TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

[Stanley]

Yesterday was clear dry and cold but had the advantage of only light winds. This morning we have a light breeze and heavy overcast, it is cold. The glass is down a shade on 1019mb and the forecast is for rain all day. The overcast might break at times and allow a sunny spell but will always revert to rain. The westerly winds will be constant and light to moderate. We can expect a high of 7C and a low tonight of 0C with a wind chill of -4C for much of the day...... The outlook is for dry weather. It will be very cold for three or four days and then go back to something like today from Friday onwards.

[Gloria]

We have rain.

[Stanley]

So have we Gloria. Sue has had snow.....

[Gloria]

It’s been trying to sleet here, but given it up as a bad job, and is chucking it down again.

[Wendyf]

It’s been trying to sleet here, but given it up as a bad job, and is chucking it down again.

It's the same here Gloria.

[Tripps]

BBC headline -

"Possible disruption as yellow snow and ice warning issued"

I thought it was all white. . . .

[Whyperion]

Every Winter ( nov argueably still Autumn but the equinox has well passed ) the BBC seem surprised that Scotland will have snow. a wet warm front comes in meeting cold artic air and tops up the peaks which used to be covered with snow throughout the year as they never got warmed enough, in the recent past the snow has reduced in those spaces but this is the first top up of the year.

The last storm passing London took off most of the leaves from the broadleaf trees so they missed the first of the negative 1 degree of frost that happened overnight and despite the bright sun the temp refused to get much above 2 in the outer suburbs.

[Stanley]

I have often heard warnings about yellow snow but that was for a very different reason.....
Yesterday afternoon faired up for a couple of hours but by mid-afternoon we had loose cold rain again. This morning we have a northerly breeze and light rain. The glass has fallen to 1006mb and the forecast is wintery showers on a north wind to start the day and for the rest to be very windy and cold. The northerly winds will be moderate all day gusting to over 36mph. We can expect a high of 2C and a low tonight of at least -5C with a wind chill all day of -5c and a few hours late tonight when it will reach -7C. The outlook is for two more very cold days and then slightly warmer for the rest of the week.

[Gloria]

It was sunning through the curtains earlier on, now it’s clouded over and looks like it could rain.

[Stanley]

No sun here in Barlick either Gloria but I have just got back from an extended walk and it was OK long as you kept going and weren't walking directly into the teeth of the very, very cold wind.

[Whyperion]

It was slightly warmer in London yesterday that I thought though today is due to be a couple of degrees lower. Morning sleet - nearly snow -fell but with warm pavements didnt settle and its back to rain now with some breeze in the air.

[Gloria]

Lovely sunning now, but it makes your eyes run with the chill when out.