North West Regional Discussion 30 December 2020 onwards

[dodge]

Could have frontal snow on late tues/wed?...but I have a feeling the temps will rise to the wrong side of marginal ahead of the precipitation and it will be a slush-fest instead.

[Iceaxecrampon]

Just now, Spah1 said:

Sliders go underneath.

Beast from the East doesn’t reach

NW showers never cold enough or heavy enough for more than 2-3cm if your are lucky to catch one. 
 

I’ve seen more Unicorns than Polar Lows

 

That's why I drive North.

Problem is  - that's just a bit out of the question presently.

Soon be Spring.

[Osca31]

19 minutes ago, Iceaxecrampon said:

Once in a generation - like 2010.

Or Feb 1996 for here.

[damianslaw]

Lovely winters day here. Milky skies this morning, snow from yesterday still on the trees, no wind at all. Now we have blue sky and temp 0.9 degrees.

We've had a run of very good weekends overall recently with little in the way of heavy rain, very fortunate given current restrictions been able to get out and about in Clement weather.

Seems a parallel with the spring lockdown as soon as we entered it weather behaved very well, and yes we had the incessant rain mid week, but so far, how much worse could January have been, with further signs the Atlantic is not going to rule the roost! Vitamin D boost!

[SP1986]

Nice to see snow but it may as well have rained. The outcome was the same. I think the met offices forecast of severe frost is reliant on snow cover

[Had Worse]

 Nice

[damianslaw]

1 minute ago, Had Worse said:

 Nice

Nice in the sense the fronts are stalling? Most likely will be heavy rain by then, but yes notable that the Atlantic appears to be coming unstuck against strengthening heights to the north.

Would be good to have a full on heavy snow event from a slow moving frontal feature doing battle with the cold polar air and for the latter to win out. Been an absolute age since we had one of them..

[Day 10]

10 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

Nice in the sense the fronts are stalling? Most likely will be heavy rain by then, but yes notable that the Atlantic appears to be coming unstuck against strengthening heights to the north.

Would be good to have a full on heavy snow event from a slow moving frontal feature doing battle with the cold polar air and for the latter to win out. Been an absolute age since we had one of them..

This Winter maybe? The mid-term packed full of battleground scenarios, the battle of the airmasses happening over Scotland so far this Winter but the cold looking a little stronger toward months end... 

[Joe Snow]

If you are in the South of the region you don’t really have to look far for some decent snow Stone, Shrewsbury Shropshire 5-6cm, Stafford down towards Birmingham 8/9cm, Derby 7cm - so frustrating really and very NW England luck that our heaviest fall of the winter 7-8cm here was post Storm Christoph that melted within hours  Still positive about Feb though

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[Wardlegacy]

7 minutes ago, Joe Snow said:

If you are in the South of the region you don’t really have to look far for some decent snow Stone, Shrewsbury Shropshire 5-6cm, Stafford down towards Birmingham 8/9cm, Derby 7cm - so frustrating really and very NW England luck that our heaviest fall of the winter 7-8cm here was post Storm Christoph that melted within hours  Still positive about Feb though

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Yep frustratingly close all day! 

[SnowWatcher2]

Whatever happened to the proper winters we used to get... Long , cold snowy periods that seemed to last for days(sometimes weeks) on end , I remember going sledging on a regular basis when I was a kid and in proper snow (not these petty 2 cm events we get now), just shows how global warming is taking place and ruining our fun as well as the planet, at least this year there was a dramatic reduction in pollution due to the mass shutdown of the world. something positive. 

[Joe Snow]

5 minutes ago, Wardlegacy said:

Yep frustratingly close all day! 

The snow appears to be pushing west slightly - snowing lightly in Stoke and has quickly clouded over the past half hour so we may see some falling snow again in the next 2 hours as it all sinks southwards. 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Joe Snow

[SnowWatcher2]

<< Leicester 1min ago  

[Monkeypants]

snow is steady here in ST3 nowhere near as heavy as radar echo shows tho. 5mile away in stone they have a couple inches so band is very localised and narrow

[SnowWatcher2]

Derby seems to have done well out of this. 

[SnowWatcher2]

  That seems like a lot... anyone live in Carsington to confirm this?... curious 

[raul_sbd]

Heavy snow at 4pm and light snow 5pm for Sale.. not sure about that Metoffice

[SnowWatcher2]

24 Hour accumulation...

  < could this area be any more unlucky - sorry on a major moan today

[jam2010]

Think most of the area has been unlucky, not to bothered with it being so light and don't think it would of stuck. 

 

[SnowWatcher2]

2 minutes ago, jam2010 said:

Think most of the area has been unlucky, not to bothered with it being so light and don't think it would of stuck. 

 

True... Just fed up with the current trends..  ah well, got Feb and March to hopefully deliver the goods for our area, positive vibes. 

[Had Worse]

Heres what you could have won.

 

[iand61]

36 minutes ago, SnowWatcher2 said:

24 Hour accumulation...

  < could this area be any more unlucky - sorry on a major moan today

Don’t worry, I am under the bit that should be having something but nothing but darkness is falling.

[raul_sbd]

Back to the chase now.. next round next wknd? Gonna be a long week of waiting 

[Had Worse]

I think there will be further twists before we get to next weekend.

[SnowWatcher2]

4 minutes ago, iand61 said:

Don’t worry, I am under the bit that should be having something but nothing but darkness is falling.

Aye.. Its been a bit poor for us all past few days, lets hope next couple months bring something.