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Not being able to get Points West, Midlands Today said something along the lines of maybe snow heavy at times , but there again maybe not, for Sunday. All sounded rather uncertain R

Max temp today -3.3c Min last night -11.1C Current temp -6.6C

-7.1C Just how low is this going to go?

Churchdown, Gloucester 5 inches

5 inches of lying snow here now and temp now -4.5c

Well it happened - I really can't believe it. 5cm here in Churchdown +0.5C Spot on forcasting - well done Ian. R

Very concerned about the rising temperature -0.3C here now and rising R

I'm puzzled as to why the temp is rising. It was -4.1c and is now -2.7c yet there is no wind and no cloud? Is there a warm sector about? R

-5.1c in Churchdown

-3.7C here now - looks as if the cold weather has finally arrived here! R

I hear the term ice day banded around - I would have thought this referred to days where the temperature doesn't get above freezing, but it seems it may refer to the mean temperature being below freezing - can anyone confirm what the exact definition is, please

I don't think it is really cold enough IMBY for snow yet - all we keep getting is rain. Is there really a cold spell on ?

Quite reassuring to see there is virtually no snow cover in the south despite the impression we get ! R

Yes - but it depends where in the SW you are - virtually nothing forecast for Gloucestershire R

Try not to be down-hearted folks - unless I'm much mistaken the cold spell isn't real for anyone yet, away from Scotland or the Peak District R

off Station Road

Sounds rather spectacular - nothing like that here - too warm R

Churchdown

rain + 2.1C

Precipitation approaching Gloucester but probably will be rain as temp is +2C R

Interesting - whilst very much a weather enthusiast at the time I don't recall much that was spectacular in Jan 85 - I guess there wasn't a lot of snow around so I didn't really notice R

Leicestershire isn't the only snowless place - none down here in Gloucester either apart from a very slight dusting on a few occasions. Temperature is even +0.2C at present R

+0.2C here in Churchdown, Gloucester - what cold weather ???

Went to the forest of Dean today - good covering of what is now ice in the higher parts. Even still lying on the footways and all very treacherous. Some minor roads were completlely impassable due to ice and there are patches of ice even on A-roads where water is running off the adjoining land and washing the salt away. R

I read a lot here about 80s style winters - whereas I recall nothing exceptional about the 80s winters apart from 81/2 which in my mind was a left over from the 70s. Now to me the late 70s were something special or was that just the excitement of youth. I seem to regularly recall snow fall of 4 to 6 inches whilst I was at secondary school and I frequently recorded low temperatures (sadly my records don't exist from those days). Since then we had a big snowfall at the end of April 1981 followed by an enormous one in Jan 82 with temps of -18C. We then didn't have anything more than 2 inches right up to last February. With regards temperatures there have been quite a few cases of -9C Was there a difference between the 70s and 80s in weather patterns or is it me? R