Icebox

Never... the first and golden rule.

Well you've just jinxed it now...

Thanet wind farm.

Probably needed that after last night...

At last we have proper SNOW! Only light to moderate but more than the flurries of tiny flakes we have been having.

A few flakes blowing in the wind down here... I think the South downs might kill off the heavier stuff though. Last chance saloon, but at least we are still in the game... just!

Thanet wind farm.

Haha... your in a better position than us. I m sure Maureen will keep you up!

No need to apologise... I'm not getting my hopes up, we don't seem to have had any luck this winter and I'm not expecting that to change. But stranger things have happened of course.

I beg to differ... nothing down on the West Sussex coast, unless your calling my now disappeared 0.0025 cm just enough to make a snowball-bearing an event? Those of us around Worthing have not had a decent fall in years... probably 2013, I'm sure Sleety will remember. I don't begrudge anyone the snow they have and I hope they make the most of it, but don't fall into the trap of thinking everyone in the region has seen a decent fall because a lot have not. My hopes are pinned on tonights possible streamer or a snowy breakdown

I researched the locations of coastal wind farms and the Thanet wind farm matches the location of that rather large and constant blob perfectly.

Tea kiosk is in Rushey Plain you can see it on google streetview.

Thought it was... took me three hours to get from Bow to Tilbury!

Was that the one that froze solid straight after... and the roads were like skating rinks?

No idea... I'd swap places with you in an instant. You'll do well up there.

8 inches above the railhead... job stopped.

Except right down here on the West Sussex coast... sweet fa down here so far this winter. In fact the last white stuff was a slight dusting in 2018. The Eastward move if the models have it correct will cost us down here, so I'm hoping they have it wrong. I knew I shouldn't of got my hopes up but I never learn... good luck and enjoy peeps that see loads and don't forget to post loads of snowy pics

And now I'm out of the yellow warning... oh well at least the sun's out.

I think patience is going to be needed for this one... we may miss out, we may not. 30 miles either way can make a huge difference for us on the coast and nothing will be resolved at this stage as the models are still toying with the position of the LP.

Ahh 1991 yes indeed what a great February that was. I lived in East london at the time, left for work at 05.30 and it had just started to snow... I didn't take much notice really as it wasn't as rare back then. I Left London E15 just after six heading to Kent with about a dozen deliveries to make it was still only snowing moderately. By the time I had got to Sidcup no more than 10 or so miles away it was chucking it down... huge flakes the size of old 10 pence pieces. The snow got lighter the further into Kent I got, in fact it had stopped by the time I got to Ashford with around 4 inches. On the way back up the A2 I was surprised to see snowploughs working in tandem to keep the road open at the London end! I seem to remember being pretty cross at the time because I had managed to get to every delivery across Kent in a 17 tonne truck but most places were shut because their staff couldn't get in. 8 inches of level snow had fallen during the day back home... definitely one of the better events I've seen along with 79,87 and 2010. There is a twist to this story though... 2 days later I flew out of Gatwick to Tenerife for a week long Club 18-30 reunion. Sunny,72°, beaches, booze and women... and there was me missing the snow back home!! Sorry if I've rambled on and bored you... happy memories.

Well the standoff continues this Morning... GFS v the Euro's, the American model is ploughing its own furrow here but that doesn't mean it's wrong. It does have a history of overdoing LP's and this may be one of those occasions. Don't forget Paul Sherman nicknamed the GFS - GooFuS for a reason and it has led us up the garden path on many occasions. BUT... don't rule out the possibility of it calling this one right. For me right now... 50/50.

To be honest I've already thrown the towel in... if it snows great... if it doesn't it's not the end of the world. I want a few dry days right now... the gardens sprouted it's own water features!

They may call it right re: the Easterly which gives the north the North a battering with the white stuff as per 06z Gfs, whilst the SE still gets hammered with rain... fine margins.

No excuse for those or the next 20... back to the now. My money is on the ECM being correct out to day 5 after that... who knows.

With respect Matt... you have had your snow fix, many of us are yet to see a flake blowing in the wind!