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Forecasters: Up to 10cm more snow today in Chilterns and 5cm in Buckinghamshire
10:02am Tuesday 29th December 2009
THERE could be as much as another 10cm of snow later today at the highest points in the Chilterns according to the latest Met office forecasts.
Weather reports have varied between rain or further snow fall for the region but Met spokesman Sarah Davies, based in Maidenhead, says it looks likely to be another white rather than wet afternoon and evening.
“There could be more snow, about 2cm to 5cm in Buckinghamshire today, enough to cause a bit concern and throughout tomorrow and up over the top of the Chilterns up to 10cm,” she said.
“At the moment it's coming down as rain but it's getting colder and colder.”
The snow fall is expected to happen between 3pm and 6pm, getting lighter into the night.
The outlook for the area is not entirely clear because it is on the boundary, she said, but forecasters believe Buckinghamshire is more likely to get weather similar to the Midlands than further south.
“It's a difficult one, it's our best guess. Bucks is right in the wrong place, it will probably be all rain across Berkshire and snow in the Midland with Oxfordshire and Bucks in the middle," she said.
Mrs Davies said: “You do have to estimate as to where that boundary is going to be but with Bucks' higher points it does tend to get a bit more.”
Temperatures could drop below freezing during the night.
There is also a “question mark” over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, she added, with the possibility of yet more snow.
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arewenearlythereyet?, HW says...
10:26am Tue 29 Dec 09
not seen one yet, and the grit bins still havent been filled
Desperate Housewife, says...
11:09am Tue 29 Dec 09
erm, ermsville says...
11:35am Tue 29 Dec 09
J B Blackett, High Wycombe says...
11:53am Tue 29 Dec 09
Pardon ! ??
demoness, Hades says...
11:54am Tue 29 Dec 09
J B Blackett wrote:I thought I was the only one that spotted that...
Met spokesman Sarah Davies said, "Bucks is right in the wrong place" Pardon ! ??
It made me howl with laughter.
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
12:03pm Tue 29 Dec 09
SDJones, Hazlemere says...
12:21pm Tue 29 Dec 09
MikeJM, High Wycombe says...
1:41pm Tue 29 Dec 09
DeepThinker, Wycombe says...
2:05pm Tue 29 Dec 09
be full of posts asking why the roads were not gritted!!
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If it does start to snow then the gritters can spread on the snow to melt it and break it up before it becomes compacted.
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As soon as there is any sign of snow there is liable to be an enormous number of cars on the road either trying to get home early or to "pop down to the shops quickly before it gets any worse". In that case the gritters cannot do their job because the roads are jammed.
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As was seen last week, once that happens the gritters get stranded in the traffic.
ferrellcat, the grass says...
3:15pm Tue 29 Dec 09
miccles, Downley says...
3:44pm Tue 29 Dec 09
ferrellcat wrote:April which year???
Never mind the snow have you seen the pot holes.Bet we have to wait till April for those repairs
Council is so cash strapped will not be able to afford to fix the pot holes.
bonzosma, Swansea says...
4:03pm Tue 29 Dec 09
kazza290, Stokenchurch says...
5:17pm Tue 29 Dec 09
sidthesexist, High Wycombe says...
5:45pm Tue 29 Dec 09
ferrellcat wrote:Didn't the council state a month or two ago that they had no intention of repairing potholes? the ones they did last year were only filled in by a bloke with a shovel full of tarmac which was then patted don with the back of said shovel (thats why they have fallen to pieces again)
Never mind the snow have you seen the pot holes.Bet we have to wait till April for those repairs
Plus ça change..., Wycombe says...
7:32pm Tue 29 Dec 09
arewenearlythereyet?, HW says...
8:03pm Tue 29 Dec 09
SDJones, Hazlemere says...
8:58am Wed 30 Dec 09
Steve Totteridge Hill, says...
9:31am Wed 30 Dec 09
Perhaps we'd all better give up driving...it would save a fortune on fixing the roads?
news guyy, High Wycombe says...
11:13am Wed 30 Dec 09
Duke73, Hazlemere says...
8:45am Thu 31 Dec 09
Forecasters: More snow today in Buckinghamshire
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am i the only one, High Wycombe says...
10:22am Tue 29 Dec 09