SnowAngel

Incredible wind storm blowing hard up the Chiltern valley where I live. Some gusts quite frightening in intensity. I expect to find a trail of broken fences and fallen trees in my paddocks tomorrow. Sigh. Very mild and not raining now. Just very strong wind.

Can I point out, respectfully of course, that not all of us on this forum are weather experts. I am interested in the weather because it affects my plans for my land and livestock. I am also on of those annoying snow lovers. Does this mean that because I have no learned and scientific knowledge of the weather, I cannot take part in any weather related debates?

Been snowing heavily since 6.30pm here in the Chilterns, beginning to settle ..woo hoo. Not expecting it to last, ground too warm but great start to the winter

Whether it affects climate change or not, being less wasteful and more respectful to the enviroment cant be bad thing, but it is so hard not to be cynical when you have a government preparing to concrete over vast swathes of the already overcrowded South East including on flood plains, the Americans ignoring the rest of the world and the Chinese building coal-fired power stations belching out vast quanities of CO2 at the rate of one a week! Forgetting to recycle a tin can is going to do exactly what to the planet?

According to the forecasts on the Beeb, it is supposed to be raining but wonderfully, it has been snowing in Chesham, Bucks since `10,30 ish. At one point the biggest fat flakes I have ever seen. 1.30 and still snowing but more wet and sleety. i suspect the big bad rain will be next. Ah, well, fun while it lasted.

Ahhh...78/79....so many happy memories of that snow event, not just snow lying for a few hours but days and days..sigh... Ps - Andy from leicestershire....Are you going to see Muse in June...? I cant wait !!

B) --> QUOTE(Paul B @ 8 Feb 2007, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Overcast. Light snow, occasionally sleet, at times.Approximately 1-2cm lying, but melting. Wind: East/southeast 12MPH Temperature: 1.4C - Rising Pressure: 986mb - Steady Incidentally, 4 miles east of here there is no snow. The effect of the North Sea for you! Steady, continuous and often heavy snow since 4am, beginning to peter off now, we measured it at five and a half inches deep. My family and neighbours taken advantage of our steep fields and tobogganed all morning. Huge snowman built. Even my horses have been playing in the snow. Our first proper snow since moving to the Chilterns five years ago. Lovely!

As usual, just a pathetic light dusting here, its started about 3am last night .Most melted . One small snow shower half an hour ago. Pitiful considering I live on the top of the Chilterns.

The Daily Excess has been screaming about blizzards on the way all winter. :unsure: :lol: :lol: :lol: I know absolutely nothing about forecasting, except that to my ignorant eyes, the weather seems to operate on the chaos theory and it impossible to predict long term. I remember a winter in the mid eighties where it was so warm , I wore a t shirt and trainers on the farm right up to January, them the bitterest wind I can ever recall blasted three weeks of thick lying snow. So who really knows what will happen in a week or so?

Wow! That is one awesome image! I had a bad storm experience on Saturday. It was afternoon, raining lightly and I was down in our barn getting the horses stables ready for the night, as we were expecting that big storm. Suddenly, there was a cloud burst so intense , it created a flash flood down our fields, like a raging river. Something that has never happened before, even in heavy rain. I hurridly caught my mares and foals in and began to desperately dig a trench to stop our barn and workshop being flooded. Then there was the most terrifyingly bright flash of lightning and deafening clap of thunder. I dropped my metal shovel and bolted into the barn to calm my very frightened girls. It was the only flash of lightning but the flash flood got worse . Luckily my husband and some wonderful neighbours rushed down and diverted the river. I had a snow hurricane last year, that was exciting too!

I am puzzled by the whole forecast thing...I read many times in recent weeks that the run up to Christmas would be definetly mild and wet but I am looking out at the most beautiful frosted landscape, a Christmas card come to life! Its a beautiful sight and welcome respite from the wet and mud that makes my life on a small farm so tough. My Yahoo weather insists my area will have snow showers today! No other forecast mentions this..do they know something the rest of the world doesnt?

I was worried about those ponies :blink: But paper said they were ok... Daily Express had usual hysterical headlines about risk of killer tornadoes sweeping Britain today...are there any?

Really quiet here, quiet, dry and mild. Went to a lot of trouble and not a little danger hobbling with a badly bruised and wrenched leg to bring all my mares and foals into shelter cos of this big bad storm coming...and where is it?

Very cold, -3 at 8.30 am. Trying feebley to snow, eeny-weenie grains of something falling most of the morning, snizzle? To tiny to settle. The Beeb forecasters said Feb would be mostly dry. Ah well. dreams of waking to a white world fading again. There's always next year. Sigh

Snowing started 12.30 am in the Chilterns, proper stuff at the moment onto frozen ground. Forecast looks bad for settling and lasting til morning but great to see first stuff of the year- apart from the brief accumulation during snow hurricane on Thursday afternoon

Just had what I can only describe as a snow hurricane-about threeish. I live in the Chilterns,in Bucks. I saw the blackest cloud I've ever seen approach with great speed. Then came an intense, very high speed wind, with a strange howling noise - almost like a tornado sound. There was wet snow in this wind, enough to give the grass in my paddocks a white covering. I had to leave my mares and foals out to endure the wind and snow because it was too fierce to walk out into. They had snow on their backs too. All in safe and cosy now! Snowangel

Started snowing heavily here from 7am, big thick flakes and settling straight away on hard frozen ground,media forecasts for rest of the day all contradicting themselves- teletext eg says rain all day from am! Fingers crossed no rain!

Hi, its been snowing since fourish here in Chesham. lots of big fat fluffy flakes and it began settling from the off as the ground had not thawed despite lots pf sun earlier. Dreading it turning to rain as forecast,not sure whats worse, no snow arriving or best snow of the winter turning to wretched rain!

Nice dusting around 11pm last night, all gone by morning-we are getting used to being pleased with less- thick lying snow a distant childhood memory from now on , sadly Cloud seems to be thickening up but not optomistic.

Didnt see the snow falling, but from nothing about nineish to a decent covering now. It must have snowed quite hard. Hope plenty more overnight, might get a toboggan session after all it's been pitiful so far this year, despite all the hype.

Nice surprise here too! It started snowing just after 9pm , began to settle straight away after snowing all day and melting on impact. The moon keeps popping out through the clouds and the fields look beautiful. Big Thanks to Mr Prudence, he said to have patience earlier and he was right. What a weather star! To be honest, I dont care how long it lasts, I just love the unpredicatabilty of the weather. No....Thats a lie, I would love it to be three foot deep tomorrow morning . But as the great comic Bill Bailey said, British character is created by living constantly with disappointment.

Snowing all day here-nothing will settle- grrrrrrrrrgh! February isnt late for settled snow, I remember longish periods of snow as late as April. Is it global warming or just bad luck this year? Its really pepping up here now but no sign of settling, so dissapointing, worse overhyped let down I can remember. Still, plenty of time left. Early Spring can spring surprises!

It has snowed/ sleeted nonstop since about 4am here in Chesham Bucks, nothing left of pitiful covering this morning. A total wash out ! Depressed beyond words.. why does the media have to hype this so called big event so much? make them go to Canada or Siberia, I say, experience real weather !