Snow in England

markens2

I'm in Stratford in London.
There is snow stickling and about an inch and half of snow already and it's only going to get worse. I cannot wait. I'm like a big child.

Anybody know if it could cause flight disturbance as I'm meant to be flying home in next few days.

Mr Benevolent

Anybody know if it could cause flight disturbance

It depends on the amount of snow. Deicing the aircraft is no problem, it's landing and takeoff that causes the problem - braking conditions and the like become dangerous (they do clear the runways of snow regularly in those situations). I personally doubt the airport will close, I really don't think this even t will be that bad, but in the UK it may well be worse.

In short, it's impossible to tell until the day you're due to go. You probably won't have problem though.

Edit: I was wrong. Gatwick is now closing.

markens2

Confab wrote: »

Edit: I was wrong. Gatwick is now closing.

Where is the info coming from about airports closing????

Mr Benevolent

Sorry about this, false alarm. Best place for this sort of info is http://www.baa.co.uk

Our man in Havana

Loads of snow in Essex right now. Pictures to follow shortly.

lostexpectation

see the skynews weather reporter getting totally over excited.

Our man in Havana

Snow in Basildon, Essex.

nacho libre

lovely stuff there.:)

markens2

Stratford in London

lostexpectation

ah proper snow

Our man in Havana

It is bucketing down here now. Looks like a day inside tomorrow.

markens2

Yeah its heavy as fook here aswell.
Load of asian guys outside taking pics. told me they had never seen snow before.
Just had a snow fight out the window.

markens2

Anybody know when it's to get heaviest in london area???
Or link to uk forum????

Our man in Havana

Heaviest will be tomorrow according to BBC weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3366

markens2

Should be fun considering it's fairly heavy now.

metman

markens2 wrote: »

Anybody know when it's to get heaviest in london area???
Or link to uk forum????

Its pretty frikkin heavy where I am now, not far from Central London. Bout 3 inches outside my door at the moment.....roads are treacherous.

nacho libre

was speaking to my brother just now who is in north london. he said you can't see 5 metres in front of you the snow is that heavy. he also mentioned there was about 4- 5 inches of lying snow.

metman

This is the view from my living room at the minute :eek:

nacho libre

metman wrote: »

This is the view from my living room at the minute :eek:

lovely stuff. i'm jealous:)

markens2

Thats similar to what I can see. Its so much fun.

metman

Its going to be a pain getting into work tomorrow, and a bigger pain when I'm in work.....snow = road traffic accidents and general chaos.

markens2

darkman2

Some serious stuff coming into England now - long periods of snow North and South.

ninebeanrows

Wont be flying into London tomorrow and many will not be going to work.

All London buses withdrawn due to dangerous road conditions.

London could be snowbound tomorrow.

DominoDub

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2009/feb/02/pictures-of-snow-in-england?picture=342642316

Some great pics ...in London on Thursday ! Should be clear by then ?

metman

London does look amazing with a light sprinkling of snow....

markens2

Stopped snowing here but still cold as hell. about 4 inches on the ground.

metman

Still coming down heavy here :pac:

markens2

Picking up here again.
Any word on transport for tomorrow???

metman

Other than was posted about the buses, nada. Trains won't tell you sod all until you get to the station, be it mainline or LUL. Bound to be major cancellations if this continues. My missus is banking on train chaos as she fancies a day off....:rolleyes: lazy civvie that she is

Snow is coming down in a veritable blizzard here now. Should be fun trying to drive into work later.....

markens2

My missus is in stansted and waiting to see can she get a flight later. If not she could be stuck there cos no buses will be runnin.

metman

I imagine the Stansted express will probably still be running....into Liverpool Street, so worst case she could jump on that and then tube it back out your way?

markens2

Hopefully thats the plan.
I'm hoping schools are closed. I'm meant to be teaching at 9.
And I really couldn't be arsed.

metman

markens2 wrote: »

Hopefully thats the plan.
I'm hoping schools are closed. I'm meant to be teaching at 9.
And I really couldn't be arsed.

9am, ouch. Though looking at the current flurries you should be ok. I'm not on til late tomorrow, so not too bad. Hopefully the chaos will have subsided....

markens2

SNOW DAY

Love it.

r3nu4l

I've posted this in the Weather Pictures forum already but my pics of the snow in East Anglia can be found here.


EDIT: Most tube lines in London badly affected this morning, glad I don't work in London anymore

Our man in Havana

Now raining in Essex. Loads of slush out on the roads. If it freezes tonight it will be a receipe for disaster. :eek: