I'm in the SE where they forecast a big dump overnight. The media were banging on about severe weather all day yesterday. So far there have been less than 2 inches. As it has been so windy, most has probably blown away. I expect there will be a few snow drifts here and there, but this isn't severe weather.

I anticipate journalists out on location today, making plenty of banal comments throughout the whole day. The BBC will probably not feature much else on the news today. They'll be in "stuck on one story" mode as usual. I might check out Ceebeebies instead. It'll probably be more grown up than News 24!

Frankly, I wish we'd get weather like this more often so that people would get used to driving in slightly adverse conditions, but the big advantage would mean that a little bit of snow would no longer be considered newsworthy by the numbskulls who decide what news is aired to the public. This would mean journalists could then focus on reporting the news!

Thinking about it, you would have though all their hot air would prevent this type of weather. Maybe it's just journalist who have brought about "climate change"! 😀

Yep. Just woken up to the news and they're actually recommending you take a spade to "dig yourself out" if driving anywhere today 🙂

Nothing on the Welsh Borders this morning!

2 inches in Farnborough, Hants, but I rang my manager this morning who lives in Kent (see THIS thread) and they have the best part of a foot of snow, all the roads are shut and he's staying home. Kent's got it pretty bad actually.

Half an hour ago there was no snow here in Northants. There's a fair bit now!

I'm in essex, looks like we've only got 1-2 inches of snow… undoubtedly everyone will be driving like complete plonkers tho

no snow & clear skies in Cornwall.

plenty up here in the north of scotland

Not too bad in Leatherhead but my manager's on holiday so my colleague and I have decided to work from home…I don't fancy going on the M25 up to J18 as it'll be bad for sure.

Snow falls in winter. Shocker

No snow on the Southern coast of Spain.
Morocco looks a little cloudy and Gibraltar has had a bit of El Levante.

The main problem in London is that there's very little redundancy in all transport systems so any small problem has a significant effect across a large area. The accident on the M25 last evening for example gridlocked Chiswick.
The other problem is that a significant minority of drivers have no interest in anything outside their car and how their actions might affect anyone else. This means that cycling in conditions like this morning's become quite dangerous because you know that their are drivers who willnot make any allowance for the decreased grip on the roads.

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Side roads 2-3" – packing to ice …..
Main roads – slush + running water, 30mph
Bitter wind

chester, cold clear blue skies, or would be if the sun was up.

The accident on the M25 last evening for example gridlocked Chiswick.

What accident was that? I had a slow drive south from J18 yesterday evening but only saw a Ferrari being loaded onto a lorry – signs were saying car fire but I couldn't see anything.

4 inches in the garden here, South London- but we're on the top of a hill, at, ooooh, 350 feet.

20cm on the NW Alps, very poor for the time of year, lifts will be open though wahooo!

Mendip – none (but that's no surprise, snow is rare here)

A bit. But the most important bit is it is a snow day!!! Wahoo…
No school for me 🙂

-4 over the Mendips this morning. Clear skies all the way to Yeovil too.

Although ABS saved me twice this morning on the icy yeovil back lanes! I just have to adjust to driving everyday to work rather than cycling. God i miss my old 8 mile bike commute!

Snow wasn't rare in the Mendips last February!

Upto Paddy the parsons do dah`s up here in Silsden Yorkshire

and a vid of his first encounter with the white fluffy stuff at 06.30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSLuuJ5mjvE

and as of 08.20

got about 3-4 inches here, in maidstone.

Turned up for work at 6, got sent home at half 7. only 4 people turned in to the whole place!

Pah, none here in the South Lakes, though there may be some more inland.

Looks like I will have to go to work afterall!

I find this snow situation very bizarre. I live in the Highlands, on the west coast, and have been here a few years now. Whenever the whole country gets a good dump of snow, it seems to miss us. There's some very high up in the hills, which lasts quite a while, but not a lot, and only at the top of the highest ones. We seem to get less snow on the ground than the rest of the country! I'm sure there is a perfectly good meteorological explanation for it (temp, permanently sodden ground?), but it's not what I expected.

Couple of inches in Leeds, at least in Yeadon which is higher. Seems to be floating down again now…

Whoop! From work this morning! –
"Staff, who have not been identified as essential services staff should remain at home. Where possible, staff are encouraged to continue working from home."

I find this snow situation very bizarre. I live in the Highlands, on the west coast,

The reason is in your statement! You're in the WEST. Snow generally comes from the East, from Scandanavia. That's why East Anglia and Kent always get hit hard. 🙂

A very thin dusting here (S. Manchester), just enough to be bloody annoying, not enough to be fun.
I got the train in this morning anyway cos it's the works Christmas outing this afternoon.

I had noticed that, but it's still not fair 😥

30cm this side of the NW Alps rocketdog – will be making use of the new Col d'Barnt gondalo to access the upper slopes!

Rather surprisingly, we have a couple of inches in Bolton. I didnt think it would make it over the pennines. Bitterly cold though.

Cant wait for Sundays ride.

Brighton, Top of Dyke Road this morning. pretty slow going. turned around and now going to do some work at home. But then I work in Guildford, and don't have anything i need to be in the office for today anyway.

Good fun sliding around in a car though 🙂

Several inches here in P'boro. Imagine it will turn to slush quite quickly.

Nowt here in Lichfield.
Suns out from what bit of the sky I can see from my desk. 🙂

Nowt in Leicester either 🙁

Frankly, I wish we'd get weather like this more often so that people would get used to driving in slightly adverse conditions, but the big advantage would mean that a little bit of snow would no longer be considered newsworthy by the numbskulls who decide what news is aired to the public. This would mean journalists could then focus on reporting the news!

The snow probably impacts my life more than the BA strike was ever going to but I still had to listen to that story ad-nauseum for the last week.

What story would you have liked to have seen covered today?

The truth is that it doesn't snow that often, so when it does snow it IS news, especially if it brings some parts of the country to a standstill.

2 inches in Baildon, not that far from Silsden (above) but only a dusting in Barnsley

It is news though isn't it. It may only be an inch around here, but it still means many roads are impassable to normal cars.

Our Punto can't get 5 metres from its parking spot, (in 1" of snow) so we abandoned it and took my rwd van which has chunky mud and snow tyres instead, it only spun the wheels when I gave it a prod of the loud pedal to provoke it. Everyone else is having to reverse down the hill…its not even steep.

About 6 inches here in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Very few cars on the roads at 8.30am

Hertfordshire, about 3 inches here. All fell between 7 and 12 last night.