South West & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 18th Januray 2013>

[Stormyking]

Its coming down properly now, just tried to walk around in it and its impossible, its gradually getting heavy

[MR EXTREMES]

wow its modrate now my little girl is going mad shes well happy bless her nearly bang on time aswell.

[jonlu69]

Morning peeps, Trowbridge calling

Moderate tiny flakes atm but settling nicely.....heavy stuff should be here soon

[katemart]

Between 03.44 and and 04.45 the temp here fell from 2.8C to 1.2C! In the past hour, the temp fell 2 degrees (2.7 - 0.7)!!! DP -2.8C.

[Mark]

Just woken up,to check.........wow! We have Snow and every thing is well covered,very windy and the flakes are getting bigger.

We must have a few cm's

There's at least 2cm if not more on the cars here, and that's after about 75 minutes.

Oh wow... Huge flakes!! Must be 50p size some of them!!

Edited January 18, 2013 by Mark

[Duane S.]

A nice covering here. Just turned back a bit sleety again though

[Wilxy]

Everything has a good cover on now and still falling.

[Dorset Splash]

Morning all

Just woke to find it is snowing here in Lytchett just west of Poole. About 1 cm settled onto all surfaces. Everyone enjoy their day.

Dorset Splash

[karlos1983]

Yep settling on all surfaces in Poole (Upton), the boy is gonna be happy when he gets up

[Wilxy]

0.0c now the 0 level has reched me

[somersetsnow]

There's at least 2cm if not more on the cars here, and that's after about 75 minutes.

Oh wow... Huge flakes!! Must be 50p size some of them!!

Not very big flakes but making a go of it to get bigger. wonder how bad this will be???

[Kiwi]

Hi Kiwi

It's settling on the roads and cars already, Kiwi. I will keep updating - will you be going evening or matinee? The roads in town should be fine, especially if you park in West Quay or one of the other larger car parks and don't try to go down the hill past the theatre!

Hi katemart. Matinee, then early...ish dinner with friends somewhere nearby. Thanks for the hill warning and parking advice. The real challenge will be the couple of country lanes I have to negotiate up here before getting to a main road. Good luck with your snow. Ours is imminent looking at the radar.

[Zephyr]

Snow is really coming down here looks like a billzard in the lamp post!

[microclimate]

Good covering here, but just heard the sound of rain against the window, boo!

[lfcdude]

Only thing that concerns me is the flakes are small

[jonlu69]

Only thing that concerns me is the flakes are small

Heavy stuff not due here till around 6 I think

[Gleno-South Coast]

Morning folks,1.3c here in fair oak and dropping nicely,snowing here and covering cars and a bit on the grass,hopefully get heavier soon ;-)

[Frosty_wsm]

Only thing that concerns me is the flakes are small

Yes if those flakes were bigger then it would settle alot quicker, still can't complain, it's chucking it down out there

[theprophecyman]

Morning All, Lovely snow in Frome, flakes not that big, but a nice covering so far......

[Mark]

Not very big flakes but making a go of it to get bigger. wonder how bad this will be???

Well if it continues at this rate then I reckon there'll be at least 5 cm by 8am, can't wait for the drive to work!

[Wilxy]

I love it when the flakes get big lets hope for some heavy bursts.

[snow drift]

Morning all. Snowing here. Wet snow. Latest NAE looks like an upgrade as the snow seems to stay around here for longer. Anyone have an update on this.

[knocker]

Good news no snow here. Slight rain, temp 4.0C, wind 18mph.

[katemart]

Flakes are quite small and wet here, too, I think. Also not looking at how quickly the front is moving and trying to have faith in the nw forecast which shows snow here until 6am Saturday morning.... When is the next lot of charts due?

[Blizzardof82]

Bigger flakes tend to be wetter snow, so I am happy with the size they are!