Nick L

I am starting to get a bit sick and tired of the snow now. When you first get it it's great. It's nice and powdery, I get a snow day or two, but after a few days it gets boring if it isn't topped up properly. It goes wet, slushy and the paths are cleared at school... Let's have one last dumping before we watch it all melt away though!

We will likely be on the very edge of the band, so we may get some brief heavy stuff before it moves away and/or dies out. I think an inch or two is the most likely at this stage

Light snow of the tiny flake variety here, getting slightly heavier, but is more of a nuisance than anything.

It is an extremely fine line between getting naff all and a right dumping. We could get a lot of snow, but I haven't been impressed by the GFS PPN predictions lately I have to say. Will keep an eye on the NMM.

Many schools have opened only to exam students. As all they have to is come in, sit an exam and go home again. Very little chance of an accident.

It will probably take them until July to confirm the figure, by which time the winter would have been long, lost and forgotten...

That hits the nail on the head. I get sick of the mentality of "well back in the 60s we only had the day off school if we had 14 feet of snow and lost a leg to frostbite" etc. It is 2010, we are in a health and safety culture whether we like it or not, we shouldn't look to 50 years ago to see how we should cope - things have changed massively since then. Most roads were completely gridlocked this morning, that wouldn't have happened in the 60s - why? We have more cars now! All the teachers make an effort to get in, unfortunately due to the road coniditions they (and us) cannot get in on occasion.

That was Saturday, when the snow was dry and the roads were gritted and clear. This morning is a completely different story. My road is on a hill, and only 4x4s have been able to get up. The partially melted snow has frozen overnight on many major roads as there is very limited gritting. It was absolute chaos this morning. And I don't actually live in Cannock itself, I live in a village 4 miles away.

Yup, agreed. I am not walking 4 miles just for bloody school anyway.

Times have changed. People rely on the car - that won't change. I am sure they coped fine with a horse-drawn cart in the 19th century as well...

I can't believe school is open this morning. Went in to collect my mark for registration (don't have any morning lessons on a Monday), and the roads are absolutely atrocious. Sheet ice on many main roads - and we have actually had another inch of snow. It is dreadful out there.

Had a bit of snow last night, patched up some of the gaps but nothing more than that. All it does now is ensure my driving test tomorrow is certainly cancelled!

It's a fine line between nothing, loads of snow and loads of rain! Very risky scenario, but if the risk pays off it will pay off big time.

I bloody hope it's not moving east

What a ridiculous comment...how can you call it an event?

That is a legendary quote!

I do know what you mean. I wouldn't mind a high pressure dominated spell, where we get sunny days and frosty nights. But I am sorry about the following chart...

Sorry about this AJ, but the cold is back http://www.meteociel...M1-192.GIF?10-0 I don't think there is any sign that we will get to average, let alone above.

If you are a cold lover, whatever you do, DO NOT look at the ECM 12z, it is truly horrific.

I think as far as snow is concerned, for the most part this cold spell is now over. I am impressed with the temperatures and the quality of snow (perhaps not so impressed with the depth of it though) achieved these past 2 weeks. So far this month my average temperature is -2.9c - that just illustrates how cold it has been. Even though today has seen a thaw, I haven't actually hit 1c, and I don't think 3c will be breached throughout this week.

The radar has been all over the place for the entire cold spell. Very strange.

It really is an excellent tool. For £3.49 per month it's a steal! A million miles better than the Met Office free one. It is also very useful for summer storms.

As I have said many times today, it is not the precipitation that is the primary concern, it is the temperatures and dew points, which are fine for falling snowfall, but for settling snow it is ultra-marginal, with only high ground getting it.

Eh?

Here I am moaning about the heat, when I am going to Florida in July :lol: At least they have air conditioning I guess, and whopping storms! Back to the Midlands cold spell discussion...still snowing on and off here and still nothing settling, this has to be the most snow I have ever seen fall without ANY settling. Golfstar71 - 0.3c and -0.8c respectively.