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13 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

Damn! I think South Glos 'street lamp timer' turn street lights off in a mo

Yep. 1a.m. I think. It's a winter wonderland out there.......everything is PLASTERED! It' so exciting!

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I hope the council will start gritting! Ridiculously heavy now.

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Almost a blizzard now, settling on pavement and roofs! Wasn't expecting this!

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Snowing quite heavily and starting to settle! What a nice surprise!

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I have an ice volcano in my birdbath. I assume that it's due to the water freezing at the edge first and so the only place for the rest of the water to go is inwards and upwards where it has frozen and exploded! Well I know what I mean and if it was at all possible for this techno-twit to post a picture........I would! ?

Beautiful morning, though. ?

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Looking out the window, you wouldn't even know that it was snowing for hours yesterday!  BUT we had a good 5/6 hours of falling snow AND it was in broad daylight, so I'm taking that as quite good, compared to the last few Winters. ?

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6 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Ooohhh who was saying this. I can see the heavier stuff in the channel but it looks like it's ever so slightly slipping South wards.

 

BBC forecast on TV at 1.15.

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I haven't any idea what may cause it......I was so shocked when I saw it!

PS In case kumquat is reading this..........I don't seem to be able to do replies without my previous quoting of one of your posts coming up.....sorry! ??

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1 hour ago, kumquat said:

3 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

Which areas were affected? Just looking at the radar and seems to be peppin up in the Bristol channel.

Quite a large area, with Bristol right in the middle. Certainly South Glos was buried under it......so a radius of that size around Bristol. The words Bristol Channel streamer have been mentioned in some quarters! ??

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Gritter has just gone past my window. Good, because I am quite anxious about having to drive later on, after seeing the blizzard forecast for 5o'clock. ??

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Just light sleety stuff here now.

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I have just seen the forecast on TV for later on. All around the wider Bristol area is going to be buried come 5o'clock and I have to drive my daughter to her works Christmas do in Filton. ????

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Coming down nice and steady now and settling more. ?

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9 minutes ago, kumquat said:

Surely you are getting decent snow now noggin? Just down the road from here.

Meant to quote your post, kumquat. Yes, it is definitely improving! ?

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4 minutes ago, kumquat said:

Surely you are getting decent snow now noggin? Just down the road from here.

Yep, coming down much better now and starting to settle. A bit! ? Long may it continue. I am going into the back garden now so that I can really feel it!?

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Coming down a bit heavier now and starting to settle a bit on grass, car and shed/garage roof. Lots more, please! ?

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9 minutes ago, Feeling the Blues said:

 

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3 minutes ago, Feeling the Blues said:

Meanwhile just the other side of Yate in Old Sodbury we have  a white out. I have tried to post a photo but it exceeded max file size.

I can only hope it's heading this way. It's not much more than a few soggy flakes blowing about in the wind here! But you do have elevation in your favour.....I suppose that's got something to do with it. ? Enjoy it though! ☺

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A light, wet snow shower here. Not settling due to 6 inches of standing water from earlier torrential and prolonged rain. A slight exaggeration, but there is an awful lot of surface water lying around. Never mind, hope springs eternal and all that.

Hope everyone with decent snow is having a wonderful time! ☺

 

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3 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Wow this picture is amazing! You can really tell how the wind changes.So once that goes through you should see the temp drop.

 

Does that mean we might actually see some snow then? ??

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4 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

Right in the eye.

Doesn't that image just about sum it up. ?

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22 minutes ago, tomjwlx said:

I hope this metoffice forecast is right showing snow in a hour and then snow on and off for the rest of the day but i'm not confident on that!

And look at the temperature contrast!

 

I'm beginning to lose hope too. We were forecast sleet between 9am and 10am but it's just been rain. So frustrating when the snow is so CLOSE!

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I am looking forward to 10o'clock as that is when the heavy snow hits here, according to the MetO forecast. At least it has stopped raining!

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The rain is hitting the front/East of the house instead of the usual back/West, so at least there is a small amount of novelty there!

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Rain hammering on the windows here.