Far north and northeast of England weather discussion

[Snowmaggedon]

Does seem to be turning wintry. Definitely some wet snow in there.

[Snowmaggedon]

I CAN CONFIRM IT IS NOW SNOWING IN MIDDLESBROUGH. LET THE GAMES BEGIN. 

[John in the frozen north]

Wierdly warmed up to 2 degrees in Hexham and rained for a while now back at 1.3 degrees and sleet. Not sure whats going on. Missing a lot of potential snow here.

[rdt123]

21 minutes ago, Snowmaggedon said:

Am I missing something I thought the rain was forecast and it was only meant to start turning to snow later on tonight for most of the region? 

Interestingly that depends on the model - gfs was really keen on snow here from 3pm, ukmo more near midnight 

[**!!**]

Defiantly turning more to snow in Norton, some big flakes

[doctor32]

Turning to sleet now more readily and temp falling to 1.6°c

 

 

[Mr McP]

Light snow here just outside Durham, very wet though.

[Gizzy]

5 minutes ago, Snowmaggedon said:

I CAN CONFIRM IT IS NOW SNOWING IN MIDDLESBROUGH. LET THE GAMES BEGIN. 

Get in there Snowmag !!!

[rdt123]

Just been out to the bbq still mainly rain. Wood pellet grill before anyone thinks I’ve gone (more) insane 

Edited February 6, 2021 by rdt123

[snowmackem]

34 minutes ago, **!!** said:

Defiantly turning more sleety here in Norton

How defiant lol?

[NickR]

Still rain in Durham, a bit sleety. Radar says snow; GFS says snow. Not yet it ain't.

[Boro Snow]

Rain in Darlo , Not much happening behind this front

[Methuselah]

3 minutes ago, snowmackem said:

How defiant lol?

Predictive Text does have it's uses...predicting text just isn't one of them!

[**!!**]

4 minutes ago, snowmackem said:

How defiant lol?

Was typing to quickly with excitement to proof read the predictive text aha

[shawty1984]

Not sure what it's like else where but for places around the Teesside area, my personal opinion is we'll be lucky to see any lying snow by tomorrow morning, it's soaking wet.

[rdt123]

Just now, Boro Snow said:

Rain in Darlo , Not much happening behind this front

No looks like a lack of showers behind the front. Maybe the easterly will cause the unstable flow once we get the long fetch across the North Sea? 

[North East Blizzard]

Just now, Boro Snow said:

Rain in Darlo , Not much happening behind this front

There won't be. Once it clears, we wait. Will not be instant North sea snow machine. 

[NorthEastSnow]

Just rain here but where have I heard that before 

[snowmackem]

26 minutes ago, gazzac69 said:

Dry here, waiting for the North sea snow machine to kick in later (please), give up on the t-! count down

still hopeful we'll get our share of the white stuff later

bye the way had a lovely Indians for my tea its perked me right up  ready for the radar/lampost watching later

Did you have a JalFREEZy, with plenty of CHILLY and rICE?

[NickR]

Fingers crossed, but I'm sure most models had this as much more wintry by now than it actually is. I'm willing it to turn, but having stood outside for 5 mins watching the security light, it really is just rain.

[Chris.]

How is this even possible! haha

[Freezing-Point]

24 minutes ago, John in the frozen north said:

Wierdly warmed up to 2 degrees in Hexham and rained for a while now back at 1.3 degrees and sleet. Not sure whats going on. Missing a lot of potential snow here.

It's due to the winds strength picking up... bringing warmth of the sea.  Need to wait for the colder uppers later

[snowmackem]

11 minutes ago, **!!** said:

Was typing to quickly with excitement to proof read the predictive text aha

Had a vision of the weather frowning and waving a big stick whilst shouting "you will have sleet damn you, you will have sleet" lol

Edited February 6, 2021 by snowmackem
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[garylaverick]

Patience needed guys, the weather will do whatever the weather wants to do when it wants to do it, no matter what the best supercomputers in the world predict.

The main low is a little slower sinking through France that forecast which is holding things up slightly but its important to remember that all of the key pieces are still in place and heading in the right direction to establish a bitter easterly flow.

[P-M]

9 minutes ago, rdt123 said:

No looks like a lack of showers behind the front. Maybe the easterly will cause the unstable flow once we get the long fetch across the North Sea? 

That's exactly what will cause the showers.  The front will pull south dragging in the easterly. Then the convective snow machine that is the north sea will fire up. Who gets what is up for debate but that's what makes these set ups exciting for me.