The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

[fttm]

severe and very severe , , you're going to start mass panic .

[Puggit]

fttm said:

severe and very severe , , you're going to start mass panic .

Quite right - 5cm over 48 hours is not even slightly severe

[cuprabob]

fttm said:

severe and very severe , , you're going to start mass panic .

The Express will have "The End of the World is Nigh..." as it's headline

[Wills2]

Puggit said:

Drumroll please! The first UK wide snow prediction map for a long, long, long time...



Note how the Chilterns prevent the M4 corridor getting as much snow as surrounding areas - grrr!

Not my work! Credit to UK Weather Live as per the graphic.

Edited by Puggit on Friday 23 February 21:26

That's quite an upgrade in terms of snow from the forecasts I was looking at earlier today for that period.

[Puggit]

Wills2 said:

That's quite an upgrade in terms of snow from the forecasts I was looking at earlier today for that period.

This has human input - computerised charts will struggle with lake effect snow.

[Yipper]

Yipper said:

Yipper said:

Yipper said:

This is where it has snowed in Europe for the past 3 days... and where it may snow in the next 6 days... Looking like <10cm to the east coasts of England...



As Puggit hints, some of the latest charts are indicating most of the UK will get absolutely walloped next week. Perhaps 20-30cm due around the Midlands...

Charts all over the place, for the next 1 to 10 days, at the moment.

Cold = yes.
Sunny = yes.
Snow = maybe.

The whole of the east coast, from Kent to Aberdeen, could get 10-30cm next week...

[A.J.M]

Looking at those maps, i'm sticking a shovel in the land rover to clear up work as i start Sunday and finish Wednesday.
This could get interesting.

[Wills2]

Puggit said:

Wills2 said:

That's quite an upgrade in terms of snow from the forecasts I was looking at earlier today for that period.

This has human input - computerised charts will struggle with lake effect snow.

Sure, I'm slap bang in the middle of the dark patch running through the spine of the country and will be travelling south from Leeds to Essex on Monday afternoon.

Hiking boots and my snow gear will be packed in the boot, sounds daft but better safe than sorry. (although I'd rather just cancel my week and work from my study or as some would call it the cupboard under the stairs)

[Dr Murdoch]

[J4CKO]

Just walked the dog, it is properly bloody cold, strange lack of frost though, sort of different feel to the usual.

[Puggit]

Lousie Lear on BBC said:

If I were you I'd stay tuned to the weather forecast. It could get pretty interesting

[SeeFive]

Port Solent. As mentioned earlier, we don’t get snow very often.

Current forecast, bit of a dusting for 3 hours on Wednesday, starts properly at 8pm Thursday, finishes sometime midnight Sunday/Monday with a few hours off during the day on Sunday. However, it is light snow all the way, so probably won’t accumulate much even though it is over 2 days of the white ste forecast.

[DukeDickson]

Athlon said:

Manchester's ability to dodge snow from whatever direction is amazing !

Now, if only that dodge worked as well for rain!

[Bill]

Puggit said:

Lousie Lear on BBC said:

If I were you I'd stay tuned to the weather forecast. It could get pretty interesting

I saw that, she pretty much came in her pants!

[Athlon]

DukeDickson said:

Now, if only that dodge worked as well for rain!

Ahh but that is a myth my friend. Manchester is not the worst for rain , apparently all this came about because of a few years of rained off cricket!

It's just we are surrounded by snow attracting land that means there is nowt left for us

[Yipper]

Beautiful day for a drive / run / hike / walk. Sun + frost.

[wiliferus]

BBC weather app is down....

[NRS]

Snow covering the aerial? So cold the battery ran out of juice?

[JakeT]

Does feel cold at the moment. Between reading and Newbury the feels like temperature is a cool -7.

[PugwasHDJ80]

JakeT said:

Does feel cold at the moment. Between reading and Newbury the feels like temperature is a cool -7.

There is definitely an enclave of use who live between Rweading and Newbury on tuis weather thread- bet we get no snow!