North West Regional Discussion 30 Jan 2019 onwards

[Frost HoIIow]

There's not enough expletives that can be used to describe today but I'll refrain. There's been so many of these wash out day's this Winter. It's like living in Seattle. At least tomorrow looks a bit better.

[I Cumbria Marra I]

Its even pouring down at 300M ASL with no hint of sleet. Ive noticed the Euro4 model has performed really badly this winter when it comes to forcasting PPN type, numerous times it has forcasted snow this winter for me when all i got was rain, in past winters it rarely gave snow for here and it was a lot more accurate. Im sure its been tweaked to favour snow.

[dodge]

Weather warning's for RAIN... seem to be more accurate and sure-fire then any of the other warnings... at least so today...it's poured down from start to probably finish by the look of the radar.  Drains are blocked, ground is sodden, river levels are very high... hard to imagine now the wispy yellow grass of summer 2018 when the land was scorched dry by an heatwave.

[Geordiesnow]

57 minutes ago, I Cumbria Marra I said:

Its even pouring down at 300M ASL with no hint of sleet. Ive noticed the Euro4 model has performed really badly this winter when it comes to forcasting PPN type, numerous times it has forcasted snow this winter for me when all i got was rain, in past winters it rarely gave snow for here and it was a lot more accurate. Im sure its been tweaked to favour snow.

I bet this morning it would of fell as snow at that height, the milder air has arrived now(if albeit not at the surface yet) so snowfall in the UK will be very limited now. 

[SnowThunder]

1 hour ago, SP1986 said:

Can't believe its still snowing at Southport 

Mostly rain mixed with sleet here 10 minutes walk away from there

[Had Worse]

I've noticed it turning sleety here with the icy bits melting on my windscreen.

[Had Worse]

2 hours ago, Frost HoIIow said:

There's not enough expletives that can be used to describe today but I'll refrain. There's been so many of these wash out day's this Winter. It's like living in Seattle. At least tomorrow looks a bit better.

At least its not Sleetless in Seattle.

[itsnowjoke]

Still blustery horrible roll on spring 

[Iceaxecrampon]

Well - I've had a quick blast through the GFS and it looks like its.......

Here in Salwick on the Fylde Coast we have yet to witness lying snow.

[Iceaxecrampon]

Cheers - till next "Winter"

Cabin Up!

[Chris.R]

Had an interesting day. When I left to go into town this morning it was 3°C with driving sleety rain/wind and feeling absolutely disgusting. By 3 pm the rain had cleared and it had become much warmer as expected reaching a maximum of 9.6°C. Went to see Prince of Wales and it was actually quite pleasant in the warm sector and the Sun came out at intervals. Quite surprised how nice the day turned out to be after such a terrible start.

Edited February 28, 2020 by Chris.R

[cheshire snow]

2-3cm of snow over Lancashire and Cumbria tomorrow afternoon according to Granada Weather 

Just saying

C.S

[Chris.R]

over 300–400 m yes

[cheshire snow]

5 minutes ago, Chris.R said:

over 300–400 m yes

High ground was not mentioned on Granada Weather but I would suspect so

Just mentioned snow over Cumbria and Lancashire.

C.S

Edited February 28, 2020 by cheshire snow

[damianslaw]

Interesting observations today, great example what a difference a bit if height combined with heavy precipitation can make when it comes to set ups marginal for snow at low levels I.e less than 300 metres. First thing experienced sleety rain in light precipitation, soon as it became heavier some wet snow fell, this at 110 metres, I travelled up to Perth in Scotland via a591 and a66 and there was settling snow at 250 metres. Temp 1 degree. Then rain at 150 metres. Then some sleety snow at 300 metres as it was much lighter. Temp climbed up to 4 degrees north of penrith on my all the way to beattock on a74 then dropped to 3 degrees. Then took a701 to Edinburgh and there was snow again above 300 metres temp back down to 1 degree, a slow climb up to 4 degrees by penicuik no more snow until near kinross on m90 back down to 2 degrees height I think around 250 metres.. 

[Iceaxecrampon]

February 2020

[SP1986]

Strange kind of topographic rainfall across NW England today. Here there no rain yet for the past few hours it's been incessantly raining 20 miles inland and keeps backbuilding. Check the radar if you don't know what I mean. 

Edited February 29, 2020 by SP1986

[Weather-history]

 

[iand61]

32 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

It certainly feels like it as well.

 

[Weather-history]

Very squally front edge to a shower with hail and even a little bit of sleet in it

[frosty ground]

Snow here which is a surprise 

[The Northern Ramper]

Snow here

[iand61]

Some large flakes of snow here now as the the cold air digs in.

5th morning in the row with snow falling here which given that this miserable winter had so far only given me a single time, isn’t a bad turnaround.

[northwestsnow]

1 hour ago, Weather-history said:

 

On the back of an unsettled nov dec and jan ...

THE most disgusting winter i can ever recall, and there has been lots of competition.

[cheshire snow]

14 hours ago, cheshire snow said:

High ground was not mentioned on Granada Weather but I would suspect so

Just mentioned snow over Cumbria and Lancashire.

C.S

Looking at some posts in here this morning Granada Weather was correct last night.

C.S