Northwest England regional thread 3 /3 onwards

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, Dexter said:

You were well outside the metoffice warning area as well! Just goes to show how tricky these things are to forecast and to be fair to the metoffice, they did stress uncertainty with regard to Northern extent.

Agreed.

Im suprised my locale was even in any warning area given the synoptics (ie rain shadow).

Edited March 8, 2018 by northwestsnow

[Chris.R]

 Well it’s going as expected for me here, was confident it would turn to snow. Met office just hate us round here. Anyway 0.5°C now, DP -1. Has dropped a lot. 

[severe snowstorm]

5 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:

Agreed.

Im suprised my locale was even in any warning area given the synoptics (ie rain shadow).

Yes, we are getting some reasonbly intense bursts making it through, but the Peaks are just doing enough to take away the really intense stuff which reduces our snow chances. After last week, we can have no complaints though.

[severe snowstorm]

3 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Well it’s going as expected for me here, was confident it would turn to snow. Met office just hate us round here. Anyway 0.5°C now, DP -1. Has dropped a lot. 

With those temps and the look of the radar, you could get quite some accumulation.

[northwestsnow]

Strange, net weather radar has some quite intense pink returns over my house..but its raining, radar is faulty.

[Chris.R]

1 minute ago, Dexter said:

With those temps and the look of the radar, you could get quite some accumulation.

 How much longer of this heavy precip do you think I’ve got? 

[Chris.R]

1 minute ago, northwestsnow said:

Strange, net weather radar has some quite intense pink returns over my house..but its raining, radar is faulty.

 Precipitation type radar is computer generated from NWP and metar obs. 

[severe snowstorm]

Just now, Chris.R said:

 How much longer of this heavy precip do you think I’ve got? 

Hard to say. Looks like the precipitation is pivoting now as the low moves across. Maybe 2 or 3 hours at least? It is still edging North near you.

[toccylad]

Finally snow. Gone white out

[northwestsnow]

Looks like one of those occasions were its rain near the pennines and with altitude and snow near the coast.

Happy for chris and the others

[severe snowstorm]

Where are all the Wirral folk? It is probably hammering it down with snow and they are all fast asleep lol!

[carl1980]

It took a while but its sticking now,got a covering

[Chris.R]

Still snowing moderately here. All marginality  seems to have gone. Temperature approaching zero.

 

Dusting is getting thicker

Edited March 8, 2018 by Chris.R

[carl1980]

Really heavy now

[Chris.R]

 Now 0.1°C, DP -1.1°C. Surely we can’t get an air frost! 

[Minnizi]

5 minutes ago, Dexter said:

Where are all the Wirral folk? It is probably hammering it down with snow and they are all fast asleep lol!

Im here lol,

[iand61]

Wet sleety snow falling.

i never thought i’d think this but. 

[Chris.R]

Oh wwwwooooowwwwwww! Really heavy with CD sized snowflakes. Not seen Snow like this for years. 

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Very heavy snow leaving work!!

[Chris.R]

 Still belting it down...coming up on 2 cm on most surfaces...All dripping has stopped. 

[carl1980]

5 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Still belting it down...coming up on 2 cm on most surfaces...All dripping has stopped. 

Yes same here,some of the flakes in the heavier bursts have been massive

[Had Worse]

Rain with the odd snowflake hete

[Chris.R]

The 21st air frost of the winter has just begun. 4th in March. Heavy snow below freezing. Really didn’t expect that today.

 

 

[carl1980]

Not far of the best covering we've had all winter now

[Stratocumulus perlucidus]

Its worse the further west you get. All slushy in warrington but st helens all white