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as Andy says easterly winds are the equivelent of this set up for eastern england and the london area and home counties. They pick up so much moisture from the north sea then dump it overland. These fonts usually fizzle out way before south wales, typically in berkshire or the swindon area. This today is a battlefront scenario that london can only dream of, I used to live in essex, althoughnot strictly english!!, and very occasionally we would do well out of such a battlefront, if it progressed a little further east. Lovin tonight, South wales really needed this!! This front really has stalle now its not going anywhere fast!!!

See what you mean and it looks really heavy too!!

Same age as you 44!! was brought up in essex and like you can remember truely cold winters in the 70s and early 80s, really pleased my kid can get to experience this with all the scaremongering about snow being a thing of the past. I really believe that the last couple of years have been a turning point back to winters of old. Just had a phone call from my other half, she is a cop up in maesteg and they have had a real hammering the last few hours!!!

Am I right in saying that for south wales this is a dream scenario, i mean a stalled atlantic front in the face of cold easterly winds. Its fantastic how it is now but it just makes you appreciate what "could" happen if those easterly winds had a real cold origin!! Still ponty sounds truely fantastic at the mo!!!

fingers crossed, noticed a bit of a lull in precipitation with really heavy bands appearing in about an hour (bridgend). Fantatic to see this part of the country get its due A Fantastic lost boys analogy, all I can say is I have lived in south wales since 1988 and this is by far the best winter weather I have seen. I have great hopes for late jan/feb still tipping it down here, hows it looking in swansea in terms of depth

Only worry is that as sun rises temps will tip it into rain and we will lose our cover

Amazingly still only halfway through the precipitation band. Hours to go yet!!!

Too right you would think someone in his position would have made it free local event and even layed on a free bar!! that would have sealed his position as a legend. Back to the weathe absolutely peeing it down here now!!!! Just opened a bottle of wine and put on the snowman dvd!!!! no work for me tomorrow wvwn if it turns to rain111

Slightly off tompic but my other half dragged me along to ponty for the tom jones homecoming concert a couple of years back. I was surprised how hilly the place was and also how disinterested Tom seemed in being back!!!. Are you way up on one of those hills???

Where you are I would not be surprised at a - 4 but I think you are pushing it for minus 12. Interesting that this snow event could mean that we only have a 5 day mildish (in fact not mild but seasonal average) before it starts to turn cold again

yep sorry meant freezer every time he got some food out it was there staring at him, he even got him out (the snowman!!) for chrismas dinner as a table centerpiece.....

Lucky sod!!! seriously good on you mate happy to see south wales get a good covering1!1

I can never remember a snow event with such local variation. For example here in Llangewydd court bridgend we have near 4 and half inches of level snow. Whereas down the road literally 2 miles in aberkenfig they have a covering of slush, similarly Llantwit Major has virtually nothing and that is not too far away either. Yet porthcawl which is on the coast has a fine covering. Very very marginal stuff This is sad I know but last year my brother in february made a mini snowman and still has it in his fridge!!!

I think you overestimate the dedication of the fine teachers of south wales, we are skivers just like evrone else and we all know there is nothing better than an unexpected day off, particularly if you have a snow obsession

villagist!!! lol you deserve a pass for that one line. Seriously coming down in Bridgend at the mo 4 inches in my back garden now!!