South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[Lyn-M]

Still just light sleety rain here between Yeovil and Sherborne. Temp +1C

[dogs32]

On Haldon Hill definitely, possibly other places as well

yea RAC trying to pull people out

[JonGill]

Still a fine snow here, leaving a dusting on some cleared surfaces such as pavements, but not yet on roofs that were clear.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Not up to febs levels but very good snow cover indeed(including previous snowcover) I thought it was meant to be warming up here now and turning to rain? It's got slightly colder, Temp -0.6C an still snowing.

This will still turn to rain won't it? I need to be able to travel outside of the village.

Jase

Its turning to rain over west Devon at the moment, but the PPN is dying as well, so I don't know how much rain there will be, if any.

100's of car's stranded in Devon IF i heard correct,and many car's stranded around Cardiff Motorway

Haldon Hill, Telegraph Hill, probably some up near Whiddon Down, not to mentiona anyone out on the Moor :lol:

[dancing daisy]

My dad just told me that Exeter motorway has ground to a halt. To be fair he probably heard that from his neighbour Ollie, who heard it from the man in the co-op, who is related to a woman, who's next door neighbours cousin has driven to Polgooth and was told by a man in a pub. :lol:

I am giving up weather watching, since the snow has started my home phone, mobile and email has gone mad and I have nothing to tell them apart from "Look out of the window, if it sticks then no work tomorrow."

Still snowing here, it has almost covered my car now. It doesn't seem to be pitching on the pavements though.

[Bristawl Si]

Its turning to rain over west Devon at the moment, but the PPN is dying as well, so I don't know how much rain there will be, if any.

Haldon Hill, Telegraph Hill, probably some up near Whiddon Down, not to mentiona anyone out on the Moor

Telegraph hill was the focus on earlier news24 bulletin.

Hope it all clears by 28 Jan - off down torquay again for along weekend! LOL

[JonGill]

The A38 at Haldon Hill was closed due to vehicles stuck in the snow, according to Spotlight earlier.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

yes and they are not happy because they wonder why it has happened again, to quote one driver "we have just returned from Spain and we heard about the snow forcast over there, so why didn't the council and get some gritters up here??

I'm not sure the gritters would of been much use... I mean salt ain't gonna touch a foot of snow is it. It's not magic dust. Although, that said I don't know if they had a foot there...

Perhaps they would like a plough for their personal use, I mean, we woulnd't want to inconvenience anyone now would we.

[snowdog]

Just rain here now.Very wet on the ground.

[Bristawl Si]

Guys

Pop into the S.E. & London thread.

Nick F - top forecaster on NW - says prediction of precipitation not moving much in next few hours - we could be in for a better pasting than first thought

[Defector]

Evening All,

Snow now falling here - being blown around quite a bit.

Roads covered again after spending b****y ages clearing them yesterday!

Phil.

[JonGill]

Still snowing here, a definite dusting on many in uncovered surfaces such as cars, pavements etc

[Mark]

I'm not sure the gritters would of been much use... I mean salt ain't gonna touch a foot of snow is it. It's not magic dust. Although, that said I don't know if they had a foot there...

Perhaps they would like a plough for their personal use, I mean, we woulnd't want to inconvenience anyone now would we.

Quite! They are apparently towing cars from the top first to get them moving but there are hundreds of cars and most have been waiting upto 4 hours!!

[dogs32]

Evening All,

Snow now falling here - being blown around quite a bit.

Roads covered again after spending b****y ages clearing them yesterday!

Phil.

same here,the roofs have gone white..

[lian]

Realy heavy here now, roads white already! thats just 10 mins

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Quite! They are apparently towing cars from the top first to get them moving but there are hundreds of cars and most have been waiting upto 4 hours!!

They set up an emergency centre to, and there is a little chef up there!

Two years running though, if this global warming is going to carry on perhaps we need to look into some better de-icing techniques

[Lynxus]

same here,the roofs have gone white..

Imagine of this was those big 50p flakes!

[littlemissy]

Still a fine snow here, leaving a dusting on some cleared surfaces such as pavements, but not yet on roofs that were clear.

:)hello JohnGill, I'm from Wellington -nice to see /read some info from someone very local.

Had some snow here in Wellington but nothing settled.Be interesting to see what happens overnight.

[snowking]

Well not sure what time it started snowing because ive just got back from the SE but we've had about 1cm, and plenty more to come from the looks of things

SK

[westysweather]

bbc reported 18 inches of snow at the top of haldon!!!! 45cm WTF!!!!! oh so close 10 minutes from here........

[dogs32]

Guys

Pop into the S.E. & London thread.

Nick F - top forecaster on NW - says prediction of precipitation not moving much in next few hours - we could be in for a better pasting than first thought

yes....in that case snow all day tomorrow

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OK at the other extreme - just read on the BBC

In Melbourne, Australia, 37C at MIDNIGHT!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8453500.stm

that's mental!

[gower84]

Just rain here now.Very wet on the ground.

same here, been sleeting on and off here for the last couple of hours, but not doing alot at the moment

[Dartmoor_Matt]

They must have found themselves a drift, unless it received an absolute pasting after dark, as the traffic was moving up til then, albeit very slowly.

[JonGill]

still snowing here, fine flakes though