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

[SeeFive]

A few flakes in the breeze in Port Solent now, just started. Probably stop soon.

[CooperD]

Woke up to this in Bury St Edmunds this morning.

[CAPP0]

GetCarter said:

Otis? Is his mood up and down?

I confess you've lost me there!

[Pintofbest]

CAPP0 said:

I confess you've lost me there!

Otis is a maker of lifts :-)

[MarshPhantom]

We had a fair bit yesterday. About 5cm on top of the cars. Didn't last long, and the heavier stuff we got last night didn't settle.

[popeyewhite]

Moors around Cat will be quiet. Think I'll take the dog up there. Snake Pass, about 15 miles N, is shut due to snow.

[MentalSarcasm]

Thin layer of snow had settled in Leigh on Sea yesterday but had all melted by this morning, drove back to Hertfordshire to my parents and there's a bit of snow but also now melting.

Still, at least I saw some this winter!

[popeyewhite]

Dog enjoyed the snow, and there were very few people about. About -6 with windchill, mind.

[CAPP0]

Pintofbest said:

CAPP0 said:

I confess you've lost me there!

Otis is a maker of lifts :-)

Ah yes, thanks!

[tenohfive]

Is that it for the foreseeable then or is any more cold on the horizon?

[Goaty Bill 2]

Highway ahead is closed for heavy snow and deep drifts.
Thank God the roads have a good sheen of ice on them!

Coquihalla highway BC.

[Puggit]

tenohfive said:

Is that it for the foreseeable then or is any more cold on the horizon?

There are chances of a Greenland high bringing a direct northerly and a cold start to March. Low probability, but it exists.

[J4CKO]

Puggit said:

tenohfive said:

Is that it for the foreseeable then or is any more cold on the horizon?

There are chances of a Greenland high bringing a direct northerly and a cold start to March. Low probability, but it exists.

I am just ready for some warm weather now, sod cold, it can ps off !

[Puggit]

J4CKO said:

I am just ready for some warm weather now, sod cold, it can ps off !

I'm in Brizzle today, almost feels like spring. Beautiful weather.

[seiben]

Puggit said:

I'm in Brizzle today, almost feels like spring. Beautiful weather.

I'm down in Guernsey for a couple of days - it's a balmy 10 degrees and sunny. No more snow disappointment please, bring on Spring!

[tenohfive]

J4CKO said:

I am just ready for some warm weather now, sod cold, it can ps off !

It's February. It's winter. You can have grey and rainy, cold and dry or snow. Warm weather isn't something that's usually associated with February.

[Crafty_]

11 degrees, bright and sunny today in South Hants. Similar temperature tomorrow, but with a little cloud cover apparently.

Looks like its going to be mild for a week or two at least, doesn't seem much in the way of rain forecast either.

[schmalex]

I love the cold, I love frost and mega sub zero temperatures. However, I'm longing for spring now and that first Saturday afternoon where, having cut the lawns, I can stand in the back garden in jeans and a polo shirt, enjoying a cold bottle of beer with with sun warming my shoulders...

[p1stonhead]

schmalex said:

I love the cold, I love frost and mega sub zero temperatures. However, I'm longing for spring now and that first Saturday afternoon where, having cut the lawns, I can stand in the back garden in jeans and a polo shirt, enjoying a cold bottle of beer with with sun warming my shoulders...

I'm pretty sure this is a quote from Shawshank Redemption.

[eltawater]

It's gone for this season, let it go. ()

The weather geeks over at netweather still keep trying to pull out charts from many decades ago which offer the slightest glimmer of hope, but in reality it's not been anywhere near cold enough.

The pathetic sprinkling on Saturday was just to mock us, something I realised as I drove home through the drizzle whilst the car proudly proclaimed it was 2 degrees C outside yesterday.

I'm thankful for the lack of the constant pounding Atlantic storms this year, but I'm also realistic that we're going to be knocking on the door of Easter soon enough.

Some frosty mornings left? Very likely.
Ground frozen for days on end? Not a chance.