Snowy kitten, I expect you are planning a thread along these lines! But if not, any ideas what's going on??
The Met Office still have a warning out for heavy snow across the whole of the south, but our local forecast (N Oxon) has gone from heavy snow to no snow at all. Is this simply a forecasting nightmare?
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fatsatsuma · 17/12/2010 09:10
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laughalot ·
17/12/2010 12:10
Yep im the same we are nottinghamshire so we are in orange with the met office put our postcode into bbc weather and it gives sunshine tomorrow 
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winterpetunia ·
17/12/2010 12:30
The Metoffice have updated their warnings and we're not covered by an orange warning now for tomorrow. We're covered by one for today 'til 3pm for heavy snow but I can't see that happening; the conditions aren't right.
I'm all 
now because we haven't had that much snow over the last few weeks and I was hoping it was going to be a snowy weekend!
Megletitsnow ·
17/12/2010 14:15
We were forecast snow in Hampshire. The MET office have downgraded us and the BBC think it's going to be sunny 
.
And a 
for not having a foot of snow.
They're just going to forecast the worst all the time now aren't they? Get us all excited, planning ahead and stockpiling food 
, then nothing, not a flake.
Chaotica ·
17/12/2010 16:47
I was snow too - (south) east midlands missed most of it last time too. I could see snow clouds passing us by today.
We did get a little graupel though!
moonmother ·
17/12/2010 17:19
Too be honest none of the forecasters have a clue, where or when the snowfall will be.
Every updated chart that comes out- if I'm right 4 times a day, is showing the snow moving north in one update then south in another and so on.
It really does just come down to being prepared literally anywhere in the country.
For example the Met Office gave my area a flash weather warning this morning at 10am that a heavy snow shower could be expected around lunchtime/early afternoon. I looked out my window and it was happening right then. I went out to the next town (3 miles away) and halfway there it was snowing just an odd flake here and there.
It's really that precise at the moment 
OhYouSnowySnowyKitten ·
17/12/2010 18:25
[[Ok, tomorrow, best guess at the moment (which seems to tie GFS, UKMO kind of roughly together) as to where the greater snow risk lies.
Saturday:
Snow Wales and NW over night. Then that moves to engulf the SW, the Midlands (unsure about Midlands) and the south and SE by lunchtime. (may include EA) Also either southern or western scotland or both.
sunday:
Mainly a southern coast feature and coastal NE (including Scotland)
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By far the best bet is to check out the warnings pack carefully if you are travelling - being prepared to be stuck for a long time and just generally Be Prepared.
MrsThisIsTheCadillacOfNailguns ·
17/12/2010 21:38
Thankyou winterpetunia,but dh risked it this afternoon and came back with a tumble drier and a new laptop.So we are ok for now.I still need to get into Leicester on Monday for a few last minute bits and bobs though,and according to the forecast we could have a foot of snow or nothing.
MIL just rang from up north [Chorley Lancs],just as the WI arrived at our house to do hand bell ringing.She says there is very heavy snow there,and we are meant to be going up on Wednesday-we got snowed off last year and didn't make it, so we'll see.
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