The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

[jimmyjimjim]

It snowed here in Colorado last night....about 1/4" of accumulation. It's been a very mild winter so far.
Well behind schedule.

[MG CHRIS]

Well got home hour ago was totally clear but temp have dropped below zero and starting to snow and stick to the roads.

[road hog]

we got nothing , clear sunny day but -2 all day




Redcar..

[Digby]

theboss said:

Its been snowing all day here in South Shrops, at 180m elevation I have about a foot a snow on my garden and surrounding land. Took the M5 out in half a foot of fresh snow on winter tyres earlier and it was flawless. The roads are carnage though. A stuck lorry driver came over whilst I was waiting for muppets to get out of my way and asked where I thought I was going!

Stunning! Mind if I share?

Which type of camera was that taken with if you don't mind me asking.

[chris116]

Puggit said:

Sunday's snow charts looking good if you live between M4 and M62. On current forecasts the central part (ie Brum) due to get wallopped.

Rather pleased I have Monday off, doubt if I'd get off the drive if it did properly snow

[tenohfive]

Anyone living anywhere east of the line from say Coventry to Oxford been watching big clouds of snow come in on the weather radar, peter out by that line and find themselves thinking,
"B***ards are stealing our snow."

??

[theboss]

Digby said:

theboss said:

Its been snowing all day here in South Shrops, at 180m elevation I have about a foot a snow on my garden and surrounding land. Took the M5 out in half a foot of fresh snow on winter tyres earlier and it was flawless. The roads are carnage though. A stuck lorry driver came over whilst I was waiting for muppets to get out of my way and asked where I thought I was going!

Stunning! Mind if I share?

Which type of camera was that taken with if you don't mind me asking.

Feel free to share - taken with an iPhone 8+

[Puggit]

tenohfive said:

Anyone living anywhere east of the line from say Coventry to Oxford been watching big clouds of snow come in on the weather radar, peter out by that line and find themselves thinking,
"B***ards are stealing our snow."

??

One of them reached West Berks, one of them...

[CAPP0]

Location Location Location!

It's no good saying "there's nothing here" or "there's 10ft here" when we don't know whether you're in Chelmsford or Chamonix!

[MentalSarcasm]

CAPP0 said:

Location Location Location!

It's no good saying "there's nothing here" or "there's 10ft here" when we don't know whether you're in Chelmsford or Chamonix!

It's definitely not Chelmsford. So that's one to cross off the list.

[PositronicRay]

When I look @ the Sunday BBC forecast on telly it shows a huge snow storm traveling across the country. BBC online forecast shows double rain drops all day with a bit of wind.

We're between SOA and Brum.

[Yipper]

Melgarve, halfway between Fort William and Aviemore, Western-Central Scotland, on one of the higher passes, earlier today.

[Puggit]

PositronicRay said:

When I look @ the Sunday BBC forecast on telly it shows a huge snow storm traveling across the country. BBC online forecast shows double rain drops all day with a bit of wind.

We're between SOA and Brum.

No idea what SOA means, but never trust a computerised forecast over a human forecast. BBC on TV get their forecast from Met office who use models and charts that the public can't see.

[CAPP0]

Puggit said:

No idea what SOA means, but never trust a computerised forecast over a human forecast. BBC on TV get their forecast from Met office who use models and charts that the public can't see.

I'm guessing Stratford (up?)on Avon.

Didn't the BBC move away from the Met Office a couple of years ago? Or was that some other relationship?

[popeyewhite]

Yipper said:

Melgarve, halfway between Fort William and Aviemore, Western-Central Scotland, on one of the higher passes, earlier today.

Blimey.

[FiF]

CAPP0 said:

Puggit said:

No idea what SOA means, but never trust a computerised forecast over a human forecast. BBC on TV get their forecast from Met office who use models and charts that the public can't see.

I'm guessing Stratford (up?)on Avon.

Didn't the BBC move away from the Met Office a couple of years ago? Or was that some other relationship?

They announced the move in 2015 but extended the BBC contract last month as Meteogroup weren't ready. There's been a bit of a debate as to exactly why the delay. One point of discussion has been where they, Meteo, will source the raw data. One view is that there is a reasonable chance that if Meteogroup do end up using free American GFS rather than Met Office NWP data, which reading between the lines could end up being the case, the national forecast that Meteogroup issue on the BBC, could be out of line with any National Severe Weather Warning issued by the Met Office. Apparently the forecasts would diverge markedly beyond T+36.

[karona]

Puggit said:

No idea what SOA means, but never trust a computerised forecast over a human forecast. BBC on TV get their forecast from Met office who use models and charts that the public can't see.

So many models to chose from here.
http://wxcharts.eu/?model=arpege&region=eng&am...

[cptsideways]

Yipper said:

Melgarve, halfway between Fort William and Aviemore, Western-Central Scotland, on one of the higher passes, earlier today.

Ski trip alert

[theboss]

-2 at the moment so yesterday's snow lies intact. Hopefully more tomorrow.

[PositronicRay]

Puggit said:

PositronicRay said:

When I look @ the Sunday BBC forecast on telly it shows a huge snow storm traveling across the country. BBC online forecast shows double rain drops all day with a bit of wind.

We're between SOA and Brum.

No idea what SOA means, but never trust a computerised forecast over a human forecast. BBC on TV get their forecast from Met office who use models and charts that the public can't see.

SOA= Stratford on Avon

Which forecaster produces the most accurate stuff? (one for the uneducated who merely want to peer at an app for an idea of what's going to happen)

Had an interesting conversation with Mrs PR yesterday while out in the car.

Her: The cars broken
Me: Yes left hand washer's not working, probably frozen
Her: No it's the temp gauge, is that frozen?
Me: Doubt it
Her: It's reading -1
Me: Probably about right
Her: It's +2
Me: How do you know
Her: It say's so here (waving her phone at me)