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

[pip22]

I'm in Southport atm it is raining here. I went down the pier and the wind was freezing!

It was taken an hour ago

[Winter Hill]

Absolutely lashing down in Horwich..pffff

[trickydicky]

Its been lightly sleeting in Penrith for an hour or so but is now snowing heavily

[frosty ground]

Starting to see a few flakes of snow amongst the hail and sleet.,

[Weather-history]

Wind seemed to peak at 3am this morning

 

[frosty ground]

Full on snow then it stopped. Colder air and heavier showers are taking effect.

[Had Worse]

Black cloud surprise just about to reveal itself.

Will report back soon

[cheshire snow]

Showers turning more to sleet now

Some 2c drop in teperature as showers

Rattle through.

C.S

[itsnowjoke]

Well that was another let down not much wind and no snow 

[Had Worse]

Just rain and a bit of sleet here.

The clouds looked promising enough but never mind. The main course is on its way later.

[karyo]

Just now, Had Worse said:

Just rain and a bit of sleet here.

The clouds looked promising enough but never mind. The main course is on its way later.

What have you ordered for main course?

[Spah1]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

Just rain and a bit of sleet here.

The clouds looked promising enough but never mind. The main course is on its way later.

Main course of rain for most.

[Had Worse]

Baked Alaska.

[Deep Snow please]

I don't think it matters whether it's rain or snow going by that radar the Irish sea is as dead as doornails.

[karyo]

4 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Baked Alaska.

That's desert 

[Methuselah]

5 minutes ago, karyo said:

That's desert 

Any camels?

[Had Worse]

2 minutes ago, karyo said:

That's desert 

Yes you got me on that.

Baked Alaska = Cold in the Peak District whilst warmer all around.

Anyway. As usually happens in the set up for tonight and tomorrow, 

I wake up to fnd that the continuous stream of showers previously falling as rain or sleet, have turned to snow overnight and dumped 3" or more on my location (Will in Glossop will double that).

Everything grinds to a halt, the schools announce they are closed and the sledges come out as everyone heads to the slopes of Bankswood Park.

[Backtrack]

Heavy hail and rain showers. The occasional flake of snow thrown in for good measure. 

[karyo]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

Yes you got me on that.

Baked Alaska = Cold in the Peak District whilst warmer all around.

Anyway. As usually happens in the set up for tonight and tomorrow, 

I wake up to fnd that the continuous stream of showers previously falling as rain or sleet, have turned to snow overnight and dumped 3" or more on my location (Will in Glossop will double that).

Everything grinds to a halt, the schools announce they are closed and the sledges come out as everyone heads to the slopes of Bankswood Park.

Have fun with it. :-)

Are there any schools up there?

[Thunder Snow]

What a massive let down last night rain till about 1am then alittle snow to leave a slushy dusting on cars 

[karyo]

1 minute ago, Thunder Snow said:

What a massive let down last night rain till about 1am then alittle snow to leave a slushy dusting on cars 

At least you had some snow. 

[Had Worse]

7 minutes ago, karyo said:

Have fun with it. :-)

Are there any schools up there?

Funny you should say that. Two secondary schools (both require improvement), a few Primary and infant ones. Most are average.

My 11 year old has S.E.N. and has to go 13 miles over to Failsworth/Holinwood in Oldham to be taught otherwise it was Chesterfield, 33.5 miles away to keep him under Derbyshire Education Authority.

The weather doesnt affect the journey as much now but we used to lose 5-7 days over winter when Chunal hill (A624) was impassible to Whaleytbridge.

Edited January 18, 2018 by Had Worse

[Chris harry]

Just been up Holmes moss over woodhead. Still snowing up there but passable.

[karyo]

2 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Funny you should say that. Two secondary schools (both require improvement), a few Primary and infant ones. Most are average.

My 11 year old has S.E.N. and has to go 13 miles over to Failsworth/Holinwood in Oldham to be taught otherwise it was Chesterfield, 33.5 miles away to keep him under Derbyshire Education Authority.

The weather doesnt affect the journey as much now but we used to lose 5-7 days over winter when Chunal hill (A624) was impassible to Whaleytbridge.

Quite a journey! But i guess the kids must be happy to have the odd day off school because of snow. I know I loved those days as a kid. 

[Deep Snow please]

Heavy rain/sleet here. There seems to be some proper snowflakes drifting down with it, if the temp goes low enough we might yet get some decent falling snow from this spell. Gonna to need to be heavy to settle though; ground is absolutely saturated from three days of hail, rain and sleet. That said I did see snow settle when the ground was this wet back in the North East on several occassions, so not impossible.