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

[simshady]

Heavy snow, not sticking. Lovely though.

[severe snowstorm]

All surfaces covered over with a thick dusting now and snow coming down heavy. A case of enjoy it whilst it lasts as many in the Midlands now reporting rain.

[Chris.R]

A horrible day here now. Driving rain and wind. Bring on the double-figure temperatures, at least for a bit.

Watch out for freezing rain inland now, also the ice pellet risk will continue for a little longer in some places. Very pleased with how the morning went, and my reading of the atmosphere was proved correct. 

[pip22]

Nothing falling out of the sky here. I'm guessing a rain shadow effect taking place here.

Edited January 21, 2018 by pip22

[Joe Bloggs]

I’m surprised how snowy this band has been to be honest. Very often “rain preceded by snow” just doesn’t deliver here.

Still pelting it down and trying to settle on cars. Looks great.  

[shadowfax]

I put my boots on a went outside!

[Day 10]

Like Pip said we need a big volcanic eruption to drop the global temp by a degree or two! That way a couple of doozy Winters should follow.

[Spurry]

We've had about 1cm of lying snow , now it's stopped

[Frost HoIIow]

Belting it down! , all surfaces covered. 

[Winter Hill]

Couple of cm here now 

[Joe Bloggs]

1 minute ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Belting it down! , all surfaces covered. 

Based on my recent drive through Woodley and Hyde I can certainly believe it. Even very heavy down here! Where’s NWS??! 

[Day 10]

1 minute ago, Spurry said:

We've had about 1cm of lying snow , now it's stopped

You've done very well there mate, had 30 mins of wet snow here and that was that.

[shadowfax]

It doesn’t like uploading my pictures in groups

[Had Worse]

Almost enough to build a pygmy snowman.

[Deep Snow please]

Rain has arrived and started washing the minimal snow cover away. At least it'llget a bit warmer

[frosty ground]

Over an inch of snow here now and it's blowing about a bit...

Looking at the radar its going to Stop soon so np rain gor a while at least

[pip22]

That's it here until next month or two now. The model output looking dreadful atm.

 

[severe snowstorm]

Big gap approaching on the radar. Could be a god send as I do wonder how much longer before it turns to rain here.

[jam2010]

Snowing heavily just wish it wasn't going to turn to rain, Bit sad.

[captaincroc]

5 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

A horrible day here now. Driving rain and wind. Bring on the double-figure temperatures, at least for a bit.

Watch out for freezing rain inland now, also the ice pellet risk will continue for a little longer in some places. Very pleased with how the morning went, and my reading of the atmosphere was proved correct. 

Chris, purposely replied as wanted to congratulate you on your forecast of ice pellets... Started off as very light snow and I think i mentioned earlier on the thread that the snow looked 'dryer' than how wet the ground was...well i was was right because as soon as it got heavier it started to stick. I am at 180m but the hill I am on tops out at 250m, so decided to go for a walk. That 70m made a definite visable difference, when I got to the top there was that snow mist (as I call it) when you know the temps are below and everything is sticking. Went for a big walk and was sticking on roads etc and as I was coming home you could see in change and within 5 mins all that was falling was ice pellets it was pretty cool to see. Even filmed them for you, there are a few pics and  video of the ice pellets bouncing off my window too on my instagram (as always have trouble posting pics etc in here...)  Here is the link. Well done on your forecast mate, this is why I love this place.

 

Literally 30 mins before these pics/videos there was nothing. 

[dodge]

Ooooh the northern edge of the heavier stuff just managed to fringe into my area (Failsworth, Hathershaw, Shaw, Royton etc...) but it's hitting the buffers and now dropping south east at an alarming rate.  A decent covering, more than expected.

[Chris.R]

@captaincroc Thank you :-) I’ll be trying more forecasts like that in the future, think I’ve got the hang of it now.  Ice pelets are quite rare in the UK so the other day when I saw the potential I thought it would be interesting to watch.

It was certainly an interesting morning.

Edited January 21, 2018 by Chris.R

[Sn0wmad79]

Snowing like mad up here and a couple inches deep already. Lovely

[severe snowstorm]

9 minutes ago, captaincroc said:

Chris, purposely replied as wanted to congratulate you on your forecast of ice pellets... Started off as very light snow and I think i mentioned earlier on the thread that the snow looked 'dryer' than how wet the ground was...well i was was right because as soon as it got heavier it started to stick. I am at 180m but the hill I am on tops out at 250m, so decided to go for a walk. That 70m made a definite visable difference, when I got to the top there was that snow mist (as I call it) when you know the temps are below and everything is sticking. Went for a big walk and was sticking on roads etc and as I was coming home you could see in change and within 5 mins all that was falling was ice pellets it was pretty cool to see. Even filmed them for you, there are a few pics and  video of the ice pellets bouncing off my window too on my instagram (as always have trouble posting pics etc in here...)  Here is the link. Well done on your forecast mate, this is why I love this place.

 

Literally 30 mins before these pics/videos there was nothing. 

Great pic! Yes, hats off to Chris for an amazingly accurate prediction!

[Interitus]

9 minutes ago, captaincroc said:

Chris, purposely replied as wanted to congratulate you on your forecast of ice pellets... Started off as very light snow and I think i mentioned earlier on the thread that the snow looked 'dryer' than how wet the ground was...well i was was right because as soon as it got heavier it started to stick. I am at 180m but the hill I am on tops out at 250m, so decided to go for a walk. That 70m made a definite visable difference, when I got to the top there was that snow mist (as I call it) when you know the temps are below and everything is sticking. Went for a big walk and was sticking on roads etc and as I was coming home you could see in change and within 5 mins all that was falling was ice pellets it was pretty cool to see. Even filmed them for you, there are a few pics and  video of the ice pellets bouncing off my window too on my instagram (as always have trouble posting pics etc in here...)  Here is the link. Well done on your forecast mate, this is why I love this place.

 

Literally 30 mins before these pics/videos there was nothing. 

Ah, you went up to the Gresley Arms, nice pub, the view from there is fantastic on a clear day.