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Just now, Cableguy said:
Channel Islands have more snow than we do here in this part of Surrey. Says it all really!
At least you lot in the east and south east have had 'some' snow. Here is Swansea, south wales, the most we've had are a few flurries and hardly anything settling. Can't believe even the Channel Islands get more snow than we do here.... and the are an island hundreds of miles further south. Go figure!
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I must admit the snowiest place i have lived in is Northampton and you usually got at least one decent snow event each winter and the snow lasted for days lying on the ground. Also had a few great snowy spells living in London and although it tends to be warmer because of the heat islands in the centre, we still had several snow storms with lying snow for days. Something like this probably happens once every 10 years in Swansea unfortunately. Not the place to live if you like cold and snow it has to be said. Maybe next year i will treat myself to a holiday in the snowy alps.
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55 minutes ago, Marcus_surfer said:
To be honest speaking about my location in Swansea easterly winds are not a good direction here for snow. We do alot better with northwestern cold winds or northern. We get the moisture off the Irish sea and this has created streamers on occasion with about 6-8inches in the early and late 2000s.
Easterlys are normally just dry , mostly cloudy (cold and windy) with the odd flurries (which they have been for the past few days)
They have delivered snow in the past from sliders but these have been touch and go and very marginal and quite rare to deliver proper accumulation
I would love to see the snowstorms like we had in the 70s and 80s but unfortunately I'm 30 and never experienced anything like that yet.
i was lucky enough to live in Swansea during the blizzard of January 1982 and i was 15 at the time. I remember it well and it snowed heavily for over 36 hours. By the end of it we had drifts over 10 feet in Dunvant and the snow and sub zero temperatures lasted for a whole week. The unbelievable thing was the snow was still really deep after a week and then literally overnight it all melted. I went to bed with deep snow and woke up the next morning with zilch. just goes to show what mild winds and temperatures can do in a coastal setting. At least i got to see it and i doubt Swansea will ever see something on that scale again.
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i wish the gulf stream would just shut off. Imagine the amount of snow we would get here in south wales if the winter temperatures were around 2c , we would be pummelled with snowstorm after snowstorm. In reality, as soon as we get the cold, we get dry weather and as soon as it gets milder we get tons of moisture and rain instead. I knew Wales waswet and damp but even my car seats have mould on them now. That is ridiculous
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8 minutes ago, Southender said:
It’s actually powder type snow here in Southend as well. Just tried to build a snowman etc and it’s the very dry type. Rare!
dry snow is the best. shows how cold it is.
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Just now, Htid said:
Hello mate. What a shame the ground has been so wet. I hope this dont turn out to be a waste of snow and it does settle somehow.
Don't give up. I remember one time in Northampton when it was raining so heavily and the ground was soaked and then it suddenly turned to heavy snow and then started to settle in no time eventually having a snow covering of a few inches. Just because the ground is initially wet does in no way mean heavy snow won't settle. As long as the dewpoint goes below freezing.
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Maybe those in the South East should just enjoy what they're getting right now rather than moaning. Try living in south west Wales and then you would have something to moan about when it comes to the chances of getting snow. Chances of lying snow let alone falling snow is near impossible.
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Yet again Swansea fails to deliver and all we end up with is the usual cold rain. Nothing new there then. I wonder why i moved back here sometimes. It definately wasn't for the weather thats for sure. So boring.
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Well after returning to Swansea after living in London and Eastern England for the past 35 off years i forgot just how dire the chances of any cold/snow weather actually is in Swansea. It makes the other places i've lived in seem like the arctic. That's one of the things i hate about living in the south west and on the coast in the winter. It's just pants and no variety of weather.....just tons of rain.
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Having lived in the south east of England for over 30 years and returning to Swansea where i grew up, I forgot just how incessently rainy it is here and the chance of any significant snow, let alone settling snow is virtually non existent. Living near the coast might be scenic and okay during the summer months, but anyone wishing for snow will be waiting a very long time or at least until the next ice age.
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3 hours ago, pascalsbongo said:
Andymusic
Greatest weather forecaster Wales has ever seen.
Winter !
Not been in here since the beast that failed to deliver for Swansea .
Still waiting to make a proper snowman in Swansea with my daughter who is now 6.
Hope your well Andy .
Great to see your still here .
i was bought up in Swansea back in the 1970's and early 80's and only had one proper snowfall in all those years. Swansea is definately not the ideal place to live if you want snow. I moved to London and the east of England and saw more snow in my 30 years there then i ever could have hoped to see in swansea. To add to the misery, the nearest place to here that would get snow is the Brecon Beacons and we can't even take a drive there now because of the lockdown. I hope this snowfest scenario doesnt happen this year to be honest.
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Just now, Day 10 said:
Cracking news in the tweet thread too now regarding major SSW! Are we on the verge of an historic Winter, it certainly has all the ingredients! It has to happen again sometime.
just a shame we can't even it if its a stonking event coming up, if like me, the nearest place to get snow is 30 miles away.....and we can't bloody travel anywhere during lockdown. Just bloody typical.
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This winter now needs to take a hike. It has failed to deliver in so many ways so just bring on the summer now. Winter has had its chance and flunked it big time this year.
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well so much for this winter being two sided with the first half being mild and the second half being cold and snowy. And don't even get me started with the SSW. This winter has been dreadful with the 2 snowfall events being marginal and short lived and hardly worth blinking at. I usually love the winter, especially when we have a few decent snow events but even i am ready to give winter 2018/19 up as a joke now. Roll on the summer. At least we can be guaranteed a good number of sunny hot days then. Pity the same cannot be said for a typical winter in the UK. When you can count under 5 days of snow in any one winter (and thats if we're lucky) then its not even worth waiting for.
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Just now, WhiteFox said:
Just been out with the dog. Nothing like the sound of fresh squeaky snow underfoot!
Very wet snow though and very different depths depending on surface. Varies from about 5-6cm on some cars and plants, to about 2cm on some pavements. I'm guessing that the temperature being just above freezing has contributed to that.
Looking at radar, looks like snow easing for now as band is still heading north. Some heavier showers still to south so maybe a bit more to come.
glad you got snow but to be honest it is paltry isnt it?
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Just now, Mark Neal. said:
I'd LOVE too!
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1 minute ago, blackrose73 said:
Yes, sticky snow always looks much nicer than the powdery stuff that blows around.
sticky snow means it aint gonna last. dry snow is for keeps,
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Just now, kold weather said:
Latest UKMO radar update suggests the whole thing is still lifting northwards, and does actually give my area some moderate snow between 1-2am.
Do I bother staying up? Its all been a total waste of time so far?!
i'd go to bed if i were you
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the midlands has had sod all from this meagre offering, this winter has been the pits to be honest. sick of chasing snow that never materialieses now. bring on the summer
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Just now, noggin said:
Gosh, I hope this stays until tomorrow as I love taking pictures of snow(and trains!) This one good snowmageddon will keep me happy even if we don't get any more this Winter. I wonder how other parts of the country are doing?
other parts of the country are doing crap, but at least you are enjoying the snow while it lasts
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Just now, snow freak said:
northampton has nothing as per usual
i agree. northampton has nothing going for it full stop
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23 minutes ago, Josh Rubio said:
Looks like the light rain band just keeps fizzling out over Northampton and struggles to make it any further north. Though the heavier precipitation behind it looks interesting. Looks like its heading North/North West, hopefully it doesn't loose intensity and fizzle out.
we havent had anything in northampton. at this point even rain would have been some kind of result. this winter is crap.
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56 minutes ago, pegg24 said:
Work in Northampton nothing
northampton has nothing as per usual
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57 minutes ago, snowangel32 said:
Those showers coming in from the East tomorrow look promising and plentiful.
yeah right
Wales/Cymru Regional Weather Discussion
in Wales / Cymru weather discussion
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i can't believe that after the present cold spell we're not going to get a snowy breakdown if only for a few hours before it turns back to the usual mild yuk we get all the time. Just 1 or 2 days of snow would have been great but no, we can't even summon that here. But look, once this piddly front passes through and introduces mild weather, look what we get.........tons of rain again. God i hate the bloody gulf stream with a vengeance.