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I've managed to arrange childcare so I can deliver my fortnightly papers on a bright, breezy afternoon rather than in tomorrow mornings vile conditions!

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1 hour ago, warmintim said:

Steady - lets not get carried away! My father refers to 'Warminster Dress', which is wearing shorts, usually with jumpers and hats, at all times of the year. I nearly reached for the shorts yesterday!

Lol so did I, by 2pm I wished I had!

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1 minute ago, Summer Sun said:

Can you check again? I have just looked and the time is fine

It's correct for me too now. Maybe my radar page needed refreshing!

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Hi, is the radar having problems after the clock change?

It's showing 19.10 as the slide time when it should be 20.10 . Or is it an hour behind by coincidence?

Not an issue on a dry evening but it could cause confusion from tomorrow evening onwards.

Thank you.

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44 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Made 12.6°C here today. Pretty nice! Plenty of work to be done in and around the pond.

According to the BBC graphics, we shall be enjoying some snow in Dorset & Hampshire on Friday, with temps of 9 - 11C.

I think those graphics are meaning hail in heavy showers, if you're referring to the Countryfile forecast he did mention hail.

We do have the chance for some convective weather this week if the lows are slack enough, but it could also go the boring way of more general cloud/rain.

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4 hours ago, Leon1 said:

I wonder if there won't be as many wasps in the summer from the cold snaps this year?

And ants! If the last 2 summers are anything to go by my boy will be eating them in the lounge.

Hilarious to hear people saying they were freezing this afternoon in light of last week and 3 weeks ago!

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My humble request to Mother Nature is that if we must have a 3rd winter outbreak that it waits until late Good Friday to allow my local football teams to play their annual derby and is gone in time for me to be able to go out to work on the Tuesday morning!!

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Stunning Sprinter day with a sharp frost then virtually unbroken sunshine. Now a lovely night with setting crescent moon. The snow on the Western edge of Salisbury Plain looked great earlier.

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10 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

 

As for our snowman, building him in the shady part of the garden has helped keep him fairly intact, wonder if he can last until Easter?

Looks good, we will have to remember to do that next time. We built ours in the same few square yards of lawn which are in the sun from 09.00-15.00 now lol. This time I won't bore everyone with gradual reduction pictures!

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34 minutes ago, khodds said:

True. Spring is the new winter.

Sprinter! 

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I am reminded of dry summers where people wish for rain. It then rains for weeks on end and those same people moan it's too much.

It's the same now with cold/snow ; many of us wished for it, we've had 2 epic spells and now more is possible towards Easter some (including me) don't want it!

Also, those of us in the Points West region are so fortunate to have Ian Fergusson and John Hammond regularly doing live forecasts. John Hammond hinted at a cold Easter weekend 10 minutes ago.

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1 hour ago, warmintim said:

Not sure when it came down (#crucial - is today another day of snow?). Yes - I did enjoy seeing that.

Reviewing the Net Weather radar a broken line of showers moved South across us between 05.00-05.30 .

I'm counting it as another day of snow lol.

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Well I certainly wasn't expecting any more snow this week but there is a fresh dusting on all surfaces!!!!

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Beautiful Spring afternoon except for the bitter wind and 2.3c temperature lol. Washing out on airers on the patio as the line is above the snow covered but melting boggy lawn!

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I posted several weeks ago (before Beast 1) that the previous time we had snow events late in winter (February 09) it was followed within 24 months by December 09, Jan 10 then December 10!

What will follow March 18? Or will we be referring to March 18 for ages!?

March 18 might not be done with us yet!

Temperature has crept up to half a degree above freezing and a slow thaw is underway.

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Offerman, subscribe to Net Weather radar, worth every single penny! You can scroll back through 24 hours in 5 minute intervals.

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Similar to Jtay with a few more inches, total is around 7 inches! 

This is a staggering spell of weather, a once in goodness knows how many years occurrence!

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A good 5 inches still laying on our 2 glass topped garden tables, 3 ish inches on the grass, nothing on patio and paths, roads melted and icy. It's been fascinating watching the melting process today.

Max of 0.2c and falling at -1.7c now, can scarecely believe more is on the way!

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Looking at what's gathering to the SE and thinking the effort to clear then salt an exit for my wife to go to work in her car in the morning has been futile! Other than to burn off some calories after eating too much yesterday!

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Another inch in about 15 minutes, using my garden table as the deepest point. Really intense snowfall in Wiltshire pushing into Somerset/Dorset.

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Varying depths between 1-4 inches depending on the surface and falling fast with plenty more to come! Snow events like London buses!

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Properly snowing and settling in Warminster. Is this really happening again!!?

Virtually nothing for over 5 years then twice in less than 3 weeks!

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Snowflakes are amazing! These are on a plastic play table in the garden.

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Surprised by the intensity of the snow as the front swept through. A covering on most surfaces which is melting now.

Please can I request that people think before quoting whole long posts. David's info is superb but having read it once it's annoying to have it quoted in its entirety!

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I know others have commented similarly but it really is odd to have such a drop in temperature from after the 7am ish sunrise and still ongoing. Usually come mid to late March it would be rising at the rate it's dropping!