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All may not be lost. A 100 mile shift Northwards and we'd be in business. Maybe i'm straw clutching but it's still 5 days away, so it can happen

It's a shame that next week looks largely dry now for the Midlands. Some charts did look incredible a few days ago, but they have downgraded a lot since then. Who knows, we may see some upgrades before Wednesday/Thursday, but it doesn't look good at the moment.

And it's over radar now bone dry for the Midlands. All eyes on next week now. I really hope we see something decent.

Snowing again here. Moderate snizzle i'd call it. It's light but heavy enough to look like fine dust blowing under the street light doesn't look like it will last long though.

Just popped down to the shop and it was snowing lightly! Not amounting to anything but it's nice to see. I wasn't expecting anything here from today, so i'll take a few flurries

What's it like in Broadstairs? My Uncle has just recently moved there. Bit jealous as it's dry as a bone here up in Leicester and doesn't look like we'll get anything

Agreed! For both the ECM and GFS to be in agreement at this stage is good. We've seen it so many times over the years where the GFS has gone for a beast from the east set up at only a week away and the ECM hasn't been in agreement. Usually the GFS then backtracks to be in line with the ECM. So far though, they are both going for the same scenario of a Greenland high. Of course this could change on both models, so caution is needed. I think if they are both in agreement for that at T114, that's when the excitement will really ramp up

Don't worry about not being able to interpret charts. I remember when I first joined this forum in 2004, as a spotty 16 year old and I had no clue about how to read Weather models. I have learned so much from people on here over the years and now i'm able to look at the charts and know what everything means. My family regularly come to me for an accurate forecast because of my 'Weather geek' tendencies, as my girlfriend likes to call them I know us cold and snow lovers can't get ahead of ourselves with recent developments, BUT, it is looking very promising at the moment for established cold around 10 days time. As many of the regulars on here know, once you have the cold air over the UK, things can change very quickly in terms of precipitation, troughs etc... that the models don't pick up on until only a couple of days away. Having a solid Greenland high will be the first step to a potentially snowy scene for many of us

What do we have developing here then! The holy grail of a Greenland high! I know it's still very much in F.I territory, but the signs of one developing have been there for the past few days. The ECM is also on board with the GFS on it, which is promising

I think that's very possible. It rained here all day yesterday, most of the night and it's chucking it down now. More rain is forecast for tonight, tomorrow and most of this week, so I think we could see a lot of flooding in the Midlands. I noticed the brook near me was close to flooding this morning on my way to work, that will probably be flooded by the time I get home tonight.

Temp and dew points up to 3c now, so no chance of any more snow. Shame really as it's forecast to rain all today, tonight and tomorrow. If only it was all snow, would have had 20cm+

Woke up to a dusting of snow here Shame it'll be gone later when the rain comes, but it's been nice to see and hopefully we get some more this Winter!

450m ASL certainly helps!

Well, I would have done had there been any precip around. Dry as a bone now

Had two heavy graupel showers here Not amounting to anything and the temperature is quite high at 7c, but cool to see, nonetheless. Hoping for a dusting later this evening when the temperature drops a bit.

Just got back home to Ratby. Had to take a trip down to Northampton to pick up some paperwork from my old job. I was surprised by how little snow there was down there when I arrived at midday. Didn't see any lying snow at all. On the way back this afternoon, it was nearly all gone in Market Harborough and Leicester City Centre. Got home to Ratby and we still have a lot of lying snow left. Only areas that don't are roads and pavements that have seen the sun. Shaded areas have loads left. This was my back garden 5 minutes ago...

I feel like we did very well out of it here in Leicester. Got lucky with that direct hit from the heavy PPN. It's almost all gone now, apart from shaded areas, but it's been a beautiful, sunny and crisp day.

I wouldn't bet on it I think next week has some good potential for more

Got my eye on next week already

I'm on the bus near Market Harborough and despite the radar saying everything cleared here about an hour ago, there are still flurries blowing around. Not amounting to anything but nice to see. Bugbrooke brethren I'm glad i've moved back to Leicester, to be honest. Upton was alright but Northampton town centre was an absolute dive.

Daayum Gotta get me a house in Buxton one day!

I don't think it will, bud. It's going to move away East, with the low.

According to the radar, it's cleared here now but it's still snowing

Well, I think it's safe to say that this has been a memorable event for most of us!