North West Regional Discussion Feb 2021 onwards

[Had Worse]

Iight snow/graupel falling. 

Its my eldest 's birthday today. Dont think its ever snowed in 27 years on this date.

[Weather-history]

Looks like its snowing around Manchester Airport

[Scorcher]

23 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Looks like its snowing around Manchester Airport

More like hail around here and I'm fairly close to the airport- it's bouncing off the surfaces. Maybe turning slightly sleety now. Very odd as most forecasts had us in clear sky this morning- it's totally cloudy and extremely dark.

[Had Worse]

Looks to be a developing trough. Lower clouds coming from East here so maybe a convergence zone.

[Scorcher]

I think it's actually graupel looking more closely

[Scorcher]

3 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Looks to be a developing trough. Lower clouds coming from East here so maybe a convergence zone.

It's very bizarre, all the forecasts missed it. The BBC had clear blue sky here this morning. I think probably 10/15 miles north it's clear blue sky.

[Had Worse]

More hail graupel now

[karyo]

Morning,

I am just north of the shower zone. To the north of me it is mostly blue sky while to the south of me the clouds have that wintry uniform look. 

[Scorcher]

3 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

More hail graupel now

Yes very similar here, not really snow by the strict definition of the word.

[The Northern Ramper]

I’m currently out in Saddleworth/Shaw areas, cloud and instability piling in from the east here.

[The Northern Ramper]

The app has seen it

[Had Worse]

4 minutes ago, karyo said:

Morning,

I am just north of the shower zone. To the north of me it is mostly blue sky while to the south of me the clouds have that wintry uniform look. 

Oh, you've gone under the radar and sneaked back to blighty.

Welcome back.

[karyo]

4 minutes ago, Had Worse said:

Oh, you've gone under the radar and sneaked back to blighty.

Welcome back.

Thank you mate

It was nice to see some snow falling the other day. 

[James M]

Really nice convergence zone setting up there! Even sleety with big flakes here in Reddish.

[Had Worse]

Definitely snow now

[The Northern Ramper]

Snow grains at grains bar, sunny in Newhey.

[karyo]

A mix of soft hail and sleet now in Piccadilly.

[ManiaMuse]

Started off as small hailstones, turned to graupel and now it's snow.

[Joe Bloggs]

Wet snow here too. 

[A Face like Thunder]

No snow here in the South of the region but bits and pieces in the air and very cold, cloudy and grey. Not what I was expecting! 

[whitewitch]

Wet snow sticking - walls, bins, grass covered. Roads are clear though.

 

[WillinGlossop]

Light snow 2c 

[Had Worse]

Hills to my Nw absolutely white. Down to just above Hollingworth 

[cheshire snow]

Different world in Cheshire beautiful start to the day doesn't even feel cold.

C.S

[The Northern Ramper]

50 minutes ago, whitewitch said:

Wet snow sticking - walls, bins, grass covered. Roads are clear though.

 

Zilch here