The official winter 2016/2017 snow thread....

[Puggit]

JakeT said:

The question is, will Puggit be right about the snow?

It was only northern areas, especially hills. Temps have nudged up a degree or two since yesterday morning, so now looking cold and utterly miserable. Winds have been turned down quite a few notches though

[Bill]

I was gardening in a t-shirt at the weekend. Glad it's so mild, I've run out of heating oil.

[Puggit]

Met Office amber warning for wind for a swathe of the country roughly between Birmingham and Leeds in terms of latitude.

Yellow snow for Scotland, wind for most of England for north of M4.

[Puggit]

It's official, here comes Doris!

[Laurel Green]

[Puggit]

Wind:


Snow:

[Silverbullet767]

Typical, I just took off the winters on both cars at the weekend.

You can thank me for this one.

[tedmus]

Should be windy on the Wirral then.

[lucido grigio]

Puggit said:

It's official, here comes Doris!

About 2 weeks after she was supposed to arrive.....

[55palfers]

tedmus said:

Should be windy on the Wirral then.

Great, I'm off to Barmouth for a few days R&R.

[tedmus]

55palfers said:

tedmus said:

Should be windy on the Wirral then.

Great, I'm off to Barmouth for a few days R&R.

You'll be alright for parking, had a week in Talybont last month, never seen the main car park so empty!

[p1stonhead]

WEATHER BOMB coming

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4245058/UK...

[Puggit]

p1stonhead said:

WEATHER BOMB coming

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4245058/UK...

Article said:

MeteoGroup forecaster Callum Stewart said: 'Storm Doris's rapid development is forecast to see its air pressure drop by around 30 milibars in 24 hours, known as "explosive cyclogenesis" or, by some, as a "weather bomb".

A weather bomb is when pressure drops 24 mb over 24 hours. So technically the forecast is correct for a weather bomb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_cyclogenes...

[Puggit]

Warnings have changed:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warning...

[JohnStitch]

Ah FFS, not looking forward to this, and am gonna be right in the middle of it by the looks of it - how does this compare to the Valentine's Day storm a few years back? That was a particularly scary one when the entire roof of the bungalow behind us came off and flipped over onto his driveway

[Puggit]

JohnStitch said:

Ah FFS, not looking forward to this, and am gonna be right in the middle of it by the looks of it - how does this compare to the Valentine's Day storm a few years back? That was a particularly scary one when the entire roof of the bungalow behind us came off and flipped over onto his driveway

80mph winds are possible, probably confined to peaks and coastal areas, so not outrageously high. It's predicted the strongest winds shouldn't last for too long compared to other storms. More likely 50-60mph inland.

Update - all of England, barring the far north, now covered by yellow warning for wind (at least).

[RicksAlfas]

My phone is binging weather warnings like a demented thing.

[Puggit]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

My usual 'take a ferry during a storm' routine has scored a bullseye again.

Im on the Rotterdam-Hull boat tomorrow night. Doh!

The very worst of the winds should die down around bed time...

[Melman Giraffe]

Puggit said:

Warnings have changed:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warning...

looking like its knock on Berkshires door

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Well, I for one am looking forward to getting blown by Doris tonight.