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i can confrim it is snowing on cleeve Hill and settling in places probably more so on the top but just what i heard from a friend who lives near the rising sun, although it's light and we really need the heavy stuff soon. i doubt i will go up as i have a lot of essays to do. has been sleeting in cleeve but now has virtually stopped, not a bad thing though it allows the ground to dry up a little

good news for those in cheltenham, this is increasingly turning to snow, i was sat down and it thought whats that noise and it was the wind and for a time it was wet snow, getting colder so by 10 ish i think we will see alot more of the white stuff

this is sleet for sure, even more so when a gust a wind blows

its more than dark and cloudy, it's been raining for half a hour now and now just seen the first signs of sleet.

heavy snow in the forest, traditionally a great sign for snow heading this way, well i guess the temp may be that high if sheltered but the east breeze is knocking those temps back a lot. right off to make a brew and by the time im back i will be seeing a few flakes swirling around, ideally that is

my friend is driving to cannock staffs, on his day back to work today but he also had the choice of going to portsmouth, i said go to portsmouth as there is more chance that you will get back home to cheltenham, although he thought different, so i hope he made the correct decision, but then if he went to portsmouth he would of blamed me either way, so thought let the old fool make up his own mind. i know i will be at home keeping warm watching the snow fall.

your temp seems odd, im recording 1.9oC and it's very windy but then again it always is in cleeve, anytime now

east midlands thread dont be silly, the scottish will kick off about that as they don't even havent southern or northern divide when discussing the cold spell, and may I add thats a fair point as people forget how big scotland is. it's best to class yourself as midlands because too many regions can overcomplicate these boards, i mean for example cheltenham is it in the midlands is it in the south west, west country, central southern england etc, i know im in the south west midlands shame the people on tv cant make their mind up. in terms of totals it all depends at this moment of time its hard to predict as the front will break up,its one of those will see on the day.but think we will all see our fair share

oh without doubt it will start as rain, i would be majorly shocked if it just started snowing, just as the temps drop with the time and under heavy rain will aid rain into snow

that is ace tommy, cheers you can now see the precipitation over place names, made things so much easier :lol:

for snow i think we need the heavy precipitation which takes the temperature down further, none of this light drizzle rubbish

lets get things started, whats the weather and temps like where you are?? bishops cleeve, nr cheltenham - dry after drizzle, overcast and now 0.9oC

drizzle with a hint of whiteness, good start 1.1oC, as I finish writing this it stops

whats your cloud cover like?

im still thinking very positive in terms of when heavy rain does come, temperature will always drop, so of course it will start raining but if it's persistent and heavy enough it will turn to snow. high groud like the cotswolds malverns will do well. but not that it will matter as the thaw sets in over the next few days. the only way it will be rain is that the showers will pass over in less than a hour, which looks likely, haha.