IslandTom

been snowing steadily for 4 hours now in west cowes isle of wight and still going!

good covering now practically everything white still coming down, suprised its settled after than rain earlier, talk on facebook of organised snowball fights if it continues

yeah been snowing lightly in cowes for over 20 minutes got a covering still goin strong

has turned to snow on the isle of wight in cowes, got a dustin already

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ is rubbish, has me under a big blob of snow, can confirm it is indeed raining still on the isle of wight

I think if you look at the radar its the stuff in the channel that will go north east

raining on the isle of wight now

currently heavy sleet - cowes isle of wight

weather warning update from the met upgrading alot of positions: Local areas affectedWarning typeValid fromValid toLondon & South East England: Bracknell Forest Brighton + Hove Buckinghamshire Isle of Wight Milton Keynes Portsmouth Reading Slough Surrey W Sussex Windsor + Maidenhead WokinghamHeavy Snow1800 Tue 51100 Wed 6Outbreaks of snow will turn heavy this evening and overnight giving fresh accumulations of 10-15 cm in places and perhaps locally in excess of 20 cm. This could cause widespread disruption to transport. The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advise on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads. Issued at: 1150 Tue 5 Jan

I would love to be proved wrong, seriously. But concerned about a few things, the temp will be 1c not below freezing, the dew points are too high, the bbc graphics have had us under rain. the met office website graphics have had us under rain or sleet, and several model precip charts have had us under rain ,not snow.

i agree fully, have not had snow this winter, the isle of wight is allways too warm, has been years since i remember any properly over here.

keep us updated, just windy this side of the water!

cant beleive its snowing in pompey and its clear skys in cowes

i dont no now, looking at the radars its already exceeding what gfs is predicting, i would have throught 11 was about 4 hours early but im gunna bring my guess down to midnight now!

London & South East England: Bracknell Forest Brighton + Hove Gtr London Hampshire Isle of Wight Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Surrey W Berkshire W Sussex Windsor + Maidenhead Wokingham Heavy Snow2009 Thu 170800 Fri 18Heavy snow showers at first this evening becoming heavier and more prolonged overnight will give accumulations of 5-10cm and locally as much as 15-20cm. Some drifting snow is likely in the strong north to northeasterly wind. The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the 'Highways Agency' for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads. Issued at: 2013 Thu 17 Dec Just over 10 minutes ago, new met office warning now including isle of wight and hampshire ok you beat me to it haha