South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Country File forecast was going for snow on Xmas Eve and Day over Dartmoor area and where am I? The SE! You trully couldn't make it up.

[Somerset Squall]

Well, as forecast, it was rain initally but at god knows what hour it must of turned to snow on the very back edge as there is a dusting on pavements, roofs and shaded roads. More importantly, untreated surfaces are like an ice rink this morning, particularly where I live (out in the sticks).

[noggin]

Country File forecast was going for snow on Xmas Eve and Day over Dartmoor area and where am I? The SE! You trully couldn't make it up.

Aaaahhhh...don't fret. The snow over Dartmoor won't happen. It'll snow in the SE, you'll see. It always does. I know it won't snow anywhere in Devon as I am coming down to Exeter on Thursday. It'll snow in Bristol, though!

Mwwwwwwaaaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaaa.

[dancing daisy]

Its snowing

[Jayfromcardiff]

Fingers crossed showers will hit us later.

[alex12]

Its snowing

where abouts in somerset?

[Nights King]

Just had an interesting drive to shepton mallet, Snow cover all round here albeit very thin and hardly melting even in direct sun. However as you drive down towards shepton mallet (150m ish) its turns to a iced glaze which is terrible to drive on and has like a suger frosting on top. then when you get down into lower shepton around 100m it is just sheet ice from sleet/rain i expect.

2 hours until showers might start to pep up along the bristol channel now... Still a chilly 0.0c so just about holding on to an ice day but sods law it will end up 0.1c or 0.2c I might go out side and get a few pictures in a min.

[dancing daisy]

Bridgwater, it keeps stoping and starting! Dark and cloudy here

[Jayfromcardiff]

Just had an interesting drive to shepton mallet, Snow cover all round here albeit very thin and hardly melting even in direct sun. However as you drive down towards shepton mallet (150m ish) its turns to a iced glaze which is terrible to drive on and has like a suger frosting on top. then when you get down into lower shepton around 100m it is just sheet ice from sleet/rain i expect.

2 hours until showers might start to pep up along the bristol channel now... Still a chilly 0.0c so just about holding on to an ice day but sods law it will end up 0.1c or 0.2c I might go out side and get a few pictures in a min.

Lol mate, they better pep up or i will be peed off even more, not seen any snow.

[Lynxus]

Last night it was raining cats and dogs.

REALLLLLY heavy.

It turned to snow for about 3 minutes then back to rain.

The roads and cars were completely frozen solid this morning.

It was even hard to walk on the pavement without falling over.

Hopefully something might come in off the west later today. But im not counting on it.

Hummm.. from thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

OVERNIGHT snow and freezing temperatures have seen parts of Gloucestershire covered in a white blanket of snow and ice.

With temperatures hovering around the freezing mark, snow has settled across the county, including Gloucester, Cheltenham, the Forest of Dean and parts of the Cotswolds.

Accompanied by bright sunshine and clear blue skies for much of today, the wintry conditions have further raised hopes of a white Christmas.

Gloucestershire Media weather expert Ian Thomas said more snow was expected to fall across the county.

“We’re likely to see another thick frost on Monday morning and a considerable amount of snowfall across the county during the afternoon,” he said.

“Temperatures will remain around the freezing mark during the day, dropping to as low as -5 degrees Celsius overnight.

“More snow is likely to fall across the east of the county with several flurries elsewhere.”

Motorists in Gloucestershire have been warned to drive with caution after snow and ice made for treacherous driving conditions.

Gloucestershire Highways teams have been out in force topping up key routes and busy secondary roads with salt.

The extreme weather conditions have seen swathes of Britain grind to a halt.

Has it snowed where you are? Post your comments below.

Ian, If your in here, Stand up please.

Id like to know where you get your forecasts from?

[Nights King]

There has been the hint of that channel low for some time however it has looked like it was going to be a south east event yet again but maybe he has some new information to sugest that it could well hit the west country tomoro? I dont think it will but it would make a change for it to move in our favour in the short term for a change.

Edited December 20, 2009 by mullender83

[dogs32]

In all fairness I had a heavy snow fall here but most didnt settle..

I have a THIN blankett of snow across the roads around the estate.

Just been out and I can say DEADLY...I counted 10 car skid's I had in different part's of cheltenham..

Last time I saw Ice like this was in the early 90's...

Even theough majority of the snow didnt settle it was nice seeing 50p size flakes..

[BristolBlizzard]

I hope we get surprised tonight or tomorrow and get pasted. (yes dreaming)

[Jayfromcardiff]

I hope we get surprised tonight or tomorrow and get pasted. (yes dreaming)

Ye mate, best thing would be waking up to snow.

[Lynxus]

Ye mate, best thing would be waking up to snow.

Then going to work

I cant see any chance tbh.

Its currently raining like hell in liverpool.

[03jtrickey]

What we had last night was rain, turning to snow and back to rain sporadically. It left a layer of thin ice along our ungritted road and on the pavements, making it very difficult to walk without slipping over. On the car there is a layer of freezing rain and partially-melted snowflakes - the snow I imagine must have helped the rain to freeze.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Sun is a shining but I still have nice sheet ice with little icing sugar dusting on top... makes for interesting driving! Especially on this hill. (God knows why they thought it a wise idea to line the roads with hedges, built on top of granite rocks. Not very forgiving!

Ho hum, freezing still out, but have to go do some stuff outdoors.

[Lynxus]

Coool lol:)

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[Jayfromcardiff]

Then going to work

I cant see any chance tbh.

Its currently raining like hell in liverpool.

No work for me lol, college doesn't start again until 4th Jan.

[Jezzer]

Coool lol:)

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Where's that cam located? Looks great!

[Lynxus]

Shropshire i think.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Scrap the o/s work... ground is frozen down to about 3inches.

Does make me wonder about this so called perma frost melt if the ground freezes that quick all the way down here!

[Lynxus]

Oh come on, We need some major snow between now and 6am.

I cant be bothered with work tomorrow.

I think we may have a slight risk of seeing some in the next few hours if that stuff keeps building to the NWW

[BristolBlizzard]

Just been in NorthWest thread, lucky sods

[Nights King]

Salt to the wound.......

South east have weather warning out for the channel low which should of been for us!