Snow Watch: Midlands & C Southern England

[JamieUK]

Oh wow, would have been wise to put GRIT on the roads, especially the hills.....just listening to my local radio station and motorists trying to get up the hills are ending up sliding back down again and hitting each other!!! People are also abandoning their vehicles because they can't get up through the hills AND many of the roads coming INTO Aylesbury are closed or blocked!!!! What chaos LOL!!!

[Costa Del Fal]

Still cant see where any more 'good action' is coming from now...we just got tiny little flurries...is it finished now?

[NorthantsSnow]

Just taken a measurement. 11cm (just over 4 inches) here in Northampton town Here are the pictures I promised:

Edited February 5, 2009 by NorthantsSnow

[andy_leics22]

Still cant see where any more 'good action' is coming from now...we just got tiny little flurries...is it finished now?

Same here, nothing else on the way Ah well thats our lot, 3 inches is better than nothing! I'm just worried about a thaw now, I HATE to see that lovely snow melting it's the worst part of it. No doubt if it doesen't snow for the rest of today then it will slowly thaw as the ground temps probably won't stay below 0.5c.

[JamieUK]

Still cant see where any more 'good action' is coming from now...we just got tiny little flurries...is it finished now?

You seem a tad dissapointed? ! lol

[andy_leics22]

Just taken a measurement. 11cm (just over 4 inches) here in Northampton town Here are the pictures I promised:

A couple of cm's more than me and to think we was fretting about if it would snow long enough!

[Cornflake Girl]

Started snowing again here on the hills.

Unexpected!

[Costa Del Fal]

You seem a tad dissapointed? ! lol

Tbh yes as all the action went East AGAIN when we were predicted the Worst. That stuff in Wales may get here but the usual will probably happen where it dies out or just misses us again.

Never mind, we had a good covering again.

[mildmuck]

Slightly more worrying here, temp -0.1, dew -0.6, I've got to hope that ground temp doesn't rise above 0.5c all day lol.

Yes I was just about to comment on that, It is slightly worrying.

-0.2c here in Bromsgrove, been rising quite quickly over the last hour or so.

[andy_leics22]

You seem a tad dissapointed? ! lol

I am because we were supposed to be getting precip coming up and around the Midlands for most the day, to see that it's probably going to stay dry for about 6 hours + and the snow will slowly thaw is not good.

[MrAdam]

Got about 3" here in north warwickshire... but I had no problem with getting to work! Gritters were out, a lot of the snow was cleared from around me - saw some tractors out plowing the snow!

Also could of been the fact that a lot of drivers stayed home so the roads were relatively clear for 8.30 in the morning lol!

[lesta_snow]

is it meant to move back down south?

what time will this be cause i have another snow day today i have never had 3 snowdays in one week

[mildmuck]

Got about 3" here in north warwickshire... but I had no problem with getting to work! Gritters were out, a lot of the snow was cleared from around me - saw some tractors out plowing the snow!

Also could of been the fact that a lot of drivers stayed home so the roads were relatively clear for 8.30 in the morning lol!

Luckily Warwickshire has the luxury of snow ploughs to my knowledge ???

I think Worcs council has just run dry on grit lol, even the main road hasn't been gritted ...terrible

[andy_leics22]

is it meant to move back down south?

what time will this be cause i have another snow day today i have never had 3 snowdays in one week

I think the precip down South is moving North but theres not much below Leicester, just a small band of precip near Oxford, thats going to take hours to get here IF it does get here I bet this snow will start to melt soon, GRRRRRRRRRR.

[Mezzair]

I've just made it into work from Birmingham to Southam. Are things likely to get worse or better? I'm the only one in!

[MrAdam]

Luckily Warwickshire has the luxury of snow ploughs to my knowledge ???

I think Worcs council has just run dry on grit lol, even the main road hasn't been gritted ...terrible

Don't think it was an official county or borough council one lol, just looked like a farmer doing a good deed haha.

[andy_leics22]

This is the precip chart for later today...

Looks like we can wave goodbye to that snow, slow thaw and no more.

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

A good 2.5/3 inches of snow overnight in Oxford

[Nabraxas]

Some people are never happy! We've had the best week of snow for as long as I can remember and people are complaining that there's no more coming!!

[conor123]

The 06z has snow showers on and off today here with high of 0c.

Looks like tonights heavy snow is a lot further west on this run but not close enough still yet.

Hopefully it will shift another 50 or so miles west and give here a dumping instead of the East Midlands a third time.

Edited February 5, 2009 by conor123

[StormChaser]

4 inches of snow in didcot and still snowing heavy since 1am this morning

[Costa Del Fal]

Snow stopped here now...a bit diaapointed tbh though still pleased we got something.

Edited February 5, 2009 by Blizzards

[andy_leics22]

Some people are never happy! We've had the best week of snow for as long as I can remember and people are complaining that there's no more coming!!

I am happy but I hate the slow thaw of the snow during the day

I think Mondays snow was slightly deeper here, got 5 inches, only 3 inches at the moment.

[MR EXTREMES]

Same here, nothing else on the way Ah well thats our lot, 3 inches is better than nothing! I'm just worried about a thaw now, I HATE to see that lovely snow melting it's the worst part of it. No doubt if it doesen't snow for the rest of today then it will slowly thaw as the ground temps probably won't stay below 0.5c.

well you dont wanna live here then your slit your wrists lol we dont get nothing monday we had 2inches you all done great this week massive snow event for most

[wellington boot]

Started snowing again in Oxford, from this band of slow moving ppn moving into south midlands. Typically it looks to have lost intensity in the last 20 mins, but at least its falling as snow.