Far north and northeast of England weather discussion

[Continental Climate]

11 minutes ago, Boro Snow said:

Finally all white outside 

You had me all excited there Boro snow. I jumped up from watching TV thinking it would be lovely snow, but no just a heavy graupel shower lol 

[P-M]

I'm seeing 3 sort of streamers.  I've highlighted the one that I'm interested from an IMBY perspective but there appears to be one above and one below. 

[Phil Blake]

Yeah more graupel falling here now 

[garylaverick]

9 minutes ago, Snow White said:

I live in the highest part of Gateshead near the QE hospital and it has been lying here all day but I went down to the Team Valley at 1pm and there was no lying snow there.

Just shows what a difference even a small amount of height can make.

Here is a picture of my location now.

I'm just down the road next to High Felling Post office and similar scenes. Just been to take the recycling out and it's all very crunchy now.

Who's in for a long shift tonight?

[rdt123]

1 minute ago, P-M said:

I'm seeing 3 sort of streamers.  I've highlighted the one that I'm interested from an IMBY perspective but there appears to be one above and one below. 

The southern one looks good for Stockton / Middlesbrough 

[P-M]

Just now, rdt123 said:

The southern one looks good for Stockton / Middlesbrough 

It sure does.  Imagine if this was proper heavy snow. We'd all be happy north to south across the region lol

[rdt123]

One this to say - sometimes there’s joy in the chase - here we all are - for many of us the model watching , radar watching and forum watching is a big chunk of the fun. Even if we miss out I’d rather this than last winter - virtually never logging in 

[**!!**]

What is it going to take for this graupel to turn to snow?

[Fairweather Teessider]

3 minutes ago, rdt123 said:

One this to say - sometimes there’s joy in the chase - here we all are - for many of us the model watching , radar watching and forum watching is a big chunk of the fun. Even if we miss out I’d rather this than last winter - virtually never logging in 

I agree mate

[Boro Snow]

6 minutes ago, Continental Climate said:

You had me all excited there Boro snow. I jumped up from watching TV thinking it would be lovely snow, but no just a heavy graupel shower lol 

sorry mate, didn't last long either 

[Geordiesnow]

13 minutes ago, Snow White said:

I live in the highest part of Gateshead near the QE hospital and it has been lying here all day but I went down to the Team Valley at 1pm and there was no lying snow there.

Just shows what a difference even a small amount of height can make.

Here is a picture of my location now.

I don't think height makes a difference as the air is so cold, I just imagine you got hit by the PPN more than they did in the Team Valley. 

Still no real signs of proper convection though, no idea how much on the radar is actually reaching the ground but if you get a heavier burst, it will settle right away. 

[Cloud 10]

Got an actual snow shower here now although fairly light.

Quite windy as well.

[Phil Blake]

Paths are all white here now

[geordiekev]

Flakes getting heavier & more persistent as been polystyrene like all day, but after days of rain its the type that lays the perfect foundation

Edited February 7, 2021 by geordiekev

[North East Blizzard]

Heavy snow out there now

[Continental Climate]

Heavier graupel showers now could this be the start? Streamers seem to setting up all over the NE now. 

[Chris.]

1 minute ago, Continental Climate said:

Streamers seem to setting up all over the NE now. 

Except for crook/bishop!  

[Jarrow Posh]

32 minutes ago, Snow White said:

I live in the highest part of Gateshead near the QE hospital and it has been lying here all day but I went down to the Team Valley at 1pm and there was no lying snow there.

Just shows what a difference even a small amount of height can make.

Here is a picture of my location now.

I was up there the other day to see the snow,its just under 500 feet asl around there 

[Gizzy]

Think we have had the longest dry spell we have had all day.

Missing the streamers, right in the middle as they go above and below , typical lol.

Sure that we will get a good streamer at some point through the night though.

[NickR]

Oh, look. In between the streamers. :|

[P-M]

1 minute ago, NickR said:

Oh, look. In between the streamers.

To be fair mate you're not missing much it's mainly just graupel lol 

 

Hang in there i think later and overnight will yield some results.  It's like pulling teeth right now but I'm staying positive for tonight at least. 

 

On a side note the windchill has really picked up it's Baltic oot there!

[Dahonis]

It's trying at Bowes incline at the moment......

[snowmackem]

5 minutes ago, NickR said:

Oh, look. In between the streamers.

What's there? All I can see is non-streamer space

[Gizzy]

2 minutes ago, P-M said:

To be fair mate you're not missing much it's mainly just graupel lol 

 

Hang in there i think later and overnight will yield some results.  It's like pulling teeth right now but I'm staying positive for tonight at least. 

 

On a side note the windchill has really picked up it's Baltic oot there!

I am keeping the faith, I am keeping the positive mindset, I am still putting all my hopes on the wonderful BBC ( lol ) forecast which is still giving us heavy snow from around 11pm.

Cheers PM.

[MonkeyMag]

Typical in between streamers!!