Heavy snow forecast for Cardiff in the early hours with light snow just before and all day after, can't see it though, there is a band of snow over the very west of Wales sort of heading south east towards Cardiff on the radars but it's breaking up and already loosing momentum, Maybe a bit of drizzle during the day and some proper snow over the weekend, the sky's currently still rather clear. We'll see in the morning I guess.
(Not getting my hopes up this week after several met office warnings amounting to nothing for us during last month's cold snap)
Now heavy again and heading on a more direct path towards Cardiff, but doubt it'll settle in time to keep anyone from work, maybe from getting back on time (though unless that band in the north of Wales hits us soon after, and I think it's more likely to move into England by then as it's moving more quickly west as it heads south than the nearest band, I think it's only likely to last two hours or so).
We've had a light dusting here on North Merseyside within the last couple of hours. We pretty much dodged any hardcore snowfall during the recent [early December] cold snap, but it's looking more and more likely that we'll cop for something more substantial over the weekend.
I know. Usually we escape very lightly, while eastern England and Scotland bare the brunt of it. Must be the gulf stream buffering us from the cold... not today though.... Gonna be fun tomorrow. Bout time we had some good snow fall instead of just that crappy icy slushy rubbish.
I hope I wake up to even more - or am I just being greedy now? :D
Looks like fun tomorrow....not sure how I'm getting to work but deadlines to be met and delivered = eek!
No snow in Swansea as yet, I am hoping it will stay like that as I have my Xmas Party tomorrow and I don't fancy doing any Torvill and Dean impressions.
Hi Swangirl I bet you have snow now, in port talbot we have a nice covering and still snowing heavy. good luck
Snow has finaly broken through "The Corus Steel Curtain":D
We had another dusting this evening
falling on top of ice,
minor roads are like skating rinks
Major roads are reasonably fine.
Asolutley freezing
here positivley Baltic:(
Just like here Radio. The road is just ice, even the dog is struggling:D
Now heavy again and heading on a more direct path towards Cardiff, but doubt it'll settle in time to keep anyone from work, maybe from getting back on time (though unless that band in the north of Wales hits us soon after, and I think it's more likely to move into England by then as it's moving more quickly west as it heads south than the nearest band, I think it's only likely to last two hours or so).
Saturday is supposed to be VERY bad for snow in South Wales looking at the forecast
Looking out of the window right now and the light stuff has arrived and it is settling somewhat
Scratch that, it is coming down somewhat heavier now
Whereabouts in S Wales are you Rich ? roads are covered in Cwmavon , Port Talbot I have heard same as you for Saturday.
Barry Island
Coming down pretty hard now here, looks like it's going to be a nice covering if this keeps up until daybreak which it looks like it will as the sky is going a bright shade of orange
Snowing heavily again in Belfast - windy too... I can hear it on my window - which is weird cos it's snow...but I can see it lying on my window too (skylight).....
Apparently met office will update the charts for Belfast in the morning - things looking to get worse...
Its not snowed in south east yet but it is VERY VERY cold :-O & also when i left for work at 4.14am this morning i noticed the rain from last night was FROZEN to my car this morning, took me 15 mins to clear the windscreen enough to b able to see anyhting :-O
Its not snowed in south east yet but it is VERY VERY cold :-O & also when i left for work at 4.14am this morning i noticed the rain from last night was FROZEN to my car this morning, took me 15 mins to clear the windscreen enough to b able to see anyhting :-O
I live in Aberystwyth at the moment and a layer of snow has settled on the ground and it's been snowing lightly on and off. I am meant to be going home today... me and my dad are giving each other hourly weather reports as he decides whether to risk coming to pick me up or not. My hometown has started snowing very heavily apparently, so my dad is staying put at the moment and I'm here with a half packed bag, deciding whether to carry on packing or not....:D
Some parts of South Wales have had a right dumping in the last few hours - including Cardiff and Bridgend etc. Looks quite a lot on the traffic Wales cameras.....
Swansea is now covered in snow and it continues to fall. It's Black Friday today so I have a feeling that the emergency services will be dealing with a huge amount of drunken revellers that have fallen and hurt themselves due to snow or ice. I hope I am not one of them!
Pleasant surprise in Cardiff, managed to get some kip at around 2:30am at which point the sky was starting to get a bit cloudy but not a flake had fallen and wake @ 5:30 to find 2 1/2 / 3 cm (though not much considering the stuff we've all had the last few winters but still), has stopped now though and doesn't look likely to start again for a few hours, there's another heavy band just over swansea but it appears to have all but stopped drifting east this past hour since moving south and now just seems to be heading further south slowly.
Said band appears to be growing a tad eastward in the last 20/25 minutes but as light snow rather than heavy, met office's forecast is for it to stay light and fall on and off till around 3/4 o'clock . More heavy snow in the early hours, hope it leaves a bit more than this did.
Strange, BBC's Weather seems to have been updated overnight and is provided by the met office, yet predicts several hours of heavy snow tomorrow morning and afternoon (9am-3/4pm), whilst the met office's own site, updated every few hours, so I assume overnight, predicts 3/4 hours during the early hours (3-6/7am) .
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Now heavy again and heading on a more direct path towards Cardiff, but doubt it'll settle in time to keep anyone from work, maybe from getting back on time (though unless that band in the north of Wales hits us soon after, and I think it's more likely to move into England by then as it's moving more quickly west as it heads south than the nearest band, I think it's only likely to last two hours or so).
I hope I wake up to even more - or am I just being greedy now?
Looks like fun tomorrow....not sure how I'm getting to work but deadlines to be met and delivered = eek!
Hehe Bizzard!
Hi Swangirl I bet you have snow now, in port talbot we have a nice covering and still snowing heavy. good luck
Snow has finaly broken through "The Corus Steel Curtain":D
Unfortunately, at the moment, the snow is settling on grass and gardens but melting on the roads.
I'm hoping to get snowed in but it's not looking very likely at present.:(
Just like here Radio. The road is just ice, even the dog is struggling:D
Saturday is supposed to be VERY bad for snow in South Wales looking at the forecast
Looking out of the window right now and the light stuff has arrived and it is settling somewhat
Scratch that, it is coming down somewhat heavier now
Whereabouts in S Wales are you Rich ? roads are covered in Cwmavon , Port Talbot I have heard same as you for Saturday.
Barry Island
Coming down pretty hard now here, looks like it's going to be a nice covering if this keeps up until daybreak which it looks like it will as the sky is going a bright shade of orange
Apparently met office will update the charts for Belfast in the morning - things looking to get worse...
Check that out in Belfast!
Looks like plenty more to come too!
www.raintoday.co.uk
Yeah the showers have been there all night... plenty more to come through too!