Snow - for some of the British Isles

[cessna152towser]

Yes indeed. Spring started off as usual with a few pleasantly warm days at the end of February / beginning of March, we even had a butterfly in the garden.
Then the unexpected big chill arrived two weeks ago.
Tuesday was our worst day this week with whiteout conditions and all school transport cancelled. Today we have snow showers but most roads are clear.
This evening starts our Reivers Festival Weekend which kicks off the start of the summer tourist season. We have re-enactments, parades, an encampment, medieval sports and a medieval market, a funfair and a fireworks display. All outdoor activities except this evening's Scocha concert in the Town Hall. It is an event which we look forward to eagerly during the long winter months of hibernation, usually it is pleasantly warm for all these outdoor activities in late March but it might not be so much fun this year when the forecast is for a maximum temperature of 0c, 32f for Saturday.

[Jock Scot]

As at 1430 GMT, we have just the odd snow flake blowing in the chill wind up here----------so far!

[neloon]

Anne,
"Much of the more Northern parts of the British isles have been hit by snow and high winds, closing schools, making travel dangerous or impossible." Jock doesn't have snow. Aberdeen doesn't have snow. Where exactly, in the eyes of Dorset, are the "more Northern parts"?
Alan

[Phil]

Anne,
"Much of the more Northern parts of the British isles have been hit by snow and high winds, closing schools, making travel dangerous or impossible." Jock doesn't have snow. Aberdeen doesn't have snow. Where exactly, in the eyes of Dorset, are the "more Northern parts"?
Alan

Usually anywhere north of Watford in my experience. Edinburgh has been snow-free today, bitterly cold though.

[Kiltedjohn]

A lot of it seems to be coming down right now in the West Midlands of England.

Shan't be venturing far this weekend.

[Gryphon57]

Usually anywhere north of Watford in my experience. Edinburgh has been snow-free today, bitterly cold though.

Could you be kind enough to define "bitterly cold" for those of us not in Scotland. As an example, here in Maryville, Missouri, USA, the day started at a brisk 23 F/ -5C and warmed up to its current 32 F/0 C. Our area is expected to get 3-5 inches of snow tonight, Kansas City area to the south is expecting 6-9 in.. Ironically a week ago it was 77 F/ 25 C for the afternoon high. Spring has begun colder than the last official week of winter.

[tulloch]

Here in Central Massachusetts at a little over 1,000 feet we have been walloped with snow after snow during the months of February and March. Rather unusual but it does happen here. The weather has been biting cold much of the time and we have had some days with sustained winds. Poor souls on the coast. Cape Cod and much of the shore around Boston are changed forever.

[frank_a]

Last year here on this day it was 21 or 22. For the last week or maybe even two, it has been below 0 at night, then above a tad during the day. This is actually a wee bit below normal for this time of year, but it does make the maple sap flow!

Frank

[JonathanB]

Snow in South London (albeit technically on the north slope of the North Downs, but the North Downs are fairly insignificant hills). It is very rare to have snow this late in the year. I've stayed indoors all day, but worn a kilt to feel defiant.

As far as I'm concerned, the North is Lancashire and Yorkshire and anything north of that. (I always think of Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire as not really the north, although geographically bits of Yorkshire are south of bits of them, if you see what I mean.)

Traditionally the North was north of the River Trent, but the Trent does a massive loop to the south to get round the bottom of the Pennines.

[Phil]

Could you be kind enough to define "bitterly cold" for those of us not in Scotland. As an example, here in Maryville, Missouri, USA, the day started at a brisk 23 F/ -5C and warmed up to its current 32 F/0 C. Our area is expected to get 3-5 inches of snow tonight, Kansas City area to the south is expecting 6-9 in.. Ironically a week ago it was 77 F/ 25 C for the afternoon high. Spring has begun colder than the last official week of winter.

Sounds much the same as here then. The wind is coming straight out of the Baltic just now and while I don't make a habit of walking round with a thermometer I would guess the wind chill factor is around -5 C.