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  • Location: Near Beverley, East Yorks. (5 metres a.s.l.)
  • Weather Preferences: Something good in all four seasons
  • Location: Near Beverley, East Yorks. (5 metres a.s.l.)

My brother near Kettering says he has a few cm's and the power lines are hanging low and heavy with it.
Things look bad on the A14.

B.

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  • Location: North Shropshire, 200m above sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Hot dry summers and very mild winters
  • Location: North Shropshire, 200m above sea level

Nothing here. Quite pleased actually as I'm in work today and could do without having to clear the car.

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  • Location: Belper
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and lots of it
  • Location: Belper

The weather is strange! Hard really to think of a good reason why there has been no snow in the Derby area but lots in the Northampton area? I suppose with hindsight people would be able to come up with reasons (?) but no one could have predicted this. I suppose it is why we find it so fascinating! Winter 2017/18 in the Derby area, whilst better than the preceding 3 years, has been a frustrating case of what might have been. On the very edge of the earlier Midlands snow slider (we got about 2cms where I live. By 10am we were sledging over mud on the local park) and, last night, I didn't see a single flake. 

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  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
  • Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
8 hours ago, At least it will be mild said:

The BBC weather called it pretty well.  I to 2 cm in some areas, rain or sleet for most.  Not sure where all this talk of 15-20 cm came from. .      

It was Chris Fawkes on Twitter who said 15/20cm. He actually said 20/30cm!

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  • Location: Wolverhampton
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme Weather, Tornado's, Heavy snowfall, Thunderstorms
  • Location: Wolverhampton

Had absolutely nothing here in the northern side of Wolverhampton, a sleety bits, that's all.

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  • Location: warwick 74m. asl
  • Weather Preferences: WHITE GOLD
  • Location: warwick 74m. asl
9 minutes ago, Paul_1978 said:

It was Chris Fawkes on Twitter who said 15/20cm. He actually said 20/30cm!

Maybe that’s what fell from the sky but didn’t settle? Just a thought. 

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  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)

Nothing here although The Wrekin nearby has a covering.

Pity as was hoping to see something wintry before I head back to Madrid, but just light sleety rain in the end.

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  • Location: Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands 145m ASL
  • Location: Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Midlands 145m ASL

Never settled here either. It turned to what looked like pure snow in the early hours, but it was far too wet and not cold enough. Oh well at least we had the 10th Dec event here, which is more than what many have had so can't moan really. 

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.

5cm of snow here earlier ( now just over 4cm ) despite most of the heavier stuff going further south ( much like the last event earlier in December ) There doesn't appear to be any lying snow in this area below about 220m.

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  • Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire 123m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow (Mostly)
  • Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire 123m ASL

Have a covering but really slushy as well. Light snow right now. This will be messy when it thaws.:angry:

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  • Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL
  • Location: Scouthead Oldham 295mASL
1 hour ago, Paul_1978 said:

It was Chris Fawkes on Twitter who said 15/20cm. He actually said 20/30cm!

Chris fawkes talks balls..personally i think he should be reprimanded.

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  • Location: Nottingham
  • Location: Nottingham

Well another dose of disappointment for the city of Nottingham weatherwise, went to bed to heavy rain & woke up to heavy rain. travelled into work, car saying its 0 outside all the way (not the most reliable I know) but not a single flake in the rain. Made even more bizarre by places not that far away having heavy snow. As others have mentioned there are no doubt scientific reasons why Nottingham is getting heavy rain at zero degrees & other places are getting snow but just so disappointing when its such fine margins.

After the disappointment of the last snow event where again Nottingham found itself on the edge, getting a couple of cms at most I have definitely decided that west is not best for us in Notts. We need a beast from the East or a decent Northeasterly to get a North Sea streamer going, sadly I probably have more chance of winning the lottery than seeing either of those this winter 

 

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  • Location: Ratby, Leicester.
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, storms
  • Location: Ratby, Leicester.
2 hours ago, RobR said:

This is the scene on the A14 from M6 towards Northampton. Nothing has moved Westbound bar one vehicle. Seems to have had a good dumping there.

 

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Oh great! I have to go down there to get back to Rushden from Rugby! 

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  • Location: Corby 130 meters above sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snow
  • Location: Corby 130 meters above sea level
Just now, andy_leics22 said:

Oh great! I have to go down there to get back to Rushden from Rugby! 

roads awful corby this morning. 45 mins from one end to other 4 miles.

main roads one track had a fair bit here again

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Moderate to heavy snow here just now.

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  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Continental climate, snow winter, sunny summers
  • Location: Wythall, Worcestershire, 150m asl

Heavy snow currently, near Daventry (Northants). 

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  • Location: East Haddon, Northamptonshire
  • Location: East Haddon, Northamptonshire
3 minutes ago, Gustywind said:

Heavy snow currently, near Daventry (Northants). 

Yes Northants has had it good again, I'm not far from you, East Haddon near Long Buckby

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  • Location: st albans
  • Location: st albans
2 hours ago, RobR said:

This is the scene on the A14 from M6 towards Northampton. Nothing has moved Westbound bar one vehicle. Seems to have had a good dumping there.

 

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It's not the ice holding up the traffic - it's Chris Fawkes with his ruler !!!

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  • Location: Windermere 120m asl
  • Location: Windermere 120m asl

December 2017 proof you don't need uppers -10 degree level and a raging easterly/north easterly to produce heavy snow to low levels in southern/central england. Just the right synoptics..

If it had been Jan, Feb or March, the snow would have stuck around much longer and a very wintry month for some, but alas Dec and quite early in the season still. Some places in the midlands I think have had three decent snow events already.. in the last 4 winters, many couldn't have said even one! We have three months left as well - March equally likely to bring snow as Dec especially first half.

 

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