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Still light snow falling here in a steady easterly despite radar showing nothing overhead. Had about 3cm last night but gutters are dripping, so some melt going on. Just measured 13cms total on Patio table whereas there only about 7cm on the grass....which indicates it must be melting due to warmer ground temps?... Looks like a frost due tonight according to gfs so could be some tricky conditions on untreated surfaces later.

Hi, This taken from the Met Office warning seems to confirm what your saying? Lets hope so! Chief Forecaster's Assessment Complex frontal features are affecting parts of the south through Tuesday. With flow becoming more northeasterly through the day much colder air will be drawn into the system and increase the snow risk and the area likely to be affected. There is still a fair degree of uncertainty in the detail and there may be further adjustments to the warning as events unfold. Weather Impact Matrix High Likely Low Green Yellow Amber Red Green Yellow Amber Amber Green Green Yellow Amber Green Green Yellow Yellow LowImpactHigh

Just back from walking dog across the snow fields, what a lovely change from the mud and puddles of late! A good 4 to 5 inches in the fields. Been steadily snowing for past two hours with small flakes but also with a watery sun occasionally showing through the low cloud..nice effect. Considering I'm at nearly the most easterly extent of the precip, surprised by the density of it to be honest. Snow settling on existing snow quite happily but struggling to settle on paths etc. looking at the gfs 06z precip charts, looks like it should intensify later,mainly in south east though...looking good for those folks. Edit....snow lighter now. temp 1.0c

Morning all, not been out yet but just under an inch of snow on the ground here and steady smallish flakes falling. On the radar, it looks like the heavier stuff has yet to get this far. Should be a good day! Now to try and get the car up our sloping drive for work:( Got to head for Tewkesbury....A417 going to be interesting later!

Woken up to about 0.5 cm covering on the decking, looking at the radar must have come from a shower that passed through an hour or two ago....nice surprise! Rain to wash it away today I think. Then a nice hard frost!

Got to agree with this. It's looking a bit marginal especially the further south and west you are for the early part of next week. A lot of people will see some snow falling, wether it settles will be location/height dependant. Trying to keep my expectations low....maybe I'll nicely suprised that way.. Lets hope the further effects of the ongoing SSW fall in our favour later in the month! Currently 4.4 C in a raw easterly, dry for now.

Morning Good 3 -5 cms around west of Swindon, and had to do a job down in Chippenham, M4 was a bit slushy and the A350 into Chippenham was a dodgy around 1am. Main roads should be ok later I reckon. Car Thermo been at -1C all night. Will it hang about for long I wonder?

Light fine flakes started here now, overcast skies temp 0.4c RH at60%. must be the warm front arriving. Anybody know where the occlusion line is going to be?

Afternoon all, This was a pic taken about an hour ago of the snow shower that we had here....massive flakes,very suprised considering not great elevation here... did turn more sleety later, not settling of course. Has raised my hopes for Early Friday now...as long as the trajectory of the low stays south of here. Rather have the snow than stormy winds thanks!

First storm of the year here too! Five or six flashes and loud thunder, about a mile away or so.Torrential rain for 20mins now easing. Quite a band of showers/storms moving ENE now. More to come perhaps?

Morning, Its Wednesday, it must be snow day! Had to clear a good centimetre from the car this morning, drove into Swindon, slushy roads in town.Car thermo reading -1C but thats usually a degree too low. Steady moderate/ heavy stuff falling, any elevation should see it stick well (re birdlip hill closed southbound according to beeb).

Morning all, Yep, can confirm that we have about the same (about 3 miles west of you) I`ve just finished a night shift and the roads around Swindon were tricky to say the least, completely covered in snow, no sign of gritters last night. Still steady light snow atm. This event seems to have dumped at least as much as last weeks!

Blimey another thread! Only about a 1 cm max top up here, looks like its in for the night though.Too light at the mo to add much.Think it will turn to rain during the morning. On call too. Are the roads ok around Swindon?

Thanks, Should be at least enough to top up the slight thaw we had today. You should see it a bit earlier than me and probably more with your elevation.

Afternoon all, Been an avid reader in here for past week...Nice friendly bunch compared to some threads! Waiting patiently here in North Wilts for it to kick off tonight,12z gfs seems to keep the snow around a bit longer/heavier than previous runs.Turning to rain later tomorrow? Peeps in wales thread having blizzard conditions now. Cheers WOTS

Morning all ong time since I last posted in here! Seems the arc of snow finally moved south enough to have dumped about 2 to 3 inches or so overnight (hadn`t started properly before I went to bed).Still snowing atm light/moderate. Hope everyone has a good/safe day in the snow. Better get ready for work (if I can get out of the lane!) Watcher

Morning all, Well went to bed at 11.30 last night, snow had just started, still snowing this morning! Have got a cumulative 8 inches on the patio now Road through the village virtually impassable ...4x4s trying to tow cars up the hill. Think I`ll give work a miss til later! Whats noticeable this morning is a strongish northeast wind, looks like the low in the channel is getting squeezed by the colder air from the north. Anyone know if this will increase the precip, or will it just peter out? Think this fall is unlikely to thaw as the cold air comes in this afternoon... Enjoy...

Level 10cms on my patio table this morning, in the range of what was forecast by met office for here so well done them! Largest lying amount since 1991! Another shower just started but its looking a bit sleety.

Been snowing smallish flakes for about 45mins here and no signs of it turning sleety. Already the M4 is covering over around Swindon! http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/webcams/cam...5&region=SU Gonna be a struggle to work if it stays as snow.

Weird that,heavy snow shower just eased off here and not much elevation either, haven`t ventured out to check thermometer though... only been snowing for 30 mins and we have had about an inch in that time! Looking lovely and fluffy out there. Maybe heading your way?

Evening all After checking the Metox radar , guessed it should start snowing here in North Wilts soon....and sure enough it has!...the heavy stuff might being going north just east of me though. Some bright echoes on the met office radar,so some places getting some heavy snow. Edit stopped already! Am keeping optimistic re our chances on Thursday/Friday but too early to call exactly where the boundary between snow/rain is going to be. Just remember,though, the (very) few memorable dumps of snow in this neck of the woods come from channel lows coming up against cold entrenched air...will the uppers be cold enough though?

Thanks for the updates Roger,always worth reading your input, most appreciated. Will just have to wait and see how this develops later, going to work now, getting back could be the problem!

Hi all, you can see the deeper cloud (frontal snow?)moving up from france on this meteosat link http://wind.met.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/meteo...playmode=Endlos Not sure if it will give much here but snow is falling steadily as I type.

Stewfox, I`m 5 miles north west of swindon and woke to the the slightest of snow coverings earlier but its snowing more steadily (not that heavy) now and sticking. Not expecting masses of the white stuff today, roads should be ok, on the main ones any way.

Morning all, Woke up to about 2 to 3 inches of snow 6.45,falling lightly at the time but since then its pepped up to be quite heavy currently....sticking fast to everything. Charlie our dog is quite bemused by it all...kids loving it! WOTS