North West Regional Discussion 30 Jan 2019 onwards

[toggerob]

A bit of snow settling on the tops around Buxton a hour ago, not really anything noteworthy but the hail showers have begun now i'm back home.

[Miamay]

Just had a snow shower in Liverpool city centre mixed with hail

[Backtrack]

Us too. We had a snow shower. Some rain & hail mixed in. So technically sleet/wintry mix. But I’ve seen my first snowflakes in almost two years. 

[Backtrack]

The sun feels lovely and warm now though. And it doesn’t feel cold out at all. Uppers must be very cold. 

[The Northern Ramper]

Just had a wintry shower, progress

[SnowThunder]

Had some hail earlier, wind is getting quite wild & viciously cold now

[Backtrack]

Just one small shower since this morning. Rain and hail. Colder out now. Need some showers 

[Day 10]

5 hours ago, Miamay said:

Just had a snow shower in Liverpool city centre mixed with hail

Damn, missed it! Oh well there's always next year... 

[damianslaw]

Another dismal morning with rain and low cloud, that gave way to a rather bright quieter afternoon, with some blue sky. More showers this evening, quite cold as well, max of 5 degrees, snow on the hills.

Turning into a very dull sunless February. Tomorrow another deluge forecast..

[dodge]

Normally in winters of a bye gone age, you'd think a clearance to a colder air mass following today's earlier rain, must surely setup a frosty night in the middle of February?...but not this February... a milder front will creep in the early hours to push up the temps and herald in the rain.  Heavy & persistent on east pennine up slopes...(tick).

[Backtrack]

Disgusting day. Rain, no wind, 9C. Do sunny days just not exist anymore?

[Carl46Wrexham]

Gusty winds..no rain (rain shadow in effect again). 

[Iceaxecrampon]

14 hours ago, dodge said:

Normally in winters of a bye gone age, you'd think a clearance to a colder air mass following today's earlier rain, must surely setup a frosty night in the middle of February?...but not this February... a milder front will creep in the early hours to push up the temps and herald in the rain.  Heavy & persistent on east pennine up slopes...(tick).

Thought the initial heavy front was due to pass about 11am - persistent lingering mid to heavy rain now on the Fylde.just seems to want to hang around.

[itsnowjoke]

Raining again

[Carl46Wrexham]

30 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

Disgusting day. Rain, no wind, 9C. Do sunny days just not exist anymore?

How is it you have no wind? You’re 24 miles to the N/NE of me but I have pretty strong gusts of winds coming through my part of the world. 
 

The rain part I can understand as where I live is often in a pronounced rain shadow.

[northwestsnow]

Rain rain and more rain.

Sigh.

[Weather-history]

Looks very heavy around the Forest of Bowland

[Gray-Wolf]

It looks very 'orographic' in nature?

The run up to the Peaks/Pennines seems to be taking the biggest hit but then, by the time you're over the tops of the Pennines, you're entering the 'rain shadow'

Run the rainfall radar and you can see this in operation?

[Carl46Wrexham]

12 minutes ago, Gray-Wolf said:

It looks very 'orographic' in nature?

The run up to the Peaks/Pennines seems to be taking the biggest hit but then, by the time you're over the tops of the Pennines, you're entering the 'rain shadow'

Run the rainfall radar and you can see this in operation?

Same thing happening in North Wales, thoroughly wet over the North West...complete contrast to the east..glimpses of sunshine with odd bits of wind blown drizzle.

[cheshire snow]

Light to moderate rain here for the last few hours talking about the rain shadow if this had been a snow event then no doubt the rain shadow would come into effect I just don't understand it.

C.S

[Backtrack]

3 hours ago, Carl46Wrexham said:

How is it you have no wind? You’re 24 miles to the N/NE of me but I have pretty strong gusts of winds coming through my part of the world. 
 

The rain part I can understand as where I live is often in a pronounced rain shadow.

Not a clue mate. Been a rather calm day really. Breezy now, but still not windy. 

[Frost HoIIow]

Diabolical day. Pretty much non stop moderate to heavy rain most of today.

[Carl46Wrexham]

1 hour ago, Backtrack said:

Not a clue mate. Been a rather calm day really. Breezy now, but still not windy. 

I might be completely wrong here so am happy to be corrected, but orographic rainfall has being ongoing all day to the west of me, that air is drying out as it’s descending on the leeward side and picking up speed as it descends. Trading rain for wind. The one good thing is that the wind is helping dry things out very quickly.

[dodge]

1 hour ago, Frost HoIIow said:

Diabolical day. Pretty much non stop moderate to heavy rain most of today.

Bonkers isn't it... just sitting on the hills and not really going much to the other side of the Pennines.  Only in my wildest winter dreams could I imagine what this would have been like if it was snow.... Oldham would have been burried.

[itsnowjoke]

Chucking it down sideways rain and it’s flooded at the bottom of our cobbled street