Snow

Weather forecasts for the north Pennines last night and this morning were forecasting "30 cms or more above 100m". Well, NO!! Not even close, and we're above 300m. Sure it's blustery, and a bit of drifting, but no big deal compared to standard snowy March weather we've had over the last 30 yrs here and considerably less than the worse we've experienced.

Is this another example of the apparent recent fixation with weather drama and crisis click-bait of the MSM? Or over-correction after the Michael Fish debacle? Maybe we're just lucky here at the moment.

What's it like elsewhere?

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Originally Posted by Mossdog

What's it like elsewhere?

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In Leicestershire: plenty of precipitation during the day, in solid form in the morning, but more liquid later. So around 2-4cm of snow on the ground by midday, but that depth has now reduced. I'm just hoping that the slush doesn't freeze overnight, as that would make conditions rather treacherous.

A good 5 cm of snow overnight here in Ambleside. The surrounding fells that we can see from home look well covered - Todd Crag, Wansfell Pike, Wetherlam. Should be an interesting day.

We had a big dump (about 3-4 inches) yesterday morning but then it rained most of the afternoon and evening - I went for a very slushy run at about 5:30 yesterday.
Woke up this morning to white out again. Less than yesterday but still probably another 2 inches and still snowing. Roads are passable with care but the morning commute will not be fun for those who need to be physically somewhere. My wife's school is at one of the highest points in area and will be closed. It was a problem getting there yesterday for most of the staff but today will be worse.

There was a thin covering of snow in Cov yesterday... a rare jaunt into the office and it was chaos on the M6 with two lanes closed due to an accident, and Cruffts on at the NEC, coupled with poor visibility.

Rain had washed most of it away by last night.

Woke up to a decent covering this morning, not been outside but looks a couple of inches.

25cm fallen onto dustbin in Haworth, drifts much deeper.

4 to 5 inches at the most here, but obviously drifted over night and in places is up to a couple of feet or so deep. But with bright sunshine and glorious blue skies I reckon those lucky enough to go skiing at Yadmoss today will have a grand day out.

5 or 6 inches fell yesterday afternoon/evening which made for a tough RATRun with drifts being much deeper. Snowed heavily overnight and now 9 to 10 inches deep on top of walls/hedges and over waist high drifts in places which made for a slow dog walk this morning. It must have been windy at some time in the night as some fields have patches with hardly any snow at all.

Blue sky and warm sunshine now causing the snow to melt like the clappers.

Light dusting on the tops here in Monmouthshire. Nothing at ground level. F-in' cold though!

Most pleasant sunny day here, dusting of snow left on the tops but no more.
Indulged in first short ride on road bike.
Cold now but off got few days off fishing tomorrow, has to be done !