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been snowing steadily for 4 hours now in west cowes isle of wight and still going!

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Nice! Keep us/me updated!!!

good covering now practically everything white still coming down, suprised its settled after than rain earlier, talk on facebook of organised snowball fights if it continues

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yeah been snowing lightly in cowes for over 20 minutes got a covering still goin strong

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has turned to snow on the isle of wight in cowes, got a dustin already

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http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ is rubbish, has me under a big blob of snow, can confirm it is indeed raining still on the isle of wight

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the band working its way through Wiltshire is dying on its a**e at the moment. Will be interesting to see where the 'white hell' materialises from!

I think if you look at the radar its the stuff in the channel that will go north east

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raining on the isle of wight now

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currently heavy sleet - cowes isle of wight

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weather warning update from the met upgrading alot of positions:

Local areas affectedWarning typeValid fromValid toLondon & South East England: Bracknell Forest Brighton + Hove Buckinghamshire Isle of Wight Milton Keynes Portsmouth Reading Slough Surrey W Sussex Windsor + Maidenhead WokinghamHeavy Snow1800 Tue 51100 Wed 6Outbreaks of snow will turn heavy this evening and overnight giving fresh accumulations of 10-15 cm in places and perhaps locally in excess of 20 cm. This could cause widespread disruption to transport.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advise on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 1150 Tue 5 Jan

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im expecting a pasting!!warnings from met office and a superb forecast from sky has got me well excited!!! nothing less than a covering will do!! isle of wight better be white tomo!!! i think we all will get some!!! the trough is heading our way...the bbc are sitting on the fence a bit ..... we will see by tomo morning with warnings etc i just hope it doesnt burn out so to speak!! good day ....

the temps are well in our favour at the mo!! -2 in the daytime on the island ....... well prepared for some heavy stuff!!!!

I would love to be proved wrong, seriously. But concerned about a few things, the temp will be 1c not below freezing, the dew points are too high, the bbc graphics have had us under rain. the met office website graphics have had us under rain or sleet, and several model precip charts have had us under rain ,not snow.

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Because we have had our fingers burnt so many times! Most of us are quite blase about such snow forecasts because it so rarely snows down here & forecasts always get downgraded... I'm more than happy to be proved wrong tomorrow though

i agree fully, have not had snow this winter, the isle of wight is allways too warm, has been years since i remember any properly over here.

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The snow is now turning heavy! May see blizzard conditions soon! Starting to stick!

keep us updated, just windy this side of the water!

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cant beleive its snowing in pompey and its clear skys in cowes

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i dont no now, looking at the radars its already exceeding what gfs is predicting, i would have throught 11 was about 4 hours early but im gunna bring my guess down to midnight now!

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London & South East England: Bracknell Forest Brighton + Hove Gtr London Hampshire Isle of Wight Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Surrey W Berkshire W Sussex Windsor + Maidenhead Wokingham

Heavy Snow2009 Thu 170800 Fri 18Heavy snow showers at first this evening becoming heavier and more prolonged overnight will give accumulations of 5-10cm and locally as much as 15-20cm. Some drifting snow is likely in the strong north to northeasterly wind.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the 'Highways Agency' for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 2013 Thu 17 Dec

Just over 10 minutes ago, new met office warning now including isle of wight and hampshire

met office just put another warning out for us

Heavy Snow

Heavy snow showers at first this evening becoming heavier and more prolonged overnight will give accumulations of 5-10cm and locally as much as 15-20cm. Some drifting snow is likely in the strong north to northeasterly wind.

Issued at: 2013 Thu 17 Dec

ok you beat me to it haha

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My reckoning is 3am onwards realistically. However snow is pretty unpredictable. i'll stay up until midnight, then it depents whats on the tv and how good our chances look. But more importantly how many festive beers ive had

[i recon bout if we dont have anying by 5am !!! lets pack up and go home!! mind u still some chances over the wekend!! i think most of hampshire will see some!! meridian had a great forecast for us all !! east hampshire more than west but still some for us all!! im setting my alarm for 330am!!

haha ive more chance of staying up until 330am than getting up then. Always say im going to when somthing like this happen but im far more likley to chuck my mobile out of the window if the alarm went off than bother getting up.

Good ole' metcheck not the most reliable in the world but has snow from midnight right through to 3pm tommorow for the isle of wight and pompey!

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ok....so.......when do we think its all gonna start 2night?? I will be up lampost watchn till 1 tops!!

My reckoning is 3am onwards realistically. However snow is pretty unpredictable. i'll stay up until midnight, then it depents whats on the tv and how good our chances look. But more importantly how many festive beers ive had

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Hey, I've been lurking around the website for years, think its the appropriate time to come into the loop! I have watched all the forecasts, itv meridian ramped it quite alot, not entierly sure the bbc forecast is great news.

Having looked at the charts the gfs high res looks promising with -8 850's over us with low dew points and temps hovering around freezing later on so i would be suprised if we missed out on anything. Not sure what effect the solent would have for us islanders, it could turn the shower line trough into a nice little snow machine for us or it could keep us that little bit too warm and make it quite sleety.

still freezing in cowes at the moment with the wind