Anyone within 30 odd miles of Birmingham care to comment on the current weather ? 7pm Thurs and an awful lot of red on the google maps traffic speed page
Son in Rugby says they've had a load of snow.
The Ilson Alps now have a thin covering
was heavy tor half an hour or so in Milton Keynes now its just raining
Just proper kicked in in Sheffield. It's nice and white outside.
Fingers crossed for Snowmageddon tomorrow and not just rainy slush.
Went out for a wander in Chesterfield. Snowy is coming down and settling but I'm expecting it to be slush by tomorrow morning.
Just looked on ventusky. Midlands getting hit hard,12cm in places. Going to be carnage in the morning.
No snow, frost or wind on the northern boundary of greater Manchester. Little bit of rain. Reasonable bike commuting weather for this time of year.
Just wet. Just lots of wet in Stratford upon Avon.
Few inches here in Dudley/Wolves, seems like it's already on the thaw though...paths in the woods on this morning's dog walk are already slushy from the trees.
Few trees down, smaller ones mostly...
Nowt in Leeds. Wet.
No snow, frost or wind on the northern boundary of greater Manchester. Little bit of rain. Reasonable bike commuting weather for this time of year.
None (or almost none) on the south eastern flank either, it's just wet and grey. Peak District webcams show Buxton, Leek etc have a bit of snow but it's slushy enough that the roads seem mostly clear.
Colleagues over the other side of the Peak (Derby, Chesterfield etc) are saying it's quite heavy over there.
Lots of snow here in Shropshire, cars have tried and failed to get out of our street!
My Dad phoned earlier to check if I was still alive / buried by snowdrifts / stranded from civilisation. He seemed quite put out when I said we had the merest sprinkling of snow.
Then it turned into a a "back in my day" rant because everything around him is completely shut down - no buses, trains, schools are closed etc - and he was complaining that when he was at school you just got up and walked there. No question that they'd be shut or that the shops would close or the buses would stop running.
I'm not sure he's grasped the concept of more up to date health and safety legislation...
and he was complaining that when he was at school you just got up and walked there.
Then when we got there in Rubery in the mid 60s only the headmaster and a couple of teachers had managed to get in so the assembly went on until a few more teachers turned up, then classes got put together for gym until break when all hell let loose with snowball fights, monster snow balls, igloos and improvised slides on the path into the school (which lasted the week because no grit or salt was used). And all that in shorts, a pull over, a blazer and knitted mittens if you were lucky. Best school days of my life. At the weekend we went up the Lickys. One day I had my feet strapped into some other kid's skis and shuffled about - a vocation was born.
Day 9 of snow here, hardly mentioned on the national news. Yet the shire have a flurry or two and its headlines
Lolz at Mirror headlines...
That said, next Tuesday evening onwards may be a little wild again, with snow forecast for the usual places.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/weather
Had several days of +1 or +2 and a lot of the snow has gone. Some ice now (dropped to -1) but I needs more snö so I can get the local XC tracks back in service.
Quite a lot of patches left after a wee bit fell overnight. Windfarm trails were sticky slow.
@scotroutes - nice pics. Don't suppose you've any handy drone shots showing the Ciste versus Lurchers etc? Heading out for a tour in the morning and trying to put together some options...
I drove home over the local 'mountain road' yesterday evening. Proper couple of inches of snow and some ice...