jethro

Oooo, yes please. Longing for spring here.

Mike Lockwood's theory that a quiet Sun promotes northern blocking and a southerly tracking jet stream doesn't seem to be stacking up this winter. Disappointed and tired of working in the rain.

Turned into a lovely day here again, bone dry after the snow finished this morning - quickly melted. So was that winter's last hurrah? I'll be glad to see the back of it and head into spring now (yes I know I'll get giddy if it snows) but let's face it, probably more chance of winning the lottery than being plunged into the freezer this winter. A whole season without a crunchy walk in a white landscape, no mesmerising flakes to watch falling and making a thick carpet, no snowball fights, no sledging and the only snowman to be seen is a needle felted one I made. Hurrumph sums up my verdict on this winter. What I imagine polar bears would do if they had carrots and coal.....

Not enough to make a snowman but I reckon if I scooped up every flake off the lawn I might get enough for a snowball.

Morning all, woke up to snow falling and it's still snowing and beginning to settle. There's a definite white tinge to everything here

It's been a glorious day here, biting wind and chilly but DRY and sunny. Many more of the same please.

Quite a lot of showers here, all falling as snow. Unless there's a warm sector, pretty sure anything that comes here overnight will be white, not wet. Bloody typical, snowing now my head"s in spring mode. Sick of winter, it's barely stopped raining since September.

And it's stopped. Was quite spectacular for about 15 mins, very heavy, couldn't see down the garden kind of intensity.

It's snowing here, coming down thick and fast. It's the kind of snow where if it keeps up like this, it will settle, despite the wet ground.

Lol. I do check in to see what's going on but not having a weather station, or any kind of measuring equipment, the best I can ever add is a visual check of what's going on here. This winter I think that would have amounted to a daily 'bloody raining again!' Home from work near Bristol where we had a couple of heavy sleet/snow showers, I've found snow still on the ground at home, only in the shade but still surprised it's here.

Morning all, woken to a dusting of snow here on the mendips.

Morning all, it's rather breezy here on the mendips but as yet, not very wet. Highest gust so far has been 58mph, recorded at Downside School just across the fields from me. They've got a beautiful avenue of very old beech trees, one came down in a storm before Christmas, if the winds get as high as some forecast for later today, I fear they may lose more.

Not liking the sound of that. I'm a gardener with responsibility for a listed parkland that once belonged to Henry VIII, situated not far inland from the Severn Estuary. The estuary works like a funnel at the best of times, the parkland has lots of scheduled veteran and ancient trees, lost one in a storm last year that wasn't anywhere near as bad as what is forecast tomorrow. I fear for my babies.

Thanks. Intended trip to the in-laws in Poole cancelled.

Thank you. Clearly more coffee needed! I'm working needle felting at the mo, think my brain's as fluffy as the wool

No, online warning. The chart you posted above suggests 65-68mph, METO 50-55mph. I know that's not a lot of difference but it's left me wondering.

I'm confused....just looked at new amber warning, METO say max gusts 50-55mph here in Somerset on top of the mendip hills. But the latest chart above suggests much higher. Anyone have any idea which is the most likely?

Morning all, it's a beautiful bright frosty morning here. 11 years ago today we woke up to over a foot of snow and the closest thing to a blizzard that I've seen around here. It's a long way from that utopia this winter

Thanks folks.

All you learned folk who have been keeping up with this, plus any scientists around who understand all this, I have a question..... I'm aware that a German study concluded this virus could be asymptomatic, I'm also aware the Chinese have poo pooed that, so what's your verdict? Asking because my bosses son came home from Shanghai today (via Bali), he's symptom-less. However, even though I'm not given to being a drama queen, nor a hypochondriac, this does worry me somewhat. I'm usually hale and hearty but I do have elderly in-laws (one of whom has just recovered from a 2nd bout of pneumonia) and infant grand children just a few months old. No quarantine was required for him, should I avoid him, literally like the plague? What about the rest of the family who have been in contact with him, do they pose a risk too?

Very lucky indeed. February is usually the best month for a chance of snow around here, Feb 6th 2009, the snow was even deeper. Being on the Mendips helps too.

A year ago today this started falling, snowed for over 24 hours. Oh god it was heavenly. Currently still waiting for autumn to end this year... Statistically, February is the month when it's most likely to snow here, as it's a leap year that's a whole 29 days of hope and wishful thinking

A year ago today it started snowing here, it snowed relentlessly for over 24 hours leading to this. 12 months on and we're still waiting for autumn to end and winter to begin. Oh how I wish I had a time machine.

Woke up to a covering of snow, rain, sleet, snow and graupel showers all morning at work (near Bristol). Just had biblical hail, thunder and lightening. Feel like I'm in a meteorological demonstration lesson!