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[Richie London]

its here now, been snowing for last hr. heathrow probably come to a standstill tomorrow now 

[PhilRich]

Snowpack is a uniform 2ft. deep here now.....I`ve cleared the (400 yard long) driveway following each 'fall'......`hand-cleared 6" of fresh snow this morning; now, there`s just been a further 3"+ fallen in the past hour or so: I could`ve cried.

Bloody hell Debs! you must have muscles like Popeye by now!!!.....Belay that, I bet Popeye would look like a wimp next to you with a snow shovel  It was women like you who gave birth to the kind of man who built the British Empire (and kept it safe while he was in his cups through drink!!)

[Del Boy]

Good inch maybe 2 here now, roads are getting steadily worse too 

[Entwood]

Swidnod missing it at the moment .. but looks like reading/ oxford is getting a bit ..   if the low moves south west we'll get some soon ..

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

[bertiecbx550]

I was asked approx 1hr and alf ago by the sainsburys manager if could grit the car park I would do if i had access to a gritter i replied...Cant you just use a shovel he asked???

[Nickbat]

Snowing heavily here in North London now. Gritter just went by for the second time this evening and has made no difference to the road condition. Actually, I can't even see where the grit has been laid, so maybe his dispenser was jammed. 

[albitz]

Not a single flake here..................................yet.

[Lazydocker]

Not a single flake here..................................yet.

Or here

[albitz]

The English riviera.

[Nickbat]

The English riviera.

It'll be with you soon, Albs.

Look at the radar...click the animation and you'll see a very good anticlockwise rotation of precipitation around the centre of the low. About another hour or so, old bean. Mark my words!  I've just modified this: looking at the radar, it should be snowing in Essex by now. You need to open the curtains!!!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

My concern is whether the low sticks around for long. If it does, we'll get plenty of the white stuff.

[feeutfo]

Swidnod missing it at the moment .. but looks like reading/ oxford is getting a bit ..   if the low moves south west we'll get some soon ..

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

6-8 inches here, roads just as bad as the last flurry before xmas but nowhere near the caos. Although m4 had a lane closed both ways between 10 and 11 with exit slip closed both ways at jcn 10, 329m due to an incident. This was the exact same place that ground Reading and the m4 to a halt last time(21 dec.)

Roads are traffic free compared to the last grid lock. People have learned and not been cought out as badly.

if it carries on like this there will be getting on for 1.5ft by morning.

Wheres me snowboard. Weeeeee.

[Kevin Wood]

I was asked approx 1hr and alf ago by the sainsburys manager if could grit the car park I would do if i had access to a gritter i replied...Cant you just use a shovel he asked???

He's been promoted to his level of incompetence then... Or sidelined where he can't bo11*cks anything up!

Well, we've got about a foot of snow in Four Marks. Started dumping at about 1800 hrs and hasn't stopped. A31 as good as closed. A couple of volunteers with 4x4s keeping a few cars moving but for all intents closed.

Went out to take a few photos and came across a guy who'd abandoned his car and walked 4 miles already. Hoping to raise a mate of his in the village but mobile flat. Invited him in to warm up and make a few calls. Hopefully he's sorted, cos he's another 7 or 8 miles from home.

Useless idiot from the council is having a go at the 4x4 drivers for pulling people up the hill - and then having to go down on the wrong side of the road to pick up the next car - can't see him doing much to get people home.

Kevin

[BigAl]

Swidnod missing it at the moment .. but looks like reading/ oxford is getting a bit ..   if the low moves south west we'll get some soon ..

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

6-8 inches here, roads just as bad as the last flurry before xmas but nowhere near the caos. Although m4 had a lane closed both ways between 10 and 11 with exit slip closed both ways at jcn 10, 329m due to an incident. This was the exact same place that ground Reading and the m4 to a halt last time(21 dec.)

Roads are traffic free compared to the last grid lock. People have learned and not been cought out as badly.

if it carries on like this there will be getting on for 1.5ft by morning.

Wheres me snowboard. Weeeeee.

You are kidding !!
You saw what happens with a couple of centimeters of snow - the country grinds to a halt.
Imagine what 1.5 ft will do - everyone in reading will have regressed to caveman behaviour ( EDIT: i mean dressed in animal skins armed with bows & arrows)

[Turk]

Snowing here at the mo, but only about 2" and just steady light flakes.
Rarely get it bad here as we're less than half a mile from the sea. Different story a mile or so inland though.
We're expecting clear skies for the rest of the night with Wednesday staying around -2c, and then a bit more snow. 
Tomorrows busy "day off" should be somewhat interesting.

[albitz]

The English riviera.

It'll be with you soon, Albs.

Look at the radar...click the animation and you'll see a very good anticlockwise rotation of precipitation around the centre of the low. About another hour or so, old bean. Mark my words!  I've just modified this: looking at the radar, it should be snowing in Essex by now. You need to open the curtains!!!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

My concern is whether the low sticks around for long. If it does, we'll get plenty of the white stuff.

Yep,its snowing now.