blackrose73

Well this was a surprise!

Have faith people, we are still 6 days out, a long time in weather terms. The Met Office said the models are not handling this well. There will be further corrections in the coming days. It's still all to play for IMO.

I remember that well. February 4th 2012. Started off as snow in -1ºC and then turned to rain, while most of England had a fantastic snow event.

Well, to be fair, it's been a great day of snowy weather for me in Ogmore Vale. The snow overnight was much better than expected, it's just a shame this afternoon's intensity didn't last a little longer. Looks like that's it now until the next system comes in overnight, but I'm not expecting much (if anything) from that here in South Wales. Attention now turns to mid and North Wales - enjoy!

Heavy driving snow here mixed with ice pellets. Settling nicely.

Yes, that red area looks very interesting indeed!

Moderate snow here and starting to settle again, covering the melted patches. I think those of us with a bit of elevation could do well again.

Light to moderate snow falling again now. Hopefully some good intensity to come by the look of the radar!

Didn't most of us do well last night lol. Definite thaw setting in now, as temperatures are above freezing and precipitation is very light. Hopefully us in South Wales will get more later as heavier precipitation moves in.

Yeah, looks like being bone dry here too. Love a good frost though.

It really is difficult to stay on the right side of marginality these days, even after a near 2-week cold spell.

Light rain here now, although it may be freezing rain which is vile anyway. Doesn't bode well for any transient snow on Sunday. Quite frankly, freezing rain can do one!!

Snow turned to sleety rain. There's definitely milder air moving in.

The Bristol Channel can be a real blessing in these situations.

Snowing nicely here, finally.

Agreed, I think the red warning was fully justified - two lorries overturned on the M4, trees down, roofs blown off, huge waves on the coast. I'm not sure what some people were expecting.

Has the rollercoaster started again? Surely there isn't IMBY-ism in the mad thread from SE England members already? There are some things in life that you could make a fortune betting on!

So, I wonder if we can squeeze a few more snow events out of our winters, before climate change puts the lid on it for good? I'm grateful that I'm old enough to have experienced proper winters in the 80s - frequent snow cover and ice days! The younger generation will sadly never experience what us older folk did. I hope you are all well btw. Some of you may remember that my mum died two days before Christmas last year, well I have just sold her house, the family home that I grew up in. I keep feeling like I've betrayed her. Anyway, it's a time for me to look to what lays ahead, which hopefully includes a cold and snowy winter x

Awesome hail shower just now, a few snowflakes mixed in too. Everywhere is white with hail, decent sized hailstones too.

Come back boring dry cold easterly, all is forgiven! I'm so sick of this rain! How anyone can like this mild, soaking muck is quite beyond me! Excuse me, I must finish building my ark!!

If anything it's intensified a fair bit!

I didn't say temperatures were not below freezing. The humidity has been low as a result of low dew points, coupled with the wind has resulted in no noticeable frost, where I live at least. Plenty of ice around though. I agree with it being better than mild mush but it seemed likely we could have managed a snowy breakdown. Alas, not to be.

I'm not normally this downbeat, but it has to be said, this cold spell has been pants for Wales! We may get a little snow on Saturday but probably not much before milder air floods in. Where I live it's been cold, windy, dry and not even that sunny. No frost or freezing fog because of the wind, which wasn't quite strong enough to blow many of those snow showers affecting the east of England this far west, just one or two on Monday. Altogether a bit of a yawn!!

Just looked at BBC weather for the day for my area and it's showing heavy snow all day, but a maximum of 6% chance!! wtaf? I never take notice of them anyway!

Yes I just this minute saw that. I'm getting more excited now about this, let's hope it doesn't downgrade again - I'm not sure my nerves can take it!