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A few showers overnight, and another putting a few flakes down now, but still only a very thin covering. IMG_1234.MOV

A couple of moderate showers in last few hours, so now have a covering (that’s a step up from a dusting )!! Showers currently over land are losing intensity, but those off the coast seem to be a heavier. Maybe these will maintain intensity by the time they arrive here! Specifically looking at the area circled!

Just had a shower, and given a dusting. Does this count as a drift? Asking for a friend!

Definitely! First image 15.00, second image 16..45. Also, note the adjustment south of the streamer out Norway and the greater energy in the Baltic streamer.

Fairly sure the 2 streams are coming together further east of the radar, but it can be seen on the satellite. Those of us in the South Yorkshire/Barnsley gap may benefit from this later, assuming it maintains once it get anywhere near us!

2 streams of showers evident on radar and satellite. Maybe a closing of the gap on the satellite on the eastern extent of those streams. Maybe some crumbs for those of us in the gap for later?

Just south of me again, so reckon north Sheffield this time.

Satellite screen grab for 14.45 confirms individual bands building

Just thinking the same! Was hoping Barnsley, but maybe edging just a bit too far south by the time they reach South Yorkshire, so more likely north Sheffield, possibly Rotherham...

A couple of areas to look at on the satellite. Here are screen grabs from 12.00 in 15 minute intervals until 13.45. Areas of note: 1. Circled red is our Baltic streamer which seem much delayed and making very slow progress across the North Sea. This looks to be merging with the snow circled blue, which is moving slowly SW. This snow once converged could make landfall somewhere North Yorks/North East and enhance shower snowfall tonight. 2. Area circled yellow is moving west and seems to be feeding the snow around The Wash/Norfolk/Lincolnshire and could enhance shower activity across Norfolk, Lincolnshire through this afternoon/evening.

Moderate shower here but only really settling on cars and grass, not on paths or roads.

After strong wind overnight, we’ve had a very calm period for several hours, but now wind is gusting strongly again. Now got moderate snow and another dusting, replacing the one from earlier which evaporated! I might be wrong but looking at Radar, showers appear to be heading more ENE-WSW rather than the NE-SW direction of earlier. Could this aid intensity maintaining as they travel west?

Appreciate what others are saying re this still being early days, but here is the Euro4 snow accumulation chart for 10am, ie right now. Now, I might be wrong but so far I haven’t seen anyone report anything like these depths anywhere in our region. Shower intensity does seem to be increasing so it may be slightly delayed but until some of those bigger showers start making it further inland and maintaining the intensity right across to the west, I think we may need to adjust our expectations down a bit....

Is that all today? I’m literally 3 miles from you and we have nothing!

Saw something similar in the snow we had in Jan. 5-series on a slight incline back wheels spinning in about an inch of snow. I went past him in the middle of the road in about 4 inch of snow and I’m sure I could hear my AWD XC60 laugh as we passed!

Meto might need to extend the Amber warning area north by about 10-20 miles. I’d say heading to Barnsley!

Slightly frustrating morning of Radar watching, see the snow showers piling in from the North East only for them to slip South of my location or completely evaporate about 5 miles away only to reinvigorate to the WSW when it’s passed through! Even the skies don’t exactly look full of Eastern promise! So still just a dusting here with the Barnsley snow shield apparently in full operation!

Think we are about 4 or 5 miles outside, so as Meto been so accurate with their warnings this year, we may still get in on the heavier stuff.

I suppose the other aspect to consider for those of us further west, is if the showers are less intense do they stand less chance of getting right across from east to west. The higher intensity showers are diminished by the time they reach here, so will the lighter more widespread showers actually make it here. Those further east wouldn’t suffer this so much but would see longer periods of light snow rather than short duration heavy snow.

I’ve noticed this as well. My logic would be.... Heavier more dispersed showers tend to be more hit and miss for an individual location but more impactful where they hit. Lower intensity more widespread showers gives more locations snow at anyone time and therefore less hit and miss so potentially more accumulation overall. Might be flawed logic, but that would be my take.

Tracking the showers progress on the Radar, and for my location in Barnsley, anything coming off the sea and hitting land just south of Flamborough Head seems to be on target for me currently. I’d suggest anyone south of me, look south of Flamborough or if you are north look north of Flamborough. I’d expect this to change today as the wind veers.

Nothing overnight, but now snowing in Barnsley! It was a relatively brief shower but settled immediately and we now have a dusting which is blowing about in the strong wind. I can drifting becoming an issue where falls are significant. As Scott has said above, the Euro4 is a huge upgrade right across the region in terms of settled snow. This is upto 7am Wednesday.

Wider like GEM but Radar bit more NE-SW rather than GEM which is more ENE-WSW, although not that much different!

Latest GFS Ens Mean now keeps us at or below zero for 10 days. That is a significant extension of the cold from only a few days ago. And really just for fun, the GEM goes bonkers with laying snow out to day 10!

It does look that way. If it turns out as per the fax a lot of Yorks could end up in a bit of dry zone compared to further south!