[RichardBoult]

Just had an early warning through for snow!

[Fusewire]

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee





Snow's great.

Hope we get plenty.

[Nimby]

If that's supposed to be line dancing... where are their cowboy hats?

[Mep]

Originally Posted by RichardBoult

Just had an early warning through for snow!

where?

[Sonic67]

In Birmingham the temp is thought to be 0C Sunday night so may be snow or frost possible. Monday the temp is going to 4C. So it wouldn't last anyway.

[RichardBoult]

News release at http://www.metoffice.co.uk

15 March 2007
Arctic winds set to bring a wintry spell

Forecasters at the Met Office are warning of a marked change to very cold weather for early next week as Arctic winds bring a sharp drop in temperature and a risk of snow to some areas of the UK.

Northern and exposed western and eastern parts of the UK are most at risk of seeing the snow, with 5 cm possible at low levels. Upland areas of Scotland could see up to 30 cm of snow. The snow may lead to some disruption in the worst affected areas. Daytime temperatures have recently been as high as 19 °C across southern England, next week southern England will have daytime highs of 7 °C with around 4 °C in Glasgow.

Nick Grahame, Chief Forecaster at the Met Office, said, "The snow showers will be heavy in places and the strong northerly winds will make for difficult conditions at times. Melting snow may refreeze at night, with frost and ice being an additional hazard for some."

The wintry weather may lead to difficult driving conditions in the affected areas and motorists should check the latest weather forecast when making their travel plans.

Those with a keen weather interest may wish to see the Met Office Chief Forecaster's commentary.

[RichardBoult]

Chief Forecaster’s commentary

Period Sunday 18th to Monday 19th March

Snow threat

An Arctic air mass will push south during Sunday, with deep instability bringing heavy snow showers, enhanced at times by organised troughs. Exact timings of organised troughs still remain uncertain at this stage.

The 1,000-500 hPa thickness will fall below 516 decametres (remarkably low for the time of year) by the end of Monday, even in the south of the UK. Couple this with sea-surface temperatures of between 1.5 and 2.5 °C above average and we can expect deep convective instability and heavy snow showers in places.

The main areas at risk will be Scotland and Northern Ireland at first, but there is also a significant risk for western and eastern areas of the UK exposed to the northerly winds. Conditions may be conducive for the formation of polar lows.

Winds will veer slowly during Monday, becoming northerly by the evening leading to an increasing number of snow showers to affect North Sea coasts and adjacent land areas later.

Significant accumulations are expected above 200 metres and temporary accumulations at low levels.

Ice threat

There is a moderate risk of ice associated with areas affected by earlier daytime snow subsequently melting and then re-freezing after dark. The risk of ice is primarily for Scotland on Sunday morning, but extending to other areas thereafter; still too early for the detail on this.

Wind

Generally very windy with gales in northern and western areas of UK, with a low risk of severe gales in exposed places.

[RichardBoult]

'organised troughs', 'deep convective instability'??

All I want to know is if it's worth dusting off the sledge again!

[chriszzzzzz]

Where are these cold winds coming from? I thought we were all warming up around the poles!

[Steven]

So nothing for London? This place is boring. Always sun, sun, sun. Unfortunately its no Barcelona. Saying that, probably for the best. A bit of drizzle and they all get over-excited

[FLINTOFF]

Sorry but hope we get none

[Steven]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6462909.stm

Well there is still time to change, but all I see are blue skies broken by white fluffy clouds. A breeze and the weather is still nice out. I want snow too!

[bouncer]

Just been woken up the the sound of hail stones battering of my window for 10 mins!

[Mep]

you lazy bugger!!

[udsf]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]snowing now in Nottinghamshire as i look out of the window![/FONT]

[Adrenochrome]

Glorious sunshine in Central Scotland

[darren_eaf]

It was snowing quite heavily here in Crewe about an hour ago, with heavy winds aswell, the snow was horizontal!

Glorious sunshine now though, although there are also heavy grey clouds

[Woodywizz]

Down at the in-laws in Colwyn Bay - we attempted to play golf this morning in Abergele but the wind was horrendous and was almost blowing us over at one point. Has been snowing and hailing since with intermittent bursts of sunshine.

[madcyril]

Originally Posted by darren_eaf

It was snowing quite heavily here in Crewe

Originally Posted by woodywizz

Down at the in-laws in Colwyn Bay

Hope it doesnt get any worse seen as I'm going to Holyhead later .

[Woodywizz]

Back in Mcr after an horrendous 2 hour drive from Colwyn Bay - at one point, near Chester services, the hail was so bad that you could not see the road at all. Traffic crawled at about 10 mph for about 10 miles - not a drive I want to do again.

[Steven]

Well we have very light snow in London!

But the fire alarm had to go off for me to know that (I'm a light sleeper. Won't sleep again now )

[dejongj]

Had loads on top of the Chilterns at 5.30am...But nothing by the time I got down towards Hemel.....That's a shame....I love snow...

[krish]

Was a fair amount of oncoming snow driving very early this morning to Stansted Airport from Suffolk. And now just outside Munich there's a bit too

[Mr_Wistles]

Snowing in Southend at the moment.

[drskhaled]

flutter of snow in london but biting wind. My face felt numb with cold, brrrrr.

[gadget boy]

Snow, hail and bitingly cold winds in Northern Ireland.

Managed to get out with the kids to build the worlds smallest snowman before the driving hail meant we had to go back in.

To top it all off, we lost our electricity supply around midnight last night.

Still....beats being at work

[Steven]

So when I'm going out central it snows