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TinkerBell
11-01-2010, 11:09
There is more snow here, roads are bad. Only the main roads are okay. Kept getting stuck with my van this morning :(
Melting here, roads and paths are clear. My car wouldn't start this morning though so I still had to get the train in :/
Piggymon
11-01-2010, 13:14
Braved taking the beemer into work today and it was ok ! :D
I want more snow :(
This ^^
I want either more or less. I hate this awful wet and dirty in-between stuff.
I want more snow :(
Ditto!
Tallulah has now passed onto a higher plane of existence :'( She was so special to us.
There was almost no snow left on the ground when I left home this morning but when we took off from Luton airport there were miles and miles of snow covered fields.
Here in Holland there is still quite a lot of snow on the ground.
Blighter
12-01-2010, 19:08
Stuff the snow, I want to go to Holland!! :D
Starting to fall again. very lightly at the moment. ( 9 clock is expected to turn to snow and by midnight heavy snow)
worked last night although a waste of time couldn't do anything. Supervisor is from wales and has already said he's not coming in he's already had about 10cm. Meant to take the track at 12:40am if the weather forecast is right I doubt we will take it. Which sucks
well it's been cancelled, so night in on pay but lose overtime and higher grade dutys so win-lose situation depending how you look at it.
Knipples
12-01-2010, 20:38
Am in my seat at the Bristol City stadium and it is throwing it down, (if you have sky and wanna put s4c on you can see what its like here) . . I needless to say I am bloody freezing - we better win!
I've spent 3 and 3/4 hours sat stationary in my car listening to people call in to the radio station upset at being stuck for "2 hours". I've only jsut got in from work in Torquay. Torquay = no snow. Home in Exeter = no snow. So I dont even get the satisfaction of expecting a snow day tomorrow after my 4.5 hour drive home. Infact, I gotta stay late tomorrow to big up A level Physics and IB Physics.
Justice in the world? Very little.
Piggymon
12-01-2010, 21:55
Euch, how awful :(
I got stuck in the slush at work and had to get Jamie to come and help me :o
Kell_ee001
12-01-2010, 21:59
Pretty much clear here now. Main roads are fine, coast is fine, roads are icy around here though and the pavement outside is like a slick ice-rink! Been lightly raining on and off all day though so if it keeps it up the rest should quite soon rather than having a face to freeze :)
Had some more snow overnight, not enough to close work and the like, but enough to make driving that little bit more fun :(
Roads were lovely last night, even my own with zero grit wasn't too bad.
This morning, several skids on 1-2" of snow. Not happy, I don't even want 2 foot or none, I just want none now!
Quite a decent covering tonight - more morons on the road. And more lemmings walking on the road. Great fun drive into work today. :/
It was raining when I went to bed but looks like we had about an inch overnight and it was still trying to snow on my way to work. This has made the ice easier to walk on and and de-iced sections a slushy frozen mess.
I still love snow :p
I still love snow :p
Me too :D I was making handprints and footprints in the new snow today :D
BB x
Ditto. Snow is awesome :D
TinkerBell
13-01-2010, 10:42
There is more snow here, and we haven't had any of the other snow leave yet! It is still snowing as well
We've got another 2" on top of the stuff from last week so about half a foot again of snow topped compacted ice. Coming down heavy, although according to national weather report, it's only snowing in the SW moving to NE. Bizzaro. All the snowmen (well, icemen) still here in full glory! 10 days must be a record around here!
Blighter
13-01-2010, 11:34
It's snowing heavily in the south east :cool:
Still no binmen here in SE London! Ah well, it's cold, it won't smell! :D
TinkerBell
13-01-2010, 12:44
There is sooo much snow here, and it is STILL snowing!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/TinkerBell_01/DSC_0483.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/TinkerBell_01/DSC_0484.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/TinkerBell_01/DSC_0485.jpg
Just slush here, but have been paid to stay home for the last 2 weeks so am not complaining.
MOAR SNOWS PLZ!
We've got about the same as you Tink. Well, we did have this morning & it's not stopped snowing all morning. Hope we can get near the street tonight :/
whether forecast sucks. Meant to be rain/sleet today. it's now snowing at a good steady rate.
Cancelled tonight already. but lovefilm films didn't arrive, so have to think of something else to do tonight.
Bristol / North Somerset stated sleet and rain but everything has turned rather white already! :p
Current 5 day forecast from BBC for here is rain and fog and grey clouds
SNowing here again but doubt anything will come of it, not forecast anything too hectic.
Got stood up by my lift this morning :angry:
Still not really a problem except at the end of my road I went sideways ..... I might have dabbed the throttle a little. A chap at the bus stop had a huge grin and gave a thumbs up as I held it down the road.
Getting a bit fed up of being on my knees to the car though. Still it didn't settle today and its meant to hit 5 or so at the end of the week so that should kill it off nicely.
Well we haven't had any snow for ages now, forecast for sleet/snow today and tonight but haven't seen anything of that yet. It's just not getting warm enough for a proper thaw though. Most roads and main pavements are completely clear, but car parks and side road pavements are still a nightmare, fields and grass are still completely white. My main problem is getting in and out of my car park (both in the car and on foot!) to the road. It's a solid layer of ice a couple of (uneven) inches thick with a thin layer of water on top when it thaws during the day before icing over at night:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/Muban/boatdrink/icy.jpg
My estate actually seems to be thawing out thanks to the temperature being around 4C today, had to drive through a shed load of fog this morning though. Was quite weird as the fields seemed to have a wall built on them so you couldn't see anything, half expected to be attacked by something at some point.
The snow can well and truly piss off now. I got stuck in Holland for an extra night and had a bitch of a journey back because of it. Bored, bored of it now!
Del Lardo
14-01-2010, 20:35
Pretty much gone in Cambridge now. I was quite happy with the snow closing Gatwick yesterday as we landed at Stansted so despite a 2 hour delay taking off we got home at pretty much the same time.
It's cleared a helluva lot in Liverpool today after a full day of snow yesterday, so was quite pleased, however then arrived home to find it *exactly* the same as it has been for the last 10-12 days. Why is it not moving? Arrghh!! The pavement is just so bloody slippy and absoultely solid.
And the fog is back, can barely see the other houses over the road at the moment.
Very cold rain and a lot of it yesterday :( Bring back the snow!
Knipples
15-01-2010, 07:59
Raining here this morning! :D
90% gone, woohoo! FREE! Raining now, that and 4C going up to 8C for Monday should do the final job :)
Never thought I'd be so glad to find it raining.
It must have been quite warm overnight as most of it has gone now. Where there were lumps of snow, ie snowmen and where we cleared them off the cars is still there but the paths and roads are generally clear.
Most of the snow/slush has gone now, apart from my car park at home and the rain is coming down hard so should clear the last of the works car park up a bit. People still can't drive though, why the moron in front of me this morning thought 40 in a 60 zone on a clear road was clever I'll never know.
Still the same, except even slippier now thanks to the pelting rain. Hopefully will warm it up during the day so we can see some pavement!
Princess Griff
17-01-2010, 16:54
All gone :(
I must be the only one missing the snow :(
Gone! On the roads anyway, still in the fields & pavements.
Landed in Denmark last night, still plenty of snow here (as it was snowing).
The confidence of the drivers here is mad.
I must be the only one missing the snow :(
I miss it too :( Or rather I miss the empty roads. And the snow too.
Knipples
18-01-2010, 21:43
God yeah the one thing I did like was the lack of cars, its taken me an hour to get to work the last few days of last week and today.
We may be in for some more of it if some of the weather reports are to be believed....
WEIRD... just looked outside and we've got loads of big white fluffy snow coming down.
Stan_Lite
29-01-2010, 15:45
Schools are all closed in Shetland today due to snow.
FROZEN BRITAIN PART 2.
THIS TIME, 60,000 WILL ACTUALLY DIE. PROBABLY.
Today has consisted of >
Rain > SNOW > brilliant sunshine. Followed by RAIN > heavy snowfall > sunshine.
No snow here. Thank God. There were a few flakes about yesterday but mixed in with rain so it didn't stay.
Having to get taxis everywhere for two weeks wasn't my idea of fun. I don't do snow - I tend to go slip sliding away at the first sign of it. One day I tried to walk to the shops from the office and got about 10 feet before I gave up. I ended up pulling the head off a broom and using the handle as a ski pole. It worked (or at least placebo worked). :D
Kell_ee001
30-01-2010, 11:14
We had a full on blizzard yesterday morning but it didn't settle.
Yesterday even we had another that left just a dusting.
This morning, ~3 inches of snow :(
leowyatt
31-01-2010, 09:00
we have 1--2 cm here this morning
Knipples
31-01-2010, 09:14
Gert big thick layer of frost here, looks very pretty though.
Kell_ee001
31-01-2010, 13:53
When I went out in it last night I realised it's actually about 5" thick here but down at my parents it's around 7" deep. Don't think we've had more since but it's so cold it's not melting yet either. Very icy out and very cold.
Glad I decided to drive last night though - mate of mine got stuck in toen for 2 hours trying to get a taxi and in the end had to get someone to go pick her up :shocked:
Kell_ee001
01-02-2010, 16:40
I'm still getting backlash from those 2 days off!
Can anyone find me a site that will show the official amount of snow call in both Portsmouth and Newcastle please? :(
If I get this wrong, I'm giving my meteorology qualifications back. :)
I very much doubt you'll find anything from the Met Office. They charge for data like this, and it's horrendous to calculate at a local level. A lot of snow measurements are actually records as precipitation, so that ruins the numbers. The type of snow, temperature, wind speed and humidity also need to be taken into account too, as each will change how much snow we get, in different areas. It's not as simple as sticking a ruler in the snow and writing the depth down. :)
If there is any site that says the depth/amount, I'd be questioning the accuracy.
Kell_ee001
01-02-2010, 17:41
:(
I figured as much, was still hoping for some general figures though :(
Did you take any pictures? You could just show it to your Boss and then ask if he'd like them rolled up and shoved up somewhere too? Just a thought.
You'd probably want to see if any local rags have any numbers then. I can search the Newbury Weekly News website for old articles and found "40 centimetres in places", and Newbury isn't as big or mighty as your places.
There were 3-4 inches of snow on the racecourse this morning if that's any help.
Kell_ee001
01-02-2010, 19:21
Did you take any pictures? You could just show it to your Boss and then ask if he'd like them rolled up and shoved up somewhere too? Just a thought.
The thought had crossed my mind ;D
Thanks for the suggestions and help guys :)
What Goose said. :(
Light covering this morning, but ice was the real problem, so I had to break out the wallet and get a taxi. I'm currently trying to walk whenever possible, or bus when not. :)
Snowed again today, it stuck and is about an inch deep, cant think of the last time its snowed 3 times in 5 weeks.
it's been snowing today, we have about 2-4 cms that have stuck. Hopefully will melt by tomorrow morning, can't be jiggered with the messing around driving with all the muppets again.
it's been snowing today, we have about 2-4 cms that have stuck. Hopefully will melt by tomorrow morning, can't be jiggered with the messing around driving with all the muppets again.
Yep it took over an hour and a half last night to get into manc. Every way in was stationary, m56, m60, m62, m6 and even the back roads! They were saying on the radio that essentially manc has had it last night :(
I'm waiting till after the rush hour before I leave my flat, I really cba with the prats. One of which was my manager last night, who thought that dumping the clutch would get the car moving on sheet ice. Eventually I had to help them as they were too thick to help themselves. 2nd gear, gently raising the clutch... pulled away first time. You'd think after the 3-4week freeze they would have a clue by now.
Pretty much all gone now Zirax, boss just drove in from Sale>Liverpool, said the M-way network is pretty clear. Our run in was slushy and a bit icy, but nothing to write home about.
Yep, mostly gone which is cracking o/
Kell_ee001
04-02-2010, 12:38
We had a quick blizzard last night that left about an inch, but thankfully we didn't have a repeat of the weekend where it went crazy over night ;D It's pretty much gone now and hope it stays that way!!
My mum has been given another day off because of the snow!
Just found this...
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=42237
That was the picture the news channels were using on 7th January (ish). High resolution version available. :)
Blighter
08-02-2010, 12:11
Just started snowing here!? WTH!!!!
Flibster
08-02-2010, 12:20
Been snowing since about 6am in Hitchin...
I'm heading out shortly. Hoping it doesn't lay as don't want to have to walk up the hill to the hospital on wednesday in the snow again *5 times was enough*
Lots of snow, none settled :)
Its well heavy and fast here :) not laying though..
BB x
Same as everyone else. It was snowing this morning and it was snowing this evening, but none settled. I'm hoping it will stay that way but doubt it will (it's bloomin' cold and shock horror, I've seen gritters out).
Blighter
09-02-2010, 08:55
Hmm.. My new daily commute to Northampton has been delayed by an hour so far due to snow... Is it really that bad?! There isn't any in Kent or London!?! :(
Northampton
That's a bit close to where I live for my liking. No snow in Northampton that I saw though.
About a centimetre here. Snowing still. Apparently up to 20cms overnight here and kent. I have to drive to Gatwick tomorrow morn. Should be fun!
Blighter
10-02-2010, 19:41
That's a bit close to where I live for my liking. No snow in Northampton that I saw though.
Turns out it was faulty overhead electricity cabling ;D Stupid driver.
Relative lives in DC. They have 45" and still coming down, three snow plows got stuck down their road.
Had a very bizarre experience - I went into Tescos this evening in glorious, albeit freezing sunshine. No more than 10 minutes later I came out to black black skies and a total blizzard, everywhere was white. It completely stopped me in my tracks! The snow was so heavy you couldnt see the petrol station over the road.
Blighter
10-02-2010, 20:16
Relative lives in DC. They have 45" and still coming down, three snow plows got stuck down their road.
:shocked:
WANT
It's v. bad out there. Seen loads of pics today!
Got into work at 10.15-ish. Sunshine. Went out at 11.00 to grab a sarnie. Absolutely pelting it down with hail (and snow mixed in). Looked outside at 11.15. Sunshine. Odd! :)
Had a very bizarre experience - I went into Tescos this evening in glorious, albeit freezing sunshine. No more than 10 minutes later I came out to black black skies and a total blizzard, everywhere was white. It completely stopped me in my tracks! The snow was so heavy you couldnt see the petrol station over the road.
that's what happened to us a few weeks back - absolutely glorious sunshine > blizzard > glorious sunshine > light snow showers....totalyl weird.
Had a very bizarre experience - I went into Tescos this evening in glorious, albeit freezing sunshine. No more than 10 minutes later I came out to black black skies and a total blizzard, everywhere was white. It completely stopped me in my tracks! The snow was so heavy you couldnt see the petrol station over the road.
http://www.headandshoulders.co.uk/
:evil::p
Bah, more snow, lots of it!
There was a blizzard over by the office this morning followed by some rain which cleared it. I heard reports that it was quite bad where I live so I left the office early. The first 70% or so of the journey was fine - no snow at all.
The remaining 30%? Horrid, absolutely horrid. It took me about 90 minutes to do the last 6 miles. I lost count of the cars I saw going sideways or otherwise out of control. I had a near miss, very close near miss when a car going in the opposite direction slowed and the car behind braked too hard, locked up and drifted sideways towards me. Had it not been for the turning to my left I would have had an Astra buried in the offside of my car.
Bah.
Bah, more snow :(
I either want 45", or nothing. Preferably nothing. I can't (won't) run on an inch of ice.
Blighter
18-02-2010, 21:13
Lots of mini snow storms in Northampton today! :D
It wasn't much of a mini snow storm when I went through Billing - it was a white out!
Snow down here too. I don't want no freakin' snow. It wasn't settling on the roads, but it was settling everywhere else, so only a matter of time. Been crazy weather all day today though the snow part only happened recently.
leowyatt
21-02-2010, 10:04
ok wasn't expecting that when I woke up this morning :shocked:
Worst thing ever. Now footballs cancelled and I don't know what to do!?!?!
nothing this way again, infact it gives for a week of heavy rain - bad times!
The rain hitting the windows is what woke me up this morning
TinkerBell
21-02-2010, 10:47
Shed loads here (Paul's) which isn't good as I have to drive home tonight, Eeeek! Apparently there will be heavy snow at home tomorrow and Tuesday. Bah
It had forecast heavy snow overnight and that's exactly what we got. My league race has been cancelled today and my trail shoes got so muddy on yesterdays run that they're still drying so I can't go out running at all today. Boooooooooooooooo!!!
ok wasn't expecting that when I woke up this morning :shocked:
Ditto. I am now convinced that they honestly have no clue on the weather. Ever since Thursday it has been changing from -8c in Manc and heavy snow -> to light cloud. Even last night it was saying it would be clear. Now there are two different sites saying snow mon/tue/weds and another is saying clear. ::/:
Trouble is down my road it will stay as ice for another week :(
Princess Griff
21-02-2010, 15:18
Well its sunny here!!!! :S
Light Rain shower, Heavy Rain, Heavy Rain, Heavy Rain, Light Rain. Do you see a pattern yet? :(
Still, at least it's not snow/ice. Touch wood it stays that way. :)
Going to make for some interesting times Tuesday/Wednesday. Both days I have early-ish appointments. I think I might be getting wet!
Well so much for that. It's snowing outside. Lots. Trying to settle too but not doing very well at it.
Flibster
22-02-2010, 11:44
Been snowing since at least 5am in Hitchin - Been settling on the ground since then too.
Bah...
It wasn't snowing when I went to grab a drink at 3am but it sure as hell was at 7am when I woke up. It's still going and there's about 3" on the ground.
It was the same yesterday though and that was pretty much all gone by mid afternoon.
On friday they revealed that Hawaii was the only state in the whole of the USA not to have any snow on the ground. Which is odd as there has been snow on the mountains on the island of Hawaii itself (a.k.a. Big Island) for most of the winter.
http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/snow040110.jpg
Welcome to Utah's schizophrenic bipolar weather!!
We had hailstorms on Thursday and today it was warm enough to sit ouside in short sleeves. Bizarre!
Hail at lunchtime and just now driving home..... snow! It's only a 14 mile commute and it was snow.... sandstorm....... snow..... wtf?
leowyatt
07-01-2011, 10:50
So who has snow this morning? We've got loads coming down here :D
I hope not too much - I'm meant to be visiting Lincolnshire later today! :eek:
What's it like midlands peeps? :)
None at all here. Plenty of rain though.
None at all here. Plenty of rain though.
This.
Thanks :) sounds like it'll be safe enough then :)
Piggymon
07-01-2011, 13:20
**** right off snow until the 17/18th !!
Yeah a little bit would be pretty tho :)
BB x
None here, it was blinking wet this morning though.
Even my waterproof gloves that have only leaked once (in 80mph wind and driving rain) got a little damp in places.
Am really hoping nothing settles!
we've not had any rain yet, so it's kinda sticking.
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