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  1. Just had a flurry of a snizzle-snowflake mix here in Ashtead Surrey.... and now stopped again! As @Hotspur62 and others have pointed out - a Round 2 and colder air with it looks good in a couple of hours!!
  2. Great explanatory breakdown and also in layman's terms too, for the likes of me so thank you, much appreciated!! Year after year I see on here: "We just need to get the cold in first..." and that's what we now have! And with its longevity looking more and more likely! It feels a million miles away from the November westerly-whacks and almost at the flick of a switch! As much as I'd love some early Advent snow, I'm not going to get hysterical about it just yet, I'm excited enough just to be getting some good cold this week with the potential for us tapping into even deeper cold thereafter!! (PS - btw, I also love your opening paragraph, very poetic!)
  3. Hi just wanted to mention that maybe you could try using a stylus pen for your phone keyboard or maybe even a 'speech to text' function, if your phone has that? Or getting a phone that does (new Xmas pressie?!) 'Speech to text' can have frustrating issues sometimes but you could try writing them in a separate document, giving you the chance to edit any odd bits and then copy and paste into a forum reply!! Good luck!! (PS - Mods, sorry its not weather related but as there could be a few on here with similar issues, I just wanted to offer some advice as it would be a shame to hear less from these experienced members!!)
  4. Yes, although I've come on here every winter for over a decade, reading the posts in the hope of snow (still wouldn't say I can 100% read the models with accuracy yet!), I do wonder if this winter we should be wishing for mild to save everyone's energy bills!!! But I know that in my heart of hearts I'll still wish for snow, even if it's just a few bursts here and there!!🌨❄
  5. It snowed big time in early April of 2008 too so only 6mths between snow events that year! I was 8mths pregnant with my daughter, walking through a fair layer of snow... a month later she was born into very high temps!!
  6. Loving the charts this evening! Lots to play for - even if it didn't all happen quite as we're seeing it now, it feels good to be seeing all these potentials!! So much better than looking at never ending Atlantic trains and rainy, mild dross!!!
  7. Yes doom & gloom and scaremongering seem to have taken over from the old fashioned ways of journalism in years past!! Either way the weather will be "wrong"
  8. We hunt, search and watch ALL WINTER for every miniscule synoptic to be in place and for them to all align in perfect precision..... and miss out nearly every time!! Fast forward to April, exactly 2 weeks after a very hot 20c+ day, with no searching or wanting, we wake-up to random, unexpected and heavy snowfall!! Absolutely crazy!! It's my youngest's 7th birthday today and he's not best pleased because he was looking forward to going to a new playground that'll now be wet but I've told him this might be the only year he ever gets to have a snowball fight on his birthday so we're trying to make the most of our changed plans!! For those still loving the snow in Spring then I hope you have a lovely time in it! I'm guessing it'll melt pretty quickly?! Now let's hope that in another 2wks we have a sudden flip around to 20c+ again and can enjoy the garden and getting my veg growing outside!!xx
  9. Really interesting reading about people's theories on the changes in April and the historical knowledge some of you have of past seasons! I can admit to being one of those who looks for Spring warmth sunshine by mid Feb! But obviously this does have to be balanced with some rain and cooler days to stay in tune with nature and its wildlife and growing plants/food etc. I guess random frosts will get more attention due to the sudden damage they can cause in just one night - even last Spring, in all its glorious sunny warmth, that late frost in the 3rd week of May happened just after I'd put out my tomatoes and cucumbers! Thankfully, despite lots of frost-burnt leaves, thankfully I only lost one plant! My potato plants looked awful but I decided to leave them and see and thankfully they grew back and didn't suffer too badly! I have always worried when I see plant budding early, even sometimes in late winter and knowing we could still have snow and severe frosts that could wipe them out.... I know nature is very adaptive but obviously it's still a concern
  10. I haven't posted for a while either! Just popped on here to see (hope!!) if the MOD thread could give ANY indication of nicer weather that I wasn't seeing in Meto Updates, lol!! After such an amazing start to the week with all that lovely warmth and sunshine, the Easter weekend ends with such dismal I absolutely love snow but my fave time for it is December, followed by Jan then Feb - after that, I'm on the hunt for Spring and warmer, dryer weather!! Ah well, we were spoilt last Spring so you can't have it all but still, this cold spell is very unseasonal!!! Hope everyone is well xx
  11. Oh Tom I'm so sorry to come here and read this today and the added tragedy of you having been stuck in and unable to visit in the last year is just heartbreaking I even wonder if I had Covid back in Sept/Oct 2019, I was ill for 5-6wks and took another 3wks to fully regain energy. It started out of the blue with a cough like I've never had before, normally I'd develop a cough after having had a cold and the cough develops to clear the lungs of excess mucous but this was just a sudden cough that was so bad I could barely move or speak or else I'd have a harsh coughing fit that would just go on and on.... this then changed to congestion on top about 2wks later and then to bronchitis. Obviously I'll never be able to prove it but it seems really strange and they know that Covid was in the environment here before we were testing and naming it as such. I really hope this lovely weather we've been having continues to bring some light and warmth to an otherwise dull and cold (and wet!) winter. I love snow and have enjoyed the 1-2 days I got but I'm more than ready for Spring to come early and lift off this heavy winter, lockdown, wet and dull blanket!!xx
  12. It's been soooo lovely down here in the southeast! No coat and feeling the sun on my face whilst out in the garden is just what I needed after a long, dull and wet winter in lockdown - apart from the 2 fun snow days we had! I'd love it to stay like this now as I have so many garden projects to finish and a new veggie growing season to start but as you've said, we could have further snow yet!!x
  13. Had some snow overnight so now have a covering on roads, grass and all and been snowing this morning with a few heavier periods but mostly very light. I think the heavier snow has been just to my north according to the radar and what people from Surbiton and Wimbledon are saying! Meto had me down for light snow and sunshine so I'm glad to see that's being held off and the snow seems to keep coming!!x
  14. My sister in law lives near Maidstone and HATES snow - so she has a lot whilst I have barely any an hour away in Surrey - aarrgghh!!x
  15. Well after a very disappointing day with me constantly telling the kids "Don't worry, it's coming!", I'm DONE!!! Off to bed because I woke early as I was excited about today, lol! Meto has me down for light snow tomorrow evening and into Tuesday so I shall try to relax until then with much less expectation! See you for snow chasing tomorrow guys!!xx
  16. Any ideas what has caused the frigid air getting delayed so much??!! That seems to be the main issue here and I think the coastal regions are only getting snow because it's heavier there so cooling the air at the same time?x
  17. I cannot believe how long this cold air from the East had been delayed... we were supposed supposed be below zero from early hours and it's still just above freezing here!! Nothing much so far nr Epsom Surrey Temp was 1.5c at 8am, now 0.6c and falling but just had light blasts of light snow/graupel that have thawed between blasts!! Absolutely gutted and just hope that it increases as the day goes on although it's hard to have faith when something that had seemed so nailed on can fail so bad in the few hours before it was due! Our one saving grace is that, unlike usually, this isn't one of those 1 in a winter chances that if you miss it, that's your luck gone... I still have snow forecast over today, tomorrow and Tuesday but again, hard to get excited atm.... x
  18. Ahh i get what the RH is now! Thanks, that's interesting you're getting so much more than me (well via symbols on the app!), maybe elevation?!xx
  19. Is there a website that shows your local dp? My weather station doesn't have it?!xx
  20. Whereabouts are you Jules? I'm in Surrey and mine has got worse now ??x
  21. I wasn't here then but a kid growing up in 80s winters on Box Hill - so you can see how the obsession started, lol!!!x
  22. I remember an event a few years ago where roads were treacherous with ice because the grit put down had been washed clean away by heavy rain before it turned to snow, I think the same is going to happen this time too!! My 90% heavy snow from 3am-6am has changed to light snow from 4am and carrying on all day with between 40-60ish% chances (on Meto app) so bit of a downgrade but I'm aware that's not fixed! I plan on getting an earlier night tonight so I can wake earlier tomorrow and see what's happening outside the window!! I know I'll wake early wondering anyway, lol!!! Good luck everyone!xx
  23. Lovely looking charts although I do have a bit of concern that what was possible Snow for Sat then moved to Sunday and is now Mon afternoon and into Tuesday so is still at D5 when I was hoping to feel a bit more concrete by tomorrow but now won't feel confident until about Sat/Sun for Mon/Tues!! My brother (another snow fan) @Chertseystreamer79 sent me some great pics yesterday as it was 12yrs since the foot dumping of snow we had in Feb 2009!!! It was mad!! And we also had snow a year ago yesterday too because we met up Box Hill where knew it would be a bit deeper!xx
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