Matt Jones

Some deep cold from the north and east would do the trick, just so rare though.

Some marvellous pictures this morning, was a marginal event but on the southern and western edge of the front where the coldest air remained and with elevation it produced the goods. Nothing like 2010 event which was more widespread without the marginality. Still the wrong side of it at sea level near the east coast just sleet/wet snow at best and thoroughly wet on the ground.

Snowing here now after a wet night, as expected I suppose a little on the back edge, will clear away smartly. Great night for guys in the west of region with elevation.

2.7c here dew point 0.8c, windy now more than anything.

Yes the 2018 BFTE was a massive disappointment here, I expected more from that. I didn't expect anything from this though as it seemed pale in comparison. What ever happened to northerlies that lasted and brought troughs to increase shower activity from the north down the east coast, I lived in Essex between 1979-2004 and remember those troughs even making it down there in a straight northerly in the past, but now seem extinct. I really don't think we will get much in the way of snow in the next 12-18hrs, the precipitation will die out as the cold uppers come back in.

Agree they would be, I just find the warnings generally are backside covering though and often things don't turn out that way, bit like the warning covering down to the Humber for Tuesday on a bone dry day.

Every event is different in reality these synoptics were just not good enough for a lower ground event, the air in place not really that cold, a snow level has to fall somewhere and it seems most were the wrong side of it.

No I wish good luck to you guys out west on a hill. I knew it was game over for my location when it became a battleground situation about a week ago.

Or just realistic, hate that fun at parties saying.

Had the same here, it's marginal so we'll get the odd flake mixed in, unfortunately we will probably remain the wrong side of marginal until the precipitation clears, maybe a bit of wet snow on the back edge.

I think the big issue for eastern areas will be how much precipitation will be left by the the time the wind swings round, often by the time it's become cold enough for snow it's dried up.

If it's cold enough it's never too wet to settle.

As Corbett used to say, just plain ole rain.

3.2C here DP 0.9 just across the water very light sleet at best.

Ended up very marginal, the trending south of this system stopped a day ago, seems like it’s final position was slightly further north, would have rather it zipped through slightly further south, totally killed this off east of the A1 it seems.

2.9c here and light rain.

I think the issue here even tomorrow morning is it will have cleared away before it turns cold enough for snow again. One heavy shower yesterday evening produced a sugar coating here, that’s me lot I think.

Paul Hudson would probably have had an input in this, BBC national had a terrible graphic a few days ago showing snow Armageddon everywhere, which it certainly is not.

Let's be honest it's poor but it's made a better job than most of the winter, we are just entering the 2nd quarter of March it is perfectly capable of delivering the goods given decent synoptics. Probably had my 2nd deepest snowfall since moving to my location in 2004 at Easter only beaten by December 2010.

As many of us said though this would end up being rain/sleet at low levels, only a few days ago the forecasters were saying even to low levels, so often gets downgraded.

Always likely wasn't it, they don't seem to get that it rarely snows on the east coast from a battleground situation where the uppers become marginal and predominately the wind blows off the sea. Just looked at the uppers for tomorrow on the GFS and they go positive sure they were -5 or so yesterday.

Yeah an easterly wind will be the killer here near the coast with uppers becoming marginal, always an issue in this location need -10 uppers really to compensate.

Yep it's been the same here in Immingham, proper northerlies just don't seem to exist anymore, light and variable wind and 7C this afternoon. Probably just sleet before rain on Thursday.

A decent straight northerly can deliver a little snow here, I think the problem is they often look like a strong northerly 5-7 days out and get watered down to a weaker NW wind or as today has ended up an extremely poor almost light and variable wind, got up to 7C here today and doesn't really feel that cold. I expect Thursday will be a disappointment in most of Lincs and the Humber area, battleground events just don't deliver here.

I see the mouth of doom is evident for the Humber again, one thing they probably have got spot on.