The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

[sc0tt]

You big tease

[p1stonhead]

Dont care until the ground is white.

Cold on its own is pointless, we need snow!

[Puggit]

p1stonhead said:

Dont care until the ground is white.

Cold on its own is pointless, we need snow!

Patience.

Get the real cold in first... otherwise we just get cold rain.

[Puggit]

And so it starts...

[benjj]

Sensationally cold here at 1000ft in Yorkshire Dales this morning. Proper Alps weather, perfectly dry, low humidity, not even a proper frost ob the car even though we hit -5 over night.

[djc206]

benjj said:

Sensationally cold here at 1000ft in Yorkshire Dales this morning. Proper Alps weather, perfectly dry, low humidity, not even a proper frost ob the car even though we hit -5 over night.

It’s still -4 at Southampton airport now and that’s at a whopping 43ft

[southendpier]

Puggit said:

And so it starts...

where's that image from please? Looks like exactly the sort of thing I need to waste my friday looking at.

[JonChalk]

-5.2 last night from a very close official station against a forecast of -1 !

Symptom of forecast / model to come?

[sherbertdip]

between Melton Mowbray and Grantham minus 5 at 7am forecast was minus 2, light cloud.

[LivingTheDream]

This thread has got me playing around with the charts on Netweather and its quite good fun


Can I just say - next week looks mental!

Although - I should say, If I can't get to work - I don't get paid. I shouldn't really want Snowmaggedon - but I do!

[Pete102]

Glorious day here in Grimsby on the east coast, -2 on the way in, a number of dark ominous looking clouds but now brightened up.

[Puggit]

southendpier said:

where's that image from please? Looks like exactly the sort of thing I need to waste my friday looking at.

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

Suggest you use 'weather type on' to get the pink for snow, and 'Anim On' to see the direction the showers are moving.

You won't see too much today. Snow really starts on Monday.

There's an App too, search for 'Netweather snow radar'

[Puggit]

Met Office have raised the cold warning to level 3: 'Severe Weather Action'

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/cold-w...

Only one stage left - ' national emergency'

[JakeT]

Ooft. Sledge is quivering with anticipation.

[Puggit]

Friday is definitely one to keep an eye out for - charts are hinting at a nationwide event...

[loafer123]

JakeT said:

Ooft. Sledge is quivering with anticipation.

It should be.

Bear in mind the rule of thumb that 1mm of precipitation is ~1cm of snow, and you can see the potential...

[Scabutz]

Weather men/woman at the BBC must have arses like griddle pans for all the sitting on the fence they are doing. Their forecast shows, a bit of chill and no snow at all. App on my phone not showing nay snow for MK but much colder temps. Thursday next week showing highs of -2.

[Puggit]

Scabutz said:

Weather men/woman at the BBC must have arses like griddle pans for all the sitting on the fence they are doing. Their forecast shows, a bit of chill and no snow at all. App on my phone not showing nay snow for MK but much colder temps. Thursday next week showing highs of -2.

Fact that MetOffice have released snow warnings for Mon/Tues and an England wide cold warning says differently to BBC (now using MeteoGroup info, not MetOffice).

[Windlepoons]

Met office is now saying no snow for Monday and only a 40% chance on Tuesday for NW Kent (the bit I live in anyway).

[eharding]

Met Office 99% sure it's going to snow somewhere, for a bit, some time next week.