We did have a nice sunny day yesterday for a walk, and just got enough snow for a snowball fight this morning (almost 1cm on car roofs and raised surfaces and a patchy dusting on the grass). So not all bad but a shame it rained overnight. 

We ended up with a slushy covering on grass and cars that all fell between 7am and 9am, melting as it fell. It has now almost all gone.

The snowfall we had on 3rd February 2015 was considerably better, but at least this winter is better than 2013/4 now.

Just come in from spending an hour in the snow with the kids  

Snowman built - check!

Snowballs thrown - check!

Sledge rides pulled - check

Paths cleared - check!

Not the best snowfall ever, but 2cm isn't to be sniffed at - and at least it's still here in the morning, unlike the snow on the night of Boxing Day 2015.

Is there anymore snow possible over the next few days?

light slushy covering overnite melting now 3 degrees

I ve the BBC local forecast and it suggests rain later for me but my weather on the phone says i should see more snow from 3pm onwards. I don't think anyone knows what it is going to do.

Some rain overnight to dampen the daffodils. Currently drizzling a bit.

Lying snow looks unlikely now before February.

In line with the decision to name atlantic storms, I've decided to name each of this winter's snow events. I hereby name this first one as snow event "Ar5ehole" - it was shyte here! 

Temp here got above 0C by about 10:15am and since then it has become very slushy. Nice to look at from indoors still but not particularly nice to be outside. 

It's snowing again here.

Looking at the radar, there's some convective activity building in the Mersey Estuary & moving eastwards.

Only very light, but not expected.

Edit - mix of snowflakes & bit of light rain. Very marginal.

A light covering overnight but slowly thawing now.

Good to the first snow fall of the season anyway.

Hopefully not the last!

So, onto Round 2 tonight.

Trough moving in from the WSW. The output I can see suggests rain for any areas away from decent altitude (over, say, 200-300m), certainly on the western portion & southern half of the UK, with snow likely confined to the Welsh mountains, Pennines, Cumbrian Fells, etc. Further northeast you go, the more likelihood of snow falling at lower levels.

It's another bloody frustrating set-up, where many areas will likely be just a couple degrees (2m, 850's, DP) too high for snow. Only 24/48 hours or so ago, it was looking a much more snowy event, but the progress further eastwards yesterday of the front has shunted the colder air further away. 

Do any of the more knowledgeable posters here think the event might confound the model output & deliver some snowy surprises?

The point Rob is the weekend ( so far ) was nothing as Mr Deakin was forecasting

Quite amazing the difference that a few miles make, drove 5 miles East to my Mums and they have double what Banbury has and then went to Byfield which had more again and then onto Daventry that was a winter wonderland , looked lovely

So that's a 'no', then?

On the M61 towards Bolton. Currently snowing fairly heavily.

Nice surprise! 

I think your summary is reasonable Martin. Parameters are just the wrong side of marginal in areas that are likely to see ppn, and the nature of the boundary looks like limited intensity which again tips the scales to a rain/sleet mix.

In my area of interest (CS England) I'm not expecting anything and yesterday evening I had to cancel the Advisory for snow as it was clear things were going against us here.

Very narrow band moving ENE'wards

now up in Tockholes, East Lancs.

Coming down thick and fast up here. 😃 decent cover too. 

I'm just back from a drive on the Peak district over the Cat and fiddle. some nice small drifts which are knee deep in parts. Hard to put a gauge on depth as it is windy and blowing around. Lots of people sledging up there though. Roads are very clear even the side roads.