JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow turns
to rain.

JIm, Bournemouth

On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"
wrote:

JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

On Feb 2, 7:39*am, Robin Nicholson
wrote:
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"

wrote:
JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

Here in Wimborne, the snow has fallen on black ice. My wife was
turned back by the police when she tried to drive less than a mile
from Colehill to Wimborrne! Vehicles were sliding all over the place
on hilly roads. Roads are now clear at 2 pm and just an occasional
snow flake falling.

Cheers, Alastair.

"Robin Nicholson" wrote in
message ...
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"
wrote:

JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the
grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow
turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

My dad reported less than 1cm partial cover at Wootton, IOW
about 3 miles to the west of Ryde.

Meanwhile in Romsey we have 6cm (at 1930Z), the deepest
level snow for almost 13 years when 9cm, with drifts to 70cm
was measured on 20th February 1996, not quite the 18 years
I keep hearing but that may be a figure for the south as a whole.

Nigel

On Feb 2, 7:38*pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
"Robin Nicholson" wrote in
messagenews:6k8do4pl1fvp1gg291vpf5bhaug78m11d2@4ax .com...



On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"
wrote:

JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the
grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow
turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

My dad reported less than 1cm partial cover at Wootton, IOW
about 3 miles to the west of Ryde.

Meanwhile in Romsey we have 6cm (at 1930Z), the deepest
level snow for almost 13 years when 9cm, with drifts to 70cm
was measured on 20th February 1996, not quite the 18 years
I keep hearing but that may be a figure for the south as a whole.

Nigel

Are you sure it was the 20th Feb 1996? I remember a lot of snow around
the 5th-10th, but not much after that.

Nick

wrote in message
...
On Feb 2, 7:38 pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
"Robin Nicholson" wrote in
messagenews:6k8do4pl1fvp1gg291vpf5bhaug78m11d2@4ax .com...



On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"
wrote:

JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the
grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it
dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow
turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

My dad reported less than 1cm partial cover at Wootton, IOW
about 3 miles to the west of Ryde.

Meanwhile in Romsey we have 6cm (at 1930Z), the deepest
level snow for almost 13 years when 9cm, with drifts to 70cm
was measured on 20th February 1996, not quite the 18 years
I keep hearing but that may be a figure for the south as a whole.

Nigel

Are you sure it was the 20th Feb 1996? I remember a lot of snow around
the 5th-10th, but not much after that.

Nick
-------------------------------------------------------------
Having been up since early o'clock, I thought I had mis-typed
the figures but they seem to be in order. The 9cm did occur
on the 20th in the form of heavy, blustery showers, so could
have been local to Romsey. The maximum snow depth here
within the period you quoted above was 8cm on the 7th.

Must retire to bed now so that I can avoid traffic again on the
ice/snow tomorrow morning (only saw 2 cars on the move in
20 miles between 0410 and 0500 today - yes I travelled at a
sedate 25mph but it was a pleasant experience on virgin snow).

Regards,

Nigel

"Alastair" wrote in message
...
On Feb 2, 7:39 am, Robin Nicholson
wrote:
On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 07:15:33 -0000, "Jim Smith"

wrote:
JUst a very light dusting here, enough to cover the roads but not the
grass.
From the look of the radar, it's skirting to the north of here as it
dies
out moving west. If we get any more it's unlikely to amount to much.
Still... first lying snow here in more than 5 years, and only the second
instance this century. Expect it will be washed away later as the snow
turns
to rain.

Hi Jim:
Listening to Radio Solent you think we had reached the end of the
world, but then the majority of their listeners are Hants and that
area. I gather the IOW has had a bit in Ryde- more I bet on the hill
tops.

Off to work but sneeking in at the back to avoid being lumbered with
the work of those who made no attempt to go to work through the
massive drifts

R

Here in Wimborne, the snow has fallen on black ice. My wife was
turned back by the police when she tried to drive less than a mile
from Colehill to Wimborrne! Vehicles were sliding all over the place
on hilly roads. Roads are now clear at 2 pm and just an occasional
snow flake falling.

Cheers, Alastair.

Yes that Rowlands Hill can be nasty in such weather... but had it been
gritted..??

I remember going down Middlehill Road sideways in Dec 97 cos the roads
hadn't been gritted despite the forecasts. (I used to live in Mallard Road)
and had to replace a wheel as a result.

On Monday they shut the Spur Road northbound from Cooper Dean and it took me
an hour and a half to get from Springbourne to Iford Roundabout. (2 miles);
it had only taken me 1H15m to get from here to Heathrow the previous day.