North west regional discussion

[alr1970]

The wind aloft must be strong. We currently have light snow under clear skies. The nearest cloud is miles away.

[northwestsnow]

5 minutes ago, dodgeredee said:

Showers noticeably losing strength over the Pennines now there's a south easterly gnawing away at them.  They look quite potent on the other side, but we'll be getting scraps today I think.

Yes the sourherly element is bad news for us..

Suns out..think shower activity has peaked for our locale.

[Spah1]

Wish I was in the north east today 

[Joe Bloggs]

Just now, northwestsnow said:

Yes the sourherly element is bad news for us..

Suns out..think shower activity has peaked for our locale.

Light snow continuing here. 

Don’t write off today quite yet. 

[Liam J]

Main roads through Carlisle.... 

[Backtrack]

2 minutes ago, cheshire snow said:

We will be topped up ok mate.

Just hope i  can get home from snow covered London to witness it.

C.S

I just can’t see it. The showers at dying over the Pennines 

[Weather-history]

6 minutes ago, dodgeredee said:

Showers noticeably losing strength over the Pennines now there's a south easterly gnawing away at them.  They look quite potent on the other side, but we'll be getting scraps today I think.

Key point is what effect will convection today if at all? We are at the end of February and 25 years ago today we had snow showers developing inland in a northerly flow. Will they generate in this flow?

 

[frosty ground]

5 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Yes the sourherly element is bad news for us..

Suns out..think shower activity has peaked for our locale.

Snowing here.... stuck on rippendon road

[karyo]

Light snow is falling in Piccadilly with the sun out as well.

The breeze blows the snow from the rooftop of the building opposite my flat. I have never seen this before in the city centre. Proper powder snow.

[Rossyvalley]

Really heavy snow in Rossendale for last 20 minutes. 

[Astral Goat Juice]

Does not look that interesting for the southern half of the north west today. Showers are dying quickly over the hills and there is a ESE flow which is never really good for us. The Northern arm of the NW though should do quite well. 

[Chris.R]

3 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Key point is what effect will convection today if at all? We are at the end of February and 25 years ago today we had snow showers developing inland in a northerly flow. Will they generate in this flow?

 

 Well if they don’t generate in these lapse rates then they will never generate. A bit of CAPE around by lunchtime as well. 

[WillinGlossop]

7 minutes ago, mottram blue said:

another main rd drubbing would do nicely, watched the cup final in charlesworth 50/50 blues and ragz, nice to see them muttering into there pint pots - lol

My brother and his wife were at Wembley with us as we were down in London for my sisters birthday, Even he Was impressed by City and he’s a plastic rag.... really drifting snow out now... blowing off fields in huge clouds... I’m not even sure it’s snowing just blowing snow...

[Mountain Snow]

Hard to tell how much we've got here because of the small drifts but prob in the region of 4/5 inches. Snowing again now and still -4C!

[Day 10]

Very quiet here, not a cloud in the sky, bitterly cold and not a breath of wind considering it should be a biting easterly very strange.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

9 minutes ago, DisruptiveGust said:

Main roads through Carlisle.... 

Lucky bugger

[shadowfax]

Dogs want to go for s walk but they will have to wait

[Weather-history]

-3.8C, a bit more cloud and there are tiny flakes fluttering down.

[Darren Bown]

9 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

I just can’t see it. The showers at dying over the Pennines 

I agree. West of the M6, south of Preston I think will struggle today, though there is more cloud now

[mottram blue]

lucky bleeder, needless to say monday was fun at work with the rags keeping unusually quiet 

[Day 10]

BBC forecast still looked good for Fri but doesn't seem to tie in with the models I've seen this morning. Hopeful of snow showers in the south of the region this afternoon but really hoping the snow makes it here on Friday for our next chance of lying snow, for me it's only a small chance of that happening though.

[northwestsnow]

That ruddy southerly element is a pain in the backside!!

Thought it wasnt due to switch until tonight..

Still been awesome .. :-)

[Thunder Snow]

OMG its gone very dark WHITEOUT 

[Day 10]

Off today so going to have a proper look at what may happen.

[WillinGlossop]

4 minutes ago, mottram blue said:

lucky bleeder, needless to say monday was fun at work with the rags keeping unusually quiet 

Hehe indeed, at least were in Europe next season... haha ? 

really snowing hard, surprised looking at radar.... drifts 1-1&1/2 feet now.... loving this....

huge flakes.... -6c....

Edited February 28, 2018 by WillinGlossop