IllegalChickens Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi. We have six inches of snow, top layer powder, been falling all day, still falling. Schools are shut, no idea why, bus routes have been open all day. I love extreme weather, and live on the side of a hill so it'll all drain into the beck at the bottom when it thaws. I use Piers Corbyn forecasts, he's an astrophysicist, and uses sun spot and lunar info to predict the SSW that was mentioned at the weekend on one BBC forecast, and he's more accurate than the met office for long forecasts - in early Nov said that Mid Dec would be mild and the Beeb said 'the beast from the east' was coming and I was planting fruit trees in the mild spell that I ordered in early Nov. Accurate forecasts more than three days ahead are difficult anyway but he and Joe "Ooops, word censored!"i over in the US do a lot better than the MO. HM x (used to be, now CI but am Happymama everywhere anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Lots of snow here. The school I work at in Rutland is closed today. Lots of snow here too and our village school is also closed. There are going to be some awful floods when this lot melts Well that will make a nice change from the rest of the weather we've had this year, won't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Well, OH finally arrived home at 10pm last night, after spending 2 hours driving around Brum dropping friends off. It was one big skid pan Woke up this morning to the realisation that there was at least another 4 to 5 inches on top of the thawing snow we had on Friday. Lovely, not! Awoke to the sound of spinning tyres at 6am, a rear wheel drive vehicle in the road was having trouble getting anywhere. Neighbour came out at 6.30 with a shovel to dig her car out, and left for work at about 8am I cheated and went off on the train, and got to work in good time, thankfully! Train journey coming home in twilight was beautiful as the train runs alongside the canal, and it was magical, all covered in snow Not sure why all schools in Brum appeared to be shut though, we only had half the staff in because of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 R's school was in today; she says there were a lot of people just not turning up, a text went out to parents about that. Car was all ice under that powder snow this morning, took ages to de-ice before I headed out. No more snow forecast (well on the latest one anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sorry to all of you who hate snow but YEAH we had a decent amount of snow today and I was able to christen my purple Rubber Duck snow boots I bought cheap in May 2011 Kept my feet lkovely and warm and dry on my walk to and from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sorry to all of you who hate snow but YEAH we had a decent amount of snow today and I was able to christen my purple Rubber Duck snow boots I bought cheap in May 2011 Kept my feet lkovely and warm and dry on my walk to and from work It doesn't any get better than purple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Red weather warning in place for tomorrow and Wednesday for more snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sorry to all of you who hate snow but YEAH we had a decent amount of snow today and I was able to christen my purple Rubber Duck snow boots I bought cheap in May 2011 Kept my feet lkovely and warm and dry on my walk to and from work It doesn't any get better than purple I know Had my purple fleece on as well and also my golf winter hat which is purple though I didn't wear that inside work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 We've got loads of snow now . Might make getting to work awkward though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just woken up to fresh snow, not a huge amount but enough, I was not expecting that as I was woken at some point in the night to heavy rain ??? well it can have been that heavy .... they have forecast more for us later today but the weather lady was a bit evasive leaving me to worry do I take DD to piano lesson when im likely to get a call to collect YS from nursery, having said that I have about 30 mins to wait to hear if we get a txt from school re closure etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Our weather forecast is tentatively suggesting a bit more snow for Friday/Saturday. I hope not, as I think I've had enough of it now. I can't even take a snow day off work as I work from home! No fun at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We've had a light covering of snow overnight which has frozen over. It's hovering around freezing and very crunchy underfoot. The forecast doesn't predict any more snow for today but the sky looks quite leaden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Red weather warning in place for tomorrow and Wednesday for more snow. Bum! I thought we'd seen it all No more snow here but it was -4 this morning and clear, we now have freezing fog though and it's -2deg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Blue sky and melting snow earlier, but the sky is looking very ominous now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 It started snowing again an hour ago but has stopped now. Snow forecast from 6pm tonight until midnight TOMORROW now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Horrid here. Had a mixture of rain and sleet since late morning. Tis very soggy again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 We had freezing fog here this morning to go with the snow that had started melting yesterday only to turn to ice overnight. Snow starting to melt again, although no doubt will ice up again overnight. YS's secondary school was virtually the only school open in our area yesterday, only for most of the pupils not to turn up and then he spent the rest of the day watching dvds and playing games. What really is the point in being open if you're not going to teach the pupils that do bother turning up? He could have done all of that at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Keep getting text updates from a friend 10 miles away in Wiltshire. The snow has just started here again, went out to see to the hens and it was a blizzard. Failing thick and fast now and the 'report' is saying it will stay like this for another 36 hours! Glad I am off work until the 30th....it is chaos at Heathrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I am in Wiltshire and we had quite a blizzard about an hour ago, which was starting to pitch, but it seems to have slowed now. Took the dog for a walk in the park, just in case we we snowed in again (I didn't take her out over the weekend for fear of slipping or being pulled over) and it was freezing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 You are in S aren't you BK? The weather is heading your way....My friend is in The Collingbournes....Just checked outside and big flakes are falling now. Glad I brought lots of wooden and kindling in and did a food shop earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 My DD said its snowing in Brighton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just been upgraded to a 'Flash' weather warning for snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Snowing here too now. The eldest has an exam in Guildford tomorrow,so we are hoping it is short lived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charly1979 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Been snowing hard here in the mendips. I nipped in to Tesco to grab a few things for me and neighbours when I came out it was pitching hard on my car etc .... had a scary drive home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 No snow here today. Woke to find a light dusting everywhere and yesterdays part thaw is now solid lumpy ice. Nearly fell over a couple of times in my haste to get to the train We had a blast of sunshine followed by thick fog, so the freeze begins again More snow forecast for here tomorrow early morning so looks like I'm on the train again. Took a soft broom to the car when I got home, so it will hopefully be ready to go when I can dig the tyres free or when it thaws Lovely journey home on the train again, it looks like Brum is covered in thick foam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
