Winter 2017/2018 - Thread

khemist · 21 Jan 2018 at 11:03

Coming down pretty heavy here now.

khemist · 21 Jan 2018 at 13:10

Decent amount in just two hours.

steve45 · 21 Jan 2018 at 14:09

Coming down heavy here and have been for a couple of hours. I'm not long back in and no sign of the roads being cleared, was just getting to the point that it was getting a little sketchy. The remnants of the last deposit were still there, but its supposed to be warming up tonight and dont expect much of the snow to be left in the morning.

clubb699 · 21 Jan 2018 at 19:27

khemist said:
Decent amount in just two hours.

I love the street and houses not seen anything like that before there huge

Rroff · 21 Jan 2018 at 19:29

steve45 said:
Coming down heavy here and have been for a couple of hours. I'm not long back in and no sign of the roads being cleared, was just getting to the point that it was getting a little sketchy. The remnants of the last deposit were still there, but its supposed to be warming up tonight and dont expect much of the snow to be left in the morning.

Sadly its looking like that is going to be the theme for this winter and what is left of it - unsettled conditions with the odd days of snow mixed with rain and wind without any one weather pattern becoming dominant for any length of time.

Was hoping we'd descend into a colder spell before it was over but current forecasts not looking like that - just a continuation of patchy weather.

NewGamer11 · 21 Jan 2018 at 19:56

Careful you don’t fall out of the window @khemist

khemist · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:03

Don't worry, i've got my dressing gown cord tied to the bed, should be safe enough.

Orionaut · 21 Jan 2018 at 21:07

clubb699 said:
I love the street and houses not seen anything like that before there huge

They might well be modernised tenement buildings. Very nice now, but possibly with a grim past.

(Whole families living in one room, one loo, one water tap/stairwell, and so on)

Sadly many (Most) tenements were demolished and replaced with tower blocks. beneath the 19th/ early 20th century squalor, the tenements were quite well built and the remaining ones that have been modernised and turned into apartments are really rather nice.

clubb699 · 22 Jan 2018 at 08:41

Orionaut said:
They might well be modernised tenement buildings. Very nice now, but possibly with a grim past.

(Whole families living in one room, one loo, one water tap/stairwell, and so on)

Sadly many (Most) tenements were demolished and replaced with tower blocks. beneath the 19th/ early 20th century squalor, the tenements were quite well built and the remaining ones that have been modernised and turned into apartments are really rather nice.

Nice history lesson there cheers

Neil79 · 4 Feb 2018 at 23:07

It's snowing, not much at the moment!

So far everyone on the weather forums is looking towards a major cold attack mid feb 0-o

Rroff · 4 Feb 2018 at 23:15

Neil79 said:
It's snowing, not much at the moment!

So far everyone on the weather forums is looking towards a major cold attack mid feb 0-o

One person mentions SSW and suddenly everyone is convinced - the actual data is as normal unfortunately inconclusive.

Looks like the next few days is going to be close but no cigar for most except those at altitude - 1C too warm for lowland snow by the looks of it.

Devrij · 5 Feb 2018 at 08:06

Well it's bloody cold either way. Train was delayed 20 mins and my ass nearly fell off.

albert · 5 Feb 2018 at 10:56

It's the BBC's main headline which can only mean 1 thing .... it must be forecast to snow in the South of England.

DXP55 · 5 Feb 2018 at 13:35

Head line news on my home page - Blanket of snow hit's the South - Have to look at that and sure enough at least half inch.

Rroff · 6 Feb 2018 at 17:41

Its snowing here - like literally the least amount possible that you could still call snow

explicit4u · 7 Feb 2018 at 01:26

Starting to get a very light sprinkle here, i'm talking countable flakes under the streetlights. Looks like it might pick up a bit later.

Neil79 · 10 Feb 2018 at 17:07

Interesting!

Rroff · 10 Feb 2018 at 18:03

Models are starting to pickup on it but at this range its all just pure fantasy:

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/t...m/charts/gfs/12_300_preciptype_old.png?cb=468

robfosters · 10 Feb 2018 at 19:19

So it’s gonna get colder?

Hoping we’d be coming out of the worst of it towards the end of feb.

Neil79 · 11 Feb 2018 at 10:24

Is a prolonged cold spell on the way?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/20992173

reversal should start in around 24 hours, it is i believe that by Monday/Tuesdays outputs they will start to realise how strong a reversal it is.