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On the radar in Ireland, the front has progressed steadily northwards to the border. If you draw a convex line along this front across Wales / England, you get a good idea where the northern extent will be. By my reckoning, Chester / Stoke / Leicester is the limit. Anywhere south and you should have snow.
Later tonight / tomorrow, places north of Leicester should catch the snow showers feeding-in off the North Sea.
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Driving out from Shrewsbury into the hills, you hit snow at 700 feet with slushy roads, wet white at 820 feet, freezing level on Stiperstones at 450 metres.
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Snow since 9.30am. Started dry now wet, roads wet, fields white. Very thin cover. Nothing to get exited about!
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Happy to report heavy snowfall and thick white all surfaces. About an inch and a welcome surprise.
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We have small flakes blowing in the wind, slowly getting bigger.
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Top of Shard buried.
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Car driving to Manchester today from damp Shropshire. Do I pack my shovel, whistle, thermals, whiskey, snow socks, torch, tent. Is the snow deep. Will I arrive?
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For you chaps up north, snowing moderately in Stiperstones, slight cover on ground. Very wet and windy. Saturday was best for snow with up to 2 inches of wet up top. Down low it was only a trace of snow on the ground. The snow we had in December was lovely dry powder but fell on wet ground. January snow so far is really pants - wet on wet transient. We need a week of hard frosts, solid ground and then a breakdown of blizzard proportions - this is not dissimilar to what Scotland has at this present time.
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Heavy wet snow, white wonderland again in less than 15 minutes. Large snow flakes quickly soaked-up wet surfaces!
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Stiperstones above Shrewsbury - one inch, a winter wonderland!
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The met office advance warning system is faulty. The weather teams today have square heads and blind faith.
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Stiperstones village - 30 minutes of moderate wet snow falling, varying temperature 1.6C current from 0.9C.
The overnight dusting on old snow thawed. Further sugar coated with light graupel at 9.00am.
All a load of rubbish really. The met office are totally inept - ensure warnings cover a big area and everthing is forgiven. I don't think so!
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Wet moderate blowing snow falling in Stiperstones. We had a good dusting on top of the old snow at 4.00pm. Temperature was 0.6C. It rose to 1.6C and has fallen back in the last half hour to 1.4C.
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Forecasts last week showing the path of the oscillating jet stream moving across the Atlantic are now paying dividends with colder air digging further south bringing us some wintriness to lower levels in the run up to Christmas. With the cool down in Eastern Europe and the continued dissipation of depressions hitting Scandinavia, the forecast pressure rise over Europe is going to be interesting!
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Stiperstones has snow - very wet slushy mush very slippy underfoot!
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The met office are once again taking the biscuit and drinking it, issuing the rather late nowcast warning for snow north of this region at 21.16hrs.
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Just knocked a good 3-4 inches of the white stuff off all my bamboo. Still snowing lightly.
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Bun size snowflakes, all white outside, temperature 1.4c, snow level at 4.00pm was 325 metres, looking good for next couple of hours.
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Well heres hoping for that 10cm in east Cheshire, travelling up tomorrow morning to Bollington for Mother's Day.
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I have to hold my hands up, if i was in a better financial position, that would be the last thing i would worry about and would be more concerned about snow, the thing is that i have looked on the internet and there does not seem to be a definative answer about how long you can be off for without your food going bad, some say that the freezer can be off for more than 12 hours and still be ok - providing you dont open the door, i have put my thermometer in the fridge part so at least i can record the maximum temperature and make a decision, as for not being able to get on Netweather, that would not bother me as i would go pub and get loads of pictures and upload them afterwards!
Can i suggest you transfer the contents of your freezer outside in the sub-zero temperatures and return the stash once power is re-connected. Of course, you can also cook all the contents and eat the lot!
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Just watched the BBC local weather and it was showing snow for the Birmingham area from mid-morning.
(though she was sure it wouldnt settle at low ground anyway).
What are your thoughts .
Typical I may have to travel to Bham lunchtime
I know it may not settle , but I get very anxious just driving in it.mr benn....dont be anxious, just get a grip and give your car the autosock treatment. I drive happily in my bmw knowing that if the snow sticks, on go my autosocks and the car is transformed into a 4-wheel drive snow mobile. Works everytime and totally amazes all other car drivers.
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The cold air is beginning to get entrenched and moderate persistent rain is turning to sleet and wet snow. Since 11.45am, temperature has fallen from 4.4c to 3.1c. The whole system is starting to stall and twist with any east facing hills seeing the heavier precipitation. I think the West Midlands is well placed over the next 24 hours!
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We had a dusting of snow at 8.00am this morning. Now wet, light rain 3.4c, temperature fallen 0.5c in last half hour!
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The front appears to have passed overhead, winds have dropped, no further drifting, rising temperature since 9.00pm now 1.3c and sleeting, snow now wet, fun and games over. In a weeks time, the drifts of snow leftover will be getting their first coating of new February snow!
I know it may not settle , but I get very anxious just driving in it.
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Having spells of long wintry showers in Stiperstones village, starts off rain and sleet and soon turns to snow, big flakes, very wet, is forming slushy surfaces. Hill is white.