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We had a fairly intense hailstorm for about 10 minutes around 4pm, which alternated between ice balls and those snow pellets that look like the insides of a beanbag. Now it's turned to very heavy snow - one hour on and we have about an inch already.

Even so, it's not really very cold outside so I don't imagine it will lie for very long once it stops ... unless the skies clear and it freezes, which is what happened last night. I had to hack frozen snow off the windscreen this morning. :disturbd:

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I know this is the snow thread but I do feel the need to say it has been a lovely sunny, dry and out of the breeze quite warm day up here in Manchester. :)

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Well, it snowed last night until about 8pm, then the skies cleared and it froze solid. Then it clouded over and snowed again. So as you can imagine we're pretty stuck here this morning ...

I was actually going to give it a go anyway and was out clearing the car (hacking away at the hailstones, still clinging to the windscreen under the snow) when the school phoned. There has been an accident that blocked the road. As it's the only road, that means we really are stuck!

Apparently the snow line is only about half a mile from here. We're a fair way uphill but the road drops steeply almost to sea level. Beyond that there's next to nothing - school was having a hard time believing anyone up this end really was snowed in until they got a phone call from the bus driver.

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Snowing Heavy here just south of Glasgow City Centre.

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Another day off school for the boy ...

http://homepage.mac.com/towny/snowman2.jpg

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There's an incredible storm here at the moment - and, yes, there is hail in it!

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Ah that's what it was. I just caught sight a flash of light out of the corner of my eye and thought I was imagining things. Considering the black clouds coming from your direction it looks like the storms on it's way over to me.

Oh boy!!!!!! the whole sky out side my window just keeps lighting up, no actual spikes of lightning just the whole sky flashing white and the clouds are racing towards me like the clappers. This is interesting.......she says from behind the settee.

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ooh hail i thought you ment snow, it might pass over st helens

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Well that was spectacular. The wind, really got up as the lightning went over head but we have only had a light shower and no snow or hail.

The black clouds are heading over to Chorlton-***-Hardy now so I guess they will be next to get the light show.


:D :D I triggered the swear filter. :D https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/04/12.gif

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Just a follow up to last nights lightning attack.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....k_by_lightning

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Her house looks a bit of a mess now:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8109696.stm

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Not our first of the year, but the first that stayed long enough for me to get my camera out:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...6&d=1258561586


Same as last year, this is Beinn Narnain. We first saw snow on top of it about 10 days ago but that was gone in about 8 hours. I have no idea whether it has lasted longer than that today as the clouds have descended.

It was difficult to capture this picture it as the sky behind the mountain was very bright. This has been photoshopped to death, hopefully you get the idea. :D

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" Still a great view though!" Cheers.:)

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Been snowing here on and off for a good 2 weeks now. Went out at 1am just to make crazy footprint trails in the snow... Should have amused some people at least :D

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I thought now would be a good time to bump this snow thread.

I hope you guys in the East of the country don't get it to bad and that the gritters keep you all moving.

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It's snowing a bit here now in sunny Potton. Quite frankly I'm hoping to get snowed in when my girlfriend arrives :)

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snowed here a bit also. Hope and pray its not to bad over the weekend as I want Bethia to be able to get here Sunday

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Just been into town for a crafty pub lunch. Walking through the snow seemed like a good idea until the wind started to blow it horizontally at my face...

Coming down heavier now and in bigger flakes but still <insert expletive of choice here> cold and very blustery.

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Is that outside your house? If so your a jammy git lol do you have to pay for it with a crap ADSL speed though lol ( hopes so so I feel better about living in a dossy council estate lol)

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Almost whiteout in Bracknell at moment.

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We are getting it here slowly but it is settling due to the cold conditions outside and i hope that we get about 6ft so that i will not be able to get to work tommorrow .

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We have had a few flurries of snow and, with the temperature dropping below freezing, it's not melting. Looks like it will be slippery on the roads to-night and tomorrow around Manchester as well.

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Woooooooooooohoooooooooo !!!

The white stuff has arrived!

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As I was unloading the shopping it started to snow, but there where no spaces near the top or at the top of my hill.

I managed to get my car 3/4 up, I sort of hope I can get into work tomorrow, as it is as you may now my very last day.

But if the roads are two dangerous I ain't gonna risk it.

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Very light sprinke of snow here.

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Well..... It's bloomin' freezin' here.

Looking out of the window I can already tell that the roads are going to be hell tomorrow.

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I got some stella Bottles in my boot for our works xmas/leaving get together tomorrow, will it be safe or should I bring in indoors?

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Covering of snow in Cambridge

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No snow in Hungerford yet - hopefully some tomorrow morning!

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I've got the powdery type of snow which is dangerous - doesn't melt and turns rock hard as it settles, driving conditions are going to be great (lots of traffic. I'd guess about <10mph).

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That's the view from my dining room, yes ... it's not right outside the house though, Beinn Narnain is about 10-15 miles away.

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its very windy here in cleethorpes and very cold no real snow to speak of yet.
looks like the climate change talks are working brrrrrrrrrrrr;)

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About 2 " here in Cambridge so far!.:)

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About an inch or so of snow in NW Leeds.

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I just hope when I'm taking my husband to his hospital appointment tomorrow that there is no snow on Portsdown Hill.

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A faint dusting of the stuff here in Cheshire but it's bloomin cold.

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I've been up since 5 am, some 2 hours too early.

I've been tweeting with Davina Macall, who has been stuck in snow for about 10 hours.

Looking out side it don't look to bad, so I'll attempt to get the crate of Stella to work. But if it gets work, I will wait and go in later.

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Only a slight dusting here in Hungerford!!

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Not all that bad in Potton this morning - but I'm not going out that's for sure.

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A porridge and hot chocolate start this morning.Maybe avoid Portsdown Hill this am on the way to the QA Hospital.:erm:

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Ah the annual "Oh my god, its terrible there is snow everywhere" fest from the BBC and Sky when the South East gets a light dusting of snow that wouldn't register in most other countries of the world and certainly wouldn't cause travel chaos.

:D

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Agreed! But us southerners always think it's not going to snow and are shocked rigid when it does...:D

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Well it took me the usual time to get to work, the motorway was clear even though the BBC said only 1 lane was open.

I got he and one was here, luckily a keyholder turned up and let us in, 1 hr later only 2 manager turned up, so we might do our party early then bugger off.

When I do I'll drive off and never look back.

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had a light dusting in newcastle with a new front moving down from the arctic..apparently ..according to the beeb ,so the RAC were on telling people not to travel and if they did take a warm flask, a change of clothes, and a shovel also a survival book by bear grills a pack of huskies and a couple of Eskimo's to build a igloo

My god if a couple of inches of snow can bring this country to a standstill then what hope have we got ,people in Norway and Switzerland must be cracking up with laughing at us

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Don't forget we don't get heavy snow very often.

Countries like Switzerland and scandinavian countries get it all the time so they have invested in clearing it.

It pointless for us to spend millions on equipment thats going to spend the best part of 360 days a year doing nothing.

As Billy Connolly says, "there no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing."

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granted but do we really have to have all the hysteria by the media surely the 4-5 reporters the beeb employed on "snow watch" this morning could have been better used on stories that matter

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Well, although the light was rather bad, this was the view from the end of my path at 7:55 this morning..

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40 mins getting the 50 yards to the end of my road, half a hour late for work but made it........and so did most of my patients :tu: :)
About 8" of snow here in Tonbridge......kids are loving it :)

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Shouldn't I be at work right now? ;)

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You're accessing CF from your work :shocked: :D

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Yes, that must be what I'm doing ;):)

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I decided to work from home today.

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Yep, we're laughing at England :)

Things keep working here in feet of snow :p:

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http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...EN5KttJFHZA%3D http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...YYyJoO8yvoU%3D

Farley Hill at 4am. Newspapers arrived at 3pm :erm: roll round Sunday for more fun!

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http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...beblizzard.jpg

And after the snow stopped we had a snow drift.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g4...globedrift.jpg

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Bah, we finally get our snow clouds this afternoon ... only to find they've warmed up on their way south and now it's just falling as a light drizzle.

On the plus side, we finally saw a gritter this morning. About an hour after the last of the ice and frost we've had since Thursday had melted in the sun. :rolleyes:

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Clear sky's here between Luton and Beford, temp is hovering round about 0c. More snow forcast for late tonight.

Snow from the last 2 days got eventually to about 6 inches and is still powdery, dogs absolutely love it!!

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We are having a light fall of snow. It seems to be sticking to what we had yesterday and, with -4c tonight and more snow forecast for tomorrow it looks like our street,s snow ball fight might be still on. :D

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We just had a blizzard :D

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It's looking a bit white over this side of Glasgow as well.

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One minute it was raining heavily then it turned white and now it's time to get the sledges out.

Nice to see drivers slowing down and driving carefully, kids have been warned to take no chances when crossing the road.

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Freezing cold in Leeds and still have snow on the ground from the fall we had on Thursday

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Same here it is, -3 but hasn't really snowed properly since Thursday night.

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I think I'm in the only part of the country without any snow. Gutted :(

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You can have some of mine if you like! lol

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You should get some tomorrow. Meet you in the Carrs to sledge down the slopes. :D

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Cold and sunny (well not right now) here still!

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Got some heavyish snowfall here at the moment, turned the hard icy paths back into a rug of thick fluffy snow again within 10 minutes.

It's nice to look at from the window of my heated house, but i've had about enough of it already :erm:

My midwife lives in a nearby village on a hill, so if i go into labour tonight it's almost a guarantee that my home birth becomes a hospital birth :td:

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I hope the snow stops. Atleast for a few days as otherwise no one will be able to get to places for Christmas.

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In Ireland so far we have had only showers of snow not very much but we are forcasted to have snow sometime over the weekend or somtime nxt. Hopefully we dont get any that stays on the ground because I hate it

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Good luck with the baby Pia and I hope you get your wish and have the home birth that you want :)

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Got a weather update for Cambridge, more snow falling thick and fast!

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As long as we dont get it over here im quiet happy for ye to keep it. Im praying it dont snow over here

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We have had a light fall here in Warrington overnight :)

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Can whoever sent the snow over this way take it back please?

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SNOW! It came last night eventually! Thanks whoever sent it over.

Although it didn't make the delivery of the new American Fridge Freezer this morning at 7:30am any easier!

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We had a light dusting overnight, but the sun is shining so it's nearly all gone now.

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We are getting more as i type :)

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Us adults have just been annihilated in a snow ball fight with all the local children. It needed a hot shower to unfreeze me but it was great fun and the kids haven't stopped grinning. With the way the snow is now coming down I think a return match may be on the cards later. :D

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Nearly went through a hedge when going round a corner in my car last night cause the side roads are like skating rings, luckily I was only doing about 10 miles an hour and managed to stop.

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We were supposed to be going for a health walk up in the hills today but somehow I don't think so. My own road isn't even safe to drive on.

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Bah. Hardly enough to cover the grass here.

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Started snowing here again.

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Just started up lightly again in Glasgow.

Supposed to be very heavy overnight. Could be fun heading to work tomorrow.

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We've had another sprinkling in South Yorkshire too. My in-laws went up to Aberdeen last night...must've been an awkward drive.

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Been snowing in Huddersfield all day.
Shops were deserted and closed early.
Took 1.5 hours on a journey that should only take 10 minutes.
Had to take my little girl out on her sledge and help all the BMW drivers that were stuck. Must have counted 6 today. They never learn do they.
Snowman time tomorrow.

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main problem I have no is the snow has gone and just left with all the ice on the pavement. Nearly fallen over a few times, is better in my Timberlands but when wearing smart shoes with flat soles can barely stand up and safer to walk in the road

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Cardiff had midnight snow, then sleet, then it froze solid.

No sign of gritters out there yet (of course) so it's really dangerous on the roads and pavements.

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The main roads here are fine but some of the side streets are like ice rinks. It made getting anywhere quickly fun today :erm:

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Nothing much happening in my neck of the woods, justd damn cold.

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Started raining about 3pm then at 3:30pm it was doing all 3 rain, sleet & snow.

Now its just snowing.

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No sign of snow here again, just bloody cold (-4.1C already)

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Really heavy here in east London. Has been for a couple of hours at least and its settling.

Did rain a bit before it snowed so i'm sure there is plenty of ice under the snow. Looks pretty though.

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A bit more light snow overnight, turned into slush and ice by lunchtime, the roads are fine but no grit on the pavements so they are treacherous underfoot.

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Mostly cleared here now, though everywhere is wet and it's to get pretty damn cold overnight, yay! :erm:

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Already 2" now in a couple of hours and showing no sign of stopping.

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Realy heavy now, and I going out.

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Baby sitting for my sister.

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We have snow on ice which is again freezing. Very treacherous under foot and on side roads. I was quite scared driving this morning and it would take a lot to pursuade me to go out there again tonight.

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I heard on my local Heart radio station the Met Office has issued a severe weather warning of about 5-10cm of snow but i'm not sure where and it'd not snowing in Cambridge....yet.

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Here you go SnoopZ.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ngs.html?day=1

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Please make it stop!

Atleast until Christmas. I need to get around and it's making it very difficult!