Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West England, North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern England, South East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.
Issued by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday, 17 December 2004.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow.
The Met Office is forecasting a deepening Atlantic depression to run quickly east across Southern England overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Frontal rain is likely to turn to snow in places over Wales, Midlands, including southern parts of NW and NE England especially, but not exclusively over higher ground. The risk extends almost anywhere across England and Wales Saturday night into Sunday as the depression clears south. 5-10cm of snow are possible, in particular over higher ground which could lead to travel disruption.
At high elevations the snow may drift, giving temporary blizzard conditions.
In addition, prolonged heavy rain is expected in the south and southwest leading to localised flooding. Winds will also increase along with the heavy rain gusting 60mph in exposed places.
At the moment the track and depth of the low are subject to some uncertainty and there is a small chance for the snow threat to extend further north into Southern Scotland. Probabilities will be revised in subsequent issues of the warning.
For enquiries regarding this warning - please contact your regional Met Office.
Transmitted by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday 17 December


funny thing is I inspected our sledge this morning and decided it needed
replacing so I trudged up to town in the heavy rain and winds to get
one. Got soaked to the skin.

Sarah H Fleet, Hampshire

I just can't wait to read the wording if we ever get blizzards on a bitterly
cold easterly. Scary stuff. ;-)

Dave
"kiticat" wrote in message
...
Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West England,
North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern England, South
East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.
Issued by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday, 17 December 2004.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow.
The Met Office is forecasting a deepening Atlantic depression to run
quickly east across Southern England overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.
Frontal rain is likely to turn to snow in places over Wales, Midlands,
including southern parts of NW and NE England especially, but not
exclusively over higher ground. The risk extends almost anywhere across
England and Wales Saturday night into Sunday as the depression clears south.
5-10cm of snow are possible, in particular over higher ground which could
lead to travel disruption.
At high elevations the snow may drift, giving temporary blizzard
conditions.
In addition, prolonged heavy rain is expected in the south and southwest
leading to localised flooding. Winds will also increase along with the heavy
rain gusting 60mph in exposed places.
At the moment the track and depth of the low are subject to some
uncertainty and there is a small chance for the snow threat to extend
further north into Southern Scotland. Probabilities will be revised in
subsequent issues of the warning.
For enquiries regarding this warning - please contact your regional Met
Office.
Transmitted by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday 17 December


funny thing is I inspected our sledge this morning and decided it needed
replacing so I trudged up to town in the heavy rain and winds to get
one. Got soaked to the skin.

Sarah H Fleet, Hampshire

kiticat wrote:

Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West
England, North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern
England, South East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.
Issued by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday, 17 December 2004.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow.
The Met Office is forecasting a deepening Atlantic depression to run
quickly east across Southern England overnight Saturday into Sunday
morning. Frontal rain is likely to turn to snow in places over Wales,
Midlands, including southern parts of NW and NE England especially,
but not exclusively over higher ground. The risk extends almost
anywhere across England and Wales Saturday night into Sunday as the
depression clears south. 5-10cm of snow are possible, in particular
over higher ground which could lead to travel disruption.
At high elevations the snow may drift, giving temporary blizzard
conditions.
In addition, prolonged heavy rain is expected in the south and
southwest leading to localised flooding. Winds will also increase
along with the heavy rain gusting 60mph in exposed places.
At the moment the track and depth of the low are subject to some
uncertainty and there is a small chance for the snow threat to extend
further north into Southern Scotland. Probabilities will be revised
in subsequent issues of the warning.
For enquiries regarding this warning - please contact your regional
Met Office.
Transmitted by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday 17 December


"AND Linconlshire".......have you noticed that the BBC weather
forcasters are obsessed with Linconlshire, it's mentioned on nearly
every weather bulletin. Ive never heard them say Cambridgeshire.

"Sunimage" wrote in message
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"AND Linconlshire".......have you noticed that the BBC weather
forcasters are obsessed with Linconlshire, it's mentioned on nearly
every weather bulletin.

.... it's a historical thing back into the mists of Met Office (and BBC)
time: I believe the appropriate people at Exeter are looking at the
problem.

Martin.

"kiticat" wrote in message
...
Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West England,
North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern England, South
East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.
Issued by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday, 17 December 2004.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow.
The Met Office is forecasting a deepening Atlantic depression to run
quickly east across Southern England overnight Saturday into Sunday morning.
Frontal rain is likely to turn to snow in places over Wales, Midlands,
including southern parts of NW and NE England especially, but not
exclusively over higher ground. The risk extends almost anywhere across
England and Wales Saturday night into Sunday as the depression clears south.
5-10cm of snow are possible, in particular over higher ground which could
lead to travel disruption.
At high elevations the snow may drift, giving temporary blizzard
conditions.
In addition, prolonged heavy rain is expected in the south and southwest
leading to localised flooding. Winds will also increase along with the heavy
rain gusting 60mph in exposed places.
At the moment the track and depth of the low are subject to some
uncertainty and there is a small chance for the snow threat to extend
further north into Southern Scotland. Probabilities will be revised in
subsequent issues of the warning.
For enquiries regarding this warning - please contact your regional Met
Office.
Transmitted by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday 17 December

I just hope it slows down a little and lets me get up to my parents on
Saturday night. After that it can do what it likes.
--
Rob Overfield
Hull
http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/

"Rob Overfield" wrote in message
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"kiticat" wrote in message
...
Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West England,
North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern England, South
East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.

I just hope it slows down a little and lets me get up to my parents on
Saturday night. After that it can do what it likes.
Rob Overfield
Hull
http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/

Likewise...travelling to Lincoln on Sunday. Progs seem to keep the low well
to south. Perhaps snow will be mainly over Wales and Midlands... fingers
crossed!!
John

York

Yes, the latest GFS (06z) runs the low well south of the UK, and has no
pptn over most of the UK, except the SW. It's obviously a knife edge
situation with a potential for some snow, and MetO seems to by playing
over-safe. But what would you do?

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"John Whitby" wrote in message
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"Rob Overfield" wrote in message
...

"kiticat" wrote in message
...
Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West
England,
North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern England, South
East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.

I just hope it slows down a little and lets me get up to my parents on
Saturday night. After that it can do what it likes.
Rob Overfield
Hull
http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/

Likewise...travelling to Lincoln on Sunday. Progs seem to keep the low
well
to south. Perhaps snow will be mainly over Wales and Midlands... fingers
crossed!!
John

York

over-safe. But what would you do?
Well we have this debate every year, but I just don't see how that warning
ties up with the current forecast on News 24 of rain, possibly sleet and 9C
for the areas affected. You can only "play safe" or cry wolf so many times.

Dave

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:42:11 GMT, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:


"Sunimage" wrote in message
...

"AND Linconlshire".......have you noticed that the BBC weather
forcasters are obsessed with Linconlshire, it's mentioned on nearly
every weather bulletin.

... it's a historical thing back into the mists of Met Office (and BBC)
time: I believe the appropriate people at Exeter are looking at the
problem.


It's because Lincolnshire does not easily fit into a "region". Not really
Midlands, not the North, not East Anglia. I'm sure Jasper Carrot must have made
a joke about it at some time, like "what is the purpose of Lincolnshire, the
only county that has a town with a very rude word in it".

Martin

Martin.

"Dave.C" wrote in message



over-safe. But what would you do?
Well we have this debate every year, but I just don't see how that warning
ties up with the current forecast on News 24 of rain, possibly sleet and 9C
for the areas affected. You can only "play safe" or cry wolf so many times.

Dave


Can't say for sure but the News24 broadcast may have been recorded
before the early warning was issued.

Jon.




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