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[Harsh Climate]

Heavy hail shower here.

[Cheese Rice]

Snowing here

[richjb78]

Hail/sleet/rain here.

[Becca]

Snowing here at Odsal Top in Bradford.

[Harsh Climate]

Cheese Rice, on 09 December 2011 - 11:30 , said:

Snowing here

That extra 200/300ft over me can make such a difference lol.

[honeyplanet]

We've had on off showers since 08:45, some heavier showers appearing over Liverpool seem to be heading this way. Irish sea seems pretty active too .. fingers crossed

[Cheese Rice]

Harsh Climate, on 09 December 2011 - 11:34 , said:

That extra 200/300ft over me can make such a difference lol.

Yep! Moment ppn hit temperature dropped to 0.c too.

[BA Baracus]

The roads were quite dangerous in places this morning. Driving through Birstall up to the M62 the roundabouts near Showcase Cinema were covered in ice following quite a heavy snow shower (maybe 1cm lying snow).

In central Leeds there have been sleety showers on and off all day, but most of the activity looks like it has been further west.

[4wd]

BBC Look North (From Newcastle) were doing a story about flooding at Grinton Bridge in Swaledale at 1.30pm.
Interviewing the nearby pub landlord outside it was snowing heavily again.

[Derbyshire_snow]

My girlfriend did a small video of our drive back from Grindleford to Dronfield it really shows just what a few extra hundred feet above sea level can do i will be putting the video on my flickr account.

[disco-barry]

Sleet earlier today in Halifax, then at around 4pm it really started snowing for a bit, problem was the ground is wet but still a covering, lovely heavy snow with big chunky flakes, more shower activity moving in!

[snowjoking]

Covering of Snow here guys, with the snow moving towards Leeds.

[honeyplanet]

Nothing here presently

[The Future]

honeyplanet, on 09 December 2011 - 18:35 , said:

Nothing here presently

Just had a very light dusting here in S11

[Mark Bayley]

God help us...

[doctordunc]

If that turns out to be right, that's about as extreme as it gets in Britain isn't it?

Having said that, won't hold my breath! Was expecting a nice cold frosty winter day today with the odd snow shower. Got a mild and wet one (after some early ice).

[snowlover2009]

Mark Bayley, on 10 December 2011 - 22:24 , said:

God help us...
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I know we were all praying to heavens and saying the same thing about thursdays storm, but this is just absolutely crazy and you are correct 'god help us' and I do not by any means, mean that lightly. If it verifies. The strength of the low, was never forecast to be super strong like scotland on thursday anyway, but it was quite severe at times. That chart is just fricking crazy.

[Mark Bayley]

Yes, i wouldn't be surprised to see a state of emergency if that chart verified? I reckon it will be pushed further north over time, and decrease a little in strength. This seriously needs watching though!

Edited by Mark Bayley, 11 December 2011 - 02:09 .

[Aaron]

If it moves further north, it will probably intensify.

If it weakens, it will probably move further south, but still pack a punch.

[Mark Bayley]

Aaron, on 11 December 2011 - 02:11 , said:

If it moves further north, it will probably intensify.

If it weakens, it will probably move further south, but still pack a punch.

Yes, im all up for a storm, but thats pushing it! Gusts of 90mph possibly up to 100mph would occur quite widely across our region if the GFS was to come to frutation. I think whats most worrying is the amount of agreement in the models, i mean the ECM and UKMO are also severe for our area.