Snow - for some of the British Isles

[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

[McClef]

For Dorset the "northern parts" would be around Shaftesbury!

[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.

[John_Carrick]

The power went off for the entire city of Belfast for a while this evening because of the weather.
Luckily we have had a balmy 4 degrees in Connacht today.
Dumfries and Galloway featured on the BBC news tonight as another of the badly affected areas. I hope the first Ferrintosh weekend is going OK
John

[cck]

At 7:00 PM it is a balmy 80 F (27 C) here in Austin and next week at this time I will be in Scotland. Could you please warm it up.

[Pleater]

Shaftesbury?

Ah yes, I have trekked that way - reaching there after crossing the wilderness beyond Blandford Forum, then on towards the lions at Longleat.

It isn't really the temperature but the wind - snow is usually not too bad - it sometimes has to warm up to snow, but when the wind is driving the snow horizontally so hard that it seems to want to go through rather than round, that is when it gets miserable. We have no snow, but the rain possibly hits harder. The wind is just plain nasty.

Now last year, it was day after day of warm dry weather in March, and the jet stream was far to the North. At the moment the jet stream is about level with the Bay of Biscay and heading towards the Mediterranean.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Derek]

Bitterley cold wind and lots of rain here in Cardiff the last few days. Looking bleak outside now too (6.15am sat) .. have to spend the morning putting rubbish from the church hall into a skip. Gonna be chilly for sure .. the cilt will keep me warm just gotta pull out the thick shirt and pullover.
Iechyd Da
Derek

[jhockin]

Now last year, it was day after day of warm dry weather in March, and the jet stream was far to the North. At the moment the jet stream is about level with the Bay of Biscay and heading towards the Mediterranean.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

not intending to "highjack" this thread ... but can you say "climate change"??

[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.

[Singlemalt]

It is snowing here this evening and there has been snow on the ground here since November. I actually love winter generally but I am now officially tired of it and awaiting the first signs of spring.