Snow Warning

National Highways has issued a "severe weather alert" for snow affecting the North West, with some rural communities warned they could be cut off.

Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued by the Met Office across parts of the UK.

One for ice is in place until 11am on Monday across parts of northeast Wales and northwest England from Liverpool to the West Midlands.

A similar warning is in place across northern Scotland and parts of Norfolk until midnight, while the same warning covers Northern Ireland until 9am on Tuesday.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/severe-snow-alert-issued-with-communities-warned-they-could-be-cut-off/ar-AA1mYFJw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=2c498bd655f44076a1e67fce961e85ac&ei=20

For some reason my Alexa's are very concerned about this, especially the one in the kitchen, over the last two days it has told me seven times that it is going to snow and remain and become even colder

I have one that regularly talks for no reason in the early hours

Naughty Mitten wrote:I have one that regularly talks for no reason in the early hours

Could be a ghost talking to it

Well the ghost would be better off talking to me as it always says "sorry I don't know that one"

Well something or someone is asking it questions

Naughty Mitten wrote:I have one that regularly talks for no reason in the early hours

I had a girlfriend like that.

Here's a look at the weather forecast for the week ahead

https://twitter.com/i/status/1746903887737422044

There's been about an inch of the stuff put down in the night. Its putting some more down as I type. Stay safe everyone

Snow has been falling steadily all morning here in Howfen close to the Wigan border.
We have 3”, about 8 cm on our lawn and it’s sticking.
At the moment the sun is out it’s stopped snowing and it’s looking really pretty.
I’m not venturing out today, no siree !!!!!
Take care everybody.

Here is the hour-by-hour forercast so you can see when it is forecast to stop - or start - snowing, according to the Met Office.

Bolton

10am: Heavy snow
11am: Cloud
12pm: Cloud
1pm: Cloud
2pm: Cloud
3pm: Cloud
4pm: Light rain
5pm: Light rain
6pm: Light rain
7pm: Light rain
8pm: Heavy rain
9pm: Light rain
10pm: Light rain
11pm: Heavy rain

Wigan

10am: Heavy rain
11am: Cloud
12pm: Cloud
1pm: Cloud
2pm: light rain
3pm: Cloud
4pm: Cloud
5pm: Cloud
6pm: Light rain
7pm: Light rain
8pm: Heavy rain
9pm: Heavy rain
10pm: Cloud
11pm: Heavy rain
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/met-office-snow-forecast-each-28453570

It snow joke

That heavy rain and cloud is rather white in colour and quite slippy underfoot here

Let me know when it starts raining I can then adjust the Met forecast

Lolly wrote:Let me know when it starts raining I can then adjust the Met forecast

OK

Thanks for the forecast Lollly.
Maybe the rain will wash away the snow, it's lovely to see, but only on Christmas cards, I hate the blinking stuff !!!!!!

Its funny how a woman mentions 1 inch and a man mentions 3 inches

Seems to me that men overestimate sizes

It is not melting around here, and around here is first place it will melt, and where ramiejamie is, they say that Wigan is a top coat warmer Howfen, and it is true, I have known it to be raining in Wigan, sleeting in Whelley and New Springs as you start to climb away from Wigan, and by the time you get to the top of Ivy Brow it is snowing in Aspull and it stops like that as you get into Westhoughton, snow can be lying on the ground in Howfen, and there be none in Wigan at all.

Its melting here, my car has reappeared

Naughty Mitten wrote:Its funny how a woman mentions 1 inch and a man mentions 3 inches

Seems to me that men overestimate sizes

Aye, and give a woman an inch and she'll want a foot, there never satisfied.

Naughty Mitten wrote:Its melting here, my car has reappeared

It will turn to ice tonight, it is better if it stops as snow.

"snow can be lying on the ground in Howfen, and there be none in Wigan at all."

Too true TTS , we are very close to the West Pennines here and high up, from where I live we drop down into Hindley then Ince then into Wigan.

All gone here,

There's a few people round here that need loft insulation

I'm surprised that Sarah Blizzard has not been doing the local forecast on TV, she usually does

We had a bit of what the weathermen called "light snow" here today...



They were a wee bit wrong!