Northwest England regional thread 3 /3 onwards

[Chris.R]

44 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

ELR Sunday should be interesting Heywood - Bury - Rawtenstall round trips.

 I’d love to do that this weekend but unfortunately haven’t got the time. Went up there the other week and just got there as the thaw was setting in. Going to see Tornado there on Easter weekend; would be nice if there was some snow to welcome me  then.  

[iand61]

Flying Scotsman was at Rawtenstall station on Saturday when I called into the well known German supermarket near there.

certainly a lot of people about then but no doubt tomorrow’s snow will keep it quieter.

[Chris.R]

Temp has fallen from 9.5°C to 7.4°C in the last 20 minutes; here we go. 

[Wardlegacy]

The BBC forecasts and app are a shambles. I don’t take any notice now. I follow a couple of forecasters on twitter and watch the Met Office now.

[Chris.R]

2 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Flying Scotsman was at Rawtenstall station on Saturday when I called into the well known German supermarket near there.

certainly a lot of people about then but no doubt tomorrow’s snow will keep it quieter.

 Yeah I know :-) it’s only on static display though not actually on the railway itself this time. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

16 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 I’d love to do that this weekend but unfortunately haven’t got the time. Went up there the other week and just got there as the thaw was setting in. Going to see Tornado there on Easter weekend; would be nice if there was some snow to welcome me  then.  

CFPS 40106 - if passes testing on Saturday.

[Wardlegacy]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

Temp has fallen from 9.5°C to 7.4°C in the last 20 minutes; here we go. 

Yes it’s great watching this extreme  temperature drop 

[Iceaxecrampon]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

 Yeah I know :-) it’s only on static display though not actually on the railway itself this time. 

Running  on the ELR

http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/events-activities/2018/5/scotsman-in-steam.aspx

Good event - but far too many "rucsacks"

[Iceaxecrampon]

2 minutes ago, Wardlegacy said:

Yes it’s great watching this extreme  temperature drop 

Wind swung round now - rattling the East facing gate and doors.

[severe snowstorm]

Band of precipitation pushing West from East coast now will be introducing the bitter air...

 

[cheshire snow]

Manchester Airport just issued a Level 3 Snow/ice alert From 0500 17th March Until 18th March

Level 3 status is a warning for possible disruption and diversions.

Airport are asking for snow clearing teams to be on standby

C.S

Edited March 16, 2018 by cheshire snow

[Chris.R]

1 minute ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

Running  on the ELR

http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/events-activities/2018/5/scotsman-in-steam.aspx

Good event - but far too many "rucsacks"

Oo thanks :-) didn’t notice that had been added. Another event in my calendar. 

[SnowThunder]

So bizarre it can go from mild feeling almost tropical to feeling like Siberia overnight

Forecast for snow tomorrow and Sunday, hopefully it's right and hopefully it's the last of the cold and we can get into the warmer spring/summer temps

[Iceaxecrampon]

1 minute ago, Chris.R said:

Oo thanks :-) didn’t notice that had been added. Another event in my calendar. 

How about this?

http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/events-activities/2018/4/40s-at-60.aspx

[Makemeasnowman]

Just popped out for some beers and kebab. Certainly getting colder out there. I’ve only been back from Spain a week and thought it was already cold. But leaving the pub this evening it was bitter

[Chris.R]

1 minute ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

How about this?

http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/events-activities/2018/4/40s-at-60.aspx

 Yes :-) I‘ll think about it, but I’m more of a steam person tbh. 

[Chris.R]

 6.7°C here now. 

[cheshire snow]

Both Manchester/Liverpool TAFS Updated very nice indeed.

C.S

[iand61]

14 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Yeah I know :-) it’s only on static display though not actually on the railway itself this time. 

True, there was one in the station pulling carriages but Flying Scotsman seemed to be the centre of attraction.

back to weather though and why are the BBC regional weather forecasts so bland and uninspiring.

is it the graphics, is it the presenter or is it just the fact that they aren’t convinced that anything remotely interesting is going to happen.

personally i’m not bothered about any more snow this season but after missing the worst of it last time around I think that i’m going to get a bit of a dumping this weekend.

[Day 10]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

New Year's Eve night 1996, that's what reminds me of.

Remember it well mate, I was 16 at a house party which turned into more of a pi#sed snowball fight street party (pretty sure it was 96 anyway, I was pretty pi#sed like).

[dodge]

Winds have definitely switched & feeling noticeably colder in last hour.  Hope the snizzle from the weather front overnight moves moves away quickly to allow the convective showers to stream in from the bitter east.

[Joe Bloggs]

12z EURO4 Snow accumulation by 06z Sunday.

never thought I’d see the day! 

https://expert-images.images-weatheronline.com/daten/proficharts/en/euro4/2018/03/16/basis12/ukuk/weas/18031806_1612.gif

[iand61]

1 minute ago, Day 10 said:

Remember it well mate, I was 16 at a house party which turned into more of a pi#sed snowball fight street party (pretty sure it was 96 anyway, I was pretty pi#sed like).

We got about 6 inches of snow during the afternoon from that set up along with a fair bit of drifting.

[itsnowjoke]

Well I'm not looking forward to it probably spend in sat on bog thought it had gone until I ate something ????

[itsnowjoke]

It it possible to still have a bug this long