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A gust this morning has torn the felt off my wood store and a tree was down on the A41. Just as well I'm not up in North Wales today. Top 4 highest gusts are all from up there with Capel Curig at 79mph... scrub that Met Office now showing 94 mph!!

I can vouch for it blowing a hoolie here. Gusting to 40 mph. The wind chill is vicious.

Snowing here in the Moelwyns. Was white over here at 6am but turned to rain/sleet at lower levels. Snow line looks to be about 250m

Saturday looks like the best chance at altitude.

Few grains for 5 minutes just.

Some fresh snow on the Snowdon range.

Snowing on the Moelwyns in Snowdonia. Sleet at lower levels

Snowing on the Moelwyns in Snowdonia. Sleet at lower levels

Just went to lock up and a few light flakes must have fallen in the last couple of hours. Barely a dusting.

Getting there.... Temp and Dew Point +2 +1 at RAF Cosford and 0 and -1 at Wolverhampton. http://skylinkweather.com/metar/metarmapindex.php?country=uk&stationid=EG54&scale=140&maptype=wind&mapstyle=cutout

Well they were 10 minutes out here in Telford. The 13:50 snow flurry has been and gone now.

Well we have a snow flurry here in Telford.

Plenty in the Ogwen Valley. http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/webcams/

I remember well the snow, rain & freeze of Jan 2004(?) when it took me nearly 7 hours to get from Cradley Heath home to South Staffs. The Dudley gritters came out in the afternoon when it was snowing and then it turned to rain and then the skies cleared at about 4pm which caused a rapid freeze. The gritters tried to get out again but by then it was rush hour and gridlock throughout the Black Country and Brum.

At least the mountain tops of the Snowdon range and Ogwen range had a nice covering. Turned into a lovely crisp afternoon (with a tad of wind chill!)

No thread for 2017 yet but snow on the tops of mountains in N Snowdonia overnight.

As Frog says an SLR camera and tripod will do the job. Physically pressing the shutter will normally cause judder or blur. If you don't have a shutter cable, you can always use the delay on the shutter (like when you press it and run around for group shots before it goes off.) You can also get remote controls for some cameras to do the same thing. The SLR doesn't have to be expensive. My old Nikon is 9 years old and still does a great job. There are a few good websites giving tips. I used to carry a card with a table of ISO and F settings and times for exposures which I printed off one site but have lost it! Here looks like a good site. https://photographylife.com/how-to-photograph-the-northern-lights

Snow on the Clee Hills this morning.

Snowdon looks good today.

G3 storm in progress but no chance of clear skies here at the moment.

Cracking Video on here....... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37506571 Reykjavik goes dark for Northern Lights show

In-laws are on a cruise in Norway so I hope the skies are clear for them

Drizzle arrived here at 5pm off the Irish sea. Now up in the clag in the mountains.

More this morning over Snowdon and mountains of NW Snowdonia. Lovely day.... Peaked at 28°C .. remarkable for September 14th.

Heavy rain piling in from the Irish Sea across Snowdonia.