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Dan_Quest

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  1. Temp has stayed static at 2.4c, dewpoint is close -2c. for last hour, started raining 45 mins ago. So it look like the issue is with the 850s (only -1c) and thickness - 540 I believe. The ground temp will still be close to freezing, as much of it is still snow/ice covered, so treacherous!!
  2. Rain and Snow are very different beasts............ Essentially, it is very easy for it to rain here in the UK, i.e. jet stream, Atlantic flow, upper air temp, dew points, etc. etc. etc but For it to Snow a lot of specific atmospheric conditions need to be perfect, not just related to elevation. As you can see on the current radar http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ there is a huge mass of precip moving across the UK with huge amounts of energy coming off the Atlantic, the DP's, Cold Block, Upper air temps would need to be a lot colder for this to be an ALL snow event. If you remember, over the last few weeks, most of our snow has come from showers from the east/ north east/ north or from low pressure systems moving across through the 'cold pool' In all instances, the area of precipitation was relatively small compared with 'Rain' fronts which blast in from the Atlantic Forecasting rain is fairly easy and a fairly safe bet from the models but doing the same for snow is very 'Hit and Miss' with smaller areas of decaying showers or frontal precipitation Still, with the layman's science out of the way, whether or not it snow in your back yard is always frustrating.......since a kid I've cursed so many in surrounding areas to my location who always seem to get 'MORE SNOW'
  3. Rich, you will be back here the next time the beeb mention snow, the weather, specifically snow, is an obsession for many, which is why we are all here now, but the forum dies in the spring!! Seasons Greetings for now, unless you pop in to take a look at what may occur on Friday!!
  4. Well, it was as low as 5 miles south of MK, as we got another 3 inches here this morning, and they 4 inches up in Leicester, so quiet a wide band.
  5. My phone went flat,, cause of all the chat we had whilst I was on my way down this morning, charger was in my bag, which I did not take!! doh Good job I did not have an emergency
  6. Working from home tomorrow and Friday, then off until the 5th Jan.......Wahoo
  7. Started to snow again in MK Enough now......be careful what you wish for.................
  8. What a day…..I left Milton Keynes at 8.30 am this morningfor an appointment in Stevenage, very lightgrauple falling, by the time I got to the A421 it was falling as large flakesvery heavily. Radar showed on a small blob of precip! By the time I passed Bedford,it stopped snowing, the rest of the journey was fine, just very slow on the 421and A1, Stevenage had some light snow at 10.30by the time I arrived. left at 12.00 to return home............. Everything was fine on A421 until 5 miles passed Bedford,when the snow started again and clear to see 3-4 inches had fallen of the 5-6from Sat, Then, Queuing traffic......A421 closed by police due to accident, wewere ushered off to the old 421, which was backed up all the way to M1 due tojack knife lorry on slip road of M1. I took the back road through Cranfield, roads were completelycovered white, 4 inch covering, still snowing lightly….Just outside of Cranfield,2 car accident, road closed, ambulance, police.....had to wait over an hour forrecovery vehicle, which was sliding everywhere. Eventually home at 15.00!! In the virgin snow areas, prob about 8 inches laying, as thefresh snow is wetter and pressed down on the 6.5 inches that fell on sat.All roadsin MK are a nightmare, Ive seen a couple of snow plough sorting out the H's andV's, big snow troughs on all other roads, cars abandoned all over Should have stayed at home and radar watched, appointmentwas a waste on time!! More precip heading this way if it does not fizzle outbefore, looks like a laying white xmas in MK
  9. Again, im in Stevenage all week, so I need you to ramp up the marginality for the south of the region please!
  10. It was funny, posting mild wishings and no snow reports on various regional threads, but seriously.. GET A LIFE !! This is a regional discussion ' COLD SPELL DISCUSSION' within the 'WINTER DISCUSSION' thread of the Forum. Keep posting if you want to continue to look like an idiot...... I double dare ya !!
  11. Cant believe my luck, moved from Kettering to MK last year, Kettering gets a good dump today/tonight. Then, tonight, Im in Stevenage and MK gets snow, and Stevenage, which always gets more than MK, gets none, rained hard all day here, not even a single sleet flake Rubbbbiisshhhhhhhhh...
  12. They need to start nowcasting, it is that marginal, we saw this in Jan and the beeb took a hamering on this forum.
  13. I dont really want to go, Id rather be in the office in MK, but this is one of those times when I have to be somewhere!! That line of heavey precip is not moving anywhere fast, it is just sitting there with its NW edge stretching from Reading, to Luton to Cambridge. When is it supposed to be on the move, already if the beeb are to be believed.
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