North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards

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Just now, Kasim Awan said:

Haha, well both areas are due to see decent convection with those limiting factors present. On the M6 will be influenced by both those limiting factors to a lesser extent. Quite a complicated set up as per but locally the precip intensity will override these factors and produce decent snow.

I hope you've taken into account the air movement from the trucks on the motorway, could promote blizzard like conditions in the middle lane

[James M]

I’m hoping that little shower makes it here, it looks very slow moving

[WillinGlossop]

-1c snizzle

[SnowWatcher2]

Heavy snow currently falling here temp 0.2C 

Edited January 7, 2021 by SnowWatcher2

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Tomorrow looks really poor on the Euro4 & NetWx SR. Hardly any PPN around at all

[More Runs Needed]

Nice snow shower here which laid on all surfaces

[Kasim Awan]

18 minutes ago, Geordiesnow said:

I'm not sure why Karim is mentioning the infamous west of the M6 will be marginal when winds are most definately will be off shore so there be no difference in temperature really. 

The rain shadow affect is more of a probability though, you can see that already, Infact places to the east of the Pennines could be in for a real treat tonight and into tomorrow. Going to be interesting how it develops because there could be surprises even in the NW but I fancy Yorkshire mainly to get hard hit by snow. 

It's related to the current inversion below 300m which is more prevalent in the east. This will get gently mixed in the next 16 hours, though it will retain enough influence on the temp profile to be somewhat significant. Again, these are rough guides, likely that some places on & slightly west of M6 will see 1-3cm from heavy wet snow equally Cheshire plain above 40-70m 1-3cm for some from lighter more prolonged precip and Peaks east of Disley 5-10cm above 200m.

Edited January 7, 2021 by Kasim Awan

[Chris.R]

Air frost has just ended so no ice day for me today, oh well.

[Weather-history]

A coupe of snow flurries passed over recently

[Thunder Snow]

Light snow since 6am still coming down dusting.

[Sn0wmad79]

4 minutes ago, SnowWatcher2 said:

Heavy snow currently falling here temp 0.2C 

Just up from you and its light snow here. Not going to amount to much atm.

[raul_sbd]

Nice small snow shower in Sale.. -0.3c and -1.0c DP

[bridgechad]

snizzle here too in ashton but getting heavier as i type

[griff74]

Hoping that what is currently passing over the Isle of Man will make it here, looks like a lot more than what we just got?

[damianslaw]

Finally a bit of dandruff falling, seems we needed temps to edge above freezing to allow something to fall. Not expecting it to last long or settle, needs to be much heavier. Very annoying this front.

[James M]

Just about made it here. Some light fluffy flakes falling.

[SnowWatcher2]

Not a bad start to the day, looking like winter wonderland already, more than what was forecast for here at this time - hope its a good sign for later.

[Snowmad79]

Still snow on the ground from the previous minor snow showers we've had the past week or so. It goes to show how cold it has been even on the Sunny days with clear sky's. Dandruff is dusting us over nicely

[Joe Bloggs]

Lovely snow shower here, big fluffy flakes 

[Geordiesnow]

9 minutes ago, Kasim Awan said:

It's related to the current inversion below 300m which is more prevalent in the east. This will get gently mixed in the next 16 hours, though it will retain enough influence on the temp profile to be somewhat significant. Again, these are rough guides, likely that some places on & slightly west of M6 will see 1-3cm from heavy wet snow equally Cheshire plain above 40-70m 1-3cm for some from lighter more prolonged precip and Peaks east of Disley 5-10cm above 200m.

Can we please have a set up where normal science would suggest if its cold enough for snow it will snow, not all this malarkey of inversions and all that. 

Damianslaw - I think it could be one of those days where that front could intensify at anytime, it's all now casting now so whilst the front is over us, we got to keep some hope. 

[Had Worse]

Light snow now falling in Hadfield.❄❄❄

[Joe Bloggs]

@Kasim Awan thank you for flagging the snow shadow potential for here tomorrow. Always good to know about this in advance as it can very often override NWP guidance.

[James M]

Getting heavier with bigger flakes, lovely! 

[damianslaw]

35 minutes ago, Penrith Snow said:

I can't believe my luck today, had 3cms of dry powdery snow this morning and now the front seems to have slowed down over Cumbria. A temperature of -0.6c is ensuring no melt either.

Great stuff.

Andy

Nice to see. I was hoping for the same scenes, alas hang in hope for later.

[The Northern Ramper]

Light snow sticking