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This reminds me of December 1978 - we had a mildish December, and around mid-late December there were widespread floods, then at the end of the month a big storm swept down the country, and we woke up in the New year with about a foot of lying snow, and a strong east wind which seemed to hang around for weeks. I was living in Kent at that time, and I had only recently erected a weather station in the garden, and been taking readings since August. I was so excited to be witnessing the first big snow event since 1962-63 (when I was less than a year old). Really hoping for for a repeat this year - I really feel something's coming......

Snowing heavy here for the last few hours, only really stopped for a few minutes at a time, more snow tonight than we got from the real beast. Ok....but only issue is I will have to drive my daughter to work at 5am tomorrow morning. Foot deep drifts in back garden. About 2 inches elsewhere.

The other thing that can happen, in dry air, is that the snow is actually evaporating, due to the high winds and dry air. Temperatures don't have to be above freezing , snow can go back to water vapor without entering a liquid state, in the same way that it can go straight to a solid state from water vapor, in hoar frost.

Need to go to bed now, but I don't think it will take much tapping on the window from the snowflakes to wake me up, I'm a very light sleeper in these situations. Hopefully will be woken at 3am

Meto app showing light snow again for here tomorrow, ridiculous, you could say they are hedging their bets, HEAVY/LIGHT/HEAVY/LIGHT, all in last 12 hrs - I suppose at least it still says snow of one type or other.

Storm Emma looks a little less intense on the 18Z than the previous run, at Sat 00:00 (+78)

Meto show the beefy showers to hit South Yorks about 3am onwards

Hoping for a little more so I can work from home tomorrow. I commute to work on a scooter, so too much snow and its better to stay home

Yey! Lamp-post (visual) and conservatory roof (audio) warning systems both alarm ! Bring it on ...

Meto office app changed back to a heavy snow forecast for tomorrow here now, was heavy , then changed to light snow, now Heavy back on again ! Yeh !

1 cm here at the bottom of the hill in Hemingfield - what's it like at the top ?

I think for parts of South Yorkshire ESE winds would be better than NE, the NE winds have delivered nothing here over last few days.

This wind direction change has freed us from the shelter effect of the North York moors I guess. Last few days there was an obvious effect as the showers went over the top. That and the increased wind speed, we should be better placed for a while.

This latest shower's latest longer than most today, are they starting to merge together ?

I was in Svalbard in late November last year, it wasn't much different to the pictures I've seen today on Look North. About -12 (-22 windchill) at the time.

If you believe the saying about March in like a Lion...out like a Lamb, we should be in for a pretty warm spell at the end of March, you couldn't get much more Lion-like than Thursday forecast !

Finally, a decent covering of snow outside, the late Feb sun between these showers is too intense, just melts anything that falls before the next one. Now the snow stands a chance.

Well it looks like its crossed the M62 now, so fairly confident that snow will be falling in next hour here. My fingers firmly crossed.

That big lump of precipitation in SW Scotland atm - is that expected to reach us - looks like a really tasty treat if if it does.

The nice thing about snow on our street is the community spirit that it brings out. Clearing the road of snow so we can get our cars out of the estate is the one event when we actually speak to our neighbours

Not that I want to spoil your journey, but I hope by Tuesday, that no-one can get up here. Bring on Radio Sheffield emergency snowline, Dearne FM reading out closed schools for hours. We missed all that last year.

How long before the Daily Express gets on board - snowmageddon. Hopefully they will wait til we've had a decent pasting before they jinx it as per normal.

haha - now i've got 73 posta - one more than you

I'd say we're west of south yorkshire - donny is east

Ben Rich on BBC weather just given his latest forecast - still snowing down here untill 11 am, he sounded quite excited, think he must be snow fan.