The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2020/2021 thread

The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2020/2021 thread

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4,933 posts

252 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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wiliferus said:
Well the forecasters missed this one! About an inch on the Bucks/Oxon boarder and still coming down heavily. Not really settling on the roads though, so all good!
Same in Stokenchurch (3 inch, still snowing). My son was hoping for a snow day, but we sent him to school anyway laugh

Puggit

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48,527 posts

249 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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wiliferus said:
Well the forecasters missed this one! About an inch on the Bucks/Oxon boarder and still coming down heavily. Not really settling on the roads though, so all good!
It was forecast by the amateurs hehe

I was too tired last night to put anything up, sorry!

RicksAlfas

13,429 posts

245 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Puggit said:
I was too tired last night to put anything up
It'll be the cold.

seiben

2,348 posts

135 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Yep, a surprising amount in S. Ox!



Started at about 5.30am, judging by the big splats of snow falling off the trees it'll be gone by lunch biggrin

outnumbered

4,106 posts

235 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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West Berks


Puggit

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249 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Good news after this morning's surprise snow - it's uphill from here!

The high pressure to our west which is bringing down the northerly winds will move across the UK - most likely end up with a slack easterly. There's not much cold to our east, so temps will be around average.

Dry, settled - not warm, but very pleasant in the sun. Frost threat should end around the weekend (we have a LOT of pruning/planting to catch up on...)

CooperD

2,883 posts

178 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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A little bit of snow in Bury St Edmunds this morning but it's almost all gone now.


JakeT

5,463 posts

121 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Puggit said:
Good news after this morning's surprise snow - it's uphill from here!

The high pressure to our west which is bringing down the northerly winds will move across the UK - most likely end up with a slack easterly. There's not much cold to our east, so temps will be around average.

Dry, settled - not warm, but very pleasant in the sun. Frost threat should end around the weekend (we have a LOT of pruning/planting to catch up on...)
Praise the lord. It’s seemed like winter with longer days recently.

Eric Mc

122,165 posts

266 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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This morning in Farnborough -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE7dmgimriA

fttm

3,719 posts

136 months

Tuesday 13th April 2021
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Looking at over a foot of snow now and it's still coming down . Blowing well too , huge overhangs of the roof and can only laugh at the state of our driveway , can't do much until it stops .

Hereward

4,205 posts

231 months

Tuesday 13th April 2021
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Puggit said:
...Frost threat should end around the weekend (we have a LOT of pruning/planting to catch up on...)
Thank heavens, the nights have been very cold in my part of Surrey. Too late for my Magnolia tree this year. Worst April I can recall for it, flowers destroyed before they even opened.

Been too cold at night for the local toad mating season too.

IroningMan

10,154 posts

247 months

Tuesday 13th April 2021
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Mercifully our boiler was fixed yesterday after only 24 hours downtime. No heating or hot water in a house with three teenagers when there's frost on the ground is something no-one needs.

snowandrocks

1,054 posts

143 months

Tuesday 13th April 2021
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Puggit said:
Good news after this morning's surprise snow - it's uphill from here!

The high pressure to our west which is bringing down the northerly winds will move across the UK - most likely end up with a slack easterly. There's not much cold to our east, so temps will be around average.

Dry, settled - not warm, but very pleasant in the sun. Frost threat should end around the weekend (we have a LOT of pruning/planting to catch up on...)
Great news, I think today was the first day in over a week that we didn't wake up to fresh snow here in Aberdeenshire.

I did get a couple of days XC skiing in the forest so not all bad but definitely ready for summer now.

The Hypno-Toad

12,343 posts

206 months

Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Hereward said:
Been too cold at night for the local toad mating season too.
Tell me about it.

Puggit

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48,527 posts

249 months

Wednesday 14th April 2021
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rofl

HappyMidget

6,788 posts

116 months

Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Sorry about the surprise cold snap earlier this week. Shaved my lockdown barnet and beard at the weekend, turned round to the missus and said I bet there will be a cold snap as it always happens and she said, we just had one, doubt we will get another...

jimmyjimjim

7,353 posts

239 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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6" of snow predicted for Colorado over the next few days. A little late in the season but not unheard of. A bit annoying as I've just planted two trees to replace winter casualties.

I'll be going out with a broom at regular intervals to knock the snow off them, just to cement my neighbours view of me. And because I'm tired of digging the bloody things out when they die.

mondeoman

11,430 posts

267 months

Thursday 15th April 2021
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Been a bit dry for a while now - when can we expect some rain?

BertieWooster

3,315 posts

165 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Spring up here in the Rockies:


Puggit

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48,527 posts

249 months

Friday 16th April 2021
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Just keeping this thread ticking over, it might be needed again next week banghead
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