Far north and northeast of England - regional chat

[bob slay]

12 minutes ago, J-Man said:

From memory this exceeds 2010 in terms of snow depth in amble.

Getting close out here

 

[P-M]

Bleaching again in strong winds but nice thick flakes depositing yet more snow.  To be fair I lived in Willington Quay (North Tyneside) in 2010 and this is comparable for intensity of showers and depth.  2010 lasted a bit longer though so may have the edge but either way a memorable event this year.

[P-M]

Backbuilding on the shower currently moving over me and intensifying.  Already very dark outside with pouring snow and really strong winds.

[J-Man]

3 minutes ago, bob slay said:

Getting close out here

 

One more shower is all you need.

[Dom W]

Lightning out to sea east of Blyth

[Snowmaggedon]

Blizzard! Complete whiteout looks very impressive. 

[garylaverick]

We look to have more of a straight easterly flow now. Radar looks good and satellite behind the radar range looks promising.

[jason75]

are the showers expected to ease off tonight?

[P-M]

G2.mp4

 

A little shot but just doesn't do it justice..

Edited February 28, 2018 by P-M

[gazzac69]

I've just got in from work roads are abysmal, blizzard conditions from Byker to Westmoor, Radar looking tasty, off work tomorrow, late night coming if the North Sea snow machine keeps on giving 

[northumberland snowman]

1 minute ago, jason75 said:

are the showers expected to ease off tonight?

Doesn't look like it!

[NorthEastSnow]

It’s getting dark hopefully that’s a good sign for once. 

Finally a decent snow shower

Edited February 28, 2018 by NorthEastSnow

[damianslaw]

Pleasing to note winds backing more easterly again, which should hopefully enable them to spread further south into Cumbria as this morning. We've managed about 4 inches, but its been dry for a good 6 hours or so, however, the sun has not melted much of the snow, only on exposed surfaces, its going to be very cold and very icy tonight, if we see more heavy snow showers overnight, then a repeat performance of this morning looks most probable - meaning another snow day for some.

 

[P-M]

If that red blob keeps up until it gets here I'll try and get a video as that has some heavy PPN falling.

[gazzac69]

took this pic of the snow that's just started to fall and heard a distant rumble of thunder

[Freezing-Point]

28 minutes ago, J-Man said:

From memory this exceeds 2010 in terms of snow depth in amble.

How much you got?  I thought you would have had 18" up in Amble in 2010

[tynevalleysnow]

11 minutes ago, J-Man said:

One more shower is all you need.

Got 13 inches here now so only 26 inches to go to beat 2010!

[Brucie]

42 minutes ago, sidneybean said:

I'm hoping its getting worse by the time I get back from Ripon later, a boring day of looking  bright blue skys and melting snow.

Just had a very heavy snow shower here (lasted about 10 mins but settled very easily as it's so cold, -3c).  Plenty more snow to come by the looks of things.  How things have changed down here n the space of 45 mins!

[northumberland snowman]

Heavy snow and just seen lightening Whitley bay. Unbelieable 

[Dom W]

Very dark north of Peterlee at the minute

[izi]

lol, this sums up my luck so far in this cold period.

 

wind turns in a more favourable direction, heavy snow still to north and south !

i have been a right moany old bag, but we've only seen 2 inches in total here.

Edited February 28, 2018 by izi

[paddydog]

7 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

Pleasing to note winds backing more easterly again, which should hopefully enable them to spread further south into Cumbria as this morning. We've managed about 4 inches, but its been dry for a good 6 hours or so, however, the sun has not melted much of the snow, only on exposed surfaces, its going to be very cold and very icy tonight, if we see more heavy snow showers overnight, then a repeat performance of this morning looks most probable - meaning another snow day for some.

 

My 9 year old daughter and her class are stuck up at High Borrans near you, supposed to be coming home today but the bus couldn't get out of Newcastle. What are the roads like up there? There is talk of them coming back tomorrow but I think that seems unlikely if this continues over night.

[NickR]

Can't see many showers all of a sudden in the N Sea. Looks relatively quiet.

[NorthEastSnow]

2 minutes ago, izi said:

lol, this sums up my luck so far in this cold period.

 

wind turns in a more favourable direction, heavy snow still to north and south !

i have been a right moany old bag, but we've only seen 2 inches in total here.

I feel your pain izi been waiting all day for the winds to turn and they do after all the showers have gone north lol.

[Summer Sun]

That shower moving west from Stockton looks to be a decent size and intensity