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Snow Watch Part 4. The Winter continues....

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/02/2013 16:37

met office warnings For tomorrow for Scotland and NW England, extending to Yorkshire. NW Scotlant in particular looks awful with blizzard conditions.

I'm not quite sure about the warnings for England, I'm going to be really interested to see how they pan out. Tuesday scattered sleet and snow showers for many.

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fatsatsuma · 13/02/2013 20:58

Um, kitten, are you around? Only I've just been idly glancing at the TWO forum (specifically the model output thread) and although most of it means zilch to me, even I can tell that they are getting rather excited about the potential for another really cold spell.

Admittedly (from what I can glean) it is still some way off and therefore quite unlikely - but I have to ask - what do you make of it?

BehindLockNumberNine · 13/02/2013 21:27

We had a brief flurry (north west Surrey) at around 5.30 - 6 pm ish. It settled on the trampoline and the pation benches but not on the ground. But it disappeared as soon as it arrived [disappointed]

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 13/02/2013 22:15

Well the ECM is certainly going for cold a week on Friday and it does indeed look very wintery but its not really verifying in the GFS yet.

Certainly something to keep an eye on!

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mumat39 · 13/02/2013 22:21

Ooh. Thanks for the snow Gloria Thanks

We had a bit of sleet and a few bit fat fluffy flakes, about 5 I think. I did get start to get excited but managed to stop myself getting carried away. It stopped soon after but just thought I'd let you know that what you sent, arrived and was gratefully received. :)

Hulababy · 13/02/2013 22:21

Another day of snow in Sheffield today. Fell thick and fast from 10am and continued til evening.

Nightmare at school as have OFSTED in! Over excited children and icy playgrounds were not fun!

Then couldn't get my car off the hill it was parked on, along with several others. So dh had to collect me. Took us over 2 hours to get dd and then home - about 4 miles!

And now a pain tomorrow as need to be at work early due to said ofsted but no car! A colleague's dp is taking us but need to leave my house before 7:30 to get there now.

I hate snow!!! Can't wait til holiday on Saturday!

fatsatsuma · 13/02/2013 22:25

Thanks kitten. The different model names (GFS, ECM etc) don't mean much to me, but the TWO guys seem to think that they are more in agreement than usual. They don't seem to rate GFS much at the moment either.

Anyway, it's fun to watch them getting hot and bothered about what the models might be showing Grin and sometimes they end up getting it right. But you are always the voice of reason and sense Smile

digerd · 14/02/2013 07:26

What a surprise this morning. 7am and +7 outside and all snow gone from the grass as has rained in the night. Yesterday was very cold in the afternoon with the biting wind returning. Didn't want rain though, as the doggie walking areas were muddy enough yesterday.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/02/2013 07:32

Gfs has been rather crap recently!

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GloriaSnow · 14/02/2013 07:37

mumat ~ glad it arrived safely!
fatsatsuma ~ they're saying the same thing about the GFS model not being that great on met-monkey as well.

We had about 1.5cms of snow in the end and it stopped about 5.30pm. As expected, it's all gone now and we're up to 5.6C ~ 'tis almost a heatwave after the last few weeks!

digerd · 14/02/2013 07:57

S.Herts
Yesterday it was sunny until lunch-time then hazed over - no snow

WhispersOfWickedness · 14/02/2013 09:37

Had a couple of cm in the end last night, but mostly gone by this morning, I'm assuming it's because of the rain.

mumat39 · 14/02/2013 09:56

I've sort of been keeping an eye on snow watch to try and learn about the models. They say that the GFS is biased towards the mild Atlantic so often shows it winning the battle whereas some of the others, ECM I think is better at handling cold fronts. That is a good forum as there seems to be alt of respect between the posters and they don't get into bun fights.

I still haven't got a clue what the models mean. All I've gleaned so far is that high pressure causes the isobars/wind around it to move in a clockwise direction and that with lows the isobars/winds move in an anticlockwise direction.

So in about 2 months of following that I feel like I must be a bit dim Grin as I haven't learnt that much.

Kitten, there was a lot of talk of the sudden stratospheric warming even on the bbc, but did we ever see the effect of that down here, as opposed to up there in the stratosphere? There was a lot of talk on there that we would feel the effects of it, so wondering what that might be and whether it's been and gone. Confused

digerd · 14/02/2013 10:55

S.Herts
10 degrees now and no cold wind. Sun came out for a couple of minutes but then disappeared again. Camelias tend to start blooming at 10+ especially Feb/March.

Sparklingbrook · 14/02/2013 13:41

OMG. The heating is off, the windows are open, there is washing on the line and it is sunny. Shock What a difference 24 hours makes. Grin

Complaint-the sun was so low in the sky and bright this morning it made driving a bit difficult. Sad

PigletJohn · 14/02/2013 15:56

Good thing too. Think of the heating bills.

South coast, bright sunshine now, patchy blue sky with fluffy clouds.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/02/2013 16:04

I wish I had put out my washing! But I have got some gardening done this afternoon, which is good for the soul!

mumat, we did see the results of the SSW, but they were a bit feeble, it was when we had a decent amount of snow on that Friday in Jan where it came down really quickly.

Well, gfs has it cool/cold next weekend but not drastically so. ECM has it right proper cold.

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WhispersOfWickedness · 14/02/2013 19:35

Yr.no (what model do they use?!) have got us down for virtually a whole weekend of snow on the weekend after the one coming Confused

WhispersOfWickedness · 14/02/2013 22:09

It's changed it's mind now just to prove me wrong Grin

mumat39 · 14/02/2013 22:42

Oh. Thanks kitten. That must have been when we had loads of dandruff falling. How disappointing. I was convinced we were in for some big snow after watching the bbc report on it online.

Ho hum. I'll look forward to the next 'right proper cold'. Another technical term I've learnt today. Wink

:)

digerd · 15/02/2013 09:12

S.Herts.
Had a few minutes down pour immediately after window cleaners had finished yesterday, and I was ready for little doggie walk < angry face>. Been sunny so far this morning, but for 2 hours will be in the dance hall, and probably cloudy/raining this afternoon for little dog's walkies

PigletJohn · 15/02/2013 12:34

S coast

More blue sky and sunshine

I need a week of this as I have some outside painting to do. We haven't had a dry week since November.

LillethTheCat · 15/02/2013 13:47

So is that it now Or is the winter set to return again at some point?

GloriaSnow · 15/02/2013 14:44

Lilleth ~ I think it's due to get colder again with frosts at night over the weekend and into the beginning of next week. Beyond that, "snow flurries" were mentioned on our local East Midlands news (by the appropriately named weatherlady, Sara Blizzard Grin), from the middle to end of next week.

digerd · 15/02/2013 15:36

S.Herts
Almost clouded over now and looks like it might rain later. 10 degrees. Little dog had her walk in dry air, but still very muddy on the ground.

WhispersOfWickedness · 15/02/2013 21:01

Sara Blizzard, brilliant Grin

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