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Thanks YP that's a great update. It's stopped snowing at Linton as per the radar though the skies are still leaden. Doesn't seem much more to come though the MetOffice site has us as heavy snow from 1100. Not sure where that's going to come from...

@Lakes Tom True! - the forecast earlier for Strensall and Linton was nothing like it is now - moderate to heavy snow all night and all tomorrow. Bring it on!

Fingers crossed!

Yes the Metoeox radar goes a long way out - the raintoday one has crashed! There does seem to be some more organised blobs appearing.

Bright sunshine and a drip thaw at Linton. I do hope we get some snow soon, it's been a bit underwhelming so far. Glad that others in the region have done so well.

There is a clear window in the radar from York up to Richmond area. We've got about 5-6 cm but I wouldn't call it disruptive snow. A streamer would be nice like the one that passed over Durham this morning! My son has about 15cm of cover...

Still snowing at Linton, wind has dropped, flakes got massive but now smaller again. Got about 1.5 cm maybe more.

very light snow in Strensall north of York. I mean very light.

Yes @LeeSnowFan you are right! I should be celebrating the fact that we have had some lovely frosts and bright winter skies - day and night. So much better than the last few years. Onwards and Upwards. Loads of winter left to go.

Yes the BBC York forecast is heavy snow Sunday morning for a couple of hours. Hmmm... we'll see...

I've moaned about it before but the Yorkshire and Humber region is too big for a discussion area. Is it ever likely that snow forecasts for Skipton York and Whitby are going to be the same? I know that we can look into it in more detail but when someone hears a headline of SNOW IN YORKSHIRE it is very misleading. @vizzy2004 is far more likely to get snow than me and he only lives 10 minutes up the road.

I've just been out metal detecting and I can confirm - it's rather cold. I spoke to the North York Snow Shield operator and he says it's working fine. Some sleet might get through but thats all. Hope he's asleep on duty tomorrow night as conditions seem good even for our pathetic 20m above sea level.

Hey@vizzy2004 what's the chance of there being some snow on Terrington bank tomorrow morning? I fixed the sledge last weekend be a shame not to use it... If not, it looks like I might have to go to Xcape

Thanks @Winter Cold I won't go and bother the Met Office at work until Monday morning then. Having scoffed at the Express headlines all winter it would be amazing if today's one actually came true...

People seem to be getting very animated on the MOD thread. Is it worth getting my hopes up again?

@vizzy2004 yep that's the place and the security lights are pretty intense. We were there for the Friday night snowfall in January 2013 which had pretty much gone by Sunday when I got home. We were out walking in it that night and it was great, huge swirling flakes coming through the trees. Hmmm was is 2013? My memory is rubbish, I really should write this stuff down.

We had about 15 or 20 m of very light snow about 1230 in Snowball Plantation today. It even laid a tiny bit. When I say light I mean light.

About 1-2 cm in Strensall from 0600 to 0800. Starting to thaw in the sun. Discovered my Zafira is nowhere near as good in the snow as the Vectra was.

Yep Sheffield could do well from this wind direction but I can't see very much hitting York or further east. Maybe some sleety cold rain... However, I would love to be proved wrong.

BBC and Netweather have just got Moderate to Heavy rain for York. Can't see much of an upgrade to that unless we manage to gain a few 100m in elevation today.

Late to post this but we had about an hour of snow in Strensall from 0930-1030. Laid nicely maybe a bit over 1cm but total cover on roads, pavements. Instantly made people drive at 20mph. Had to go to Malton where there was none at all. A slight covering on Whitwell hill with mist at the top. What a strange reversal! It's all gone now though.

Looking at the free version of the NWradar there seem to be some clumps of precipitation heading York's way. Lets hope they make it over the moors. Oh and that it falls as snow. It was an icy drive home this morning coupled with the fact that my Zafira drives like a haystack.

Linton Met Office said yesterday we could expect some snow Sunday and Monday but that it would not last much past Tuesday. And we are about 20m asl here.

True but North York Moors (the best place for snow near me!) is in the middle of the UK. If you wanted to stretch the point it's in the south. But if the forecasters said snow on southern hills there would be a meltdown! I'm really only referring to radio forecasts as it's usually pretty plain on the maps, but see if you can see the TV presenters point to Leeds and the Pennines and say "north" when it's not even bang in the middle... Perhaps all i'm after is a bit more clarity and consistency which is, i think, what cold comfort was asking for. Well i've just wikipedia'd it and apparently the centre point is the forest of Bowland in Lancashire - so that does put NYM in the north (just)

I get very confused when, particularly radio forecasters, say it will be raining in the north. What's the North? When i lived in Kent that was easy - everywhere was north! But Yorkshire? Well it's south of the UK middle point which i think is Haltwhistle. So that makes us in the south then. They really need to specify North of UK or England. "Snow on northern hills" is a classic and meaningless unless you live in the Grampians.