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Title: Anyone had any snow?
Post by: Newportnobby on December 28, 2020, 12:09:42 PM
Light dusting early evening yesterday but it's pretty much all gone now :(
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Post by: guest311 on December 28, 2020, 12:34:33 PM
same down here, then frost overnight, now raining.

HB not happy, "I want snow" now sulking under dining room table
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Post by: Dorsetmike on December 28, 2020, 12:37:27 PM
Faint signs in a few sheltered spots and car, smidgeon left in very shaded spot, but bright sun and no breeze.
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Post by: Papyrus on December 28, 2020, 12:46:04 PM
Nothing here in our tropical paradise  :sweat:, but we are under a snow and ice warning for Wednesday into Thursday. I'll believe it when I see it...

Cheers,

Chris
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Post by: dannyboy on December 28, 2020, 12:58:29 PM
We had a light coating in my part of Ireland yesterday afternoon and evening, but it is all gone now - just rain!
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Post by: chrism on December 28, 2020, 01:01:51 PM
Not here, but the higher fells further inland are looking decidedly Alpine.
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Post by: Skyline2uk on December 28, 2020, 01:15:34 PM
Snowing in Bristol as I type.

Quite heavy but not settling.

Skyline2uk
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Post by: port perran on December 28, 2020, 01:21:23 PM
Nothing here just 45mph wind gusts but that's just normal.
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Post by: RailGooner on December 28, 2020, 01:32:05 PM
Quote from: port perran on December 28, 2020, 01:21:23 PM
Nothing here just 45mph wind gusts but that's just normal.

That'll be the sprouts. :D
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Post by: Trainfish on December 28, 2020, 02:26:10 PM
Had a tiny bit on the patio when I got up at lunchtime. Looked more like dandruff than snow. All gone now though.
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Post by: kelstonlad on December 28, 2020, 02:38:26 PM
Maybe an N gauge couple of feet up here on the dizzy heights of the Mendips, but it's pretty much all disappeared now.

- Andy
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Post by: daffy on December 28, 2020, 04:33:47 PM
All quiet on the eastern front so far, but Thursday's forecast is for snow and sleet showers here.
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Post by: stevewalker on December 28, 2020, 06:43:14 PM
Woke up to about an inch and a half here in Urmston, Manchester - despite them forecasting that we would get rain and sleet, but no snow.
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Post by: guest311 on December 28, 2020, 07:20:11 PM
 :smiley-laughing: err - Manchester = RAIN not SNOW
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Post by: stevewalker on December 28, 2020, 08:56:43 PM
I'll have you know that one year, back in the 1990s, we had no rain at all for over 13 weeks and were officially the driest place in Europe!

Okay, okay, I'll admit it does rain a fair bit here normally. United Utilities tried to charge the Trafford Centre for drainage some years ago - which would have been a hefty bill, as the buildings and car parks can shed 10 tonnes of water per second in heavy rain! They didn't get far though, as it was owned by Peel Holdings and they pointed out that their rainwater discharge went into the Manchester Ship Canal ... which they also owned  :D
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Post by: Lankyman on December 28, 2020, 09:01:51 PM
@Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) I don't know if you missed it last night but, just as it started snowing here last evening there was a sudden hailstorm on the M6/M61 junction which turned the motorway into an ice rink. There were multiple crashes involving about 30 vehicles. Fortunately there were no serious injuries but both motorways were closed for several hours. I spent the evening idling my time on my PC where the window overlooks Junction 28 on the M6 and there were blue lights flashing past every few minutes. There was only a smattering of snow when I went to bed and mostly gone when I got up this morning.

Ron
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Post by: Newportnobby on December 28, 2020, 09:29:41 PM
@Lankyman (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=2088)
I did hear the hail on my windows but knew nothing of the accidents, Ron.
Glad to hear no serious injuries were incurred.
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Post by: Bealman on December 28, 2020, 10:58:56 PM
No.  :D
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Post by: NinOz on December 29, 2020, 04:24:16 AM
Checking every morning but nothing yet. 

Been hoping for a white christmas for ages.
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Post by: Bealman on December 29, 2020, 04:47:48 AM
Actually, by Aussie summer standards, Christmas Day here was quite cold. Bealman had a coat on after lunch outside!
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Post by: Adam1701D on December 29, 2020, 06:58:44 AM
Nothing in Peterborough as of 0700 but a look at Railcam shows an absolute blizzard in Doncaster.
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Post by: Chris Morris on December 29, 2020, 07:08:26 AM
I had my G scale plough out yesterday. There are some things you just can't do in N.
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Post by: Newportnobby on December 29, 2020, 09:42:30 AM
Another dusting this morning although it's already melting away. To my mind, just 2-3cms would be nice, just to make the world look better rather than all the grey.
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Post by: Stuart7358 on December 29, 2020, 09:49:08 AM
A few minutes of snow in Chichester this morning at 9.15, melted as soon as it landed though. Still it looks pretty grey to the south so maybe more to come..
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Post by: Bealman on December 29, 2020, 09:49:45 AM
But still nowt here  ;)
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Post by: Chris Morris on December 29, 2020, 09:53:34 AM
Yesterday chez moi

This is after the snowplough had done its job.
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/3123-291220095326.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=103785)
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Post by: Malc on December 31, 2020, 03:16:30 PM

(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/497-311220151548.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=103895)
Just a touch in the back garden. Gone by evening.
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Post by: Malc on December 31, 2020, 03:21:17 PM
A bit more when I was working in Oslo. This fell overnight.
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/497-311220151825.jpeg)
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Post by: port perran on January 01, 2021, 10:58:17 AM
We had a little last evening (just enough to give a tiny dusting) and it has lingered this morning.
This is the view from our bedroom window as the sun rose earlier:
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/230-010121105753.jpeg) (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=103934)
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Post by: Ditape on January 01, 2021, 11:40:21 AM
A light dusting here in Swindon this morning.
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Post by: Trainfish on January 01, 2021, 02:19:03 PM
I have no idea if we had any in Devizes this morning. I didn't see this morning apart from the bit before I went to bed  :goggleeyes:
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Post by: Newportnobby on January 01, 2021, 03:11:28 PM
About 1cm last night was all, and that's going fast.
@port perran (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=230) Very lovely pic, Martin
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Post by: Newportnobby on January 02, 2021, 01:27:17 PM
Just started 5 mins ago and looks like we may get a decent carpet

(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/264-020121132421-103998917.jpeg)
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Post by: crewearpley40 on January 02, 2021, 01:39:12 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 02, 2021, 01:27:17 PM
Just started 5 mins ago and looks like we may get a decent carpet

(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/264-020121132421-103998917.jpeg)
hope your well stocked up mick and i would let the post person deliver your modelling needs. Dry here but cold so no snow 32 miles north of london. Chris
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Post by: lil chris on January 02, 2021, 02:10:31 PM
Just started snowing here now, damm I hate the stuff.
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Post by: guest311 on January 02, 2021, 03:00:16 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 02, 2021, 01:27:17 PM
Just started 5 mins ago and looks like we may get a decent carpet

(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/103/264-020121132421-103998917.jpeg)

you'll need a hell of a lot of grippa rods to carpet that lot  :-[
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Post by: lil chris on January 02, 2021, 03:20:37 PM
Didn't last long here, nearly gone already, hooray.
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Post by: Newportnobby on January 02, 2021, 05:01:10 PM
Yeah - total damp squib. Ceased 10 mins after I took the pic and has virtually all gone now :'(
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Post by: Bealman on January 02, 2021, 11:38:05 PM
No snow here but plenty of low cloud (it's been raining since Christmas Eve) and plenty of seagulls on the roof of covid shopping centre

(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/104/255-020121233436-104040864.jpeg)
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Post by: Trainfish on January 02, 2021, 11:39:23 PM
At least the UFOs are still there to protect you  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Bealman on January 02, 2021, 11:57:05 PM
So they are! Didn't notice that when I took the pic, 10 mins ago! :beers:
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Post by: Trainfish on January 03, 2021, 12:01:44 AM
Blame the VB. It must be good for something  :confused1: