Scrap that (pre-recorded one). 10.57 shows heavy snow showers for Scotland and NI from Wed pm  - looks nasty here - and for Thursday Northern England, chance of an isolated shower further south.

So another let down and non-event for the south of England.,

You southerners won't be alone. Us North Westerners look like suffering a similar let down, unless you live >100m asl

Actually, looking at the latest forecast, I think there will be a lot of disappointed people in that warning area, according to that forecast I can only see N Scotland, NI and the Lakes/Pennines seeing significant snow, i.e more than a couple of inches.

We will see.

I understand your frustration but at no point has anyone suggested there would be snow in any amount for lowland S UK until Saturday onwards when the chances increase.

If you keep it real and don't raise your expectations beyond what is being projected by the models and those that can interpret them efficiently then you'll avoid all the angst!

As for Saint, I have up on him years ago :)

And could you add a location in the signature pane so we can see where you're referring to? Tar

Apologies, think I've altered it now?! I had searched for Penrith or the CA10 postcode

Because home is in the valley between the lakes and the pennines what often happens is that the snow falls all around us and seems to 'jump over' us, whichever way it's going whether that be from the west or East. Equally if its' coming up from the south is often also peters out so it will be interesting to see whether it's more productive from this north-westerly!

Think you should see some heavy snowshowers saint... whether it sticks or not is another thing. I am in coastal ayrshire.. notoriously poor for snow.. however i will be suprised if i dont manage 2 or 3 inches from this. Upland Ayrshire could well see 30cm

I think you're going to be sat under colder 850's/DP's - even on the coast.

(PS - do you live near Turnberry? I've played there)

21:55 telling what the weather will be like at 15:00 today

woeful lazy lazy production! About the 4th time they have done this and still they don't get the weather right for the day that's just coming to an end. Maybe it's produced by the same team as DR Who? 

I don't know what it is but am I the only one not feeling excited by this cold spell!??

Probably because like many you live in an area which won't see particularly cold temperatures or snow (at least in any useful quantities)

And West Sussex will see more snow!?

Very dry snow then.

Closer to 40 miles than 20.

Has somebody forgotten to update the Met O contingency planners? Well over a month since the last update. Perhaps they are waiting until Feb has started, to make their assessment.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publicsector/contingency-planners

Mind you, they probably have other things on their mind at the moment!