The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

[Bill]

Yay! I have to get from Dorset to Heathrow on Thursday.

[Puggit]

Bill said:

Yay! I have to get from Dorset to Heathrow on Thursday.

If you get stuck around West Berks, plenty of us to give you shelter

[Puggit]

Quite amazing to see Schmalex come out of retirement

[Bill]

Puggit said:

Quite amazing to see Schmalex come out of retirement

The Met Office keep talking about a weather event!

I'm hoping all the other Muppets will stay off the roads, I'll be in a Disco on winters and carrying more kit than necessary (including ice axe and crampons ) but tbh if it's that bad I assume the flight will be off.

[schmalex]

Lol! I got sick of trying to chase snow from Westerlies every winter!!

[Puggit]

Not sure what tonight's GFS shows, but the NW forums are down again.

[SS9]

Puggit said:

Not sure what tonight's GFS shows, but the NW forums are down again.

hear you!

[djc206]

Bill said:

Yay! I have to get from Dorset to Heathrow on Thursday.

I’m going from Soton to Heathrow on Thursday. Although if there’s more than a couple of cm’s there’ll be no reason to go as my girlfriends flight will be diverting somewhere else.

[schmalex]

Puggit said:

Not sure what tonight's GFS shows, but the NW forums are down again.

It’s pushing centre of the channel low on Thursday much further West at 113 hours, to over Ireland. I can’t really see that happening as it’s nit consistent with the track it was taking before 110hrs

[Puggit]

schmalex said:

It’s pushing centre of the channel low on Thursday much further West at 113 hours, to over Ireland. I can’t really see that happening as it’s nit consistent with the track it was taking before 110hrs

Ah yes

[Bill]

djc206 said:

I’m going from Soton to Heathrow on Thursday. Although if there’s more than a couple of cm’s there’ll be no reason to go as my girlfriends flight will be diverting somewhere else.

You never know your luck, Soton might be clear.

[djc206]

Bill said:

djc206 said:

I’m going from Soton to Heathrow on Thursday. Although if there’s more than a couple of cm’s there’ll be no reason to go as my girlfriends flight will be diverting somewhere else.

You never know your luck, Soton might be clear.

Always is! If only you could land a 777 at Soton it would save me a few gallons of petrol!

[colin_p]

I feel as excited about this as I did as a kid on Christmas eve.

A massive thanks to those in the know for sharing and posting up their knowledge.

I'm in East Berks between the M4 and M40 and seem to be on the edge of the amber zones but live in hope.

[Puggit]

New Amber warning - entire East coast North of York. Deep inland too. Wednesday...

Edited by Puggit on Sunday 25th February 22:23

[Bill]

djc206 said:

Always is! If only you could land a 777 at Soton it would save me a few gallons of petrol!

Ah, that's blown it. Does she fancy a trip to Manchester?

[Puggit]

Bang on time...

[djc206]

Bill said:

djc206 said:

Always is! If only you could land a 777 at Soton it would save me a few gallons of petrol!

Ah, that's blown it. Does she fancy a trip to Manchester?

She might, I don’t!

Last time we had a decent snow event I was working a Virgin inbound to Heathrow that ended up diverting to Frankfurt!!

[Norfolkit]

Snowing here (North Norfolk coast), started about 10 minutes ago.

[Wills2]

GFS pushing the low away looks like temps will lift after Thursday as well.

[Puggit]

Wills2 said:

GFS pushing the low away looks like temps will lift after Thursday as well.

More runs needed...