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Been a nice suuny day here too... Temp got up to 6.5°c earlier... Looks like next week is going to be a washout, not a whiteout! Although with the models flip-flopping like they are at the moment, it could all change again by tonight!! Currently 5.3°c, Dew Point -0.7°c

Looking through the latest GFS run, Cheltenham looks like it could be in for a fair bit more during the course of next week!!

The GFS 18z run is much better for the South than the 12z run... On the 12z run, next Friday showed rain for all of the UK apart from the North of Scotland... The 18z run shows SNOW for the entire country, right down to the South coast (with the exception of the far South East / London)... I hope that trend continues!

No probs. I'm new to all this aswell! If you want to have a look at the charts from the various models, have a look at Weather Online - Expert Charts Select a model (i.e. GFS, NAE etc.) from the menu at the top of the map, then select the "chart type" (i.e. Precipitation, Surface Wind etc.) from the "Parameters" menu (on the left-hand side of the map, underneath the "Region" menu). Enjoy!

GFS shows a rain to snow event for most of the South West from 00:00 - 06:00 Wednesday. Back to rain by 06:00 Thursday though... However, Glos. looks like it could be snow, so could also be marginal for the Bristol area again? Hi ya. It's the "UK Met. Office North Atlantic European Model".

NAE @06:00 on Sunday shows snow for parts of Cornwall, the Northern half of Devon, pretty much all of Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire and most of Wales! Turning to rain though (apparently) from 12:00 onwards for anywhere West of Wiltshire / far East of Somerset. Heavy rain for nearly all of us after 18:00 Sunday!

Can't see much else for here tonight... Maybe a few showers tomorrow, but of what??? NAE @ 18:00 tomorrow shows snow for here (Wiltshire) and parts of North Somerset and North Devon. Hope it happens!

Evening all. Had a fairly heavy graupel/hail shower in Chippenham around 18:00... Doesn't look like there's much else in store for us tonight!

Sleet here now, with some fairly large(ish) snow flakes mixed in... Very light ppn though. Hopefully a good omen for later!

Just had a light hail/graupel shower here (Bath)... Not much sunshine around now... Sky is 90% cloud covered!

It's been nice here in Bath today too... Still some lying snow up by the racecourse!... The sun has been out for most of the day, although the clouds are starting to build up now... It's quite pleasant outside, but a definate "nip" in the air when you get a breeze!

No fair!!! Just waiting for the 18z charts to start rolling out... See if we've got any chance over the weekend or next week! Don't want any more rain!... Had 17.5mm in the last 24 hours... If that had been snow...

NetWeather radar is telling me it's snowing here... It's bloomin' well not... It's raining! :lol:

Yep... Not looking good! It would really have to go some here anyway in order to settle/stick/pitch/lay (delete as appropriate!)... Was chucking it down with rain here (back in Trowbridge now!) about 17:00ish... Temp. is currently 1.5°c Dew Pont 0.2°c

Yep, looking at the radar, not much more to come! The day started off so promising as well, with huge flakes falling for most of the morning in Bath (up by the racecourse). Any more to come this weekend?... I wonder...

Yep... It was earlier!... The rain we had just after lunchtime made a dent in it though and I think the temps have risen slightly too, so it's starting to melt... Still fairly white though!

It's now raining here at the top of Bath!... I think the snow on the ground will be gone before long if this carries on... Afraid so Mullender... Looks like yet again we miss all the action! Glos. seems to have done pretty well this winter!... I suppose there's a (slight) chance something could change during the course of the weekend to make it more favourable for us in the SW... Who knows! It has been nice to see some lying snow today though, even if fairly short-lived! 20mm in Warminster 'ey Andy?... That would've been good if it was snow!

Yep... Pretty similar story here too! Nothing falling from the sky and it's getting progressively brighter! Looking pretty wintry though... Everything's got a good covering (but not sure how long it will last!)

Starting to get brighter here... Oddly enough though, it's turned back to mainly snow (about 90% snow, 10% rain)... I think that's going to be it for the time being for this area... More later on this afternoon / evening perhaps???

Unfortunately, I think the fun here could be coming to an end... There now seems to be a fair amount of rain mixed in with the snow... I'd say a 75% / 25% mix of rain / snow respectively... Hope the temps / dew points etc. drop off enough later this afternoon for a top-up (and for lower levels too!)... That is, as long as there is any PPN left this far South!

It's been pretty much non-stop snow here in Bath (up by the racecourse) since about 9:00am! Getting heavier again now and looking at the radar, there's a very heavy patch that could hit here, (or miss us slightly to the West)... Apparently it's only rain down in the centre of Bath... Amazing what 150 metres altitude will do!

Well, I was about to post that it had started to turn more to sleet/rain here (Bath - up by the racecourse)... But in the last couple of mins it has turned back to fairly heavy snow!... Big flakes again!... I don't think it would take much change in temps for the centre of Bath to see snow!

Thanks very much for that!... Sounds like a very marginal situation for these parts then! Still, it's been nice to see the snow that we've had this morning... I think we've been very lucky in this area (probably due to the slight height advantage!). Snow easing off here now though... Much lighter and smaller flakes... Everything still white with a good centimetre or two of snow!

Hi Snowking, It's been snowing pretty heavily here up by the racecourse in Bath for over an hour... Everything is going white! Some pretty huge flakes too! What do you think our chances are in Wiltshire of seeing any decent snow this afternoon/evening? Or is it all going to be just North of Bristol?!? Thanks!

Cars, grass, roads, paths - all going very white! Still moderate falls of large flakes coming down! Hope the snow level drops off a bit though, as it seems that places below 150m ASL are getting sleet.