Forecaster: Snow tonight will settle and remain for days
11:44am Saturday 4th February 2012 in Where I Live
SNOW is coming tonight and is expected to settle and remain on the ground for the next few days, a forecaster warned this morning.
Bucks residents could be waking up on Sunday to as much as five inches of the white stuff, according to Hazlemere based weatherman Jim Dale.
Chesham was the joint coldest place in country minus 11 degrees Celsius last night and while temperatures are set to rise, it will not be warm enough to melt fallen snow, he said.
Mr Dale from British Weather Services told the BFP: “Overnight it will snow, we're expecting four or five inches on the ground by morning, there'll obviously be differences place to place.
“Then it will be moving away by morning so when people get up everything will be over and it will all be on the ground.”
He said residents will see snow fall tonight before they go to bed.
“People going out tonight need to be aware,” the independent forecaster said.
“From now on it's downhill as far as difficulties with roads and travelling are concerned.”
Temperatures will be hovering around freezing, keeping the ground cold enough for ice and snow to remain for the coming days.
“We are on the way up now but ground temperatures won't rise sufficiently, they are substantially low enough at the moment,” Mr Dale explained.
“It won't be as cold but it will be cold enough to retain the snow on the ground where it hasn't been treated.”
He said this will be the case through Monday and Tuesday.
Are you better prepared to deal with the snow than the last time Britain had a cold snap?
Leave your comments below.
If you take any photos of the snow in your area this weekend, send them to us at bfpnews@london.newsquest.co.uk.
Comments(17)
sparky49
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12:22pm Sat 4 Feb 12
I will eat my hat if we have the predicted 4" to 5" snow. It won't happen, trust me.
bobby698
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12:40pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Exactly the same weather prediction as the Met Office.
Funny that.....
ThePolice
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2:26pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Slacker
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3:03pm Sat 4 Feb 12
deecee01
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3:06pm Sat 4 Feb 12
am i the only one
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3:52pm Sat 4 Feb 12
bluebanana
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4:07pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Gizmo61
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4:10pm Sat 4 Feb 12
flower56
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4:33pm Sat 4 Feb 12
bluebanana
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5:12pm Sat 4 Feb 12
Gizmo61 wrote:I'd say the deliberate comparisons to the comedian are due to his comedy forecasts......
I think people are confusing Jim Dale with the comedy actor. This Jim Dale is a senior meteorologist and is the founder member of the British Weather Services.
It might snow but it might not, it might be cold but don't bet on it etc etc
Sorry, but I only trust Met Office forecasts.
helloivor
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5:39pm Sat 4 Feb 12
mo-at-hw
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5:59pm Sat 4 Feb 12
The local authorities have had significant notice though we must realise that there is only so much they can do when it is snowing heavily.
I reckon we will face significant disruption on Sunday and maybe Monday but we'll see.
Anydaynow
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9:24am Sun 5 Feb 12
bluebanana wrote:What a lot of people don't know is that actually the Met office collate their information using the local weathermen!!!
Gizmo61 wrote:I'd say the deliberate comparisons to the comedian are due to his comedy forecasts......
I think people are confusing Jim Dale with the comedy actor. This Jim Dale is a senior meteorologist and is the founder member of the British Weather Services.
It might snow but it might not, it might be cold but don't bet on it etc etc
Sorry, but I only trust Met Office forecasts.
So providing the right equipment was being used then our local man would be as reliable as the Met Office if not more.
sparky49
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10:22am Sun 5 Feb 12
piran
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2:45pm Sun 5 Feb 12
sparky49 wrote:Sparky, enjoy your hat eating. It did snow as predicted!
Jim Dale, "Carry on weather forecasting."
I will eat my hat if we have the predicted 4" to 5" snow. It won't happen, trust me.
bluebanana
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5:58pm Sun 5 Feb 12
Anydaynow wrote:I used to work for the Met Office. Local information is gathered during & after the event. Local 'data collectors' do not produce forecasts. There is a large computer and a team of meteoroligists in Exeter analysing data from all over the world to produce a UK forecast. Of course a local forecaster can access the same data as the Met Office & make their own forecast, but there really is little point other than for a hobby.
bluebanana wrote:What a lot of people don't know is that actually the Met office collate their information using the local weathermen!!!
Gizmo61 wrote:I'd say the deliberate comparisons to the comedian are due to his comedy forecasts......
I think people are confusing Jim Dale with the comedy actor. This Jim Dale is a senior meteorologist and is the founder member of the British Weather Services.
It might snow but it might not, it might be cold but don't bet on it etc etc
Sorry, but I only trust Met Office forecasts.
So providing the right equipment was being used then our local man would be as reliable as the Met Office if not more.
geoffW says...
11:52am Sat 4 Feb 12