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We get 3mm and it's panic stations and empty shops.

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Well, we will see how that works out, Den!

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I'd better get up early and go grab a loaf and 4 pints of milk before the panic brigade watch the news.

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Well, I live in the south of England and I can tell you I'm not expecting snow here!

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We are in a valley and usually get rain when everywhere else gets snow but we did have a couple of inches this year and had the idiots emptying the bread shelves and fridges it was a bit embarassing tbh.

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Well, Den, the forecasters are backing off quickly now with that forecast for snow over the whole country this Easter! As I said, forecasts over such a long period are rarely correct, Sudden Stratospheric Warning or not!

I've got one, though. Temperatures on average over the next five months will increase somewhat over present levels and the weather will be changeable over this period.

Place your bets now, ladies and gentlemen.....

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If l placed bets on your wondrous spot on predictions OB l would be in the poor house by now.;):D

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And yet, the snow didn't arrive!

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l am afraid this old boy is your culprit as that was not my prediction.;):D:sorry:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...postcount=2856

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It could be bleak up North come the weekend.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/re...now-on-the-way

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I'll get the long sleeve T-shirt out, then... :D

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We wear vests down here.:D

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Interesting this thread has over a quarter of a million views, more than twice the Brexit thread !

Sometimes I think us weather obsessed Brits get our priorities wrong ;)

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There is one fact you forgot to remember Mr K in your wonderfully eloquent portrayal of us Brits and that is this thread has been going since 2004 where the Brexit thread is still a puppy in comparison.;)

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2004? That's when I joined this wonderful forum, beat you by 3 years Den !.
(Although you have made a couple more posts, I'll give you that ;) )

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Not really, Mr K. We are all keeping an eye out for that EU beast from the east!

:D

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Project Fear!

Storm Deidre came in from the Atlantic... ;)

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weathe...gales-11580755

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Actually, there has been several Brexit threads - with a combined view of over a million views. Though what the hell this has to do with snow, I will never know.

One thing is for sure - Members need to stop bringing Brexit it in to every bloody topic.

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I live in the Essex Rivera and therefore I'll miss it.

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I blame the immigrants.... :)

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A lot of cold, snowy weather does come in from the continent. So post Brexit - especially a hard exit can we stop it?

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Probably not. It will just fly over the border. :D

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Bloody foreign weather, comin' over 'ere, and taking our sunshine!

English weather for English people!

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Give me this every day of the week Mr LM.:Sun::Sun::Sun::Sun:

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Oy!

Bloody Sassenach!

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Sorry I don't speak Foreign :P

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From what I remember, your English was fairly sub-optimal as well (very slurred and incoherent).

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Me speak good!

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Looks like we won't be getting a white Christmas this year. How boring!

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Switzerland is a nice place at this time of year or if you are feeling brave then the Cairngorms or Snowdonia might just be the ticket for you OB.:)

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Think OB would struggle to find his streaming services in Snowdonia/Cairngorms - he'd have to rely on the BBC ;)

I have done Switzerland at Christmas, very expensive and even there snow isn't guaranteed these days. Usually not too far away though if you drive up the nearest mountain :) Trouble with Snowdonia/Cairngorms is that it's usually blowing a gale and no visibility to see any snow !

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You might like this although a little patience is required..;)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/46625072

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Ah, yes, that old sudden stratospheric warming thing! It will either be that or the polar vortex, I am sure!

When's that global warming coming, I wonder?

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You appear to be confusing ‘weather’ and ‘climate’...

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Enough! This thread is about the arrival of Snow (Anywhere in the UK). Nothing else !

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No snow here. No forecast of snow. It's simply snowhere to be seen. oops:

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It's always snowing somewhere.

Some places just have more snowflakes than others.

My sister in law stays in a country that's snowy most of the year.

Don't think I could cope with it cold all the time.

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We're up to our armpits in the UK. :D

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Coming down heavy in Cheshire and it's sticking! Joy

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Don't worry Peter it could be coming from the East later on next week.

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Even more reason to sever links with the Continent!

Even here in the south we might see some flakes next week.

We are expecting up to 50cm here!!!! (I hope not)

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English roads grind to a halt with only 5cm!

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usually because when the road is covered in snow, you can't see the potholes :D

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You want to come down our road as you might be there a while counting them all.

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Then we'll know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall, I guess.

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50cm?

Where are you, McMurdo Station?

No Im in the states and thankfully WE DID NOT GET THAT MUCH!! (maybe 25)

Alot of it melted today as it was warmer!!

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Woke up to a sprinkling of snow this morning down here in deepest Devon.:)

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Had a sprinkling last night near Cambridge on the way home from work, nothing during the night luckily..... horrible stuff when you need to go outside in it!

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Same here. Was worrying a little because not only did our local train company warn of possible problems, but the company where I work warned of possible problems. Although in fairness, I live in Greater London, but the train company has it's depot near Dartford, and the company where I work has offices down in Chatham, and both Dartford and Chatham can get hit with very heavy snow.

That said, I think we have become a little more wary of the dangers of Snow and Ice. I remember as a kid having to walk to school in a good couple of feet of snow. Hell, we even had to play Rugby (wearing our kit, but no underwear apart from socks and no other clothing) in the snow. Boy, was that fun.

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Only half an inch at home, but it’s lying on untreated roads that were already freezing. There are a few steep gradients on my way out that were pretty hair raising this morning ... :Yikes:

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Snowing heavily outside now as it looks like we might get a fair bit in the coming hours as it has hit Cornwall badly in the last few hours and is moving into Devon now.

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Dry and calm until we got back from Cardiff city centre, then a little light rain that turned into sleep.

Our first snow of the year now!! But the ground is too wet for it to settle.

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Our ground was wet earlier after some heavy rain and the falling snow is very much laying outside our place now Taf.

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Hasn't quite reached us yet but it's only +2C outside so I think we'll also get snow when it arrives.

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Seeing you are about 40 miles from where my parents live l would say you are likely to get it around 21.00 onwards Heero.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/0/2633521

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I live in the Weald, Kent and work near Brands Hatch. We had 1 inch of snow yesterday and I am not looking forward going to work tomorrow. No snow at the moment it is due at around 10 pm.

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Indeed Den.

4 1/2 hours for me to drive from Looe to Lostwithiel this afternoon.

My son is currently stuck on the A30 near Okehampton on his way home from Cosford. He's been stationary for 4 hours. :(

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That does not surprise me as the local TV news had near wall to wall coverage of the chaos.

---------- Post added at 21:42 ---------- Previous post was at 21:40 ----------

Yes l have heard through several sources that the traffic had come to a standstill Julian there and in other blackspots.

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A blanket of snow here in the Thames Valley this morning. Rather more than I expected!

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We've got a light covering, about 1/2", mostly came down around 8pm last night. Pretty rather than disruptive.

I see in the news that the A30 over Bodmin moor is blocked and people are taking refuge at the Jamacia Inn. (Bolventor). I know from driving that route regularly that it is high and exposed there with several steep hills.

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The thing is with Bodmin and the other moors is when it gets bad it gets bad very quickly and that catches drivers out especially on the steep hills as Haldon Hills is another blackspot on the A38..

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Yesterday the schools told us and the children that it may be closed tomorrow (now today) and would email parents by 0710 if closed.

No email - school open.

Daughter decides that she doesn't exist so doesn't need to go to school and she is now too big to "carry".

I don't think schools should let their pupils know of a possible closure so there is no disappointment when it doesn't happen. It is also then a nice surprise when they are told in the morning they don't need to get up.

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Has there been a cm of snow down South ? Declare a national emergency immediately !

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No sign of any snow here.

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No snow here either, but it's extremely cold. I've turned the central heating off as i'm currently confined to one room, so have had the gas fire on 24/7. At times it felt like it wasn't on!

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The Midlands generally avoided it as my brother lives in Dudley and he said they never saw any either.

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Got some hail today but no snow so far. What's the difference between lying snow and honest snow? ;)

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Amazingly we had snow this morning but where I work which is only 8 miles away 2 inches fell.

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Snowing here quite healivy atm.

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Supposedly snow here this afternoon, but nothing so far. We've escaped the worst of the storm.

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Dry and sunny here now as the storm has died down now thankfully.

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Had snow here this morning, just a covering in places but really freezing cold.

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No snow down here which is unsurprising but its definitely much colder.

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It's like a summers day here in Cleethorpes.

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Cleethorpes has really cold summers then ? :)

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And wet, and miserable

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When you can make out the sea through the driving sleet. :D

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I'll be going for my annual swim in the Humber xmas morning after a mug of manup.;)

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You can see the sea quite easily . . . once a day for about 10 minutes :D

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In the spring you can see it coming up the garden:)

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Woke up to the horrible white stuff this morning near Cambridge, hope it melts before my midday journey to work!!!

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Apparently there is snow in North Nottinghamshire today.

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We had a dusting of snow in North Leeds this morning - all washed away by the rain now.

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It's snowing and raining at the same time, and it's only 15 degrees off a warm summers day:shocked:

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Proper thick snow falling here at the moment, and settling.

How much do you guys have on the ground Paul??

We got a huge storm last week.... It dumped about 83 centimeters!! (Biggest storm we have had in years)

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1 cm triggers panic in this country ;)

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Not down here as we have not had any snow yet..:p:

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Is that the south of England that you refer to? ;)

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I live in the Essex Rivera that gets bugger all snow.


Move 1 mile from my town and you can't move.

That doesnt sound good!!!

I hope it all melts s00n!!

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No snow here in London - too expensive for it to visit! :D

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We had quite a bit yesterday, all day, left us with about 3/4 inch on the ground.
Then it went super cold last night (-7C) so it ended up very icy, esp this morning.

The binmen never came, presumably due to the conditions.
Some low life bumped into my daughters car and broke her number plate - then drove off. :mad:

It was about that here and it will be form the next several nigts c0ld also....

UUGGHH!!

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We had a light dusting overnight and it's snowing gently at the moment. Very cold at -1C

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Something about snow that turns us all into kids again... All that's going on in the World and a few flakes of snow still dominate the headlines !

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No snow here bar a few flakes in the wind.

Remember at university in Aberystwyth. One February we had a bit of warmth so in shirt sleeves (not quite shorts though) and cars coming in with a good bit of snow on roofs (should really clear it off before driving I know).

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Down in Lampeter it only snowed once in the three years I was there, and it barely stayed a day. I always thought it was the sort of place I'd get snowed in every year ...