It is still snowing here!

The way it's been coming down, it ought to be a foot deep, but it's not. I think it must be melting a bit as it lies. Anywhere with a bit of altitude near here is going to be completely mullered.

What an evening. Still snowing heavily here as well. No idea how much we have had but I don't think it is 25cm as suggested by someone earlier. At least not on the ground.  

My rain gauge currently says 14.6mm. There may be some snow still in the gauge as the heater probably can't keep up. But that would at least suggest we probably have had about 15cm.

Give the reports on here and on the AA app I was expecting gridlock when I arrived back at Basingstoke station earlier. Actually it was not too bad so decided to try and drive home rather than take the very long walk. Got as far as the Chineham business park but the hill into Chineham was blocked as it usually is in these conditions. Managed to park up in the business park and walk from there, but not before losing the rear end and ending up sideways and just missing a parked car.

These conditions are identical to what we had I think in December 2008.

Finally turned to full on, moderate to heavy snow at 19:30ish, it's still moderate to heavy, at times now. We finally have more of a coating than a dusting, probably measuring up to 1.5cm. Will go out soon to take some pics

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What an evening. Still snowing heavily here as well. No idea how much we have had but I don't think it is 25cm as suggested by someone earlier. At least not on the ground.  

My rain gauge currently says 14.6mm. There may be some snow still in the gauge as the heater probably can't keep up. But that would at least suggest we probably have had about 15cm.

Give the reports on here and on the AA app I was expecting gridlock when I arrived back at Basingstoke station earlier. Actually it was not too bad so decided to try and drive home rather than take the very long walk. Got as far as the Chineham business park but the hill into Chineham was blocked as it usually is in these conditions. Managed to park up in the business park and walk from there, but not before losing the rear end and ending up sideways and just missing a parked car.

These conditions are identical to what we had I think in December 2008.

 

Ah, the "Basingstoke Snow Event".  The chap I used to work with (In Newbury) used to go on about it and it led to quite a lot of piss take.  It was a very local event, but even Newbury suffered a bit with that one - took me an hour and a half to travel 7 miles that evening !

 

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Just been watching a fireworks display and falling snow at the same time. That's a first for me, although given the farcical situation with fireworks now being let off throughout the course of the year, it was bound to happen sooner or later. 

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Ah, the "Basingstoke Snow Event".  The chap I used to work with (In Newbury) used to go on about it and it led to quite a lot of piss take.  It was a very local event, but even Newbury suffered a bit with that one - took me an hour and a half to travel 7 miles that evening !

 

Took me 5 hours to do two 2 miles!

Nothing like Berks depths, but some decent N Sea showers have given around 3" here.

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Intermittent snow showers here giving a huge 5mm fall- by far the best of winter

5-10cm now probably a little more higher up the bank.

The reason it's a little uneven is down to some thaw in the sunnier spots earlier.

Unbelieveable It's bad enough reading about Basingstoke, 50 miles away getting a foot of snow, but several inches when it's ten miles away? here's my snow report: NONE AT ALL

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Unbelieveable It's bad enough reading about Basingstoke, 50 miles away getting a foot of snow, but several inches when it's ten miles away? here's my snow report: NONE AT ALL

Ah, silly me, no I'm in northeast England at the moment - its raining apparently back in Portsmouth.

 

Oh wow the last couple of showers have really piled it up 😍😍

Mostly light snow showers here giving
fresh dustings to the road. -0.1c
2-3cm snow cover on the grass most from last night when the winds were more easterly and the showers didnt have as far to travel.

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What an evening. Still snowing heavily here as well. No idea how much we have had but I don't think it is 25cm as suggested by someone earlier. At least not on the ground.  

You're in Chineham, which is the low end of Basingstoke. My colleague is in Hatch Warren and they had 20cm when it was getting dark, hence my estimate. RAF Odiham officially has 19cm according to BBC Weather earlier.

Snow has stopped here now, by the way, after pretty much 24 hours of it falling! It's disappointing it wasn't a bit colder here; it's been above freezing throughout with the exception of a few minutes at 0.0C overnight last night.

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We still have light snow falling here but heavy stuff has passed - about 5cm or so I reckon, which compacted as it came down due to marginal conditions. The rain to snow switch earlier was quite sudden and seemed to be a case of the further east I got the earlier it turned to snow.

Not bad for a set up that 'never' delivers for the south, albeit not the deep and crisp and even of last years easterly

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Really turned into an epic here. Took me over an hour to get home from the station, had to walk rather than cycle as there was 15cm+ at the top of the hill. Trees down from the weight of snow, I could hear them snapping under the weight all over the place.

Roads on the verge of impassable, even the A30 and the M3 sliproad.

Snow just about stopped now. Back home only about 8-9cm due to earlier melting.

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We managed about 1cm here in North Northumberland around 7pm, but since then nothing despite the radar showing snow for the past hour, must be all around like earlier in the day - very disappointing.

We managed about 1cm here in North Northumberland around 7pm, but since then nothing despite the radar showing snow for the past hour, must be all around like earlier in the day - very disappointing.

Meanwhile around 4 inches has fallen this evening here on south tyne side - perhaps more up the bank.

I don't have a ruler to hand but the snow depth is about length of my phone which is 13.5cm.. the snow is about 0.5cm taller. 

 

 

I know it's hard to gauge from the pic above it's give an idea of thickness.

I think the heaviest of the showers are now done for. Just light ones now scattered along the coast.

Here's where we ended up - this is the ICON's snowcover map as of 1 AM this morning. I'm in one of the white, no-snow areas of course!

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Here's where we ended up - this is the ICON's snowcover map as of 1 AM this morning. I'm in one of the white, no-snow areas of course!

Well I would not take much notice of this map. Totally inaccurate. It has me with 7cm of snow which is a massive understatement.

Snow is still melting in my rain gauge although the heater is doing a decent job. Total so far is 25.0mm. Not sure how high it will get. It is not often I record a total over 20mm and very rare for that to be all snow.

 

Well I would not take much notice of this map. Totally inaccurate. It has me with 7cm of snow which is a massive understatement.

Snow is still melting in my rain gauge although the heater is doing a decent job. Total so far is 25.0mm. Not sure how high it will get. It is not often I record a total over 20mm and very rare for that to be all snow.

 

In in SW London, we had sleet /snow mix which didn’t settle so it is showing a covering where there isn’t any.

So appears it is inaccurate both ways, falsely showing lying snow, and underrecording in others.

 

 

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