On Apr 2, 4:16*pm, Dawlish wrote:
A weather advisory out on the Met Office site:

"There is a moderate risk of a severe event affecting parts of N
Ireland, N and W Wales, Scotland and NE and E England. Cold northerly
winds are expected to bring snow showers which could give temporary,
slight accumulations at lower levels. On higher ground accumulations
of 2-5 cm, and locally as much as 10 cm in N Scotland, are likely.
Drifting is also possible in the strong winds over the higher ground
in the North.

Issued at: 1255 Wed 2 Apr"

Such a shame the warmth to the end of the week is highly unlikely to
continue. So where might it snow and how much?

Note the combination of "severe weather event" and "sligh
accumulations. Is ANY snow in lowland areas now considered to be
severe weather?

Paul

Transferred from entirely the wrong thread!

Well, "will it snow".

Noses on the windows and lamp posts chosen and under surveiilance for
if the showers come after dark in a night-time trough.! The Met
Office
have "improved" their advisory to include everyone and his dog in a
chance of a snow shower. I'd like to see a snow shower or several in
Dawlish and maybe some snow lying for an hour in the hedgerows up on
the Haldon Hills, but I'd rather it have been in the winter, rather
than in April, to add a poersonal note! My garden is cloaked in
Spring
loveliness and a cold Northerly doesn't induce the desire to go out
and hoe it madly. Also, I'm having the house painted on Monday, but
that will only be me getting cold when I take out the cups of tea to
the painter! The coming week should provide enough dryness to get it
well under way and we might get lucky, being on a coast, generally
sheltered from the coming colder winds, and get very little
precipitation in the early part of the week. Later in the week looks
more unsettled - but not snowy. Cold mornings early next week and
some
ice-scraping to do for those at work (heh, heh!)


Chances of snow here? Better than the chances of my only bet of the
year winning the National at 20/1. Unfortunately, I'm unlikely to see
either pass either the winning post, or the lamp post - as usual!


Hedgehunter to win the National again. Great horse, great jockey,
weighted down, but running on good ground. Snow for me on Sunday
morning!


Paul