Nah we all know the south coast is tropical year round :)

Undisturbed snow is hanging on, not that there is much of that with two kids! Anywhere it has been walked on it is more or less vanishing. Hoping the temperature drops now to preserve a bit of white till the morning!

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Typical. The snow band passed just to our south.

 

By about 300 miles. 

The rain will not offer us such a courtesy later.

 

At least you knew the snow would miss you. We were on the northern boundary but apart from some brief snizzle, it was dry. 

Just 10 miles south, some places got a couple of cm.

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A bit fed up of this winter now. Cold, yes. Snow, hardly any. In fact that goes for the last few as well.

What ever happened to good old northerlies?!? Why is there always an easterly component to the wind these days?

A cheeky bit of light snow turned back to rain and poked its tongue out on the way past returning south tonight.

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A bit fed up of this winter now. Cold, yes. Snow, hardly any. In fact that goes for the last few as well.

What ever happened to good old northerlies?!? Why is there always an easterly component to the wind these days?

Are you Richard in disguise? 

Least you had some on Xmas eve and last week?

What about for some of us in the far south west esp lowland southern parts - We still haven't had what I call any 'proper' snow. central and southern parts as well as the very far SE have yet to see any snow falling let alone settling.

 

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Not really a moan but more of an observation - Met Office forecast a low of -6c for the wider SW tonight (Sunday night) and BBC forecast low of -4c - truth is we have not got below +2.0c yet and it's 01:30am. Annoying stubborn cloud cover. - Maybe from that decaying frontal system pushing back southwards before clearing? :s

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Yes as usual we, in Chelmsford, missed all the snow, except for a few flakes in the rain, whilst others just 10 miles away had a lot. To annoy me more the BBC 5 Live forecaster said everyone in the country had snow and has laying snow so enjoy crunching in t today..........

Yes as usual we, in Chelmsford, missed all the snow, except for a few flakes in the rain, whilst others just 10 miles away had a lot. To annoy me more the BBC 5 Live forecaster said everyone in the country had snow and has laying snow so enjoy crunching in t today..........

Don’t be too bitter. I’ve had to put up with years of this living close to The Solent in a notoriously poor spot for snow, falling or otherwise. 
We need easterlies, pure and simple.

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Are you Richard in disguise? 

Least you had some on Xmas eve and last week?

What about for some of us in the far south west esp lowland southern parts - We still haven't had what I call any 'proper' snow. central and southern parts as well as the very far SE have yet to see any snow falling let alone settling.

 

Yes, the thinnest of coverings Xmas Eve lasted into Xmas Day and we had about 1cm around the 8th (lasted into the Saturday).  Other than that, lots of cold rain.  Last few winters equally as sparse.  I mean, I'm not saying it isn't wintry but the lack of snow compared to average here is bizarre.

This map highlights perfectly why a number of contributors were miffed.

My mini snow shield worked perfectly.

Yes it snowed, but crazy to have London split in half like that.

https://twitter.com/danholley_/status/1353625551609749504?s=21 

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This map highlights perfectly why a number of contributors were miffed.

My mini snow shield worked perfectly.

Yes it snowed, but crazy to have London split in half like that.

https://twitter.com/danholley_/status/1353625551609749504?s=21

Goodness me didn't realise E london had no accumulating snow at all compared to 5-10cm in west London!? :

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Are you Richard in disguise? 

Least you had some on Xmas eve and last week?

What about for some of us in the far south west esp lowland southern parts - We still haven't had what I call any 'proper' snow. central and southern parts as well as the very far SE have yet to see any snow falling let alone settling.

 

 

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My thoughts exactly, how on earth does a huge metropolis such as London with a supposed UHI that increases the air temperature by 2-4degC manage to get hours of heavy snow from a weather system that came from the west when last week in my part of northern England, SE Holderness, we had a band of heavy ppn coming down from the Nth with no UHI in sight and temps of 1degC and yet all we got was hours of heavy rain...!!! really gets my goat, it goes against the laws of physics, like Manchester too, i lived there for 11yrs and it snowed heavily twice due to the UHI effect yet these days even they're getting regular snowfalls, it really is just a kick in the teeth, two years without snow falling in my area and the wait goes on...the models don't look promising either as the UK seems to be always in the mild wedge, i though the Jet was meant to plunge south in Feb...!!!

This map highlights perfectly why a number of contributors were miffed.

My mini snow shield worked perfectly.

Yes it snowed, but crazy to have London split in half like that.

https://twitter.com/danholley_/status/1353625551609749504?s=21

 

Wow that is an amazing map I'm right on the edge Herts/Essex with about 2cm. The issue the east had was it became marginal we probably had 8cm + fall but only 1/2cm settled. 

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Wow that is an amazing map I'm right on the edge Herts/Essex with about 2cm. The issue the east had was it became marginal we probably had 8cm + fall but only 1/2cm settled. 

Was right on the cut off line in Cambridge. My brother done well in Welwyn. Most frustrating snow event I can remember 😈😈. I've had it with this Winter now roll on Summer 

 

Was right on the cut off line in Cambridge. My brother done well in Welwyn. Most frustrating snow event I can remember 😈😈. I've had it with this Winter now roll on Summer 

It is incredibly frustrating isn't it when it's so close  , we had just enough here to build a little snowman with my sons.  My 7 year old really seems to love snow now but my 5 year old hates the cold so can't really cope with snow. We had just enough here to scratch the snow itch . But with the coldish winter likely to continue after a brief mild spell, it looks  like more marginal snow opportunities for our part of the world. Hopefully we get lucky and get one fall of 5cm at least.

 

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Too
Much
Easterly
Muck

Rant over.

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Too
Much
Easterly
Muck

Rant over.

#TMEM

 

#TMEM

Perhaps: "Still having irritating tepid easterlies" might work as well? 

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Does anyone know where these following members are: Festivalking (Plymouth), Gaz (Torquay), Adrian (Dawlish) etc are? - Would be good to have more members reporting from the south western parts of the UK? I know Squish reports from Dartmoor occasionally but it's not a true representation of the weather in the SW as he is right up on DARTMOOR - There is 'roadrunner'. But I am sure there are more in the south west. Not a rant. - But where are those guys? - If anyone knows of course..?

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