A sharp frost developing here.  Preparing the ground for whatever flakes should fall onto it later.  I'm expecting a dusting at best IMBY, most times in these situations its diddly squat, but we shall see...

hi mate - I do believe I said it would develop more & be further SE - although I thought London was a stretch!!

S

Its all about managing expectations Phil. This has always been a 'dry' cold spell. Any snowfall is a bonus. Tonight is one of those bonus potentials..I will be happy to see a dusting in the morning, even if that is from the lightest of snowfalls that simply brightens the landscape. 

I've gone public on facebook highlighting the dusting potential. The excitement though is tangible. 

Agreed, its likely to be dry IMBY, from past experience.... BUT I'm hoping for more in the western Chilterns - for my mini Uni re-union.

Looks like London will get a pasting overnight! 

We had a few minutes of flakes falling

Even with all the recent uncertainty, I'm not expecting anything from this spell, so anything is a bonus. If I look out the window tomorrow morning and briefly see white roofs and a change in the landscape, I'll be glad to see after not seeing anything at all last winter.

You know what- and I jest not- if I can be absolutely sure that one blob from the sky is snow- I will go to bed happy. And I'm going to stay up till 3- I went to bed early on New Years Eve as a kind of Lent for this moment.

Not that much faith can be put on the BBC website, but my local forecast updated at 17:10 to indicate 7 hours of snow including heavy stuff from 00:00 - 02:00 tomorrow morning........I'll take that   

I'd be very surprised if anything settles in London. It's marginal enough without the UHI effect!

Drizzle here, looks as if the band is at least 50 miles East of where it was predicted, so doubt we will end up with anything in the end, never mind 8 hours of snow .

Not really a surprise though seeing how difficult it has been to predict the weather this week, plus it is always difficult with snow in any case.

The MetO forcast for the W Midlands says sleet and snow overnight.   The MetO not-a-forecast shows heavy rain for Evesham.   Based on the radar I doubt I will get more than 0.5mm of drizzle and more tornadoes than I do snowflakes.

But some will be lucky.

And there is always next year.   Not as though we expect snow in these parts in winter.  

Been snowing for an hour now but just a dusting on some surfaces, pretty but immeasurable. Hoping it lasts a while longer but the band looks v thin + even at its heaviest point so far (now) it is still generally v light.

nonetheless a pleasant surprise given the forecast in last 12/36hrs

There is a more organised section behind the narrow band ahead .............it's not over for MBY yet

I retract!

the last 20 minutes has easily been the heaviest snow I've seen falling since 2013. Only a cm for exposed places but brilliant to be out in! 

Photos please itsy!

Yes I knew it would be close , Banbury tends to do ok ...............normally