Poxy Weather

[V8Druid]

seem to have had more here than t'other side of the valley .... hope it's the last for this year ... 's the trouble with being above the snow line ... ended with 40mm on the polytunnel

10.30

16.00

just hosed it all off the car - AGAIN - gonna be out at 07.30 again in the morning with Russ and do not want it covered in frozen snow .. the ice'll be enough of a hassle - only just above freezing out there already

bet you guys 'oop norf' have had a caning today ?

 

[craig]

seem to have had more here than t'other side of the valley .... hope it's the last for this year ... 's the trouble with being above the snow line ... ended with 40mm on the polytunnel

10.30
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just hosed it all off the car - AGAIN - gonna be out at 07.30 again in the morning with Russ and do not want it covered in frozen snow .. the ice'll be enough of a hassle - only just above freezing out there already

bet you guys 'oop norf' have had a caning today ?

We`d had around a foot when it eased off about dinner time, went out with the plough to clear the road down to the village to try and get the truck out tomorrow morning, put some salt down, but it was starting to freeze just after 3. a bit more forecast overnight.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

We`d had around a foot when it eased off about dinner time, went out with the plough to clear the road down to the village to try and get the truck out tomorrow morning, put some salt down, but it was starting to freeze just after 3. a bit more forecast overnight.

That’s probably more snow that we have had in the last 20 years..accumulated!

 

[Giles]

4-6 inches here

 

[pettsy]

4-6inches here, roads pretty clear by the time I was out this morning. Fitted my all-season Michelins back on yesterday

 

[V8Druid]

4-6inches here, roads pretty clear by the time I was out this morning. Fitted my all-season Michelins back on yesterday

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chains or studs might've been as wise an option

 

[Furniss]

Keep that white shite up there please ....it's a 1 in 10y event here thankfully

 

[Lancs Lad]

chains or studs might've been as wise an option

Had a random eBay search for chains for my pickup saved and forgot about it...a set popped up in summer . Proper german jobs never used ...slipped a silly offer in and it appears not many folk buy snow chains in UK in summer I snagged em daft as I am. Now it'll never snow here again

 

[TiltyShaun]

Had a random eBay search for chains for my pickup saved and forgot about it...a set popped up in summer . Proper german jobs never used ...slipped a silly offer in and it appears not many folk buy snow chains in UK in summer I snagged em daft as I am. Now it'll never snow here again

My experience with snow chains was in Austria in a blizzard. It has formed a simple rule for me. If you need snow chains……stay home!!

 

[V8Druid]

Had a random eBay search for chains for my pickup saved and forgot about it...a set popped up in summer . Proper german jobs never used ...slipped a silly offer in and it appears not many folk buy snow chains in UK in summer I snagged em daft as I am. Now it'll never snow here again

can't beat that sort of 'insurance'

 

[Lancs Lad]

My experience with snow chains was in Austria in a blizzard. It has formed a simple rule for me. If you need snow chains……stay home!!

These are to get me home when all the other suckers are sat out all night last winter in the lakes

 

[Smiffy]

These are to get me home when all the other suckers are sat out all night last winter in the lakes

The problem round here though is rarely solvable by extra traction. As all the idiots around you have caused chaos.
Reigate hill a few years ago in the snow had icy patch halfway up. Not very big maybe 20ft long. Qué of cars crawling up the hill nose to tail would hit the ice and grind to a halt, get pushed out and the next one would tailgate them onto the ice ready to be pushed out.
If they left a 20ft gap they could have easily got enough momentum up to cross the ice but no, this went on for hours.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Lovely day up here ! Frosty start and wee snow shower , never really got above freezing though and snow forecast next couple days .

 

[Bucket on wheels]

third word is off
started at 6 as forecast. stopped at 3 - good old Yr.No was bang on as usual ... got circa 35mm on the polytunnel, which is always the best gauge of the white stuff - settles and just sits ...
would've been a lot more if it'd continued as it was at 09.00 with the dry powdery stuff, but turned wet and big by 10 .....
still too much of it for my 'liking' though
'sposed to be nice tomorrow

Saturday however looks 'kin horrendous View attachment 66519 never seen that much forecast in one 24 hr period before

In my hometown New hourly rainfall record in Sandefjord Norway 21 August 2020
It fell 89 mm in 1 hour, 🌧🌧
The official measuring station of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute

 

[Storrsy]

White this morning here. And heavy snow meant to be arriving tomoz.

 

[Lancs Lad]

-6 on truck. Looks like we've dodged it again . Up in lakes tomorrow so should be fun.
Promised land once again up here beaut day

 

[6feetdown]

Difference to yesterday !

 

[Furniss]

Forecast for here tomorrow wtf

 

[Storrsy]

Forecast for here tomorrow wtf

As in Snow?

Looks like we'll be getting a good dose of it tomorrow. Forecast bothe Met and BBC say heavy snow most of the day and 0degs but then come the weekend it's back to 13degs and heavy rain

 

[V8Druid]

no snow here for the next two days - bright and sunny .... and they've throttled back Saturday's forecast deluge to a mere 39mm now .. with another 9mil 'til dawn on Sunday