Far north and northeast of England - regional chat

[Summer Sun]

Updated warnings

Between 00:05 Mon 19th and 10:00 Mon 19th

Ice on roads, pavements and cycle paths is likely either where melted snow refreezes or where further wintry showers occur, these mainly in the east of England and Scotland. This increases the risk of accidents, as well as injuries due to falls.

Chief Forecaster's assessment

After a very cold day on Sunday, temperatures are likely to fall well below freezing across much of the country into the start of Monday. This will lead to any melted snow refreezing, whilst coasts exposed to the northeasterly wind will continue to see further wintry showers at times, these falling onto subzero surfaces.

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The previous warnings for all day today and tomorrow remain unchanged

Edited March 17, 2018 by Summer Sun

[doctor32]

Had some heavy hail showers this morning after some light snow showers.

More gaps between showers but these more heavy than earlier. Accumulations will be temporary at low levels so will have to wait till the evening for snow to accumulate.

Also a band of more intense and persistant snow showers develope over the region later tonight.

Edited March 17, 2018 by doctor32

[JP1972]

Yes mainly polystyrene showers so far today. But if the good Doctor says more snowier this evening then that’s good enough for me. 

That wind is biting again today though! 

[NorthEastSnow]

Nice blizzard here now. Much better snow than last time. 

[Snowmaggedon]

Just now, NorthEastSnow said:

Nice blizzard here now. Much better snow than last time. 

Yes this is bloody impressive. Visibility looks very poor. 

[NorthEastSnow]

7 minutes ago, Snowmaggedon said:

Yes this is bloody impressive. Visibility looks very poor. 

Just a shame the March sunshine is working fast. If we get these showers after dark though it will be fun. 

[Boro Snow]

Very heavy snow here starting to lay again on all surfaces

[Summer Sun]

Updated yellow warning for tomorrow

Between 00:05 Sun 18th and 23:55 Sun 18th

Snow showers are likely to continue throughout Sunday, with an increased chance that longer spells of snow will affect some areas. Southern and eastern regions look most vulnerable overnight and early on Sunday and then southwestern areas of England and south Wales into the daytime. Separate Amber warnings are in force for those areas most likely to see disruption. Any heavier snow will become largely confined to southwest England through the day. There is a chance of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel. Damage to trees or other structures increases the chance that power cuts could occur, especially over southern and southwestern parts of England. There is a small chance that some rural communities could become cut off. Icy surfaces increase the risk of accidents and injuries. Significant wind chill and drifting will be added factors, especially over hills.

Chief Forecaster's assessment

A second dose of unusually cold air will be in place across southern Britain, bringing with it the risk of snow for many. Amounts of snow will be variable, but typically 1 to 4 cm in northern areas and 3 to 8 cm further south. Greater amounts will occur locally, mostly covered by the Amber warnings.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings#?date=2018-03-18

Edited March 17, 2018 by Summer Sun

[doctor32]

Bit of a covering from this prolonged snow/hail shower...

[gazzac69]

heavy snow shower here

[lizmartin1981]

Well this morning it snowed, it landed (as my kids used to say) and it melted...really windy out there now though. I'm not leaving the house today so the weather can do as it pleases. 

The ground is absolutely saturated here, there is surface water everywhere and my garden has mini lakes in it so I'm amazed the snow lay this morning

[Summer Sun]

Wondering why the snow is melting so quickly?

 

[Freezing-Point]

The south of the region looks to have had the pick of the showers over the last 2 hours, but showers now starting to intensify further North too......

[doctor32]

Showers starting to clump together now nicely in north sea, better chance of more people seeing some snow next few hours.

[gazzac69]

 

snowing here now from that shower just east of me NE12 looks like a nice lot of showers to come just out to sea

[doctor32]

Tonights updated met forecast:

[Summer Sun]

Afternoon update

Sunday:

Strong and bitterly cold winds, with sunny intervals and further snow showers. The snow showers most frequent and heavy through the morning, tending to ease and become more scattered later. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday and Tuesday, bright mostly dry with sharp overnight frost but daytime temperatures slowly recovering, with a daytime thaw. Becoming less windy. Wednesday, wind and rain later. Milder.

[doctor32]

Pictures from earlier in a blizzard from a snow shower that passed over Aycliffe...

[gazzac69]

9 minutes ago, doctor32 said:

Pictures from earlier in a blizzard from a snow shower that passed over Aycliffe...

nice pics Doc

 

its looking a bit like that here now 

[snowmackem]

Ooh, something heavier and more prolonged here, looking forward to sledging tomorrow

[snowmackem]

Lol spoke to soon! It's a shame we can't see further out on the radar as the showers are moving through so quickly, there is just a conveyor belt of them but hard to guess what may be coming our way even one hour from now. Also, if you look closely you can see a lot of the showers shrink and become less intense just before making land, or is it my eyes? Lol

 

[Boro Snow]

On my side of the road which is north facing we have a good few cms on the grass nothing on the other side of the road, 

[Summer Sun]

The snow is starting to settle more now as we approach dusk albeit quite powdery still for now

 

[Boro Snow]

Wow that was a sudden change everywhere is now white, still not a big fan of snow this time of the year all those snow showers we have had today with not much to show for it, a complete waste 

[Stozzy]

Everything that falls now will settle . Wasn't nice playing footy in them blizzards in Middlesbrough earlier