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Snow and Ice watch - March 2018

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 02/03/2018 16:28

Just saw other thread almost full.

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CanIBuffalo · 11/03/2018 23:10

I'm being thick as I can hardly make the pic out on my phone - the white bits are snow?

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 06:40

CanIBuffalo ~ no it's the green and blue bits that is the snow.
It's changed slightly now (different model run) ~ still looking chilly from Saturday onwards for a lot of the country. Wintry showers possible.

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 06:43

Metoffice Outlook sort of says the same thing as the GFS for early next week...

UK Outlook for Friday 16 Mar 2018 to Sunday 25 Mar 2018:
For Friday, outbreaks of rain are likely to affect some northern and eastern areas, where gales are possible too. The rain is likely to gradually fragment as showery conditions already in the south and west, spread slowly eastwards with time. Over the weekend slightly more settled conditions may develop across the whole country, but with a risk of rain and gales returning to the west and south, while in the north and east some snow showers are possible. It may become rather cold for most, with frosts possible. It will be drier, although further wintry showers are likely in the east and northeast, and this is likely to continue towards the end of March. It will be mostly breezy, and gales are likely in the northeast.

UK Outlook for Monday 26 Mar 2018 to Monday 9 Apr 2018:
There is a lot of uncertainty throughout this period, and the forecast detail may change nearer the time. Conditions will probably start unsettled and rather cold, with rain or showers for many, and the risk of snow at times, mainly but not exclusively in the north. It may then stay unsettled but become milder, with westerly or southwesterly winds. This would bring the wettest and windiest conditions to southern and central areas. Temperatures will generally be mostly below the average for the end of March and into early April, however, there remains a chance that drier and much colder conditions could still affect the UK at times.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/03/2018 06:58

We definitely need to keep an eye from saturday on. Silly weather!

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Frouby · 12/03/2018 07:09

I think I will hold off with my planting then. Sigh.

Will this winter ever end?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/03/2018 07:13

I hope so Frouby - I'm sick of looking out on to a sea of mud in the garden.

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GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 07:38

My grass has a definite 'squelch' to it when I stand on it and looking at the rain forecast for today, it isn't going to help the situation!

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 07:54

Thoughts from TheWeatherOutlook on next week.

Frouby · 12/03/2018 08:28

We have mud everywhere apart from the garden Oybbk. We have ponies and every gateway is a quagmire of sticky, welly sucking mud. The allotment that was looking lovely is now just mud and weeds and the back of my car is filthy.

A timeline thing just popped up on my fb page though. Apparently 5 years ago I was very happy that the stables tap had defrosted and the snow had melted. And the wind had dropped so it's not that unusual.

My mam also has photos of us as kids about 35 years ago on holiday in Devon in the Easter holidays and building a snowman outside the caravan. You can just make out primroses poking through the snow.

Am definetly ready for winter to be done now.

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 10:54

Possible maximum temperatures for 3pm next Monday.
Brrr!

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BensonJutton · 12/03/2018 11:03

I love this thread! Hopefully the west will escape the next cold snap.

Yesterday I got so fed up with the amount of woolly hats and odd gloves in the hallway that I packed them all away. I'll have to sheepishly unpack them again I think. Blush

My heating bill bought tears to my eyes last week. And the garden is ruined.

BensonJutton · 12/03/2018 11:11

The tabloids have now started publishing headlines about next weekends possible snow. Hmm hope they don't cause panic!

OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/03/2018 13:17

Benson even I made a bit of a rookie error in tidying away the heavy winter gear this weekend. And I knew this was in the forecast. doh.

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PointlessUsername · 12/03/2018 14:45

I have a few snowflakes on the met office app for sunday.

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 12/03/2018 18:19

That serves me right for turning all the storage heaters down the other night.

I’m going to guess my week off work next week is going to be cold, wet and probably windy.

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 20:22

Latest GFS brings the colder temperatures in Saturday night.
Precipitation-type chart for Sunday morning.

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BensonJutton · 12/03/2018 20:23

My Accuweather says Monday 26th will be even colder than next Monday. Confused

WHERE is Spring?? BrewBrew

GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 20:24

Possibly something wintry for Monday..

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GloriaSmud · 12/03/2018 20:32

Weather warning for heavy rain until 9pm tonight.
(I'm covered by it and it's just what my soggy garden needs ~ I've already gained several new ponds over the last few days.)

gttia · 12/03/2018 21:28

Ooh dear, looks like it's not over yet!

gttia · 12/03/2018 21:28

Ooh dear, looks like it's not over yet!

MorvahRising · 12/03/2018 23:26

We have a 50% chance of snow now on Saturday night/Sunday morning. I’m glad I decided to bring my tomato seedlings inside when I planted them, they wouldn’t enjoy my unheated greenhouse in a windchill of minus 6!

GloriaSmud · 13/03/2018 06:32

Precipitation-type chart for Sunday 3pm.

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GloriaSmud · 13/03/2018 06:40

Latest metoffice outlook.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Bands of rain spread northeast Thursday, with the gales transfering northeast. More showery in southwest on Friday. Becoming colder for many Saturday, risk of snow in northern and central areas.

UK Outlook for Saturday 17 Mar 2018 to Monday 26 Mar 2018:
Saturday will begin mainly cloudy with further rain in places. Snow is probable over high ground in the northeast and possibly to lower levels. South and southwestern parts may start off with brighter, showery conditions. Through the weekend it will probably become drier and brighter with the best of the brightness in the northwest, although with a risk of snow showers across the east and southeast. It may become rather cold for most, accentuated by the wind, with widespread frosts possible. Very uncertain into the following week, but with a high chance of colder than normal conditions. Probably mainly dry and bright at first, but becoming rather unsettled heading into the week, with snow possible across central and northern areas at times. Breezy with strong winds occasionally possible for all.

UK Outlook for Tuesday 27 Mar 2018 to Tuesday 10 Apr 2018:
There is significant uncertainty in the forecast throughout this period, but a blocked or slowly changing weather pattern appears most likely. This will most likely result in Atlantic systems affecting the southwest at times bringing brief incursions of milder air, with colder conditions tending to dominate across the east and northeast with wintry showers. There is a moderate risk of colder conditions developing more widely for a time, with a low risk of a spell of more significant snow. The wettest conditions are likely across southern and central areas. Any periods of more mobile conditions are likely to last for no more than a few days.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 13/03/2018 07:10

This is saturday according to GFS. It seems to be overdoing things compared to the met office.

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