Sungirl

I seriously doubt we are going to get any snow in my area but would love to be proved wrong.

I fear I may have blown any hopes of snow in this area as I have posted a possible prediction on FB... Historically this means there will be NO SNOW and I will be discredited I never learn!!!

Positively mild here with nothing doing. Temp 5.3c and almost no wind although we did have gusts up to 35mph earlier. Sadly, I put the heating on and forgot about it so it is too hot in here to light a fire. Thinking of opening the doors to cool it off a bit as I do love a fire and am well stocked up with fuel William, I always hope that school will close but ours are a stubborn lot and even if all the schools nearby stay open, ours seems to go that extra mile to make sure we stay open I live a very short walk away so no excuses for us. My colleague (we are a small team of 4) walks all the way to work if it is really bad and that shows the rest of us up so we have no choice but to go in. We all live within a couple of miles of each other (and the office) too so no opportunity for telling them that we couldn't get in because of the snow! I love having a snow day off with my children When I lived in a remote village in Cambs, we regularly got snowed in... If the school bus managed to get into the village, the older kids (inc my son) used to hide behind the hedge near my house and then return home to tell their parents that the bus hadn't turned up! I knew what they were up to but didn't breathe a word My son and his friends thought I was the coolest Mum ever that I allowed this to go on

Hello all I thought I would poke my nose in on a non-event weather occasion I usually post when there is something extreme happening but all I have to report is that my car windscreen was frozen when I left for the school walk this morning and that is the first time this year! By the time I left for work it had defrosted but I fear that soon, I will have to scrape it I am looking forward to any snow that might come our way, and the excitement and lamp post watching on here when it is forecast

Exactly what I was thinking. I drive according to the conditions and if that means driving slowly to be safe, then so be it. I don't need a sign to tell me how to drive in bad weather but yeah... I see the problem too Rather like the dumb clucks who are setting off fireworks in high winds

Hello everyone We have had a few showers today and gusts of 32.2mph. I haven't had a chance to catch up on weather in the last few days but hear it could be worse than last weekend (which really wasn't too bad here although we did have a fair few trees down in Bracknell). Sounds like you guys down in the SW are getting hammered. Stay safe y'all

I slept through the incredible winds of 29mph and gusts of 43mph ... Confess to being the teensiest bit disappointed Still, far as I know, nobody else has died (that poor lad's family must be distraught) which is a relief. Pressure is climbing by 3.7 per hour so I guess this is all over for us! Business as usual!

Got to bed but couldn't stop wondering what the weather is doing so switched the laptop on... Must save some battery for later in case it is needed!!! 986.3 dropping at 3.5 p/h - temp 13.2 from here... http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell/wxhome.html

I posted on FB earlier that a tree had fallen down in Pangbourne and some dufus who thinks this will be a damp squib said, on my fb, "well Pangbourne is full of trees" as if everywhere isn't!!! I live in Bracknell FOREST!!! It is called that for a reason. (He was defriended ) 989hPa here and falling 2.5 p/h I can hold out no longer. I am off to bed folks. BUT I am taking the laptop up with me in case of high drama later on so I can pop back in Nite all, keep safe x

We are down to 990.6 dropping 2.2p/h... Temp 12.9! Wind = 9.9mph and gusts of 17.3mph... No drama here as of yet!!! (I haven't missed the point of it all kicking off later. I just hoped it would be sooner so a) I would see/hear it as I know I won't wake up from it and b ) so it was cleared by the time I go to work! Just wishful thinking on my part but thinking I might as well go to bed as nothing is going to happen until the early hours.

Looking at the rain radar, I would have expected to see a lot more rain than I have done... Are the high winds expected after the rain or what is the pattern here? TBH I am quite very disappointed so far. Gonna phone a friend who was also looking forward to a bit of excitement... (or am I being presumptuous and the best is yet to come?)

11.4ml of rain here and I have been inside for ALL of it

I have just spotted another indicator - it is -2.2 per hour here. http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell/wxhome.html

GTLTW I had 996 at 8.45pm and now, at 10.15 I have 993 and still dropping (like a stone it would seem) What does that mean? (amateur but interested in learning more!)

I have been learning (slowly) since I joined this forum but barometer numbers are new to me Barometer at my local weather station is 996 and falling... I am assuming that falling = storm? Please can someone explain in simple terms for a novice? Info taken from here http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell/wxhome.html Thanking you

Very dull and boring in Bracknell. Nothing happening and all my friends think this is going to be a damp squib Wind 9mph, Gusts 18mph! I know it is a long way off for us but REALLY?!!!

I have added a signature to my profile as they are still showing up If everyone puts their location on the sig, that would be helpful

We have rain here in Bracknell, Berkshire but the big event is still a long way away from here.

I have friends in Bristol and Southampton which are showing up on the rain radar as having rain but both are reporting nothing happening :O What is going on? Is the rain radar not accurate? Or could they be in little pockets that don't have any rain yet?

I am developing a nasty headache. Could this be due to the air pressure? Haven't had a non-alcohol related headache in a long time

People on my FB seem to think it has arrived and that this is as bad as it is going to get! I wish they would take notice of the links and info I put up.

I heard he predicted this some time back too. I believe he still thinks it is going to be MASSIVE!

Wind has certainly picked up here. We have wind speeds of 20mph and gusts of 39mph but brilliant sunshine and 15.9c! I wish I could stay up and listen out for the storm tonight but I could sleep through an apocalypse and have work tomorrow so have to go to bed :/

I am laughed at at work when I give out weather warnings so I empathise! Our team has grown in the last year which, no doubt, means more hoots of laughter in the office about my weather ramblings!

Absolutely! We are in the zone. I need to go and secure my garden furniture and anything else that may be whipped up as a missile. I have a huge tree opposite me with quite a few dead branches so I fear for it's strength now. The fact that the trees still have most of their leaves is a huge problem as the wind doesn't whip through them like when the leaves have dropped. Sorry, not meaning to scare you!