Here is BBC news on the 8th February 2007 snowfalls


BBC forecasts during that period. Notable that they struggle with this event the forecasters. Note how the 8th February forecast suggest mostly dry for most parts of Midlands and Wales for the 9th but the 9th Feb forecast gives warning for snow in this area.

7th February 2007


8th February 2007


9th February 2007


My area largely missed out on the snow. We had a little bit of snow but not much.

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Gave me a day off work if I remember rightly

Cheers Kev

 

 

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Remember this very well. I was on a field trip to Chester with uni. It was sleety in Chester for most of the day with occassional bursts of heavier snow. I remember being sat in a pub getting some grub when the weather came on. It was initially expected that most of the snow would turn to rain by afternoon but the forecast I watched had widespread snow across the country. As we came back on the coach the sleet turned more and more to snow and by the time I got back to Stoke it was snowing fairly heavily. It came down thicker and thicker as I walked towards the bus station to get back to Crewe- when I got there the snow was aboslutely hammering down and the bus drivers at the station were talking about the buses being cancelled. Luckily I managed to get on the last bus before they were cancelled- by this point there was inches and inches piling up, cars were skidding down side roads and it was complete madness. The bus remained stationary for 2/3 hours as we were literally stranded 4/5 miles from the station we'd set out from. Got home 4 hours later with inches and inches piled up even in Crewe. When I looked at the BBC radar it was easy to see why. We'd gone through a 'lime green'patch on the radar which was basically 'torrential' snow.

 

A few hours later the mild air pushed in and it melted away.

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BBC news report on the winter of 2006-07

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I remember this as it was the first significant snowfall we had since Jan 2003. It didnt last very long however.

 

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After a long snow drought this was for many the first little taster of what was to come over the next few years! I can't quite remember how much if any snow we had down here, though.

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A reminder that even in the mildest winters (think this was the warmest winter since 1868/1869?) Disruptive snow can still occur.

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Remember that well. The forecast for the 9th was originally for the chance of some hill snow not amounting to much. However, on the day the band of precip pushed further inland and intensified giving the snow you can see on the graphics. The midnight runs of the models handled this very well actually, even if the earlier runs had been poor.

The snow here late on the night of the 7th was very very wet.

I missed the whole thing as I was in Tenerife. By the time I got back, the mild weather had returned and it was business as usual.