Could this be the weekend we get snow?

2:01pm Tuesday 15th January 2013 in News

Could this be the weekend we get snow? Could this be the weekend we get snow?

THE Met office has issued a weather warning for snow for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset on Friday, warning blizzard conditions may be possible.

While the rest of the country has seen up to 5cm of snow this week, so far Bournemouth's famous micro-climate has kept it mild and wet.

But with temperatures set to plummet again as the week progresses, forecasters say it's looking more likely that snow could fall. 

Snow falls - but don't get excited yet

The warning says: "As the weather breaks down, there is the potential for a spell of snow to spread from the southwest.

"As winds strengthen, blizzard conditions are a possibility, especially over high ground. Accumulations of 2-5 cm are possible quite widely and in some locations, especially higher ground, 15 cm are possible."

Dorset County Council's gritters have spread 460 tonnes of salt on the roads so far this winter and  were heading out at 2pm this afternoon. 

Ice on the A35 caused long queues and several accidents this morning while minor roads around the county were also said to be hazardous.

Make sure you're prepared for driving in snow and ice by reading the advice on our weather page.

 

Snow, ice and (mostly standstill) traffic at A35 Askerswell (Bridport bypass)earlier. I'd want a grit refund.. twitter.com/Loumat33/statu…

— louise matthews (@Loumat33) January 15, 2013

 

 

Comments(12)

Phixer says...
3:33pm Tue 15 Jan 13

No, not with the forecasts I've just looked at.

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EGHH says...
4:33pm Tue 15 Jan 13

Somerset has a light sprinkling of snow and the A35 was being gritted at 3.00 pm. Doubt very much we'll get snow over the weekend in any significant amount. My friend lives in Alaska and sent me photo taken yesterday of her town. No snow anywhere. Usually its deep at this time of year. As she says "is the climate change taking a grip?"

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Melanie.Read12 says...
4:48pm Tue 15 Jan 13

EGHH wrote:
Somerset has a light sprinkling of snow and the A35 was being gritted at 3.00 pm. Doubt very much we'll get snow over the weekend in any significant amount. My friend lives in Alaska and sent me photo taken yesterday of her town. No snow anywhere. Usually its deep at this time of year. As she says "is the climate change taking a grip?"
I doubt it. My sister-in-law is on holiday in Slovakia at the moment, and the town where she is has had lots of snow - when they usually don't have any. It's swings and roundabouts probably.

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Jetwasher says...
5:18pm Tue 15 Jan 13

First snow of the year hasn’t even fallen here yet and the Bournemouth Echo go's into defcon 1. Airports will be closed, school boilers will fail, the teachers will find some excuse not to make it in, trains will refuse to run, and ur postman will get wet. ITS JUST SNOW , Man up and deal with it !

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Old Colonial says...
5:35pm Tue 15 Jan 13

"While the rest of the country has seen up to 5cm of snow this week, so far Bournemouth's famous micro-climate has kept it mild and wet."

What a load of cobblers! The 'rest of the country'? Some bits maybe. But why let facts stand in the way of getting copy in the paper.

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dinkie123 says...
6:14pm Tue 15 Jan 13

We don't even have any snow in Edinburgh!!! I doubt Bournemouth will get any decent snow....it's normally a load of rubbish!

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Thebig18 says...
6:16pm Tue 15 Jan 13

We are a total embarrassment to the world!!!! A light dusting of snow and the country comes to a grinding halt!!!!

2-3cms!!!! Come on!!!!!

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ben12341979 says...
8:36pm Tue 15 Jan 13

Thebig18 wrote:
We are a total embarrassment to the world!!!! A light dusting of snow and the country comes to a grinding halt!!!!

2-3cms!!!! Come on!!!!!
Haha so true!

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4stands says...
10:29pm Tue 15 Jan 13

The Echo is starting to sound like one of the Express weather shock scare headlines - falling sales here also I wonder?

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Imaximus says...
12:29pm Wed 16 Jan 13

Didnt the Echo say that we would get it last weekend too.......

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Bournemouthstorm says...
11:11am Thu 17 Jan 13

At the moment it is looking like we could have some substantial snowfall in this neck of the woods tomorrow, quite unusual for the SW of the UK .

A couple of useful websites are below.

This first if for predicted rainfall or snowfall, snow is shown in pink. click on the numbered boxes to move the charts ahead. This time for the prediction is shown on the top left corner of the chart.

http://www.weatheron

line.co.uk/cgi-bin/e

xpertcharts?LANG=en&

MENU=0000000000&CONT

=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MOD

ELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=

prty&HH=6&ZOOM=0&ARC

HIV=0&RES=0&WMO=&PER

IOD=

Both the below show current rain/snowfall with a 1/2 hour time lag but give you an idea where and what direction things are going.

http://www.raintoday

.co.uk/

or

http://www.metoffice

.gov.uk/weather/uk/r

adar/

Or you could just look out the window!

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Bournemouthstorm says...
11:14am Thu 17 Jan 13

Ill try again

At the moment it is looking like we could have some substantial snowfall in this neck of the woods tomorrow, quite unusual for the SW of the UK .

A couple of useful websites are below.

This first if for predicted rainfall or snowfall, snow is shown in pink. click on the numbered boxes to move the charts ahead. This time for the prediction is shown on the top left corner of the chart.


http://www.weatheron
line.co.uk/cgi-bin/e
xpertcharts?LANG=en&
MENU=0000000000&CONT
=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MOD
ELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=
prty&HH=6&ZOOM=0&ARC
HIV=0&RES=0&WMO=&PER
IOD=

Both the below show current rain/snowfall with a 1/2 hour time lag but give you an idea where and what direction things are going.

http://www.metoffice
.gov.uk/weather/uk/r
adar/

or

http://www.raintoday
.co.uk/

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