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Had a dusting here.. Melting now...

We've had a couple of flakes just now... Snowpocalypse!

Still falling here. Thick and heavy..at least 1/2 way up the sole of my shoe.

Started at 9am and has been getting heavier and heavier

Up to a couple of cm now and still going.

I spoke too soon, it's gotten heavy here too, luckily I don't have to drive anywhere. My Mrs does, and I'm not sure her little Picanto is designed for snowy weather

Complete heavy covering several inches and still going strong in Waverley

Dusting of < 0.5cm here, transport chaos assured

Heavy sleet now..Sleet should be renamed to Meh...

Good 3 inches up the road though, brother had to drive to Carmarthen for his jab earlier...

anti-mask wearing gammons in shambles over this

good thing they won't be able to infect people now.

nice one snow

Quite cold in Cardiff earlier today.

Ymx wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:15 am Complete heavy covering several inches and still going strong in Waverley

Same in N Hertfordshire and still going!
Just back from a 5 mile walk around the edge of town. Why does a couple of inches of snow make everthing look so much nicer?
Just needed the pub with a roaring open fire and a decent pint to make it perfect
Oh well

We had enough to build a snow... mutant in the back garden, plus a snowball fight. Did more for my mental health than a month of therapy.

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:51 pm We had enough to build a snow... mutant in the back garden, plus a snowball fight. Did more for my mental health than a month of therapy.

Word. It’s something different, feels like a holiday

Running low on supplies. Great God! This is an awful place.

Update: Supplies issue eased. Found beer in the garage.

The Druid wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:17 pm Quite cold in Cardiff earlier today.

Had an unpleasant night shift last night, it was indeed fucking freezing, which doesn't help with the digging.

Northside of Dublin got a decent coating of snow. Absolutely fück on the southside.

had maybe 2 inches. Stopped snowing by 10, all gone now

We live just south of the Pentland Hills. Had between 10 and 12 inches of snow over two nights earlier in the week.

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:51 pm We had enough to build a snow... mutant in the back garden, plus a snowball fight. Did more for my mental health than a month of therapy.

Absolutely! We took the girls out for a walk around the village and built a snowman. makes a huge difference!

Of course, the snow has started to melt and has been compacted down by tramping feet, so it's like glass out there now.

Hal Jordan wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:55 pm Of course, the snow has started to melt and has been compacted down by tramping feet, so it's like glass out there now.

Here the snow started again about 7ish so everything is covered again

First morning train cancelled, "Slippery Rails"

Lightest possible dusting on the Wirral.

Surrey/Hampshire borderlands and we had significantly more than a dusting, a good 3 inches or so which seems to have mostly stuck around. Houses and ground still covered, though everything seems to have melted off the trees so I imagine the rest will be soon to follow provided the sun hits it. That rules out most of our garden at the moment.

Full on blizzard here atm!

It'll melt...

First day back at school, snowing again!

Blackmac wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:44 pm We live just south of the Pentland Hills. Had between 10 and 12 inches of snow over two nights earlier in the week.

Zero in Porty

sturginho wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:12 am I spoke too soon, it's gotten heavy here too, luckily I don't have to drive anywhere. My Mrs does, and I'm not sure her little Picanto is designed for snowy weather

Youd be surprised, light front wheel drive cars can be the best at getting through snow.

Poured rain for the last two nights. Not even that much snow on the foothills of the Wicklow mountains.

Oh a little bit outside Inverness but it is winter time so nothing to write home about.

vball wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:14 am Oh a little bit outside Inverness but it is winter time so nothing to write home about.

And this is the point really, all these weather warnings are fairly ridiculous and IMO counterproductive. It's winter and none of this is really out of the ordinary

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:20 am

vball wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:14 am Oh a little bit outside Inverness but it is winter time so nothing to write home about.

And this is the point really, all these weather warnings are fairly ridiculous and IMO counterproductive. It's winter and none of this is really out of the ordinary

There seems to be a constant over egging of the severity as well. We were due to spend the weekend in Melrose but cancelled as there was 6 to 8 inches of snow forecast and in the end it was barely 2 to 3. Same just south of Edinburgh where we are. There is snow still lying from New Year but we barely had 2 inches yesterday when we were expecting 4 or 5. I appreciate they don't want to be downplaying things but you would hope they would've accurate enough to allow people to make informed plans.

Biffer wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 8:25 am

sturginho wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:12 am I spoke too soon, it's gotten heavy here too, luckily I don't have to drive anywhere. My Mrs does, and I'm not sure her little Picanto is designed for snowy weather

Youd be surprised, light front wheel drive cars can be the best at getting through snow.

Yep, I would swap it for my wife's Audi sledge in a heartbeat.

Blackmac wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:26 am

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:20 am

vball wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:14 am Oh a little bit outside Inverness but it is winter time so nothing to write home about.

And this is the point really, all these weather warnings are fairly ridiculous and IMO counterproductive. It's winter and none of this is really out of the ordinary

There seems to be a constant over egging of the severity as well. We were due to spend the weekend in Melrose but cancelled as there was 6 to 8 inches of snow forecast and in the end it was barely 2 to 3. Same just south of Edinburgh where we are. There is snow still lying from New Year but we barely had 2 inches yesterday when we were expecting 4 or 5. I appreciate they don't want to be downplaying things but you would hope they would've accurate enough to allow people to make informed plans.

We cancelled plans to go to Craigmillar Castle yesterday because the driving sleet was supposed to give way to torrential rain - it was a bit chilly with a few showers

Tichtheid wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:57 am

Blackmac wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:26 am

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:20 am

And this is the point really, all these weather warnings are fairly ridiculous and IMO counterproductive. It's winter and none of this is really out of the ordinary

There seems to be a constant over egging of the severity as well. We were due to spend the weekend in Melrose but cancelled as there was 6 to 8 inches of snow forecast and in the end it was barely 2 to 3. Same just south of Edinburgh where we are. There is snow still lying from New Year but we barely had 2 inches yesterday when we were expecting 4 or 5. I appreciate they don't want to be downplaying things but you would hope they would've accurate enough to allow people to make informed plans.

We cancelled plans to go to Craigmillar Castle yesterday because the driving sleet was supposed to give way to torrential rain - it was a bit chilly with a few showers

We're 500 yards from there - the weather was uncomfortable out but nothing wildly dangerous, although I'd not fancy being on the castle ramparts or tower in any sort of rain this time of year!

The road that leads to the castle can be a bit iffy in cold weather if not well-gritted, we've had to stop and help push a few cars back up onto the main road to escape the ice. The weather's not been cold long enough to cause any problems though.

Blackmac wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:26 am

Slick wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:20 am

vball wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:14 am Oh a little bit outside Inverness but it is winter time so nothing to write home about.

And this is the point really, all these weather warnings are fairly ridiculous and IMO counterproductive. It's winter and none of this is really out of the ordinary

There seems to be a constant over egging of the severity as well. We were due to spend the weekend in Melrose but cancelled as there was 6 to 8 inches of snow forecast and in the end it was barely 2 to 3. Same just south of Edinburgh where we are. There is snow still lying from New Year but we barely had 2 inches yesterday when we were expecting 4 or 5. I appreciate they don't want to be downplaying things but you would hope they would've accurate enough to allow people to make informed plans.

Michael Fish casts a long shadow !

Its a lose:lose scenario for the forecasters to be fair - so I am not surprised they err on the side of caution, In my part of Embra it was a constant mix of snow and heavy freezing rain the last couple of days. Snow is difficult to forecast, a fraction of a degree or two difference in the temps can make the difference between getting very wet and being snowed in. A small difference in the temps and we could have seen a fair few inches of snow here and the usual traffic chaos. To be fair the Met Office forecast was pretty spot on throughout and the Cooncil have kept all the main roads/bus routes open and safe.

My real measure of how bad the weather is is if Kilspindie Golf Course is open or closed and yesterday it was closed due to snow and ice so the weather must have been bad! It's open today so weather must be on the up!

I disagree that they are being cautious!! Last named storm was Darragh on 6 Dec, yet they have had two more fronts come in with 60mph+ winds since then and neither even warranted a name. Pissing rain/snow too.

A few years ago any 60mph+ storm would definitely have been named.

inactionman wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 11:08 am

Tichtheid wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:57 am

Blackmac wrote: Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:26 am

There seems to be a constant over egging of the severity as well. We were due to spend the weekend in Melrose but cancelled as there was 6 to 8 inches of snow forecast and in the end it was barely 2 to 3. Same just south of Edinburgh where we are. There is snow still lying from New Year but we barely had 2 inches yesterday when we were expecting 4 or 5. I appreciate they don't want to be downplaying things but you would hope they would've accurate enough to allow people to make informed plans.

We cancelled plans to go to Craigmillar Castle yesterday because the driving sleet was supposed to give way to torrential rain - it was a bit chilly with a few showers

We're 500 yards from there - the weather was uncomfortable out but nothing wildly dangerous, although I'd not fancy being on the castle ramparts or tower in any sort of rain this time of year!

The road that leads to the castle can be a bit iffy in cold weather if not well-gritted, we've had to stop and help push a few cars back up onto the main road to escape the ice. The weather's not been cold long enough to cause any problems though.

We seem to be in our own microclimate out here on the east coast. It's often very windy, but we don't get the snow and ice or the heavy rain that others do - back in ye olden days our club was sometimes one of the very few playing a fixture in Scotland.