Apart from very occasionally on the tops of the Moors, haven't seen any down here in dear old Cornwall since 2010. What we've got right now is a very mild and very damp 12 degrees, proper Cornish Mizzle.
Good luck with making your snow men up there.
That'll be due to the warm North Atlantic Drift then; I knew my Geography 'O' level would be useful one day.
Yep, you're right, Mr Chaser. Wish it would drift a bit further north again - down here we seem to have lost our prevailing SW winds, which brought, amongst the showers, at least some sunshine - we weren't known as Sunny Cornwall for nothing.
The last few years have just brought wave after wave of NW winds and gloomy grey skies, day after day.. Something has definitely changed.
Annoyingly I left my laptop at work on Friday so I have to brave the southeastern chaos. Bloody annoying. Would have been a nice excuse to work from home today.
Traffic barely moving in Maidstone even though there really isn't that much snow on the ground.
It does seem to make some drivers act like idiots. Looking out of my lounge window I've seen several van drivers overtake the queue, on the wrong side of the central island outside my house. Have decide to delay leaving for work as there is no point in sitting in a queue.
Fecking joke. According to the BBC, Kent got around 3 cm if the white stuff this morning, and yet there were accidents & hold-ups galore. 3 fecking centimetres - not 3 metres or even 3 inches - 3 centimetres (which if my maths is correct is just over an inch). Is this a news story ?? By comparison Moscow has got its average monthly snowfall in just the last 2 days alone.
Fecking joke. According to the BBC, Kent got around 3 cm if the white stuff this morning, and yet there were accidents & hold-ups galore. 3 fecking centimetres - not 3 metres or even 3 inches - 3 centimetres (which if my maths is correct is just over an inch). Is this a news story ?? By comparison Moscow has got its average monthly snowfall in just the last 2 days alone.
The problem in the depths of Kent early on was black ice under the snow as much as the snow itself.
My oldest daughter skidded but fortunately came to no harm.
I was not panicking however I had to take my 93 year old mum to the hospital this morning so when I looked out the window I was shocked to see a snow covering.
Self confessed weather geek here, all I'll say is that it's looking like we could potentially get some crazy snow across the country by the end of next week (I'm talking a minimum of 10cm everywhere, on the hills will be way more!).
BUT, you can only forecast weather accurately 3 days ahead, it's definitely going to get very cold next week but if and how much snow we'll be seeing won't be known for another few days. One thing I'll say though, the last time we had a stratosphere warming event like the one last week was 2010... so there's hope for snow lovers
The BBC have dropped the Met office and their forecasts have been pretty crap since.
All computer models and therefore forecasters have been predicting this for over a week. The watchword is "be prepared" (I know that's two words). Predicting snow even 24 hours ahead is a mug's game so don't rely too much on your phone apps. A slight wind direction change can turn a flurry into heavy snow that wasn't predicted. This could be a very rare event.
I've been watching the excitement build over the past week in the netweather forums (its a welcome distraction from the takeover thread). Respected posters reading the charts say potentially a week of snow for the south-east.
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Yep, you're right, Mr Chaser. Wish it would drift a bit further north again - down here we seem to have lost our prevailing SW winds, which brought, amongst the showers, at least some sunshine - we weren't known as Sunny Cornwall for nothing.
The last few years have just brought wave after wave of NW winds and gloomy grey skies, day after day..
Something has definitely changed.
It does seem to make some drivers act like idiots. Looking out of my lounge window I've seen several van drivers overtake the queue, on the wrong side of the central island outside my house. Have decide to delay leaving for work as there is no point in sitting in a queue.
Lovely bright sunny day down here
Not a trace of any snow not even on the distant moors.
Bit nippy in the NE wind though. Just happy to get my washing on the line.
My oldest daughter skidded but fortunately came to no harm.
I was not panicking however I had to take my 93 year old mum to the hospital this morning so when I looked out the window I was shocked to see a snow covering.
Its all gone now though so as you were
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AnN9UZBDZio
BUT, you can only forecast weather accurately 3 days ahead, it's definitely going to get very cold next week but if and how much snow we'll be seeing won't be known for another few days. One thing I'll say though, the last time we had a stratosphere warming event like the one last week was 2010... so there's hope for snow lovers