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Latest pics just now from the front of the house The side of the house snow drift continues to build

Current situation outside. Moderate snow and still building around 4 or 5 cm in the last 4 hours on the pavements and road that were wet. More in drifts and on grassy surfaces.

Finally we've dropped to freezing. Temp. 0.0C dp -0.6C

Similar scenes to here mate a couple of miles up the road. I noticed the main roads are getting covered, A49 Wigan road is covered down this way.

Great video Codge A bit of music next time would be great

England notoriously underachieve against part-timers like San Marino. The more the better as this group could easily come down to goal differences. I'll go 9-0

Not a football fan I take it? Make that 5-0

Cracking goal from Ashley Young, 4-0 lets have 10!

A few pics taken 10 mins ago. Nice drift at the side of the house

Just been on the beer run for the football and the main roads are getting bad, not sure if they've been gritted today, perhaps due to all the surface water of melting snow it's been washed away? But certainly coming down heavy albeit smallish flakes and really unpleasant with the strong wind driving the snow. Accumulations building now on all surfaces and like I said including the major roads.

Just tried to upload some pics but getting a message telling me the file is too big. I could upload the same file size this morning, direct from the memory card but not now? Anybody have an ideas why? Or how do I reduce the size? Many thanks B_M

Check this link for current wind speed gusts http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&UP=0&R=310&CEL=C&SI=mph&TYP=windspitzen&ART=kartealle&LANG=en&DATE=1363896000&KEY=UK&LAND=UK&CONT=euro&SORT=2&UD=0&INT=24

Drove through Billinge earlier Dave and about 3 times as much snow in your neck of the woods than here. I think the extra 50m elevation and being slightly West from my location has made a big difference. We have a covering again now just about to post some pics.

Thanks Pete. Are you at a decent elevation?

Most of the posts in this thread have been commenting on the lack of accumulating snow around the region. At my location we have had falling snow most of the night and most of the day but apart from on the grass it's struggled to settle. The ground has been far too wet and only in heavier bursts has it started to stick; only for it to melt when the ppn stops or loses intensity. Quite frustrating really. Currently have a couple of inches on favoured grassy areas and about a cm or 2 on concrete surfaces, still some melting going on due to the saturated ground underneath. Current temp. 0.2C dp -0.9C Light snow

Really starting to come down here now and been blown in all directions by the strong breeze. Starting to stick to the wet ground again as the light fades. Hopefully this intensity will be maintained for a while and we can finally start to build a decent cover. Temp aperas to have dropped a degree in 20 minutes - down to 0C with dp -1.0C

Excellent. I bet you have remained below freezing all day at 1000ft. Even at around 1C here all day, the snow has really struggled to stick. I think for lowland areas our best chance will come over night if we can get the temps down and keep up the ppn. With the amount of standing water around, if the temp. does drop below freezing it will be very hazardous to say the least.

There's a lot more snow on the ground in Billinge than there is here. Wet pavements and slushy deposits on the grass here. Billinge looks to have a few inches and some nice drifts. Amazing what 40 or 50m extra elevation will do for you in this situation.

Local news mentioned a coastal road closure on the IOM.

Wow, you've certainly been hit hard! Amazing really the difference in only say 50 miles. We have maybe a couple of inches on the grass and a couple of cm's on the pavements, a lot of which is quite slushy.

Snow getting lighter here now, very small flakes again. They keep talking about heavy snow on the news but I certainly wouldn't class the snow as heavy in this area, moderate at times but not quite in the heavy bracket.

Temperature down to 0.3C dp -0.7C Moderate snow with a mix of 5p and 20p sized flakes. Roads and pavements have a covering now. Very wet ground underneath so if the snow stops I think there will be a rapid thaw. lets hope it continues and we can build a decent cover.

Looking better for those around the Manchester area as the gaps in the ppn seem to be filling in

Just seen a pic on the BBC news taken in Wrexham, the car in the pic looked to have at least 6 inches of snow on its roof!

Certainly getting whiter outside and the temp. and dp are beginning to fall, down to 0.4/-1.1C from 0.7/-0.9C 20 minutes ago.