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

[Iceaxecrampon]

13 minutes ago, pip22 said:

It is stopped now but I am certain theres more on the way.

Radar had brief pink echo passing over you in the sleety mix.

[Chris.R]

Heavy nothing with Bursts of bugger all. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Rain Sleet mix in Balderstone.

[mottram blue]

Really beltin down now flipping lovely

[WillinGlossop]

Heavy again now....

[Had Worse]

[itsnowjoke]

Blue sky still 

[Deep Snow please]

Sleety rain here but turning to snow.

[Frost HoIIow]

Snowing and beginning to stick... Yes! 

[severe snowstorm]

Snow struggling to settle on roads/pavements, despite intensity. Hopefully this will improve later on.

[Had Worse]

Just now, Dexter said:

Snow struggling to settle on roads/pavements, despite intensity. Hopefully this will improve later on.

Looking at radar, this could go on for 30 minutes or more. It's back building.

[ChezWeather]

Buxton getting buried as usual 

[Deep Snow please]

Proper snow here finally after a fair bit of sleet. 

[wrightc23]

2 minutes ago, ChezWeather said:

Buxton getting buried as usual 

Has to be close to the snowiest place in England? Surprised it doesn't snow all year round! Lovely town as well, I'd be very tempted to relocate!

[kold weather]

For you guys up here away from higher ground the intensity of any showers is going to be key as to whether the snow settles or not. In lighter falls probably going to struggle, but heavier falls I would think be condusive for decent settling at lower levels. Of course questions to be had over how much it holds on after the shower has passed through.

Not surprised Buxton is getting hammered, I suspect most towns above 200M on the western side of the Pennies will get hammered, same for most places in Lake District, etc.

Edited January 22, 2019 by kold weather

[Had Worse]

Trough now clearly visible from Isle of man to Plymouth on the radar. 

[severe snowstorm]

6 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Looking at radar, this could go on for 30 minutes or more. It's back building.

Radar certainly exploding to life out West...

[severe snowstorm]

Now settling readily on roads and pavements at last. I presume this must mean that dew points must be on the way down?

[dodge]

Snowing heavy now, and sticking although still has a wet look about it so will need regular top-ups to stop any melting in between the showers.

[Had Worse]

[WillinGlossop]

Lightening struck at knutsford

[WillinGlossop]

Very heavy huge flakes has brought temperature down now -1c 2-4cm.... 50p flakes or bigger....

[severe snowstorm]

4 minutes ago, dodgeredee said:

Snowing heavy now, and sticking although still has a wet look about it so will need regular top-ups to stop any melting in between the showers.

Agreed. Big gap on radar coming so I expect all that has settled to melt before the arrival of the next batch. However, showers could pop up quickly in between. Seen that many a time in these setups.

[feb1991blizzard]

SSnow - only settling on roofs at the moment - needs to belt down.

[Deep Snow please]

1 minute ago, Dexter said:

Agreed. Big gap on radar coming so I expect all that has settled to melt before the arrival of the next batch. However, showers could pop up quickly in between. Seen that many a time in these setups.

That next band behind it looks to have something quite intense in store for the south of the region though.