***THE OFFICIAL WHITE XMAS THREAD***

just read the met office website, they say theres a chance of snow in london and SE england during the night... if it happens i beleive in santa claus again !

+3'C too warm in SE

nowt in newcastle, loads on xmas eve

Looks 100% certain Belfast will be a YES.

Edinburgh seemed to have showers during the night looking at Met Office radar so that must be a YES.

Glasgow should get the band of snow that's going through Belfast later on so that should be a YES.

Rain/Snow band too far north for Manchester, Liverpool or Cardiff - so NO's.

Was some rain(or sleet?) during the night in Birmingham and London - but was it only just rain?

I live in Wigan, and it's foggy and still only -1'C so any light shower nearby would fall as snow so Manchester still might have an outside chance - hope not as I bet on NO :)

Happy 'Xmas all.

:)

Glasgow is 100% already.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8430413.stm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

met office confirms edinburgh and glasgow my two interests booom

too much blue sky here in edinburgh still, c'mon the snow!

Shaky -

There have been reports of snow falling in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Nottingham already today. With the afternoon and evening to come further snow is expected in Northern Ireland, Scotland and over the hills of northern England. Issued at 1140 on Fri 25 Dec 2009.

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/uk/dg/edinburgh_gogarbank_latest_weather.html

yip, glasgow & edinburgh now confirmed... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iENu7xsODs4GtSNQN2L6M3iFP9xg

for a heads up on weather go to twitter.com and type in 'snowing glasgow' or 'snowing belfast' etc... it'll give you a heads up on ;)

i don't think webcams can pick up light snow or sleet - usually they can't pick up rain falling so i wouldn't rely on them...

There was sleet reported at birmingham airport earlier this morning...

EGBB 250050Z 33005KT 1400 R33/P1500 R15/P1500 -RASN BKN001 00/00 Q0989

Looks like its a no for Belfast,

warming up there as that band just fizzled out over NI and any precip to fall will be rain :(

Really thought it was certain

RAAIN BELFAST

officially not white.,

very**ed OFF

I'm in Haydock at the moment and it's raining hard....

birmingham is a huge no

im near Haydock - we've not had any rain - in fact, we've had bugger all!

It was snowing at 7 PM here in Oldham.

offical **** BBC 19-55 It HAS snowed in Edinburgh

Offishul link please

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/5

London any1?

Casacrino 25 Dec 20:36
London any1?



That will be a NO. I have put my shorts on after lighting the bbq.

Mint i layed no 100 yoyo's

The Sun is stating white Xmas in Edinbugh + Glasgow, Although I still can't find an official Met Office Confirmation.

I think the SUN is probably just basing it on the earlier PA press release.( See ealier in this thread for link )


Sun Link

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2784663/Bookies-Christmas-stuffing-from-the-snow.html

BOOKIES took a £1MILLION bashing yesterday as Scotland enjoyed its first white Christmas in five years.
Punters celebrated a bumper festive payout after snow fell in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Rupert Adams, of William Hill, said: "We are crying into our turkey after getting stuffed by Scottish punters." A spokesman for Ladbrokes added: "Scotland is off our Christmas card list for next year because the punters have really done the damage this year.

"It will be a Merry Christmas for lots of punters north of the border."

Edinburgh and Glasgow were offered at odds of 10/11 for a White Christmas.

William Hill reckon they are now facing a £200,000 payout - with the entire Scots betting industry shelling out £1million.

A snow no-show in London and the South-East of England saw them breathing a massive sigh of relief.

But the bookies could be forced to fork out even MORE if any flakes were recorded late last night in Aberdeen - the 4/6 favourite.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: "We are not yet convinced of any snowfall in Aberdeen.

"But if a single flake of snow falls then that will count as a White Christmas."

The largest amount of snow yesterday fell on hilly areas around southern and central Scotland - up to 5cm.

The coldest temperatures were recorded in the north-west Highlands - a freezing -15°C (5°F).

Severe warnings of widespread ice and more snow across southern and central Scotland were issued last night.

And Scots will be battling the big chill into the New Year.

The Met Office spokesman added: "It was a lovely and white, beautiful, crisp Christmas.

"I would not rule out any further snow showers but they will be few and far between.

"It will be mostly frosty and icy and staying very cold right up until the turn of the New Year."

Just seen this link ( rain radar for Edinburgh ) and it appears to be precipitation at 23:45


http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/uk/home/weather/radar/united_kingdom.html?tx_mgbetterradar_pi1[focusCity]=Edinburgh/Gogarbank;-3.35;55.933333


Hope this is a win for Edinnurgh White Xmas :)

Looking Good for white in Edinburgh with the BBC now saying "official"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8430413.stm

"....Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham and Leeds were all officially "white", with the required single flake being seen falling in the 24 hours of 25 December....."


Page updated 22:34pm


Still can't find officially on any met office web pages
But if the BBC are saying its happen then I'm feeling a lot happier about the chances that it actually happen.

when will the markets be settled?

Looks like it was a white xmas in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Birmingham...

Christmas Day snowfall.

Of the 9 official white Christmas sites, snow fell on Christmas Day at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Snow did not fall at London, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Manchester, Cardiff and Belfast. Issued at 0011 on Sat 26 Dec 2009.


http://www.metoffice.com/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html

Belfast is a surprise:

The prayers of thousands of men, women and children were answered yesterday as Northern Ireland had its first white Christmas in five years.

Up to five cm of snow fell in low-lying areas and approximately 10cm fell on higher ground as people throughout the province celebrated the Christmas snowfall.



Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland-has-first-white-christmas-in-five-years-14612772.html#ixzz0amRbF3TS





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