First settled slushy snow of the season and snowing / hailing lightly with thunder 5 minutes ago. Must have all of 5mm 😂

Martin

So not quite the 15cm EURO4 promised last night ? I guess there is still time 😃 😂😂😂 

Nothing here overnight, all slipped to my south. Like Col says though there is something incoming. Currently 0C at the Airport so hopefully snow. 

Heavy snow continues, the trough reminds me of Xmas 2004 in the way it has aligned.

Heavy snow continues, the trough reminds me of Xmas 2004 in the way it has aligned.

There is a very large area of precipitation around the Mersey estuary coming your way. Will last for a fair while.

The radar shows us under precipitation but there is nothing really falling at present, so false radar shadows despite us under the orange. Very frustrating.

Martin

The radar shows us under precipitation but there is nothing really falling at present, so false radar shadows despite us under the orange. Very frustrating.

Martin

You need to remember with snow that it takes a considerably longer time to reach the surface than rain.

Thanks Gusty, but it was over us for an hour, long enough I think. I actually think the radar is slightly off point, we now have heavy hail stork which looked on the radar like it would miss us to the south. That has whitened things up again, blue sky incoming. 
Martin

Thanks Gusty, but it was over us for an hour, long enough I think. I actually think the radar is slightly off point, we now have heavy hail stork which looked on the radar like it would miss us to the south. That has whitened things up again, blue sky incoming. 
Martin

Euro 4 was showing some sort of snowmageddon in parts of the NW a day ago.  A good example of those model forecasts being so wrong most of the time.Hopefully you will catch a good fall very soon!

Heavy snow, everything covered. 

Heavy snow, everything covered. 

Started here, no settling yet though. 

Look how white Blackpool prom is

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england/blackpool/blackpool.html

Look how white Blackpool prom is

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/united-kingdom/england/blackpool/blackpool.html

 

That has to be pretty unusual! 

 

That has to be pretty unusual! 

Yes indeed but there have been some intense radar echoes over Blackpool, hopefully heading my way.

3cm here now and still snowing lightly.

Heavy snow , now settling. 

Persistent heavy snizzle. Loads of flakes but very small. Only about 1cm covering and this chunk of PPN will pass us soon. More echoes in the Irish Sea, though, so fingers crossed.

We've had a lot of snowfalls since March 2013, but none have approached the 10cm mark (what I guess is my threshold for a good fall); all have been in that dusting-to-3cm bracket.