Met office- Snow Warnings!!

[laser_jock@work]

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather.../warnings.html

Scroll down the page past the fog to get to the SNOW

[andycook]

spotted that - and already excited!
esp as im in a 70% risk area

hope to ski again this w/e after last weekends taster

[Chillitt]

those warnings are for freezing fog! not good for skiing or especially toboganing...(3 months in traction...)

[Debs (Tonka2)]

My turn to sulk, doesn't look like any snow for us

[andycook]

Early Warning Of Severe Weather

fog maybe as current warning
but early warning:

EARLY WARNING OF SEVERE WEATHER

EARLY WARNING of Heavy Snow and Blizzards Issued by the Met Office at 10:46 on Monday, 21 November

OVERALL RISK ASSESSMENT: The probability of disruption due to severe weather conditions in part of the United Kingdom within the next 132 hours is 70 percent.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow and Blizzards.
The Met Office is forecasting a period of cold and very strong northerly winds across the country on Thursday and Friday, and perhaps also through Saturday, with all areas at risk of seeing some snow.
Highest risk areas are northern and eastern Scotland (where winds may reach severe gale force), and also eastern counties of England. Showers will fall as snow or hail widely over higher ground and at lower levels at times. Local blizzard conditions are expected over higher ground in the north and east.
This warning will be updated by 1000 on Tuesday 22 November 2005

[Chillitt]

like the man in the orthopeadic shoes, i stand corrected! cool. snow.

[Draig]

no snow (is the forecast) in the midlands

[TonyN]

My turn to sulk, doesn't look like any snow for us

Me to.

Need a forum snow report thread, then we can road trip to the white stuff!!

[laser_jock@work]

like the man in the orthopeadic shoes, i stand corrected! cool. snow.

Sorry- I should have mentioned that you needed to scroll down the page a bit to look at the snow warnings.

Still 40% chance here in the Midlands is better than no chance!

[laser_jock99]

those warnings are for freezing fog! not good for skiing or especially toboganing...(3 months in traction...)

They got the fog bit right- took me an extra 20 minutes to get home tonight. Worst fog I've driven in for ages- probably 20 yard visiblity in places.

Here's a cracking satelite image of yesterday's fog (big file):

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...13500.250m.jpg

Extensive fog from the Bristol Channel to the Coventry area. Main fog
bank is divided by the Cotswolds. The proof that it is fog and not cloud? You can see Bredon Hill poking through near Evesham, Gloucestershire- must have been a fantastic sight on top!

So if the Met Office got that right- maybe we'll get the snow?

[BUSHWHACKER]

Is that red dot pinpointing your position?

[laser_jock99]

Is that red dot pinpointing your position?

I've no idea of it's meaning!

[BUSHWHACKER]

Maybe it's someone on board the satellite with one of them laser pointer pen thingys.

[andrewlee31]

if it starts to snow before my toy comes out the garage with its new head im going to be unpleasant

[laser_jock@work]

if it starts to snow before my toy comes out the garage with its new head im going to be unpleasant

Bad news:

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather.../warnings.html

Warning is slowly being downgraded- Midlands at 30% risk of disruption now (was 40% yesterday). B*gger!