SNOW in England

A snowHead

After the weather on TV mentioned snow in England on Sunday night

I've checked the local met office weather stations and both for my area are saying snow on Monday and heavier snow on Tuesday Very Happy

Do our snowHead forecaster's agree????

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rob@rar, I thought it only snowed when you were leaving Les Arcs

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boredsurfin, they gritted the roads round here last night.

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boredsurfin, sorry but I'm only any good at doing the forecast for Wengen Embarassed

brian

boredsurfin, tbh, no. Looks like it will be cold enough but difficult to see where the precipition's going to come from that would reach Hampshire on a straight Northerly. Convective showers are possible I suppose.

North Wales, N Ireland, East Anglia, possibly Yorkshire and Kent and obviously Scotland (I have high hopes for this setting up the weekend of the 24th/25th) are the best bets I think.

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rob@rar, cheers! I arrive in Arc 1950 on Thursday night snowHead

brian

Here's the MetO's take on things: (Polar lows !!! Yes Please !!!! Razz

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"Period Sunday 18th to Monday 19th March

Snow threat

An Arctic air mass will push south during Sunday, with deep instability bringing heavy snow showers, enhanced at times by organised troughs. Exact timings of organised troughs still remain uncertain at this stage.

The 1,000-500 hPa thickness will fall below 516 decametres (remarkably low for the time of year) by the end of Monday, even in the south of the UK. Couple this with sea-surface temperatures of between 1.5 and 2.5 °C above average and we can expect deep convective instability and heavy snow showers in places.

The main areas at risk will be Scotland and Northern Ireland at first, but there is also a significant risk for western and eastern areas of the UK exposed to the northerly winds. Conditions may be conducive for the formation of polar lows.

Winds will veer slowly during Monday, becoming northerly by the evening leading to an increasing number of snow showers to affect North Sea coasts and adjacent land areas later.

Significant accumulations are expected above 200 metres and temporary accumulations at low levels."

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brian, Just checked the local forecasts again and surprise surprise no mention of snow Sad

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boredsurfin, we've still got 'light snow showers' forcast for here on Tuesday Laughing

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Michelle, and temperatures dropping to about -13. Just as I was thinking of leaving my winter-weight jacket at home...

The only thing that surprises me is that every year it snows in March and that people are still surprised by it Puzzled

You know it makes sense.

I like the idea of "organised troughs". That sounds like a get-stuck-in-as-many-pies-as-you-like kind of event! NehNeh

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

It'll snow here because I'm away boarding, my last too boarding holidays have seen snow at home during the time I'm away. Still I'd ather be abroad Toofy Grin

A snowHead

FenlandSkier, every year it snows where, in March? It snowed in our town in Cheshire in March last year for the first time that I can remember (and I've lived here for 17 years). Or are we talking about the Alps? (I'm lost and confused as to where "here" is, now, on this thread Puzzled

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FenlandSkier, I remember being snowed in for three or fours days in mid-March, definite about the date as it was my friends birthday, and it was St. Patrick's Day. Looking at the Alpine temps, I should take my other jacket too.

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