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Yes we also have some snow here in Swindon Wilts!! Looked on the Netweather radar to see what time it came.Seems to have fallen heavily between 05.00-0600 as it tracked S&East.My daughter who was 10 a couple of days ago hasn't seen a reasonable amount of snow in our garden before Here's a couple of pics, one being my daughter Aysia and my wife.

Wet and gusty at times since just after midday.Rain hasn't stopped since, radar looks as if there is alot more to come for the S/W. :unsure:

Some very heavy rain today am, slowly clearing from the SW.Torrential for a while.

Very heavy snow shower just passed through Swindon at 09.15, almost blizzard like.Much to the amusement of my kids........unfortunately only a shower, skies are now blue.

Weather this morning in Swindon. 100% cloud. Persistant heavy rain,local weather station shows 44mm. Wind from the North (5 degrees), max gust 31mph. Pressure just starting to rise as this low slips away. Outlook, rain clearing away.

Hit Swindon at 12.58am, sat at the pc and was rocked in my chair!! The house creaked and cracked (noise not damage).Awesome.

This was some very localised snow today in a place called Greens Norton, apparently only in the village!

Interesting but does Penzance have above average summer temps..........just curious? What about Guernsey? I think the record low temp was around -2.Usually never has a frost!

Our very own local Swindon radio station is still forecasting a few CMs of snow this afternoon, looking at the Net Weather radar that's looking slim to something of a joke!! Where do they get this 'hype' from? All these reports do is get the kids excited for nothing (inc me )

Cheers Andy and Emerson, i'd love to see a radar pic also, it was an amazing pic i seem to remember.

Excellent write up Joe, great to read especially this paragraph; Jan 2004 thundersnow event also deserves a mention, black clouds descended from the North, moderate rain began and got heavier, and then all of a sudden, a massve gust of wind picked up, I remember watching the rain turn to horrizontal snow flakes in about three seconds! Visibility also went from good to virtually nothing in about 10 seconds! Wehad green lightning from that as well, very close by, the thunder sounded all odd and muffled, the snow flakes got bigger and bigger also, and the best snow came after the front, it must have snowed huge flakes for about 2 hours! I remember this well, possibly the 18th or 28th Jan?? Time around 16.00? I looked at this on the radar and there was a defined line East/West( wales out pass London) that moved directly south.Cold air mass dropping over moist air giving the most amazing weather i've ever seen.Started as light rain, then torrential rain turning to heavy snow in seconds with the most amazing purple lightning i've ever seen.We were left with a moderate covering of snow, quite an amazing day. I believe this 'line' dropped as far as the south coast? Has anyone got any links to radar that day?

Looks like York and areas around York have had alot of rain since midnight........looks miserable.

Quite alot of local flooding due to the persistant rain today, not helped i guess by the leaves in the drains.On the radar it looks as if it is clearing and should be dry tomorrow.

A couple of loud rumbles near Swindon Wilts around 14.35.

Excellent seen quite a few to the NE from my back garden!!

Ah!........thankyou very much.

Always bugged me, please put me out of my misery!

The rain band from the SW has hit the Swindon area, torrential at times with white 'echoes' elsewhere, mainly in the areas already hit hard :o

Just to add it is feeling very warm in the sunshine.

Not alot of electrical activity around atm, some beefy showers down towards the south coast. Just to add, Swindon looked like a war zone yesterday evening with cars abandoned everywhere, i could not drive more than 2 miles in any direction! Homes flooded where it has never happened before, my friend at work i've just spoke to had i meter of water in his house and lives just a mile away. I'm ok as i live on a small hill.

A good few rumbles in Swindon today.

I thought we were over the last of it as it stopped raining and brightened up a bit.It's now hammering down again.I went earlier to pick my daughter up from school, i had to walk through rivers of water up to my shin :o My wife is late home from work, an 8 minute journey has so far taken one and a half hours!! This due to roads being shut due to the flooding.Swindon town centre is in a bit of a mess!! Ironically in the school playground they have a wooden ship, it's never looked so realistic before!! :o

I'm on the southern edge of the system now so should clear soon, but there is a 'sting in the tail' it seems as it's absolutely hammering down with big gusts of wind smashing against the windows..................crazy!

Well still torrential here in Swindon 'by the sea?' A family friend in South London, Croydon area sent me these pics taken in the last couple of hours.!!! :o

Check out my location Swindon on the Net-Weather 5 min radar!!! SN3 ............awesome!