Why does it never snow !

[wonreasleyy]

It’s forecast to be -3 here over the weekend but yet no snow to come, how can it be so cold but not snow ? I’m so sick of miserable grey cloud cover, my two youngest have never seen snow ! It seems like it never snows anymore

I know i remember playing out in the snow loads as a kid and building snowmen. Now on the odd occasion it snows its not enough to build a snowman or have a snowball fight.

Temperature and precipitation are different things. Think of it being like a sunny day. Just a cold sunny day. If it was a rainy day in this temperature it would snow, but it’s not, it’s sunny.

Temperature and precipitation are different things. Think of it being like a sunny day. Just a cold sunny day. If it was a rainy day in this temperature it would snow, but it’s not, it’s sunny.

Where do you live ? If it's the U.K. which area ?
Big cities have their own climate due to all the buildings so a snow that settles and stays is rare .
More rural areas gets snow that settles , think Yorkshire , Northumberland , Cumbria all up North but equally some more rural southern areas get it also .

... global warming?

Also:

• there was a Little Ice age from c 1300-1850, when winters were cooler and ice/snow more common. A lot of our cultural memory reflects this pre industrial colder time.

Snow needs particular conditions to form.

Cloud cover is like a insulating blanket, it prevents the temperature falling as low, which is why its often colder on clear days. To get snow a really cold front (usually from the north/east) has to come down & meet heavy rain clouds. Its been a really mild winter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/crmzvekrlg2o

In one way it is a small blessing and a positive thing from climate change, as even one inch of snow causes too many drivers to panic and parts of the rail network to grind almost to a halt.

We're meant to get more snow from tomorrow (there's a light dusting of snow outside at the moment...but nothing amazing). However, I'm not in the UK, we live quite rural and higher up. It's also -7 degrees. My car is fully prepared for proper snow because we usually get more (albeit in January/February), fitted with winter tyres, all-wheel drive and I've got snow chains in the boot. There was a surprising lack of snow last year, though.

We never really had much snow when we still lived in the UK, but we lived by the coast. There have been days when everything was covered and nobody managed to get out. Schools were shut, etc. Wasn't that long ago.

I know what you mean. Maybe book a winter trip up to Scotland or somewhere next year so your kids can experience it.

I like the idea of a winter trip ! It’s just disappointing as I too remember snow days off school. We’re in the West Midlands !

I remember having so much snow 30+ years ago that we could build hills in the garden to sledge down. As an adult I’m glad we don’t get much but I would love my kids to experience it more. They’ve had maybe 3 decent snows in 12 years.

It certainly snowed significantly here last year and in most previous years. I'm in an urban area in West Yorkshire.

I loathe snow and I would be happy if it never snowed again.

snows loads up North, you just live in the wrong place for it.

Far less snow up here than there used to be also

that's what 1.5 degree warming can do for you / change the weather

on the bright side if we get a jet stream change we could have ten years of more snow than we know what to do with

I live in the se UK 10 minutes away from the sea, opposite the South Downs. We had snow a couple of years ago, not a huge amount, but it laid, bit of sun in the day, melted the top which froze..it popped up on my FB memory the other day. It lasted on higher ground where we are. DD lived just 4 miles away, but in town,it was gone in a day.I had to walk in the road with the dogs. 2011, it was snowing the day we moved in, couldn't get the boiler to light. I've driven to work from here in quite thick snow, about 12 years ago.. in our last house,we had quite a few periods of heavy snow. I drove across country in the 80s in very heavy snow,2 MTS deep beside the road. I was nursing and knew they would be short staffed. I have pictures of me in 1962/3 in my late parents garden, the snow as high as me.

I’m in North Yorkshire and we often get hill snow but rarely much in the towns and cities. Can often have few good sledging sessions per winter though.

There was more than enough snow in 1963 to last me a lifetime. It started snowing on Boxing Day 1962 and didn't finally clear until the middle of March.

Tis science and geography my dear…

Also causes panic buying so you can’t get essentials anywhere.

We don't either these days. It's cause we are too close to the coast. Lots of hills around but we are in a valley. So when there is a threat of snow, which there is in the next few days, we will get sleet here and there will be snow half an hour up the road.

I’d love some snow. We have our fingers crossed for some next week.

I assume the people who want snow just don't actually have to go anywhere, don't work outside the home, don't need to manage driving, and are sufficiently able bodied not to worry about falling if it ices over.

We live in the south, at the coast and my kids are severely snow deprived too. Only a few snow days in their whole lives. Have often wondered about taking a trip somewhere snowy but then I worry about not actually being able to travel there. Also would want to be somewhere with a great sledging slope within walking distance (we have one at home but no snow!) not sure how you look for that when planning a trip.

Keep your eye on Buxton. It's high up and has a microclimate so snow often falls on several days in winter. January and February are the best months for snow.