Far north and northeast of England - regional chat

[NL]

5 minutes ago, NickR said:

There's no precipitation at all here!

[NickR]

1 minute ago, NL said:

At best it's snizzle/drizzle. Either the radar's not working or the sky isn't.

[Nice Ice Babe]

According to the radar we are getting sleet....and we are with the odd flakey bit. Or perhaps the wind is blowing the sleet around. Either way the ground is so water logged it is going to take some serious drop in temp to get it to lie. 

[NL]

Those looking for snow would prefer the HIRLAM  on Saturday

 

http://wxcharts.eu/?panel=four&model=hirlam,icon_eu,arpege,gfs&region=eng&chart=overview,overview,overview,overview&run=18&step=048&plottype=10&lat=51.500&lon=-0.250&skewtstep=0

EDIT...ERROR..!!

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by NL

[doctor32]

Proper snow here now, very light mind and looking at radar nothing much on the way.

As forecast it is the east facing hills of pennines getting the heaviest snow.

[Boro Snow]

Still have rain here temp 2.3 dp 1.2 

[NickR]

Rain here the whole time. Now petering out. Not that it ever really got going.

[Boro Snow]

Finally we have wet snow ground still very saturated though, we need a clear spell to freeze the ground and looking at the radar we may get it 

[NickR]

Snowing in Leeds, apparently. 

Looking at it, my thoughts for my Manchester trip are:

The main snow tonight has almost cleared the A66. Looks like slow traffic, but still open.

Snow due to hit M62 now and later. 

Snow tomorrow, at least the main stuff, should be around 12 onwards around Leeds-Hull-M62.

So if I head down the A1 and the A66 is open, I might as well cross the Pennines there, rather than risk travelling down into the most prone part. From there I can head down the M6 and that should be trouble free.

If the A66 is closed, I'll just get to Leeds asap and hope.

[Boro Snow]

Nothing incoming from the north sea could the colder than average sea temperatures be an issue

[Boro Snow]

Still over 2 degrees here DP has come down though currently 0.3c, right off to kip as I said yesterday not expecting much from this cold snap, ground too wet and ground temps too high, we may get (lower ground) 1/2 cm tomorrow night but with the strength of the Sun gone by midday, YAMAS 

[J-Man]

2 hours ago, Boro Snow said:

Still over 2 degrees here DP has come down though currently 0.3c, right off to kip as I said yesterday not expecting much from this cold snap, ground too wet and ground temps too high, we may get (lower ground) 1/2 cm tomorrow night but with the strength of the Sun gone by midday, YAMAS 

Keep the faith, you'll get plenty through Saturday. Beast 1 started on the Tuesday with a bit of wet snow then look what happened from then onwards.

[Continental Climate]

Snow grains blowing about in the wind in Stockton. Nothing severe as of yet. Bloody Baltic out there though.

[J-Man]

Likewise in Northumberland, light snow powdery type that's lying and not melting off. Ground has dried up significantly which is a positive. Showers in North sea are building its like deja vu this.

[seabreeze86]

Dusting here already,  the north sea is exploding going to be a very snowey day in the north east 

[Stozzy]

Yea dusting here nothing heavy yet 

[BA Baracus]

Big lump in North sea looks like taking aim for you guys in North East!

 

[Toekneewould]

Not a flake in Ripon 

[Snowmaggedon]

It’s starting to get going here in the South of the region. Just drove into Stockton from Boro and showers are really pepping up leaving a good coating on most surfaces.

[seabreeze86]

The satellite picking up on some much heavier showers in the north sea, icicles forming on my garden tap in mid March astounding 

Edited March 17, 2018 by seabreeze86

[Stozzy]

That lump in the North Sea is was that expecting too be further south ( where the amber warning )

[4wd]

Swirling blizzard during frequent showers with the strong wind at -2C. Not been much yet though.

[seabreeze86]

20 minutes ago, BA Baracus said:

Big lump in North sea looks like taking aim for you guys in North East!

 

Blooming hell how accurate is that radar does anyone know?

[Freezing-Point]

Blowing snow intensity 3/10.  Light covering down.  Temp -1.6 c.   Beaver snow approaching.

[BA Baracus]

1 minute ago, seabreeze86 said:

Blooming hell how accurate is that radar does anyone know?

It's a live picture so represents what is actually there. The app is a Europe wide radar so allows you can see out into North sea.