So where’s all this snow we were warned about

[Thomasina79]

None in London!

Heavy rain and strong winds where we are (Dorset). If that had turned to snow it would have been a lot.

North Cumbria, but not rural. Not so much as a flake by 1am, but about 2" by 8am. Sleet/ snow forecast off and on for the next 2 days. Temperatures not predicted to get above 2 degrees (and below freezing in the evenings).

They only grit the main roads, so the road we live on will be like an ice rink tomorrow morning. It's been -4 or -5 and icy, but not really slippy for a few days beforehand.

Kids are super excited- have been outside building a snowman and throwing snowballs. Haven't told them that where we used to live (5 hours away) has had about 6" of snow already!

About 5 inches in my part of East lancs and it's still lightly snowing

Same here down the road in Ramsbottom

I ex̌pect Holcombe hill is looking lovely!

Pah, pissing rain in London. Fed up.

Just for info/context/the big picture this is a C&P of part of the Eurocontrol Tactical update for operators (public version) published at 0930.

“General Information
Widespread snow and ice conditions is affecting operations at many Aerodromes in North/Central Europe.
Slot Improvements for flights, including critical flights are unlikely”

It’s not just a “Brit’s can’t cope” problem, certainly not when it comes to airports.

TBF in the last couple of decades or so some Uk airports have actually improved their ability to carry on operating to some degree in ice and snow -for a time prior to that it almost seemed as some airports shut down at the first sign of a snowflake on the basis of “you can’t be too careful”.

Leeds Bradford have closed their runway.
All thr local churches have cancelled their services.
We haven't had any trains yet.

Leeds/Bradford was always forecast to be probably one of the worse effected airfields in the UK (location etc) and was closed, certainly for arrivals, in the early hours of this AM (if not late last night).

According to a poster on another thread that’s been running recently ref travel plans at least some airlines operating out of there were notifying passengers yesterday to expect no departures before noon today at the earliest.

Carpark at Aldi this morning

My DS is a chef and working near Ramsbottom today. He got to work but just now said the table cancellations and coming in thick and fast.

@notimagain LBA is the highest airport in the UK. It was built by the RAF to train Hurricane pilots to land in inclement weather. Then some bright spark thought "Hmm let's turn it into an international airport....!"

@notimagain You've tagged the wrong poster I think? I was making the same point as you!

You’re right and you were!!!!

Perhaps they might do in towns & cities, but they don't round here. Our schools have a large fairly rural catchment, and the majority of children come in by bus or car.

Had about 3" overnight, but at around 6am it started raining. Rained for 2 hours, washed about two thirds of it away, and then ir stopped raining. Still looks pretty though as around an inch is still left all over the trees and houses etc... COLD af though ... Windchill minus 5 C! Still THAT cold, even at midday!

Such a typical Londoner OP. No snow in sight where I live so how come we were warned about the snow? Ignore the fact that they have the timings for warning wrong, weather isn't that predictable that snow falls exactly when you said two days ago, and the fact that London is a VERY SMALL part of the UK. But if so much as a flake falls in London, and there's a national crisis - despite the fact that most of the rest of the country has been under several feet of snow for a week and not mentioned.

Just outside Peak District NP here.

About 3 - 4" during the night but nothing since.
No rain as yet though so the flaming snow is just sat there.😡

Hate it as you can tell 😁

I know. I used to live near there. It often gets fog bound as well.

A light dusting in Nottingham. All gone now.

4-5 inches here in Yorkshire Dales and forecast to snow until tomorrow pm. Farmers are doing a wonderful job of keeping the roads clear.

@Thomasina79 we were meant to have up to 20cms this morning!! havent seen a single snowflake yet!

I promised the dog it would be snow today. Well, as in "we can't go for a walk tomorrow because of snow."
Instead it's raining so no getting out of it.
No snow in Lincoln either.