South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 22/02/2018 Onwards

[Jace]

2 minutes ago, fromey said:

Stats from yesterday 

It looks like it is heading your way again.

[matt111]

I can’t see all this ice going anywhere fast today if it stays cloudy. Could take until later tomorrow at the earliest to melt it all. 

Edited March 2, 2018 by matt111

[gus]

Short video from this morning in Shepton Mallet.  The old Fosse Lane

 

[That ECM]

2 minutes ago, matt111 said:

I can’t see all this ice going very far today if it stays cloudy. Could take until later tomorrow at the earliest to melt it all. 

I think it will take days.

Edited March 2, 2018 by That ECM

[Paul]

11 minutes ago, Bobafet said:

From my conservatory have tried

uploading others but keep on getting an error!

Try resizing them to no more than 1600px wide.  

[EllyTech]

By now, there must be a national emergency in Ireland. Have you seen the last hours of radar?

[EllyTech]

4 minutes ago, gus said:

Short video from this morning in Shepton Mallet.  The old Fosse Lane

 

Is that your video gus? Brave camera work.

[Dean E]

Light snow currently blowing in the wind here, so after last nights freezing rain, it appears uppers have returned back to negative figures.

Temp -1c DP: -6c

[EllyTech]

6 minutes ago, matt111 said:

I can’t see all this ice going anywhere fast today if it stays cloudy. Could take until later tomorrow at the earliest to melt it all. 

In 1947, it thawed rapidly - huge piles of snow though - causing major flooding.

[kumquat]

Snowing again! 

[gus]

3 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

Is that your video gus? Brave camera work.

Yes, some of the drifts are over 2m’s!!!

[matt111]

One good thing to report is under the layer of ice, the snow cover is fully intact. I guess the ice shielded it from the normal rain that fell later on. 

Edited March 2, 2018 by matt111

[Barmada_Casten]

Not even a covering here in barnstaple. The snowstorm never came

[mrsmall]

Is that tonight’s front forming north of Spain? 

[EllyTech]

1 minute ago, gus said:

Yes, some of the drifts are over 2m’s!!!

Welcome! That's insane. You must live very nearby - I hope! No driving in that! Thank you for posting that up for us.

[EllyTech]

2 minutes ago, matt111 said:

One good thing to report is under the layer of ice, the snow over is fully intact. I guess the ice shielded it from the normal rain that fell later on. 

Who was it among us that bought a pick axe? I thought that was funny at the time..... 

[stratty]

1 minute ago, EllyTech said:

Who was it among us that bought a pick axe? I thought that was funny at the time..... 

The biggest flakes have just started to fall in the gusty wind, snowing quite heavily again!

[Bobafet]

Couple more pics of the ice on top of the snow - it really is treacherous out there today.

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by Bobafet
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[EllyTech]

Apparently the M20 in Kent has ice problems.. cars stranded on ice. So the freezing rain affected Kent too. 

[Tommy]

Hi everyone! Great forum this. Been following for a long time but thought I'd sign up. Crazy conditions in Exeter this morning with a thick layer of ice covering everything, including all the powder snow, never seen anything like it before. 

 

[stratty]

17 minutes ago, gus said:

Short video from this morning in Shepton Mallet.  The old Fosse Lane

 

Love that snow drift that looks like a fin snaking across the path!

[wayne80]

This has been a real disapointment to all of us living in the Eastbourne/Brighton area. A few brief showers on Tuesday and Wednesday leaving a light dusting and despite all the hype yesterday and BBC weather indicating we would get light snow most of the day followed by 3 hours of heavy snow into the evening we got diddly squat. I'm happy for the majority who got a decent amount of snow but don't assume that everyone got some. 

The lack of accuracy with the forecasting was for me very annoying.

[gus]

A pic from this morning, footpath blocked

[gus]

and an artistic one

[slinky1989]

When is it all meant to build and start moving north? Radar shows it moving WNW but the forecasts show a strong front going straight N as per the METO warning.