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Snow-watch

Postby RogerS » 26 Feb 2018, 19:00

OK...so looks as if a few of us might catch this.

We had a very slight flurry this morning but all gone.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Malc2098 » 26 Feb 2018, 19:18

I counted about 23 flakes down here before it stopped.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Mike G » 26 Feb 2018, 19:53

It's piling up in drifts here. Harsh easterlies have mounded it up at least 5mm deep. I've checked the baked bean stocks, and we'll be OK, just. At times like these I'm reminded that Captain Oates came from just up the road.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Malc2098 » 26 Feb 2018, 20:09

I'm just going to pop out for a minute
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby TrimTheKing » 26 Feb 2018, 22:02

We had the lightest of dustings from 08:30 - 12:00 with the flakes getting to around the size of 20p pieces but nothing settled and it fizzled out after that. Still bloody freezing out like, literally.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby MattS » 26 Feb 2018, 23:57

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Light sprinkling of funny little mini snowballs down in Kent. Not hail, too light.

Rather amusingly they stuck really well to the dogs eyebrows!
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Woodster » 27 Feb 2018, 00:07

I saw a few hundred flakes down here before it petered out. :lol:
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Rod » 27 Feb 2018, 00:12

We’ve got a yellow warning for Thursday and Friday, only a few flurries so far.
Might get to use my winter wheels at last

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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Mark A » 27 Feb 2018, 02:23

Not a sausage here in South Wales, though that hasn't stopped people panic buying fuel at a local petrol station!
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby TrimTheKing » 27 Feb 2018, 07:47

Couple of inches overnight here, let's see how my train copes with it... :shock: :eusa-doh: :lol:
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby MattS » 27 Feb 2018, 08:17

Rod wrote:We’ve got a yellow warning for Thursday and Friday, only a few flurries so far.
Might get to use my winter wheels at last

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Yellow warning? Is that don’t eat yellow?! :lol:

We’ve got a good couple of inches and still falling heavily. Kids are rather excited, school is cancelled!
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Andyp » 27 Feb 2018, 09:10

MattS wrote:
Rod wrote:We’ve got a yellow warning for Thursday and Friday, only a few flurries so far.
Might get to use my winter wheels at last

Rod


Yellow warning? Is that don’t eat yellow?! :lol:

We’ve got a good couple of inches and still falling heavily. Kids are rather excited, school is cancelled!



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Re: Snow-watch

Postby StevieB » 27 Feb 2018, 09:13

Just driven from Cambridge to Lincoln for work, max of a cm in places but very patchy and rather disappointing all round!
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby RogerS » 27 Feb 2018, 09:53

Little bit more up here but driveable. Supposed to be going out tomorrow but I bet SWMBO wll veto it !
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Rod » 27 Feb 2018, 10:39

Looking at the Met Office weather warnings maps, the snow skirts around us until Thursday and Friday when we seem to be on the edges of the yellow warning areas.
Time will tell.
Very sunny today but very cold - Bob should be getting “free” hot water again.

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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Andyp » 27 Feb 2018, 11:56

Just to prove it is snowing somewhere.

My brother’s in Paddock Wood this morning. 4”.

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Re: Snow-watch

Postby 9fingers » 27 Feb 2018, 12:35

Rod wrote:Looking at the Met Office weather warnings maps, the snow skirts around us until Thursday and Friday when we seem to be on the edges of the yellow warning areas.
Time will tell.
Very sunny today but very cold - Bob should be getting “free” hot water again.

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We certainly are Rod. Air temp is hovering around zero and yet hot water coming off the roof at over 80C
PV is quite good too as clear skies give good insolation and cold air temperature increases the efficiency of the panels. So we have more hot water than we can use currently.

I still find it fascinating even though I fully understand the fizzicks behind how and why it works.

I download the logger around the first of the month so will see the details of how many (few!) times the boiler fires to heat DHW.

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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Woodbloke » 27 Feb 2018, 14:23

A few flake here yesterday which disappeared around coffee time and nowt today. Brass monkey's though - Rob
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Andyp » 27 Feb 2018, 15:41

Just enough for a rather pathetic snowman

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Re: Snow-watch

Postby RogerS » 27 Feb 2018, 15:43

I see Paddock Wood has relocated to Oz since this morning :lol:
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Malc2098 » 27 Feb 2018, 15:52

This brass monkey knocked at my door.

"Do you do brazing?", he said.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby RogerS » 27 Feb 2018, 15:54

Malc2098 wrote:This brass monkey knocked at my door.

"Do you do brazing?", he said.


:lol: :eusa-clap:
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Andyp » 27 Feb 2018, 16:00

RogerS wrote:I see Paddock Wood has relocated to Oz since this morning :lol:


Curse of the iPad strikes again. Sorry cant sort right now.

Actually in Hayes, Kent.
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby Gill » 27 Feb 2018, 16:02

Malc2098 wrote:This brass monkey knocked at my door.

"Do you do brazing?", he said.

He wouldn't knock at my door... I'm from Hartlepool! Poor sod would end up even worse off than before :D
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Re: Snow-watch

Postby MattS » 27 Feb 2018, 17:12

Snowman as requested

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We had a lot, measured 5 inches first thing then we had a lot more so probably 7-8inches. We aren’t far from Paddock Wood.

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