Snow Watch Part 3 - The weather continues!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

For when this one gets full up :)

We have lots more too, it really is lingering!
OYBBK, I am desperately searching every long range forecast for the weekend and they are all different ! Most confusing. Although none look anything like as bad as this weekend, would you agree?

Have to take DS to Birmingham childrens hospital tomorrow for an apt we have waited a long time for. Hope motorway ok in the morning. It could be a family trip if schools are closed! Joy !

North Yorkshire here too - nothing yet. BBC think it's coming overnight. We're under the Amber bit on Met Office warning. I'm prepared to be disappointed though, and would actually quite like everyone to get to school as mock exams for year 11 start tomorrow.

Wish mine would make a decision before the morning. I'll be walking and I'll have to set out at 6.30am. I'll be at school, when they make the decision at 7am! Nowt I can do about it though, I suppose.

SSC I wouldn't even try and hazard a guess at next weekends weather as breakdowns to warmer weather can be really messy! Will have a look Katie.

Meg its stopped, but has teh feel of more to come.

Katie, I think it's an option I'd consider. Although the coast might be a bit marginal for temps as soon as you get away from the coast there's potential for heavy snow from the early hours onwards.

That's probably why they're all confused then .

I do like all the snow but its starting to be a little inconvenient now!

Mo, I'd be quite startled here if schools are closed, mine won't be, but dds might be as half the buses aren't running but dh has to go to London for a meeting with a colleague who is flying in. Trains seem to be on an emergency timetable too. The possibilities for chaos tomorrow in our household seem to be rather high! Who will be where is anyone's guess!

South Northants: I've just measured and we've had an extra 1-2" today, which on top of Friday's make it 7-8" over the weekend! And it's STILL snowing. Quite fine, but so much it really builds up.

The roads are pretty clear but the paths are awful.

DD lost one of her only gloves unfortunately...

SSC thats how I feel, its not fun anymore

I've checked the depth and we've had a good 8cms fall today and it's still snowing now.

It's the problems of getting staff in from across town that bothers me. Lots of staff have to travel by train and I know a number of people live in reasonably remote places, which won't have been gritted.

Looks like I'll be covering with 1400 students on my own tomorrow then! Well, maybe only 1000, if students don't bother either!

Snowing in Norfolk at the moment. Loads of teeny white flakes. Was thawing before, getting tired of the snow now. Would anyone else like it?

digerd I was 10 in 62/3, we were in Devon for Christmas, at the time my gran lived opposite a field and we made lots of snowmen. Each week she gave us updates on the slowly dwindling one in the garden. That term, after our return to London, I was able to walk to school on top of the piles of cleared snow for most of term. I also remember the last pea-souper - DM walked us to and from school while it lasted, you literally (and I mean literally) could not see the kerb till you were right next to it. Quite glad to experience it the once!

In NE England, have been looking at Beeb weather and going , I will look at the met site instead.

I have never known it snow for 8 hours straight!

Just stopped snowing in London after 7 or 8 hours of fine continuous snow. Probably another inch altogether, similar to Friday's. Walked through Hyde Park and it was amazingly beautiful, every tree and rosebush outlined in white.

And, astonishingly, the public transport system is still functioning!! Maybe they actually learnt something from the heavy snow in 2010/11.

Thanks, you are a star

West, West Midlands here and it's been snowing since about 8am. A good 2-3 inches so far covering up all the gritted roads. DSs have been sledging down a previously clear and gritted hill road today with no problem.

Don't know about schools yet, one says nothing but other says its likely to shut. Guess its because a number of kids come on busses from 20 miles away.

First All Staff E-mail sent. It's debatable for tomorrow!

Mo - 6 hours of silent reading then?

Pussycat
I was in south London and went out for a walk in the pea souper with my first love - it was so eerie, silent as the grave, couldn't see across a small road. It was yellowish green, hence pea soup. Then a faint ghostly shadow seemed to appear in the distance coming towards us gaining substance very gradually and changing shape. OOOHH!!! And so romantic, being young and in love.

X-post.
YAY for you!!!

Alexandra Palace park in north London today was also really magic.

lilleth - out of York, heading north {grin]

Our school is closed tomorrow (herts)