Winter Hill]

Not  even bothering looking at the radar. I'll shove my head out the window tomorrow when I wake up.

[Day 10]

4 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Better get my virtual snow shovel ready again for later although my forecast for the next 48 hours is pretty straightforward.

tonights showers will be sleet at best due to uppers and surface temperatures being just the wrong side of marginal.

saturday will see snow fail to reach the southernmost parts of the region whilst plastering the midlands

sunday the milder sector will arrive earlier than expected and mean that the northwest sees a bit of sleet over high ground and cold rain elsewhere while heavy drifting snow across areas east of the Pennines causes chaos.

No science behind it but worth a fiver of anyone’s money at the bookies.

 

That's a belting forecast mate, more worrying though is it will probably be a 100% correct!

[Day 10]

1 minute ago, Deep Snow please said:

That's quite a Blackpool streamer setting up and the winds veering more easterly. The big question; what will it fall as. Anyone near the coast know? And secondly how heavy is it - chance of sticking to wet ground? Those two blue blobs at the far left side should develop into something more significant by the time they hit the coast if I'm understanding this right.

 

Whiteout conditions, can't see the whole region

[Chris.R]

26 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

The sad thing is I'd even be happy with a couple of hours of transient slushy snow that leaves a whole 5mm, that's how pathetic recent Winter's have been.

Edit: Talking about the weekend not tonight.

 Definitely, I‘d bite your hand off. 

[northwestsnow]

5 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

That's quite a Blackpool streamer setting up and the winds veering more easterly. The big question; what will it fall as. Anyone near the coast know? And secondly how heavy is it - chance of sticking to wet ground? Those two blue blobs at the far left side should develop into something more significant by the time they hit the coast if I'm understanding this right.

 

Easterly??

[James M]

12 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Its really gone cold here now...i refuse to believe any precip( assuming it ever reaches here) will not be snow.

Well it’s 1.9°C here, so we’ll need some evaporative cooling!

[Deep Snow please]

4 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Whiteout conditions, can't see the whole region

Lol. I haven't worked how to copy the radar with the map?

 

1 minute ago, northwestsnow said:

Easterly??

Towards the east. Easterly. It's the meteorologists that are wrong not me

[northwestsnow]

Just now, James M said:

Well it’s 1.9°C here, so we’ll need some evaporative cooling!

Blimey thought it was colder than that!!

:-(

[Deep Snow please]

Heavy here, absolute lashing it down. 

 

Cold Rain

[iand61]

10 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

That's a belting forecast mate, more worrying though is it will probably be a 100% correct!

Get your money on it, you heard it here first

[Geordiesnow]

21 minutes ago, Deep Snow please said:

Am I the only one who doesn't mind hail? It's not as good as snow but it beats rain any day of the week and it turns everything white if only for a while. 

No I love seeing convetive hail showers as long as the hail is the proper stuff and not wet hail. Seeing a  shower curtin of hail can look impressive also. 

[chris78]

1 hour ago, Chris.R said:

 Looks like it. These things do seem to pop up at the end of cold spells. Good thing too. 

What cold spell, I haven't had a frost. 

[Chris.R]

3 minutes ago, chris78 said:

What cold spell, I haven't had a frost. 

 Neither have I but for the sake of argument.