The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015

[Blib]

GetCarter said:

Puggit said:

A rather unexpected -4.7 currently here in West Berks

Carol on the tele box just said it went to -8.7 in west Berks. Coldest place in the UK. Currently +7 here

Well... nearly 7

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 23 January 07:19

Frankly, not one of your better photos.

[funkyrobot]

Blib said:

GetCarter said:

Puggit said:

A rather unexpected -4.7 currently here in West Berks

Carol on the tele box just said it went to -8.7 in west Berks. Coldest place in the UK. Currently +7 here

Well... nearly 7

Edited by GetCarter on Friday 23 January 07:19

Frankly, not one of your better photos.

I was expecting his weather data placed in-front of a large, wood-surrounded loch.

[Puggit]

PRTVR said:

Dog Star said:

With regard to these temperatures - for a start they aren't very cold. Even though we've had a big dump of snow the temperatures are still relatively warm (Rossendale) with -1C the coldest I've yet seen. Last year I never saw lower than +1C all winter.

But the really odd thing is the huge variations from day to day - +10 and 0 the next. I swear this is a recent phenomenon. Or is it just me? They're all over the place.

I was thinking the same,but I think it is just down to having so much information now, when I wake up the time and temperature is projected onto the ceiling, downstairs I have a mini weather station, its on my phone the television and in the car, once over we would have just said its cold, now we know to a decimal point the temperature and any variations that take place.

I think there is an element of truth to this, but also this winter's weather is different. It's mostly coming from the NW, bringing in occasionally less cool periods of wind and rain, and then the sharp frosts. I mentioned it a couple of times in the pattern forecasts (always good to be proven right!).

Normally our weather comes from the SW, whatever time of year!

[GetCarter]

funkyrobot said:

Blib said:

GetCarter said:

Puggit said:

A rather unexpected -4.7 currently here in West Berks

Carol on the tele box just said it went to -8.7 in west Berks. Coldest place in the UK. Currently +7 here

Frankly, not one of your better photos.

I was expecting his weather data placed in-front of a large, wood-surrounded loch.

Ha!

Just for that, you can have yesterday's sunrise:

[Bill]

You git, you didn't even have to get up early for that. -2 here on the balmy south coast.

[Puggit]

I was hoping for a good picture of Carol

[The Don of Croy]

Some debate on our drive - my car says -3.0C and the boy's says -4C (East Sussex).

One of the colder ones this winter. Back in 2008 we saw -11.0C one morning...

Where is our effing snow? Drove to work through rain two days' ago when the temp wouldn't shift above 0.0C. Old Worlde snow fell at anything up to 4.0C.

Isn't there a snow app?

[NRS]

Arctic cold is disappearing it seems. A place a few hours away is going from -30C to -10C in less than a day at the weekend. Looks like we'll get snow after the cold clear weather. However it will bring a big avalanche risk after the weather we've been having.

[Puggit]

The Don of Croy said:

Some debate on our drive - my car says -3.0C and the boy's says -4C (East Sussex).

One of the colder ones this winter. Back in 2008 we saw -11.0C one morning...

Where is our effing snow? Drove to work through rain two days' ago when the temp wouldn't shift above 0.0C. Old Worlde snow fell at anything up to 4.0C.

Isn't there a snow app?

I'd suggest you shouldn't trust your car thermometer

[Puggit]

Models are slowly firming up for the coldest blast of winter

Nothing easterly about it though, so likely to be short lived.

[Johnny]

Was -4.5 when I dropped the OH off at the station this morning.

I (still) have no heating.

British Gas are here and attempting to fix.

I'm cold.

[benjj]

Puggit said:

Models are slowly firming up for the coldest blast of winter

Nothing easterly about it though, so likely to be short lived.

What sort of timescale?

[Puggit]

Next weekend

[Johnny]

I have heat!

Pump changed. No more sleeping in a onesie, with a hat. Joy.

[benjj]

Mega, I am going to get organised and organise something I've been meaning to do far ages - snow rally raid on Kielder Forest.

[Puggit]

Feb is also looking potentially interesting, MetOffice are talking about the possibility of Scandinavian High...

Of course, it might just be the type of high that ruined the start of winter by sitting over the UK

Edited by Puggit on Friday 23 January 12:37

[Puggit]

This guide has just been linked to on the NW forum, useful guide to snow setups: https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/20474-winter-sno...

General winter setups: https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/56318-guide-to-u...

[benjj]

Any northerners interested in doing enormous skids on snow in Kielder Forest on Sunday Feb 1st see the thread in the Yorkshire section.

[Puggit]

2 of the charts now going for nationwide snow starting on Thursday. Too early to call, but the snowlercoaster is preparing to annoy us!

[NRS]

Puggit said:

Feb is also looking potentially interesting, MetOffice are talking about the possibility of Scandinavian High...

Of course, it might just be the type of high that ruined the start of winter by sitting over the UK

Edited by Puggit on Friday 23 January 12:37

It better not be the first, we need snow!!!