The official winter 2013/2014 snow thread

[Puggit]

Tonight is the annual Santa sleigh parade - oops. We have been assured he's en route

[MG CHRIS]

bazza white said:

Wind and rain picking up here in Cardiff to.

Bad as well up the valley in blackwood be surprised if the local flooding areas aren't flooded tomorrow also just caught the local weather forecast and we could be in with some snow as well.

Im traveling down to andover tomorrow to pick up a hardtop for my mx5 and drop a door off to a customer hopefully the weather will calm down just a bit for the drive down.

[Puggit]

Much calmer tomorrow, and the low pressure is pulling cold in behind tomorrow - looks like the most likely area for snow is now elevated areas of South Wales...

Won't last long though - will melt fast if it settles

[Bill]

Just had to shift a fallen tree to get home. I knew that towrope would come in handy

[Wills2]

Incredible rain and wind coming down, haven't seen anything like this for a while and the bloody roof is leaking!

[pastrana72]

I have a large piece of fallen tree in my garden in Devon and the drive from Plymouth to Exeter was interesting, police closed the A38 due to flooding and diverted on to flooded B roads, luckily have good ground clearance.

Be careful out there.

[anonymous-user]

We've got heavy rain and strong winds in Kent

[FairfieldSteve]

Wills2 said:

Incredible rain and wind coming down, haven't seen anything like this for a while and the bloody roof is leaking!

Yep, very heavy over near Hitchin at the moment! Hope the roof isn't too bad.

[v8250]

Here in West Berks it's 'blowing a good one', wind and rain keep quelling the log burner...one of the garden tables has decided to up-end itself and land 20ft away...together three chairs; what a cracking evening!

[steve2]

anonymous said:

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It is not really bad here though is it

[anonymous-user]

steve2 said:

anonymous said:

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It is not really bad here though is it

I don't think it's as bad as other places but its far from pleasant

The weather's not great either

[Art0ir]

Think the worst is over in Belfast, had to walk a bit to get to the restaurant and it had died down.

[Puggit]

v8250 said:

Here in West Berks it's 'blowing a good one', wind and rain keep quelling the log burner...one of the garden tables has decided to up-end itself and land 20ft away...together three chairs; what a cracking evening!

There's a squall line getting close to West Berks - will get really nasty for 5 mins or so.

[PugwasHDJ80]

Puggit said:

There's a squall line getting close to West Berks - will get really nasty for 5 mins or so.

It was horrid in newbury about an hour ago

Sham I live in an exposed 18th century cottage with no double glazing

[schmalex]

Still blowing here, but not quite as badly as before.

The damage count is a shocking toppled over chair and blown off table cover.

I'm pretty sure we'll recover from it, but it's going to be a long, hard road back from here.

[DJRC]

Its frigging nippy chaps but a week of clear skies so sunny n blue during the day and minus 10 at night.

[Bill]

PugwasHDJ80 said:

Sham I live in an exposed 18th century cottage with no double glazing

It's a good day for finding draughts. And leaks.

[Art0ir]

Art0ir said:

Think the worst is over in Belfast, had to walk a bit to get to the restaurant and it had died down.

OK I was wrong apparently, Foyle bridge in Derry just been closed. Evidently more inbound!

[Mobile Chicane]

You know it's windy out when the water in the toilet bowl is lapping.

[Puggit]

Mobile Chicane said:

You know it's windy out when the water in the toilet bowl is lapping.

I saw a 20cm wave in the street!