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I think by looking at the radar it hit the centre and just to the west of Leicester! Very intense! I love this haha! Unexpected snowfall and the fact it's this heavy!

I can't believe it either! If we had that quality for over 12 hours haha! I don't think anybody would be leaving the house! 1.5cm i just measured haha! in the space of 45 minutes! hopefully light stuff for the next 1-2 hours could have a nice unexpected 3cm!

Everything covered in 15 minutes!

Absolutely chucking it down with snow!!

The band of precip' heading straight towards leicester and increasing in intensity!

GFS downgraded the warming for the weekend! dropped by 9c!

14 hours of constant snow now haha! can't believe it!

Just got heavier

Cheers!!

Any idea how much has fallen today? I'd go out but i'm to comfortable to venture out aha!

That's so odd, i'm right in the centre of leicester and theres no melt, roads are covered with probably around 2-3cm compact snow! what a difference just a few miles makes!!

Cheers!

Are we looking at any more snow after this event? or is it looking dry?

I know! Been snowing here for about 9 hours now!

I've just seen the gfs for saturday haha! I wish!

I think it's a bit too warm? are we expecting it to cool down when the heavier stuff arrives?

UK Outlook for Thursday 24 Jan 2013 to Saturday 2 Feb 2013: Many regions are likely to become dry and more settled for a time later next week. However, cloudier conditions with spells of rain, sleet and snow may develop over some western parts towards the end of next week and into the weekend. It will be cold for late January, with hard overnight frosts, widespread ice and freezing fog patches where winds fall light, these slow to clear from some areas. Some areas still cold through next weekend, but during the following week conditions will probably turn both more unsettled and less cold from the west, as Atlantic weather systems push into the UK. This change to more unsettled conditions is likely to be accompanied by spells of snow in some areas. From what I remember this is quiet different from what they were saying yesterday!

Don't know the temp' here, not settling on the roads though I assume that's down to the gritters out this morning!

copy and paste the link i don't know where the NAE is.

Just watched it! They must have heard what I said earlier haha! definitely impressed! it looks like flurries/ light snow showers about 10am ahead of the band!

Yeah I understand! I guess it's for the public though, many people I know were moaning about the forecast's because they'd watched it an said there was going to be a maximum of 5cm for leicester on friday but there was double, which was shown on the model updates but for some bizzarre reason they don't even update on the forecast! and even when 7cm have fallen they are still saying 5cm max haha. Just wish they'd do more updates when the weather is going to be as severe as this.

1mm aha just joking i'd say around 7-9cm.

It's like the Tv forecast's are 6 hours behind! so stupid, they really should be on the ball with it all!

Thankyou! and oh god! ! Anyone know around what time this is all meant to start?

Or the link??