Thank God my area has missed all the worst of the snow, for once. Apart from he odd light sprinkling, it certainly hasn't been enough to accumuluate anything. Even today was forecasted to have a snowy morning and it's just rained. Hopefully tomorrow willl be the same.

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The last rites of an awful winter have now been performed, curently 3.7c with light rain which sums up aptly just how woeful any of these alleged cold spells we've supposedly seen has been.

Yes indeed. At least yesterday I awoke to a dusting of snow and there was another dusting in the early evening. But today is just raw, damp and horrible. OK easterlies don't normally bring much in the way of snow here but surely with an easterly in mid-winter any precipitation that does ocurr should be of snow? I'm at 500ft, it's not like I'm sat right on the coast or anything.

Ah well, roll on spring.....

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Big disappointment. We have been lucky in marginal events in the last few years but not this time.
In simplistic terms viewing the 850hpa charts last week it looked nailed on to be cold enough here for snow. Alas it's now 1.7c with cold rain.
Certainly hasn't been dry though on any days. I will continue to laugh next time someone says an impending easterly is looking too dry though I admit i have been made a bit of a fool as I thought we would get a good covering.
Friday mornings light covering was as wintry as it got.

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As I understand it, the USA and Canada can get a bit funny if you repeatedly take long holidays each year there - alternating between the two and using something like Airbnb to rent a place for 3 months each time might be a better idea.

That said, when I retire I will be moving somewhere cold and snowy, although depending on visas etc that might just be somewhere hilly "up north". Canada would be better but unless you plan to start a business (and have $2M) or have immediate family you're pretty much out of luck.

I can all but gaurantee that should I move, Kent will see a repeat of the late 70s to early 90s period all over again. :P

(And it seems just getting a cm of snow on the ground is impossible here - it really has been a crummy set of winters recently).

 

I have relatives in Toronto and unfortunately they don't have online business immigration which is odd as the government haven't thought about income tax renevue would be very good for online business retailers that will pay tax from the sales they made?  I would start the business here then inject the surplus money to a Canadian bank account which you can open one there until it reach enough level to buy a property. I would rent it out for short term during my time away to get income to pay for property tax, house insurance.  I see some landlords here offer rent for short term which is 6 months.  I would buy it very close to my relative's home so they can check the property and collect rent.

I read about people going there for long stay that would give them funny looks. Some posters in the Immigration forum said they would book a plane ticket for 2-3 weeks stay and when you get there, you can change your return ticket to be later.  They don't put stamps on the exit point when you leave.  Last time they ask me why you here, I told them I am visint my uncle and my other relatives.  If they say why you staying here for 3 months? How they will accept you answer that I want to see the show for the whole winter season? 

I absolutely agree with Darren on this. Something has happened with our winter weather patterns since 1997 (although I would go back further and say since 1987). We're at altitude for this part of the SE and 2010 was poor compared with winters of 30 or 40 years ago. The lane we live on was - at least four or five times a decade - blocked by drifts up to eight feet deep. There has not been a snowdrift of any significance on this lane since 1991.

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As I understand it, the USA and Canada can get a bit funny if you repeatedly take long holidays each year there - alternating between the two and using something like Airbnb to rent a place for 3 months each time might be a better idea.

That said, when I retire I will be moving somewhere cold and snowy, although depending on visas etc that might just be somewhere hilly "up north". Canada would be better but unless you plan to start a business (and have $2M) or have immediate family you're pretty much out of luck.

I can all but gaurantee that should I move, Kent will see a repeat of the late 70s to early 90s period all over again. :P

(And it seems just getting a cm of snow on the ground is impossible here - it really has been a crummy set of winters recently).

 

Buxton could be a good bet Darren. :-) 

Its actually a nice place 😮, a spa town, with good transport links.

Also tomorrow's MetO forecast says it all:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqwurqwy#?fcTime=1486857600

Some of the snow capitals of the UK are quite grim lonely places but Buxton isn't one of them. 

 

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Buxton could be a good bet Darren. :-) 

Its actually a nice place 😮, a spa town, with good transport links.

Also tomorrow's MetO forecast says it all:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcqwurqwy#?fcTime=1486857600

Some of the snow capitals of the UK are quite grim lonely places but Buxton isn't one of them.

What I wouldn't give to see a forecast like that down here!

Buxton does look like a decent option, especially as the average summer highs are only 19C - I hate hot weather.

There's still at least 25 years to go until I look to retire (assuming finances work out!) but I'll certainly keep it in mind!

In the meantime, hopefully whatever's flipped in our climate will flip back again, I'd like to see some decent snow before I'm old.

 

 

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What I wouldn't give to see a forecast like that down here!

Buxton does look like a decent option, especially as the average summer highs are only 19C - I hate hot weather.

There's still at least 25 years to go until I look to retire (assuming finances work out!) but I'll certainly keep it in mind!

In the meantime, hopefully whatever's flipped in our climate will flip back again, I'd like to see some decent snow before I'm old.

 

 

Dalwhinnie might be alright for you. A mean high of just 16C in the summer months and 2C in the winter, plus plentiful rainfall which would undoubtably give quite a lot of snow with those temperatures.

It's also recorded frosts in every month of the year and holds the UK-wide record low temperatures for June, September and October.

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Another wintry outbreak.... and another miss for me.

Saw 6 snow grains yesterday. But no flakes. Havent seen flakes since last year... which was a 5 min afair. Before that was xmas 2014.

Even the south east are getting some snow this year.

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It was meant to dry up in the afternoon but for the 3rd Saturday in a row it’s just raining relentlessly with no hope of clearing up

 
Since I am bored out of my mind being stuck indoors yet again I’ll present another rotten easterly from the past. So many of them it could almost become a daily feature. All I need to do is look at some charts from pitifully dull and dreary winter months and Bingo!

Today’s historic rotten easterly is a truly lamentable effort from 10th February 1926:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/archive/ra/1926/Rrea00119260210.gif

Some examples of the delightful conditions this beauty produced around the country:

Aberdeen – Max: 35F, Min: 32F, 1.4mm of snow and hail mix, no sunshine
Renfrew (near Glasgow) – Max: 37F, Min: 31F, Trace of snow, 0.6hrs sunshine
Liverpool – Max: 37F, Min: 32F, no precipitation or sunshine
Birmingham – Max: 35F, Min: 31F, no precipitation or sunshine
Gorleston (Norfolk) - Max: 36F, Min: 33F, 1.2mm of rain and hail mix, no sunshine
Croydon – Max: 35F, Min: 34F, 0.1mm of sleet, no sunshine
Southampton – Max: 39F, Min: 36F, Trace of drizzle, no sunshine
Guernsey – Max: 43F, Min: 41F, 0.1mm of drizzle, no sunshine

Scintillating stuff!

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It was meant to dry up in the afternoon but for the 3rd Saturday in a row it’s just raining relentlessly with no hope of clearing up

Considering that the pressure readings in Aberdeen are around 1036mb currently, this is extraordinary!

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Foul day, strong east wind with lashing rain @ 4 C

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Yes no sign of snow here all day and all winter! Plenty of spots of rain all day but not really wetting the floor. Very disappointing, bring on the north, north westerly in 10 days time😀😏
Martin

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Considering that the pressure readings in Aberdeen are around 1036mb currently, this is extraordinary!

That's unusual - In Exeter we had 3 hours of light snow, it didn't melt at first but because it was more of a flurry the flakes just floated around in the wind - but there was light snow for 3 hours and proper wet flakes but it never settled and by that time I was at work and temperature had rose to +3c and the snow turned back to sleet then drizzle with ice pellets.

This sort of precipitation was similar to the event of 4th Feb 2012 if anyone can remember, when here in Exeter the temperature was -5c by night and rose to -2c by 6am with some light snow which fell and gave a dusting for a few hours before turning back to sleet and then rain - but perhaps not dry snow and not as long lasting. - So near yet so close.

On the plus side it was nice to see snowflakes in the air on the Quay and many children not seen the snow in a while with some it's the first time ever! - It's been since 2013 since snowflakes were actually seen falling in daylight where it was actually noticeable - just a shame it never got heavy or stuck and the fact it wasn't that cold didn't help either.

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Bloody typical, we have a Scandi high and gale force easterly winds and all we get today is 4degC and incessant rain for 24hrs after being teased with heavy snow showers yesterday,...!! If the high had stayed where originally f/cast it could've been 1987 all over again...sigh

Went for a little drive . Even in Queensbury at 360m asl there is only patchy cover left from this morning and it was sleeting there . Car thermometer read 1.5c. Meanwhile here it is raining here now and gone up to 2.0c.
Snow line must be 400m plus at the moment.

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A little frustrated - had a crisp evening with temperatures below +2c and now it's just risen to 2.1c and the frost on the car has melted as the cloud comes rolling in. - Perhaps ahead of the next system! :(

Oh well can't complain - at least it snowed today for several hours in the morning despite negligible accumulations - it was very noticeable. - Was just saying that it could have been better - We could have had snow followed by more snow etc and if it was colder then we could be talking some accumulations etc. Same for many other eastern coastal areas of England and perhaps Scotland - Aberdeen...? Edinburgh etc? But nope all rain and cold rain. 😞

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Appalling day in north northumberland, almost an inch of rain, 3 c and strong NE winds, barely a smidgin of sleet, and all last nights snow washed away before it had a chance to freeze. At only 60m above sea level I guess that's our lot but I guess it's arctic on top of Cheviot. In these globally warmed times I think a good snowstorm below 100m is going to be a rare as snow in the Sahara, possibly rarer.

And thus ends what has been a grotty grey damp murky ol' day today here at the coastal edge.

The only thing that had prevented this winter from being "the worst one ever" is the relative lack of stormy wet weather. As a result, the current phase of restoration works at the Folkestone harbour (now called The Arm) which is converting the disused railway viaduct section into as a public walkway has been going along like great guns and thus will be finished earlier than scheduled. Would have never stood a chance if we had a 2014-style winter instead of this year's comparatively benign winter.

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Disappointed again - The Met Office forecast has been inaccurate - we (SW) were forecasted win try showers last night and into today - but it's been bone dry but over-cast , however this meant that temperatures rose and didn't fall during the night due to the wind and cloud cover but even more frustrating, is that it's overcast and dry at 3.8c. No wintry showers at all. In terms of low temps in this easterly, I would give this a 0/10. It hasn't even reached freezing yet.

This is the webcam over Dartmoor: - They have had more snow on a NW'ly .

http://www.dartcom.co.uk/webcam

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