LOL That is back luck Neil

Meanwhile the radar is showing an area of PPN coming up from Swindon , a big bigger than the first one, hopefully a bit more of a covering, that will probably be my lot for this cold spell

The northern edge of the ppn is flying north up to northern england now. Wonder how far it will get.  The snow must be just about to arrive here looking at the radar.  Doesn't look too heavy, but we could be in prime spot here overnight as it pivots over us...  fingers crossed.

I'm not sure what to think of it, never known so much uncertainty at close timeframe. Probably a now cast situation where some people could get a surprise snow fall cover, I certainly won't stay up and wait.

you and me both! 

In situations like this, tracking areas of ppn on the radar can be misleading as new areas are apt to develop quite quickly. Look at the radar over the last hour and see how ppn has developed ahead of the existing area to the SW of Sheffield. Also, with frontal snow what appears to be light on the radar might not be so light in terms of what is falling at ground level.

3c and rain here as forecast by Stav at 1:30 pm dont think we get into the cold sector?

Although air temperature has risen to 4.7 C in the past hour - up from 3.4 C all day, the 69% humidity had effectively brought the dewpoint down to -0.5 C under a moderate southerly breeze. While no precipitation of any sorts are occurring at the moment and it is still generally overcast, it is helping to shift some of this dampness.

Raining here in Berko. 

Snowing here, big flakes coming down!

Laying snow still in evidence at Whitfield near Dover at 1830 this evening.  Cloudy and damp with temp around 3c.  There is a SE wind and temperatures are dropping over in France so any precipitation we do get (maybe NONE) IMBY from after midnight may fall as snow in the same sorts of places that it did today,due to the cold continental feed later on.  IMBY, as reported this morning, first proper falling snow for nearly 2 years, a dusting.  Quite a pathetic effort really in the grand scheme of things but it looked pretty.

Light snow here.  We plan to set off for Gatwick around 2am, so I'm hoping it doesn't get too heavy before then otherwise we may have to bring that forward. 

Could anyone between Nottinghamshire and Gatwick please keep me informed of weather conditions.

Indeed. We've had the first bit.  A little burst which left a light covering on roofs and cars.  But it's stopped now.

Light to moderate snow here in east Liverpool. Not expecting too much though. Has stuck a bit.

Temp is 1.6 and Dew Point is -0.8

Light snow here for the past hour giving a dusting. Can't see much falling tonight. Doubt it will be intense enough to give more than a few cm.

Bigger flakes coming down now

Light snow here in Stoke, lovely icing sugar look to everything. Very powdery compared to the snow at christmas. We might get lucky woth a few cm tonight so fingers crossed. Im working in Birmingham overnight so will keep an eye there.

Excellent Gooner. Blow some over here we need some intensity for it to have a chance of changing from rain.