North West Regional thread 01/09/18 Onwards......

[Day 10]

39 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 Yep no precipitation yet. The later it hits the less wintery it will be so I wish it would get a move on.  Didn’t realise it had been named but suppose it was always going to be with an amber .

Gutted was in Edinburgh 2 weeks ago and now they gonna get pasted. 

[iand61]

Painfully slow progress looking at the radar but at least I should be able to get out to the shops and back before we get completely cut off..........probably a slight exageration but black ice and the hills around here make for some interesting driving conditions.

[Chris.R]

15 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Gutted was in Edinburgh 2 weeks ago and now they gonna get pasted. 

Yep Edinburgh airport metar now reporting light snow. Glasgow was as well but now changed to rain. 

[Chris.R]

15 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Painfully slow progress looking at the radar but at least I should be able to get out to the shops and back before we get completely cut off..........probably a slight exageration but black ice and the hills around here make for some interesting driving conditions.

 Good job you’re playing at Wembley today; I would fancy that game would be called off otherwise. 

[Aaki Khan]

4 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Yep Edinburgh airport metar now reporting light snow. Glasgow was as well but now changed to rain. 

Im in Glasgow and can report light snow flurries falling for past few hours and looking towards Northern Ireland it seems good part of Central belt could be in for a pasring. Could get nasty around here midday onwards. Have a good day

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, Aaki Khan said:

Im in Glasgow and can report light snow flurries falling for past few hours and looking towards Northern Ireland it seems good part of Central belt could be in for a pasring. Could get nasty around here midday onwards. Have a good day

 Lucky bugger! Have fun.

[iand61]

Just now, Chris.R said:

 Good job you’re playing at Wembley today; I would fancy that game would be called off otherwise. 

Nowt for us today I imagine, but at least we’re not at home as it’ll be damned cold sat on the Turf today.

as you said though a good chance of games being called off if only because of fan safety.

[Chris.R]

Temp has been stuck at 1.7°C for ages. Good thing is the DP is -1.8°C. 

[Day 10]

3 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

Temp has been stuck at 1.7°C for ages. Good thing is the DP is -1.8°C. 

Icy wind, good to see those holding then mate

[Mokidugway]

Bone dry and 3 c, ppn band doesn't look significant  cold rain event below  250 metres 

[Day 10]

Precipitation slowly getting it's act together to the West now, pink echo's showing up mid-Wales. 

[WillinGlossop]

0c dew -2.5c cold wind... bacon under grill.. off to football after 11am... hopefully Christmas Saturday shopping traffic will be reduced.... has taken two hours to get there before other times 25 minutes...

[Chris.R]

4 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Precipitation slowly getting it's act together to the West now, pink echo's showing up mid-Wales. 

 It really needs to get a move on otherwise there won’t be enough sub-freezing air left; unless the inversion is coming in slower as well. 

[iand61]

4 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 It really needs to get a move on otherwise there won’t be enough sub-freezing air left; unless the inversion is coming in slower as well. 

At this rate it’ll be ruining our Easter weekend

[summer blizzard]

13 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

 It really needs to get a move on otherwise there won’t be enough sub-freezing air left; unless the inversion is coming in slower as well. 

I don't think pace is important since surface winds are east of south in front regardless. It is the front that marks the boundary and pushes back.

The more its delayed, the more the front may be occluded and that's a positive for most.

[Had Worse]

First report on the trip to New Mills.

Home was 1°C

Top of Chunal Hill A624 (1100ft) -0.5°C with a couple of snowflakes.

New Mills 0°C

[Chris.R]

7 minutes ago, summer blizzard said:

I don't think pace is important since surface winds are east of south in front regardless. It is the front that marks the boundary and pushes back.

The more its delayed, the more the front may be occluded and that's a positive for most.

 That’s good to hear. I did see some talk in the Midlands thread about some models occluding  the fronts earlier/further south. Let’s see what happens.

Edited December 15, 2018 by Chris.R

[Snowyowl9]

30 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

Precipitation slowly getting it's act together to the West now, pink echo's showing up mid-Wales. 

Just freezing rain here upper air too mild.

[Iceaxecrampon]

5 hours ago, Dexter said:

Shows the gaping rain shadow hole nicely! 

.....here we go Winter 2018 in Salwick

[Iceaxecrampon]

13 minutes ago, Snowyowl9 said:

Just freezing rain here upper air too mild.

Horrendous stuff that.

But setting off for Grasmere soon - might even get a parking spot? - nothing too adventurous as the wind is too strong maybe Easdale and Belles Knott looking toward the Pavey Ark and Langdale valley.

[severe snowstorm]

9 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

.....here we go Winter 2018 in Salwick

Saved from hours of freezing rain. I'd take that chart as a positive! That will be the reality for most rather than accumulating snow I imagine. I'd rather have plain old rain, although thankfully the hills will gobble most of that up where I am I expect.

 

Edited December 15, 2018 by Dexter

[Had Worse]

I'm just in the Amber zone for the freezing rain. I'll have to check if Stalyvegas is though.

Edit:  Yes it is.

Edited December 15, 2018 by Had Worse

[severe snowstorm]

2 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

I'm just in the Amber zone for the freezing rain. I'll have to check if Stalyvegas is though.

Just inside, but really doubt there will be much precipitation here anyway. 

[northwestsnow]

22 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

.....here we go Winter 2018 in Salwick

Mate honestly.. west of the m6 is about as bad as it gets if you like snow.

Only real hope for my location is easterlies.. and the pennine areas like here tend to gollop all the precip as we saw in march.

Edited December 15, 2018 by northwestsnow

[Chris.R]

 Precipitation about to arrive, still 1.7/-1.9.