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Good luck today Tom

I don’t know what that “sun” word you mention is...feels like forever since we’ve had anything resembling warm and sunny!

Interesting article by Bill Giles unhappy with what the BBC have done to their forecasts: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/20/bbc-weather-severe-disappointment-sacrifices-uk-europe-veteran/

Morning As the sun didn’t come out yesterday we kept the snow from Saturday and Sunday (all 5cm of it) but sleet here already making light work of what was left on grass and sheds etc. Some impressive icicles from this which is something I haven’t seen for a few years! Also, I should say we also didn’t benefit greatly from good snow cover with either event. An inch or so at most from the first beast and two inches (on non concrete surfaces) from this one. Heavy snow was always a few miles to every direction but here! Encouraging signs of winters cooling again though as per 2009/2010 etc? We will see...

Snowed from lunchtime until about 4:30 and just noticed a short while ago it was snowing again. Know we won’t get a snow day out of it tomorrow but still happy with what we’ve had. Measured earlier and we had 5cm yesterday and close to another cm on top of that this afternoon. Had it not been so windy probably would’ve been higher. Hawkinge (SE Kent)

It’s still coming down here, a couple of hours worth so far. Not laying apart from in snow already there and the car from the looks of it. Tiny flakes now but fairly persistent. Unexpected but lovely to see! Currently just under freezing with a DP of -5c

Snowing here now in Hawkinge, reasonable sized flakes but so windy they’re not settling. Mall inall had about 5cm on the grass here yesterday so not bad!

I think so. It’s the blob below I’m watching..

This seems like a decent radar too: https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/radar?LANG=en&STRUCTUR=_&CREG=frfr&CONT=frfr&BIG=0&LOOP=1&LTYP=std&ROAD=0&CITY=&L=0&SLP=0&W=0&LF=0&SUM=0

Send it this way (Hawkinge) once you're done with it please

Interesting...

My understanding is that a wave front is going to move up/across the south this evening and tonight and showers to the north of that. Had around 5 hours of persistent light snow so far, laid on everything but concrete so far and still going. Hoping for more later. Currently light snow, very blowy and -1c with a -3c dew point. About 2cm though hard to tell due to the wind.

Is it the long wiggly line of fronts extending east that is expected to bring this afternoon and evening's snow over the south?

Which direction are we looking to for this afternoon and evenings snow? Will it be a Euro radar watch?

Snow currently 1.5/10 on Murr scale. A few flakes on the shed roof and on the car. The band seems to stop just as it gets to us here

Met Office updated forecast for the nearly same ASL location as me just three miles away, shows continuous heavy snow from 10am until midnight. I’ll believe it when I see it

Morning from Hawkinge! A look out the window shows overcast skies. Currently 1.4c with a DP of -1c. Very windy now too. Looking on net weather radar, looking like snow here and there across the region with some heavier blobs over Suffolk and heading towards north Kent coast. Have fun everyone and stay safe.

No but I will do! Down to 6c here now.

G&T is my favourite but my gin is gone so it’ll be amaretto and coke instead this time. Reminds me of Christmas, which might be appropriate if it’s snowing...

We went to look there as my daughter was interested. It was lovely and really hoped she’d choose it as it’s only a 3 hour drive from here opposed to Bangor which is closer to 6 where she eventually chose! She’s back next Friday and can’t wait for her train to get in!

Looking like the same areas as last time will do best, north and west Kent and down into Sussex? Still, whoever gets snow this weekend, certainly a memorable month!

Hi, I find if I edit each one I want to post by just taking a teeny bit off them and then post that version it works ok. Weird but seems to work!

Morning - temp currently 0.6c, DP 0c and misty. Well yesterday was certainly one to remember! Woke to light freezing rain which coated our bit of snow in ice. Defrosted the car before work/school run and set off but had to pull over 2 minutes into the journey to de-ice again as what was falling was coating the windscreen again. The drive down was a bit slippery but everyone was being sensible and so no issues really. Dropped my son off and got to work safely! About lunchtime it started snowing lightly and quickly ramped up to give a light covering. Because Folkestone is a town you can’t leave without getting up a hill we always have to consider if those living outside town need to go when snow sets in (one year the company refused to let people leave and they had 6–8 hour journeys!). So gradually lost people as it got thicker and by 2:30 felt I needed to get my son and go too as my journey, albeit only 3 miles, is all uphill. Roads were snow covered but not terrible, and although there were a few wheel spin moments and then someone lost their nerve on one of the steeper hills it was ok. That part of the journey then involved going up the steepest hill in first gear! Once home we had a lovely walk (pics to follow). So although we missed out on the best of the snow earlier in the week, had snow falling every day from Monday and an ice day Monday to Friday! With a real “ice day” thanks to the freezing rain yesterday.

Lethal outside. Pavements slippery, roads slippery! Had to pull over and defrost again 2 minutes into journey as car wasn’t warm enough to stop what was hitting car from freezing again!

Just been out to the car and it’s frozen solid with ice all over it!