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Snow watch 2017/18

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 02/12/2017 07:33

I wish you could have joint thread starters! Gloria and I will be hosting this years snow watch and tag teaming with amateur weather forecasts. When reading them, please bear in mind that we are both amateurs with busy day to day lives, but we will do our best.

Please remember snow is notoriously difficult to forecast in this country as it often falls under marginal conditions.
When a forecast matters please do check with the Met Office first.

After a taste of winter already for some in the east, this mornings GFS model sticks with the winter weather theme we’ve been noticing for a few days for late Thurs 7th onwards, with a significant low pressure looking to bring in some cold and potentially rather snowy weather. Indeed, there is the potential for this to be accompanied by some very strong winds.

At the moment GFS plays around with the exact location of this low pressure, so it is too early to say where any snow may hit, but most places away from the far west seem to be in the potential firing line at the moment.

If some of the charts come off, the weather could be quite disruptive next weekend.

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BadgeronaMoped · 20/01/2018 22:08

Ooh! I love a good temporary surprise Smile
We had a few hours' snow today (Staffordshire Moorlands), it grudgingly settled but was v. squelchy underfoot.

GloriaSmud · 21/01/2018 07:34

Very frosty here (Leicester) and 0.7C I've just looked outside and it's snowing! There's a slight covering on the grass and pavement.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/01/2018 08:25

lovely Gloria :)

updated warnings including a band reaching across central southern England.

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lubeybooby · 21/01/2018 09:08

Well now I have the snow I wanted, looks like about 6cm only trouble is I have got as much decorating as poss done now and need to actually get off this hill today back to the old house back to work and prepare for the final big move. Met office and a few others have the snow turning to rain and temps up later but I'm not entirely convinced it's taking the altitude into consideration. Can anyone tell me if it's going to really stop and melt today? 350m up in the south Shropshire hills

OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/01/2018 09:12

It will, but I suspect not until after dark. Good luck!!

We have wet snow falling where I am. On top of wet roads. I think it won't really settle.

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Delatron · 21/01/2018 09:12

Ooh completed missed all this. I assumed we'd had our one day of winter snow in the South back in December! Snowing here in S.Bucks, completely unexpected and I need to go out. Doesn't look like its settling....

Wh0KnowsWhereTheT1meG0es · 21/01/2018 09:25

Thick and fast and settling as of the last ten minutes or so here, great excitement! Surrey/Hants borders.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/01/2018 09:26

Grin Surprise!!!

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nannynick · 21/01/2018 09:27

Snowing on Surrey/Berkshire border. Looks too wet to settle.

Wh0KnowsWhereTheT1meG0es · 21/01/2018 09:53

Stopped now Sad

notsomanky · 21/01/2018 10:20

Snowing in Manchester!

Very wet though so no chance of it lying, unless it gets heavier and lasts ages!

Aragog · 21/01/2018 10:27

Snowing again in Sheffield.

Has snow most days this week now. It's often very localised here though. It can be heavy snow at my house and less than a mole away there is none. We live fairly high up though and head down hill to go towards town.

VivaLeBeaver · 21/01/2018 10:31

I'm in sheffield and not snowing. True about how it can be very localised.

BishopBrennansArse · 21/01/2018 10:31

Big wet flakes here Grin
Won't settle

VivaLeBeaver · 21/01/2018 10:32

Spoke too soon

DuruttiColumnist · 21/01/2018 10:36

Second snow dump of winter here! Oxfordshire.

Snow watch 2017/18
notsomanky · 21/01/2018 11:09

coming down heavier and starting to lie here. Shock

Frouby · 21/01/2018 11:09

Snowing here, between barnsley and Rotherham. Not really settling yet.

Fed up of these inconvenient flurries. I either want proper snowed in snow or spring. Ice and slush is not nice unless you have had at least a day off real life and built a snowman!

InMySpareTime · 21/01/2018 11:10

Snow in Trafford! The snow shield has been breached ☃🌨😄😄

viques · 21/01/2018 11:13

A few miserable wet flakes in East London!!!! Yay, sledges out, snow shoes on, huskies ordered from gumtree.

GloriaSmud · 21/01/2018 11:38

We've got about 2cms here and still coming down (Leicester)

IsletsOfLangerhans · 21/01/2018 11:59

I’m East Yorkshire - think I’ve seen a few flakes starting to appear..

Whywonttheyletmeusemyusername · 21/01/2018 12:00

Yayy, it's snowing !!! Sadly, its not settling !!!

notsomanky · 21/01/2018 12:19

Raining now Sad

DB has heavy snow in Port Glasgow

ParkheadParadise · 21/01/2018 12:38

Heavy snow in Glasgow ☃️❄☃️

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