Snow Watch Part 2. Return of the Excitement!!!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Apologies to those in Norfolk who may well not be excited any more!!!!
This a continuation of This thread and is for model watching, forecasting and general excitement

Off to look at the models (and get dd up) back in a few minutes with latest thoughts!

any - not nay!

There's a little bit of light fluffy snow just outside York. Sky very grey now after beautiful blue sky this morning.

Its snowing here in east mids, very light but there is snow !!

I am confuzzled. The BBC weather thingy says light snow tomorrow, yet we're in the amber warning area on the Met office site. They all seem a bit unsure and bet hedgey to moi. I want at least a foot of snow before breakfast or I shall sulk

We are now a red zone!!!!

Supposed to be taking dd and a friend out to York tomorrow for her birthday. Bet that won't happen :( Hope the snow is being overplayed by the press but know, deep down, it's a comin'.

vv confused. Met office has us as amber but BBC weather has us as yellow? Who to believe

I think I'll just believe OYBBK!

Oh, Oh! We're now on an amber warning in Somerset. The sky is starting to look ominous.

Don't know whether to be excited after waiting for snow all this time or worried!

Not Happy. :(

Tesco just delivered all my shopping panic buying. Should last us a few days! Now, wheres that snow.

We just had a few icy balls in Ealing! Graupel? It's stopped now anyway

It's snowing. Too early!!

Nice nn ImNot!

Nothing on Dartmoor currently. Boo.

We went to Sainsbury's earlier and it was like Christmas eve! We couldn't work it out until we realised that everyone was panic buying

You know you are an MN weather watcher OYBBK devotee when you can use the word graupel.

Hi Underwater from just outside Dartmoor. Nothing here too!

Take Action means make sure you have:
Hot Chocolate
Marshmallows
Squirty Cream
Brandy
flares (not the trouser sort)

etc.

Actually if it were me (and I'm thinking about this slightly) it would be things like :

parking your car in a sensible place (not on a main road if snow ploughs are likely to be used to clear the road) but also parking it where it is easy to manouevre.

charging up phones and perhaps making sure that you have supplies in case of power cut. (very heavy snow can lead to power cuts obv, esp with high winds)

Making sure you have cat litter if you have cats!

checking that elderly neighbours have supplies in.

Theres loads of other stuff and would actually be a good thread if anyone fancies starting it.

People are sending me sensible business emails wanting prompt responses and all I want to reply is: 'ITS GOING TO SNOW, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS'.

getting a bit over excited here!!!!!!

It is snowing in Leicestershire.I wasn't expecting any today.

the irony is, we've not actually got any food in really as we've been running down our stocks since christmas. Doh!

I wasnt expecting more than snow showers today for your area Mirage. Tis interesting......

Oh bless you OYBBK

I love your snow threads!

DH is panic buying on his way home, but we've now got sunshine.

Come ooooon, snow!

I've been following this all week!

OYBBK, or anyone else, what's the "best" forecast to watch at the moment. They all seem so varied, I guess because of the unpredictability of what will actually happen. Do you have a favourite that mirrors your own interpretations??

Ok.

After midnight the first signs of the front move in with some rain and a bit of snow in the SW.

Dawn: Snow for most of Wales, west midlands and parts of SW. Also some snow showers in East Anglia.

9am: draw a box up from the Isle of Wight to Yorkshire and round across Wales. Snow. (apart from far sw and mayve south west Wales)

12pm: anything south of Lincoln (apart from most of the stickyout bit of the SW) snow - but patchy towards the east still.

3pm: snow showers down the NE coast. snow in Northern Ireland and pretty much most places away from the stickyout part of the SW.

6pm. Snow extending up past edinburgh. Maybe some rain along the south coast.

9pm:similar to 6pm.

snow may well be heavy at times but although persistent will not necessarily be continuous once it starts to get lighter. Nevertheless some really impressive accumulations for some.

apple blossoms I dont entirely agree with the met office interpretations (which is ironic) but I would choose them over any other forecasting centre by a long way.

You know, I think we might go food shopping tonight as Saturday is our normal day....