The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015

[Wills2]

R8VXF said:

A random side effect of the cold front coming over is that my Fitbit thinks I have climbed more stairs than I actually have as it uses a pressure sensor to track altitude. According to my calculations pressure has changed by the equivalent of 90ft in height over lunchtime here in London City.

I read that and at first thought why is his wife/girlfriend doing that....

[dazwalsh]

Some pretty bonkers weather just blew through Bradford, everywhere is crawling along now grrr

[RicksAlfas]

dazwalsh said:

Some pretty bonkers weather just blew through Bradford, everywhere is crawling along now grrr

Windy hail blizzard!

[R8VXF]

Wills2 said:

R8VXF said:

A random side effect of the cold front coming over is that my Fitbit thinks I have climbed more stairs than I actually have as it uses a pressure sensor to track altitude. According to my calculations pressure has changed by the equivalent of 90ft in height over lunchtime here in London City.

I read that and at first thought why is his wife/girlfriend doing that....

benjj said:

That's quite interesting actually. For science geek stuff 'n that.

It is a common thread on the Fitbit forums asking why the floor count is way out. I did find out that pilots have to manually correct their altimeters after passing through fronts for the same reason. And yes, I am a bit of a Geek.

[Art0ir]

Whiteout at Leeds Bradford. Flight due to depart in 45 min...

[soad]

Art0ir said:

Whiteout at Leeds Bradford. Flight due to depart in 45 min...

Incoming cancellation, surely? I feel your pain.

[VEA]

Sun is out in all it's glory here in Henley, cold though.

[Hainey]

Blizzard blowing through North Lanarkshire at the moment. The M8 is going to be a real sense of humour test come five o'clock, especially for those coming off at the Junction six roadworks.

[YorkshirePudding]

Art0ir said:

Whiteout at Leeds Bradford. Flight due to depart in 45 min...

Just started snowing in Halifax about 10 mins ago.

[Art0ir]

soad said:

Art0ir said:

Whiteout at Leeds Bradford. Flight due to depart in 45 min...

Incoming cancellation, surely? I feel your pain.

Clear now, bloody sun is out lol. Delayed by 15 min according to the board.

Belfast City will be the problem I think, particularly with the wind.

[anonymous-user]

On the M6 at about 3pm today... Down to 2 lanes!

My bum was clenched...

[soad]

NinjaPower said:

On the M6 at about 3pm today... Down to 2 lanes!

My bum was clenched...

[Puggit]

Snowing in Gloucestershire and Northants apparently

[soad]

soad said:

Snowflakes are falling again!

That didn't last.

[evenflow]

Puggit said:

Snowing in Gloucestershire and Northants apparently

Sun's out in Cheltenham!

[Puggit]

soad said:

That didn't last.

The weather is very much showers, although there are some big showers around the M62/Pennines.

[FiF]

To the North of us
To the South of us.

Here (between Kidderminster and Worcester) nada.

[GOG440]

About 3.30 we had what looked like hail starting, the ground was covered within 2 minutes,and since then we have had several short blasts of blizzard conditions (west yorkshire near the m62)

[Merry]

GOG440 said:

About 3.30 we had what looked like hail starting, the ground was covered within 2 minutes,and since then we have had several short blasts of blizzard conditions (west yorkshire near the m62)

Just had similar in Wigan, feels pretty ominous out there...

[Alex Langheck]

Here in the West Lancs/ Merseyside border at about 16:30 we had a small hail shower...followed about 10-15 mins later by the briefest of snow showers..... That's probably it for us....