The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2018/2019 thread

[RicksAlfas]

Blimey it’s cold! The wind is raw.
No snow yet, but the skies look very threatening...

[haggishunter]

Central Scotland has nothing. Looking at the traffic cameras all over the place there doesn’t seem to be much at all.

[popeyewhite]

Puggit said:

Who's got snow?

Nothing expected in the High Peak until dusk. Weather's coming in though.

[RicksAlfas]

The freezing rain has arrived. My car has a weird cobble stone effect going on. Chilly day for tinkering in the garage!

[geeks]

SeeFive said:

In the words of Ollie Williams for the Port Solent weather...

“IT’S RAININ’ SIDEWAYS” !!!!

My Ollie gif has been replace with this these days

[Lemming Train]

RicksAlfas said:

The freezing rain has arrived. My car has a weird cobble stone effect going on. Chilly day for tinkering in the garage!

Same here Rick down in the lowlands of Cleckie. Ice rain is pouring down and my car is now completely encased in layers of solid ice. The road and path has turned into an icerink. A car has just come past my window sideways sliding down the road bouncing off the kerbs. No gritters to be seen anywhere!

[Wills2]

Lemming Train said:

RicksAlfas said:

The freezing rain has arrived. My car has a weird cobble stone effect going on. Chilly day for tinkering in the garage!

Same here Rick down in the lowlands of Cleckie. Ice rain is pouring down and my car is now completely encased in layers of solid ice. The road and path has turned into an icerink. A car has just come past my window sideways sliding down the road bouncing off the kerbs. No gritters to be seen anywhere!

Wow! It's raining in the Aire valley and is -1c but no ice forming I've just come over the tops from Baildon, typical regarding the gritters.

[A.J.M]

Still just rain and 1degree here in central Scotland.

Bloody freezing out though.

[schmalex]

It’s pissing down with rain and 2.4c here in Ecchinswell, North Hampshire.

It’s proper grim out there

[Bill]

6° and hammering it down in Bournemouth. Luckily I have a panto to go to.

[RicksAlfas]

Solid.

[Lemming Train]

RicksAlfas said:

Solid.

Mine's even worse than that but I'm not risking falling on my arse just to get a pic for this thread .

[RicksAlfas]

Good plan!

[S100HP]

Im not angry Lemming, just disappointed.

[Lemming Train]

S100HP said:

Im not angry Lemming, just disappointed.

You'll get over it.

[motco]

RicksAlfas said:

Solid.

I have not seen that effect since the (in)famous winter of 1962/63 - not in the southern counties at any rate.

[funkyrobot]

Horizontal rain in South Lincolnshire.

Not cold enough to freeze though.

[cptsideways]

RicksAlfas said:

Solid.

Last time we had this I didn't even make it to the car! Flat on my backside walking out the door Then the challenge of actually getting in the thing.

[SeeFive]

I remember the freezing ice that hit Hampshire in the late 90s. We got home just before. Neighbours got in 30mins later and couldn’t get the car to their house. Driver got out and fell on his arse. So he got the car mats out and used them as stepping stones to ferry him, his wife and 2 kids, moving the one he had just stepped off to the front until he got to his house.

However, his boxer dog faired not quite so well. He hopped out of the hatchback and... well basically it was like watching that scene from Bambi. Not, not “that” one, his mum didn’t get shot, I mean the one on the frozen pond with the rabbit!

Still horrid rain and wind here.

[RicksAlfas]

Why when it’s so cold and so rainy is it not falling as snow?