Nick L

15c doesn't cause major disruption even though it is very unusual, 15 inches+ of snow is both unusual and highly disrupted down south. That's why it wasn't mentioned. It seems that certain people are completely ignorant to the FACT that Okehampton in DEVON got 55cm - that's nearly 2 feet - of snow on Friday morning. If that isn't worth a mention on the news then I don't know what is.

Here are a few pics of where I was staying in Somerset yesterday morning:

On a knife edge doesn't do it justice! Just a few miles could be the difference between a pasting, a drenching or nothing at all. The updated Met Office warnings are very promising though.

Glad you are being a bit more positive! Travelling up the M5 yesterday gave me a good idea of the snowcover across the country, everywhere was pasted and as we got through the Worcestershire area there seemed very little, is this the case where you are?

Unfortunately the cloud cover predicted by the BBC forecasts this morning doesn't seem to have materialised so far, expecting a substantial thaw today.

Got a sugar dusting last night, but after getting the best part of a foot in Somerset I will not be disappointed if I get no further snow...but I certainly won't be complaining if I get more! Looking very promising for the coming week. Sunday could bring a bit more snow, and Monday night has the potential to give a dumping, but is on a knife edge at this stage. Beyond that? Who knows...

This is definitely my best ever winter, but that is because I am only 16! I will certainly have a story to tell after my experience in Somerset yesterday <_<

To be honest I don't really see the fuss about the southern bias. When the vast majority of the population lives down south and they receive a very rare, very heavy snowfall then it is going to hit the news. Scotland gets heavy snowfall every winter, when it happens it isn't really news. When London gets exceptionally heavy snow, then of course it is going to be big news. And as for the comments of "a bit of snow", for those up north then yes maybe it is nothing, but shock horror, us down south aren't used to it and it is a lot to us. But I do agree that the grit shortage is a disgrace. What has happened to the stockpiles of unused grit for the past decade of mild winters?! If this cold spell continues for the rest of February (which the Met Office seem to be thinking) then we are facing what could be a major problem.

Here are a handful of the pics I took in Nettlecombe, North Somerset.

If you haven't read my post in the main cold thread then it wasn't all fun and games! We had no power, no heating, no hot water and the roads were blocked by fallen trees - which had felled due to the sheer weight of the snow that fell. This has to be the best cold spell in my lifetime (not hard really), and if this is a modern winter then more modern winters please!

Back to being a Midlander, and I got more snow than you Hoping for more snow on Sunday.

Well folks, I have returned to Cannock, and what a tale I have to tell you! Last night it started snowing heavily, but we thought nothing of it. The next morning we had 8-10 inches of snow, the sheer weight of it had brought trees down and we had no power! We were stuck there until early afternoon until we could finally leave. Was the most snow I have ever seen on low ground.

Got a couple of cm overnight, my school has shut for the 3rd day this week and I'm not even there! Getting home should be fun tomorrow.

Yeah, just looked at the radar - a dumping on the way!

Hi folks, finally managed to get online. Got a covering of snow here - about an inch. Looks like another dumping on the way!

Run the Met Office radar. It is showing those showers gathering intensity and getting further inland south of Birmingham, most of you will get snow before the day is out. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

Mine is closed That's not good because I am now off to Somerset, see you snow starved folk later!...If the trip is still on...

Got around an inch of snow after last night

Before I go, I shall leave you with this from the 18z: http://212.100.247.145/gfsimages/gfs.20090...uksnowdepth.png

Potentially a lot of snow on Tuesday morning, making my trip to Minehead a bit more fun! http://212.100.247.145/gfsimages/gfs.20090...8/39/ukprec.png Anyway I am off now, tomorrow I shall become a temporary south westerner or whatever you snow starved lot call yourselves ...I hope I have bloody internet access... Cheerio!

Latest forecast with Peter Gibbs looked quite good. Showed the band of snow edging west and then pivoting over North Devon and Somerset

A fresh batch of heavy showers coming in around the Wash, I shall be looking at these with interest!

I would be astonished if the Midlands got 20cm to be honest.

I shall be getting into the south west by 1pm tomorrow, by then the showers should hopefully be really getting going!

I can't see the Midlands getting more than an inch or 2 in most places. The whole thing has been shifted a long way east in the past few days - that's why so many easterners are delighted.